Prevalence of Hypertension and Associated Factors in Lubumbashi City, Democratic Republic of Congo: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study by Jacques Mbaz Musung, Placide Kambola Kakoma, Clarence Kaut Mukeng, Stéphane Lubamba Tshimanga, Jeef Paul Munkemena Banze, Nathalie Kayomb Kaj, Martin Kazadi Kamuna, Jimmy Kasali Mwamba, Dophra Ngoy Nkulu, Philippe Bianga Katchunga, Olivier Mukuku, Emmanuel Kiyana Muyumba

“…The female participants numbered 4479 (66.8%). The mean age of all participants was 47.9 ± 16.5 years. …”
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Risk Factors for Hemorrhagic Stroke among Adults in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: A Hospital-Based Study in a Limited Resource Setting by Jacques Mbaz Musung, Placide Kambola Kakoma, Marcellin Bugeme, Jeef Paul Munkemena Banze, Clarence Kaut Mukeng, Orly Ngungwa Muyumba, Berthe Mwad Kamalo, Harvey Kabulo Kapya, Ghyslain Lambo Ngongo, Laurent Kitwa, Evariste Tshibind Yav, Olivier Mukuku, Emmanuel Kiyana Muyumba

“…After logistic regression, independent predictors for developing hemorrhagic stroke were hypertension (aOR=8.19; 95% CI: 2.72–24.66; p<0.0001) and atrial fibrillation (aOR=4.89; 95% CI: 1.41–16.89; p=0.012). …”
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Facility capacity and provider knowledge for cholera surveillance and diarrhoea case management in cholera hotspots in the Democratic Republic of Congo – a mixed-methods study by Mattias Schedwin, Aurélie Bisumba Furaha, Kelly Elimian, Carina King, Espoir Bwenge Malembaka, Marc K Yambayamba, Thorkild Tylleskär, Tobias Alfvén, Simone E Carter, Placide Welo Okitayemba, Mala Ali Mapatano, Helena Hildenwall

“…Private facilities had an −11.6 (95% CI, −16.7 to −6.6) lower adjusted mean score compared to public. …”
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Care-seeking patterns and timely access to care among survivors of sexual violence in North Kivu, the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a retrospective file-based study by Hanna Reinholdz, Anette Agardh, Meggy Verputten, Joseph Byenda, Helena Frielingsdorf

“…Results Most survivors (66%) sought care at specialised sexual violence clinics and a majority of the survivors were self-referred (51%). …”
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Les éthiques environnementales aux bords du politique. Esquisse d'un perfectionnisme écocentrique by Rémi Beau 

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Protest Wave and Countermeasures of Fear: Lebanese Act of a Global Drama by A. V. Sarabiev

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Da doutrina do interesse bem compreendido n'A Democracia na América by Roberta K. Soromenho Nicolete

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¿Quieren los españoles una democracia (más) participativa ? by Mathias Rull Jan

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“Writing about War”: Dương Thu Hương’s Representations of the Vietnam-American War by Subarno Chattarji

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The Post-Authoritarian Chilean Party System between Continuity and Change by Uğur Tekiner

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2000-2015 : un âge d’or du format webdocumentaire by Michaël Bourgatte

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One-Dimensional Consolidation Analysis of Unsaturated Soils under Cyclic Loadings by Pyol Kim, Myongchol Ri, Yonggun Kim, Gunhyang Ri, Hakbom Myong

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Ludic Populism and Its Unpopular Subversion by Sascha Pöhlmann

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CRISIS OF DEMOCRACY, POLITICAL DISTRUST AND AFRO-PESSIMISM IN NIGERIA POLITICS; THE FOURTH REPUBLIC IN FOCUS by Lambe Emmanuel Oyewole

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The indifference towards democracy in Latin America by Alejandro Monsivais-Carrillo

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Affective economies of racism on social media by Rodwell Makombe, Bright Sinyonce, Mpitseng Tladi, Saneliso Thambo

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Potentiel d’élimination des déchets végétaux (feuilles de Mangifera Indica et de Manihot Utilissima) par méthanisation à Kinshasa (République Démocratique du Congo) by Philippe Mambanzulua Ngoma, Serge Hiligsmann, Eric Sumbu Zola, Marc Ongena, Philippe Thonart

“…In Democratic Republic of Congo, the capital, the city province of Kinshasa produces annually about 2.2 million tons of wastes mainly constituted (66 %) of organic matters containing 94 % are vegetable wastes. …”
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An Examination of the Leadership and Management Traits and Style in the Forest Fire Incident Command System: The Cyprus Forest Fire Service by Nicolas-George Homer Eliades, Achilleas Karayiannis, Georgios Tsantopoulos, Spyros Galatsidas

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Farmer experiences with goat raising in Lao PDR: implications for improving husbandry and sustaining viable systems by Eoin Liehr, Joanne Millar, Stephen Walkden-Brown, Malavanh Chittavong, Luisa Olmo

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Spelling correction with large language models to reduce measurement error in open-ended survey responses by Maxwell B. Allamong, Jongwoo Jeong, Paul M. Kellstedt

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