Place-based household vouchers for locally supplied fruit and vegetables: the Fresh Street pilot cluster randomised controlled trial by C. Relton, M. K. Blake, G. Bridge, D. Umney, S. J. C. Taylor, J. Adams, B. Mihaylova, C. Griffiths, R. Hooper, R. Phillips, L. Palmer, A. Gamston, K. Williamson

“…Methods The pilot cluster RCT took place in three inner city areas of high socioeconomic deprivation in England (Tower Hamlets, Bradford, and Doncaster). …”
Get full text

Reconstruction of drought and long-rain chronologies since the 17th century in central Japan using intra-annual tree-ring oxygen isotope ratios and documentary records by H. Iizuka, K. Sho, Z. Li, M. Sano, Y. Kato, T. Nakatsuka

“…Subsequently, we chronologically listed the occurrence of eight types of disasters in the 17th to 19th centuries in the area adjacent to the sample tree according to 20 titles of “Town/City history”, which is a compilation of historical documentary records from the local municipality. …”
Get full text

A Reconstruction of the Shrine of the Prophet Nahum: An Analysis of 3D Documentation Methods and Data Transfer Technology for Virtual and Augmented Realities by Karel Pavelka, Karel Pavelka, Lukáš Běloch

“…The technologies presented in this article were tested within the context of a project on the reconstruction of the shrine of the Prophet Nahum in the city of Alqosh in northern Iraq, taking the shrine as a case study. …”
Get full text

Pulse Pressure Relationships with Demographics and Kidney Function in Ashanti, Ghana by Debasish Banerjee, Jacob Plange-Rhule, Nihil Chitalia, Kwabena Kumi, Frank B. Micah, Francesco P. Cappuccio, John B. Eastwood

“…Data were collected on 944 participants [aged 40-75 y], living in villages in the area around the city of Kumasi, Ghana, on demographics, medications, height, weight, BP and 24-hour creatinine clearance (CrCl). …”
Get full text

The embeddedness of responsible research innovation in Sabadell’s territorial policies: the case of smart specialization in industrial systems by Anastasios Andronikidis, Amalia Kouskoura, Eleni Kalliontzi, Ioannis Bakouros

“…This included assessing how each system element influences others, leading to the development of a system grid that highlights the most active and ambivalent elements crucial for advancing the city’s policy objectives. Additionally, stakeholder engagement was emphasized to ensure diverse perspectives were considered, promoting collaboration across sectors. …”
Get full text

Chronic lower back pain among occupational workers: effect of relaxation technique on quality of working life, pain and disability level with nurse-led intervention by Nabila ELSayed Sabola, Kamal Wifaq, Musaad M. Alruwaili, Rasha Kamal Mohamed Sweelam, Sabah Hassan El-Amrosy, Amal Yousef Abdelwahed

“…Setting The study took place at a yarn and textile factory in Kafr El-Sheikh City, Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate, Egypt. Sample A purposive sample of 100 industrial workers with persistent LBP was chosen. …”
Get full text

Analysis of equity in the distribution of human resources and hospital beds and its association with the COVID-19 mortality rate: a case of Iran by Habib Jalilian, Seyed Mohammad Riahi, Somayeh Heydari, Masoomeh Taji

“…Data related to the number of hospital beds, medical specialists and practitioners, nurses, paramedical workers, health watch, community health workers (Behvarz), healthcare financial resources, and COVID-19 mortality rate were extracted from the Farabar system for each city separately. The equity in the distribution of resources was analyzed by calculating the Gini Coefficient index and using EXCEL software. …”
Get full text

Life cycle assessment of cocoa farming sustainability by implementing compound fertilizer by I. Idawati, N.A. Sasongko, A.D. Santoso, A.W. Sani, H. Apriyanto, A. Boceng

“…Respondents included staff of the Masagena Farmers’ Cooperative from Chalodo Sibali Resoe Industry, Masamba City, and North Luwu Regency, and the secondary data were obtained from a literature review. …”
Get full text

