Evaluation of the impact of the state of emergency during the COVID-19 pandemic on childhood immunizations in Benguela Province, Angola by Tadatsugu Imamura, Keiji Mochida, Balogun Olukunmi, Lino Tchicondingosse, Pedro Sapalalo, Ketha Rubuz Francisco, Ai Aoki, Akira Ishiguro, Kenji Takehara

“…Particularly, measures which directly affect health-seeking behaviors (e.g., the State of Emergency; SoE) drew public health attention. …”
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Immediate and residual effect of tobacco powder compost and of NPK on N2O emissions and on N use in a wheat/corn crop succession by Pâmela Oruoski, Celso Aita, Stefen Barbosa Pujol, Heitor Luís Santin Bazzo

“…Compost applied on the previous crops did not affect N2O emissions in wheat or in corn; consequently, a residual effect did not impact the EF of N2O. …”
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Genome drafting of nosocomial infection CRE Klebsiella pneumoniae confirming resistance to colistin and eravacycline, carrying blaNDM-1, mcr-1, and blaKPC-2, in neonatology from No... by Xinlong Zhou, Kailash Wagh, Guizhen Lv, Devender Sharma, Wei Lei

“…CRKP isolates were obtained from blood and nasal swabs of affected neonates. Identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing were initially conducted using the Vitek®2 system with an N-395 card and further confirmed by 16S rRNA sequencing. …”
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Socioeconomic factors and sex effects of postpartum maternal depression on offspring internalizing symptoms: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Yang Geng, Wenlan Liu, Zhiying Yu, Hui Zhang, Yun Li, Weihua Zhao

“…Economic income and maternal education affected the associations between the magnitude and concurrent recurrence of postpartum depression and significant sex differences in adolescent internalizing symptoms, respectively. …”
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UAV Remote Sensing Technology for Wheat Growth Monitoring in Precision Agriculture: Comparison of Data Quality and Growth Parameter Inversion by Jikai Liu, Weiqiang Wang, Jun Li, Ghulam Mustafa, Xiangxiang Su, Ying Nian, Qiang Ma, Fengxian Zhen, Wenhui Wang, Xinwei Li

“…However, the existing research falls short in providing a comprehensive examination of sensor data quality and the inversion potential of crop growth parameters, and there is still ambiguity regarding how the quality of data affects the inversion potential. Therefore, this study explored the application potential of RGB and multispectral (MS) images acquired from three lightweight UAV platforms in the realm of PA: the DJI Mavic 2 Pro (M2P), Phantom 4 Multispectral (P4M), and Mavic 3 Multispectral (M3M). …”
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The Battle of Žalgiris / Grunwald: Unanswered Questions by Alfredas Bumblauskas

“…This, as well as gaps in critical science of history on the whole, determine the fact that images of the collective memory, which were much stronger influenced by and still are under the influence of works of art of the undisciplined imagination, have not been significantly affected. Sven Ekdahl has drawn the following most general conclusion: the role of the army of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the battle was not inferior in anything to the Polish army, and in some aspects it even surpassed the latter. …”
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Exploring Health Educational Interventions for Children With Congenital Heart Disease: Scoping Review by Neda Barbazi, Ji Youn Shin, Gurumurthy Hiremath, Carlye Anne Lauff

“… BackgroundCongenital heart disease (CHD) is the most common birth defect, affecting 40,000 births annually in the United States. …”
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Pengaruh Pemberian Diet Tinggi Minyak Sawit terhadap Kadar Trigliserida Darah pada Tikus Wistar by Aufa Azri Dany, Susila Sastri, Eliza Anas

“…Previous  studies  have  found  that  palm oil consumption  in  certain  doses  can  affect to  blood  trygliceride  levels.  The  objective  of  this study  was  to  determine  the effect of dietary high palm oil on tryglicerides level in wistar rat’s blood. …”
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The choice of surgical correction method depending on the etiology of decompensated chronic venous insufficiency by V. I. Rusyn, F. M. Pavuk, V. V. Rusyn, M. I. Borsenko

“…Phlebectomy and CE of the affected limb are contraindicated in PTS. Pathogenetically justified method of treatment is reconstructive and restorative surgery to restore main blood flow with elimination of horizontal reflux in the zone of trophic ulcer.…”
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Effects of combined application of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium fertilizers on seed yield, seed quality and economic returns of Elymus nutans in alpine region by Jianchao Song, Hang Yang, Xiaojun Yu, Yanzhu Chen, Caiyan Yang, Youlong He, Haibo Wang

