The role of teacher-related factors in enhancing quality service provision in pre-primary schools of Gambella regional state, Ethiopia by Challa Ayale Legede, Tadesse Regassa Mamo, Desalegn Beyene Debelo, Abunu Arega Yismaw

“…The findings may not be generalizable to other regions with different contexts, cultures and education systems. Despite these limitations, this study has important implications for policymakers and educators. …”
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Serum IL-18 Is Increased at Early Postburn Period in Moderately Burned Patients

“…<p>A severe systemic inflammatory response is usually seen after burn injury. …”
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Design and validation of a questionnaire on habits, health and exercise in the use of baby carriers by Yaiza Taboada-Iglesias, María del Carmen Iglesias-Pérez, Águeda Gutiérrez-Sánchez

“…Material and methods: 350 individuals who currently used or had used baby carrying systems in the last 10 years completed the questionnaire, which was previously subject to a pilot study in a panel of experts. …”
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Urine kidney injury molecule-1 predicts subclinical kidney disease among persons living with HIV initiating tenofovir disoproxil fumarate-based ART in Zambia by Freeman W. Chabala, Edward D. Siew, Edward D. Siew, Edward D. Siew, C. William Wester, C. William Wester, Alana T. Brennan, Alana T. Brennan, Alana T. Brennan, Masauso M. Phiri, Michael J. Vinikoor, Michael J. Vinikoor, Sepiso K. Masenga, Muktar H. Aliyu, Muktar H. Aliyu, Muktar H. Aliyu

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Use and Outcomes of Dexamethasone in the Management of Malignant Small Bowel Obstruction by Frank F. Yang, MD, Elina Serrano, MD, Kyle S. Bilodeau, MD, Michael Weykamp, MD, Caitlin J. Silvestri, MD, Ashleigh C. M. Bull, MD, Brenda Lin, MD, Sara L. Schaefer, MD, Colette Galet, PhD, Luis J. Garcia, MD, FACS, Baraka Gitonga, BS, David T. Kolodziej, BS, Samantha Esposito, BS, Molly Parker-Brigham, BS, Rohan Luhar, BS, Avinash Mamgain, MS, Kendrick C. Brown, BS, Summer Dewdney, MD, Thea P. Price, MD, FACS, Nicole Siparsky, MD, FACS, Sarah Knerr, PhD, Pauline K. Park, MD, FACS, Sabrina Sanchez, MD, FACS, Dionne A. Skeete, MD, FACS, Katherine N. Fischkoff, MD, FACS, David R. Flum, MD, FACS

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Early and high-volume administration of sodium bicarbonate in sepsis-associated acute kidney injury in patients with malignancies, during continuous renal replacement therapy by Lamei Ouyang, Yin Pan, Ya-Fei Wu, Qiang Tang, Dao-Feng Wang, Ning Lou

“…Introduction Sepsis is an uncontrolled systemic response to infection that leads to life-threatening organ dysfunction. …”
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Climate model downscaling in central Asia: a dynamical and a neural network approach by B. Fallah, B. Fallah, M. Rostami, M. Rostami, E. Russo, P. Harder, C. Menz, P. Hoffmann, I. Didovets, F. F. Hattermann, F. F. Hattermann

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Web-based mindfulness and skills-based distress reduction for patients with cancer: study protocol of the multicentre, randomised, controlled confirmatory intervention trial Reduct by Dirk Schadendorf, Peter Martus, Stephan Zipfel, Yesim Erim, Alexander Bäuerle, Martin Teufel, Caterina Schug, Johanna Graf, Wolfgang Bethge, Andreas Dinkel, Anja Neumann, Jasmin Steinbach, Jana Heinen, Julia Barbara Krakowczyk, Mirjam Damerau, Sebastian Dries, Anja Mehnert-Theuerkauf, Mitra Tewes, Jörg Wiltink, Alexander Wünsch

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Utilization of patient-reported outcomes to assess adherence to relugolix when combined with stereotactic body radiation therapy for intermediate to high-risk prostate cancer by Kelly Gaudian, Min Jung Koh, Min Ji Koh, Ryan R. Collins, Shaine Eden, Zoya Zwart, Malika Danner, Alan Zwart, Mark Fallick, Deepak Kumar, Paul Leger, Nancy A. Dawson, Simeng Suy, Sean P. Collins

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The MyLungHealth study protocol: a pragmatic patient-randomised controlled trial to evaluate a patient-centred, electronic health record-integrated intervention to enhance lung can... by Rachel Hess, Angela Fagerlin, Devin Mann, Tanner Caverly, Yue Zhang, Guilherme Del Fiol, Jorie Butler, Michael Flynn, Kensaku Kawamoto, Douglas Martin, Chelsey R Schlechter, Haojia Li, Polina Kukhareva, Christian Balbin, Elizabeth Stevens, Victoria Tiase, Kim Kaphingst, Chakravarthy Reddy, Phillip Warner, Joshua Choi, Claude Nanjo, Quyen Metzger

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Exploring the potential of black soldier fly live larvae as a sustainable protein source for laying hens: A comprehensive study on egg quality by Arianna Cattaneo, Erminia Sezzi, Marco Meneguz, Roberto Rosà, Davide Santori, Sofia Cucci, Rosalba Roccatello, Francesca Grosso, Stefano Mercandino, Valeria Zambotto, Eugenio Aprea, Pavel Solovyev, Luana Bontempo, Angela Trocino, Gerolamo Xiccato, Sihem Dabbou

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Vibration therapy as an intervention for trochanteric hip fractures – A randomized double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial by Ronald Man Yeung Wong, Pui Yan Wong, Chaoran Liu, Chun Sing Chui, Wing Hong Liu, Ning Tang, James Griffith, Ning Zhang, Wing Hoi Cheung

