Knowledge, attitude and practice of health care workers on solid medical waste management in two urban hospitals of Bangladesh: a mixed-method study by Md Tauhidul Islam, Md Abdur Rafi, Mohammad Jahid Hasan

“…Similarly, nurses and cleaners of IDH showed superior level of knowledge of waste handling as well as safer practices, including consistent use of personal protective equipment. Workers of DSH reported higher incidence of errors and sharp injuries also. …”
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How Does COVID-19 Affect Traffic on Highway Network: Evidence from Yunnan Province, China by Qihui Li, Qiang Bai, Aihui Hu, Zhoulin Yu, Shixiang Yan

“…It is found that passenger vehicle traffic and truck traffic dropped by 59.67% and 68.19% during the outbreak, respectively. The intercity bus traffic on highways declined by 59.8% to 98.6%, and the intercity bus usage dropped by 55.6% on average. …”
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Inflammatory Cytokines—The Link between Coronavirus Disease and Abortion: A Case‐Control Study by Samar Muayad Alfadhel, Niran Ali Thamer

“…Whereas research studies have not yet determined the exact risk of abortion due to COVID-19 infection, the virus could increase the risk of pregnancy complications through inflammatory cytokines and immune response. …”
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Pyogenic Lumbar Facet Joint Infection with Foot Drop by Haruka Maehara, Toshihiro Sano, Yuki Yanagawa, Kyuichi Hashimoto, Nobuaki Tadokoro

“…Clinical suspicion of this condition is a key for diagnosis. We report a case of PFJI which required decompression surgery for severe neurological dysfunction. …”
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Assessment of the impact of surgical treatment of primary malignant bone tumors on the quality of life of patients in peacetime and in the realities of wartime in Ukraine by O. Drobotun, N. Ternovyy, S. Konovalenko, A. Khmel

“…Among the neurological symptoms in the study group, anxiety prevails, the frequency of which did not decrease even after the treatment and remained unchanged at the level of 84 %, which also confirms the influence of chronic stress during the war.…”
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Predictors of physical and mental health among unemployed people in Greece by Dimitra Latsou, Mary Geitona

“…A self-completion questionnaire was structured including questions on socioeconomic characteristics, physical health based on the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) and mental health using the CES-D scale. Descriptive and inferential statistics were performed using SPSS 25. …”

A Method to Determination of Lead Ions in Aqueous Samples: Ultrasound-Assisted Dispersive Liquid-Liquid Microextraction Method Based on Solidification of Floating Organic Drop and... by Çiğdem Arpa, Itır Aridaşir

“…Finally, the analyte ions in the aqueous phase were determined by FAAS directly. Owing to the second extraction step, a clogging problem caused by 1-dodecanol during FAAS determination was avoided. …”
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An international consensus panel on the potential value of Digital Surgery by Anita Patel, Giuseppe Turchetti, Guy Maddern, Ataru Igarashi, Prasanna Sooriakumaran, Gretchen Purcell Jackson, Anastasia Chalkidou, Jamie Erskine, Jean-Christophe Bernhard, Payam Abrishami, Richard Charter, Richard Culbertson, Jo Carol Hiatt, Matthew Lien, Joseph Soon Yau Ng, Koon Ho Rha, Scott Tackett

“…A final questionnaire was used to generate statements for discussion during three consensus conferences. …”
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Features of social intelligence of cadets trained in institutions of higher education with specific learning conditions by S. V. Kharchenko

“…It has been noted that the data on the development of the abilities of students’ social intelligence during their studies in higher education institutions, which are presented in the literature, are ambiguous and need to be clarified. …”
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Neural Networks Application for the Data of PID Controller for Acrobot by Nguyen Cong Danh

“…Acrobots are a system that has levels of operating states in many investigated cases, and they are subjects to many events during operation due to the mechanisms of locomotion processes. …”
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Preliminary mechanistic insights into the detection of ethanol vapour using MnO2 NRs-CNPs-poly-4-(vinylpyridine) based solid-state sensor operating at room temperature by Lesego Malepe, Derek Tantoh Ndinteh, Patrick Ndungu, Messai Adenew Mamo

“…The limit of detection on ethanol vapour using sensor 4 was 789 ppb. During detection, the ethanol vapour undergoes total deep oxidation on the surface of sensor 4.…”
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Molecular Assessment of Domain I of Apical Membrane Antigen I Gene in Plasmodium falciparum: Implications in Plasmodium Invasion, Taxonomy, Vaccine Development, and Drug Discovery by Che Roland Achungu, Damian Nota Anong, Robert Adamu Shey, Cevie Jesenta Tabe

