Comparative Analysis of Multiple Hydrological Models in Assessing Climate Change Impacts on the Mille Watershed, Awash Basin, Ethiopia by Asmare Belay Nigussie, Mihiretie Ayana, Dessalegn Worku Ayalew, Gerawork Feleke, Asnake Enawgaw Amognehegn, Anteneh Yayeh Adamu, Andualem Endalew, Tewodrose Desale Meselaw, Shankar Karuppannan

“…The Mille watershed faces significant challenges such as flooding, drought, irrigation, and water supply scarcity, as well as health issues stemming from climate change within the community. Thus, this study aims to assess the impact of climate change on hydrology in the Mille River, Awash River Basin, Ethiopia, utilizing multiple hydrological and climate models. …”
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The Croton genera (Euphorbiaceae) and its richness in chemical constituents with potential range of applications by Carlos Andrés Coy-Barrera, Laura Galvis, Maria Juliana Rueda, Sergio Alejandro Torres-Cortés

“…The information on traditional medicine has aroused the interest of the scientific community, which seeks to identify the chemical components responsible for its use . …”
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The Public Health Service “Increased Risk” 2020 Policy Change Has not Improved Organ Utilization in the United States: A Nationwide Cohort Study by Dane C. Paneitz, MD, MPH, Stanley B. Wolfe, MD, MPH, Duc Giao, BA, Shannon N. Tessier, PhD, Leigh Anne Dageforde, MD, MPH, Nahel Elias, MD, Seyed Alireza Rabi, MD, PHD, Eriberto Michel, MD, David A. D’Alessandro, MD, Asishana A. Osho, MD, MPH

“…Further efforts to educate the community on the safe usage of high-risk organs are needed and may increase organ utilization.…”
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Anti-Methanogenic Potential of Seaweeds and Impact on Feed Fermentation and Rumen Microbiome In Vitro by Pradeep Kumar Malik, Atul Purshottam Kolte, Shraddha Trivedi, Govindan Tamilmani, Archit Mohapatra, Shalini Vaswani, Johnson Belevendran, Artabandhu Sahoo, Achamveetil Gopalakrishnan, Raghavendra Bhatta

“…The prevalence of <i>Methanobrevibacter</i> was similar across treatments, constituting the majority (~79%) of the archaeal community. The results also demonstrated that the supplementation of <i>Kappaphycus alvarezii</i> and <i>Sargassum wightii</i> did not alter the feed fermentation pattern, and therefore, the reduction in CH₄ production in the present study could not be attributed to it. …”
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Factors associated with decreased anal sphincter tone and the accuracy of forced anal examinations to detect individuals having receptive anal intercourse: an observational study by John A Schneider, Alan G Nyitray, Derek Smith, Michael W Ross, Elizabeth Y Chiao, Timothy J Ridolfi, Bridgett Brzezinski, B R Simon Rosser, Aniruddha Hazra, Jenna Nitkowski, Sandrine Sanos, Ever Mkonyi, Lucy Mgopa

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A meta-core outcome set for stillbirth prevention and bereavement care following stillbirth in LMIC by Jamie J Kirkham, Declan Devane, Carol Bedwell, Tina Lavender, Tracey A Mills, Sabina Wakasiaka, Rose Laisser, Bellington Vwalika, Nasim Chaudhry, Angela Chimwaza, Elizabeth Ombeva Ayebare, Sudhindrashayana Fattepur, Tayyeba Kiran, Kushupika Dube, Farai Marenga, Idesi Chilinda, Unice Goshomi, Allen Nabisere, Zaib Un Nisa

“…To address this gap, the objective of this study was to establish consensus on the most important outcomes for stillbirth prevention and bereavement care following stillbirth in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.Methods Previous stillbirth outcomes were reviewed for inclusion into the COS by senior research leaders and community engagement and involvement members from six sub-Saharan African and two South Asian countries. …”
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Income level is associated with differences in primary and secondary stroke prevention in China by Huiming Ren, Junrong Ma, Xu Guo, Ruijie Zhang, Liyuan Pu, Tian Zhao, Fangfang Zeng, Chang Shu, Liyuan Han, Yunzhi Wang, Qiang Li, Xiaojie Wang

“…Material and methods This was a population-based study using data from a China Kadoorie Biobank survey that began in 2004 in 10 geographical regions. Community residents (n = 512,715) aged 30–79 years were recruited. …”
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Synthesizing Local Capacities, Multi-Source Remote Sensing and Meta-Learning to Optimize Forest Carbon Assessment in Data-Poor Regions by Kamaldeen Mohammed, Daniel Kpienbaareh, Jinfei Wang, David Goldblum, Isaac Luginaah, Esther Lupafya, Laifolo Dakishoni

“…By integrating multi-source optical and radar remote sensing data alongside community forest inventories, we applied a meta-modelling approach using stacked generalization ensemble to estimate forest above-ground carbon (AGC). …”
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Associations between media parenting practices and early adolescent consumption of R-rated movies and mature-rated video games by Jason M. Nagata, Karen Li, Shirley S. Sui, Jonanne Talebloo, Christopher D. Otmar, Iris Yuefan Shao, Orsolya Kiss, Kyle T. Ganson, Alexander Testa, Jinbo He, Fiona C. Baker

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Towards a cervical cancer-free future: women’s healthcare decision making and cervical cancer screening uptake in sub-Saharan Africa by Bright Opoku Ahinkorah, Abdul-Aziz Seidu, Richard Gyan Aboagye, Bernard Yeboah-Asiamah Asare, Joshua Okyere, Bupe Mwamba

