Knowledge, attitudes and preventive practices towards soil-transmitted helminthiases among teachers in schools implementing the home-grown school feeding program in Enugu Metropolis, Enugu State, Nigeria by Daniel Chukwuemeka Obi, Blessing Hafizetu Nwazulu, Susan Chioma Udeh

“…Teachers, integral to STH control through the Home-Grown School Feeding Program (HGSFP), need adequate knowledge, attitudes, and preventive practices (KAP) for successful STH prevention. …”
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Quasinormal modes of three $$(2+1)$$ ( 2 + 1 ) -dimensional black holes in string theory, conformal gravity, and Hu–Sawicki F(R) theory via the Heun function by F. Naderi, A. Rezaei-Aghdam

“…Abstract We study the propagation of massless fermionic fields, implementing a family of special functions: Heun functions, in solving the wave equation in three three-dimensional backgrounds, including the BTZ black hole in string theory and Lifshitz black hole solutions in conformal gravity and Hu–Sawicki F(R) theory. …”
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Comparing acceptance of smoking cessation and smoke-free home intervention offers and associated factors among people with low income in the USA: baseline results of a randomised controlled trial by Matthew W Kreuter, Michelle C Kegler, Jennifer Wolff, Amy McQueen, Lauren Grimes, Enguday Teshome, Rachel Garg, Tess Thompson, Kelly Carpenter

“…Whites were less likely, and older adults and those with greater nicotine dependence were more likely, to accept the quitline offer.Conclusions Proactive approaches identified many low-income people who smoke and offering an SFH intervention retained many more of them in tobacco control efforts. …”
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CIHR Canadian HIV Trials Network Co-Infection and Concurrent Diseases Core: Updated Canadian Guidelines for the Treatment of Hepatitis C Infection in HIV-hepatitis C Coinfected Adults by Mark Hull, Stephen Shafran, Alice Tseng, Pierre Giguère, Marina B Klein, Curtis Cooper

“…Management of HIV-HCV coinfection is more complex due to the accelerated progression of liver disease, the timing and nature of antiretroviral and HCV therapy, mental health and addictions management, socioeconomic obstacles and drug-drug interactions between new HCV direct-acting antiviral therapies and antiretroviral regimens.…”
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The development of Traditional Chinese Medicine home nursing based on Internet Plus (基于“互联网+”的家政式中医护理服务的发展趋势) by TIAN Guo (田果), WU Cuicui (吴翠翠), ZHANG Chengjuan (张诚娟), LUO Fanwei (罗凡威), LONG Yeyun (龙叶运), CHEN Ying (陈英)

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Never boring classics: 100 historians in the optics of iconography [Review: Russian Historians.... by V.P. Korzun

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Protective and immunomodulatory effects of the novel probiotic yeast Pichia kudriavzevii isolated from a home-made kefir during infection in human colon epithelial cells: An exploratory study by Angela Maione, Marianna Imparato, Annalisa Buonanno, Marilena Galdiero, Elisabetta de Alteriis, Marco Guida, Emilia Galdiero

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Que nous apprennent les « artistes officiels » sur le front de l’intérieur (Home Front) dans la Grande-Bretagne en guerre, 1940-1945 ? by Antoine Capet

“…Compared with the less subtle propaganda of the Ministry of Information, these works may have been subliminally more convincing―and therefore more valuable for the war effort.…”
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“Where Does My Hope Come From?”: P. D. James’s The Children of Men (1992) as a Christian Dystopia in the Context of the Late 20th Century Demographic Crisis by Suzanne Bray

“…James joins in the discussion on these issues, but also asks what can give people hope and a reason to live in this ageing world. Her conclusion is that hope, and a meaningful life, are like happiness, things which are not found by specifically seeking for them, but are by-products of a life based on faith and love.…”
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Improving coverage of antenatal iron and folic acid supplementation and malaria prophylaxis through targeted information and home deliveries in Côte d’Ivoire: a cluster randomised controlled trial by Günther Fink, Nicole Probst-Hensch, Jürg Utzinger, Siaka Koné, Daouda Dao

“…We assessed the effectiveness of personal information (INFO) sessions and personal information session plus home deliveries (INFO+DELIV) to increase coverage of IFA supplementation and intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy (IPTp), and their effectiveness on postpartum anaemia and malaria infection.Methods We included 118 clusters randomised to a control (39), INFO (39) and INFO+DELIV (40) arm, in a trial conducted between 2020 and 2021 with pregnant women (age ≥15 years) in their first or second trimester of pregnancy in Taabo, Côte d’Ivoire. …”
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Can a Patient use an App at Home to Measure Knee Range of Motion? Utilizing a Mobile App, Curovate, to Improve Access and Adherence to Knee Range of Motion Measurements by Nirtal Shah, Corey Grunberg, Zahra Hussain

