Prevalence and identification of tick infestation in cattle and sheep in Herat, Afghanistan by Nazir Ahmad Tookhy, Zabihullah Nasiry, Mohammad Hussain Haidary, Shoaib Ahmad Shakhes, Mohammad Navid Wais

“…These findings advocate for tailored strategies in tick control and educational initiatives to effectively address this critical concern. …”
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Animal Brucellosis in Egypt: Review on Evolution, Epidemiological Situation, Prevalent <i>Brucella</i> Strains, Genetic Diversity, and Assessment of Implemented National Control Me... by Ahmed M. S. Menshawy, Acacia Ferreira Vicente, Yamen M. Hegazy, Vitomir Djokic, Mahmoud E. R. Hamdy, Luca Freddi, Essam M. Elbauomy, Ashraf E. Sayour, Claire Ponsart, Nour H. Abdel-Hamid

“…Increasing awareness through educational campaigns is compulsory to reduce brucellosis transmission risk to livestock/humans.…”
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Perspectives on the adoption of black-soldier fly larvae for animal feed among livestock farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa by Dieu-Merci Akonkwa Nyamuhirwa, Shiferaw Feleke, Paul-Martin Dontsop Nguezet, Dioukou Sissoko, Bokar Moussa, Abel-Gautier Kouakou, Seydou Zakari, Tahirou Abdoulaye, Victor Manyong

“…The awareness creation should target educated livestock farmers with access to group membership, credit, extension services, and diversified income sources to influence their decisions to adopt BSFL as a source of protein in animal feed.…”
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Preconceptional brain structure and future conception: a prospective brain MRI study among 321 women by Merel W. de Vries, Eline M. P. Poels, Gennady V. Roshchupkin, Ryan L. Muetzel, Milan Zarchev, Astrid M. Kamperman, Henning Tiemeier, Meike W. Vernooij, Steven A. Kushner

“…Logistic regression was used to examine associations between global brain parameters and conception, adjusting for age, intracranial volume, BMI, prior STD diagnosis, ethnicity, education, household income, smoking, and alcohol use. …”
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Decrease in Self-Reported Tanning Frequency among Utah Teens following the Passage of Utah Senate Bill 41: An Analysis of the Effects of Youth-Access Restriction Laws on Tanning Be... by Rebecca G. Simmons, Kristi Smith, Meghan Balough, Michael Friedrichs

“…Students who continued indoor tanning were more likely to be older and female and to engage in other risk behaviors, including smoking and alcohol use. Lower parental education levels were also associated with continued tanning. …”
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Impact of sanctions on the development of the gas industry in Russia by P. A. Aksenov

“…The results obtained can be applied in assessing future development trends of the Russian gas industry considering the current situation, as well as in educational process. The prospects for further research on this topic include studying specifics of various risks impact on the Russian gas industry development and forming recommendations for hedging and managing them.…”
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The Situation of Social Cooperatives in Small Villages in Hungary by Katalin Lipták

“…In the spatial structure of Hungary, small villages tend to be located on the periphery, which is both the spatial and socio-economical peripheral position, with mostly disadvantaged inhabitants with low educational attainment and high unemployment. In these settlements, local communities can better understand what hinders and what helps their economies to grow and improve living standards by assessing their economic base. …”
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Industrial wastewater treatment and reuse: Heckman probit sample selection model by Urgessa Tilahun Bekabil, M.K. Jayamohan, Amsalu Bedemo Beyene

“…Policymakers and industrial firms should think about ways to educate and encourage firms and the surrounding community to reuse treated wastewater, which promotes water conservation and reduces urban water scarcity. • The Heckman Probit Selection model effectively identifies and analyzes the factors influencing wastewater treatment and reuse in the industrial sector. • Implementing wastewater treatment solutions is crucial for minimizing water shortages in urban areas of emerging economies. • The estimated model highlights the essential actions to be taken for achieving a sustainable environment.…”
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Darul Ahdi wa Syahadah and the Implementation of Maqasid Al-Shariah in the Context of the Pancasila State by Edy Saputra, Mohammad Ridwan, Amri Effendi, Rita Defriza, Rahmad Hidayat

“…Future research should focus on developing specific indicators to assess the effectiveness of Darul Ahdi wa Syahadah and Maqasid al-Shariah in public policies across sectors such as education, economic development, and healthcare. Additionally, empirical studies should be conducted to evaluate the broader societal reception of these concepts within Indonesia's pluralistic framework.…”
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TRENDS IN CHILD MARRIAGE IN AKURE METROPOLIS, ONDO STATE, NIGERIA by Justina Olufunke, Gbemisola Hannah ADEOBA

