Improving access to suicide prevention services through the National Suicide Prevention Framework implementation: The community level evidence-based recommendations by J C Y Nyasulu, D A Siddiqi, S Seedat, J Bantjies, M Udedi, S Gondwe, S Kambale, M Mkandawire, N Silungwe, L A Hendricks, I Maposa, J Vumu, D Skinner

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Comparative Evaluation of Physicochemical, Antioxidant, and Sensory Properties of Red Wine as Markers of Its Quality and Authenticity by Chigozie E. Ofoedu, Ebelechukwu O. Ofoedu, James S. Chacha, Clifford I. Owuamanam, Ifeyinwa S. Efekalam, Chinaza Godswill Awuchi

“…Results showed that the domestic wines had significantly (p<0.05) higher pH (4.03–4.16) and total sugar content (8.60–9.27%) while the foreign wines had significantly (p<0.05) higher total titratable acidity (0.76–0.83%), Brix (6.98–8.04 g/100 g), alcohol (14.44–15.21% ABV), and polyphenol content (385.13–412.75 mg/L). …”
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Formation of volatile compounds in salt-mediated naturally fermented cassava by Alberta N.A. Aryee, Christabel Tachie, Aleksei Kaleda

“…The 32 VOCs quantitated on day 50 by headspace solid-phase microextraction (HS-SPME) arrow coupled with gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC–MS) and classified as: alcohol (9), aldehydes (6), ketones (5), carboxylic acids (5), esters (3), nitriles (2), phenol (1) and hydrocarbon (1) were affected by the amount of added salt. …”
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A Global Bibliometric Analysis of Loneliness During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Future research and policy implications by Trinh Thi Xuan Nguyen, Sumeet Lal, Yoshihiko Kadoya

“…However, there is a lack of research on adolescents, children, and behavioral changes such as increased smoking, unhealthy alcohol consumption, and substance use due to loneliness during the pandemic. …”
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Model for Predicting Borderline Mental Disorders of Law Enforcement Officers – Participants of Anti-Terrorist Operation by O. V. Zemlianska, P. V. Makarenko

“…This is necessary to minimize the negative psychosocial consequences in the form of pronounced features of borderline mental disorders and addictive behavior with the formation of concomitant addictions to alcohol and drugs. The authors of the article have revealed the results of constructing a model for predicting borderline stress disorders of law enforcement officers. …”
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Current Perspectives in Detection of Bioactive Compounds From Costus spicatus Through GC–MS and LC-MS/MS: Antioxidant Properties and In Silico Analysis for Industrial Applications... by Dharmar Manimaran, Ararsa Tessema, M. Govindarajulu Yadav, S. Parthasarathi, Vasan Palanisamy

“…The aqueous extract possessed the highest antioxidant activity for DPPH scavenging activity and lipid peroxidation inhibition assays, whereas the alcoholic aqueous extract showed superior efficacy for hydroxyl radical scavenging activity. …”
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Socio-demographic profile and clinical co-morbidities of cannabis users attending a tertiary care hospital in India: A retrospective case record study by Soumya Jha, Rupa Jha, Wenona Fernandes, Ashish Srivastava

“…Later initiation was associated with using lower quantities. Concurrent alcohol and nicotine use was present in 90% of the cases. …”
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A New Method for Artificial Core Reconstruction of a Fracture-Control Matrix Unit by Qiang Liu, Jianjun Liu, Guihong Pei, Zhengwen Zhu, Yun Lei

“…Then, the F-CMU is established using a three-dimensional (3D) printed material called polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) as fracture support material which has a faster dissolution rate and causes less damage to the core due to water being the solvent. …”
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Detection of mental disorders with the Patient Health Questionnaire in primary care settings in Nigeria by Michael O. Olatawura, Olawale Olusegun Ogunsemi, Christopher O. Alebiosu, Olufemi E. Amoran, Adekunle J. Ariba, Francis A. Oluwole, Festus Abasiubong, Adebayo R. Erinfolami

“…A total of 120 (29.1%) of the subjects had depressive disorder, 100 (24.3%) had anxiety disorder, 196 (47.6%) somatoform disorder and 104 (25.2%) met the criteria for an alcohol related problem. The PHC physicians were only able to diagnose disorders relating to mental health in 52 (12.6%) of the subjects. …”
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Rheology and Stability of Hydrocarbon-Based Gelled Fuels for Airbreathing Applications by Simone Dell’Acqua, Francesco Morando, Stefania Carlotti, Filippo Maggi

“…The effects of various co-solvents were assessed, including ketones (methyl isoamyl ketone, methyl ethyl ketone, and acetone) and alcohols (ethanol and octadecanol). Sugar polymers like hydroxypropyl cellulose were tested as gelling agents for ethanol. …”
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Risk Factors for Gastrointestinal Cancer: a Study in General Surgery and Gastroenterology Patients by Iván Pimienta Concepción, Icler Naum Sisalema Aguilar, Diego Fernando Vaca Sánchez

“…Among the risk factors found, alcohol intake, gastritis due to helicobacter pylori and smoking prevail. …”
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Clustering long-term health conditions among 67728 people with multimorbidity using electronic health records in Scotland. by Adeniyi Francis Fagbamigbe, Utkarsh Agrawal, Amaya Azcoaga-Lorenzo, Briana MacKerron, Eda Bilici Özyiğit, Daniel C Alexander, Ashley Akbari, Rhiannon K Owen, Jane Lyons, Ronan A Lyons, Spiros Denaxas, Paul Kirk, Ana Corina Miller, Gill Harper, Carol Dezateux, Anthony Brookes, Sylvia Richardson, Krishnarajah Nirantharakumar, Bruce Guthrie, Lloyd Hughes, Umesh T Kadam, Kamlesh Khunti, Keith R Abrams, Colin McCowan

