Thirty years of declining stunting in Tanzania: Trends and ongoing challenges. by Ester Elisaria, Bet Caeyers, Esther Nkuba, Laura van der Erve, August Kuwawenaruwa

“…To combat stunting and eliminate structural obstacles, including the empowerment of marginalised groups, a multisectoral strategy is required. …”
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Aortic annulus reconstruction with bovine pericardium during aortic valve replacement for severe calcific aortic stenosis by Jiaao Li, Tao Yang, Nan Wu, Yan Qin, Jianing Gao, Zhenhao Liu, Lingbo Yang, Xuening Wang

“…Postoperative evaluations indicated that the structural integrity of the valve annulus remained intact, demonstrating hemodynamic stabilization without any recorded fatalities among participants. …”
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Magnitude and determinants of intimate partner controlling behavior among women in sub-Saharan African countries from the recent demographic and health survey data: a multilevel an... by Fantahun Andualem, Girum Nakie, Gidey Rtbey, Mamaru Melkam, Techilo Tinsae, Getasew Kibralew, Berihun Agegn Mengistie, Gebresilassie Tadesse, Getachew Muluye Gedef, Setegn Fentahun

“…These associations underscore the importance of promoting women’s autonomy and addressing structural gender inequalities. Programs and policies aimed at enhancing women’s access to education, economic resources, and information may contribute to reducing IPCB. …”
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Coverage of HPV Vaccination and Influencing Factors Among Female College Students in Northern China by Li Yang, Chen Xing, Xue Yu, Yanrui Xu, Weibing Wang, Caiyun Chang, Qingbin Lu

“…Notably, increased knowledge was associated with vaccine hesitancy in the WTG group (<i>OR</i> = 0.45, <i>p</i> < 0.001), indicating that information overload may adversely affect decision-making processes. Structural barriers, such as cost (42.63%), safety concerns (46.59%), and misconceptions (e.g., 57.76% cited “no sexual activity” as a reason for refusal), significantly impeded vaccine uptake. …”
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Speckle-tracking and conventional echocardiography in MIS-C: tracking cardiac involvement and recovery by Nima Mehdizadegan, Sajedeh Omidbakhsh, Eslam Shorafa, Hossein Hosseini, Hamid Amoozgar, Hamid Mohammadi, Amir Naghshzan, Mohammadreza Edraki, Katayoon Hozhabri, Narjes Abootalebi, Mohammad Hasan Mohammadi

“…Heart failure and coronary artery brightness resolved in all affected patients, and most structural abnormalities improved; only two cases exhibited persistent mild left ventricular dilation. …”
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Recent advances of epilepsy associated with neurofibromatosis type 1 by Ying Ren, Ying Ren, Wandong Hu, Wandong Hu, Song Su, Song Su, Qi Zhang, Qi Zhang, Wenchao Zhang, Wenchao Zhang, Hongwei Zhang, Hongwei Zhang, Guangyu Wang, Guangyu Wang

“…Although the majority of patients demonstrate favorable responses to oral anti-seizure medications, those with structural brain abnormalities frequently develop drug-resistant epilepsy. …”
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Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Among Patients Undergoing Gastrointestinal Endoscopy in the Endoscopy Unit of a Tertiary-Care Hospital by Wei L, Niu Q, Ma L, Liu G, Zhang H, Zheng X, Lin Y, Du N, Li L

“…Weak to moderate positive correlations were observed between knowledge, attitudes, and practices (knowledge-attitudes: r = 0.281, P &lt; 0.001; knowledge-practices: r = 0.148, P &lt; 0.001; attitudes-practices: r = 0.370, P &lt; 0.001). According to structural equation modeling, knowledge directly impacted attitude (β = 0.397, P = 0.026), and attitude influenced practice (β = 0.402, P = 0.007). …”
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Developing Components of an Integrated mHealth Dietary Intervention for Mexican Immigrant Farmworkers: Feasibility Usability Study of a Food Photography Protocol for Dietary Assess... by Isabel Diana Fernandez, Yu-Ching Yang, Wonkyung Chang, Amber Kautz, Karen Farchaus Stein

