Tuberculosis treatment outcomes and associated factors among patients treated at Bosaso TB Hospital, Bosaso, Somalia: A five-year retrospective study. by Saaid Said Jama, Mohamed Mohamud Abdi

“…<h4>Methods</h4>A 5-year facility-based retrospective study was conducted at Bosaso TB Hospital, from January 2018 to December 2022. …”
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Respectful maternity care and mistreatment: Women's experiences during induction of labor and childbirth in Ghana. by Kwame Adu-Bonsaffoh, Grace T Newman, Kenneth Atobrah-Apraku, Yaw Opuni-Frimpong, Joseph D Seffah

“…<h4>Background</h4>Most studies on respectful maternity care (RMC) and mistreatment of women have focused on intrapartum care with limited information on how women are treated during induction of labor (IOL), pre-labor phase of the maternity care continuum. …”
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Determinants of Health Seeking Behavior among Caregivers of Infants Admitted with Acute Childhood Illnesses at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya by Winfred Muringi Wambui, Samuel Kimani, Eunice Odhiambo

“…Semistructured questionnaire and two focused group discussions were used to gather data on caregiver knowledge on danger signs, health care seeking options, and decision-making regarding health care seeking. …”
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SARS-CoV-2 infection and antibody seroprevalence in routine surveillance patients, healthcare workers and general population in Kita region, Mali: an observational study 2020–2021... by Ulla Ashorn, Per Ashorn, Nigel Klein, Samba O Sow, Camilla Ducker, Elaine Cloutman-Green, Dagmar Alber, Fadima Cheick Haidara, Juho Luoma, Laura Adubra, Henry Badji, Fatoumata Diallo, Rikhard Ihamuotila, Owen Martell, Uma U Onwuchekwa, Oumar Samaké, Awa Traore, Kevin Wilson, Yue-Mei Fan

“…Objective To estimate the degree of SARS-CoV-2 transmission among healthcare workers (HCWs) and general population in Kita region of Mali.Design Routine surveillance in 12 health facilities, HCWs serosurvey in five health facilities and community serosurvey in 16 villages in or near Kita town, Mali.Setting Kita region, western Mali; local health centres around the central (regional) referral health centre.Participants Patients in routine surveillance, HCWs in local health centres and community members of all ages in populations associated with study health centres.Main outcome measures Seropositivity of ELISA test detecting SARS-CoV-2-specific total antibodies and real-time RT-PCR confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection.Results From 2392 routine surveillance samples, 68 (2.8%, 95% CI: 2.2% to 3.6%) tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 by RT-PCR. …”
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Knowledge, attitudes and practices of healthcare workers towards COVID-19 in three states of Nigeria in 2022 by Alash’le Abimiku, Nifarta Andrew, Elima Jedy-Agba, Rita Okonkwo, Olumide Okunoye, Oyewole Oyedele, Martin Edun, Ugochi Ezenwelu, Asmau Aminu-Alhaji, Aondoakura Kombu, Timothy Attah, Jibreel Jumare, Kenneth Enwerem, Sophia Osawe, Victor Ejeh, Michaela Udioh, Okame Okah-Avae, Elonna Obak, Olusola Anuoluwapo Akanbi, Mary Okoli, Nnaemeka C Iriemenam, McPaul Okoye

“…This study assessed KAP towards COVID-19 among HCWs (laboratorians, doctors, nurses and pharmacists) in Nigeria from August to December 2022.Method A facility-based cross-sectional study was conducted on 1341 HCWs (laboratorians, doctors, nurses and pharmacists) in 7 healthcare facilities across 3 states in Nigeria. …”
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Abondance frugale contre austérité pléthorique : pratiques de subsistance dans les Alpes françaises by Jean Autard

“…Cet article s’interroge sur l’écart entre, d’une part, l’inacceptabilité politique et la grande difficulté subjective de consentir à des réductions pourtant légères de la consommation pour des raisons écologiques et, d’autre part, la façon dont au contraire certaines personnes peuvent mettre en oeuvre des modes de vie alternatifs qui correspondent à des renoncements bien plus drastiques, sans pour autant les vivre comme des restrictions mais plutôt comme des choix au potentiel libérateur leur permettant de vivre plus pleinement. …”
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Maternity Continuum Care Completion and Its Associated Factors in Northwest Ethiopia by Daniel Tsega, Melaku Admas, Asmare Talie, Tesfa Birlew Tsega, Molla Yigzaw Birhanu, Simegn Alemu, Belayneh Mengist

“…Women with secondary education and above (AOR=2.75, 95% CI 1.42-5.32), urban residence (AOR=2.45, 95% CI 1.35-4.45), using ambulance transport (AOR=3.96, 95% CI 2.19-7.19), mass media exposure (AOR=3.64, 95% CI 2.02-6.56), and distance from health facilities (AOR=3.22, 95% CI 1.84-5.63) showed significant positive associations with completion of maternity continuum care. …”
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Empowering access: unveiling an overall composite spatial accessibility index to healthcare services in Southeastern Iran by Ahmad Raeesi, Soheil Hashtarkhani, Mahmood Tara, Narjes Sargolzaei, Behzad Kiani

