Factors impacting hospitalisation and related health service costs in cancer survivors in Australia: Results from a population data linkage study in Queensland (COS‐Q) by Katharina M. D. Merollini, Louisa G. Collins, Andrew T. Jones, Joanne F. Aitken, Michael G. Kimlin

“…Generalised linear models were fitted to explore associations between socio‐demographic (age, sex, country of birth, marital status, occupation, geographic remoteness category and socio‐economic index) and clinical (cancer type, year of/time since diagnosis, vital status and care type) factors with mean annual hospital costs and mean episode costs. …”
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Training received, knowledge, and use of Silver Diamine Fluoride among Italian dentists: a nationwide survey by Claudia Salerno, Giulio Conti, Silvia Cirio, Cinzia Maspero, Andrea Senna, Guglielmo Campus, Maria Grazia Cagetti

“…Results The response rate was 6.1% with 3876 respondents, evenly distributed geographically. Less than 10% of respondents had received training at undergraduate, postgraduate or masters level. …”
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Multimorbidity patterns and function among adults in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review by Karina Berner, Quinette A Louw, Eugene Nizeyimana, Diribsa Tsegaye Bedada

“…Mobility limitations, instrumental activities of daily living, self-care and bowel/bladder problems were consistently linked to all pattern domains.Conclusions The limited and geographically skewed body of literature, along with methodological inconsistencies, hampers a comprehensive understanding of multimorbidity patterns and associations with functioning in LMICs. …”
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Physical Fruit Traits, Proximate Composition, Antioxidant Activity, and Profiling of Fatty Acids and Minerals of Wild Jujube (Ziziphus lotus L. (Desf.)) Fruits from Eleven Moroccan... by Hasna Ait Bouzid, El Hassan Sakar, Laila Bijla, Mohamed Ibourki, Ahmed Zeroual, Jamila Gagour, Jamal Koubachi, Khalid Majourhat, Saïd Gharby

“…This study aimed at investigating the effects of geographical origin on physical fruit traits, proximate composition, fatty acid, and elemental profiling of Moroccan wild jujube (Ziziphus lotus) fruits. …”
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A Synoptic- and Remote Sensing-based Analysis of a Severe Dust Storm Event over Central Asia by Parya Broomandi, Kaveh Mohammadpour, Dimitris G. Kaskaoutis, Aram Fathian, Sabur F. Abdullaev, Vladimir A. Maslov, Amirhossein Nikfal, Ali Jahanbakhshi, Bakhyt Aubakirova, Jong Ryeol Kim, Alfrendo Satyanaga, Alireza Rashki, Nick Middleton

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«Talgenism» in the Digital Age: A Domestic History of cMOOC by M. A. Babaeva, E. B. Golubev

“…Despite the time and geographical gap (Russia, 1918 and Canada, 2008), each of these technologies makes it possible a fundamentally new learning process focused on the needs of a student, the organization of which is practically unattainable with a traditional class-lesson or lecture-seminar system. …”
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Laguna de fracasos by Lagunaries

“…We inhabit the irony of a virtuality that imposes a distance on us and at the same time it hacks all geographical borders. A practice that does not yet have a name, a performance that is always provisional, weaving voices and actions through listening and activating our own and other people’s writings. …”
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Harmonic Analysis of the Spatiotemporal Pattern of Thunderstorms in Iran (1961–2010) by Ali Akbar Sabziparvar, Seyed Hossein Mir Mousavi, Mostafa Karampour, Mehdi Doostkamian, Esmaeil Haghighi, Iman Rousta, Haraldur Olafsson, Md Omar Sarif, Rajan Dev Gupta, Md Moniruzzaman, Khairul Hasan, Ali Ghasemi

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Prevalence of HIV infection and uptake of HIV/AIDs services among fishermen on the shores of Lake Victoria in Kagera region, Northwestern Tanzania. by Patrick Mwanahapa, Mtoro J Mtoro, Dina Gerald, Pius Horumpende, Salaam Mujeeb

“…<h4>Introduction</h4>The Tanzania HIV Impact Survey (THIS) 2022-2023 showed that HIV prevalence among the general population stabilises but varies geographically across the country. Despite this, disproportionate burdens of HIV continue among specific subpopulations, such as fishermen. …”
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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

“…The Gini Coefficient was used to measure the distribution of health resources and services (i.e. financial resources, human resources, hospital beds, ICU beds) against population size and geographic size. Data were analyzed using SPSS software, version 25. …”
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Trends and opportunities in renewable energy investment in Saudi Arabia: Insights for achieving vision 2030 and enhancing environmental sustainability by Mahmoud Mohamed Selim, Nasser Alshareef

