Assessment of Physicochemical Properties and Heavy Metals in Borehole Water Used For Drinking In Okada Town, Edo State, Nigeria by W.A. Raji, C.E. Anih, P.O. Obeta

“…The pH in the water samples is an indication of acidity and the WHO standard for pH value is specified within the range of 6.5-8.5. …”
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Why Did I Lose My Seat in the United States Congressional Elections? You Didn‘t Advertise Online Enough! by Milan Školník, Michael Haman, Anna Marie Nešpůrková

“…The article concludes that the really well-known Democratic figures who lost the elections spent very little on Facebook ads compared to Ocasio-Cortez. …”
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Physical activity at home during the COVID-19 lockdown in India: Need of the hour for optimum physical health and psychological resilience by Suraj CHAWLA, Manisha KOCHER

“…The closure of gyms, fitness clubs, parks, and other public places due to lockdown and other social distancing measures, however, is challenging the physically active lifestyle, particularly for those who are not habitual to exercise at home. Regular physical activity benefits both physical and mental health. …”
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Response to trastuzumab deruxtecan and delayed immune-related events in a patient with metastatic HER2-positive NSCLC: a case report and literature review by Lu Wang, Shidi Wen, Wenjia Zhu, Zhiyang Zhang, Yuejuan Cheng

“…This case highlights the efficacy of DS-8201 in NSCLC, particularly in individuals who have failed first-line immunotherapy, and provide valuable insights for clinicians exploring innovative strategies for the management of patients with lung cancer.…”
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THE REPRESENTATION OF NATIVE AMERICAN IN THE LONE RANGER FILM: A GENETIC STRUCTURALISM ANALYSIS by Dyani Prades Pratiwi

“…As a mass culture, this film was produced to gain profits. choosing John Depp is a form of strategy to achieve the film's success because Johnny Depp is one of the top actors who has many fans. Portraying characters using well-known actors is one of the strategies for achieving the success of a film. …”
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Moral Permissibility of Euthanasia- A Bangladesh Context by Nilufa Yasmin

“… Survival is obviously important, but sometimes, under particular circumstances, life can become miserable, difficult, or intolerable; at that point, survival can seem like a punishment or misfortune. A patient who is in a vegetative state, unable to sustain life with dignity, and who is suffering from a terminal illness, has freedom to choose between life and death. …”
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Social Representations of Overweight and Obesity in Schoolchild in the State of Mexico by Verónica Arreola Ríos, Donovan Casas Patiño

“…<br /><strong>Conclusions:</strong> primary caregivers are those who determine the diet; there was a very high degree of stigmatization at the school and social level; there is a decrease in certain consumption of high-calorie foods; physical activity occurs almost exclusively during school breaks.…”
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The impact of speculum uses on the incidence of blepharoptosis in patients undergoing phacoemulsification surgery: A prospective analysis by Savithiri Palanivel, Rajagopalan Jayagayathri, Dayakar Yadalla

“…Results: Out of the 221 patients who participated in the study, a total of 250 eyes were examined. …”
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Ascending aorta dilatation for pulmonary atresia with ventricular septal defect: a report of three adult cases by Zheng-Jie Zhang, Ming-Kui Zhang, Hui Xue, Li-Xin Fan

“…Conclusions Adult patients with PA/VSD who miss the optimal age for surgery are more likely to develop dilatation of the ascending aorta and are at risk for aortic dissection. …”
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The Outcome of Thoracentesis versus Chest Tube Placement for Hepatic Hydrothorax in Patients with Cirrhosis: A Nationwide Analysis of the National Inpatient Sample by Ali Ridha, Yasir Al-Abboodi, Matthew Fasullo

“…The mortality in those who received a chest tube was two times higher than that in thoracentesis group with a P value of ≤0.001 (CI 1.43–312). …”
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Investigation of Success Levels of Visual Arts Students in Computer-Aided Design Course by Mehmet Remzi Demirel

