Risk Analysis of Groundwater Contaminant in Rural Areas Using Spatial Distribution by Herawati Herawati, Maria Kanan, Anwar Mallongi, Ramli Bidullah, Sandy N. Sakati, Dwi Wahyu Balebu

“…Groundwaters with high and very high risk are dominated by Groundwaters located in Minang Andala, Purwo Agung and Kembang Merta villages, which are agricultural areas with sufficient area and most of the people have livestock around their homes which could potentially be a source of contaminants. …”
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CNN-Based Object Recognition and Tracking System to Assist Visually Impaired People by Fahad Ashiq, Muhammad Asif, Maaz Bin Ahmad, Sadia Zafar, Khalid Masood, Toqeer Mahmood, Muhammad Tariq Mahmood, Ik Hyun Lee

“…Through this application, the family members of VIPs would be able to track their movement (get location and snapshots) while being at their homes. Hence, the device allows VIPs to visualize the environment and ensure their security. …”
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Improving diagnostics and surveillance of malaria among displaced people in Africa by Toufik Abdul-Rahman, Oyinbolaji Akinwande Ajetunmobi, Gafar Babatunde Bamigbade, Innocent Ayesiga, Muhammad Hamza Shah, Tolulope Sharon Rumide, Abdurahman Babatunde Adesina, Ganiyat Adekemi Adeshina, Oluwabusola Elizabeth Oni, Bet-ini Nsikak Christian, Abdullahi Tunde Aborode, Andrew Awuah Wireko, Hala Ibrahim Thaalibi, Iman Mustafa Abdalla, Sewar Basheer Banimusa, Justice Ndubuisi Jonathan, Isreal Ayobami Onifade, Md Ariful Haque

“…Abstract African communities that have been forced to leave their homes experience a considerably greater susceptibility to malaria as a result of densely populated living conditions, restricted availability of healthcare, and environmental influences. …”
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Fabry cardiomyopathy: Gb3‐induced auto‐reactive panmyocarditis requiring heart transplantation by Andrea Frustaci, Maurizio Scarpa, Rosalia Maria da Riol, Chiara Agrati, Nicoletta Finato, Romina Verardo, Claudia Grande, Cristina Chimenti, Concetta Di Nora, Matteo Antonio Russo, Ugolini Livi

“…The phenotypic analysis of PBMC showed a lower frequency of CD8 (9.2%) vs. 19.3% and NKT cells (1.6% vs. 2.4%) in Fabry patient respect to healthy donor, suggesting a possible homing to peripheral tissues. A Gb3‐induced auto‐reactive myocarditis is suggested as a possible cause of FDCM progression and ERT resistance. …”
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Teeth and Covariates: Association with Risk of Falls by Shivani Kohli, Aaron Lam Wui Vun, Christopher Daryl Philip, Cassamally Muhammad Aadil, Mahenthiran Ramalingam

“…This study was conducted at various old age homes in the Klang Valley region of Malaysia involving the geriatric population aged 60 years and above. …”
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Finanční zajištění židovských uprchlíků v době první světové války v Čechách by Klára Habartová

“…The Jewish refugees were constantly being forced by the central authorities to repatriate or to voluntarily return to their homes in Halič and Bukovina. New refugees came to replace them, however, released from refugee camps in Bohemia and Moravia. …”
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The Role of Partnerships in Supporting COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake Among Migrants: A Qualitative Case Study from Tamil Nadu and Punjab, India by Ankita Meghani, Bharathi Palanisamy, Sunita Singh, Tanya Singh, Natasha Kanagat, Anil Gupta, Kapil Singh, Gopal Krishna Soni

“…In both states, key strategies—involving influencers to discuss the importance of vaccine safety and value, bringing vaccination services to migrants’ workplaces and homes at flexible times and mandating workplace vaccination to encourage vaccination—shifted perceptions towards vaccination and increased vaccine uptake among migrants. …”
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Marketing of Direct Selling of Agricultural Products by Zdenka Kádeková, Anton Kretter

