Climate change, nature degradation, and financial stability: a review of domino-effects between finance, climate, and the biosphere by Paula A. Sánchez-García, Victor Galaz, Juan C. Rocha, Felix Barbour

“…Based on this literature review, we developed a typology of climate-nature-finance effects using nine nested causal loop diagrams (CLDs). Our typology illustrates how climate change and environmental degradation can create chain reactions or domino-effects impacting insurance coverage, investors’ confidence, and market stability, leading to broader economic instability. …”
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Media exposure to maternal health trauma: A qualitative study on its effects on Black women's mental health by Diane B. Francis, Nadia Kyeremeh, Nia F. Mason, Soroya Julian McFarlane, Kallia O. Wright

“…Despite the media's responsibility to inform, its coverage of traumatic events may negatively affect mental health. …”
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Monitoring and Analysis of Slope Geological Hazards Based on UAV Images by Nan Li, Huanxiang Qiu, Hu Zhai, Yuhui Chen, Jipeng Wang

“…High-resolution images of the slopes were captured using unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) phase tilt photogrammetry, and three-dimensional models were subsequently constructed. …”
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Quantum Conformal Prediction for Reliable Uncertainty Quantification in Quantum Machine Learning by Sangwoo Park, Osvaldo Simeone

“…Existing generalization analyses, while identifying important general trends and scaling laws, cannot be used to assign reliable and informative “error bars” to the decisions made by quantum models. …”
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Impact of Awareness Campaign on Immunization Services in Southern Division Kabale Municipality. by Aharizira, Bridget

“…A descriptive research design with a qualitative approach was adopted, and data were collected using interviews, focus group discussions, and self-administered questionnaires from a sample of 80 participants, including residents, community leaders, and health workers. …”
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Clinical breast examination and its associated factors among reproductive age women in Ghana: multilevel logistic regression analysis by Zenebe Abebe Gebreegziabher, Birhan Ewunu Semagn, Agmasie Damtew Walle, Mahider Awoke Belay, Wubet Tazeb Wondie, Gezahagn Demsu Degefaw, Werkneh Melkie Tilahun, Ermiyas Endewunet Melaku, Tadesse Mamo Dejene

“…Age group of 45 to 49 (AOR=2.84, 95% CI: 2.13, 3.78), having completed secondary education (AOR=1.70, 95% CI: 1.41, 2.06), having diploma or above education (AOR=3.63, 95% CI: 2.86, 4.61), using modern contraception (AOR=1.12, 95% CI: 1.00, 1.25), having health insurance coverage (AOR=1.53, 95% CI: 1.24, 1.89), listening to the radio at least once per week (AOR=1.35, 95% CI: 1.20, 1.53), reading a newspaper at least once per week (AOR=1.75, 95% CI: 1.39, 2.21), being tested for HIV (AOR=1.92, 95% CI: 1.68, 2.19), undergoing screening for cervical cancer (AOR=6.64, 95% CI: 5.51, 7.99), being currently employed (AOR=1.17, 95% CI: 1.02, 1.34), visiting a health facility within the past 12 months (AOR=1.36, 95% CI: 1.23, 1.51), belonging to the wealthiest wealth categories (AOR=1.70, 95% CI: 1.27, 2.28), being from the North East region (AOR=1.96, 95% CI: 1.19, 3.22) or Oti region (AOR=0.54, 95% CI: 0.34, 0.92), having a greater distance to a health facility (AOR=0.86, 95% CI: 0.75, 0.98), and being from a community with a higher proportion of educated individuals (AOR=1.31, 95% CI: 1.07, 1.61) were significant associated factors of clinical breast examination.Conclusions and recommendationsThe study revealed that the magnitude of clinical breast examination among Ghanaian women was low. …”
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High immunity and low mortality after Omicron and mass event in Cameroon despite low vaccination by Yap Boum II, Lucrece Matchim, Dominique K. Guimsop, Bongkiyung D. Buri, Lisa M. Bebell, Yuya S.F. Jaudel, Fai K.G. Njuwa, Daniel B. Danirla, Eric Youm, Rodrigue Ntone, Claudric Roosevelt Tchame, Dora Tchiasso, Rachelle Essaka, Justin B. Eyong, Audrey Ngosso, Herwin Nanda, Nsaibirni R. Fondze, Mark Ndifon Ndifon, Lucrèce Eteki, Yonta F.C. Ghislain, Bruno Yannick Eyenga Messi, Hamadou Moustapha, Moustafa Hamdja, René Ghislain Essomba, Nadia Mandeng, Tamakloe A.K. Modeste, Anne-Cécile Zoung-Kani Bisseck, Sara Irène Eyangoh, Richard Njouom, Marie Claire Okomo, Linda Esso, Epee Emilienne, Georges-Alain Etoundi Mballa

“…Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional population-based survey in 2022, including SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence testing and retrospective mortality estimation using two-stage cluster sampling. We estimated and compared seroprevalence and crude mortality rates (CMR) to a survey conducted in 2021 using the same methodology. …”
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An Evaluation of the Safety, Immunogenicity, and Protective Efficacy of a Combined Diphtheria–Tetanus–Acellular Pertussis, <i>Haemophilus influenzae</i> Type b, and ACYW135 Meningo... by Xiuwen Sui, Zhujun Shao, Yuanyuan Ji, Hairui Wang, Qingfu Xu, Bochao Wei, Zhuojun Duan, Chang Wang, Ying Yang, Jiayu Zhao, Tao Zhu

