Improving antibiotic utilization in West Africa: enhancing interventions through systematic review and evidence synthesis by Eric S. Donkor, Abdul-Halim Osman, Bill Clinton Aglomasa, Aaron Awere-Duodu, Alex Odoom, Bismark Opoku-Asare, Gilbert Lazarus

“…Healthcare workers demonstrated acceptable antibiotic knowledge but individuals from formal and informal settings self-medicate with antibiotics and had moderate to low knowledge of antibiotic use and resistance. …”
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Perception of phage therapy and research across selected professional and social groups in Poland by Maciej Żaczek, Marcin W. Zieliński, Andrzej Górski, Andrzej Górski, Andrzej Górski, Beata Weber-Dąbrowska, Ryszard Międzybrodzki, Ryszard Międzybrodzki, Ryszard Międzybrodzki

“…., patients and their relatives, physicians and anyone who could potentially become infected with antibiotic-resistant bacteria. To the best of our knowledge, with 1,098 collected questionnaires, this article constitutes the first large-scale analysis on phage therapy perceptions, interest and knowledge among ordinary people in a country with a long, internationally recognized, tradition of treating patients with phages. …”
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Virtual Reality Simulation for Undergraduate Nursing Students for Care of Patients With Infectious Diseases: Mixed Methods Study by Wen Chang, Chun-Chih Lin, Julia Crilly, Hui-Ling Lee, Li-Chin Chen, Chin-Yen Han

“…Both the VRS and control groups showed significant improvements in theoretical knowledge scores (for the VRS group t46=–7.47; P<.001, for the control group t59=–4.04; P<.001). …”
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Exploring public perceptions and awareness of Parkinson's disease: A scoping review. by Sophie Crooks, Gillian Carter, Christine Brown Wilson, Lisa Wynne, Patrick Stark, Michail Doumas, Matthew Rodger, Emma O'Shea, Gary Mitchell

“…<h4>Conclusion</h4>Findings from this scoping review have indicated that public awareness of PD is a growing area of interest. To our knowledge, this is the first scoping review on this topic and review findings have indicated that public knowledge and attitudes towards PD vary internationally. …”
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Application of Health Education Based on Phased Transition Theory Model in Continuous Nursing for Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease by Hongmei Xiao, Jun Ye

“…The application of health education based on phased transformation theory model in the continuous nursing improves disease knowledge mastery, self-care ability, nutritional status, and quality of life in IBD patients.…”
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Sex of Household Heads and Attitude Towards Home Gardening in Southwest, Nigeria by Abdulrazaq Kamal DAUDU, Sidiqat Adeyemi Aderinoye-Abdulwahab

“…Findings highlight a significant difference between male and female households in their levels of knowledge about home gardening, with females exhibiting higher levels of knowledge compared to males. …”
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The impact of hybrid intercultural intervention sprint (HIIS) on developing intercultural competence of adult business learners in Slovenia by Svitlana Buko

“…The results showed an increase in every category of intercultural competency, including attitudes (openness, curiosity), skills (communication, empathy), and knowledge (worldview and self-awareness): Attitudes increased from 30% to 41.7%, Skills increased from 22.55% to 41.7%, and Knowledge increased from 42.5% to 58.3%. …”
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Artificial Intelligence in Public Relations and Communication Management: Perspectives of Ghanaian Professionals by Albert Anani-Bossman, Noel Nutsugah, Justice Issah Abudulai

“…Results revealed that professionals have a limited understanding of AI despite their knowledge of the concept. Communication professionals believe AI will impact the profession, their department, and how they work. …”
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The first recorded case of herbicide resistance in Estonia: common chickweed (Stellaria media) resistant to sulfonylureas by Silvia Pihu, Andres Mäe, Hannah Joy Vivian Kennedy, Katerina Hamouzova

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Evidence-based psychological practices in clinical psychologists from the Dominican Republic by Carlos Hernández, Alexis Lorenzo Ruiz

“…However, training on the scale does influence knowledge, attitudes and behaviours towards evidence-based psychological practices.…”
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Mental health literacy of Greek teachers: Highlighting critical factors for identifying and supporting students in need by Eleftheria Spyropoulou, Christina Athanasiades, Ariadni Stogiannidou, Elias Kourkoutas

“…Results revealed that Greek teachers had on average moderate levels of awareness, knowledge, and comfort regarding students’ mental health issues. …”
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Awareness and Practice of Deep Margin Elevation among Dental Practitioners in India: A Cross-Sectional Survey by Mythri Padaru, Preethesh Shetty, Namith Rai, Raksha Bhat

“… Objective: To evaluate knowledge, attitude and practice of deep margin elevation (DME) amongst dental practitioners in India, thereby increasing awareness. …”
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It’s about time! Teachers’ perspectives on supportive and hindering contextual conditions for implementing innovations in schools by Mareike Ehlert, Marie Adloff, Elmar Souvignier

“…Among these, time and material resources as well as factors regarding their colleagues (cooperation, readiness for innovation, prior knowledge) were most frequently mentioned. While most contextual factors were consistently negatively framed (lacking time, staff and financial resources), teachers classified collegial cooperation, their colleagues’ prior knowledge and material resources at their school both as a barrier and as a resource. …”
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Comparing Nursing Student Competence in CPR before and after a Pedagogical Intervention by Siv Roel, Ida Torunn Bjørk

“…This was a comparative study between two cohorts of students in the bachelor in nursing education. We measured knowledge and compression performance in the students’ final year of education. …”
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Czym jest edukacja biologiczna w wychowaniu człowieka? by Ilona Żeber-Dzikowska

“…They satisfy their growing need of gaining the knowledge, by answering numerous questions. They develop the knowledge through practical activities to let them gain experience, that is, organize walks, educational games, and so forth. …”
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Cognitive Trend in Implementing the Third Mission of University by Nikolay D. Tskhadaya, Dmitry N. Bezgodov, Oksana I. Belyaeva

“…The motivational resource of the knowledge phenomenon is substantiated in the context of the four-level model of University organizational culture. …”
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Consummatio gloriae – zapomniany Tomaszowy motywwcielenia Chrystusa w świetle ST II-II, q.2, a.7 by Piotr Świerczyński

“…Paul’s Epistle to the Ephesians we can read, that this link between husband-wife relation and Christchurch relation was known for the first man by supernatural knowledge. Before Summa Thomas wrote that the first man could have unclear knowledge about Incarnation: if man strays, God will want repair it, because it is result of his mercy (Commentary on the Sentences Book) or providence (De Veritate). …”
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Blending Better Beverage Options: A Nutrition Education and Experiential Workshop for Youths by Kathy K. Isoldi, Veronika Dolar

“…Significant increase in knowledge regarding the sugar content of commonly consumed SSBs was achieved; however change in attitudes was not significant. …”
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The Translation of Physics Texts by Western Missionaries During the Late Ming and Early Qing Dynasties and Its Enlightenment of Modern Chinese Physics by Yafeng Li, Jingmin Fu

“…Furthermore, the paper argues that the translations by Western missionaries played a crucial role in introducing new ideas and knowledge, contributing to the enlightenment of modern scientific knowledge in China, so as to underscore the value of the non-religious texts translated by Western missionaries to the society and culture in China.…”
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A Novel Hyper-Heuristic Algorithm with Soft and Hard Constraints for Causal Discovery Using a Linear Structural Equation Model by Yinglong Dang, Xiaoguang Gao, Zidong Wang

“…However, it is often impossible to build a DAG by relying on expert knowledge alone. To solve this problem, we propose the use of expert knowledge as a hard constraint and the structural prior gained via data learning as a soft constraint. …”
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