Low Back Pain and Associated Factors among Primary School Teachers in Mekele City, North Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study by Aregawi Kebede, Solomon Mekonnen Abebe, Haile Woldie, Melaku Kindie Yenit

“…An institution-based cross-sectional study which included 611 public primary school teachers of Mekele City was conducted from March to April 2015. A multivariable logistic regression analysis was used to identify factors associated with low back pain. …”
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Detection of the effect of cloud microphysical structure on precipitation in Khuzestan province using MODIS cloud products by danesh nasiri, reza borna, Manijeh Zohourian Pordel

“…The rainfall event of 17December2006, was selected as a sample of heavy rainfall, 25 March 2019, as a medium rainfall case, and finally 27 October 2018, as a light rainfall case. …”
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A case series of VATS intrapericardial pneumonectomy: a bi-centric experience by Güntuğ Batıhan, Kenan Can Ceylan

“…Case presentation This study analyzed data from 24 patients who underwent VATS pneumonectomy for non-small cell lung cancer at two thoracic surgery centers in Turkey between January 2015 and March 2024. Among them, 6 patients underwent intrapericardial pneumonectomy; 5 had left pneumonectomy, and 1 had right pneumonectomy. …”
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Causes and Follow-Up of Central Diabetes Insipidus in Children by Wendong Liu, Jing Hou, Xiuqin Liu, Limin Wang, Guimei Li

“…Seventy-nine patients with CDI (CDI group) hospitalized from July 2012 to March 2017 and 43 healthy children (control group) were enrolled in this study. …”
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Call for Papers for EÍDOS Journal Special Issue No. 25 by Majid khorami

“…Important dates: • Manuscript Submission: December 15, 2024 – March 31, 2025. • Acceptance Notification: May 2025. • Publication Date: July 2025. …”
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Yield Response of Hybrid and Open Pollinated Maize (Zea mays L.) Varieties to Different Levels of Fertilizer Nitrogen under Rain-Fed Conditions in the Bono Region of Ghana by Eric Ansu, Kwadwo Gyasi Santo, Abdul Aziz Khalid, Muntala Abdulai, Daniel Ntiamoah Afreh, Kwabena Atakora

“…The experiment was undertaken at Nsapor, a suburb of Berekum municipality in the Bono Region of Ghana, from March 2019 to November 2019 to determine the suitable rate of fertilizer nitrogen application to optimize seed yield and yield attributes of Pannar 12 and Omankwa maize varieties in a semi deciduous agroecology of Ghana. …”
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Analysis of Amino Acid Changes in the Fusion Protein of Virulent Newcastle Disease Virus from Vaccinated Poultry in Nigerian Isolates by Olubukola O. Funsho-Sanni, Elijah E. Ella, Lawal D. Rogo, Olufunsho S. Sanni, Helen I. Inabo, Sodangi A. Luka, Ismaila Shittu

“…In this study, virulent Newcastle disease virus (vNDV) was isolated from dead chickens among vaccinated flocks between March and April 2020. Fusion (F) gene was sequenced and analysed for characterization and information about genetic changes. …”
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The Effect of Injectable Medication Procedure on the Level of Pain among Early Childhood patients by Farida A. K. Tahir, Pary M. Azize, Aram N. Abdul Razzaq

“…The study has been conducted for twelve weeks duration in the pediatric wards at medical and surgical hospitals in the Sulaimani city – Kurdistan region of Iraq between 1st March to 1st Jun 2019. Fifty early childhood aged between (1 month- 3years) were participated and assessed pre injectable medication procedure and after. …”
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Interventions promoting recovery from depression for patients transitioning from outpatient mental health services to primary care: Protocol for a scoping review. by Anne Sofie Aggestrup, Frederik Martiny, Maria Faurholt-Jepsen, Morten Hvenegaard, Robin Christensen, Annette Sofie Davidsen, Klaus Martiny

“…Four electronic databases (Medline via PubMed, PsycINFO, CINAHL, and Sociological Abstracts) were systematically searched from 20 January 2022 till 29 March 2022 using keywords and text words. The review team consists of three independent screeners. …”
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Edoxaban Monotherapy in Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation Patients with Coronary Artery Disease by Daisuke Fukamachi, Yasuo Okumura, Naoya Matsumoto, Eizo Tachibana, Koji Oiwa, Makoto Ichikawa, Hironori Haruta, Kazumiki Nomoto, Ken Arima, Atsushi Hirayama

“…A multicenter, prospective, randomized, open-label, and parallel group study was established to investigate the safety of an edoxaban monotherapy in patients with NVAF and stable CAD including over 6 months postimplantation of a third-generation DES and 1 year postimplantation of other stents (PRAEDO AF study). Between March 2018 and June 2020, 147 patients from 8 institutions in Japan were randomized to receive either an edoxaban monotherapy (n = 74) or combination therapy (edoxaban plus clopidogrel, n = 73). …”
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Overcoming dietary complexity in type 2 diabetes: influencing factors and coping strategies by Yingying Tang, Dongmei Yang

