Non-utilisation of postpartum services in northwestern Nigeria: analyses of trend and social determinants from 2003 to 2018 by Dyah Anantalia Widyastari, Abubakar Abbani Yakubu, Yothin Sawangdee, Pojjana Hunchangsith

“…The sample consisted of 17 294 women aged 15–49 who responded to questions on postpartum attendance during the period.Setting Northwestern geographical subregion of Nigeria.Outcome The non-use of postpartum services.Results The non-utilisation of postpartum services has increased from 77% in 2003 to 87% in 2018, with an overall prevalence of 88% of all women not using the services. The odds of not using postpartum services were higher for women with no education (adjusted OR (AOR): 1.27; CI: 1.03 to 1.58), those with no knowledge of contraceptives (AOR: 1.72; CI: 1.35 to 2.19), those who never used contraceptives (AOR: 1.71; CI: 1.39 to 2.09), those with parity of four or more births (AOR: 1.58; CI: 1.34 to 1.86), those in polygynous marriage (AOR: 1.16; CI: 1.03 to 1.30) and those from the poorest (AOR: 2.34; CI: 1.67 to 3.28) and poorer (AOR: 2.05; CI: 1.50 to 2.78) households. …”
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Radiological, Clinical, and Histological Findings in the Treatment of Pilonidal Sinus with Phenol Injection by Tonguc Utku YILMAZ, Omer YAVUZ, Ahmet Oktay YIRMIBESOGLU, Hasan Tahsin SARISOY, Cigdem VURAL, Umay KIRAZ, Nihat Zafer UTKAN

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Lessons learnt from a scientific peer-review training programme designed to support research capacity and professional development in a global community by Ella August, Tamrat Endale, Julie M Buser, Kirby L Morris, Veronica Millicent Dzomeku, Yolanda R Smith

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Lentinan's effect on gut microbiota and inflammatory cytokines in 5-FU-induced mucositis mice by Xiaoxiao Zhang, Liang Wang, Asif Iqbal Khan, Ata Ur Rehman, Kavish Hasnain Khinsar, Yi Xin

“…Furthermore, increased expression of tight junction proteins (ZO-1, Claudin-1), mucin-2, and an increase in the number of goblet cells all confirmed our previous findings. …”
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Patient Perspective on Robotic-Assisted Total Joint Arthroplasty by Siddhartha Dandamudi, BBA, Kyleen Jan, MD, Madelyn Malvitz, BS, Anne DeBenedetti, MSc, Omar Behery, MD, MPH, Brett R. Levine, MD, MS

“…Results: A total of 498 responses were collected. Of all respondents, 69.1% are aware of robotic usage in TJA, 68.5% are interested but unsure of the benefits, and only 19.5% feel it is superior to manual surgery. …”
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The application of restorative justice as a settlement of domestic syiqaq in QS. An-Nisa verses 34 and 34 according to the view of wahbah az-zuhaili in the book of tafsir al-munir by Khairatun Hisan, Ahmad Zuhri, Nur Aisah Simamora, Mardian Idris Harahap

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A person-organization fit Model of Generation Z: Preliminary studies by Magdalena Graczyk-Kucharska, G. Scott Erickson

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Opinions and Treatment Decisions for Dental Erosive Wear: A Questionnaire Survey among Icelandic Dentists by Aida Mulic, Inga B. Árnadòttir, Torbjòrg Jensdottir, Simen E. Kopperud

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Measuring implicit associations with behaviours to improve resident mood: development of implicit association tasks for nursing home care providers by Inge Knippenberg, Ruslan Leontjevas, Ine Declercq, Jacques van Lankveld, Debby Gerritsen

“…Objective: To develop and evaluate instruments for measuring implicit associations of nursing home care providers with behaviours aimed at improving resident mood. Method: Study 1 (N = 41) followed an iterative approach to develop two implicit association tasks measuring implicit attitude (positive versus negative valence) and motivation (wanting versus not wanting) regarding mood-improving behaviours, followed by an evaluation of the content validity for target stimuli representing these behaviours. …”
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Le continent noir du désir masculin : Colet et Flaubert, encore by Barbara Vinken

