Hydrochemical assessment of borehole water in Effurun, Delta state Niger Delta, Nigeria: implications for public health and safety by Odunayo Tope Ojo, Chiaka Joy Ike, Adegoke Ige Aladeboyeje, Olayiwola Grace Olaseeni, Olumuyiwa Femi Adewumi

“…Sodium and potassium showed moderate correlations with calcium. Chloride levels varied widely, indicating potential contamination from seawater intrusion or industrial discharge. …”
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Learning from wildfires: A scalable framework to evaluate treatment effects on burn severity by Caden P. Chamberlain, Garrett W. Meigs, Derek J. Churchill, Jonathan T. Kane, Astrid Sanna, James S. Begley, Susan J. Prichard, Maureen C. Kennedy, Craig Bienz, Ryan D. Haugo, Annie C. Smith, Van R. Kane, C. Alina Cansler

“…In contrast, thinning‐only treatments only produced low/moderate‐severity effects under the more moderate fire weather conditions in the Schneider Springs Fire. …”
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Association between Axial Length to Corneal Curvature Radius Ratio and Myopia in Adult Patients by Yanyun Fan, Yikeng Huang, Xionggao Huang

“…The mean values of AL/CR in mild, moderate, and high myopia groups were 3.17 ± 0.06, 3.31 ± 0.08, and 3.43 ± 0.10, respectively, and the difference between the groups was statistically significant P<0.001). …”
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Blood Pressure in relation to 24-Hour Urinary Sodium and Potassium Excretion in a Uruguayan Population Sample by Paula Moliterno, Ramón Álvarez-Vaz, Matias Pécora, Leonella Luzardo, Luciana Borgarello, Alicia Olascoaga, Carmen Marino, Oscar Noboa, Jan A. Staessen, José Boggia

“…The major characteristics of the three clusters were (1) high systolic blood pressure and moderate sodium excretion, (2) moderate systolic blood pressure and very high sodium excretion, and (3) low systolic blood pressure and low sodium excretion. …”
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Higher Long‐Term Visit‐to‐Visit Blood Pressure Variability Is Associated With Severe Cerebral Small Vessel Disease in the General Population by Xinyu Zhao, Ying Hui, Jing Li, Xian‐Quan Shi, Shuohua Chen, Han Lv, Shouling Wu, Zhenchang Wang

“…Total cSVD burden was classified as none (0), mild (1), moderate (2), or severe (3–4) based on the presence of these features. …”
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Correlation Analysis of Twig and Leaf Characteristics and Leaf Thermal Dissipation of <i>Hippophae rhamnoides</i> in the Riparian Zone of the Taohe River in Gansu Province, China by Qun Li, Min Ma, Yurui Tang, Tingting Zhao, Chengzhang Zhao, Bo Li

“…According to the differences in the canopy light environment of the <i>H. rhamnoides</i> population, three habitat gradients were set: I, the full sight zone; II, the moderate shade zone; and III, the canopy cover zone. …”
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Effects of Exercise Domain and Intensity on Sleep in Women and Men with Overweight and Obesity by Jonas Salling Quist, Mads Rosenkilde, Anne Sofie Gram, Martin Bæk Blond, Daniel Holm-Petersen, Mads Fiil Hjorth, Bente Stallknecht, Anders Sjödin

“…Our findings suggest that effects of exercise on sleep in individuals with overweight and obesity may be restricted to leisure-time exercise with a short-term effect on sleep duration after vigorous intensity exercise (3 months) but a more regular sleep pattern after 6 months of moderate and vigorous intensity exercise compared with physically inactive controls. …”
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Meteorological drought assessment using SPI and RDI indices in the Ourika Basin, Morocco by Khrabcha Abdelali, Oumou Abdellah, Essahlaoui Ali, Essahlaoui Narjisse, Kassou Amina, Mouzoun Ouafae, Alitane Abdennabi, El Hafyani Mohammed, Iharzi Chaimae, Van Rompaey Anton

“…This indicates that the Ourika basin has generally experienced periods of moderate and severe meteorological and hydrological droughts, with a noticeable trend towards increasing drought conditions.…”
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Youth experiencing homelessness at risk for suicide: psychosocial risk factors and service use patterns by Laura J. Chavez, Kelly J. Kelleher, Alicia Bunger, Xin Feng, Margaret Fitzpatrick, Jodi L. Ford, Allen B. Mallory, Arielle H. Sheftall, Tansel Yilmazer, Alexis Pizzulo, Jesse L. Hawke, Mattina A. Davenport, Natasha Slesnick

“…We categorized suicide risk into three groups (low-, moderate-, and high-risk) based on suicidal ideation and past-year suicide attempt. …”
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Impaired Fibrinolysis in Angiographically Documented Coronary Artery Disease by Adriano Basques Fernandes, Luciana Moreira Lima, Marinez Oliveira Sousa, Vicente de Paulo Coelho Toledo, Rashid Saeed Kazmi, Bashir Abdulgader Lwaleed, Maria das Graças Carvalho

“…Plasma levels of PAI-1 were increased in patients with severe atheromatosis compared to mild/moderate atheromatosis or to normal patients (66.60, 40.50, and 34.90 ng/mL, resp.; P < 0.001). …”
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The Role of Physical Activity in Pregnancy: Impact on Preeclampsia, Gestational Diabetes Mellitus, and Labor Outcomes by Paulina Woźniak, Ewa Wietrzykowska, Wiktoria Gajek-Flanczewska, Sebastian Flanczewski, Małgorzata Wirkijowska, Jakub Wirkijowski, Katarzyna Wójtowicz, Agata Walczak, Dominika Sobolewska, Katarzyna Michalczyk-Fraszka, Martyna Śliwińska, Anna Podraza

