Maternal Hepatitis B Infection Burden, Comorbidity and Pregnancy Outcome in a Low-Income Population on the Myanmar-Thailand Border: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Marieke Bierhoff, Chaisiri Angkurawaranon, Aung Myat Min, Mary Ellen Gilder, Nay Win Tun, Arunrot Keereevijitt, Aye Kyi Win, Elsi Win, Verena Ilona Carrara, Tobias Brummaier, Cindy S. Chu, Laurence Thielemans, Kanlaya Sriprawat, Borimas Hanboonkunupakarn, Marcus Rijken, François Nosten, Michele van Vugt, Rose McGready

“…The results highlight the disease burden of HBV in women on the Myanmar-Thailand border and support original reports of a lack of significant associations with HBsAg+ irrespective of HBeAg status, for comorbidity, and pregnancy outcomes in deliveries supervised by skilled birth attendants.…”
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Going beyond co-production: a public contributor led, local evaluation of the National Institute of Health and Social Care (NIHR) Research Champion role by Julie Hedayioglu, Frances Mossie, Carol Coleman

“…Greater awareness and recognition of this role as a valuable resource is needed with more attention and investment required to staff supporting RCs.…”
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A Postcolonial Insight into African Onomastics in Europhone Translation: A study of D. O. Fagunwa’s Selected Yoruba Narrative Names by Damola E. Adeyefa

“…Previous studies in African onomastic translation have concentrated mostly on Europhone translation, with insufficient scholarly attention paid to the Yoruba-French onomastic translation.  …”
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Weak genetic divergence and signals of adaptation obscured by high gene flow in an economically important aquaculture species by Bernarda Calla, Jingwei Song, Neil Thompson

“…The captive population, which was reared for over 25 years was the most genetically distinct population and exhibited reduced nucleotide diversity, attributable to inbreeding. Individuals from populations that were separated both geographically and temporally did not show detectable genetic differences, illustrating the consequences of human intervention in the form translocation of animals between farms, hatcheries and natural settings. …”
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Effects of stair riser height on ankle proprioception in individuals with and without chronic ankle stability by Xueying Wang, Xueying Wang, Zheng Wang, Roger Adams, Roger Adams, Yang Gao, Jie Lyu, Jia Han, Jia Han

“…No significant interaction was observed between the group and riser height (F = 0.745, p = 0.478).ConclusionThe presence of ankle instability and increased riser height significantly negatively affected ankle inversion proprioceptive performance during stair descent, which may increase the risk of ankle sprain.ApplicationPotential applications of this research include the assessment of ankle proprioception during stair descent attributable to effective ankle instability rehabilitation and riser height selection for safe stair design.…”
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Modeling the effect of information campaigns on the HIV epidemic in Uganda by Hem Joshi, Suzanne Lenhart, Kendra Albright, Kevin Gipson

“…Part of Uganda's success has been attributed toa formalized information, education, and communication (IEC) strategy, loweringestimated HIV/AIDS infection rates from 18.5% in 1995 to 4.1% in 2003. …”
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CSR as a source of competitiveness of distribution channels by Magdalena Stefańska, Grażyna Śmigielska

“…Porter's perspective as a socio-economic value. Worth particular attention are modern distribution channels on the FMCG market in Poland, in which economically strong trading companies have a significant influence on suppliers (producers) of goods. …”
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Development of Renal Failure without Proteinuria in a Patient with Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance: An Unusual Presentation of AL Kappa Amyloidosis by Yijuan Sun, Amarpreet Sandhu, Darlene Gabaldon, Jonathan Danaraj, Karen S. Servilla, Antonios H. Tzamaloukas

“…For the first eight years, he had stable stage III chronic kidney disease attributed to bladder outlet obstruction secondary to prostatic malignancy. …”
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Treatment options for Leber hereditary optic neuropathy by I. Povilaitytė, R. Liutkevičienė

“…Due to this dysfunction, ATP synthesis decreases and the level of oxidative stress in ganglion cells of the retina increases, which leads to cell degeneration and apoptosis. …”
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DCFE-YOLO: A novel fabric defect detection method. by Lei Zhou, Bingya Ma, Yanyan Dong, Zhewen Yin, Fan Lu