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Identification and analysis of drivers affecting the maturity of knowledge management in Tehran Municipal Sports Organization by ismail khandan, Ali Mohammad Safania, Mohsen Baghrian Farahabadi, Seyyed Salahuddin i Naqshband

“…Data collection was done using semi-structured interviews with members of the statistical community. The analysis of the data was done by the metacombination method, and MICMAC software was used. …”
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Presenting the professional thinking model of employees based on the dimensions of ambivalence and psychological empowermen by Abdolmajid Kord, Mansur Garkaz, Alireza Maetoofi, Ali khuzin, Alireza Hasan Maleki

“…The statistical population of the research includes 1100 people from the public accountant's community of Iran, 297 of whom were selected as a sample using Morgan's table, and the sampling method is available. …”
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Explanation and design of mentoring in order to promote human resources activities in the National Company of Southern Oil-bearing Regions by Ali Ghasemi Ghasemvand, Vahid Chenari, Mehrdad Hamari, Seyyed Ali Akbar Ahmadi

“…In the qualitative part, the necessary factors and infrastructures of the model were identified through interviews with 11 experts who were selected using the snowball sampling method; and in the quantitative part, the community consisted of 105 experts and human resource managers of the southern National Petroleum Regions Company, and stratified random sampling method was used. …”
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Presenting a model of ecotourism and sustainable tourism development with an emphasis on foreign exchange and economic development of Qeshm Island by Naser Rajabi, Vahid Reza Mirabi, Khosro Moradi Shahdadi

“…Data collection in the qualitative part was done using semi-structured interviews of the members of the statistical community, and data collection in the quantitative part was done through a questionnaire. …”
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Non-formal encounters between Israeli families and African immigrant families foster lifelong learning competence by Michal Ganz Meishar

“…Therefore, the findings must be considered in the context in which they are presented and not generalized to other regions or communities from other cultures in Israel and the world. …”
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Spatiotemporal distribution patterns of cephalopods and their responses to changes in the marine environment in the coastal waters of Zhejiang, China by Jun Liang, Jun Liang, Yongdong Zhou, Yongdong Zhou, Tian Wu, Feng Chen, Feng Chen, Kaida Xu, Kaida Xu, Guangjie Fang, Yazhou Zhang, Yazhou Zhang

“…Analysis of the alpha diversity index revealed relatively low cephalopod community diversity, with significant differences in spatial and seasonal distributions. …”
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Hubungan Kadar Ft4 Dengan Kejadian Tirotoksikosis berdasarkan Penilaian Indeks New Castle Padawanita Dewasa di Daerah Ekses Yodium by Harsa Rusda, Fadil Oenzil, Yustini Alioes

“…Based on Chi-Square statistics test, showed p value=1.Conclution: There was no significant association between FT4 levels in blood serum with thyrotoxicosis incidence of adult women in iodine excess area.Suggestion: Therefore, it should be informed to the community about iodine intake and this research is hoped can be input for the government policy towards iodine suplementation and control EYU levels regularly and periodically.…”
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Cardiovascular risk factors and markers of myocardial injury and inflammation in people living with HIV in Nairobi, Kenya: a pilot cross-sectional study by Pablo Perel, Kuan Ken Lee, Anoop SV Shah, Mohammed K Ali, Shirjel R Alam, Jasmit Shah, Hassan Adan Ahmed, Jeilan Mohamed, Isaiah G Akuku, Sherry Eskander, Michael H Chung

“…Objectives To determine the prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors and explore associations with high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I (hscTnI) and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) in people living with HIV (PLHIV) in Kenya.Design Pilot cross-sectional study.Setting Data were collected from community HIV clinics across two sites in Nairobi, Kenya, from July 2019 to May 2020.Participants Convenience sample of 200 PLHIV (≥30 years with no prior history of CVD).Outcome measures Prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors and its association with hsTnI and hsCRP levels.Results Across 200 PLHIV (median age 46 years, IQR 38–53; 61% women), the prevalence of hypercholesterolaemia (total cholesterol &gt;6.1 mmol/L) and hypertension were 19% (n=30/199) and 30% (n=60/200), respectively. …”
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Early empiric anti-Mycobacterium tuberculosis therapy for sepsis in sub-Saharan Africa: a protocol of a randomised clinical trial by Mark Conaway, David R Boulware, Scott K Heysell, Stellah G Mpagama, Christopher C Moore, Alphonce Liyoyo, Conrad Muzoora, Catherine Gitige, Bibie Said, Edwin Nuwagira, Rinah Arinaitwe, Rhina Mushagara, Peter Buzaare, Anna Chongolo, Samuel Jjunju, Precious Twesigye, Megan Null, Tania A Thomas

“…We will also present our findings to the Community Advisory Boards that we convened during study preparation.Trial registration number ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT04618198).…”
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A Scoping Review of Existing Policy Instruments to Tackle Overweight and Obesity in India: Recommendations for a Social and Behaviour Change Communication Strategy [version 2; peer... by Lopamudra Tripathy, Suparna Ghosh-Jerath, Neena Bhatia, Kathryn Backholer, Kavita Chauhan, Nishibha Thapliyal, Deepika Bahl, Shalini Bassi, Monika Arora, Seema Chandra, Preetu Mishra

“…., individual, interpersonal, community and organisation for health promotion. However, there’s need to strengthen SBCC strategies related to prevention and management of obesity, especially screening and counselling, to cover all age groups with a particular focus on adolescents and youth. …”
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