Content of a wound care mobile application for newly graduated nurses: an e-Delphi study by Julie Gagnon, Julie Chartrand, Sebastian Probst, Michelle Lalonde

“…These rounds were carried out iteratively, allowing experts to review their responses and see anonymized results from the previous round. …”
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Chemical composition of marandu palisade grass fertilized with nitrogen and potassium by K. C. Sales, J. G. Abreu, C. E. A. Cabral, A. Behling Neto, L. C. R. P. Silva, I. M. Silva Neto

“…The experiment was carried out at the Experimental Farm of UFMT, Cuiabá Campus, from December to April 2017/2018 and 2018/2019 - rainy season; and from May to September in 2018 and 2019 – dry season. …”
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Hazard Scenarios Related to Submarine Volcanic-Hydrothermal Activity and Advanced Monitoring Strategies: A Study Case from the Panarea Volcanic Group (Aeolian Islands, Italy) by Davide Romano, Alessandro Gattuso, Manfredi Longo, Cinzia Caruso, Gianluca Lazzaro, Andrea Corbo, Francesco Italiano

“…The experience carried out at Panarea demonstrates that the best way to face any submarine volcanic-hydrothermal hazard is to improve the collection of data in near real-time mode by multidisciplinary seafloor observatories and to combine it with periodical sampling activity.…”
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Rock Art Conservation and Geotourism: A practical example from Foum Chenna engravings site, Morocco by Mohamed Abioui, Lhassan M Barki, Mohammed Benssaou, Abdelkrim Ezaidi, Nezha El Kamali

“…The engravings were predominantly made by pecking out images of human figures, animals and patterns, and the area today is the center of interest for the recently-formed Association of Rock Art Heritage of Southern Morocco, based in Zagora. …”
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Effect of yoga exercises on lung volumes, vital capacity, and attention span in school going students by Reema Joshi, Manisha Rathi, Komal Preet Kaur

“…Yoga Sana can be a promising form of physical activity that improves a child’s lung function and attention span if, started at a young age. To find out the effect of yoga exercises on lung volumes, vital capacity, and attention span in school-going children. …”
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The process and logical mechanism of agricultural production space contraction in mountainous areas based on actor-network theory：A case study of Lishi Village in Longde County, Ni... by CHEN Kunqiu, CHEN Yunya, LIANG Yajia, ZHENG Yuhan

“…Taking Lishi Village in Longde County as an example, it used methods such as in-depth interviews and remote sensing interpretation to sort out the evolution process of the agricultural production space in the mountainous areas of southern Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, and explore the underlying contraction mechanism. …”
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Assessing the Inter-Rater and Inter-Trial Reliability of the NeurOptics Pupillary Light Response-3000 Pupillometer by Deborah A Jehu, Lori A Bolgla, Samantha Armas, Forest Dutton

“…Inter-rater and inter-trial reliability was evaluated using descriptive statistics, ICC, the standard error of measurement, Bland-Altman plots, and the minimal detectable change. # Results Seven out of eight NeurOptics 3000-PLR parameters demonstrated moderate-to-excellent inter-rater (ICC range 0.72-0.96) and good-to-excellent inter-trial reliability (ICC range 0.76-0.98). …”
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Study on Gastrointestinal Nematodes of Equines in and around Bekoji, South Eastern Ethiopia by Mesfin Mathewos, Dereje Teshome, Haben Fesseha

“…In this study, the overall prevalence of gastrointestinal nematode parasites was 94.5% (363 out of 384), with donkeys accounting for 95.8% and horses accounting for 90.5%. …”
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Analysis of Reproductive Strategies and Immunological Interactions in <i>Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis</i>-Resistant Japanese Tree Frogs by Ji-Eun Lee, Jun-Kyu Park, Yuno Do

“…The present work offers insight into how amphibian populations may have some endurance in the presence of <i>Bd</i> and points out the importance of studying resistant species as a means to understand long-term ecological effects. …”
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Association of Fibrinogen Aα Thr312Ala (rs6050) Polymorphism with Venous Thrombosis and Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension: A Meta-Analysis by Han Cheng MM, Haozhe Yang BM, Yantong Zhang BM, Zhanxu Wei MM, Lei Xia BM, Jing Yang PhD

“…Additionally, subgroup analyses, sensitivity analysis, and assessment of publication bias were also carried out. Results A total of 11 studies, including 9 reported results on VTE (3856 individuals [1545 cases]) and 3 on CTEPH (761 participants [350 cases]), revealed a significant association between the rs6050 polymorphism and susceptibility to both VTE and CTEPH. …”
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Physicochemical properties of water quality of Imeh, Edegelem and Chokocho communities located along Otamiri-oche River in Etche Ethnic Nationality of Rivers State, Nigeria by BM Onyegeme-Okerenta, C Obia, MO Wegwu