“…The success of direct selling is determined by the factors such as distance of the company from the homes of customers, important is also transportation network, readiness of the company for this type of selling as well as following the given rules and legislation together with respecting market potential and marketing approach of the company. …”
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Health-Related Quality of Life and Gender Differences in Elderly People: a Cross-Sectional Study by Pegah Bahrami Taghanaki, Ehsan Mosa Farkhani, Sima Nourbakhsh, Maryam Srakhosh

“…Following a multi-staged stratified sampling, participants were selected, and in order to complete the questionaries interviewed at their homes or the Health Center according to the participants’ priorities using the RAND 36-Item Health Survey (RAND-36). …”
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The organizational challenges of municipal call centers as a health service in Norway-a multiple case study by Linda Grøndal-Eeles, Janne Dugstad, Hilde Eide, Etty Nilsen

“…Abstract Background To maintain sustainability in the health care system, technology such as social alarms and sensors has been implemented in people’s homes with the goal of increasing independent living for elderly and multimorbid health care recipients. …”
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Financial Inclusion and Refugees’ Self-Reliance: An Assessment for Women’s Economic Empowerment at Nakivale Refugee Settlement, Southwestern Uganda. by Mugisha, Abbas, Kaaya, Siraje

“…Oct 2023Keywords: Financial inclusion, Women refugees, Nakivale refugee settlementmabbas@kab.ac.ugIntroductionForced displacement of people from their motherland is a serious and surging challenge globally Th e UNHCR global trend report 2021 (UNHCR, 2022) reveals that the numbers of people forced to fl ee their homes have been increasing every year for a decade. …”
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Immortalized Mesenchymal Stem Cells: A Safe Cell Source for Cellular or Cell Membrane-Based Treatment of Glioma by Yuxuan Zhang, Jie Liu, Yunzhao Mo, Zetao Chen, Taoliang Chen, Yan Li, Yaofeng Zheng, Shaokang Deng, Xiangdong Xu, Huajian Chen, Haoqi He, Jiansheng Chen, Tao Jin, Xinlin Sun, Yiquan Ke, Jihui Wang

“…Immortalized cells continued to express homing molecules. The cell membranes of im-MSCs were taken up by glioma cells and targeted in situ gliomas in vivo, suggesting that im-MSCs and their plasma membranes can be used as natural drug carriers for targeting gliomas, and providing a safe, adequate, quality-controlled, and continuous source for the treatment of gliomas based on whole-cell or cell membrane carriers.…”
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Comparison of two skin protection regimes for the Prevention of Incontinence-associated Dermatitis in geriatric care (PID): a study protocol for an exploratory randomised controlle... by Jan Kottner, Monira El Genedy-Kalyoncu, Alexandra Fastner, Bettina Völzer, Kathrin Raeder, Konrad Neumann, Nils Axel Lahmann

“…The trial will be conducted in geriatric nursing homes and geriatric acute care settings in the federal state of Berlin, Germany. …”
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PCA and PSO based optimized support vector machine for efficient intrusion detection in internet of things by Mutkule Prasad Raghunath, Shyam Deshmukh, Poonam Chaudhari, Sunil L. Bangare, Kishori Kasat, Mohan Awasthy, Batyrkhan Omarov, Rajesh R. Waghulde

“…The Internet of Things (IoT) may be used in several sectors such as healthcare, smart cities, smart homes, transportation, logistics, agriculture, and smart traffic management. …”
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Increased interferon I signaling, DNA damage response and evidence of T-cell exhaustion in a patient with combined interferonopathy (Aicardi-Goutières Syndrome, AGS) and cohesinopa... by Sorina Boiu, Nikolaos Paschalidis, George Sentis, Theodora Manolakou, Andrianos Nezos, Manolis Gialitakis, Maria Grigoriou, Erato Atsali, Melpomeni Giorgi, Argirios Ntinopoulos, Clio Mavragani, Periklis Makrythanasis, Dimitrios T. Boumpas, Aggelos Banos

