Geospatial mapping of drug-resistant tuberculosis prevalence in Africa at national and sub-national levels by Alemneh Mekuriaw Liyew, Archie C.A. Clements, Fasil Wagnew, Beth Gilmour, Kefyalew Addis Alene

“…Factors such as mean temperature (β = 2.01; 95% CrI: 1.21, 3.42), population density (β = 0.41; 95% CrI: 0.19, 0.95), and fine particulate matter (β = 0.66; 95% CrI: 0.20, 0.80) were positively associated with DR-TB prevalence. …”
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Risks of Autologous Abdominal Free Flap Breast Reconstruction in Patients With Elevated Body Mass Index by Nathaniel A. Teitler, MD, Courtney J. Doherty, BS, Madalyn R. Adams, MD, Anna A. Podber, MD, Peter M. Granger, MD, Kaeli K. Samson, MPH, MA, Sean C. Figy, MD, Shannon L. Wong, MD, Heidi H. Hon, MD

“…Increases in patient weight category were associated with increased length of operation (P = 0.003), increased rates of breast fat necrosis (P = 0.04), breast wound dehiscence (P = 0.01), abdominal wound dehiscence (P = 0.02), numbers of abdominal complications (P = 0.001), and rates of requiring an intervention (P = 0.03). …”
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Spectroscopy of porous silicon nanoparticles impregnated with a drug maloben substance by M.Sh. Sattorov, Y.M. Spivak, Y.M. Kotcur, A. Kuznetsov, E.V. Flisyuk, V.A. Moshnikov

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Melanoma in Organ Transplant Recipients: Incidence, Outcomes and Management Considerations by Faisal R. Ali, John T. Lear

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Decrease in Circulating Dendritic Cell Precursors in Patients with Peripheral Artery Disease by Daniel Kretzschmar, Ilonka Rohm, Sebastian Schäller, Stefan Betge, Rudin Pistulli, Yevgeniya Atiskova, Hans-R. Figulla, Atilla Yilmaz

“…In immunostaining, markers indicative for mDCs (CD209: 16 versus 8 cells/0.1 mm2, P=0.02; CD83: 19 versus 5 cells/0.1 mm2, P=0.03) were significantly elevated in femoralis plaques compared to control vessels. …”
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Some Applications of New Complex Function Space Constructed by Different Weights and Exponents by Awad A. Bakery, Elsayed A. E. Mohamed

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Solvability of the Brinkman-Forchheimer-Darcy Equation by Piotr Skrzypacz, Dongming Wei

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Frequency of Functional Constipation in Lebanese Children: A Cross-Sectional Study Based on Parental Reporting by Theresia Tannoury, Jana Assy, Nadine Yazbeck

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Transmission of obliquely incident surface waves through a narrow gap by B. N. Mandal, P. K. Kundu

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Comparison of in vivo and in vitro preimplantation embryo development in OXYS and WAG rats by V. V. Kozhevnikova, T. N. Igonina, E. Yu.  Brusentsev, V. I. Mokrousova, E. A.  Kizilova, I. N. Rozhkova, V. A. Naprimerov, S. Ya. Amstislavsky

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PACE Technique to Error Categories: Its Effectiveness in Improving Word Problem Performance in Mathematics among the 7th Grade Students by Roghene A. Coloma, Florante P. Ibarra, Amirul Mukminin, Lenny Marzulina, Herri Mulyono, Kasinyo Harto

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ANALISA STRATEGI MARKETING APLIKASI PONSEL KE PETANI INDONESIA by Dessy Sagita Putri Sulaeman, Sandhy Widyasthana

“…Kombinasi pendekatan luring dengan insentif dirancang untuk mengatasi hambatan yang dialami oleh petani dan meningkatan daya tarik aplikasi di kalangan petani di Indonesia   The Sobat Jempolan app, an agricultural application developed by FMC Indonesia, has an low numbers of download, reaching only around 0.01 percent of its total target user. …”
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Local Government Unit’s Support to Educational Programs as Viewed by the Citizens: The Case of Lezo, Aklan by Cecilia T Reyes, Cecile O. Legaspi, Clyde G. Abayon, Tomas O. Ortega, Anna Mae. C. Relingo, Mary Eden M. Teruel, Jyanee Loi D. Yecla

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Hydrothermal performance of microchannel heat sink integrating pin fins based on triply periodic minimal surfaces by Ahmed Raafat, Moza Alteneiji, Mohamed Kamra, Saeed Al Nuaimi

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Income level is associated with differences in primary and secondary stroke prevention in China by Huiming Ren, Junrong Ma, Xu Guo, Ruijie Zhang, Liyuan Pu, Tian Zhao, Fangfang Zeng, Chang Shu, Liyuan Han, Yunzhi Wang, Qiang Li, Xiaojie Wang

“…The participants’ income level was positively associated with high levels of physical activity and the consumption of a healthy diet, but negatively associated with the control of alcohol consumption (all p < 0.05). In addition, positive associations were observed between the control of smoking and the use of antiplatelet and antihypertensive medication for primary prevention (all p < 0.05), but there was a negative association with the control of blood pressure (p < 0.001). …”
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Systematic Study of the Immune Components after Ischemic Stroke Using CyTOF Techniques by Yaning Li, Yan Wang, Yang Yao, Brian B. Griffiths, Liangshu Feng, Tao Tao, Feng Wang, Baohui Xu, Creed M. Stary, Heng Zhao

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Maternal Aerobic Exercise during Pregnancy Can Increase Spatial Learning by Affecting Leptin Expression on Offspring's Early and Late Period in Life Depending on Gender by Ayfer Dayi, Sinem Agilkaya, Seda Ozbal, Ferihan Cetin, Ilkay Aksu, Celal Gencoglu, Sultan Cingoz, Cetın Pekcetin, Kazim Tugyan, Berkant Muammer Kayatekin, Nazan Uysal

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Carrier Formation Dynamics in Prototypical Organic Solar Cells as Investigated by Transient Absorption Spectroscopy by Yutaka Moritomo, Kouhei Yonezawa, Takeshi Yasuda

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Organizing Warriors in the 6th and 7th century AD by Jens Molter Ulriksen

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A Solution of the Complex Fuzzy Heat Equation in Terms of Complex Dirichlet Conditions Using a Modified Crank–Nicolson Method by Hamzeh Zureigat, Mohammad A. Tashtoush, Ali F. Al Jassar, Emad A. Az-Zo’bi, Mohammad W. Alomari

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