Insight into public sentiment and demand in China’s public health emergency response: a weibo data analysis by Yanping Wang, Min Wei, Peng Wang, Yiran Gao, Tian Yu, Nan Meng, Huan Liu, Xin Zhang, Kexin Wang, Qunhong Wu

“…These scores ranging from 0 to 1 reflect sentiment polarity, where lower values indicate more negative public sentiment. The topics of material safety and information security management had the lowest scores, at 0.24 and 0.34, respectively. …”
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Problematic Internet use among resident physicians at St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia by Yiknashewa Solomon Mekonnen, Selamawit Alemayehu Tessema, Solomon Dhabi Bedane, Askalemariam Bikiss Ali

“…Factors such as using the Internet for five or more hours per day, having less than seven hours of actual sleep per night, and having depression were found to be risk factors for PIU. …”
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Human–forest interaction of useful plants in the Wof Ayzurish Forest, North Showa Zone, Ethiopia: cultural significance index, conservation, and threats by Yirefu Tefera, Ermias Lulekal, Bikila Warkineh

“…Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the interaction between humans and useful plants in the Wof Ayzurish Forest, North Showa Zone, Ethiopia, with a focus on their cultural significance, conservation status, and the threats they face. Methods A snowball sampling technique was employed to select 100 informants and the data were collected through free listing, field walk, open-ended and semi-structured interviews, and focus group discussions. …”
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Continuum of care for maternal and newborn health services in Nepal: An analysis from demographic and health survey 2022. by Achyut Raj Pandey, Bikram Adhikari, Raj Kumar Sangroula, Parash Mani Sapkota, Shophika Regmi, Shreeman Sharma, Bishnu Dulal, Bipul Lamichhane, Saugat Pratap Kc, Pratistha Dhakal, Sushil Chandra Baral

“…<h4>Methods</h4>We performed weighted analysis of Nepal Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) 2022 data accounting for complex survey design. …”
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Health conditions, health literacy, access to care, and health care experiences among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer adults in Lebanon by Wassim Daoud Khatoun, Ali Slim, Jana Makhlouf, Sam S. S. Lau, Marco C. H. Cheng, Alissa Chebat, Michel Boustany, Elio Tahan, Carmel Bouclaous

“…Abstract Background This study aims to assess the physical health of individuals belonging to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) community, considering health system challenges like access to care and patient experiences and community-specific attributes like health literacy and self-acceptance. Methods This cross-sectional study was conducted in January-June 2022 using non-probabilistic sampling. …”
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Future pharmacy practitioners' insights towards integration of artificial intelligence in healthcare education: Preliminary findings from Karachi, Pakistan. by Tahmina Maqbool, Humera Ishaq, Sadia Shakeel, Ayeshah Zaib Un Nisa, Hina Rehman, Shadab Kashif, Halima Sadia, Safila Naveed, Nazish Mumtaz, Sidra Siddiqui, Shazia Jamshed

“…The sample size on 60% anticipated response rate and 99% CI was calculated to be 390. …”
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Institutional Factors Influencing Student Performance in Management of Second Stage of Labour in Kakamega County Hospitals, Kenya by George Lipesa, John Okath, Damaris Ochanda

“…Equally, those in placement sites with equipment in good condition were 2.3 times more likely to have reported outstanding performance (OR: 2.3; 95% CI: 1.1–4.7; p=0.02). …”
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Impacts of non-starch polysaccharide sources with enzymes influencing intestinal mucosa-associated microbiota and mucosal immunity of nursery pigs on growth and carcass traits at m... by Jonathan T. Baker, Zixiao Deng, Alexa R. Gormley, Sung Woo Kim

“…The BW of pigs fed SHWB was more uniform (P < 0.05) at the end of the 120 d study. …”
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Ground‐Dwelling Spider Community Responses to Forest Management in a Mediterranean Oak Forest by Claire Ménival, Mathieu Santonja, Christophe Mazzia, Valentin Spataro, Lenka Brousset, Daniel Pavon, Sylvie Dupouyet, Yoann Le Bagousse‐Pinguet, Raphaël Gros

“…The 25% thinning intensity was sufficient to drastically reduce both spider abundance and richness, but we did not find a more significant reduction when more intensive cutting was applied. …”
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Investigating the Comparative Effectiveness of Yoga and Relaxation Therapy on Chronic Pain and Chronic Fatigue in MS Patients by Fatemeh Okhovatian, Asma Aghakhaninezhad, Faeze Naderi, Seyedeh Masoumeh Azimi jirsaraei, Afsaneh Amiri

