Time to breastfeeding cessation and its predictors among mothers of index children aged 2–3 years in Bedele Town, Southwest Ethiopia: a community-based retrospective follow-up stud... by Gebiso Roba Debele, Fedasa Tesfa, Dereje Tsegaye

“…The WHO recommends exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months and continuing for up to 2 years. However, the duration of breastfeeding is below what is recommended globally. …”
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The impact of nutrient deficiency on the structure of soil microbial communities within a double-cropping system by Rulan Yang, Zheng Sun, Yu Gong, Peng Zhou, Xinping Zhang, Jie Wang, Qiang Dong, Fei Gao

“…The prevalent practice of fertilization in this region continues to depend heavily on the use of compound fertilizers. …”
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Deformation and movement characteristics of debris flow landslide: A case study of the Shaziba landslide in Enshi, China by Zijian SHI, Wen CHEN, Yifan SHENG, Guangli XU

“…On July 21, 2020, under the continuous influence of heavy rainfall, the Shaziba landslide in Enshi lost stability and transformed into a debris flow landslide, ultimately depositing within the Qing River, forming a dammed lake. …”
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Phenols from Vaccinium dunalianum Wight: Secondary Mass Spectrometry Fragmentation and Neuroprotective Effect by ZHOU Tang, WANG Ji, QIAO Wenhao, LIN Zhiqi, ZHU Hongbo, CHANG Yue, HU Weiyan, ZHANG Rongping, CHEN Xinglong

“…Then, the aglycone or glycosyl units continued to lose neutral fragments such as H2O, CO, CHO, and CH2O to yield a series of sub-ions. …”
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A Retrospective Claims Data Analysis on the Burden of COVID-19-Related Hospitalization in Adults at High Risk for Severe Disease Progression in Germany by Timotheus Stremel, Svitlana Schnaidt, Nicole Bihrer, Emma Fröling, Christian Jacob, Agnes Kisser

“…Results Of approximately 3.7 million individuals continuously observable in the database, about 60% were identified as being at high risk for severe COVID-19 progression. …”
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Characteristics and outcomes of the screening program of autism spectrum disorder in Primary Healthcare Centers in Bahrain by Muna A. Almohri, Mahmood A. Alawainati, Zahra A. Ayoob, Nayla A. Nasser, Noof A. Abdulaal, Ahmed A. Aldailami, Donya A. Aldailami

“…SPSS version 25.0 was used for data analysis; mean and standard deviation were calculated for continuous variables, and categorical variables presented as frequency and percentage. …”
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Comparative Study on Two Types of Nonpillar Mining Techniques by Roof Cutting and by Filling Artificial Materials by Enze Zhen, Yubing Gao, Yajun Wang, Siming Wang

“…Gob-side entry retaining is an environmentally friendly nonpillar mining technology with high efficiency and safety. With the continuous exploration of the gob-side entry retained by filling (GERF) with roadside supports, the GERF has enabled nonpillar mining. …”
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Performance Enhancement of NavIC With Low-Cost MEMS-IMU, Barometer, and Magnetometer by Saraswathi Sirikonda, Laxminarayana Parayitam, Hari B. Hablani

“…Integration of the global navigation satellite systems with the Inertial Navigation System (INS) is a sensor fusion stratagem for continuous and reliable navigation. Micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) based INS meets the high demand for low-cost autonomous navigation of land vehicles economically. …”
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Rootstocks for Florida Stone Fruit by Ali Sarkhosh, Mercy Olmstead, Jose Chaparro, Thomas Beckman

“…‘Nemaguard’ and ‘Nemared’ rootstocks had been used in north Florida for many years, but continued use may increase nematode populations to damaging levels on these rootstocks.   …”
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Analytical Approach to the Selection of Research Topics for Gallstone Disease and Acute Cholecystitis (an Overview of Cochrane Reviews) by S. I. Panin, T. V. Nechay, A. V. Sazhin, A. V. Puzikova

“…There is little prospect of continuing evidence-based studies to determine the need for intraperitoneal anesthetic instillation, differences in the duration of hospitalization after various minimally invasive surgeries, since new information is unlikely to change the conclusions of meta-analyses (the required information size has been achieved by 100 %).Conclusion. …”
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Quality of Life in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Mild Dementia Associated with Alzheimer’s Disease: A Systematic Review by Joanna Campbell, Louis Lavoie, Mariana Farraia, Rachel Huelin, Quanwu Zhang, Amir Abbas Tahami Monfared

