Development and validation of the modified index of fragility in head and neck cancer surgery by Koorosh Semsar-Kazerooni, Keith Richardson, Véronique-Isabelle Forest, Alex Mlynarek, Michael P. Hier, Nader Sadeghi, Marco. A. Mascarella

“…A seven-item index (mIFG) was developed using variables associated with frailty, cachexia, and sarcopenia, drawn from the literature (weight loss, low body mass index, dyspnea, diabetes, serum albumin, hematocrit, and creatinine). …”
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Bridging the Gap: Misaligned Perceptions of Urban Agriculture and Health Between Planning and Design Experts and Urban Farmers in Greater Lomé, Togo by Akuto Akpedze Konou, Kossiwa Zinsou-Klassou, Pablo Txomin Harpo De Roulet, Armel Firmin Kemajou Mbianda, Jérôme Chenal

“…The experts’ points of view are contrasted with ideas drawn from surveys of urban farmers in Greater Lomé, Togo, and official urban planning documents. …”
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Research progress and application prospects of flexible wearable sensor in spacesuit by Aiming Bu, Wanxin Zhang, Qian Ran, Dongyue Liu, Jialu Ma, Rongqing Wang, Kun Shang, Hongrui Yang, Zhiqiang Mei

“…The wearable sensors have drawn more and more attention because its operations are simple and real-time detections are available. …”
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Plant Species Composition and Community Perception Towards Landscaping Work Executed at Hawassa University-Main Campus, Ethiopia by Birhanu Kagnew, Firew Kebede

“…In the study, 221 respondents were drawn from academic staff, administrative workers and students using random sampling method. …”
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TRENDS IN HIGHER VOCATIONAL EDUCATION: PROFESSIONALIZATION OR DEPROFESSIONALIZATION? by Yu. R. Vishnevsky, D. Yu. Narkhov, Ya. V. Didkovskaya

“…The obtained data refer to a complex of problems and contradictions of functioning of institutes of education and a profession during the period of societal transformations. The main conclusion drawn by the authors consists in the fact of growing tendency towards the deprofessionalization of students.Practical significance. …”
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Sarcopenia is not associated with hypertension, but sarcopenic obesity increases risk of hypertension: a 7-year cohort study by Runfen Du, Junchao Yuan, Yunda Huang, Guihua Jiang, Zhiping Duan, Hong Yang, Wei Huang

“…The purpose of this study is to analyze the relationship between obesity, sarcopenia, and sarcopenic obesity with hypertension in a middle-aged and older community population in China through a large-scale longitudinal design.MethodsIn this cohort study with 7 years of follow-up, the study population was drawn from participants in the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) in 2011 and followed up in 2013, 2015, and 2018. …”
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Index-based livestock insurance schemes to manage climate risks in Ethiopia: determinants of farmer’s willingness to pay and lessons learned from Dasenech district, South Omo by Tagesse Melketo, Degefa Tolossa, Meskerem Abi, Sisay Bedeke, Tenaw Fentaw

“…Cross-sectional data were obtained from 157 cattle farmers, drawn randomly from the study area. The study also used key informant interviews and focus group discussions to collect qualitative data. …”
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First experience of participation in post-Soviet parliamentary elections in Nizhny Novgorod region: pages of political history by Ya. S. Zanozina, V. M. Plitkina, A. A. Fomenkov

“…A number of conclusions are drawn regarding the political sympathies of residents of different administrative-territorial units of the Nizhny Novgorod region in the first half of the last decade. …”
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Evaluation of Anthropometric and Metabolic Parameters in Obstructive Sleep Apnea by Yaşar Yildirim, Süreyya Yilmaz, Mehmet Güven, Faruk Kılınç, Ali Veysel Kara, Zülfükar Yilmaz, Gökhan Kırbaş, Alpaslan Kemal Tuzcu, Fatma Yılmaz Aydın

“…Anthropometric measurements of the patients were recorded and blood samples were drawn for laboratory analysis. A 24-hour urine sample was also collected from each subject for measurement of 24-hour cortisol excretion. …”
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Strategic Plan for Cardiovascular Health in Portugal – Portuguese Society of Cardiology (PESCP-SPC) by Sofia Cabral, Cristina Gavina, Manuel Almeida, Alexandra Sousa, Ana Rita Francisco, Eduardo Infante Oliveira, Kevin Domingues, Luísa Moura Branco, Sílvia Monteiro, Sofia Alegria, Rui Baptista, Hélder Pereira

“…This article outlines the project's design and establishes a guiding framework for the proposed actions, which will be drawn up by designated expert groups and communicated subsequently. …”
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Impact of Chorea on Self-care Activity, Employment, and Health-care Resource Use in Patients with Huntington’s Disease by Daniel O. Claassen, Jonathan DeCourcy, Jennifer Mellor, Charlotte Johnston, Ravi G. Iyer

“…**Methods:** Data were drawn from the Adelphi HD Disease Specific Programme, a real-world point-in-time survey of 144 neurologists and 427 patients in the United States between July and October 2017. …”
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Conjugated Linoleic Acid Treatment Attenuates Cancerous features in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cells by Zohre Miri-Lavasani, Shukoofeh Torabi, Roya Solhi, Bahareh Shokouhian, Parvaneh Afsharian, Zahra Heydari, Abbas Piryaei, Zahra Farzaneh, Nikoo Hossein-khannazer, Hamidreza Aboulkheyr Es, Ensieh Zahmatkesh, Andreas Nussler, Moustapha Hassan, Mustapha Najimi, Massoud Vosough

