Caregiving experiences of family caregivers of disabled middle-aged and older adults enrolled in long-term care insurance: a qualitative study by Yitong Liu, Wenkun Xu, Zhuoya Yang, Yaning Wang, Rujian Lu, Yuexia Gao, Yaqin Zhong

“…Fifteen family caregivers from long-term care service companies and communities in Nantong city were purposively selected to participate in the study between December 2023 to February 2024. …”
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Prevalence of Hepatitis C Virus Infection in a Surgical Population of Southeast China: A Large-Scale Multicenter Study by Ping Chen, Yang Zheng, Yubo Cai, Pengfei Zou, Nan Li, Conggao Peng, Hainv Gao, Jimin Liu, Yongping Chen, Zhaowei Tong, Lanjuan Li

“…Blood samples obtained from 78,484 surgical patients from 18 different city and county hospitals were enrolled. The incidence of serum HCV antibody positivity, HCV RNA load, and HCV genotyping, as well as demographics and relevant clinical history, were investigated. …”
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Relationship Between the Use of Fitness Trackers and Smartwatches for Monitoring Physical Activity and the Sociodemographic Characteristics of Long-Term Care Residents During the C... by Ivana Crnković, Karmen Lončarek, Nada Tomasović Mrčela, Danica Železnik, Tomislav Vlahović

“…<i>Materials and Methods</i>: Face-to-face interviews were conducted with 198 LTC residents stationed in eleven organizational units that provide long-term accommodation services for older adults in the city of Zagreb in Croatia. LTC residents aged 65 and older who receive the 1st level of accommodation services in the social care system according to their functional ability and health status were included in this study. …”
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UTAUT Model Analysis on the Use of Siplah (Survey to BOSP Treasurers Under the Auspices of Cadisdikwil VII West Java Province) by Panji Mustika Muhammad, Dani Dagustani

“…The respondents involved in the research were 57 treasurers of BOSP in the Bandung and Cimahi City areas, under the auspices of Cadisdikwil VII West Java. …”
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Effect of active faults in the groundwater level of Shaharchay basin in Urmia by Tayebeh Kiani, Zahra Yousefi

“…With very little gradient, local average precipitation, high permeability, active Quaternary faults, the garden and the city landuse. But the center of the basin zoning was very high with very low permeability, high slope, average precipitation and mixture of garden, forest and grassland usages. basin center located on high seismic intensity zone and density Quaternary faults. only because of the high level in the basin center of Silvaneh are active faults and a high intensity tectonic seismic.…”
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Assessment of the Diagnostic and Prognostic Values of CD200 and CD43 in CLL and Leukemic Phase of NHL by Teeb M. Jaafar Al-Khafaji, Ahmed Ibraheem Rashid

“…SUBJECTS AND METHODS: The patients studied were 145 who have chronic lymphoproliferative disorders that attended the Baghdad Teaching Hospital at Medical City from (January 1, 2020, to December 31, 2020; they were divided into CLL and NHL groups observed in this cross-sectional study. …”
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The motives for seeking dental health services in a sample of children attending a College of Dentistry Erbil, Iraq. by Alla Mahmud Mustafa, Heran Ibrahim Hassan, Fighan Jalal Huseen

“…Patients and methods: The age, gender, and the chief complaints or the main reason for the visit were recorded for each consecutive patient of a total of 1233 patients who visited the oral hygiene clinics in the College of Dentistry at Hawler Medical University (Erbil city, Iraq), from October 2016 to June 2017 were recruited. …”
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Predicting Hope in Mothers of Intellectually Disabled Children Through Emotional, Psychological and Spiritual Factors by Amin Arabshahi, Faezeh Shahriari, Zabihollah Gharlipour

“…The statistical population of the research included 375 mothers with mentally retarded children who were selected from seven special education schools, occupational therapy centers, and an autism center in Qom City, Iran, in the 2022-2023 academic year. Convenience sampling was used, and Morgan’s table determined the sample size. …”
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Association between High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein and Blood Pressure among Children with History of Low Birth Weight Appropriate for Gestational Age, Low Birth Weight Small f... by Adrian Umboh, Rocky Wilar, Valentine Umboh, Adi Suryadinata Krisetya

“…Kandou General Hospital Manado and resided in the city of Manado from March to August 2019. The children who met the inclusion criteria were evaluated for BP and hs-CRP level. …”
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A Trustworthy Collaboration: Eleanor Roosevelt and Martha Graham’s Pioneering of American Cultural Diplomacy by Camelia Lenart

“…Subsequently, when Roosevelt’s old friend, Queen Juliana of the Netherlands, visited Hyde Park in 1952, she orchestrated the Queen’s meeting with Graham in New York City. On the occasion of Graham’s second European tour, in 1954, the Queen attended one of her performances, which was an unprecedented diplomatic and audience success for the dancer and American diplomacy in Europe. …”
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GIS BASED DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR SEISMIC RISK IN BUCHAREST. CASE STUDY – THE HISTORICAL CENTRE by DIANA GHEORGHE, IULIANA ARMAS