“…The study concludes that the imposition of a marriage partner on under-aged daughters and girls who are in no way ready for married life, and who early-marriage can deprive of freedom, opportunities for personal development, and other human rights including health and well-being, education, and participation in civic life, appears to nullify the goals of the child’s core protections guaranteed by the Convention on the Rights of the Child. …”
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Prevalence and associated factors of metabolic syndrome among people living with HIV in a medical center of Northern Taiwan by Chien-An Tu, Chien-Feng Kuo, Chun-Ming Lee, Chang-Pan Liu, Hsiang-Kuang Tseng, Tseng-Yu Huang, Chih-Chen Lin, Hsun Chang, Winter Yu-Ning Lee, Fang-Ju Sun, Zu-Yi Sun, Pei-Ching Lian, Ming-Wei Cheng, Alice Ying-Jung Wu

“…A modified National Cholesterol Education Program ATP III definition of metabolic syndrome was used to define metabolic syndrome and body mass index was used as surrogate for waist circumference. 809 PLWH participated in the study, in which 81.3% of patients were on integrase inhibitor-based HAART regimen. …”
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EpigenomeViewer: A Shiny Web Application for Visualizing Methylation Patterns Across Biological Samples by Nurul Syakima Ab Mutalib

“…This application is an invaluable tool for both experienced researchers and educators in bioinformatics and epigenetics, supporting a wide range of studies from academic research to clinical applications. …”
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Didactic strategy to contribute to the development of communicative competence in Health Psychology students by Ana María Molina Gómez, Angelina Roméu Escobar, Miriam Gutiérrez Escobar, María Elinor Dulzaides Iglesias

“…<strong> Results:</strong> the methodologies for teaching grammar in previous educational levels do not enhance the development of communicative competence. …”
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Indices of Abdominal Adiposity and Cardiorespiratory Fitness Test Performance in Middle-School Students by Ryan Burns, James C. Hannon, Timothy A. Brusseau, Barry Shultz, Patricia Eisenman

“…Data were collected on four separate testing days during the students’ physical education classes. Results. There were statistically significant moderate correlations between the %BF estimations, WHtR, and cardiorespiratory fitness test scores in both genders . …”
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Aflatoxins in Uganda: An Encyclopedic Review of the Etiology, Epidemiology, Detection, Quantification, Exposure Assessment, Reduction, and Control by Timothy Omara, Winfred Nassazi, Tom Omute, Aburu Awath, Fortunate Laker, Raymond Kalukusu, Bashir Musau, Brenda Victoria Nakabuye, Sarah Kagoya, George Otim, Eddie Adupa

“…The causes and proliferation of aflatoxigenic contamination of Ugandan foods have been largely due to poor pre-, peri-, and postharvest activities, poor government legislation, lack of awareness, and low levels of education among farmers, entrepreneurs, and consumers on this plague. …”
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Organic Greenhouse Container Herb Production in South Florida: Fertilizer and Potting Media by Danielle Treadwell, Kati Migliaccio, Teresa Olczyk, Yun Qian, Yuncong Li, George Hochmuth, Robert Hochmuth, Eric H. Simonne, Lance S. Osborne, Richard K. Sprenkel

“…Greenhouse trials were conducted during the 2005 and 2006 growing season at the UF/IFAS Tropical Research and Education Center (TREC) in Homestead, Florida. The objectives of the project were to 1) compare several commercially available organic fertilizers for organic greenhouse production of container herbs and 2) compare two commercially available potting media for organic greenhouse production of container herbs. …”
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Effects of a Psychological Preparation Intervention on Anxiety Associated with Pediatric Anorectal Manometry by Katherine Lamparyk, Lori Mahajan, Christopher Lamparyk, Ashley Debeljak, Laura Aylward, Kimberly Flynt, Rita Steffen

“…A prospective randomized study of children aged 3–12 years, undergoing HRM, was performed utilizing child-centric educational video. Patients received either psychological preparation intervention or treatment-as-usual. …”
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Effect of Antihypertensive Therapy on SCORE-Estimated Total Cardiovascular Risk: Results from an Open-Label, Multinational Investigation—The POWER Survey by Guy De Backer, Robert J. Petrella, Assen R. Goudev, Ghazi Ahmad Radaideh, Andrzej Rynkiewicz, Atul Pathak

“…The Physicians' Observational Work on patient Education according to their vascular Risk (POWER) survey was an open-label investigation of eprosartan-based therapy (EBT) for control of high blood pressure in primary care centers in 16 countries. …”
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Factors Improvement of Sustainable livelihoods from the Perspective of Local People, Case Study: Ardabil County by vakil heidari sarban, Alireza Abdpour

“…To achieve this goal, 35 residents of studied region were interviewed individually with college education and at least a bachelor's degree. In the second step of study, in order to understand and analyze rural communities' perspective of and their theoretical agreement degree with the results of the first step, 39 identified causes were the questionnaire design basis by Likert method. …”
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Efficiency Improvement Model for Administrative and Management Personnel of the Federal University by M. V. Demin, N. N. Shusharina

“…At the present stage of modernization and development of the higher education system in the Russian Federation, universities are being differentiated with the aim of creating new university types and shaping new strategies for their development and, thus, achieving high efficiency of personnel management and acquiring professional competences. …”
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