“…The research gathered points towards the preventive nature of PA against GDM and preeclampsia, proving that regular exercise, especially of moderate and moderate-to-vigorous intensity, significantly reduces the risk of the development of both of these. …”
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Comparison of Mortality Risk Models in Patients with Postcardiac Arrest Cardiogenic Shock and Percutaneous Mechanical Circulatory Support by Georgios Chatzis, Birgit Markus, Styliani Syntila, Christian Waechter, Ulrich Luesebrink, Holger Ahrens, Dimitar Divchev, Bernhard Schieffer, Konstantinos Karatolios

“…The available intensive care and newly developed CS scores offered only a moderate prognostic accuracy for outcomes in OHCA patients with refractory CS due to an AMI treated with Impella. …”
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Biphasic Modulation of NOS Expression, Protein and Nitrite Products by Hydroxocobalamin Underlies Its Protective Effect in Endotoxemic Shock: Downstream Regulation of COX-2, IL-1β,... by André L. F. Sampaio, Jesmond Dalli, Vincenzo Brancaleone, Fulvio D'Acquisto, Mauro Perretti, Carmen Wheatley

“…In resolution, 24 h after LPS, HOCbl completely abrogates a major late mediator of sepsis mortality, high mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) mRNA, inhibits iNOS mRNA, and attenuates LPS-induced hepatic inhibition of eNOS mRNA, whilst showing increased, but still moderate, NOS activity, relative to LPS only. experiments (LPS+D-Galactosamine) HOCbl afforded significant, dose-dependent protection in mice Conclusions. …”
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Cerebral Cortical Activity During Academic Stress Amongst Undergraduate Medical Students at Kampala International University (Uganda) by Mujinya, Regan, Kalange, Muhamudu, Ochieng, Juma John, Ninsiima, Herbert Izo, Eze, Ejike Daniel, Afodun, Adam Moyosore, Nabirumbi, Ritah, Sulaiman, Sheu Oluwadare, Kairania, Emmanuel, Echoru, Isaac, Okpanachi, Alfred Omachonu, Matama, Kevin, Asiimwe, Oscar Hilary, Nambuya, Grace, Usman, Ibe Michael, Obado, Osuwat Lawrence, Zirintunda, Gerald, Ssempijja, Fred, Nansunga, Miriam, Matovu, Henry, Ayikobua, Emmanuel Tiyo, Nganda, Ponsiano Ernest, Onanyang, David, Ekou, Justine, Musinguzi, Simon Peter, Ssimbwa, Godfrey, Keneth Iceland, Kasozi

“…A standard Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) was used to categorize stress into low, moderate, and severe while the ability to cope with stress was categorized into below average, average, above average, and superior stresscoper (SS). …”
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Exploring the potential mediating role of systemic antibiotics in the association between early-life lower respiratory tract infections and asthma at age 5 in the CHILD study by Maria V. Medeleanu, Maria V. Medeleanu, Myrtha E. Reyna, Myrtha E. Reyna, Darlene L. Y. Dai, Geoffrey L. Winsor, Fiona S. L. Brinkman, Rahul Verma, Ella Nugent, Nashita Riaz, Elinor Simons, Piushkumar J. Mandhane, Piushkumar J. Mandhane, Meghan B. Azad, Meghan B. Azad, Stuart E. Turvey, Stuart E. Turvey, Theo J. Moraes, Theo J. Moraes, Padmaja Subbarao, Padmaja Subbarao, Padmaja Subbarao, Padmaja Subbarao, Padmaja Subbarao, Padmaja Subbarao

“…However, a significant direct effect of moderate-to-severe LRTIs on asthma risk remained in adjusted mediation models (p = .014).ConclusionThrough mediation modeling we estimate that the increased risk of asthma at age 5 that is associated with moderate-severe LRTIs in infancy may be partially mediated by systemic antibiotics taken during the first 18 months of life. …”
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Utilization of ultrasonic aspirator for combined aortic and mitral valve decalcification: a case study by Mohammad Alomari, Breah Paciotti, Pankaj Garg, Sibat Noor, Nafiye Busra Celik, Basar Sareyyupoglu

“…In this case report, we present the innovative use of the Sonopet ultrasonic surgical aspirator for aortic and mitral annular decalcification in a patient with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy, mild aortic stenosis and moderate mitral regurgitation in the presence of mitral annular calcification (MAC) and aorto-mitral curtain calcification.…”
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Triple Active Antiretroviral Regimen Including Enfuvirtide Via the Biojector is Effective and Safe by Mona Loutfy, Colin Kovacs

“…The addition of enfuvirtide and efavirenz to the present patient’s new antiretroviral regimen ensured that two fully active agents were in use in the setting of a moderate degree of nucleoside resistance and a high level of protease resistance, and where non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors were still fully active. …”
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STUDY OF ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE PATTERN OF CLINICAL ISOLATES

“…Whereas against the rest of the antibiotics moderate to higher resistance were observed. The resistance of the clinical isolates was due to the presence of antibiotic resistant plasmid. …”
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Influence of Local Sand on the Physicomechanical Comportment and Durability of High Performance Concrete by Nadia Tebbal, Zine El Abidine Rahmouni

“…The mechanical strengths decrease by adding the SD to CS, but they reach acceptable values with CS in moderate dosages. The HPC performances are significantly better than the control concrete made up with the same aggregates. …”
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Impact of Anxiety on Quality of Life in Parkinson's Disease by Kristine K. Hanna, Alice Cronin-Golomb

“…Symptoms of anxiety, more than depression, cognitive status, or motor stage, significantly affected quality of life in 38 nondemented patients with mild-to-moderate motor disability. Stepwise regression analyses revealed that anxiety explained 29% of the variance in the PDQ-39 sum score, and depression explained 10% of the variance beyond that accounted for by anxiety. …”
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