“…This review highlights the importance of continued research to better understand QoL in patients with MCI and mild AD dementia, particularly in terms of capturing comprehensive patient-reported outcomes and evaluating the effectiveness of interventions over time. …”
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Assessment of knowledge and behaviors of an opioid overdose education and naloxone distribution program during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic by Alexis E. Horace, Ojochogwu Atawodi-Alhassan

“…Participants find OEND helpful. As naloxone continues to become increasingly available, OEND is necessary in preventing opioid overdose deaths.…”
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Assessing Pollution with Heavy Metals and Its Impact on Population Health by Youssef Saliba, Alina Bărbulescu

“…However, since values above 0.5 were determined at four sites, continuous monitoring of the pollution in the sampling locations is necessary.…”
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Mortality and Years of Life Lost in Diabetes Mellitus and Its Subcategories in China and Its Provinces, 2005–2020 by Feixue Wang, Wei Wang, Peng Yin, Yunning Liu, Jiangmei Liu, Lijun Wang, Jinlei Qi, Jinlin You, Lin Lin, Maigeng Zhou

“…In addition, the YLL rate in the eastern region showed a downward trend; however, in the middle and western regions the YLL rate continued to rise, with that of the western region rapidly increasing. …”
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Ameliorated Impact of Fenugreek Seed Extract on Some Blood Cellular and Biochemical Parameters in Female Albino Rats Exposed to Lead Acetate by Rozhya Abduljalil Naser, Rabar Yousif Mameik, Nazar M. Shareef Mahmood, Kurdo Bapir Chato

“…Rat’s administration was continued daily for two weeks respectively. The administration of rats with LA produced significant reduction in liver weight, food intake, while it increased triglyceride (TG), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), uric acid (UA) and creatinie (CR). …”
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A Questionnaire for the Assessment of Pragmatic Competence in Children Aged 5-8 by E.S. Oshchepkova, N.A. Kartushina, K.S. Tarasova

“…The results of the analysis showed that girls’ pragmatic competence at the age of 5-8 years was better developed than boys, however, in general, in normatively developing children by the age of 5, the main aspects of pragmatic competence have already been developed, and in the future may deteriorate, but understanding the figurative meaning of statements continues to develop at school. This questionnaire requires some refinement and testing for test-retest and external validity.…”
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توظيف استراتيجية SIFT في تعزيز مهارات القراءة الجانبية لطلاب المرحلة الجامعية الأولى بغرض اكتشاف المعلومات الرقمية المضللة.... by آلاء جعفر الصادق

“…لذا لا يمكن الاعتقاد بأن المعلومات المضللة قد تؤدي فقط إلى اتخاذ قرارات خاطئة، بل إن لها تأثيرًا دائمًا على تفكير المجتمع حتى بعد تصحيحها، وهو ما يُعرف باسم التأثير المستمر Continued Influence. وانطلاقًا من ذلك يبرز الدور الرائد لإخصائيي المكتبات في العمل ضمن إطار علم الوبائيات المعلوماتية الناشئ Infodemiology، من أجل تطوير استراتيجيات تقييم المعلومات الرقمية. …”
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The role of sex, age, and BMI in treatment decisions for knee osteoarthritis: conservative management versus total knee replacement by Fabiola Ojeda, Laura Tío, Francisco Castro-Domínguez, Simone Tassani, Jerome Noailly, Jordi Monfort

“…The study employed multivariate analysis of variance for continuous variables at both patient and knee levels, followed by univariate analysis of variance for significant factors, while logistic and linear regression analyses were used to calculate odds ratios, with Bonferroni corrections applied to adjust p-values for multiple comparisons. …”
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Comparison of the Efficiency of Ultraviolet/Zinc Oxide (UV/ZnO) and Ozone/Zinc Oxide (O3/ZnO) Techniques as Advanced Oxidation Processes in the Removal of Trimethoprim from Aqueous... by Moayede Taie, Abdolmajid Fadaei, Mehraban Sadeghi, Sara Hemati, Gashtasb Mardani

“…The process consisted of 0.6 g/L of ozone (O3), pH = 7.5 ± 0.5, TMP with a concentration of 0.5–5 mg/L, ZnO with a dose of 50–500 mg/L, 5–30 min reaction time, and 30–180 min contact time with UV radiation (6 W, 256 nm) in a continuous reactor. The high removal efficiency was achieved after 25 minutes when ZnO is used in 1 mg/L TMP under an operational condition at pH 7.5. …”
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Antiviral therapy can effectively suppress irAEs in HBV positive hepatocellular carcinoma treated with ICIs: validation based on multi machine learning by Shuxian Pan, Zibing Wang

“…Even in cases where viral load control is incomplete, continuous antiviral treatment can still mitigate the occurrence of irAEs.…”
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