Epidemiological Study of Hepatitis B, C and HIV Cases among the Foreigners Visiting Sulaimani City from 2013 Through 2016 by Mohammed Omer Mohammed, Asan Baram Hasan, Fenk Bakir Maarouf

“…In 2015, about 36.7 million people were living with HIV and 1.1 million people died of HIV related illnesses. To find the prevalence of HB, HCV and HIV infection among the foreigners who visited Sulaimani city in 2013 through 2016 and evaluate the common risk factors in those who had a positive results in 2016. …”
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Predictive modelling and identification of critical variables of mortality risk in COVID-19 patients by Olawande Daramola, Tatenda Duncan Kavu, Maritha J. Kotze, Jeanine L. Marnewick, Oluwafemi A. Sarumi, Boniface Kabaso, Thomas Moser, Karl Stroetmann, Isaac Fwemba, Fisayo Daramola, Martha Nyirenda, Susan J. van Rensburg, Peter S. Nyasulu

“…The study reveals how ML could assist medical practitioners in making informed decisions on handling critically ill COVID-19 patients with comorbidities. It also offers insight into the combined effect of CV, PCA, and SMOTE on the performance of ML models for COVID-19 mortality risk prediction, which has been little explored.…”
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Role of outer membrane vesicles of hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from bovine uterine discharge in pro-inflammatory dysregulation by A. F. Daham, A. H. Jaber, A. Neamah, H. Al-Karagoly

“…Numerous research studies have established a connection between hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumo-niae (hvKP) and bovine abortion, as well as other complications and clinical illnesses. These bacteria, which belong to the Gram-negative group, release outer membrane vesicles (OMVs), believed to play a crucial role in transporting effector molecules to their target cells. …”

Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Utilization and Barriers by Senior Emergency Medicine and Critical Care Residents at Two Teaching Referral Hospitals, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia by Ayalew Zewdie Tadesse, Temesgen Beyene Abicho, Dirijit Mamo Alemu, Anne Aspler

“…POCUS is a highly focused, limited, goal-directed exam with the expressed purpose of answering selected questions used at the bedside for critically ill patients who are not stable. We aimed to assess POCUS utilization and barriers by senior-year emergency medicine and critical care residents at two tertiary academic and referral hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. …”
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The mcpC mutant of Salmonella enteritidis exhibits attenuation and confers both immunogenicity and protective efficacy in mice by Lu Zhang, Li Chen, Xuqiang Zhang, Yang Li, Qingfeng Zheng, Yun Li, Ning Li, Qiumei Shi, Yanying Zhang, Tonglei Wu

“…BackgroundSalmonella enteritidis (SE) is a Gram-negative, facultative anaerobic intracellular pathogen that not only causes disease and mortality in livestock and poultry but also contaminates animal-derived products, leading to foodborne illnesses in humans. This presents a significant threat to public health. …”
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Association between cadherin-related family member 3 rs6967330-A and human rhinovirus-C induced wheezing in children by Hanhaoyu Fu, Ri De, Yu Sun, Yao Yao, Runan Zhu, Dongmei Chen, Yutong Zhou, Qi Guo, Linqing Zhao

“…Abstract Background The heterogeneity of childhood wheezing illnesses is associated with viral and host factors. …”
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Determinants of Neural Tube Defects among Newborns in Amhara Region, Ethiopia: A Case-Control Study by Abay Woday Tadesse, Ayesheshim Muluneh Kassa, Setognal Birara Aychiluhm

“…However, being supplemented with folic acid or multivitamins before or during pregnancy (AOR=0.37: 95% CI 0.21, 0.65), never having taken any substance during pregnancy (AOR=0.42: 95% CI 0.21, 0.88), and being free from medical illnesses during pregnancy (AOR=0.27: 95% CI 0.11, 0.69) were the protective factors of NTDs. …”
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Betaine Inhibits NLRP3 Inflammasome Hyperactivation and Regulates Microglial M1/M2 Phenotypic Differentiation, Thereby Attenuating Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Depression-Like Behavi... by Man Zhang, Xiao-Long Wang, Hui Shi, Lan-Qing Meng, Hong-Feng Quan, Lin Yan, Hui-Fang Yang, Xiao-Dong Peng

“…Depression is one of the most important mental illnesses and is closely related to inflammation. Betaine is a natural product with an anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activities. …”
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Risk factors and preventive measures for severe orofacial and neck infections: a three-year observational study by Jarno Velhonoja, Meira Lääveri, Tero Soukka, Saara Haatainen, Noora Al-Neshawy, Ilpo Kinnunen, Heikki Irjala

