Plant Species Composition and Community Perception Towards Landscaping Work Executed at Hawassa University-Main Campus, Ethiopia by Birhanu Kagnew, Firew Kebede

“…Especially students in higher educational institutions who spend much of their time focused on their studies need of clean, green and attractively well-designed landscape in their campus. So far data on plant species composition and perception of university towards landscape work is lacking. …”
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Elbow Injuries Among MLB Pitchers Increased During Covid-19 Disrupted Season, But Not Other Baseball Injuries by Chelsea Martin, Jozef Palasiewicz, Jesse Grullon, Ellen Shanley, Charles Thigpen, Daniel Kline, Stefan Kluzek, Gary Collins, Garrett Bullock

“… # Purpose To use publicly available data to compare injury rates during the 2015-2019 seasons, COVID-19 shortened season (2020), and the 2021 season stratified by body region and position (pitchers versus position players). # Study Design A retrospective cohort study utilizing publicly available data # Methods MLB players who competed in 1+ seasons between 2015-2021 were included and stratified by position (pitcher, position player). …”
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Mental health interventions for adolescents living with HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa: protocol for a systematic review by Dorothy Serwaa Boakye, Samuel Adjorlolo, Eugenia Xatse, Vincent Valentine Akorli, Paul Kwame Adjorlolo, Yvonne Yawa Battanis, Abigail Bempomaa Frempong, Lydia Kaki Ocansey, Cecillia Yeboah

“…Eligible studies will undergo quality assessment using standardised criteria appropriate for each respective study design.Ethics and dissemination No primary data collection will be undertaken; therefore, no ethical approval is required. …”
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Numerical Studies of Particle-Gas Two-Phase Flowing through Microshock Tubes by Guang Zhang, Wei Wei Wang, Xiang Hui Su, Xiao Jun Li, Wen Hao Shen, Zhe Lin

“…The other two models are designed with a supersonic nozzle and a sonic nozzle at the exit of the driven section, respectively, to investigate particle-gas flows induced by different nozzles. …”
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Efficacy of distal peripheral nerve blocks in lumbar radicular pain: A randomized placebo-controlled triple-blinded study by Vivek Jha, Gaurav Kumar Sharma, Omeshwar Singh, Jatin Aggarwal

“…Aims: The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy of bupivacaine in improving pain and straight leg raising test (SLRT), 30 min after injection around tender nerves near the ankle, in patients with unilateral radicular pain. Design: This was a randomized placebo-controlled triple-blinded study. …”
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Association of Calcium and Phosphate Levels with Incident Chronic Kidney Disease in Patients with Hypoparathyroidism: A Retrospective Case-Control Study by Elvira O. Gosmanova, Olulade Ayodele, Kristina Chen, Erin E. Cook, Fan Mu, Joshua A. Young, Lars Rejnmark

“…This study evaluated associations between levels of albumin-corrected serum calcium, serum phosphate, and calcium-phosphate product and the odds of CKD development in patients with chronic hypoparathyroidism. Design. A retrospective nested case-control study of adult patients with chronic hypoparathyroidism who had ≥1 prescription for calcitriol who developed CKD and matched controls who did not develop CKD were selected from the IBM® Explorys electronic medical record database. …”
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Evaluation of quality policies and strategies in health systems: a scoping review by Zenewton André da Silva Gama, Márcia Cunha da Silva Pellense, Pedro Jesús Saturno Hernández, Anna Cláudia Sales Gomes Caldas

“…This study aims to map studies evaluating policies and strategies for quality in health systems around the world.Design This is a scoping review based on the guidelines of the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI), guided by the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR).Data sources The search for articles was carried out in the Embase, Medline/Pubmed, Scopus, Web of Science and Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature databases and in the grey literature in July 2024.Eligibility criteria Publications describing a tool for evaluating interventions for quality in the health system and studies containing at least one conceptual framework related to the evaluation of policies and strategies for quality in the health system, in any language, were included.Data extraction and synthesis Data selection was carried out independently by two reviewers, whose conflicts were resolved by consensus and the decision of a third reviewer. …”
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Effect of intramuscular midazolam premedication on patient satisfaction in women undergoing general anaesthesia: a randomised control trial by Kwang Ho Lee, Seung Woo Song, Younghyun Jin, Hyunjae Lim, Jonghoon Lee

“…Objective To determine the effect of premedication with intramuscular midazolam on patient satisfaction in women undergoing general anaesthesia.Trial design, setting and participants Double-blind, parallel randomised control trial at a tertiary care medical centre in South Korea. …”
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A novel disc bend test specimen for realistic measuring of tensile strength in pavements under transverse cracking condition by M.R.M. Aliha, Hamid Reza Karimi, S.M.N. Ghoreishi