“…However, many patients do not understand the importance of knee range of motion and most do not have a way to self-monitor their knee range of motion at home. The patient being able to measure their own range of motion can provide improved access to this critical health metric, and could improve adherence with their daily knee range of motion exercises. …”
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Enhancing CsSn0.5Ge0.5I3 Perovskite Solar Cell Performance via Cu2O Hole Transport Layer Integration by Abu Rayhan, M. A. Khan, Md. Rabiul Islam

“…The primary objective of this research is to investigate the use of Cu2O as a hole transport layer in combination with lead-free metal halide perovskite (CsSn0.5Ge0.5I3) to achieve superior performance. …”
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The PIT: SToPP Trial—A Feasibility Randomised Controlled Trial of Home-Based Physiotherapy for People with Parkinson's Disease Using Video-Based Measures to Preserve Assessor Blinding by Emma Stack, Helen Roberts, Ann Ashburn

“…We recruited 47 PwPD and randomised 24 to a focused home physiotherapy programme (exercise, movement strategies, and cueing) and 23 to a control group. …”
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PU.1 alleviates the inhibitory effects of cigarette smoke on endothelial progenitor cell function and lung-homing through Wnt/β-catenin and CXCL12/CXCR4 pathways by Xue He⁺, Yanan Cui⁺, Tiao Li, Lijuan Luo, Zihang Zeng, Yiming Ma, Yan Chen

“…Immunofluorescence co-localization was used to analyze EPCs homing into the lung. Flow cytometry was performed to detect EPC count in lung tissues and bone marrow (BM). …”
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Changes and their effects on working and daily life time use allocation between work-from-home and office work days during the telework period: insights from the survey in Japan by Eri Aoki, Eri Aoki, Ai Hiramatsu, Keisuke Hanaki

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Productivité et mobilité des inventeurs prolifiques : une approche comparative des systèmes d’innovation de quatre grands pays asiatiques (Chine, Corée, Japon, Taiwan) by Christian Le Bas, William Latham, Dmitry Volodin

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Rehabilitation using virtual gaming for Hospital and hOMe-Based training for the Upper limb in acute and subacute Stroke (RHOMBUS II): results of a feasibility randomised controlled trial by Cherry Kilbride, Tom Butcher, Meriel Norris, Nana Anokye, Alyson Warland, Karen Baker, Dimitrios A Athanasiou, Guillem Singla-Buxarrais, Jennifer Ryan, Francesca Gowing, Elmar Kal, Carole Pound, Victoria Stewart, Basaam Aweid, Arul Samiyappan

“…Participants trained with the platform for a median (range) of 11 (1-58) hours, equating to 94 min extra per week. The mean satisfaction score was 34.9 out of 40.Conclusion The Neurofenix platform is safe, feasible and well accepted as an adjunct to usual care in acute and subacute stroke rehabilitation. …”
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Provision of dementia-specific care in nursing homes in North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany) – analysis of person-centered practices and related problems within a holistic multiple case study by Kathrin Schmüdderich, Anne Fahsold, Jonas Dörner, Martina Roes, Rebecca Palm, Bernhard Holle

“…Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the provision of dementia-specific care and related problems in German nursing homes. Methods We used a holistic multiple case design with a total of four cases. …”
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Cluster randomised controlled trial on the effects of long-term home-based exercise for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with recent exacerbation: research protocol of the COPDtoParis Project by Ulla Møller Weinreich, Lars Pilegaard Thomsen, Jane Andreasen, Anna Lei Stoustrup, Thorvaldur S Palsson

“…Pulmonary rehabilitation is an effective intervention, but securing adherence to exercise is difficult, particularly for frail and disabled patients, challenged by leaving their home. Home-based exercise is an emerging alternative for persons with COPD, but long-term adherence is unclear. …”
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Response to: Comment on “Effects of a Pragmatic Home-Based Exercise Program Concurrent With Neoadjuvant Therapy on Physical Function of Patients With Pancreatic Cancer: The PancFit Randomized Clinical Trial” by An T. Ngo-Huang, DO, Nathan H. Parker, PhD, Keri L. Schadler, PhD, Matthew H. G. Katz, MD

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