The cost and health-related quality of life of stroke management and care of acutely hospitalized cases in Mozambique. by Igor Samuel Dobe, Clifford Afoakwah, Neide Canana, Simon Stewart, Ana Mocumbi

“…To address the lack of African-specific data, we investigated the cost of stroke management and the recovery of health-related quality of life in the post-discharge period in Mozambique.<h4>Methods</h4>A prospective, cost-of-illness study examining the direct and indirect costs of acute stroke presentations to a first referral urban public hospital in Maputo, Mozambique (June-December 2019). …”
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Eastern white pine regeneration abundance, stocking, and damage along a gradient of harvest intensity by Nelson Thiffault, Michael Hoepting, Maryse Marchand, Marie Moulin, Holly Deighton

“…A quarter of the regenerating trees alive post-harvest presented some form of damage; the occurrence of damages was not significantly influenced by the percentage of basal area harvested. …”
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PROSPECTIVE OUTPATIENT REGISTRY OF MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION PATIENTS (PROFILE-MI): STUDY DESIGN AND FIRST RESULTS by S. Yu. Martsevich, N. P. Kutishenko, D. P. Sichinava, E. P. Kalaydzhian, V. A. Evdakov

“…Patients included to PROFILE-MI registry, had in general similar demographic and clinical parameters with other registries of MI in Russia. Most post MI patients already had cardiovascular diseases of atherosclerotic origin, or a combination of traditional CHD risk factors, so MI onset was quite predictable. …”
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Remote Monitoring of Patients with Heart Failure: Characteristics of Effective Programs and Implementation Strategies by Teleanu IC, Bejan GC, Poiană IR, Mîrșu-Păun A, Dumitrescu SI, Stănescu AMA

“…The studies included in this review unanimously presented significant findings in favor of RM.Conclusion: The post-pandemic research targeting RM of patients with HF presents more homogenous results to support this type of intervention, as compared to the heterogeneity of the pre-pandemic research.Keywords: heart failure, remote monitoring, medical technology, prevention…”
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Building capacities in the Andean region: Training health professionals on climate change and health by Gilma Mantilla, Bertha Pineda, Cecilia Sorensen, Haley Campbell, Nicola Hamacher, Karen Glatfelter

“…Participants were administered pre- and post-surveys to evaluate the course's effectiveness. …”
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Clinical outcomes of pterygium surgery over a ten-year period: a review of recurrence and complication rates by Sharlene I. Noguera, Katherine S. Aniana Nicanor, Robert Edward T. Ang, Emerson M. Cruz

“…The complication rate was 4.5%, primarily minor findings such as conjunctival granuloma, wound dehiscence, and residual pterygium. Conclusion Most pterygium cases presented as primary and in the nasal area with T2G1 grading. …”
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URDU-AN ANALYSIS OF THE METHODOLOGY OF PIR KARAM SHAH IN QUR’ĀNIC EXEGESIS by Muhammad Israel Khan, Abdul Ghaffar Madani

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Preliminary feasibility and clinical utility of the Unified Protocol for the transdiagnostic treatment of emotional disorders in people with long COVID-19 condition: A single case... by Verónica Martínez-Borba, Óscar Peris-Baquero, Iván Prieto-Rollán, Jorge Osma, Esther Del Corral-Beamonte

“…Most therapeutic objectives were achieved or initiated over the course of the intervention (78% at post-assessment; 86% at follow-up). …”
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ON THE CHANGE OF VALUES OF POSTNOMINATIVE APPENDICES IN THE PROCESS OF TRANSFORMATION IN THE MODERN ENGLISH by Sevil M. Radjabova

“…The development from a special sign of thought to a general concept is characteristic for the whole structure of the English language; it is even possible to observe it in word formation. In most cases, taking into account the use of the adjective in the function of an attribute, the terms like postpositional (post nominal) and prepositional (prenominal) adjectives are used. …”
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A Pet-ficação da natureza ou a idéia da physis no antropoceno. by Agostino Cera

“…The Empirical Turn in the Philosophy of Technology) I will sketch an overview on the most recent developments in this area of studies, or better, a critical historicization of the post-Heideggerianphilosophy of technology, starting from the so-called empirical turn. …”
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Sociological Analysis of the Discourses of the Health Transformation System in the Tenth and Eleventh Governments by Mehrdad Sharifi, ahmad ali hesabi, Nabi&rsquo;ollah Ider