Social determinants of mental health in asthma: an exploratory study by Sarah A. Hiles, Sarah A. Hiles, Hayley Lewthwaite, Hayley Lewthwaite, Vanessa L. Clark, Vanessa L. Clark, Anne E. Vertigan, Anne E. Vertigan, Anne E. Vertigan, Amber Smith, Amber Smith, Vanessa M. McDonald, Vanessa M. McDonald, Vanessa M. McDonald

“…Participants were on average 60 years old (SD = 14), 72% were female, 94% were Caucasian, 94% were Australian-born, 26% lived alone, 42% were working full- or part-time, and 83% lived in a major city of Australia. Anxiety and depression were relatively common (35% anxiety; 16% depression using HADS threshold of scores ≥8). …”
Get full text

Structural equation modeling of the impact of disease activity on inflammatory bowel disease control: the mediating roles of self-efficacy and self-management behaviors by Yongli Zhu, Ke Liu, Jinfeng Jiang, Xin Cheng, Hao Wang, Feiyang Long, Kang Li, Changping Mu, Lijun Cui

“…Methods A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 310 IBD patients who attended a tertiary general hospital, the leader of the IBD Alliance Group in Chongqing City, between March and August 2024. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was utilized to assess the role and magnitude of various influencing factor pathways. …”
Get full text

Revisiting Cosa (Ansedonia, Italy): contributions of SAR-X images from the PAZ satellite to non-invasive archaeological prospecting by José Ignacio Fiz Fernández, Pere Manel Martín Serrano, Maria Mercè Grau Salvat, Antoni Cartes Reverté

“…Abstract: Some archaeological results are shown in this article, which have been generated from the use of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)-X images obtained from the PAZ satellite and applied to part of what was called Ager Cosanus, that is, the territory of the city of Cosa, which was one of the first maritime colonies of Rome in the heart of Etruscan territory. …”
Get full text

Furry neighbours: Acceptability of feeding and managing free‐ranging dogs and cats in an urban area by Danial Nayeri, Pourya Sardari, Fateme Zahra Raisi, Zahra Ghorbanian, Jenny Anne Glikman

“…We surveyed 500 residents of Karaj city in northern Iran to understand the behaviour of feeding FRDs and FRCs by people, as well as to uncover residents' acceptability of different control measures, focusing on culling FRDs and FRCs under different scenarios. …”
Get full text

Bovine leukemia virus occurrence in Dagestan by N. R. Budulov, M. M. Mikailov, Sh. A. Gunashev, E. A. Yanikova, A. A. Halikov

“…The largest number of bovine leukosis-affected localities was registered in the Kizlyarsky (18), Tarumovsky (17), Babayurtovsky (16), Gunibsky (15), Tlyaratinsky (10) Raions and in the city of Makhachkala (9). One disease-affected locality was reported in each of the Bezhtinsky, Buynaksky, Derbentsky, Kazbekovsky, Kayakentsky, Kizilyurtovsky, Khasavyurtovsky Raions and towns of Khasavyurt and Yuzhno-Sukhokumsk. …”
Get full text

The Protocol for the Multi-Ethnic, multi-centre raNdomised controlled trial of a low-energy Diet for improving functional status in heart failure with Preserved ejection fraction (... by Noelle Robertson, Melanie J Davies, Thomas Yates, Gerry P McCann, Gaurav Singh Gulsin, Emer M Brady, Joanne V Wormleighton, Eylem Levelt, Oliver Rider, Jiliu Pan, Christopher Miller, Iain Squire, Mehak Asad, Fardad Soltani, Michelle Hadjiconstantinou, Rachel L Brown, Joanna M Bilak

