A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON THE EFFECT OF SISAL FIBRE AND WASTE PLASTIC STRIPS IN STRUCTURAL STRENGTH IMPROVEMENT OF TROPICAL BLACK CLAY by YOHANNA PAUL, BADAMASI ABDULRAHMAN, ISHOLA KAZEEM, ODOH KELVIN CHUKWUEBUKA, ABDULKADIR MOHAMMED NYAKO, FWANGSHAK GAYUS MIJE

“…In the case of plasticity index, values initially increase from its natural value of 17.66% to peak values of 35.39 and 43.23% for sisal fibre and waste plastic strips treated soil respectively, and thereafter decreased. …”
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A Nomogram for Predicting Physical Restraint of Patients in Intensive Care Unit by Yun Wang, Ying Liu, Ya-Li Tian, Su-Lian Gu

“…Despite its ethical implications, physical restraint (PR) is widely used in the intensive care unit (ICU) to guarantee the safety of patients. …”
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Prospective study of the association between chronotype and cardiometabolic risk among Chinese young adults by Tingting Li, Yang Xie, Shuman Tao, Liwei Zou, Yajuan Yang, Fangbiao Tao, Xiaoyan Wu

“…From April to May 2021, 340 fasting blood samples were collected to quantify cardiometabolic parameters. …”
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Moxibustion for Herpes Zoster and Postherpetic Neuralgia: A Meta-Analysis by Yuanen Huang, Jingping Wu, Hongbin Cheng, Yanling Liu

“…The secondary outcomes include VAS, NRS, and time of analgesia. Outcomes. From a total of 1957 identified studies, 31 were included in analysis (N = 2334 cases). 31 RCTs contained the experimental sample of 1185 cases and the control sample of 1149 cases reported efficiency of different moxibustions in the treatment of herpes zoster, statistical heterogeneity inspection without heterogeneity. …”
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Presenting the Model of Eco-Leadership in Elementary Schools with an Interpretive Phenomenological Approach by Adel Zahed babolan, Seyyedmohammad Seyyedkalan

“…The data collection tool was a semi-structured interview developed based on the understanding and experiences of teachers and school principals in different regions of Ardabil province. …”
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Knowledge and Attitude on Insulin Self-Administration among Type 1 Diabetic Patients at Metu Karl Referral Hospital, Ethiopia by Tewodros Yosef

“…The data were collected through a face-to-face interview. The collected data were entered using EpiData version 4.2.0.0, cleaned, and analyzed using SPSS version 20. …”
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THE BIOSYNTHESIS REGULATION OF POTATO STEROIDAL GLYCOALKALOIDS by K. A. Ivanova, S. V. Gerasimova, E. K. Khlestkina

“…At the third stage (the synthesis of glycoalkaloids from cholesterol), about 20 enzymes participate. …”
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The correlations between demographic factors, self-efficacy, and quality of life among Indonesian patients with ischemic stroke: A cross-sectional study by Nabila Azzahra, Fitria Handayani, Wahyu Hidayati

“…Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, logistic regression, and Spearman rank test. …”
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H.A.R. Gibb ve Onun Arap Dili ve Kur’an Bağlamında İslâm Algısı by Yusuf Seller

“…Kor’anarose by virtue of Prophet’s ingenious use of the language but not of therevelation from Creator.” …”
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Effect of nutrition education on hemoglobin level of pregnant women in Southeast Ethiopia: a cluster randomized controlled trial by Girma Beressa, Susan J. Whiting, Tefera Belachew

“…This study aimed to assess the effect of nutrition education on the Hgb levels of pregnant women in urban settings in the Bale Zone, Southeast Ethiopia. Methods A community-based two-arm parallel cluster randomized controlled trial was carried out among 447 randomly selected pregnant women attending antenatal care (224 intervention and 223 control groups) at health facilities from February to December 2021. …”
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Probing Quantum Telecloning on Superconducting Quantum Processors by Elijah Pelofske, Andreas Bartschi, Stephan Eidenbenz, Bryan Garcia, Boris Kiefer

“…Quantum telecloning can be implemented as a circuit on quantum computers using a classical coprocessor to compute classical feedforward instructions using if statements based on the results of a midcircuit Bell measurement in real time. …”
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Investigation of Hydro-Geochemical Characteristics of Groundwater In Port Harcourt City, Nigeria: Implication for Use and Vulnerability by HO Nwankwoala, GJ Udom

