Risk factors associated with zero-dose and under-immunized children, and the number of vaccination doses received by children in Ethiopia: a negative binomial regression analysis by Biruk Bogale, Gizachew Tadele Tiruneh, Netsanet Belete, Bezawit Mesfin Hunegnaw, Nebreed Fesseha, Tsegaye Shewangzaw Zergaw, Hillina Tadesse, Takele Yeshiwas, Hana Meseret, Dessalew Emaway

“…Methods A cross-sectional household survey was conducted as part of the formative assessment for the Strengthening Service Delivery (SSD) project from July to August 2024. A stratified two-stage sampling was employed to recruit 1,368 mothers of children aged 12–23 months from agrarian and pastoral regions of Ethiopia. …”
Get full text

Predictive Ability of Serum IL-27 Level for Assessing Activity of Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis by Taejun Yoon, Sung Soo Ahn, Jung Yoo Pyo, Lucy Eunju Lee, Jason Jungsik Song, Yong-Beom Park, Sang-Won Lee

Get full text

Improving Aboveground Biomass Estimation in Beech Forests with 3D Tree Crown Parameters Derived from UAV-LS by Nicola Puletti, Simone Innocenti, Matteo Guasti, Cesar Alvites, Carlotta Ferrara

“…For each reference tree we also measured crown projection and crown volume to build two separated models relating AGB to such crown features. …”
Get full text

A risk-factor profile for chronic lifestyle diseases in three rural Free State towns by Sanet van Zyl, Lynette J. van der Merwe, Corinna M. Walsh, Francois C. van Rooyen, Hendrik J. van Wyk, Andries J. Groenewald

“…All participants underwent anthropometric evaluation, medical examination and blood sampling to determine fasting blood glucose levels. …”
Get full text

Screening for diabetes mellitus in a Nigerian family practice population by Olanrewaju O. Oyegbade, Akintunde E. Abioye-Kuteyi, Babatope A. Kolawole, Ikechi T. Ezeoma, Ibrahim S. Bello

“…Four hundred and twenty subjects aged 15 years or older were recruited by systematic random sampling in a family practice in South West Nigeria over a three-month period. …”
Get full text

Decentralization and Primary Health Care Service delivery in Local Governments in Uganda: A Case Study of Kabale Municipality by Julius, Kisembo

Get full text

Heterogeneous effects of horticulture commercialization and gender-based decision-making on smallholder farmers’ income: Evidence from a quasi-experimental study in Jimma zone, Eth... by Asmiro Abeje Fikadu, Hisako Nomura, Girma Gezimu Gebre, Payal Shah, Yoshifumi Takahashi, Mitsuyasu Yabe

“…Then, a total of 610 farmers were randomly sampled; among these, the treated group included farmers who were participants in the Smallholder Horticulture Empowerment and Promotion (SHEP) project between December 2022 and February 2023. …”
Get full text

Influence of academic procrastination on college students' mobile phone dependence： the pathways of cognitive emotion regulation strategies and anxiety by Yang Zimo, Gao Jiacheng, Ma Jiayi, Jiao Jiangli

“…［Funded by Social-Science Fund Project in Xinjiang （number， 2023CSH068）； Scientific Research Projects of Universities in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region （number， XJEDU2023P081）］…”
Get full text

Information Communication Technology and Service Delivery in Nyagatare District Local Goverment, Rwanda. by Wellars, Kanamugire

“…Both simple random and purposive sampling techniques were used to select one hundred and twenty (120) respondents for study. …”
Get full text

Factors influencing evidence-based cardiovascular disease prevention programming in rural African American communities: a community-engaged concept mapping study by Amelia DeFosset, Breanna Deutsch-Williams, Mysha Wynn, Katrina Blunt, Scott Rosas, Mary Wolfe McKinley, Brian Ellerby, Shirley McFarlin, Veena Reddy, Giselle Corbie, Gaurav Dave

“…Group concept mapping helped distill and prioritize initial leverage points for action in our project catchment area by facilitating a community-engaged process of data generation and interpretation.…”
Get full text

A national cross-sectional study on research opportunities and barriers among medical students in Nigeria, with recommendations by Paul Tunde Kingpriest, Joshua Adejo Okpanachi, Samson Adedeji Afolabi, Mercy Martha Ayorinde, Obianuju Iheomamere Muoghallu, Glory Enoche Alapa, Matthew Taiye Moses, Badru Muhideen, Keffi Mubarak Musa, Jonathan Zarmai, Frances Aigbodioh, Saratu Dauda, N Pugazhenti, V Sandhya, Aashna Uppal, Nanyak Zingfa Galam, Olugbenga Akindele Silas, Barnabas Tobi Alayande

“…Men engaged in more research projects than women (p = 0.03). Most respondents participated in two projects, usually group-based, with limited individual projects. …”
Get full text