“…This study aims to develop an overall composite potential spatial accessibility index to healthcare facilities and services in Sistan and Baluchestan Province in southeast Iran. …”
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Three-dimensional structure of entire hydrated murine hearts at histological resolution by Jasper Frohn, Frederik Böddeker, Marius Reichardt, Hendrik Bruns, Titus Czajka, Amara Khan, Ludovic Broche, Michael Krisch, Alberto Bravin, Frauke Alves, Jana Zschüntzsch, Tim Salditt

“…All hearts were obtained from the small animal facility of the university medical center in Göttingen. …”
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Epidemiology of Pediatric Tuberculosis and Factors Associated with Unsuccessful Treatment Outcomes in the Centre Region of Cameroon: A Three-Year Retrospective Cohort Study by Thomas Achombwom Vukugah, Derick Akompab Akoku, Micheline Mekemnang Tchoupa, Edward Lambert

“…This was a multicentre facility-based retrospective cohort study using routinely collected programmatic data. …”
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Assessment of Antimicrobial Use for Companion Animals in South Korea: Developing Defined Daily Doses and Investigating Veterinarians’ Perception of AMR by Sun-Min Kim, Heyong-Seok Kim, Jong-Won Kim, Kyung-Duk Min

“…Simple frequency analyses were performed to examine temporal trends, regional differences and variations by facility size in AMU, and to summarize survey responses. …”
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Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus: The Magnitude and Risk Factors among Patients Admitted to Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia by Tewodros Tamire, Temesgen Eticha, Temesgen Bati Gelgelu

“…Background. In healthcare facilities, a gradual increase in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections has been seen over the past 2 decades. …”
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Self-reported health complaints and healthcare-seeking behaviour among adult people in rural Bangladesh: results from a cross-sectional study by Ashraful Kabir, Baki Billah, Md Nazmul Karim

“…Additionally, participants in the wealthiest quintile (aOR=1.963; 95% CI 1.080 to 3.569; p=0.027), those with non-NCD complaints (aOR=5.299; 95% CI 3.673 to 7.643; p&lt;0.001) and those living further than 5 km (aOR=4.615; 95% CI 3.121 to 6.824; p&lt;0.001), were more likely to seek care from skilled providers or healthcare facilities.Conclusion A high prevalence of self-reported health complaints, particularly related to NCDs, was observed. …”
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Factors Influencing the Uptake of Adolescents’ Sexual and Reproductive Health Services in Rubanda District, South Western Uganda. by Tayebwa, Amon

“…A total of 387 adolescent respondents drawn from target population of 21273 were involved in the study that used a self-administered questionnaire and focus group discussions. Key informant interviews were also carried out at selected health facilities. …”
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Pendulum attached to a vibrating point: Semi-analytical solution by optimal and modified homotopy perturbation method by Tapas Roy, Aya Soqi, Dilip K. Maiti, Rania Wannan, Jihad Asad

“…A simple pendulum of length (b) and bob mass (m) attached to point (O) is considered and investigated. …”
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White light-emitting electrochemical cells based on metal-free TADF emitters by Shi Tang, Youichi Tsuchiya, Jia Wang, Chihaya Adachi, Ludvig Edman

“…Abstract The attainment of white emission from a light-emitting electrochemical cell (LEC) is important, since it enables illumination and facile color conversion from devices that can be cost-efficient and sustainable. …”
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Status of gender parity in the Ethiopian general education by Aster Minwyelet, Meskerem Cheru

“…The documents were mainly examined by focusing on the four areas (parameters) listed above. …”
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WOMEN SELF-HELP GROUPS IN Community DEVELOPMENT IN CENTRAL SENATORIAL DISTRICT OF CROSS RIVER STATE by LAZARUS BASSEY ABONOR, AUGUSTINE EZE BASSEY, BRIAN OBUE EYANG

“…Merely providing economic and social backingfor poor people in rural area, especially the women, has beenadjudged very useful in reducing poverty in rural communities.The Provision of necessarysupport or credit facility to the women helps to empower them, botheconomically and socially, as well as the entire community.Thiswork is therefore placed on this background to determineany association between Self-helpGroups (SHGs) and social and economic empowerment of people in the rural areas of the Senatorial District, and the rural women in particular, and to recommend appropriate waysto effectively improve the functioning of SHGs to improve the social andeconomic well-being of the people in rural area. …”
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CYCLIC SYSTEM FOR TRAINING SPECIALISTS OF ECONOMIC SECURITY OF ENTERPRISES AND ORGANIZATIONS by M. N. Vlasenko, L. M. Kunbutayev, S. V. Potekhetsky

“…The main restrictions and priorities in the organization and conduct of educational and methodological activities aimed at ensuring the required level of economic security of production facilities have been ascertained. The list of current and prospective tasks that need to be solved during the implementation of training activities has been defined.…”
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Method Framework for Developing Enterprise Architecture Security Principles by Sara Larno, Ville Seppänen, Jarkko Nurmi

“…Organizations need to consider many facets of information security in their daily operations – among others, the rapidly increasing use of IT, emerging technologies and digitalization of organizations’ core resources provoke new threats that can be difficult to anticipate. …”
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