“…According to the findings regarding the variable of having a personal computer, it was understood that although the average score of students who had computers was higher than those who did not, this difference was not statistically significant. …”
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Urgent restraining and restrictive orders as special response forms for domestic violence: international experience and national practice by K. B. Levchenko, M. M. Lehenka

“…The authors have also analyzed the content of the restrictive order regarding the abuser as established by the court procedure as a mean of temporal restriction of the rights or the assignment of duties to a person who committed domestic violence aimed at ensuring the safety of the victim. …”
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New Keratoconus Risk Factors: A Cross-Sectional Case—Control Study by Eloi Debourdeau, Gabriel Planells, Chloe Chamard, David Touboul, Max Villain, Pascal Demoly, Fanny Babeau, Pierre Fournie, Vincent Daien

“…The case group consisted of 195 patients with keratoconus in at least one eye who were followed up by a corneal specialist. The control group consisted of 195 patients without any evidence of keratoconus on slit-lamp examination and corneal topography, who were matched 1 : 1 to controls by age and sex. …”
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Asymptomatic Urinary Abnormalities Among Unselected Adults in a Rural Community in Bauchi, Northeast Nigeria by Abdu Alhaji, Ibrahim M. Maigari, Hamisu Abdulrasheed, Umar Murtala, Binta A. Lasan, Sambo B. Zailani

“…Hyperglycemia was seen in 2.5% of the subjects, including two subjects who were known to have type 2 diabetes mellitus on oral hypoglycemic agents. …”
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River God Propaganda in a Septimius Severus Statue from Perge by Ahmet ÇELİK

“…However, with this extremely unique beard in the statue belonging to Fountain F2, Septi­mius Severus resembles a river god, and therefore, it may have been propagandised that he was a river god who brought water to the city or someone who resembled a river god.…”
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Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP) as an Uncommon Extraintestinal Complication of Crohn’s Disease: Case Vignette and Systematic Literature Review by Raisa Epistola, Tiffanie Do, Ritika Vankina, Daniel Wu, James Yeh, Michael W. Fleischman, Jennifer M. Lee

“…We present a case of a 27-year-old man who presented with medically refractory CD and ITP who responded to surgical management with colectomy and splenectomy, along with a systematic review of the literature. …”
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Comprehensive Evaluation of Operational Efficiency of Intersections in Arterial Considering Pedestrians Yield Rule by Lei Chen, Junjie Li, Yuhang Li, Jiao Yao

“…In order to evaluate the influence of yield behavior on the comprehensive operation efficiency of signalized intersections in arterial, the efficiency of the subject who gives way and the subject who is given up in the process of yielding to pedestrians was considered in this study, and the comprehensive operation evaluation of intersection in arterial was given. …”
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Exploring Primary Care Streaming Pathway in Emergency Departments in Saudi Arabia: A Qualitative Study by Marwah Hawsawi, Bayan Alilyyani

“…Due to significant emergency department overcrowding, some hospitals implemented a system of directing certain patients who were deemed not in need of emergency care to other facilities called triage away. …”
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Selecting first-line immunotherapy in advanced melanoma: Current evidence on efficacy across diverse patient populations by Sophia Kreft, Tommaso Bosetti, Rebecca Lee, Paul Lorigan

“…However, the lack of both long-term follow-up data and direct comparison with ipilimumab-nivolumab raises uncertainty about where to position nivolumab-relatlimab in clinical practice. Since most patients who respond to combination ipilimumab-nivolumab also respond to nivolumab-relatlimab, and many to single-agent anti-programmed death-1 (PD-1) monotherapy, the challenge is to identify the subgroup of patients who need ipilimumab-nivolumab and would not achieve similar benefits from less toxic alternatives. …”
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CONSUMER ATTITUDES ABOUT USING FAR-UVC DEVICES IN RETAIL STORES TO MITIGATE COVID-19 TRANSMISSION by Joshua Fogel, Ethan Cai

“…We found that knowing anyone who had COVID-19 was positively associated with recommend stores and knowing anyone who died from COVID-19 was positively associated with intend to shop at stores that use a Far-UVC device. …”
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