Assessment of Plasma Sodium to Potassium Ratio, Renal Function, Markers of Oxidative Stress, Inflammation, and Endothelial Dysfunction in Nigerian Hypertensive Patients by Oloruntoba A. Ekun, Folasade Daniel, Philip Adebola, Adeola Ajibare, Oyeronke O. Ekun, Oluwafunso O Omogoroye, Oluwafemi S. Ilori, Bankole J. Oluwasayo, Mary F. Oshundun, Sade R. Oyegbami

“…Materials and Methods. Five hundred forty-nine volunteers consisting of three hundred and twenty-four hypertensive and two hundred twenty-five controls participated in this study. …”
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Progestogen only contraception in women with congenital heart disease by Francesc Baró-Mariné, Antonia Pijuan-Domènech, Maria del Mar Goya, Elena Suárez-Edo, Berta Miranda-Barrio, Laura Dos-Subirà, Maria Luisa Pancorbo, Ignacio Ferreira-Gonzalez, Elena Carreras-Moratonas

“…ESC classification regarding pregnancy risk, WHOMEC classification for combined oral contraceptive safety was collected.Results Six hundred and fifty-three patients. A significant proportion of them switched from TIER 3 to TIER 2 or 1 (p < .001) after consultation. …”
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Vaccination Coverage of the Elderly in Greece: A Cross-Sectional Nationwide Study by Dimitrios Papagiannis, Georgios Rachiotis, Anargiros Mariolis, Efterpi Zafiriou, Konstantinos I. Gourgoulianis

“…The aim of this observational study was to record the vaccination coverage for vaccines recommended by the National Vaccination Program in Greece for the elderly people ≥60 years old. Two hundred general practitioners (GPs) around the country from the primary healthcare system were invited to “participate,” and one hundred fifty from them participated in the present study. …”
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Prevalence of Coccidiosis in Free-Range Chicken in Sidi Thabet, Tunisia by Khaled Kaboudi, Sajid Umar, Muhammad Tanveer Munir

“…The main goal of the present study was to investigate the prevalence of coccidiosis in free-range chicken in Sidi Thabet, northeast Tunisia. Methods. Six hundred and thirty free-range chickens along with fecal samples were collected from 15 flocks in this region and two hundred chickens were found positive for oocysts of Eimeria spp. …”
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Interprofessional Collaboration amongst Healthcare Workers of a Tertiary Hospital in North-Eastern Nigeria by Solomon Daniel Halilu, Afisulahi Abiodun Maiyegun, Joshua Oluwafemi Aiyekomogbon, Yakubu Bababa Shirama, Yahkub Babatunde Mutalub, Funmilayo Jane Oyediji

“…Half of the respondents were 31 to 40 years old. One hundred and thirty-six (51.1%) of the respondents were nurses, and 48 (18.0%) were doctors. …”
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Online Medicine for Pregnant Women by Sharon Davidesko, David Segal, Roni Peleg

“…A cross-sectional study of pregnant women at routine followup. One hundred and twenty women participated in the study. …”
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Phonological Processes in Ekegusii Borrowing: A Constraint-based Approach by Edinah Mose

“…The data used in this article was extracted from Mose’s doctoral study, whereby purposive sampling was used to obtain two hundred borrowed segments from the Ekegusii dictionary, then supplemented by introspection. …”
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Le Carnet de campagne du colonel de Villebois-Mareuil : journal de bord d’un « volontaire » d’extrême-droite troublé by Richard Tholoniat

“…In accounts of the Second South African War, or ‘Boer War’ (1899-1902), Colonel (and Count) de Villebois-Mareuil (1847-1900) is presented as the most famous officer of the hundred or so French volunteers who went to fight alongside the Boers against the British. …”
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Representação e construção de género na peleja brasileira by Carlos Nogueira, John Rex Amuzu Gadzekpo

“…In this article, through an analysis of forms and contents of several Brazilian pelejas, selected from many hundreds of cordel leaflets, we try to show how they present men and women and place them in a conflict often ending in a fight or quarrel; and we try to understand the place of this textual genre in the (re)construction of Brazilian society (and its role elsewhere as well).…”
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Diabetic Neuropathy: A Clinical and Neuropathological Study of 107 Patients by David S. Younger

