Comparison of specialist ataxia centres with non-specialist services in terms of care access and organisation, health services resource utilisation and costs in Germany using patie... by Julie Vallortigara, Julie Greenfield, Barry Hunt, Holm Graessner, Carola Reinhard, Andreas Nadke, Bart-Jan Schuman, Deborah Hoffman, Steve Morris, Paola Giunti

“…Methods: We distributed a survey to people with ataxia to gather information about diagnosis and management of the ataxias, utilisation of health care services, and patients’ satisfaction in both SAC and non-specialist settings. …”
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Hierarchizing multi-scale environmental effects on agricultural pest population dynamics: a case study on the annual onset of Bactrocera dorsalis population growth in Senegalese or... by Caumette, Cécile, Diatta, Paterne, Piry, Sylvain, Chapuis, Marie-Pierre, Faye, Emile, Sigrist, Fabio, Martin, Olivier, Papaïx, Julien, Brévault, Thierry, Berthier, Karine

“…In this study, we developed an ecoinformatics approach to unravel the multi-scale environmental conditions that lead to the early re-infestation of mango orchards by a major pest in Senegal, the oriental fruit fly Bactrocera dorsalis (BD). We gathered abundance data from a three-year monitoring conducted in 69 mango orchards as well as environmental data (i.e. orchard management, landscape structure and weather variability) across a range of spatial scales. …”
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Use of Dietary Supplements among Spanish Pediatricians in Daily Practice: A Cross-Sectional Survey Study by Ignacio Güemes Heras, Alicia Santamaría-Orleans, José F. Colinas Herrero, Pilar Gómez Sorrigueta, Luis Ortiz González, Raquel de la Iglesia-Arnaez, Alejandro Canals Baeza

“…A cross-sectional survey study was designed to gather information on the use of dietary supplements by Spanish pediatricians. …”
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Simulation of Flow Around a Finite Rectangular Prism: Influence of Mesh, Model, and Subgrid Length Scale by Xutong Zhang, Maxime Savoie, Mark K. Quinn, Ben Parslew, Alistair Revell

“…Finally, in order to correlate the observed DDES mesh requirements with the observations from the converged RANS solutions, an approximation for the Taylor microscale was explored as a potential tool for mesh sizing.…”
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Parental conflicts and resource sharing: Evolutionary trade-off by Ruby Dhar, Arun Kumar, Subhradip Karmakar

“…However, given that resources are finite, parents must determine the amount of their available resources to distribute among each child or prospective child as well as who will contribute what. Mothers and fathers possess distinct reproductive priorities. …”
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Factors Associated with Anemia among People Living with HIV/AIDS Taking ART in Ethiopia by Ketema Bizuwork Gebremedhin, Tadesse Bedada Haye

“…Structured checklist was used to gather information from charts of patients selected by simple random sampling method. …”
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Limited use of opioid prescribing guidelines in Dutch emergency departments: results of a nationwide survey by Nicole Kraaijvanger, Cees Kramers, Albert Dahan, Arnt F. A. Schellekens

“…This study underscores the necessity for a Dutch guideline tailored for EDs to manage opioid prescriptions and problematic opioid use.…”
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Colostrum avoidance and associated factors among postnatal mothers in health facilities in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a mixed method study by Belete Mengistu Sisay, Samson Zegeye Endale, Frehiwot Worku Senbeta

“…Binary logistic regression analysis was employed to assess the associated factors of colostrum avoidance among postnatal mothers at health facilities in study area.Qualitative data were gathered via in-depth interviews and analyzed thematically. …”
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THE ROLE OF TRADITIONAL POLITICAL LEADERS IN THE URBAN DEVELOPMENT OF ISANLU KINGDOM UNDER OBA IBRAHIM AGBANA AGIE, 1935 - 1971 by Ayorinde Emmanuel Moses

“…Agie in the political leadership of Isanlu • Analyse his roles in the village reorganisation of Isanlu Kingdom • Assess the relationship between the old villages and the new ones with the attendant problems • Interrogate the new layout villages of Isanlu kingdom and • Investigate the attendant problems associated with urban development in Isanlu kingdom The study adopted quantitative approach in analysing data gathered from Primary and Secondary sources of historical methods. …”
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Cross-sectional study measuring the level and relationship of awareness, attitude and willingness to use HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis in Davao City, Philippines by Von Jay Maico Gillado Gabucan

