The Utility of Repeat Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration for Suspected Pancreatic Cancer by Mark Nicaud, Wei Hou, Dennis Collins, Mihir S. Wagh, Shailendra Chauhan, Peter V. Draganov

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High-definition transcranial infraslow pink noise stimulation for chronic low back pain: protocol for a pilot, safety and feasibility randomised placebo-controlled trial by Ramakrishnan Mani, Dirk De Ridder, Sven Vanneste, Divya Bharatkumar Adhia, John N J Reynolds

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Determinants of Under-Five Child Mortality in Ethiopia: Analysis Using Ethiopian Demographic Health Survey, 2016 by Addisalem Tebeje Zewudie, Abebaw Addis Gelagay, Engidaw Fentahun Enyew

“…Multivariate logistic analysis reflected that place of residence, mothers’ educational level, religion, current breastfeeding status, type of birth, sex of child, birth order, and family size were found to be significant predictors of under-five child mortality. So, government policy, nongovernmental organizations, and all concerned bodies should be focused on the major determinants of under-five child mortality and put in a lot more effort to reduce under-five child mortality, and health intervention policies should be revised.…”
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A Pattern for Iron Ore Mines Financing by Mehdi Ali Hosseini, Mohammad Hashem Botshekan, Amir Hossein Mozayani, Moslem Peymanifurushani

“…For this purpose, this research firstly studies the available sources through theme analysis, the main themes including 48 basic themes, 10 organizing themes, and 3 comprehensive themes. It then extracts the conceptual model of the mining financing pattern in three levels of dimensions, components, and indicators. …”
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The Anti-Hitler Coalition: From Enmity to Military Alliance — A Formula for Success by A. Yu. Borisov

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Impact of hospital readiness on patient safety incidents during the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia: health worker perceptions by Inge Dhamanti, Diah Indriani, Muhammad Miftahussurur, Eva Kurniawati, Cyrus Y Engineer

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Gaps in U.S. livestock data are a barrier to effective environmental and disease management by Rebecca Logsdon Muenich, Sanskriti Aryal, Amanda J Ashworth, Michelle L Bell, Melanie R Boudreau, Stephanie A Cunningham, K Colton Flynn, Kerry A Hamilton, Ting Liu, Michael L Mashtare, Natalie G Nelson, Barira Rashid, Arghajeet Saha, Danica Schaffer-Smith, Callie Showalter, Aureliane Tchamdja, Jada Thompson

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Unıversal legal standards of sustaınable socıalıty from the context of the rıght to a decent lıfe by M. S. Rahımova

“…In other words, Sustainable development is the activity of using all means to protect humanity in the most ideal form and to preserve its existence for a long time. …”
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A Program for Postgraduate Diploma in Monitoring and Evaluation (PGDME) by Kabale University

“…Produce evaluation experts with management skills and competencies in making critical decisions that affect delivery of public services at all levels of society iii. Produce graduates who can design, conduct and manage efficient and effective evaluations…”
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Maternal death audit in Rwanda 2009–2013: a nationwide facility-based retrospective cohort study by Jeroen van Dillen, Felix Sayinzoga, Leon Bijlmakers, Fidele Ngabo, Victor Mivumbi, Koos van der Velden

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Editorial by Ann-Kristin Kölln, Antony Mason, Maria Lenk, Jörg Tremmel, Markus Rutsche

“…Climate Change, Capitalism and Sustainable Wellbeing (2017, Edward Elgar), a recent study which suggests three steps for countries to accomplish staying below a 1.5°C rise above pre-industrial temperatures: eco-efficient production, changing patterns of consumption, and a reduction of absolute consumption. …”
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Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase (ESBL) Genotypes among Multidrug-Resistant Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Clinical Isolates from a Teaching Hospital of Nepal by Roshan Pandit, Balkrishna Awal, Sumesh Shreekhanda Shrestha, Govardhan Joshi, Basista Prasad Rijal, Narayan Prasad Parajuli

“…We recommend the regular investigation of drug resistance among all isolates and develop a useful antibiotic prescription policy in our country.…”
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Lights and Siren Transport and the Need for Hospital Intervention in Nontrauma Patients: A Prospective Study by Olivier Bertholet, Mathieu Pasquier, Elina Christes, Damien Wirths, Pierre-Nicolas Carron, Olivier Hugli, Fabrice Dami

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Laila Porras, L’évolution des inégalités de revenus et de la pauvreté dans la transformation post-socialiste. Une analyse institutionnelle des cas tchèque, hongrois et russe by Laila Porras

“…The post-socialist transformation has had definite effects on income inequality and distribution in all former socialist countries. This thesis analyzes the determinants of trends related to income inequality and poverty in three countries: Czech Republic, Hungary and Russia during the period 1989-2005. …”
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Characteristics of knowledge translation platforms and methods for evaluating them: a scoping review protocol by Taryn Young, Bey-Marrié Schmidt, Sara Cooper, Nasreen S Jessani

“…The analysis and synthesis will provide (1) an understanding of the various characteristics of KTPs; (2) insight into characteristics or factors that make them resilient and/or adaptive to facilitate impact (ie, influence policy and practice); and (3) an overview of the various methods for mapping and evaluating KTPs. …”
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The Factors Influencing the Choice of Takaful by Corporate Policyholders by Majid Nili Ahmad Abadi, Leili Niakan, Mahsa Heidari Ahmadi

“…The number of primary factors is 3, which are categorized into 7 categories under the headings of innovation and technology, marketing and advertising policy, human resources, financial factors, external and control factors, organizational structure and ideological factors. …”
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INDEPENDENCE AND FINANCIAL EXPERTISE OF AUDIT COMMITTEE ON VOLUNTARY DISCLOSURE OF DEPOSIT MONEY BANKS IN NIGERIA by Saidu MUSA, Muhammed Kamaldeen Usman, Paul B. Ogunwole

“…., 2008 marked two years after the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN’s ₦25bn recapitalisation policy which made Nigerian banks more financially sound through mergers and acquisition. 2018 was also the latest year to which the annual reports of these banks were made available for public access. …”
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Content analysis of food and beverage marketing in global esports: sponsorships of the premier events, leagues, teams and players by Robin Ireland, John William Long, Sara Jordan Maksi, Francisco Javier López Frías, Travis D Masterson

“…There is a need to consider policies to appropriately regulate food and beverage marketing within esports communities to safeguard the health of viewers.…”
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Realist inquiry into Maternity care @ a Distance (ARM@DA): realist review protocol by Andrew Booth, Catrin Evans, Stephen Timmons, Helen Spiby, Mark Clowes, Nia Jones, Kerry Evans, Benash Nazmeen, Candice Sunney, Georgia Clancy

“…The review will draw on four sources of evidence: (1) published literature (searching nine bibliographic databases), (2) unpublished (grey) literature, including research, audit, evaluation and policy documents (derived from Google Scholar, website searches and e-thesis databases), (3) expertise contributed by service user and health professional stakeholder groups (n=20–35) and (4) key informant interviews (n=12). …”
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Where is Batho Pele? The perspective of child and adolescent mental health service users in the Western Cape Province of South Africa by Stella Mokitimi, Kim Jonas, Marguerite Schneider, Petrus J. de Vries

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