Sexual behaviors and awareness of sexually transmitted infections among Chinese university students by Dangui Zhang, Hui Pan, Binglin Cui, Frieda Law, Jeremy Farrar, William Ba-Thein

“…Three percent of the sexually active students reported having had STIs and another 8% were not sure whether they had or not. Most students had misconceptions about transmission and prevention of STIs. …”
Get full text

HIDS-RPL: A Hybrid Deep Learning-Based Intrusion Detection System for RPL in Internet of Medical Things Network by Abdelwahed Berguiga, Ahlem Harchay, Ayman Massaoudi

“…We evaluated our novel methodology against five DDoS attacks: DNS, UDP, UDP-Lag, NTP, and SYN. In comparison to the most recent methods, our suggested model achieves an accuracy of 99.87%, a precision of 98.5%, a recall rate of 98.64%, and an F1-score of 98.54%.…”
Get full text

Geochemical Assessment of Oligocene Limestone for Conceivable Use as Raw Material for Portland Cement in Sangaw Area, Iraqi Kurdistan by Saman Ghareeb, Omer Ahmed, Rezhan Jamil

“…The lime saturation factors (LSF) of assessed samples have extensively differing values, but most values have above the limits required for high quality cement. …”
Get full text

Prevalence, species identification, and antibiotic resistance of Staphylococci in dogs visiting veterinary clinics in Vietnam. by Nguyen Thi Lan Anh, Nguyen Vu Thuy Hong Loan, Nguyen Thuy Y Vi, Dao Huyen Tran, Luu Thi Thanh Hang, Sandra Steele, Lam Thanh Nguyen

“…Several antibiotic-resistance genes were identified, with aacA-aphD being the most prevalent, followed by tetK, gyrA, mecA, msrA, dfrA, and ermA. …”
Get full text

Assessment of Kerala Tourism Industry-An Economic Perspective by Suman Kalyan Chaudhury, Sukanta Sarkar, Chandra Sekhar Pattnaik, Saidur Rahman

“…Every year’s millions of people are attracted by the State due to its beautiful beaches, hills stations, backwater cannels, tea gardens, ethereal waterfalls, wildlife sanctuaries, festivals and friendly people. Kerala is one of the most popular destinations for both national and international tourists in India. …”
Get full text

The indirect impact of COVID-19 pandemic on inpatient admissions in 204 Kenyan hospitals: An interrupted time series analysis. by Steven Wambua, Lucas Malla, George Mbevi, Amen-Patrick Nwosu, Timothy Tuti, Chris Paton, Samuel Cheburet, Ayub Manya, Mike English, Emelda A Okiro

“…SPC charts showed reductions in most inpatient services starting April 2020. ITS modelling showed significant drops in April 2020 in monthly volumes of live-births (11%), over-fives admissions for medical (29%) and surgical care (25%) with the greatest declines in the under-five's admissions (59%) in public hospitals. …”
Get full text

Clinico-Microbiological Profile of Infections in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit : An Observational Prospective Study by Amarpreet Kaur, Veenu Gupta, P L Gautam, Menal Gupta

“…Gram-negative isolates, including Escherichia coli (29.8%) followed by Klebsiella pneumoniae (26.2%), Acinetobacter baumannii (13.3%) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (6.4%) were the most common isolates. Among Gram-positive, Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus haemolyticus and S. aureus were the commonest. 83.3% of the isolates were MDR and 66.4% of these were XDR. …”
Get full text

MATHEMATICAL MODEL OF DENGUE HEMORRHAGIC FEVER SPREAD WITH DIFFERENT LEVELS OF TRANSMISSION RISK by Faishal Farrel Herdicho, Nabil Azizul Hakim, Fatmawati Fatmawati, Cicik Alfiniyah, John Olajide Akanni

“…Sensitivity analysis identified the mosquito biting rate , mosquito mortality rate , and transmission rates  as the most critical factors influencing . Numerical simulations demonstrated the effects of these key parameters on both  and the symptomatic human population . …”
Get full text

Recyclable and Degradable Poly(vinyl alcohol)/Betaine-Based Deep Eutectic Polymer Dry Gel Plastics with a High Mechanical Strength by Hanyu Zhao, Ying Jia, Ling Cai, Xiaochun Wang, Minghui He, Guangxue Chen

“…Most existing polymer plastics are nonreusable and also exhibit poor biocompatibility and a poor mechanical strength–tensile strain balance. …”
Get full text

A smart secure virtual reality immersive application for alzheimer’s and dementia patients by Murad Al-Rajab, Joan Lu, Saad Amawi, Nourhan Elmehalawy, Bdour Babillie, Yazan Alasmi, Hanan Sheikh Ibrahim, Samer Ellahham, Ahlam Sawsaa, Shadi Al Zraiqat