“…Participants will undergo glycometabolic profiling, echocardiography, MRI for cardiovascular structure and function, body composition analysis (including visceral and subcutaneous adiposity quantification), Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire (KCCQ) and Six-Minute Walk Test (6MWT), at baseline and 12 weeks. …”
Get full text

Quality of Life Assessment in Diabetic Patients Using a Validated Tool in a Patient Population Visiting a Tertiary Care Center in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India by Dayanidhi Meher, Sonali Kar, Mona Pathak, Snigdha Singh

“…A qualitative endeavour was attempted at the diabetic clinic of a tertiary care set up in the capital city of Bhubaneswar to create a diabetic surveillance data assembly, wherein subjects above 18 years of age and newly diagnosed or on follow-up, after obtaining informed consent, were made to respond to a quality of life (QOLID) validated tool. …”
Get full text

Short-Term Effect of Air Pollution on Daily Hospital Visits for Anxiety Disorders in Southern China with Low Pollution Concentrations by Xinyuan Zhong, Tingting Guo, Jianghui Zhang, Qiong Wang, Rong Yin, Kunpeng Wu, Qing Zou, Meng Zheng, Brian J. Hall, Andre M. N. Renzaho, Kangning Huang, Wen Chen

“…A generalized additive model was used to perform a time-series analysis on data from a Southern China city’s medical insurance system between 1 March 2021, and 31 July 2023. …”
Get full text

Clinical characteristics of Plasmodium vivax malaria infection in children and adolescents in the Republic of Korea during the period 2000 to 2016: a retrospective study by Jung Ah Lee, Je Eun Song, Seong Yeon Park, Yoon Soo Park, Yoonseon Park, Yee Gyung Kwak, Sang-Eun Lee, Hyun-Il Shin, Joon-Sup Yeom

“…Methods We retrospectively analyzed pediatric patients aged 0–18 years, diagnosed with P. vivax malaria in five hospitals in Goyang City and Seoul. Data on demographics, clinical presentations, treatment regimens, and outcomes were collected. …”
Get full text

Multinational comparison of new antidepressant use in older adults: a cohort study by Robyn Tamblyn, David Westfall Bates, David L Buckeridge, Will Dixon, Alan J Forster, Nadyne Girard, Jennifer Haas, Bettina Habib, Siyana Kurteva, Jack Li, Therese Sheppard

“…Descriptive statistics were used to compare the proportion of new users by the antidepressant prescribed, therapeutic class, potential treatment indication and country, as well as the characteristics of the first treatment episode (standardised daily doses, duration and changes).Results The incidence of antidepressant use between 2009 and 2014 varied from 4.7% (Montreal and Quebec City) to 18.6% (Taiwan). Tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs) were the most commonly used class in the UK (48.8%) and Taiwan (52.4%) compared with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) in North American jurisdictions (42.3%–53.3%). …”
Get full text

Rare <i>Wolbachia</i> genotypes in laboratory <i>Drosophila melanogaster</i> strains by A. S. Ryabinin, O. D. Shishkina, Yu. Yu. Ilinsky, R. A. Bykov

“…The northernmost point reported for the wMelCS2 genotype was Izhevsk city (Udmurtia, Russia). For the f irst time the wMelCS2 genotype was detected in D. melanogaster from the Sakhalin Island, and wMelCS, in the f lies from Nalchik (the North Caucasus). …”
Get full text

Prevalence of Diabetes, Prediabetes, and Associated Factors in an Adult Chinese Population: Baseline of a Prediabetes Cohort Study by Xinjie Yu, Fang Duan, Da Lin, Hai Li, Jian Zhang, Qiuyu Wang, Xianglong Wang, Qian Zhao, Jiayu Deng, Guangwei Song, Qingqing Ji, Haihua Zheng, Xiang Chen, Guoyi Zhou

“…Residents aged 18 to 70 years from Houtang Village, Nanyue Town, Yueqing City, Zhejiang Province, China, were invited to participate between October 1, 2018 and July 1, 2019. …”
Get full text