“…Three groups were studied, including two yoga therapy test groups (with a sample size of 15), a relaxation therapy group (with a sample size of 16), and a control group (with a sample size of 17). …”
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Prevalence of anemia and its associated factors among rural adolescent girls in West Badewacho district, central Ethiopia: a community based cross-sectional study by Wondimagegn Kebede, Awoke Girma Hailu, Tadele Hegena, Zeleke Dutamo Agde

“…A systematic random sampling technique was employed to select the study participants. …”
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Poverty and large family size are pivotal risk factors for child marriage in Ethiopia: evidence from a matched case-control study by Shiferaw Gelchu Adola, Dessalegn Wirtu, Merga Dheresa

“…The purposive sampling technique was used to select 120 pairs (120 cases and 240 controls). …”
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A Silesian perspective on small and medium-sized enterprises facing the challenges of the green economy by Helena Tendera-Właszczuk, Aldona Frączkiewicz-Wronka, Sylwia Słupik, Damian Łukasik

“…We used stratified-quota sampling. We conducted the entire study in the form of computer-assisted telephone interviews (CATI) with a sample of 635 respondents. …”
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Study of Humoral Immunity against Coronavirus Infection COVID-19 in Vaccinated Individuals with Vaccines Available in the Republic of Belarus (Sputnik V (Gam-COVID-Vac), RF and Sin... by K. S. Korsak, I. O. Stoma, E. V. Voropaev, O. V. Osipkina, A. A. Kovalev

“…The increased body temperature after vaccination was more common among those vaccinated with the Sputnik V vaccine. …”
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Assessing Vaccination Coverage Among Healthcare Workers in Primary Healthcare Facility in Najran City, Saudi Arabia by Alqahtani NS

“…Additionally, HCWs experiencing burnout were more likely to be unvaccinated (p=0.006). Multivariate analysis revealed that technicians/paramedics were 2.74 times more likely to be unvaccinated than physicians (AOR=2.743; 95% CI=1.140– 6.600; p=0.024).Conclusion: This study highlights significant gaps in vaccination coverage among HCWs, working at primary healthcare facilities with only 19.1% fully vaccinated. …”
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Artificial intelligence in molecular and genomic prostate cancer diagnostics by A. O. Morozov, A. K. Bazarkin, S. V. Vovdenko, M. S. Taratkin, M. S. Balashova, D. V. Enikeev

“…The use of AI capabilities is more appropriate for blood and urine analysis, procedures that do not require additional economic costs for biomaterial sampling. …”
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Cognitive impairment among older persons with chronic illness attending primary care and its association with cardiovascular risk using the Framingham risk score by Nimelesh Balanthiren, Mohd Fairuz Ali, Aznida Firzah Abdul Aziz

“…Identifying mild cognitive impairment early can facilitate timely intervention and care.This cross-sectional study aims to investigate the association between Framingham risk score (FRS), a widely used tool for cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk prediction, and cognitive impairment among older persons with chronic illness in Malaysia. Methods A total of 289 participants aged 60 years and above with chronic illness were recruited from Klinik Primer Hospital Tuanku Chanselor Muhriz via simple random sampling via computer generator. …”
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Uptake of combined immunoprophylaxis for newborns exposed to hepatitis B virus in a high hepatitis B endemic rural setting in Northern Ghana by Okasha Mohammed, Senoo-Dogbey Vivian Efua, Charles Ampong Adjei, Irene Owusu Darkwa, Adiza Atoko Mumuni

“…Systematic random sampling was used to select mothers from the selected health facilities. …”
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Anemia status and associated factors among adolescent girls under weekly iron and folic acid supplementation (WIFAS) and non-WIFAS programs in public schools in Janamora district,... by Thomas Kidanemariam Yewodiaw, Meron Asmamaw Alemayehu, Destaw Fetene Teshome

“…As a result, it is recommended that the WIFAS program be extended to more schools. The WIFAS program is more effective when health education is delivered concurrently with it.…”
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Evaluation of Epidemiologic Peculiarities of HIV-Infection and Genotype Distribution of Hepatitis C Virus among People Living with HIV in Constituent Entities of the Far Eastern Fe... by E. A. Bazykina, V. B. Turkutukov, O. E. Trotsenko, V. O. Kotova, L. A. Balakhontseva

“…For example, HCV genotype 2 was registered more frequently in the Khabarovsk krai compared to mean estimated value of the sampling collection. …”
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