“…This combined vaccine may streamline immunization programs and enhance vaccination coverage.…”
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Design and Validation of a Multi-Epitope mRNA Vaccine Construct Against Human Monkeypox Virus (hMPXV) by Annotating Protein of Intracellular Mature Virus (IMV) Form of hMPXV by Mohammad Asrar Izhari, Siraj B. Alharthi, Raed A. Alharbi, Ahmad H. A. Almontasheri, Wael A. Alghamdi, Abdulmajeed Abdulghani A. Sindi, Ahmad Abdulmajed Salem, Ali Mahzari, Fahad Alghamdi, Ahmed R. A. Gosady

“…Additionally, cloning (using pET-28a(+) vector) was conducted to verify the vaccine’s expression potential and translation efficiency. …”
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Cardiovascular Diseases and Drug Treatment in Patients with the History of Cerebral Stroke: Data of the Outpatient Registry REGION by M. M. Loukianov, S. S. Yakushin, S. Yu. Martsevich, O. M. Drapkina, A. N. Vorobyev, A. V. Zagrebelnyy, A. N. Kozminsky, K. A. Moseichuk, K. G. Pereverzeva, E. A. Pravkina, E. Yu. Okshina, E. V. Kudryashov, E. N. Belova, V. G. Klyashtorny, S. A. Boytsov

“…The prognostically significant prescriptions during the enrolling stage in ACVA-AR and ACVA-FT registries occurred in 44.4% and 54% of the total number of proper prescriptions, and in the long-term follow-up period – in 55% and 57%, respectively; and the dispensary observation coverage was only 35.0% and 31.8%, respectively. According to patient contact only 21-24% of patients used the system of preferential drug provision at the stage of inclusion into the registers, and after 2-3 years of follow-up – 1.5-2 times less (12-14%). …”
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Diphtheria in Russia in the 21st Century by N. M. Maximova, T. N. Yakimova, S. S. Markina, K. A. Yatskovsky, S. E. Aduguzelov

“…The aggregation of data in the work were used the methods of parametric statistics. Results and discussion. …”
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Soil moisture product consistency for operational drought monitoring in Europe by J. Gaona, D. Bavera, G. Fioravanti, S. Hahn, P. Stradiotti, P. Filippucci, S. Camici, L. Ciabatta, H. Mosaffa, S. Puca, N. Roberto, L. Brocca

“…First, Pearson's correlation coefficient (<span class="inline-formula"><i>R</i></span>) is used to measure the correspondence between H120, H121, CCIp and EDO SM products. …”
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Creating National Weights for a Patient-level Longitudinal Database by Onur Baser, Li Wang, Jon Maguire

“… # Method The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s (AHRQ) Medicare Expenditures Panel Survey (MEPS) was used as the basis for adjustment methodology. MEPS is a data source representing health insurance coverage cost and utilization, and comprises several large-scale surveys of families, individuals, employers, and health care providers. …”
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Inverting tidal velocity from geomagnetic satellite by nonlinear method by Yu Gu, ZhengYong Ren, Yang Wu, LiNan Xu, PengFei Liu, Keke Zhang

“…The results agree well with the widely used HAMTIDE model in low- and mid-latitude regions, which is attributed to Macau Science Satellite-1's (MSS-1) unique low-inclination orbit of full coverage in these areas. …”
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Especificidades regionais no debate sobre jornalismo e engajamento climático by Eloisa Beling Loose, Ilza Maria Tourinho Girardi, Débora Gallas Steigleder

“…This allowed us to then use the comparative method to identify specific aspects of each region (Marconi & Lakatos, 2003). …”
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Mapping the Intersection: Global Trends in Sport, Gender, and Sociology Research by Sajjad Pashaie, Hamed Golmohammadi, Bita Jabbari

“…Using the bibliometrix package in R software, the study used statistical approaches to analyze 168 papers to find trends in authorship, institutional contributions, keyword trends, and citation networks. …”
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The potential contribution of mass treatment to the control of Plasmodium falciparum malaria. by Lucy C Okell, Jamie T Griffin, Immo Kleinschmidt, T Déirdre Hollingsworth, Thomas S Churcher, Michael J White, Teun Bousema, Chris J Drakeley, Azra C Ghani

“…Mass treatment as a means to reducing P. falciparum malaria transmission was used during the first global malaria eradication campaign and is increasingly being considered for current control programmes. …”
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Is There a Higher Risk of Wound Complications and Reoperation after Below-knee Amputation When Diabetes and Peripheral Artery Disease Coexist? A Retrospective Study by Chun-Yuan Lee, Hao-Chun Chuang, Chi-Hsiu Wang, Yu-Ju Lin, Chih-Hsun Chang, Chien-An Shih, Po-Yen Ko, Chih-Wei Chang, Chih-Kai Hong

“…Background: Below-knee amputation (BKA) is used to treat foot ulcers caused by diabetes mellitus (DM) or peripheral arterial disease (PAD). …”
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Potential Habitat and Priority Conservation Areas for Endangered Species in South Korea by Soyeon Park, Hyomin Park, Sangdon Lee

“…This study identified priority conservation areas (PCAs) for endangered mammals, birds, amphibians, and reptiles in South Korea using ecological modeling. In particular, we used the MaxEnt model to determine the potential distributions of endangered species and Zonation software to prioritize conservation areas. …”
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Multi-source remote sensing-based forest fire monitoring by Q. Yuan

“…In addition, the study extracts key factors affecting fire suppression, such as water resources, vegetation coverage, and terrain, and evaluates the safety factor of the burned area using spatial principal component analysis. …”
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