“…The seed size, seed nutrient content, germination percentage and seedling growth of E. nutans were positively affected by the combined application of N, P and K fertilizers. …”
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Leucocytosis and Asymptomatic Urinary Tract Infections in Sickle Cell Patients at a Tertiary Hospital in Zambia by Taonga Musonda, Mildred Zulu, Mulemba Samutela, Annie Kalonda, Hamakwa Mantina, Pauline Okuku, Musalula Sinkala, Panji Nkhoma

“…Kidney disease is seen in most patients with SCA and may affect glomerular and/or tubular function, thereby putting these patients at risk of urinary tract infections. …”
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Peningkatan Performa Ensemble Learning pada Segmentasi Semantik Gambar dengan Teknik Oversampling untuk Class Imbalance by Arie Nugroho, M. Arief Soeleman, Ricardus Anggi Pramunendar, Affandy Affandy, Aris Nurhindarto

“…In reality, a lot of data has unbalanced classes or labels, of course, it will affect the accuracy of a prediction. This research discusses how to improve the accuracy of image semantic segmentation in the ensemble learning method to deal with the problem of unbalanced data in image segmentation. …”
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Natural and Migration Balance of the Population in Sibiu County Between 1992 and 2021 by Raularian RUSU, Ciprian MOLDOVAN, Titus MAN, Elena-Manuela BÎRSĂNUC, Cosmina-Daniela URSU

“…However, the steep decline of the natural balance rate during the pandemic also affected the total balance rate, which became negative in both 2020 and 2021. …”
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Exendin-4 Exacerbates Burn-Induced Morbidity in Mice by Activation of the Sympathetic Nervous System by Xiao-Jing Ji, Ji-Wei Hao, Guang-Lei Li, Ning Dong, Xin-Qi Wang, Min Zhou, Qing-Hong Zhang, Yong-Ming Yao

“…We hypothesize that exendin-4, a GLP-1 analogue, might affect the immune response via the activation of the sympathetic nervous system in burn injury. …”
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Nutritional Innovation Using Green Seaweed (Ulva sp.) and Garlic Powder Extracts for White‐Leg Shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) Challenged by Vibrio harveyi by Nashwa Abdel‐Razek, Riad H. Khalil, Abeer A. M. Afifi, Afrah F. Alkhuriji, Dina M. Metwally

“…The supplemented diets did not significantly affect weight gain %, final weight, feed conversion ratio, specific growth rate and survival rates of white shrimp compared to those fed on the control diet. …”
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Effect of different diets on the fatty acid composition of buffalo bulk milk by Sebastiana Failla, Giuliano Palocci, Michela Contò, Gianluca Renzi, Chiara Evangelista, Loredana Basiricò, Umberto Bernabucci

“… What animals feed can affect buffalo milk fatty acids (FA) composition. …”
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Oxygen Requirement and Associated Risk Factors in Post-COVID-19 Patients Admitted to a Tertiary Care Center: A Cross-Sectional Study by Bishnu Deep Pathak, Binit Upadhaya Regmi, Sushil Joshi, Bishal Dhakal, Suhail Sapkota, Kanchan Bishwakarma, Ashim Bhandari, Seejan Pathak, Shriya Sharma, Aakriti Adhikari, Nabin Simkhada, Dhan Shrestha

“…Background. COVID-19 commonly affects the lungs and may lead to mild to severe hypoxemia. …”
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Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Key Genes Involved in the Response of <i>Triticum urartu</i> to Boron Toxicity Stress by Gul Sema Uyar, Anamika Pandey, Mehmet Hamurcu, Tomas Vyhnanek, Mustafa Harmankaya, Ali Topal, Sait Gezgin, Mohd. Kamran Khan

“…All the growth parameters of <i>T. urartu</i> genotype, including root–shoot length, root fresh weight, and root–shoot dry weight, were less affected by high boron (10 mM) as compared to the boron-tolerant bread wheat cultivar. …”
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Identification of the primary pollution sources and dominant influencing factors of soil heavy metals using a random forest model optimized by genetic algorithm coupled with geodet... by Tong Liu, Mingshi Wang, Mingya Wang, Qinqing Xiong, Luhao Jia, Wanqi Ma, Shaobo Sui, Wei Wu, Xiaoming Guo

“…Pollution source 2, a combination of natural and transportation influences, was primarily affected by the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI, 37.8 %), road network density (16.8 %), and proximity to roads (15.3 %). …”
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Effect of exercise intervention on health-related quality of life in middle-aged and older people with osteoporosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Di Geng, Xiaogang Li, Yan Shi

“…Background Osteoporosis is a common condition affecting middle-aged and older people, posing a serious threat to their health-related quality of life (HRQOL). …”
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