“…A growing number of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), and recurrence frequency recently have drawn researchers’ attention to alternative approaches. …”
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Short Cantilever Rock Beam Structure and Mechanism of Gob-Side Entry Retaining Roof in Reuse Period by Jingke Wu, Yun Dong, Jiarui Chen, Chunlei Zhang, Wei Yin, JiHua Zhang, Yongzhen Cheng

“…The following major conclusions are drawn: (1) Three types of short cantilever rock beam structures occur in the main roof of a gob-side entry retaining during the reuse period, namely, the “short cantilever-articulated rock beam” structure, “short cantilever step rock beam (type I)” structure, and “short cantilever step rock beam (type II)” structure. (2) The stability criterion for these three short cantilever rock beam structures was also determined; that is, when the sliding instability coefficient K ≥ 1, the short cantilever-articulated rock beam structure will form, and when the sliding instability coefficient K < 1, the short cantilever step rock beam (type I or II) will form. (3) The governing law for the thicknesses of the main roof, immediate roof, and coal seam of the short cantilever rock beam structure was clarified; namely, the K-value gradually increases with increases in the thickness of the coal seam, drops sharply and then decreases gradually with increases in the thickness of the main roof, and decreases slowly with increases in the thickness of the immediate roof. …”
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Objects and subjects of registration and permit-licensing procedures in the activities of the National Police by О. А. Bud

“…As a result, taking into account the specifics of the content and essence of both of the specified types of procedures, a number of conclusions have been drawn. • A list of objects of registration and permit-licensing procedures in the activities of the National Police has been created: 1) ensuring the implementation of operations with all objects covered by the permit system (firearms, cold weapons, pneumatic weapons, ammunition for them and their components, explosive materials, potent poisonous substances of safety class I–II, pathogens of infectious diseases I–II groups of pathogenicity and toxins), the functioning of shooting ranges, hunting and sports stands, enterprises and workshops for the manufacture and repair of firearms and cold weapons, pyrotechnic workshops, material part of weapons points of study, special tools, rules for handling them and their use, stores that sell weapons and ammunition for them, organizations engaged in the sale of potent poisonous substances, and laboratories working with pathogens of infectious diseases of the I–II pathogenicity group and toxins, warehouses, bases and premises for storage and use of entities of the permit system; • The subjects of registration and permit-licensing procedures in the activities of the National Police have been defined. …”
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Media content analysis of general practitioners’ reactions to care.data expressed in the media: what lessons can be learned for future NHS data-sharing initiatives? by Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi, Andy Boyd, Elizabeth Ford, Yalda Kazempour, Maxwell J F Cooper

“…Public views of care.data have previously been analysed; this study aimed to understand contemporary general practitioners’ (GPs) views of the scheme, which may have been influential in its downfall.Design Systematic search of media articles, followed by media content analysis.Setting UK-based mainstream and GP-facing media in 2013 and 2014.Participants Articles were eligible if they focused on care.data, and GPs were quoted, authored the article, or if articles were written for a majority GP audience.Interventions N/A.Primary and secondary outcome measures Themes which explained GPs' reactions to care.data and which could explain support for or opposition to the scheme.Results 162 media articles met inclusion criteria and were drawn from newspapers, news websites and GP-facing websites. …”
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Centralized and local legal regulation of labor relations: problems of correlation and development by V. S. Venediktov, K. Yu. Melnyk

“…Here, balancing the interests of employees and employers can exist to the extent permitted by labor law. Attention has been drawn to the fact that modernity requires ensuring the development of collective contractual regulation of labor relations. …”
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The Effect of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy on Functional Impairments Caused by Ischemic Stroke by Emily R. Rosario, Stephanie E. Kaplan, Sepehr Khonsari, Garrett Vazquez, Niyant Solanki, Melanie Lane, Hiriam Brownell, Sheila S. Rosenberg

“…Subjects completed a battery of assessments and had blood drawn six times over the 9-month total duration of the study. …”
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Problems of improving the national legislation on labor protection by K. Yu. Melnyk

“…The author’s definition of the term “safety and health protection of employees at work” is substantiated as a system of measures to prevent and/or reduce the impact of dangerous and harmful production factors, aimed at preserving the life, physiological and psychological functions of the body, and the optimal working capacity of an individual who works at on the basis of an employment contract, at the place of her employment. Attention is drawn to the fact that Article 28 of the draft Law of Ukraine “On the Safety and Health of Employees at Work” uses the terms “employees who have recently given birth” and “employees who are breastfeeding”, establishing special measures to ensure safety and health for these categories of employees. …”
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Sustainable Economic Growth and Land Management: A Case Study on the Role of Tax Legislation in Emerging Markets by Edith Pilar Quispe-Espinoza, Sonia Luz Barzola-Inga, Carlos Antonio Adauto-Justo, Carlos Samuel Borja-Mucha, Fabricio Miguel Moreno-Menéndez, Fredi Paul Gutiérrez-Meza, Jefrin Marlon Silva-Murillo, Vicente González-Prida

“…The survey participants included 72 co-operatives drawn from a population of 88, and their awareness and use of tax incentives were targeted. …”
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Spatio‐Temporal Changes in Effective Population Size in an Expanding Metapopulation of Eurasian Otters by Nia Evelyn Thomas, Elizabeth A. Chadwick, Michael W. Bruford, Frank Hailer

“….: 102.1–348.3). Conclusions drawn from UK otter surveys, which had suggested a robust population close to panmixia, are therefore not supported by our genetic evidence. …”
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