The ongoing challenge of violence against women and children in South Africa. Why are we deeper in crisis? by Shahana Rasool

“…We have seen high numbers of GBV reports in SA as well, with the GBV toll-free emergency hotline reporting 120 000 calls in the first three weeks of lockdown. …”
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Splenic Artery Aneurysm Case Report by Pouya Abhari, Sina Abhari, Anwar Jackson, Ahmed S. Z. Moustafa, Leo Mercer, Mohammad Ashraf

“…In this paper, a case of splenic artery aneurysm rupture at 34 weeks of gestation with both maternal and fetal survival is presented.…”
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The calendars of the XVI-XVII century in the Vilnius University Library by Irena Balčienė

“… Almanac - a book containing the days, weeks, and months of the year, along with information about festivals, astronomical data, and other items of interest. …”
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Sulodexide Protects Renal Tubular Epithelial Cells from Oxidative Stress-Induced Injury via Upregulating Klotho Expression at an Early Stage of Diabetic Kidney Disease by Yu Ning Liu, Jingwei Zhou, Tingting Li, Jing Wu, Shu Hua Xie, Hua-feng Liu, Zhangsuo Liu, Tae Sun Park, Yaoxian Wang, Wei Jing Liu

“…In this study, the diabetic rats were treated with SDX either from week 0 to 24 or from week 13 to 24. We found that 24-week treatment significantly decreased the urinary protein and HAVCR1 excretion, inhibited the interstitial expansion, and downregulated the renal cell apoptosis and interstitial fibrosis. …”
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At-Home Immersive Virtual Reality Exergames to Reduce Cardiometabolic Risk Among Office Workers: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial by Jing Zhao, Akitomo Yasunaga, Andrew T Kaczynski, Hyuntae Park, Yufeng Luo, Jiuling Li, Ai Shibata, Kaori Ishii, Shohei Yano, Koichiro Oka, Mohammad Javad Koohsari

“…Data will be analyzed after the 12-week trial is completed, with full results expected to be presented in early 2026. …”
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A Data Mining Approach on Lorry Drivers Overloading in Tehran Urban Roads by Ehsan Ayazi, Abdolreza Sheikholeslami

“…Finally, it was concluded that drivers are 18 times more likely to commit overloading on weekends than on weekdays.…”
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EXAMINATION OF ARCHITECTS’ LEVELS OF BURNOUT by Dilek Murat, Filiz Şenkal Sezer, Yasemin Erbil

“…Correlation between theburnout levels of the architects and factors such as gender, age, educationlevel, marital status, willingness in choice of profession, hours spent at theoffice, number of architects working at the same office, total weekly workhours, average annual income was analyzed. …”
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spatial-temporal transformation of the volga reservoirs’ soil complex. communication 7. sediment formation in the highly running reservoirs of the volga cascade by Viktor V. Zakonnov, Аrina V. Zakonnova, Aleksandr I. Tsvetkov

“…All reservoirs of the Volga-Kama cascade belong to this type of reservoirs, except the Cheboksary and Saratov reservoirs with Кw about 20 year-1. Weekly and daily fluctuations of the runoff are observed in these reservoirs. …”

Price Behaviour and Market Integration: Preliminary Evidence from the Ukrainian and European Union Rapeseed Markets by Mariusz Hamulczuk, Oksana Makarchuk, Edgardo Sica

“…In particular, the trade analysis was performed using yearly trade flows between the UA and EU, whereas price co-movement was assessed by means of linear vector error correction model (VECM) applied to weekly prices for rapeseed from 2008 to 2018. Our findings provide evidence of strong integration between the UA and EU markets in terms of the trade of rapeseeds, rape cake, and rape oil, as well as high horizontal rapeseed price transmission between the two economies.…”
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Local Spatial Analysis of the Crash Frequency of Food Delivery Motorcyclists vs. Nondelivery Motorcyclists in relation to Points of Interest by I Gede Brawiswa Putra, Pei-Fen Kuo, Dominique Lord

“…The results indicated that areas with more restaurants, intersections, and shopping malls (only significant on weekends) tended to have more OFDS motorcycle crashes. …”
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ROLLING REGRESSION CAPM ON ZAGREB STOCK EXCHANGE – CAN INVESTORS PROFIT FROM IT? by Tihana Škrinjarić

“…Furthermore, the rolling regression approach to CAPM estimation has not yet been observed on the Croatian and similar CEE markets, to the knowledge of the author. Weekly data on five sector indices from Zagreb Stock Exchange and the market index CROBEX with 91 day T-bill rates have been used for the period January 2012 – April 2018 in order to evaluate rolling regression CAPM on the Croatian market. …”
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Adaptive Heterogeneous Autoregressive Models of Realized Volatility Based on a Genetic Algorithm by Hui Qu, Ping Ji