“…The precise amino acids that make up these conserved short peptides are still unknown, and it is still difficult to pinpoint the molecular processes by which PfAMA1 interacts with the human host cell during invasion. The creation of a universal malaria vaccine based on the AMA1 antigen is challenging due to these knowledge limitations. …”
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Effect of Nonlinear Factors on Typhoon-Induced Storm Surges by Fanjun Chen, Kaixuan Ding, Zhilin Sun

“…This study employs the Delft3D numerical model to elucidate nonlinear interactions in velocity dynamics across four key marine regions during typhoon-induced storm surges (Typhoon In-fa, No. 2106). …”
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Effects of Sperm Parameters on Pregnancy Rate in Patients Undergoing Intrauterine Insemination by Mehmet Solakhan, Mustafa Demir

“…CONCLUSION: As a result, during the application of intrauterine insemination to infertile couples, total motile sperm count, progressive motility sperm count ratio and high sperm ratio with normal morphology used in order to increase pregnancy success can be considered as criteria that increase the chances of success. …”
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RNA m6A-mediated post-transcriptional repression of glucocorticoid receptor in LPS-activated Kupffer cells on broilers by Yulan Zhao, Yidan Jiang, Yue Feng, Ruqian Zhao

“…RNA m6A methylation participates in various metabolic and inflammatory responses, yet it remains elusive whether m6A is involved in GR regulation during immune activation. Here, we observed uncoupled GR responses with increased mRNA yet suppressed protein levels in the LPS-challenged broilers chicken liver, in association with global elevation of RNA m6A methylation, especially in the expression of METTL3 and YTHDF2. …”
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Integrated analysis of biochemical, transcriptomic, and metabolomic response mechanisms in Ussuri catfish (Pseudobagrus ussuriensis) under acute heat stress by Qing Liu, Yang Cao, Ruyi Hu, Libo Gu, Lirong Yang, Yu Liu, Weiwei Wang, Liang Xiao, Bugao Li

“…However, research on heat stress in P. ussuriensis, particularly concerning gene expression and metabolites, remains limited. In this study, we conducted histological observations, biochemical measurements, transcriptomic analysis, and metabolomic analysis on liver tissue from a control group (22 ℃), an acute heat stress group (34 ℃, with samples taken at 0, 3, 6, 12, and 24 h), and a recovery group (sampled 24 h after recovery to 22 ℃). …”
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The Therapeutic Effect of Nordic Walking on Freezing of Gait in Parkinson’s Disease: A Pilot Study by Agata Wróblewska, Agata Gajos, Urszula Smyczyńska, Andrzej Bogucki

“…Twenty patients in the control group did not use any form of physiotherapy (no-intervention group). …”
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Effect of Instituting Upper Limits for Chest Compression Depth for Laypersons at Six-months After Chest Compression-Only Training: A Randomized Controlled Simulation Study

“…However, the upper limit of chest compression depth might be a barrier to the delivery of adequate chest compressions by laypersons. We hypothesized that laypersons may be able to perform chest compressions (approximately 5 cm) as per the JRC guidelines, without setting an upper limit for chest compression depth.Methods: Participants were randomly assigned to either the “unlimited group” (no recommendation regarding the upper limit of compression depth) or the “limited group” (“push to approximately 5 cm, don’t push over 6 cm”) and stratified according to sex using permuted blocks. …”
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Multi‐Source Perturbations in the Evolution of a Low‐Latitudinal Equatorial Plasma Bubble Event Occurred Over China by Longchang Sun, Jiyao Xu, Yajun Zhu, Wei Yuan, Hong Gao, Chunxiao Yan

“…Abstract In this paper, multi‐source perturbations during the evolution of an equatorial plasma bubble (EPB) event at low latitudes in China are studied by means of multi‐ground‐based instruments, including an all‐sky airglow imager, a very high frequency (VHF) radar and eight digisondes. …”
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Gestion optimale des ressources forestières : application des modèles de Faustmann et du rendement maximal soutenu (RMS) : Cas du cèdre de l’Atlas by Abdelmoula Aalioua, Adnan Jermoun

“…L'objectif principal de ce travail est de déterminer combien de temps un exploitant forestier devrait-il attendre avant de procéder à l'abattage d'une parcelle de forêt abritant des arbres du même âge afin de maximiser son rendement financier. …”
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