“…Immune phenotype revealed granulocytic skewing and absence of activated T cells compatible with chronic antigenic stimulation and/or homing of these cells at sites of inflammation.…”
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Transfer from long-term care to acute care and risk of new permanent cognitive or physical disability among long-term care residents in Canada: protocol for a retrospective cohort... by Sharon Kaasalainen, Daniel I McIsaac, Steven Hawken, Daniel Kobewka, Peter Tanuseputro, Amy Hsu, Robert Talarico, Colleen Webber, Ramtin Hakimjavadi, Celeste Fung, Mary M Scott, Doug Manuel, Christina Y Yin, Jackie Kierulf, Frank Molnar, Sandy Shamon, Aliza Moledina

“…We aim to examine whether transfer to an acute care hospital is associated with subsequent new onset of severe permanent physical and cognitive disability in LTC residents.Method and analysis We will conduct a retrospective cohort study of all LTC residents ≥65 admitted to LTC homes between 1 April 2013 and 31 March 2018 in Ontario, Canada. …”
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Education strategies are the most commonly used in pediatric rehabilitation implementation research: a scoping review by Sahar Ghahramani, Sophia C. Larson, Allison J. L’Hotta, Kelly M. Harris, Kim Lipsey, Elvin H. Geng, Lisa A. Juckett, Catherine R. Hoyt

“…Interventions primarily targeted motor skills (n = 19, 43%) and were conducted in outpatient settings (n = 14, 32%) or homes (n = 11, 23%). The most commonly used implementation strategies were “train and educate key informant” (n = 21, 48%) and “use evaluative/iterative strategies” (n = 19, 43%). …”
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MET-PREVENT: metformin to improve physical performance in older people with sarcopenia and physical prefrailty/frailty – protocol for a double-blind, randomised controlled proof-of... by Andrew Clegg, James Wason, Miles Witham, Nina Wilson, Claire J Steves, Helen C Hancock, Avan A P Sayer, Leanne Marsay, Claire McDonald, Thomas von Zglinicki, Katherine J Rennie, Penny Bradley, Stephen Connolly, Shaun Hiu, Laura Robertson, Laura Simms, Alison J Steel, Bryony Storey

“…Trial participants can participate from their own homes, including completing informed consent and screening assessments. …”
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Prevalence and Risk Factors of Helicobacter pylori Infection among Children Aged 1 to 15 Years at Holy Innocents Children’s Hospital, Mbarara, South Western Uganda by Phoebe Aitila, Michael Mutyaba, Simon Okeny, Maurice Ndawula Kasule, Rashid Kasule, Frank Ssedyabane, Benson Okongo, Richard Onyuthi Apecu, Enoch Muwanguzi, Caesar Oyet

“…Infections were higher among school going children (68/74, p=0.003, OR 3.9; CI: 1.5 to 10.6) and children from crowded households (59/74, p<0.001, OR 2.6, and CI 1.3 to 5.0), unsafe source of drinking water at schools (46/74, p=0.003), and lack of sanitary facility at homes (57/74, p=0.001, and OR 1.6 CI 0.7 to 3.6). …”
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A randomized comparative effectiveness trial to evaluate two programs for promotion of physical activity after spinal cord injury in manual wheelchair users by Jenna M. Martinez, Jenna M. Martinez, Lisa L. Haubert, Valerie J. Eberly, Walter B. Weiss, Jeffery W. Rankin

“…., San Francisco, CA).DesignLongitudinal, randomized, comparative effectiveness trial with collaborative goal setting.SettingResearch laboratory at a rehabilitation hospital and in participants' homes and communities.ParticipantsForty-nine manual wheelchair users with paraplegia.Outcome measuresPhysical activity measurements and cardiometabolic data were collected before, during, and after the program. …”
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