Patient preferences for facility-based management of hypertension and diabetes in rural Uganda: a discrete choice experiment by Robert Kalyesubula, Isaac Ssinabulya, Rachel Nugent, Christine Ngaruiya, Nicola L Hawley, Dallas Wood, Baylah Tessier-Sherman, Deron Galusha, Mari Armstrong-Hough, Sarah EG Moor, Andrew K Tusubira, Ann R Akiteng, Evelyn Hsieh Donroe, Tracy L Rabin, Brenda D Nakirya, Christine Nalwadda, Jeremy I Schwartz

“…Objective To explore how respondents with common chronic conditions—hypertension (HTN) and diabetes mellitus (DM)—make healthcare-seeking decisions.Setting Three health facilities in Nakaseke District, Uganda.Design Discrete choice experiment (DCE).Participants 496 adults with HTN and/or DM.Main outcome measures Willingness to pay for changes in DCE attributes: getting to the facility, interactions with healthcare providers, availability of medicines for condition, patient peer-support groups; and education at the facility.Results Respondents were willing to pay more to attend facilities that offer peer-support groups, friendly healthcare providers with low staff turnover and greater availabilities of medicines. …”
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Blended learning module for universities and extended education programs by Egorova P. Egorova, Anton A. Abashkin, Vladimir G. Mosin

“…Special attention is paid to the issues of monitoring the activities of all participants in the educational process: both students and teachers, as well as content creators, a media group working on its production and maintenance. …”
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Evaluating the weight-adjusted waist index as a predictive tool for sarcopenia and mortality risk by Qingzheng Shen, Tianjing Zhou, Xiaodong Chen, Hafiz Muhammad Umar, Xinxin Yang, Xian Shen

“…Methods This study used data from 2946 NHANES (1999–2002) participants to analyze the relationship between weight-adjusted waist index (WWI) and sarcopenia (diagnosed using five different established criteria). …”
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Effect of sleep quality on the severity of perimenstrual symptoms in Japanese female students: a cross-sectional, online survey by Yukio Urabe, Makoto Komiya, Noriaki Maeda, Satoshi Arima, Tsubasa Tashiro, Rami Mizuta, Sakura Oda, Takaaki Nagasawa, Koichi Naito

“…Objectives To investigate the relationship between sleep quality and perimenstrual symptoms among Japanese female students.Design Observational, cross-sectional, online surveySetting We used an online questionnaire to collate responses from Japanese female students on sleep quality and perimenstrual symptoms.Participants A total of 298 female students aged 18–25 years in Japan were included in this study.Primary and secondary outcome measures The Menstrual Distress Questionnaire (MDQ) was used to assess the severity of perimenstrual symptoms for three periods—premenstrual, menstrual and postmenstrual—and the Japanese version of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index was used to assess sleep quality. …”
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O conflito apocalíptico em Assunção de Salviano, de Antonio Callado by Geam Karlo-Gomes

“…A la luz de la hermenéutica del imaginario de Gilbert Durand, de la correlación entre el mundo alquímico de los símbolos y las experiencias y conocimientos de la psicología del inconsciente de Carl Gustav Jung, y aún, a partir de la creatividad onírica de Gastón Bachelard, el texto se enfoca en el análisis de la imagen de la travesía del personaje Salviano tras su conversión religiosa cristiana y su “Gran Conflicto” con el líder del Partido Comunista. …”
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Examining reliability of WHOBARS: a tool to measure the quality of administration of WHO surgical safety checklist using generalisability theory with surgical teams from three New... by Jennifer M Weller, Carmen Skilton, Derryn A Gargiulo, Oleg N Medvedev, Simon J Mitchell, Alan F Merry

“…All elective and acute cases (adults and children) involving surgery under general anaesthesia during normal working hours were eligible.Participants The study included 243 surgical staff members, 138 (50.12%) women.Main outcome measure Absolute generalisability coefficient that accounts for variance due to items, phases, sites and raters for the WHOBARS measure of the quality of WHO Surgical Safety Checklist administration.Results The WHOBARS in its present form has demonstrated good generalisability of scores across teams and raters (G absolute=0.83). …”
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Correlation between P-glycoprotein and CD34 Expressions in Leukemic Cells from De novo Acute Myeloid Leukemia by Yulia Nadar Indrasari, Yetti Hernaningsih, Aryati Aryati, Siprianus Ugroseno Yudho Bintoro, Atika Atika, Rosline Hassan

“…The association between Pgp and CD34 expression in adult patients with de novo AML was investigated in this study. Methods: Thirty participants were enrolled between November 2022 and April 2023. …”
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Roles of physiotherapists in primary care teams: a scoping review  by Catherine Hudon, Megan Champoux, Amélie Poirier