“…Second, a Channel Priority Convolutional Attention mechanism is incorporated after the Spatial Pyramid Pooling layer to enable more precise defect localization by leveraging multi-scale structures and channel priors. …”
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Typology of Negation in the Ardalani Variety of Sorani Kurdish by Roya Tabei, Shoja Tafakkori Rezayi, Amer Gheitury, Mostafa Hasrati

“…Modal structures also follow A/Cat/ATM, in which the modal marker is removed and replaced with the negation marker. …”
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MFG-E8 Exerts Neuroprotection in Neural Stem Cells Induced by Anesthetic Sevoflurane via Regulating the PI3K/AKT Pathways by Minmin Cai, Liufang Sheng

“…Western blot analysis was applied for assessing the expression of MFG-E8, BCL2, BAX, cleaved caspase-3, GRP-78, XBP-1, ATF-6, ATF-4, CHOP, p-PI3K, PI3K, p-AKT, and AKT. …”
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From Flipped Classroom to Flipped Learning: Evolution of the Concept and Its Philosophical Foundations by I. I. Gnutova

“…The article contributes to the positive attitude to the current transformation process in national education, and provides Russian practitioners with a theoretical basis and explanation of some of the critical issues of flipped learning.…”
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South American Cucurbit Fruit Fly, Anastrepha grandis (Macquart) (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae) by Howard V. Weems, Jr.

“… Anastrepha grandis (Macquart) (1846: 227), which exists in several South American countries and possibly Panama, attacks watermelon and other fruits of the family Cucurbitaceae. …”
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Epidemiological and Pathogenic Relationship between Sleep Apnea and Ischemic Heart Disease by Carlos Carpio, Rodolfo Álvarez-Sala, Francisco García-Río

“…The pathophysiology of coronary artery disease in obstructive sleep apnea patients probably includes the activation of multiple mechanisms, as the sympathetic activity, endothelial dysfunction, atherosclerosis, and systemic hypertension. Moreover, chronic intermittent hypoxia and oxidative stress have an important role in the pathogenesis of coronary disease and are also fundamental to the development of atherosclerosis and other comorbidities present in coronary artery diseases such as lipid metabolic disorders. …”
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Cost-Effective Drone Survey of Areas with Elevated Background Radiation by Hédi Katreiner, Béla Kovács, Ákos Horváth, Szabolcs Tóth, Fanni Vörös

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Mujeres en las luchas jornaleras en Andalucía. Un enfoque descolonial y feminista by Virginia Piúa Cruz

“…A través de la situación de falta de soberanía de las mujeres jornaleras, de las luchas por la tierra y el acceso al trabajo, hablamos de cómo, además del capitalismo y la colonialidad, también atraviesa el sistema patriarcal.…”
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Manejo de nematodos en cultivos de col by Z. J. Grabau, J. W. Noling, R. Sandoval-Ruiz

“…La mayoría de los nematodos parásitos de plantas viven en el suelo y atacan las raíces de las plantas. Esto puede reducir el rendimiento al reducir la función de las raíces y, en consecuencia, el crecimiento de las plantas. …”
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La documentación pedagógica como posibilidad de re-encuentro con las infancias en la formación inicial: Polifonía de miradas a tres voces by Gonzalo MALDONADO-RUIZ, Isabel María FERNÁNDEZ GARCÍA, Encarnación SOTO GÓMEZ

“…Una estrategia didáctica que no pretende “atrapar” la infancia, sino que estimula y sitúa al docente, en este caso al docente en formación, frente a la singularidad de los niños y niñas como sujetos de experiencia, y que, al mismo tiempo, nos ayuda a pensar en las posibilidades que puede tener no solo como espacio de interpretación, significación y encuentro, sino como estrategia transformadora del conocimiento práctico, singular y biográfico, del docente en la formación inicial. …”
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Comportamiento clínico del dengue en niños de Cúa. Estado Miranda, Venezuela, 2014 by Alexander Torres Molina, Osvaldo Urrutia Mora, Norge Cabreja Silot, Adolfina Martínez Martínez, Yamila Navarro Caboverde

“…<br /><strong>Objetivo</strong>: describir el comportamiento clínico del dengue en los niños atendidos en el Hospital Dr. Osio, de Cúa, estado Miranda.…”
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