Lessons for communication strategies during health emergencies from a COVID-19 knowledge, attitudes and practices study in an informal settlement in Mumbai, India by Supriya Krishnan, Jennifer Spencer, Apurva Tiwari, Sushmita Das, Anagha Waingankar, Sushma Shende, Shanti Pantvaidya, Vanessa D’souza, Armida Fernandez, Anuja Jayaraman

“…Television (94%) and family (70%) were the most common sources of information, but they were not the most trusted. …”
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Turkish dentist practice and opinions on diagnosing and treating deep caries lesions: a web-based survey by Nilgün Akgül, Ebru Yilmaz, Onur Akkurt, Özge Gizem Yenidünya

“…Glass ionomer cement was the most commonly used base material, and direct composite resin was the preferred choice for post-endodontic restorations, in contrast to the less favored indirect composite resin. …”
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Long-term Complications and Treatment after Excision of Periocular Basal Cell Carcinoma – Case Report by Michalina Gałuszka, Dorota Pojda-Wilczek

“…Introduction Basal cell carcinoma is the most common malignant skin tumor, accounting for 90% of cases. …”
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Fisher Discriminant Analysis for Extracting Interpretable Phenological Information From Multivariate Time Series Data by Conor T. Doherty, Meagan S. Mauter

“…Where curve-fitting and other commonly used data transformations are sensitive to variation throughout a full time series, we show how FDA identifies application-relevant variation in specific variables at specific points in time. …”
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Within-session propulsion asymmetry changes have a limited effect on gait asymmetry post-stroke by Sarah A. Kettlety, James M. Finley, Kristan A. Leech

“…Abstract Background Biomechanical gait impairments, such as reduced paretic propulsion, are common post-stroke. Studies have used biofeedback to increase paretic propulsion and reduce propulsion asymmetry, but it is unclear if these changes impact overall gait asymmetry. …”
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The Theory and Practice of Consultation-Liaison (CL) Psychiatry in Trinidad and Tobago with Reference to Suicidal Behavior by Hari D. Maharajh, Petal Abdool, Rehanna Mohammed-Emamdee

“…Of all referrals, 95% originated from medical wards. The most common reason cited for attempts was depressed mood, secondary to a domestic dispute with a family member or significant other. …”
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Skin in the game: epidemiology analysis of skin cancer in rural Western Victoria by Tori Dopheide, Jessica Feeney, Joshua Eaton, Jessica Beattie, Rizwan Jaipurwala, Lara Fuller, Leesa Walker

“… Introduction: The aim of this clinical review was to evaluate the number and types of skin cancer excised by GPs in a rural clinic in South West Victoria, Australia, and analyse the number needed to treat (NNT, a common metric for evaluating skin cancer detection) and the influence of clinician experience on diagnostic accuracy. …”
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Evolutionary Cooperation in Networked Public Goods Game with Dependency Groups by Xuzhen Zhu, Xin Su, Jinming Ma, Hui Tian, RunRan Liu

“…Either in microlevel organizations or macrolevel societies, the individuals acquire benefits or payoffs by forming interdependency groups linked by common interests. Conducting research on the effects of interdependency groups on the evolution of cooperation could have a better understanding of the social dilemma problem. …”
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Vaginal Tritrichomonas foetus infection in mice as an in vivo model for drug development against Trichomonas vaginalis. by Noelle M Nieskens, Yukiko Miyamoto, Brianna M Hurysz, Anthony J O'Donoghue, Lars Eckmann

“…Trichomonas vaginalis is the causative agent of the common sexually transmitted disease, trichomoniasis, which affects more than a hundred million people worldwide. …”
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Crime in the law enforcement agencies in 1948–1952 and its counteraction by V. A. Grechenko

“…All of this has led to the existence of the problem of crime in the law enforcement agencies of the republic, and this problem is still relevant today, both from a theoretical and practical point of view. The most common violations in the police at that time were: alcoholism, abuse of office, connections with criminals, violations of the law during the detention of citizens and the conduct of investigations, failure to comply with orders, bribery, embezzlement, domestic and moral decay, desertion, disclosure of official secrets, unauthorised abandonment of duty, illegal use of weapons and, as a result, injury or killing of citizens, negligence in the performance of official duties, and loss of personal weapons. …”
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The Neuromuscular Effects of the Copenhagen Adductor Exercise: A Systematic Review by Morgan Schaber, Zachary Guiser, Logan Brauer, Rebecca Jackson, John Banyasz, Ryan Miletti, Amy Hassen-Miller