“…The survey was conducted from March to June 2024.Participants Participants were at least 18 years of age, currently living in Davao City and a permanent resident of the city.Results A total of 258 respondents were gathered in this study, of which 53.10% of all respondents were fully aware of HIV PrEP, while 27.13% were partially aware. …”
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Development of a social learning theory-based pressure injury training program for nursing assistants in Chinese nursing homes by Yanxia Guo, Yanxia Guo, Shengnan Yang, Plernpit Boonyamalik, Arpaporn Powwattana, Wen Zhu, Lingxia Xu

“…The modified Delphi method was used to gather expert consensus on the program’s structure and content.MethodsA two-round Delphi process was performed involving an expert panel in wound care, community nursing, geriatric nursing, and nursing education. …”
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La Société pour l’étude des Langues Romanes vue du lycée de Montpellier et de l’Académie d’Aix-en-Provence : Tourtoulon, Boucherie et le proviseur Foncin by Danielle Bertrand-Fabre, Lisa Bertrand

“…Charles Soubrat, his former fellow student, pronounced then the welcome speech. The two speeches, gathered in a single brochure, are the base of the present article. …”
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Point Prevalence Survey of Antimicrobial Use among Hospitalized Patients in a Referral Hospital in Northwest Ethiopia: A Hospital-Based Cross-Sectional Study by Mengistie Yirsaw Gobezie, Minimize Hassen, Nuhamin Alemayehu Tesfaye, Mulat Belete Demessie, Tewodros Solomon, Ermiyas Alemayehu

“…All patients present in a hospital ward at 8 : 00 am on the designated survey day were included. Data were gathered through a combination of reviewing patients' medical records and conducting interviews with the attending physicians. …”
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Cohort profile: Swedish families of the 1990s (SWIFT90) by Josephine Jackisch, Viviane S. Straatmann, Tanishta Rajesh, Ylva B. Almquist

“…With this cohort study ia possible to examine whether the inclusion of certain covariates alters the association between parental characteristics and child welfare outcomes. …”
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Phytochemistry and pharmacological advances of Ascophyllum nodosum in the management of human diseases: A comprehensive review by Brijesh Singh Chauhan, Yash Pal Singh

“…This structured approach allowed us to gather a range of high-quality articles directly supporting ANE's potential in various therapeutic contexts. …”
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Factors affecting implementation of interventions for oral health, substance use, smoking and diet for people with severe and multiple disadvantage: a community-based qualitative s... by Sheena E Ramsay, Richard G Watt, Falko F Sniehotta, Eileen Kaner, Martha Paisi, Neha Jain, Martin Burrows, Emma A Adams, Gillian McLellan, Emma C Joyes, Laura J McGowan, David Landes, Lorenzo Iafrate

“…The findings highlight the need for tailoring healthcare interventions according to the needs of people experiencing SMD. …”
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SEMdag: Fast learning of Directed Acyclic Graphs via node or layer ordering. by Mario Grassi, Barbara Tarantino

“…A Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG) offers an easy approach to define causal structures among gathered nodes: causal linkages are represented by arrows between the variables, leading from cause to effect. …”
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Approaches to implementing and financing primary health care in Kenya: a case of seven counties by Janette Karimi, Salim Hussien, Elizabeth Wangia, Mercy-Irene Kimani, Mohamud Mohamed, Melissa Wanda, Rosemarie Muganda, Rachel Ndirangu, Daniel Mwai, Mercy Wanjala, Fadhila Richter

“…This scholarly article delineates the outcomes of an investigative assessment reviewing the current state and trajectory of PHC implementation, focusing on the PCN implementation, and analyzing PHC financing modalities in 7 counties in Kenya.MethodsThis study employed a mixed-methodological approach to gather data from seven counties; Garissa, Nyeri, Makueni, Vihiga, Kisumu, Nakuru, and Mombasa. …”
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Neutrality or Involvement? World War II and Evolution of Foreign Policy Concepts of the Nordic Countries by E. V. Korunova

“…The victory of the anti-Hitler coalition both opened new opportunities and posed new challenges for the states of the region: in the emerging bipolar world they rapidly turned into the subject matter of dispute of the superpowers. …”
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‘Piloting a framework for analysing the public contributions to R&D: new antibiotics in focus’ by Louise Schmidt, Ozren Sehic, Ursula Theuretzbacher, Daniel Fabian, Claudia Wild

“…Information on clinical trials, university spinouts and public funding for SMEs was then gathered from various sources. The framework for classifying public contributions was then applied.Results We found that around one-third of antibiotics are developed by SMEs. …”
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