“…The studies on sexuality by Freud, one of the greatest skeptics on the subject of love, shed light on the vicissitudes of masculine desire. …”
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Investigating the Compositional Heterogeneity of Pure, Crystalline Plagioclase Exposures within the Moon’s Anorthositic Crust Using Moon Mineralogy Mapper and Diviner Data by Mélissa Martinot, Kerri L. Donaldson Hanna, Benjamin T. Greenhagen, Luis Santori, Patrick N. Peplowski, Joshua T. S. Cahill

“…When working with data sets acquired by different instruments, coregistration is key if one wants to extract values from those instruments at the same point on the lunar surface. …”
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Film watching habits of journalism students from the perspective of the theory of utilities and satisfaction by Vujović Marija, Obradović Neven

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About the national work of Saint Sava by Bodrožić Đuro

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Perspectives of medicine, human biology, and nursing undergraduates on transversal skills learning: a mixed-methods study by Nathalia Silva Fontana-Rosa, Luis González-de Paz, Ana C. Codina-Rodríguez, María Pérez-Riart, María del Mar Carrió-Llach

“…Human biology and medicine undergraduates reported less training in critical thinking compared to nursing (29.03% and 32.7% vs. 76%, p < 0.001) and in interpersonal and relational skills (16.1% and 16.3% vs. 57%, p < 0.001). Subjectivity is an issue compared to traditional testing, with 39.6% of undergraduates reporting knowing the assessment methods of transversal skills and 56% trusting the preparation of teaching staff. >80% of undegraduate students wanted more participatory methodologies —from classroom methodology to problem-based assessments and simulation, while plenary lectures and gamification were less preferred. …”
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Preventive Adolescent Health Care in Family Practice: A Program Summary by Barry Knishkowy, Moshe Schein, Alexander Kiderman, Aliza Velber, Richard Edman, John Yaphe

“…Health risk behaviors and psychosocial problems included cigarette or alcohol use, dieting, infrequent/never seat belt use, and feeling depressed. 78% wanted to discuss at least one personal health issue. 27% were invited for follow-up visits. …”
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Impact of mechanical ventilation on severe acute kidney injury in critically ill patients with and without COVID-19 – a multicentre propensity matched analysis by Fabian Perschinka, Timo Mayerhöfer, Teresa Engelbrecht, Alexandra Graf, Paul Zajic, Philipp Metnitz, Michael Joannidis

“…We aimed to investigate the impact of IMV on RRT initiation by comparing critically ill patients with and without COVID-19. Furthermore, we wanted to investigate the rates and timing of RRT as well as the outcome of patients, who were treated with RRT. …”
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Exploratory study of patients’ and carers’ preferences for postdischarge surgical wound monitoring using survey and interviews by Keith Wilson, Nigel Westwood, Catherine Wloch, Pauline Harrington, Luke J Rogers, Judith Tanner, Gavin Murphy, Colin S Brown, Jeremy Dearling, Ricky Vaja, Melissa Rochon, Lyn Brierley Jones

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Shared decision-making in type 2 diabetes: a systematic review of patients’ preferences and healthcare providers’ perspectives by Maryam Peimani, Anita L. Stewart, Gholamreza Garmaroudi, Ensieh Nasli-Esfahani

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Neoadjuvant chemotherapy combined with antiangiogenic therapy and immune checkpoint inhibitors for the treatment of locally advanced gastric cancer: a real - world retrospective co... by Zhouwei Zhan, Bijuan Chen, Shaohua Xu, Ruyu Lin, Haiting Chen, Xiaohuan Ma, Xuanping Lin, Wanting Huang, Changhua Zhuo, Yu Chen, Zengqing Guo

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The report of Chief of the General Staff of USSR marshal Alexander Jegorov about his visit in Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia on 15th-26th of February, 1937 by Zenonas Butkus, Magnus llmjarv

“…Jegorov to the Baltic States, Stalin wanted, first and foremost, to instigate Berlin's interest in Moscow and make it resume the slackening relations. …”
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