“…Conclusion Age and underlying illnesses should be considered complicating factors, and lateral pharyngeal or laryngeal edema should be considered risk factors for ICU treatment. …”
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A Review on Bioactive Phytochemical Constituents and Pharmacological Activities of Aegiceras corniculatum: A Pharmaceutically Important Mangrove Plant by Pritam Sarkar, Tasfiya Rufaidah Ahnaf, Razina Rouf, Jamil Ahmad Shilpi, Shaikh Jamal Uddin

“…Catechol components, such as epigallocatechin-3-O-gallate, protect against CNS illnesses including Parkinson’s disease and amnesia. …”
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Smokeless tobacco: knowledge, attitudes and usage in Pakistan by Hammad Atif Irshad, Sajjan Raja, Hamzah Jehanzeb, Wamiq Ali Shaikh, Umair Saleem, Shahzil Abdur Rehman Malik, Akmal Shahzad, Mamoon Shaikh, Nousheen Iqbal, Javaid Ahmed Khan

“…Sex, province, household income and previous doctor visits were significant determinants to product knowledge through which 72.55% agreed that these products can lead to serious illnesses but 30% noted a lack of knowledge on legality. …”
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Radiology Department: A Potential Source of Multidrug-Resistant Microorganisms: A Cross-Sectional Study at Tertiary Hospital, Palestine by Zena Odeh, Safaa Abatli, Mohammad Qadi

“…Aside from the morbidity and mortality they cause, these illnesses are also extremely costly. Research on infection transmission in the medical field has been considerable, but not so much in the radiology department. …”
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Bloodstream infections at a tertiary hospital in the Gambia - a one-year retrospective study by Paul Rahden, Ebrima Barrow, Haddy Bah, Sheikh Omar Bittaye, David Nygren, Abdoulie Badjan

“…Conclusion Overall, blood culture positivity rates were high, indicating restrictive testing suggesting that sample collection were restricted to mainly critically ill, neonatal or paediatric patients. Nonetheless, our data suggests a high proportion of bloodstream infections due to multi-drug resistant pathogens, including MRSA and ESBL-Enterobacterales. …”
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Clinical Holistic Medicine: Metastatic Cancer by Søren Ventegodt, Elin Solheim, Mads E. Saunte, Mohammed Morad, Isack Kandel, Joav Merrick

“…The patient went through the following phases: (1) finding the purpose of life and hidden resources; (2) confronting denial; (3) taking responsibility for being very ill; (4) severe existential crises with no wish to live while still fighting; (5) integration of many repressed feelings and negative decisions thus rehabilitating character; (6) confronting lack of intimacy and trust in others and this way rehabilitating the ability to love; (7) rehabilitating the will to live, breaking through and falling in love with life; (8) assuming responsibility for the social relations; and sometimes (9) quality of life is improved radically with indications of spontaneous remission of the liver tumors.…”
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Occurrences and characteristics of forced marriages among girls married before the age of 16 in a Northern Nigerian State by Felix O. Sanni, Olumide F. Ajani, Elizabeth A. Sanni, Zachary T. Gwa, Michael O. Dada, Yemisi B. Alabi, Donald C. Udah, Jubril A. Kareem

“…Among early married girls, 20.5% reported facing ill-treatment from their spouses, with a higher proportion (30.0%) among those coerced into marriage compared to those not coerced (17.5%). …”
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First microscopic and molecular identification of Cryptosporidium spp. in fat sand rats (Psammomys obesus) in Egypt and their potential zoonotic implications by Sara Abdel-Aal Mohamed, Fatma A. S. Anwar, Ahmed Gareh, Marwa M. I. Ghallab, Remigio Martínez, Asmaa Aboelabbas Gouda, Fatemah Enad Alajmi, Hind Alzaylaee, Ignacio García-Bocanegra, Ignacio García-Bocanegra, Ehab Kotb Elmahallawy, Ehab Kotb Elmahallawy

“…Among these, Cryptosporidium spp. are recognized globally as leading causes of waterborne and foodborne diarrheal illnesses in humans. The specific role of fat sand rats (Psammomys obesus) in the transmission of Cryptosporidium spp. in Egypt and the genotypic characteristics of the circulating species in these animals remain poorly understood.MethodsIn this study, a total of 150 individual fat sand rat stool samples were collected from the saline marsh periurban areas of Abu-Rawash, Giza, Egypt. …”
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Descripción de las  características del microbioma salival en pacientes con trastorno del espectro autista by Marcela Arenas González, Ierene Coll Campayo, Sira herrera Martinez, Cristina Diaz Martínez, Antonia Alcaina Lorente

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High-power ultrasound pretreatment for enhanced protein extraction from lupin flour: Impact on yield, anti-technological and anti-nutritional factors, and techno-functional propert... by Paola Navarro-Vozmediano, Esperanza Dalmau, Jose Benedito, Jose V. Garcia-Perez

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