“…Although mobile health (mHealth) tools have the potential to overcome structural barriers to health services access, efficacious mHealth interventions to promote healthy eating have not considered issues of low literacy and health literacy, and food preferences and norms in the Mexican immigrant farmworker population. …”
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Spatial and Temporal Changes and Influencing Factors of Mercury in Urban Agglomeration Land Patterns: A Case from Changchun Area, Old Industrial Base of Northeast China by Zhe Zhang, Zhaojun Wang, Jing Zong, Hongjie Zhang, Yufei Hu, Yuliang Xiao, Gang Zhang, Zhenxin Li

“…Spatial autocorrelation analysis revealed scale-dependent clustering patterns: soil mercury Moran’s I ranked central city > county > village > township, while atmospheric mercury followed township > village > county > central city. Structural equation modeling demonstrated that different spatial scales had a significant negative effect on soil mercury concentrations, atmospheric mercury concentrations at 0 cm and 100 cm, and mercury and its compounds emissions. …”
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The GPCR antagonist PPTN synergizes with caspofungin providing increased fungicidal activity against Aspergillus fumigatus by Thaila Fernanda dos Reis, Endrews Delbaje, Camila Figueiredo Pinzan, Rafael Bastos, Suzanne Ackloo, Sara Fallah, Bradley Laflamme, Nicole Robbins, Leah E. Cowen, Gustavo H. Goldman

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Care and educational activity of the Salesians in Prague in years of People's Poland by Hanna Markiewicz

“…After Poland had regained her independence and undergone structural changes, the parish of the Sacred Heart of Jesus was established in Warsaw's Praga district in 1919 and a few years later the Salesians officially took over the basilica, opening an oratory for abandoned, loitering youths in its basement. …”
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Variations and controlling factors of soil CO2 release at daytime and nighttime scales in the loess hilly regions of China by Yarong Sun, Senbao Lu, Yunming Chen

“…Soil respiration is intimately associated with soil temperature, soil organic carbon content, root biomass, and leaf carbon content; the cumulative contributions of climate, vegetation, and soil properties to soil respiration were 12 %–18 %, 18 %–30 %, and 41 %–50 % during daytime and 12 %–25 % 24 %–28 %, and 40 %–46 % during nighttime at soil depths of 0–10, 10–50, 50–100 cm. Additionally, Structural Equation Modelling implied that soil moisture and temperature directly affected soil respiration during the daytime, and air temperature and relative humidity acted as indirect factors during the nighttime. …”
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Physicochemical stability, antioxidant and ACE-inhibitory activities of cryoprotected liposomes encapsulating stone fish-derived peptides by Shehu Muhammad Auwal, Chay Shyan Yea, Nazamid Saari

“…Bioactivity retention was significantly higher (p < 0.05) in F3 and F4, with enhanced DPPH* scavenging, Fe²⁺-chelating, and ACE-inhibitory activities at both 4 °C and 25 °C compared to F2. Structural analyses of the lyophilized liposomes using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) confirmed the formation of stable peptide-phospholipid complexes, with higher thermal stability in F3 and F4, as indicated by a higher thermal temperature of 36.62 °C and 59.58 °C, compared to 20.13 °C in F2.These findings demonstrate the critical role of liposomal encapsulation and cryoprotection in preserving bioactive peptides, indicating their potential for functional foods and therapeutic applications targeting oxidative stress and hypertension.…”
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Undertriage in geriatric trauma: insights from a multicentre cohort study by Daniel Anthony Koch, Lars Becker, Uwe Schweigkofler, Paul Hagebusch, Philipp Faul, Christian Waydhas, Florian Pavlu, Markus Baacke, Caspers Michael, Valentin Clemens, Helena Duesing, Matthias Froehlich, Sebastian Imach, Kai-Oliver Jensen, Christian Kleber, Annette Keß, Gerrit Matthes, Andre Nohl, Orkun Oezkurtul, Thomas Paffrath, Vera Pedersen, Kai Sprengel, Philipp Stoermann, Heiko Trentzsch, Rolf Lefering, Dan Bieler, Lisa Hackenberg, The Committee on Emergency Medicine, Intensive Care and Trauma Management (Sektion NIS) of the German Trauma Society (DGU) Germany