“…The analysis underscores geographic factors in deploying renewable energy, directing investors and policymakers to cities with favourable solar power generation about sustainability and economic objectives. …”
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Coupling ICESat-2 and Sentinel-2 data for inversion of mangrove tidal flat to predict future distribution pattern of mangroves by Xiaoyong Ming, Yichao Tian, Qiang Zhang, Yali Zhang, Jin Tao, Junliang Lin

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Applying implementation science frameworks to understand why fisherfolk continue or discontinue pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention in Uganda: a qualitative analysis by Simon Mwima, Rhoda Kitti Wanyenze, Rose Naigino, Laura M Bogart, William Musoke, Semei C Mukama, Stella Allupo, Herbert Kadama, Barbara Mukasa

“…Inner-setting factors like mobility issues and the distance to healthcare clinics posed significant barriers exacerbated by the geographical isolation of fishing communities. In the outer setting, high HIV prevalence motivated PrEP initiation, but stigma, particularly the misconception that PrEP is an antiretroviral drug used by people living with HIV, led to discontinuation.Conclusion Fisherfolk in Uganda encounter multiple barriers to PrEP continuation, with women facing more significant challenges. …”
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Study on the Genetic Differences in Reservoir Characteristics Based on the Bidirectional Provenance of the Yanchang Formation in the Jiyuan Area, Ordos Basin, China by Qiang Tong, Zhaohui Xia, Jixin Huang, Junchang Wu, Yusheng Wang, Zheng Meng, Chaoqian Zhang

“…Combined with the nature of the basement of the basin and the characteristics of the present structure, it is believed that the Jiyuan area is located in the central and western parts of the basin, spanning two first-level structural units, the Tianhuan Depression and the Yishan Ramp. This special geographical location makes Jiyuan area affected by bidirectional provenance. …”
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Practices and preferences in the use of magnification among endodontists and restorative dentists: A multicentre study. by Azhar Iqbal, Mohmed Isaqali Karobari, Deepti Shrivastava, Kumar Chandan Srivastava, Bilal Arjumand, Hmoud Ali Algarni, Meshal Aber Alonazi, Muhsen Alnasser, Osama Khattak, Jamaluddin Syed, Reham Mohmad Attia, Asma Abubakar Rashed, Sherif El Sayed Sultan

“…The completed questionnaire with an informed consent form for the participant was administered to the endodontists and restorative dentists in three different geographical regions namely MENA (Middle East and Northern Africa), British-Isles, and Indian Sub-continent using WhatsApp through the snowball convenience sampling technique.…”
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Prevalence and Determinants of Undernutrition among 6- to 59-Months-Old Children in Lowland and Highland Areas in Kilosa District, Tanzania: A Cross-Sectional Study by Jackline D. Mrema, Ester Elisaria, Akwilina W. Mwanri, Cornelio M. Nyaruhucha

“…Determinants of stunting differed between highlands and lowland areas, highlighting the needs of having properly integrated interventions based on the geographical location.…”
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Creating accountable hospital service areas in China: a case analysis of health expenditure in the metropolis of Chengdu by Jay Pan, Peiya Cao, Xiaoshuang Zhao, Yili Yang

“…Cases of non-residents of Chengdu were excluded from the datasets.Methods We conducted three sets of analyses: (1) apply Dartmouth approach to delineate HSAs; (2) use Geographic Information System (GIS)-based method to demonstrate health expenditure variations across delineated HSAs and (3) employ a three-level multilevel linear model to examine the association between health expenditure and demand-side, supply-side and region-specific factors.Results A total of 113 HSAs with a median population of 60 472 (ranging from 7022 to 827 750) was delineated. …”
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Contribution of Spatial Heterogeneity and Temporal-Spatial Change of Ecosystems to the Thermal Environment of Tourist Destinations: A Case Study of Sichuan-Chongqing Region, China by Dechao Chen, Xinliang Xu, Huailong Jiang, Zongyao Sun, Luo Liu, Zhi Qiao

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Study on City-Level Optimization of Tourism Industry Spatial Organization Nodes and Organization Mode for Tourist Destinations by Jinlian Hao, Haolong Liu, Jie Chen, Fankai Sun

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Variability of the structure of correlations between the morphological and commercial traits of soybeans with different growth habit and branching characters by M. O. Burlyaeva, N. S. Rostova

“…Therefore, the  aim of the  present work was to study  the  variability of the  level (strength) and  the  structure of correlations between 92 morphological, phenological, biochemical,  agronomic traits of soybean accessions  with different  growth  habits,  and  branching characters in different weather conditions. 270 soybean accessions  of different ecological and geographical origin from the VIR collection  have  been  grown  in the  Krasnodar region  within 3 years. …”
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