“…The main objective of the present study is to apply a spatial decision support system in order to find a suitable shelter in the historical centre of Bucharest City in the post-disaster phase, in case of an earthquake occurrence. …”
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Analyzing factors of daily travel distances in Japan during the COVID-19 pandemic by Masaya Mori, Yuto Omae, Yohei Kakimoto, Makoto Sasaki, Jun Toyotani

“…Therefore, in this study, a group-level analysis was conducted for Narashino City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, using a human flow prediction model based on machine learning. …”
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The Role of Sulfur Emission from the Petroleum Industry on Ultrafine Particle Number Concentration in Singapore by Suyi Hou, Weihan Li, Liudongqing Yang, Guorong Chen, Yilin Zhang, Mikinori Kuwata

“…Singapore is a tropical city that hosts petrochemical industries. To identify the sources of ultrafine particles, a year-long observation of the number size distribution was conducted in Singapore in 2018 and 2019. …”
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Willingness of end users to pay for e-waste recycling by H.T.T. Nguyen, C.-H. Lee, R.-J. Hung

“…<br /> <strong>METHODS:</strong> The logistic regression model was employed to analyze a qualified data set collected through a personal interview survey in Danang city, Vietnam. All analyses were conducted using Statistical Package for Social Sciences software (version 22.0). …”
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Changes in body composition (muscle mass and adipose tissue) among adolescents aged 11–15 from Kraków during the COVID-19 pandemic by Paulina Artymiak, Magdalena Żegleń, Łukasz Kryst

“…Materials and Methods: Cross-sectional studies were conducted in four selected districts of the city of Kraków in the years 2020 and 2022 (before and after the COVID-19 pandemic). …”
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Turistas en la Grand Place de Bruselas by María García

“…Tourists and visitors take pictures of these places as well as of themselves in such places, allowing an easy identification of the tourist city. It is a way of capturing a moment of the journey that, since the birth of photography, has served as memory and support for distinction. …”
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Ken Livingstone : The Thorn in (New) Labour’s Side by Timothy Whitton

“…After a rigged primary election, Livingstone had been forced into becoming an independent candidate, but despite being excluded from the Labour Party, he managed to become the first directly elected mayor of the capital city. From his new vantage point at the head of the Greater London Authority (GLA), the “third man” of England continued to defy New Labour when he considered that central government policies did not tally with what Londoners needed. …”
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STRATEGI PENGEMBANGAN PARIWISATA DI SEPANJANG SUNGAI KAPUAS KOTA PONTIANAK by RISKA APRILIA AYUNINGTYAS, SRI HIDAYATI DJOEFFAN

“…Analysis of supply and demand analysis is a matrix of strategic data to internal factors (IFAS) and external factors (EFAS) program as well as some recommendations for the development of Tourism for the City of Pontianak, the government participate in activities as their main duty to participate in the promotion of destinations, development of basic infrastructure in tourist objects are not managed by the private sector as a simple dock, toilets, mosque and construction of the entertainment / arts performances place. …”
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ЦИФРОВІ ТЕХНОЛОГІЇ ТА ЇХНЯ РОЛЬ У РЕАЛІЗАЦІЇ УПРАВЛІНСЬКИХ РІШЕНЬ НА ЛОКАЛЬНОМУ РІВНІ by Галина Возняк, Олег Харчев

“…Цифровізація, що базується на застосуванні сучасних інноваційних інструментів, таких як електронний документообіг, онлайн-платформи, системи аналітики даних, технології штучного інтелекту, блокчейн, «розумні міста» (Smart City), відкриті дані тощо, є ключовим чинником сталого розвитку, забезпечуючи ефективне управління, участь громадян в ухваленні рішень, а також конкурентоспроможність держави в глобальному контексті. …”
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The impact of dimethylaminohexadecyl methacrylates on the physical and antibacterial properties of endodontic sealers by Faisal Alharamlah, Fawaz AlTuwaijri, Haitham AlQuorain, Abdul Samad Khan, Faisal Alonaizan, Rashed Alsahafi, Michael D. Weir, Hockin H. K. Xu, Abdulrahman A. Balhaddad

“…ObjectiveThis study aims to incorporate contact-killing quaternary ammonium into two root canal sealers, AH Plus (DentSply Sirona, New York City, NY, USA) and BC (FKG, Le Crêt-du-Locle Switzerland) sealers to improve their antibacterial properties.MethodsDimethylaminohexadecyl Methacrylates (DMAHDM) were synthesized and incorporated into AH Plus and BC sealers at 5 weight percent (wt.%). …”
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