“…Abstract Background With the aging population, the number of geriatric trauma patients continues to rise, posing significant challenges for emergency care and trauma management. Structured trauma team activation (TTA) protocols aim to provide timely and adequate treatment for severely injured patients. …”
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Harnessing community knowledge and actions to strengthen rabies control programs in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia by Yoany Maria Vianney Bita Aty, Endang Puji Astuti, Florentianus Tat, Wanti Wanti, Johanis J. Pitreyadi Sadukh, Irwan Budiana, Aemilianus Mau, Irfan Irfan, Riny Pujiyanti, Wiendra Waworuntu, Andi Leny Susyanti, Nirmala Ahmad Ma’ruf, Luna Amalia

“…Materials and Methods: A mixed-methods approach was adopted, integrating quantitative surveys and qualitative interviews. Structured questionnaires assessed KAP levels among 225 respondents across two regencies, while logistic regression identified sociodemographic predictors of adequate rabies knowledge. …”
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SOURCES OF QUATERNARY POTASSIC VOLCANIC ROCKS FROM WUDALIANCHI, CHINA: CONTROL BY TRANSTENSION AT THE LITHOSPHERE–ASTHENOSPHERE BOUNDARY LAYER by S. V. Rasskazov, I. S. Chuvashova, Yi-min Sun, Chen Yang, Zhenhua Xie, T. A. Yasnygina, E. V. Saranina, Zhenxing Fang

“…One scenario assumes ascending sub-lithospheric melts that mark the permeable lithosphere in a transtension area without melting of the lithospheric material; products of volcanic eruptions in such a zone show only the sub-lithospheric mantle material; components of magmatic liquids do not reveal any connection to the lithospheric structure. Another scenario yields a direct control of melting in lithospheric sources in an evolving transtensional structure. …”
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Association of Inflammatory and Metabolic Markers with Mortality in Patients with Postoperative Femur Fractures in the Intensive Care Unit by Metin Kilinc, Enes Çelik, Ibrahim Demir, Semih Aydemir, Hakan Akelma

“…Laboratory parameters such as white blood cell count (WBC), albumin, C-reactive protein (CRP), D-dimer, Pan-Immune-Inflammation Value (PIV), CRP-to-albumin ratio (CAR), neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), and others were analyzed. Linear regression, logistic regression, and Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) analyses were performed to determine the predictive value of these markers for ICU mortality. …”
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Exploring the Spatial Distribution Characteristics of Urban Soil Heavy Metals in Different Levels of Urbanization by Jianwei Sun, Mengchan Chen, Jingrou Xiao, Gang Xu, Haitao Zhang, Ganlin Zhang, Fangqin Yang, Chang Zhao, Long Guo

“…We employed a global stepwise linear regression (STR) model and a local spatial model-geographically weighted regression (GWR) to map the spatial distribution of soil heavy metals based on 121 auxiliary variables, including terrain, geophysical, socioeconomic factors, and remote sensing data. …”
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Association Between ECG Findings and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease (ASCVD) Risk Score: A Cross‐Sectional Analysis of a Cohort Study by Pouria Azami, Alireza Mirhosseini, Mohammadjavad Nobakhti, Mehrab Sayadi, Mohammad Keshavarz, Masood Dindari Parizi, Raziye Saeedizade, Mahsa Borjzadeh, Mohammad Javad Zibaeenezhad, Armin Attar

“…Categorical ECG findings, including ST depression, ST elevation, left bundle branch block (LBBB), prolonged P‐wave duration, and left atrial enlargement, were also significantly associated with ASCVD scores. Multivariate linear regression identified ST depression (B = 0.060, p < 0.001) and LBBB (B = 0.031, p = 0.039) as independent predictors of ASCVD risk, after adjusting for confounders such as age, gender, hypertension, diabetes, and cholesterol levels. …”
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Adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system for accurate power forecasting for on-grid photovoltaic systems: A case study in Sharjah, UAE by Tareq Salameh, Mena Maurice Farag, Abdul-Kadir Hamid, Mousa Hussein

“…The study compares the ANFIS model with other established machine learning models, including Linear Regression, Decision Tree, Support Vector Machine (SVM), and Random Forest. …”
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