Gut-brain axis mediated by intestinal content microbiota was associated with Zhishi Daozhi decoction on constipation by Leyao Fang, Leyao Fang, Leyao Fang, Xin Yi, Xin Yi, Junxi Shen, Junxi Shen, Na Deng, Na Deng, Xinxin Peng, Xinxin Peng

Get full text

Measurement report: A survey of meteorological and cloud properties during ACTIVATE’s postfrontal flights and their suitability for Lagrangian case studies by F. Tornow, F. Tornow, A. Fridlind, G. Tselioudis, B. Cairns, A. Ackerman, S. Chellappan, S. Chellappan, D. Painemal, D. Painemal, P. Zuidema, C. Voigt, C. Voigt, S. Kirschler, A. Sorooshian

“…Earth system models exhibit diverse radiative biases connected to postfrontal clouds, rendering these marine boundary layer (MBL) clouds a major source of uncertainty in projected global-mean temperature. The recent NASA multi-year campaign Aerosol Cloud meTeorology Interactions oVer the western ATlantic Experiment (ACTIVATE) therefore dedicated most of its resources to sampling postfrontal MCAOs, deploying 71 flights from 2020 through 2022. …”
Get full text

A systems perspective on gaps in the person-centered sick leave and rehabilitation process: a Swedish interview study by Märit Löfgren, Karin Törnbom, Daniel Gyllenhammar, Lena Nordeman, Gun Rembeck, Cecilia Björkelund, Irene Svenningsson, Dominique Hange

“…The above changes were believed to improve process quality and overall efficiency.Trial registration The study project plan was pre-registered on September 21st, 2020, in the database FOU i VGR (researchweb.org), project number 274941.…”
Get full text

Human Blood Serum Banks in the System of Seroepidemiological Monitoring of Population Immunity by T. A. Semenenko, V. A. Gushchin, Ya. V. Simakova, A. E. Potapkina, T. I. Subbotina, D. A. Kleymenov, A. A. Pochtovy, A. L. Ginzburg

“…Despite the relative simplicity of serological testing, there are numerous issues related to the design of studies, systematic sampling biases, sensitivity and specificity of tests, and validation of results. …”
Get full text

Serum uric acid and coronary artery disease risk: a 10-year prospective cohort study in healthy adults by Mohammadtaghi Sarebanhassanabadi, Shakiba Mahvash, Pedro Marques-Vidal, Seyed Reza Mirjalili, Seyedeh Mahdieh Namayandeh, Hamideh Mihanpour, Aida Mirshamsi, Ali Mirshamsi

“…Methods A 10-year prospective cohort study was conducted using data from the Yazd Healthy Heart Project. Cluster-random sampling recruited adults aged 20–74 years free of baseline cardiovascular disease. …”
Get full text

Consolidation and Heavy Metal Adsorption-Desorption Characteristics of Soils with Different Clay Contents by WU Ya-jun, YUE Hao-fan, ZANG Xue-ke, ZHANG Xu-dong, ZHANG Chang-song, WU Jin-hong

“…[Objective] In practical remediation projects, leaching heavy metal-contaminated soils with high clay content is highly challenging. …”
Get full text

Dietary diversity and its associated factors among school children in conflict affected communities of southern Ethiopia by Tagese Yakob, Eskinder Israel, Begidu Yakob, Mekdes Meshesha, Endale Jambo, Tadewos Utalo, Awoke Abraham

“…This emphasizes the need to encourage mothers to use family planning and implementing focused public health interventions, such school lunch programs and community gardening projects, to improve children’s nutritional outcomes and dietary diversity.…”
Get full text

Interspecific Association and Environmental Interpretation of Dominant Species in Shrub Layer of Pinus massoniana Community on Chinese Islands by Jihong Xiao, Qingyan Wen, Zhifei Zhong, Xiting Lin, Yingxue Wang, Yanqiu Xie, Feifan Weng, Qingya Deng, Guochang Ding, Chuanyuan Deng

“…The ultimate goal of this project was to offer a reference basis for optimizing the shrub layer structure in P. massoniana (plantation) forests. …”
Get full text

Radiation knowledge and anxiety levels among residents proximity to the world’s first AP1000 nuclear power unit by Jiadi Guo, Zhiqiang Xuan, Cuiping Lei, Taotao Zheng, Zhongjun Lai, Xiaoji Hao, Shunfei Yu, Yiyao Cao

“…ObjectiveAssess the level of radiation-related knowledge (RRK) and nuclear energy-related knowledge (NERK) among residents near the Sanmen Nuclear Power Plant, the first project adopted the Advanced Passive Pressurized Water Reactor (AP1000) technology.MethodsIn this study, respondents were selected using stratified multi-stage random sampling for residents aged 18 years and above living within 30 kilometers of the Sanmen Nuclear Power Station. …”
Get full text