“…One hundred seven patients were retrospectively studied from 1992 to 2002 with diabetic neuropathy that underwent peripheral nerve biopsy. …”
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L’image de « la Maghrébine » dans le cinéma français (1970-2007) by Tiphaine Manac’h

“…From 1970 to 2007, one hundred and thirty-four French feature films depict a female character from North Africa whether this origin is supposed or clearly specified. …”
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Twenty-three arrests and around 10,000 cultural items seized by Europol Newsroom

“…On 18 November 2019, an international police operation involving over 350 police officers, supported by Europol (within the framework of EMPACT) and Eurojust, dismantled an international organized crime group involved in large-scale trafficking of looted archaeological items resulting in the arrest of 23 individuals, 80 house searches, and the seizure of around 10,000 cultural items, including hundreds of figurative terracottas.…”
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Sir James Lighthill and modern fluid mechanics: a memorial tribute by Lokenath Debnath

“…By any standards, his legacy of research and publications of six books and one hundred fifty papers will remain forever as a remarkable example of scholarly work.…”
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The comparative analysis of the influence of bisoprolol and carvedilol on the course of heart failure of ischemic origin in patients with concomitant atrial fibrillation and diabet... by N.M. Kulaiets, V.M. Kulaiets

“…Two hundred and twenty-six (56.8 %) had persistent AF, 102 (25.6 %) had concomitant type 2 DM, and 13.1 % had a combination of DM and AF. …”
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Recurring cycles of ice and vegetation on Baffin Island, Nunavut by Martha K. Raynolds, Helga Bültmann, Shawnee A. Kasanke, Gifford Miller, Jonathan H. Raberg

“…Vegetation colonization, especially of light-colored rocks, reduces albedo, but the process can take hundreds of years. Changes in plant community composition are likely to continue for thousands of years due to climate change and the arrival of new species.…”
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CORPORATE ATTRIBUTES AND FIRMS’ DISCLOSURE OF CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: AN INSIGHT INTO NIGERIAN LISTED COMPANIES by Sunday Azeita Okoughenu, Michael Adeyemi OLAYIWOLA, Olutunji OPADIJO

“…Therefore, this study investigates the relationship between corporate attributes and firms’ disclosure of corporate social responsibility in Nigerian listed companies. Out of the one hundred and seventy-seven (177) total population of companies listed in Nigeria between 2016 and 2020, a sample of one hundred and twenty-two (122) companies were randomly selected and analysed with the use of ordinary least square regression techniques. …”
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ASSESSMENT OF THE ROLE OF PRIVATE PROPERTY DEVELOPERS IN THE PROVISION OF INFRASTRUCTURES IN KARU, KEFFI AND NASARAWA IN NASARAWA STATE, NIGERIA by A.J Yacim, A.V Bello

“…A total number of 270 (two hundred and seventy) private property developers were selected using the simple random sampling technique and questionnaires were administered to the number out of which 216 (two hundred and sixteen) of the questionnaires were returned for analysis. …”
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Protein Ubiquitylation in Pancreatic Cancer by Thomas Bonacci, Julie Roignot, Philippe Soubeyran

“…Taking into account that ubiquitylation machinery is a three-step process involving hundreds of proteins, which is countered by numerous ubiquitin hydrolases, and that the function of ubiquitylation relies on the recognition of the ubiquitin signals by hundreds of proteins containing a ubiquitin binding domain (including the proteasome), the number of possible therapeutic targets is exceptionally vast and will need to be explored carefully for each disease. …”
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IMPACT OF HUMAN CAPITAL AND ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP STYLE ON THE ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE OF TABLE WATER ENTERPRISES IN MINNA, NIGER STATE by Ahmed ABDULKAZEEM, Modupe Mercy ADEYEYE

“…Research objectives and research questions were set and the targeted population comprised of six hundred fifty-eight (658) workers from Table Water Enterprises in Minna, Niger State while the sample size is one hundred and ninety-two (192). …”
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Real-Time On-Orbit Estimation Method for Microthruster Thrust Based on High-Precision Orbit Determination by Qinglin Yang, Weijing Zhou, Hao Chang

“…This method solves the problem that the traditional on-orbit thrust estimation method cannot perform real-time on-orbit estimation of microthrust on the order of hundreds of μN. The real-time on-orbit estimation of microthrust of micro-nanosatellites equipped with microthrusters of the order of hundreds of micronewtons or even several mN to tens of mN has certain reference value.…”
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