“…The voice recognition is the most simple and easy user-interface. The security measures include access controls, encryption and continuous monitoring of cloud patient data. …”
Get full text

Cone-beam computed tomography prescription by Brazilian orthodontists by Karine EVANGELISTA, Grasielle Di Manoel CAIADO, Maria do Carmo Matias FREIRE, José VALLADARES-NETO, Maria Alves Garcia SILVA

“…Conclusion: The prescription of CBCT was adequate by most Brazilian orthodontists for cases involving impacted teeth, surgical interventions, and root resorption. …”
Get full text

Unveiling the challenges and opportunities of climate change mitigation through climate-smart agriculture in East Africa, systematic review by Gebremariam Gebrezgabher Gebremedhin, Tsegay Kahsay Gebrekidan, Abraha Kahsay Weldemariam, Niguse Gebru Weldemariam, Daniel Hagos Berhe

“…Originality/value – This review primarily focuses on the most commonly practiced CSA strategies, as examined by various scholars.…”
Get full text

A Quality Assessment of Information Available on Renal Cancer on YouTube by Jeremy Saad, Ramesh Shanmugasundaram, Darius Ashrafi, Daniel Gilbourd

“…A 2-sample t test was used to further analyse the quality assessment tool results before, during, and after 2016.ResultsMost videos were published during or after 2016 (63.3%), were predominantly created in North America (77.5%), and were presented by health care professionals (60%). …”
Get full text

TUBERCULOSIS MENINGITIS IN CHILDREN: MODERN REQUIREMENTS TO DIAGNOSTICS by L. V. Klochkova, M. E. Lozovskaja, E. B. Vasilyeva, Yu. A. Yarovaja

“…QuantiFERON-TB Gold and T-SPOT.TB are available but too expensive for most patients. However, a low prevalence of tuberculosis meningitis cases resulted in insufficient attention to TBM, late diagnostics and fatal cases. …”
Get full text

Modern Approaches to the Methods of Creating of Phage Basis for Treatment-Prophylactic a Drug of Bacteriophages Pseudomonas aeruginosa by O. A. Polygach, N. N. Voroshilov, N. V. Tikunova, V. V. Morozova, A. Y. Tikunov, B. N. Кrylov, A. A. Yunusova, A. N. Dabizheva

“…In our study, biological and morphological  properties were studied for drug design, the spectrum of  antibacterial activity of bacteriophages isolated in various regions of  Russia was determined. The most important stage of the work was  research on ensuring genetic safety of bacteriophage preparations.  …”
Get full text

A case of a stuck mesh in the rectum after pelvic surgery by Makoto Eizuka, Yosuke Toya, Risaburo Akasaka, Shun Yamada, Tomofumi Oizumi, Satoshi Kasugai, Shunichi Yanai, Yoshihiko Sugimura, Takayuki Matsumoto

“…She underwent subsequent surgery to remove the mesh. Although most foreign bodies in the rectum are swallowed or self‐inserted, pelvic surgery is another source of foreign bodies in the rectum.…”
Get full text

Blood pressure control in hypertensive patients attending a rural community health centre in Gauteng Province, South Africa: A cross-sectional study by Sergius C. Onwukwe, Nnabuike C. Ngene

“…Results: Obesity plus overweight (n = 286, 67.8%) and diabetes (n = 228, 54.0%) were the most common comorbidities. Treatment adherence was achieved in only 36.3% and BP was controlled to target in 50.2% of the respondents. …”
Get full text

Influence of calcium carbonate reinforcement on mechanical properties and sustainability of hdpe-recycled plastic composites for industrial applications by Yassin Ahmed, Mohammed Ahmad

“…The blends A9 to A12, which are the most balanced mixtures of HDPE, CaCO₃, and recycled plastic, offered the best compromise in terms of mechanical strength and flexibility. …”
Get full text

Spectral Properties of Ilmenite, Hematite, and Spinel: Implications for Upcoming Lunar Exploration Missions by Alex Camon, Myriam Lemelin

“…Our findings suggest that the ratios BR_ILM_AIM1, BD_HEM_RMM, and BD_SPI_AIM are most strongly correlated with ilmenite, hematite, and spinel abundances and that the calculation of these ratios allows us to quickly evaluate the presence of these minerals within highlands material.…”
Get full text

Healthy Eating Index and Alternate Healthy Eating Index among Haitian Americans and African Americans with and without Type 2 Diabetes by Fatma G. Huffman, Maurcio De La Cera, Joan A. Vaccaro, Gustavo G. Zarini, Joel Exebio, Deva Gundupalli, Lamya Shaban

“…Ethnicities within Black populations have not been distinguished in most nutrition studies. We sought to examine dietary differences between African Americans (AA) and Haitian Americans (HA) with and without type 2 diabetes using the Healthy Eating Index, 2005 (HEI-05), and the Alternate Healthy Eating Index (AHEI). …”
Get full text