“…We identified five distinct clusters of conditions in the population with multimorbidity: alcohol misuse, cancer, obesity, renal failure, and heart failure. …”
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District-level differences in the distribution of mental and substance use disorders in Assam by Vijay Gogoi, Priyadarshee Abhishek, Soumik Sengupta, Indrajeet Banerjee, Samir Sarma, H. Sobhana, Sonia P. Deuri, Kangkan Pathak, Gautham M. Sukumar, Vivek Benegal, Girish N. Rao, Mathew Varghese, Gopalkrishna Gururaj

“…The proportional distribution of CMDs among persons with mental morbidity was significantly higher in the Dibrugarh district (79%), whereas the distribution of SMDs was higher in the Cachar district (55%). The distribution of alcohol use disorder was the highest in the Dibrugarh district (71.6%). …”
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Preparation and Properties of OMMT/PU Composites by Chen Yufei, Han Yang, Dai Qiwang, Zhang Xiwang, Qingyu Zhang

“…Prepolymer of polyurethane (PU) was prepared by toluene diisocyanate (TDI) and polyether diol through polymerization, organically modified montmorillonite (OMMT) gained by montmorillonite (MMT) that was modified by octadecyl trimethyl ammonium chloride (OTAC), and the OMMT was used as intercalator; alcohol-based OMMT/PU adhesive was synthesized. The micromorphology of OMMT/PU adhesives was observed by XRD, SEM, and AFM, and the shear strength, elongation at break, peel strength, and water resistance were tested and the relationship between structure and properties of the adhesives was observed and analyzed. …”
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Effect of Codon Optimisation on the Production of Recombinant Fish Growth Hormone in Pichia pastoris by Hussin A. Rothan, Teh Ser Huy, Zulqarnain Mohamed

“…The optimized FGH coding sequence (oFGH) and native sequence (nFGH) of giant grouper fish (Epinephelus lanceolatus) were cloned into P. pastoris expression vector (pPICZαA) downstream of alcohol oxidase gene (AOX1) for efficient induction of extracellular rFGH by adding 1% of absolute methanol. …”
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Synthesis, characterization, and application of novel reusable clay-based magnetic nanocomposite for the removal of organic dyes from water by Abdelfattah Amari, Norah Salem Alsaiari, Naim Ben Ali, Mohamed A Ismail, Mohamed A Tahoon

“…The nanocomposite can be reused for multiple cycles with a little drop in its initial performance, according to reusability research conducted up to six times using ethyl alcohol as the eluent. As a result, this reasonably priced adsorbent might be employed as a beneficial and effective dye adsorbent for the removal of MB from water while maintaining the safety of the water quality.…”
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The Relationship Between Culture and the Modifiable Risk Factors of Dementia Among Indigenous Peoples in Canada, the USA, Australia, and New Zealand: A Scoping Review Protocol by Brittany Skov, Angela M. Ashley, Ishaq Malik, Hannah Storrs, Elaine Toombs, Christopher J. Mushquash

“…Connection to culture, a social determinant of health for Indigenous Peoples, may influence the prevalence and incidence of modifiable risk factors for dementia (e.g., excessive alcohol use and diabetes). However, no existing scoping reviews have summarized the available literature regarding connection to culture and modifiable risk factors for dementia among Indigenous Peoples in Canada, the United States, New Zealand, and Australia. …”
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Diversity and sex differences in rectal gland volatiles of Queensland fruit fly, Bactrocera tryoni (Diptera: Tephritidae). by Cynthia Castro-Vargas, Gunjan Pandey, Heng Lin Yeap, Michael J Lacey, Siu Fai Lee, Soo J Park, Phillip W Taylor, John G Oakeshott

“…A few amides and fatty acid esters dominated the chromatograms of males and females respectively, but we also found other esters, alcohols and aldehydes and a ketone. The GC-FID analyses also revealed over 150 others, as yet unidentified, volatiles, generally in lesser amounts. …”
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Preparation of Saccharomycopsis fibuligera Fuqu and Its Application in the Production of Xiaoqu Baijiu by LIU Xiao, HUANG Zhiguo, WEI Chunhui, REN Zhiqiang, XIE Jun, DENG Jie

“…The brewing experiments showed that the contents of acetic acid and ethyl acetate significantly increased (P < 0.05), and the contents of isobutanol and isoamyl alcohol significantly decreased in the M1-Fuqu group compared with the control group (traditional Xiaoqu Baijiu) (P < 0.01). …”
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Hydroxymethylfurfural in honey: a public health problem by Bruno Soares Toledo, Lévison da Costa Cipriano, Thais Regina de Castro Pereira, Sérgio Borges Mano, Adriano Gomes da Cruz, Erick Almeida Esmerino, Eliane Teixeira Mársico

“…Due to its composition can form a compound called 5-hydromethylfurfural or HMF (a furanic ring with functional groups of aldehyde and alcohol), classified as an organic molecule produced from the degradation of sugar after the Maillard reaction that has harmful effects on consumer´s healthy. …”
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