“…The water is generally classified as soft and fresh based on its hardness and Total Dissolved Solids (TDS), which ranges from 2.50mg/l – 142mg/l and 2.60mg/l – 401mg/l, respectively. …”
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Informing climate-health adaptation options through mapping the needs and potential for integrated climate-driven early warning forecasting systems in South Asia-A scoping review. by Festus A Asaaga, Emmanuel S Tomude, Nathan J Rickards, Richard Hassall, Sunita Sarkar, Bethan V Purse

“…<h4>Methods</h4>We searched Web of Science Core Collection, Scopus and PubMed using title, abstract and keywords only for papers focussing on climate-and water-sensitive diseases and explicit mention of either forecasting or surveillance systems in south Asia. …”
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Evaluation of a pilot family planning educational seminar and subsequent attitudes towards family planning among Muslim communities in Tanzania. by Alexandra A Cordeiro, Hajirah Gumanneh, Aneth Nzali, Valencia J Lambert, Amina Yussuph, Albert Kihunrwa, Yassin Mchondo, Ramadhan Mtita, Hidaya Yahaya, Samuel E Kalluvya, Joyce Wamoyi, Mehrunisha Suleman, Jennifer A Downs, Agrey H Mwakisole

“…Participants viewed the seminar as enlightening and expressed that it improved their knowledge about FP and enabled them to consider FP from both medical and Islamic faith-based viewpoints. …”
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Antiplasmodial and Cytotoxic Activities of Extracts of Selected Medicinal Plants Used to Treat Malaria in Embu County, Kenya by Bibianne Waiganjo, Gervason Moriasi, Jared Onyancha, Nelson Elias, Francis Muregi

“…Medicinal plants offer a viable alternative because of their few associated side effects, are arguably cheaper, and are easily accessible. Based on the fact that studies involving antimalarial medicinal plants as potential sources of efficacious and cost-effective pharmacotherapies are far between, this research was designed to investigate antiplasmodial and cytotoxic activities of organic and aqueous extracts of selected plants used by Embu traditional medicine practitioners to treat malaria. …”
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The Effectiveness and Safety of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in the Treatment of Osteoarthritis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of 28 Randomized Controlled Trials by Zhiyong Long, Mingsheng Zhang, Tianqing Zhang, Liuting Zeng, Kailin Yang, Tiejun Yang, Ganpeng Yu, Jun Li, Yang Wu, Hua Chen

“…RevMan 5.3 software was used for meta-analysis. STATA was used to evaluate publication bias. …”
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Influence of Injection Pressure on the Dual-Fuel Mode in CI Engines Fueled with Blends of Ethanol and Tamanu Biodiesel by M. Parthasarathy, P. V. Elumalai, M. Murunachippan, P. B. Senthilkumar, Saboor Shaik, Mohsen Sharifpur, Nima Khalilpoor

“…Originally, tamanu methyl ester (TME) and diesel were used as base fuels in the investigation. As a result of its inherent oxygen content, TME emits more NOx than diesel. …”
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Desarrollo morfológico de Digitaria eriantha steud. ssp. eriantha y Panicum coloratum L. var. coloratum by F.A. GONZÁLEZ, P. VENTIMIGLIA, Varinia V. JOUVE, C. M. FERRI

“…Los índices EMP y EMC, en digitaria y mijo perenne, se relacionaron en forma estrecha (p<0,01). La duración del periodo vegetativo fue aproximadamente 250 grados días (base 10 ºC) más prolongado en digitaria que en mijo perenne, aunque alcanzaron el estado reproductivo al mismo tiempo. …”
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Biomonitoring of Environmental Pollution Using Forest Tree Foliage Chemistry at Extremely Contaminated, Post-Industrial Sites by Justyna Likus-Cieślik, Paula Orlikowska, Marcin Pietrzykowski

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Analysis of the lncRNA-Associated Competing Endogenous RNA (ceRNA) Network for Tendinopathy by Bing-Zhe Huang, Yang Jing-Jing, Xiao-Ming Dong, null Zhuan Zhong, null Xiao-Ning Liu

“…We downloaded the gene profile of GSE26051 from the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO), including 23 normal samples and 23 diseased tendons. …”
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