“…The heterogeneous autoregressive (HAR) models of high-frequency realized volatility are inspired by the Heterogeneous Market Hypothesis and incorporate daily, weekly and monthly realized volatilities in the volatility dynamics with a (1,5,22) time horizon structure. …”
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ROLLING REGRESSION CAPM ON ZAGREB STOCK EXCHANGE – CAN INVESTORS PROFIT FROM IT? by Tihana Škrinjarić

“…Furthermore, the rolling regression approach to CAPM estimation has not yet been observed on the Croatian and similar CEE markets, to the knowledge of the author. Weekly data on five sector indices from Zagreb Stock Exchange and the market index CROBEX with 91 day T-bill rates have been used for the period January 2012 – April 2018 in order to evaluate rolling regression CAPM on the Croatian market. …”
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Comorbidities and Ethnocultural Factors Limit the Physical Activity of Rural Sri Lankan Patients with Diabetes Mellitus by Arjuna Medagama, Manoj Galgomuwa

“…The majority (44.8%) of the study population was active and 33.8% were minimally active. The mean weekly MET minutes was 4381.6 (SD 4962). The qualitative study (n=45) identified health-related issues—lifestyle and time management and social embarrassment, prioritizing household activities over PA as significant factors that limited PA.…”
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Prevalence and risk factors of heartburn in organized population of administrative centre of Khakasia republic by N. N. Butorin, O. S. Rzhavicheva, O. V. Khomenko, O. V. Shtygashyeva, V. V. Tsukanov

“…Prevalence of common heartburn was 31,4% in Caucasians and 25,5% — in Khakases, р=0,02, weekly heartburn – 14,7 and 10,3% respectively, р=0,02. …”
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Spontaneous anastomosis of esophageal atresia without esophageal stricture formation: A case report by S. Tan Tanny, S.E. Newman, M. Safe, W.J. Teague

“…Subsequent contrast studies at ages 4 weeks, 5, 10 and 13 months, and 2 years showed no anastomotic stricture. …”
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The Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor γ Agonist Pioglitazone Protects Vascular Endothelial Function in Hypercholesterolemic Rats by Inhibiting Myeloperoxidase by Dapeng Zhang, Yehong Wang, Ming Yi, Suli Zhang, Ye Wu

“…Male Wistar rats were fed with normal or high cholesterol diets for 8 weeks. HC rats were randomized to receive dapsone (DDS, the MPO inhibitor) during the last 6 days or PIO for the remaining 4 weeks. …”
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Influence of Omega-3 and Green Tea Extract on Alcohol-Induced Liver Injury in Rats by Ridha Hassan Hussein, Zana Hassan Ibrahim

“…Fatty liver (steatosis) was induced in male albino rats by alcohol 40% orally (3.76gm/kgm BW/day) for the period of 4 weeks, then green tea extract (GTE) and omega-3 (OMG-3) fish oil were used as treatments for improvement and investigating their comparison potential role for the next 4 weeks. …”
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Urinary Levels of IL-1β and GDNF in Preterm Neonates as Potential Biomarkers of Motor Development: A Prospective Study by Rafael Coelho Magalhães, Janaina Matos Moreira, Érica Leandro Marciano Vieira, Natália Pessoa Rocha, Débora Marques Miranda, Ana Cristina Simões e Silva

“…Plasma and urinary levels of cytokines (IL-1β, IL-6, IL-10, TNF, and IL-12p70), chemokines (CXCL8/IL-8, CCL2/MCP-1, CCL5/RANTES, CXCL10/IP-10, and CXCL9/MIG), and neurotrophic factors (BDNF and GDNF) were evaluated in 40 preterm neonates born between 28 and 32 incomplete weeks of gestation, at four distinct time points: at birth (umbilical cord blood) (T0), at 48 (T1), at 72 hours (T2), and at 3 weeks after birth (T3). …”
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Identifying the Minimal Clinically Important Difference in Emotion Regulation Among Youth Using the JoyPop App: Survey Study by Jaidyn Charlton, Ishaq Malik, Angela M Ashley, Amanda Newton, Elaine Toombs, Fred Schmidt, Janine V Olthuis, Kristine Stasiuk, Tina Bobinski, Aislin Mushquash

“…MethodsYouth (N=36; aged 12-18 years) were recruited to use the JoyPop app for up to 4 weeks as part of a larger pilot evaluation. Results were based on measures completed after 2 weeks of app use. …”
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