“…Low-magnitude high-frequency vibration (LMHFV) is a biophysical intervention that provides non-invasive, systemic mechanical stimulation. The objectives of this study were to investigate the efficacy of LMHFV in trochanteric hip fracture elderly patients to (i) accelerate trochanteric fracture healing and (ii) improve clinical and functional outcomes. …”
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Dynamic Imprints of Colliding-wind Dust Formation from WR 140 by Emma P. Lieb, Ryan M. Lau, Jennifer L. Hoffman, Michael F. Corcoran, Macarena Garcia Marin, Theodore R. Gull, Kenji Hamaguchi, Yinuo Han, Matthew J. Hankins, Olivia C. Jones, Thomas I. Madura, Sergey V. Marchenko, Hideo Matsuhara, Florentin Millour, Anthony F. J. Moffat, Mark R. Morris, Patrick W. Morris, Takashi Onaka, Marshall D. Perrin, Armin Rest, Noel Richardson, Christopher M. P. Russell, Joel Sanchez-Bermudez, Anthony Soulain, Peter Tuthill, Gerd Weigelt, Peredur M. Williams

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Reservoir water level decline accelerates ground subsidence: InSAR monitoring and machine learning prediction of surface deformation in the Three Gorges Reservoir area by Jiaer Yang, Jiaer Yang, Pinglang Kou, Pinglang Kou, Xu Dong, Xu Dong, Ying Xia, Qinchuan Gu, Yuxiang Tao, Jiangfan Feng, Qin Ji, Weizao Wang, Ram Avtar

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Enhancing Thermal Performance Investigations of a Methane-Fueled Planar Micro-Combustor with a Counter-Flow Flame Configuration by Liaoliao Li, Yuze Sun, Xinyu Huang, Lixian Guo, Xinyu Zhao

“…To enhance the performance of combustors in micro thermophotovoltaic systems, this study employs numerical simulations to investigate a planar microscale combustor featuring a counter-flow flame configuration. …”
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A workplace organisational intervention to improve hospital nurses’ and physicians’ mental health: study protocol for the Magnet4Europe wait list cluster randomised controlled tria... by Peter Griffiths, Jonathan Drennan, Jackie Bridges, Luk Bruyneel, Jane Ball, Linda H Aiken, Douglas M Sloane, Anners Lerdal, Matthew McHugh, Herbert Smith, Anne Marie Rafferty, Reinhard Busse, Walter Sermeus, Julia Köppen, Lars E Eriksson, Kaat Siebens, Matthew D McHugh, Anne Scott, Ingeborg Strømseng Sjetne, Sydney Anstee, Peter Van Bogaert, Rikard Lindqvist, Linda Aiken, Douglas Sloane, Hans De Witte, Wilmar B Schaufeli, Hans De Witte, Simon Dello, Dorothea Kohnen, Claudia Bettina Maier, Lisa Smeds Alenius, Mary Del Guidice, Timothy Cheney, Claudia Maier, Joan Kleine, Elaine Lehane Vera McCarthy, Noeleen Brady, Monica Bukkøy Kjetland, Paul Van Aken, Danny Van Heusden

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Real-World Evidence of Clinical Outcomes of the Use of the Adalimumab Biosimilar SB5 in Rheumatic and Gastrointestinal Immune-Mediated Inflammatory Diseases: 12-Month Data from the... by Bruno Fautrel, Yoram Bouhnik, Carine Salliot, Franck Carbonnel, Mathurin Fumery, Christophe Bernardeau, Yves Maugars, Mathurin Flamant, Fabienne Coury, Ben Braithwaite, Salima Hateb, Janet Addison, the PERFUSE investigators

“…Objectives The purpose of this study was to estimate patient persistence on SB5 at 12 months post-initiation using clinical and healthcare claims data from the French Système National des Données de Santé (national healthcare claims database, SNDS) in addressing data gaps. …”
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Langerhans Cells Directly Interact with Resident T Cells in the Human Epidermis by Tomonori Oka, Tatsuya Hasegawa, Truelian Lee, Valeria S. Oliver-Garcia, Mahsa Mortaja, Marjan Azin, Satoshi Horiba, Sabrina S. Smith, Sara Khattab, Kathryn E. Trerice, Steven T. Chen, Yevgeniy R. Semenov, Shadmehr Demehri

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Lesion Location and Possible Etiology of Acute Unilateral Vestibulopathy by Zhang M, Wang J, Xue S, Liu S, Li K, Zhao T, Feng Y, Sui R, Yang B, Yang X

“…The majority of the AUVP patients had cardiovascular risk factors and abnormal systemic immunological indicators, which might be the possible etiologies of AUVP.Keywords: acute unilateral peripheral vestibular dysfunction, etiology, vestibule, labyrinth, vestibular nerve…”
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A qualitative study on the promotion and obstacle factors of pre rehabilitation for patients with degenerative lumbar spine disease based on virtual reality technology (基于虚拟现实技术的退行... by WANG Xiaoying (王小影), GAO Nana (高娜娜), GUO Jingran (郭敬然), MENG Xiaona (孟小娜), HU Huiju (胡惠菊)

“…Results The promoting factors for the implementation of pre-rehabilitation projects based on virtual reality technology in patients with degenerative lumbar spine diseases include relative advantages in innovation and communication in internal feature areas, urgency for change, and compatibility with existing workflows; Obstacle factors include innovation costs, design quality, and packaging in the field of innovation, collaborative relationships in external feature factors, incentive systems, and accessibility of knowledge and information in internal feature areas; Neutral factors include locations in the internal feature domain, implementation facilitators in the individual feature domain, and feedback and evaluation in the implementation process domain. …”
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