“…Results The database search yielded 2324 articles. From the 13 included articles, 6 main themes emerged: conduct client assessment for musculoskeletal conditions, participate in health promotion and prevention, promote self-management support, communicate with patients, collaborate with other primary care providers and partners, and provide holistic care.Conclusions The review identified a wide variety of roles, primarily related to the treatment of musculoskeletal patients. …”
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Access to the European cultural heritage of settlements and towns in the Danube macro-region through interoperable strategies digital transformation by Babin ANATOLIE, Elena PRUS, Elena MARGINEANU

“…Previous works: previous concept, research and experience are described in the articles [2] and [3]. Approach: European benchmarking, comparative analysis, bibliographic research. …”
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Features of online sociological studies of risks of financial behavior of the population in the information and communication network Internet by M. Kibakin

“…The classification has been substantiated, primary data groups have been distinguished according to the degree of openness, which include open, partially open and closed data. Separately, the characteristic of the obtained primary sociological data has been given by the method of technological access – analysis of blogs, the use of search engines for keywords, the inclusion of intelligent monitoring systems and analysis of social media, which are implemented either on stationary or mobile computer devices. …”
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THE ALBANIAN FACTOR OF DESTABILIZATION OF THE WESTERN BALKANS: SCENARIO APPROACH by E. G. Ponomareva

“…The Albanian factor of the Balkan policy, which received its first institutional design in the late 19th century – “Prizrenskaya League”, is currently a serious destructor of the situation in the Western Balkans (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro and partially recognized Kosovo).On the basis of historical, demographic, cultural, religious and political facts the article explores the nature of Albanian irredentism and provides a substantiation of the possibility of implementing the scenario of “Albanization”, the development of which can proceed in two directions. …”
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Validity and Reliability of the Persian Version of the Tinnitus and Hearing Survey Questionnaire by Seyed Alireza Alavi Dehkordi, Maryam Ramezani, Mohanna Javanbakht, Mohsen Vahedi

“…Methods: A psychometric study involved 100 participants aged 18–60, categorized into four groups based on hearing status and tinnitus presence. …”
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The role of non-governmental public associations in protecting the rights of persons with disabilities in Ukraine during the war by N. O. Filipska

“…It has been recommended to expand the participation of representatives of such public organizations in the process of making managerial decisions both at the state level and at the level of local self-government. …”
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Shielding our angels: Tackling workplace bullying against nurses working in community environments by Mohammed Ghalib Qutishat

“…Results: The author distributed 230 questionnaires, and 197 participants replied, giving an 85.65 % response rate. …”
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Face Veil and Lawo-Lambu: Negotiating Religious Practices Among Muslims and Catholics in Ende City by Yosep Aurelius Woi Bule, Adison Adrianus Sihombing

“…This study is qualitative research through in-depth interviews with Muslim and Catholic sources as well participant observations. This field study was conducted from July 2019 to December 2021. …”
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Perceived urban environment elements associated with momentary and long-term well-being: An experience sampling method approach by Yu-Ru Chen, Atsushi Nakagomi, Masamichi Hanazato, Noriyuki Abe, Kazushige Ide, Katsunori Kondo

“…We applied the experience sampling method (ESM) to collect data on location, perceived environmental characteristics, MWB, and LWB of adult participants living in Kashiwa-no-ha area, Kashiwa City, Japan. …”
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Defining polypharmacy in the elderly: a systematic review protocol by Seyede Salehe Mortazavi, Mohsen Shati, Seyed Kazem Malakouti, Abasali Keshtkar, Mohsen Bazargan, Shervin Assari

“…All extracted data from selected articles will be categorised based on the type of study participants, study design and setting, the methodological quality of primary studies and any other potential source of heterogeneity, and results will be summarised in a table, which will contain the levels of evidence and methodological quality of the included studies. …”
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The longitudinal association between multiple cardiometabolic diseases, socioeconomic status, and depressive symptoms in China by Dan Guo, Yanshang Wang, Yanan Zhao, Ruoxi Ding, Yanan Luo, Wanwei Dai, Ping He

“…Stratified analysis were conducted to explore the moderating effect of SES on this association.Participants with any CMDs exhibited a higher risk of developing depressive symptoms compared to those without CMDs, with a hazard ratio (HR) of 1.10 (95% CI: 1.01, 1.20). …”
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Manual Segmentation of 12 Layers of the Retina and Choroid through SD-OCT in Intermediate AMD: Repeatability and Reproducibility by Pedro Camacho, Marco Dutra-Medeiros, Luís Salgueiro, Sílvia Sadio, Paulo C. Rosa

“…The same process was repeated a single time by two different trained operators for the inter-operator variability. Results: Forty participants (28 women and 12 men) were enrolled in this study, with an average age of 76.4 ± 8.2 (range, 55–92 years). …”
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Implementing Patient Health Questionnaire Depression Screening in Inflammatory Arthritis Clinic: Insights From a Quality Improvement Project at a Tertiary Rheumatology Center by Jeong Min Yu, Susan Goodman, Ann Marie Rakowicz, Julius Bugante, Jennifer Inhae Lee

“…After initial poor participation, nurses achieved the aim after repeated reminders and ongoing education by the senior nurse. …”
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