“…The tensile strength of asphaltic mixtures is an important parameter in designing the pavement materials and life assessment of the overlays. …”
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Effect of flood on the cutaneous leishmaniasis incidence in northeast of Iran: an interrupted time series study by Mostafa Majidnia, Atefeh Khoshkchali, Ahmad Khosravi

“…Methods Interrupted Time Series Analysis (ITSA) is a study design used to study the effects of an intervention, disaster, or natural event on occurrence of a disease over time. …”
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Does knowledge of sleep hygiene recommendations match behaviour in Australian shift workers? A cross-sectional study by Grace E Vincent, Sally A Ferguson, Caroline M Rampling, Charlotte Cecelia Gupta, Alexandra E Shriane, Gabrielle Rigney

“…This study aimed to assess the sociodemographic and behavioural correlates of sleep hygiene knowledge and engagement with sleep hygiene practices in Australian shiftworkers.Study design An online, cross-sectional survey.Setting and participants Australian adults from across multiple industries (n=588) who work shift work.Measures The online survey included questions regarding sleep hygiene knowledge and questions from modified versions of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and Sleep Hygiene Index.Results Of the 588 participants, 52.9% reported having heard of ‘sleep hygiene’. …”
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The USA and the energy transition of the 21st century: Measures to overcome dependence on China in critical minerals by N. А. Biryukova

“…The ultimate expression of such an approach is Energy Resource Governance Initiative which has been designed to foster high ecological and social standards in global extraction sector. …”
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Psychosocial work stressors and mental health in Ph.D. students in Germany-Evidence from two cross-sectional samples. by Meike Heming, Peter Angerer, Mathias Diebig

“…Within a cross-sectional study design, multiple linear regression analyses were performed in two study samples (n = 267 at T1; n = 244 at T2).…”
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Evaluating the Effectiveness of Parent Training Pamphlets: An Intervention Study Among Parents at Child Health Checkups by Kazuko Akutsu, Aya Goto, Fareeda Abo-Rass, Hiroyuki Yokoyama

“…This study evaluated the effectiveness of PT pamphlets designed and distributed in Shioya Town, Japan, by comparing outcomes between the intervention and control groups and within subgroups of parents, categorized based on their children’s need for follow-up health checkups. …”
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Social Aspects of Democratic Safeguards in Privacy Rights: A Qualitative Study of the European Union and China by Polonca Kovač, Grega Rudolf

“…This is accomplished by comparing social control in the EU and the social credit system in China. Design/Methodology/Approach: Considering the administrative context, a combined qualitative approach is applied, including normative and dogmatic methods, literature analysis, sociological and historical methods, expert interviews, and comparative and axiological methods. …”
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TRENDS IN HIGHER VOCATIONAL EDUCATION: PROFESSIONALIZATION OR DEPROFESSIONALIZATION? by Yu. R. Vishnevsky, D. Yu. Narkhov, Ya. V. Didkovskaya

“…The materials of the research could be useful to design and update vocational guidance of young people.…”
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Establishment of a rapid method for the detection of Brucella canis based on recombinase-mediated thermostable nucleic acid amplification technology by Shao-Zheng Song, Zi-Yuan Li, Yuan-Yuan Liu, Ying-Chao Wu, Kang-Ying Yu, Zhengyi He

“…Primers and fluorescent probes were designed and synthesized, and recombinant plasmids were constructed as standards. …”
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Numerical analysis of the hydraulic fracture propagation behavior encountering gravel in conglomerate reservoirs by Zehao Xu, Haiyang Zhao, Xiangjun Liu, Xiongwei Liu, Pandeng Luo, Lixi Liang

“…The mechanism of fracture expansion when encountering gravel in conglomerate reservoirs remains unclear, challenging the design and effective implementation of hydraulic fracturing. …”
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Implementing the Copenhagen Adductor Exercise and Nordic Hamstring Exercise in West African Academy Soccer Players: An Intervention Study by Matthew D DeLang, Lasse Ishøi, Maren Nielsen Hole, Prince Wilson, Michael Segbefia, Kristian Thorborg

“…# BACKGROUND This study implemented the Copenhagen Adductor Exercise (CAE) and Nordic Hamstring Exercise (NHE) to examine 1) whether CAE and NHE interventions are associated with adductor and hamstring strength gains in youth African male soccer players and 2) whether strength changes after a rest period and secondary intervention. # STUDY DESIGN Pre-post intervention study. # METHODS Forty-four African elite male academy players (age 14.7±1.5 \[12-18] years) participated in twice weekly CAE and NHE interventions for 8- and 10-week periods separated by a 4-week rest. …”
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Scenarios of automated driving based on a switchboard for driving forces - an application to the Netherlands by Maaike Snelder, Koen de Clercq, Gonçalo Homem de Almeida Correia, Maarten 't Hoen, Irene Martinez, Shadi Sharif Azadeh, Bart van Arem

“…However, there are still many uncertainties regarding future penetration rates, the level of connectivity, the operational design domain, and the expected impacts of automated driving. …”
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