“…# Background Groin strains are one of the most common time-loss injuries in athletes. The Copenhagen Adductor Exercise (CAE) eccentrically strengthens the adductors and may function to prevent adductor strains, similar to the eccentric mechanism in which the Nordic Hamstrings exercise acts to prevent hamstring strains…”
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Perspectives on delivering sexual and reproductive health and rights information and services to young people: focus group discussions with civil society organizations in the Democ... by Landry Egbende, Viviane Mayala, Branly Mbunga, Nina Viberg, Mala Ali Mapatano, Tobias Alfvén, Eva Åkerman

“…Results Young people’s barriers to SRHR information and services were described as multi-layered, linked to individual, community, societal, institutional, and health system levels. The most common barrier in delivering SRHR information was the widespread view of sexuality as a taboo subject in communities and churches as well as in young people’s families. …”
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Molecular Detection of Candida tropicalis Isolated from Immunocompromised Patients with Otitis Media by Aymen Nazar Khalil, Abbas M. Ammari

“… Otomycoses are fungal infections that affect the external ear canal and, in some cases with perforated tympanic membranes, the middle ear. Candida are most common fungal genera causative agents of otomycoses. …”
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Awareness and Disposal Practices of Medicines among the Community in Hawassa City, Ethiopia by Daniel Woldamicael Bekele, Elias Dadebo, Girma Tilahun, Zinabu Gebremariam

“…The results of the study showed that analgesics and antibiotics, used in 52 and 27% of the HHs, respectively, were the most commonly consumed medicines in this city. The vast majority (95.5%) of the HHs did not store expired medicines but disposed of them. …”
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Undesirable Postoperative Anesthesia Outcomes at Two National Referral Hospitals: A Cross-Sectional Study in Eritrea by Yonatan Mehari Andemeskel, Traudl Elsholz, Ghidey Gebreyohannes, Eyasu H. Tesfamariam

“…Postoperative undesirable anesthesia outcomes are common among patients undergoing surgery. They may affect body systems and lead into more serious postoperative problems. …”
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Contribution of Experimental Animal Research Studies to the Emergency Medicine Literature by Umut Ocak, John H. Zhang

“…Various versions of cardiac arrest models were applied in 257 (34.9%) studies while brain (n=101, 13.7%) was the most commonly explored area. The main outcome measures were clinical outcomes/survival rates (n=408, 55.43%). …”
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Transcriptomic landscape of Hras12V oncogene-induced hepatocarcinogenesis with gender disparity by Huaiyuan Di, Zhuona Rong, Nan Mao, Huiling Li, Jun Chen, Renwu Liu, Aiguo Wang

“…Comparative analysis within W, P, and T and correlation expression pattern analysis revealed common/unique cluster-enriched items towards HCC between the sexes. …”
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Field-independence as a characteristic of police officers’ vital activity by D. V. Shvets

“…Low levels of anxiety are likely to be more common in the group of field-independent subjects, who show a probably lower rate of anxiety.…”
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Long COVID in patients with rheumatologic disease: A single center observational study by Horacio Quinones-Moya, Armando Ocampo-Del Valle, Adolfo Camargo-Coronel, Francisco Javier Jimenez-Balderas, Miriam Berenice Bernal-Enriquez, Pedro Madinabeitia-Rodríguez, Kenia Nahomi Morales-Medino, Cynthia Roque-Ibanez, Mario Raúl Hernandez-Zavala

“…Conclusions: The long COVID syndrome is common in patients with and without rheumatic diseases, and the prevalence of each of these symptoms differs little between these groups. …”
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Development and evaluation of punching mechanism for de-seeding of ber fruit by Bharath Kumar Komatineni, B. Manjula, Sanwal Singh Meena, V. Kavan Kumar, Utkarsh Dwivedi, Akuleti Saikumar, Seelam Jaya Krishna, Sumit Kumar Vishwakarma

“…Abstract Ber (Ziziphus mauritiana L.) commonly known as Indian jujube, is an underutilized seasonal fruit rich in nutrients and consumed directly. …”
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