“…Also, bacteriological study was carried out on the samples. The laboratory results of the selected physico-chemical parameters when compared with the world health organization (WHO) standard showed that all the selected physico-chemical parameters were within the world health organization (WHO) permissible in both rainy and dry season except pH. …”
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Improving the Quality of History Teaching in Non-Historical Specialties and Training Programmes through Systematic Implementation of the Historicism Principle by Elena N. Dyatlova

“…Research activities were carried out based on systemic, activity-based, and personal approaches. …”
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Organic fertilizer produced from chicken carcasses on soybean production by Willian Melo, Natalia Pereira, Edna de Andrade, Reginaldo Santos, Luiz Zanão Júnior

“…We also evaluated an additional treatment, in which 60 kg ha-1 of P2O5 were applied, through 400 kg ha-1 of NPK 10-15-15; this was carried out in a rural area located in the municipality of Ubiratã, Western Paraná. …”
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Optimal reception of multiple phase shift keying and quadrature amplitude modulation signals with non-coherent processing of harmonic interference by G. V. Kulikov, T. T. Do, A. A. Lelyukh, V. D. Nguyen

“…Synthesis and analysis of the optimal algorithm for receiving M-PSK and M-QAM signals with incoherent processing of harmonic interference were carried out. In addition to calculating the correlation integrals in the receiver, it is necessary to form weight coefficients, whose value depends on the correlation of the interference oscillation (extracted from the received mixture) with a sample of the interference stored in the receiver. …”
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Numerical Modeling of Rock Panels Subjected to Blast Loadings by Haijun Wang, Daiyu Xiong, Yun Duan, Weiqin Cao, Wenru Zhang, Peng Jiao, Bonan Wang, Xulin Zhao, Yonggang Miao, Le Zhou

“…Then, a total of 16 numerical simulations are carried out in which each type of rock panel is subjected to TNT blast loadings with four scaled distances, i.e., 0.15 m/kg1/3, 0.30 m/kg1/3, 0.60 m/kg1/3, 1.20 m/kg1/3. …”
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Discrete Element Study of Particle Size Distribution Shape Governing Critical State Behavior of Granular Material by Mingdong Jiang, Daniel Barreto, Zhi Ding, Kaifang Yang

“…Numerical triaxial tests are carried out by imposing axial compression under constant mean effective pressure conditions. …”
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Characterization of the Process of Attention to Hypertensive People in a Cerro Municipality Polyclinic by Marilyn Hernández Sánchez, Addys Díaz Piñera, Armando Rodríguez Salvá, Mayté Más Gómez, Hortensia Cueto Lamar

“…<br /><strong>Method:</strong> a descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out in 363 people aged 35 years and older classified as hypertensive. …”
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Microplastic contamination and growth pattern of oyster; Crassostrea gigas in a coastline by L. Kasmini, A.S. Batubara

“…The results of this study reveal that oysters consumed by people have been contaminated with microplastics, so stakeholders must carry out socialization for early prevention to be realized.…”
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Impact of COVID-19 on Utilization of Healthcare Services Among People Living with HIV (PLHIV): A Systematic Review by Enyinnaya Ukaegbu, Maulenkul Tilektes, Antonio Sarria-Santamera

“…<i>Materials and Methods:</i> An electronic database search of primary studies that obtained information from health facility data regarding PLHIV since 2020 was carried out according to the PRISMA statement. A combination of search terms, e.g., “COVID-19 pandemic”, “SARS-CoV-2”, “Health services utilization”, “People living with Human immunodeficiency virus”, was included. …”
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The Investigation of Mixed Ferrofluids Containing Iron Oxide nanoparticles and Microspheres by Sharanabasava V. Ganachari, Veerabhadragouda B. Patil, Nagaraj R. Banapurmath, Manzoore Elahi M. Soudagar, Kiran Shahapurkar, Ashraf Elfasakhany, Mishal Alsehli, Akshata Yavagal, Pradyumna Mogre, Vijayakumar M Hiremath, Shankar A. Hallad

“…Studies of the performance of the nanoparticles in these ferrofluids with and without coating agents were carried out. The nanoparticles were synthesized using the chemical co-precipitation technique and coated with oleic acid and polyvinyl butyral, and it further mixed with microsphere ferrofluids and developed using silicon oil. …”
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