“…The central signifier in the present study has been health discourse and initiatives. …”
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An Inter-semiotic Study of Ideology on the Book Covers of Persian Translations of George Orwell’s Animal Farm by Amin Amirdabbaghian, Krishnavanie Shunmugam

“…George Orwell’s Animal Farm (1945) is one of the most retranslated novels in both the pre- and post-revolution era in Iran. …”
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Structural Heart Interventions in the Elderly Population by Devang S. Parikh

“…Aortic stenosis is the most common valvular heart disease in the elderly population. …”
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Prevalence of communicable, non-communicable diseases, disabilities and related risk factors in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan: Findings from the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Integrated Populat... by Ziaul Haq, Saima Afaq, Muhammad Ibrahim, Zala, Muhammad Asim

“…<h4>Objectives</h4>The objective of this study was to present the demographic characteristics and the burden of locally-specific CDs (hepatitis B and C, TB, AIDS), NCDs (diabetes, renal diseases, asthma, epilepsy, coronary heart diseases, cancer, hypertension, cholesterol, thalassemia), and disabilities (congenital, post-disease, post-injury, paralysis) stratified by sex, age and setting in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.…”
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Thirteen-Year Sequelae of Marburg Virus Disease Survival: Persistent Cardiometabolic, Immunometabolic, and Haematological Alterations in the Absence of Psychological Morbidity by Jennifer Serwanga, Raymond Ernest Kaweesa, Joseph Katende Ssebwana, Goeffrey Odoch, Raymond Reuel Wayesu, Anne Daphine Ntabadde, Deborah Mukisa, Peter Ejou, FiloStudy Team, Julius Julian Lutwama, Pontiano Kaleebu

“…<b>Background</b>: Marburg virus disease (MVD) is a highly lethal filoviral infection, yet its long-term health consequences remain poorly understood. We present one of the most temporally distant evaluations of MVD survivors, conducted 13 years post-outbreak in Uganda, offering novel insights into chronic physiological, biochemical, haematological, and psychosocial outcomes. …”
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Factors influencing patients’ satisfaction with complete dentures: a qualitative study. by Jessica de Cassia Motta Silva, Jarbas Francisco Fernandes dos Santos, Leonardo Marchini

“… Objective: The treatment most used worldwide for edentulism is conventional complete dentures, and the most important factor for the success of denture treatment seems to be patient satisfaction. …”
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Mentoring for well-being, engagement and academic achievement in higher education students by Joana C. Gonçalves, António M. Duarte, Alexandra Marques-Pinto, Paula Paulino, Célia P. Figueira, Paula A. Ferreira, Sara Hagá, Alexandra Barros, Nádia S. Pereira, Rita A. Da Luz, André Amaral, Filipe Mesquita

“…The perceived changes’ analysis indicated that most participants experienced a moderate to satisfactory impact. …”
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The aesthetics of Mesopotamian furniture and its reflections in contemporary furniture design by Sumaya Abdul Wahab Muhammad, Lubna Asaad Abdel Razzaq

“…As for the keywords lost, they were specified as (aesthetics, Mesopotamia, contemporary) and the most important results and conclusions were reached, the most important of which was (that the uses of Mesopotamian furniture, with the qualities of flexibility and shaping in furniture design, are consistent with the characteristics of furniture design thought for the post-modern period, The combination of past and present has characteristics and features that can be employed in industrial design in general and contemporary furniture design in particular …”
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Photodiscoloration of Malachite Green Dye using Nitrogen Self-doped Graphene Oxide from Moringa oleifera Leaves by Valarmathy C, Sudhaparimala S

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Assessment of hypothermia in the immediate postoperative period by Juliana Mara Gotardo, Cristina Maria Galvão

“…The average body temperature of patients when arriving at PARR was 35.5ºC. 66% of the investigated patients pre­sented hypothermia. The use of wool blankets with cotton bed sheets was the passive cutaneous warming method most used by the nursing team, and only 6.7% of the patients used the forced-air warming system, a method asserted by the literature as effective in the treatment of hypothermia in the immediate postoperative period.  …”
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