“…The patients with T2DM undergoing treatment at our hospital from March, 2023, to June, 2024 were included. Compliance with dietary recommendations was assessed using the validated dietary compliance scale for type 2 diabetes mellitus patients (DCS-T2DM). …”
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Dynamic Simulation of the Supply and Demand of Ecosystem Windbreak and Sand Fixation Service in the Wuding River Basin by Xuanchen Xiong, Zixiang Zhou, Xiaofeng Wang, Jing Li

“…The WSFSD was relatively high in spring (March–May) and relatively low in summer (July–September) each year.…”
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The prevalence and outcomes of pre‐admission vitamin D levels in the management of proximal femur fractures by Aysha Rajeev, Connor Hunter, Saurav Krishnan, Atta Ullah, George Koshy, Gateshead Health Foundation NHS Trust

“…Methods We conducted a retrospective study of all patients admitted with a fracture of the neck of the femur between January 2018 and March 2022. Data were obtained from the National Hip Fracture Database (NHFD) and Medway software. …”
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‘Photodynamic therapy light’: An enhanced treatment protocol for actinic keratoses with minimal pain and optimal clinical outcome by combining laser-assisted low irradiance PDT wit... by Martin T. Braun, Kelly Del Tredici, Anna Wölling, Luitgard Wiest

“…Then, patients were illuminated on average for 1.02 min with the Aktilite-LED and, after application of an UV-screen on the illuminated area, sent out into daylight for 1 h. Results: Between March and November 2019, we successfully treated 152 cases using the enhanced ‘PDT light’ procedure, with 137 cases achieving at follow-up 1 (on average after 8.14 months) good-to-excellent clearance rates (CLA and CLB together 90 %) and minimal adverse effects. …”
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One-year epidemiological patterns of respiratory pathogens across age, gender, and seasons in Chengdu during the post-COVID era by Xiang Li, Jian Ma, Yi Li, Zhongliang Hu

“…This study systematically analyzed the epidemiological characteristics of six common respiratory pathogens—Chlamydia pneumoniae (CP), Mycoplasma pneumoniae (MP), Adenovirus (AdV), Influenza A virus (FluA), Influenza B virus (FluB), and Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)—in patients from Sichuan Jinxin Xinan Women and Children’s Hospital between April 2023 and March 2024. Throat swab samples were collected from a total of 22,717 individuals. …”
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Effects of Climate Variation on Spring Potato Growth, Yield, and Quality in South Korea by Hyun Hwa Park, Ei Ei, Yong In Kuk

“…Planting times correlated with higher February and March temperatures, which were highest in G3. Soil properties were suitable across all regions, with minor variations. …”
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Psychological Safety and Communication Difficulties of Teachers and Students During Long-term Online Training by P. A. Kislyakov, E. A. Shmeleva, I.-L. S. Meerson

“…Due to the growing concerns related to the psychological well-being of students and teachers during a long and intensive online training, it becomes necessary for teachers, psychologists, practitioners to take measures to prevent threats to online communication and identify personal resources of psychological security in the online environment.The purpose of the study was to identify the communicative difficulties of long-term online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the personal resources of students and teachers that contribute to ensuring their psychological safety.The study was conducted in February-March 2022. The study sample included 132 students and 40 teachers of the Faculty of Psychology of the Russian State Social University (Moscow). …”
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Measures of Adiposity and Risk of Testing Positive for SARS-CoV-2 in the UK Biobank Study by Rebecca A. G. Christensen, Shelby L. Sturrock, Jasleen Arneja, Jennifer D. Brooks

“…Methods. 9,386 UK Biobank study participants tested for SARS-CoV-2 from March 16th 2020 to June 29th 2020 were analyzed. …”
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Which Groups of Children Are at More Risk of Fatality during COVID-19 Pandemic? A Case-Control Study in Yazd, Iran by Behnam Shafaei, Zahra Nafei, Mehran Karimi, Nasrin Behniafard, Farimah Shamsi, Masoud Faisal, Amir Pasha Amel Shahbaz, Elahe Akbarian

“…This case-control study was performed at a referral hospital in Yazd from March 2020 to August 2021. All patients under 18 years who were diagnosed through real-time RT-PCR, chest computed tomography, and the World Health Organization definition were divided into deceased and survived groups. …”
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What covariates drive medical students to the brink of suicidal ideation, plan, and attempt? A double-centric cross-sectional study in a resource-constrained rural setting in North... by Sunny Garg, Aakanksha Kharb, Kirti Bansal

“…Methods: This was a cross-sectional study conducted in two medical colleges located in rural Northern India and enrolled 940 medical students for a period of two months from February to March 2022. A convenience sampling method was executed to collect the data. …”
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