Are the healers healthy? Exploring non-communicable diseases among healthcare workers in Ajman, United Arab Emirates by Sandhra Treesa Santhosh, Abubakker Siddiq Mohamed Hameed, Anugraha Lisa Ciju, Aaesha Rannath, Syeda Kaunain Fatima, Janet Chichu James, Mohammed Nayeem Shaji, Ehab M Esheiba, Jayadevan Sreedharan, Jayakumary Muttappallymyalil

“…Conclusion Non-communicable diseases were prevalent (35%) among healthcare workers in Ajman, UAE, with hypertension being the most common. NCD clustering was observed, with multiple conditions coexisting in several participants. …”
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Systematic review and meta-analysis of the prevalence and types of health care associated infections in Nigeria by Chinemerem Daniel Onwuliri, Ifeanyichukwu Uzoma Ezebialu, Adebayo Adebisi, George Uchenna Eleje, Babatunde Akinola, Chinenye Uzoamaka Ezebialu, Kabir Abdullahi, Benedict Okoro, Chinedu Okoroafor, Obed John, Muzzamil Gadanya, Fozo Alombah, Emeka Okechukwu, Homsuk Swomen, Tochi Joy Okwor

“…Urinary tract infections, surgical site infections, and skin and soft tissue infections were the most prevalent. Proteus species and Staphylococcus aureus were identified as the predominant organisms. …”
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Investigation of a cluster of SARS-COV-2 infections among workers in a factory making personal protective equipment, Buikwe District, Uganda, 2020 by Aggrey Byaruhanga, Elizabeth Katana, Alex Ndyabakira, Sandra Nabatanzi, Richard Migisha, Geoffrey Amanya, Lilian Bulage, Daniel Kadobera, Alex Riolexus Ario, Julie Harris

“…The engineering department was the most affected (positivity rate= 29.8%). Among 75 cases and 75 controls, lack of mask use (aOR= 5.9, 95% CI 2.3-15.8) and working in the old garments (aOR=2.4, 95% CI 1.1-5.5) or engineering departments (aOR=13.5, 95% CI 2.4-75.6) were associated with infection. …”
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Synthesis of Mg-, Al- and Mg/Al-date palm fronds modified biochars: characterization and investigations on phosphorus adsorption characteristics by Jellali, Salah, Hadroug, Samar, Al-Wardy, Malik, Hamdi, Helmi,  Al-Sabahi, Jamal, Bekri, Imene, Al-Raeesi, Ahmed, Hamdi, Wissem,  Jeguirim, Mejdi

“…The DPF-Mg/Al-B showed the most interesting physicochemical properties. Notably, the corresponding Mg and Al contents; BET surface area and total pore volume were evaluated to 99.6 and 136.0 mg·g–1; 180.0 m2·g–1 and 0.09 cm3·g–1, respectively. …”
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Compactación del suelo durante la cosecha forestal: evolución de las propiedades físicas Soil compaction by forestry harvester operation: evolution of physical properties by Roberto Hernán Balbuena, Antonino Marcelo Terminiello, Jorge Alejandro Claverie, Juan Pablo Casado, Raúl Marlats

“…The 10 passes treatment had significant differences compared to the 1 pass and no traffic control plot treatments from the surface layer to 50 cm depth, without differences with the 5 passes treatment in most of the studied soil layers. Subsoil compaction may be induced by repeated traffic with low axle load and their effects persist for a very long time.…”
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New insights into the mechanisms of electroconvulsive therapy in treatment-resistant depression by Ana C. Ruiz, Abdul Haseeb, William Baumgartner, Edison Leung, Giselli Scaini, Giselli Scaini, Giselli Scaini, Giselli Scaini, Joao Quevedo, Joao Quevedo, Joao Quevedo, Joao Quevedo, Joao Quevedo

“…Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) remains one of the most effective interventions for treatment-resistant depression (TRD), particularly in cases involving severe symptomatology, suicidality, or psychotic features. …”
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Differentiation grade as a risk factor for lymph node metastasis in T1 colorectal cancer by Osamu Shiina, Shin‐ei Kudo, Katsuro Ichimasa, Yuki Takashina, Yuta Kouyama, Kenichi Mochizuki, Yuriko Morita, Takanori Kuroki, Shun Kato, Hiroki Nakamura, Shingo Matsudaira, Masashi Misawa, Noriyuki Ogata, Takemasa Hayashi, Kunihiko Wakamura, Naruhiko Sawada, Toshiyuki Baba, Tetsuo Nemoto, Fumio Ishida, Hideyuki Miyachi

“…However, whether the grading is based on the least or most predominant component when the lesion consists of two or more levels of differentiation varies among institutions. …”
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THE PREVALENCE OF TRADITIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS, SUBCLINICAL CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS, CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION IN PATIENTS WITH EARLY PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS (A REMARCA... by E. I. Markelova, D. S. Novikova, T. V. Korotaeva, E. Yu. Loginova, I. G. Kirillova

“…Cardiovascular events (CVEs) are one of the most common causes of death in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA). …”
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Association between the number of children and depression in the population aged 50 years and older: a multi-national cross-sectional analysis by Jinming Zhang, Penghui Feng, Xingtong Chen, Jiaming Wu, Falin He

“…The prevalence of depressive symptoms ranged from 10.7% in the UK to 48.8% in Poland. Childlessness was most common in ELSA (15.8%), followed by SHARE (9.6%) and HRS (8.4%), while lower proportions were observed in CLHLS (1.5%), KLoSA (2.3%), and LASI (3.1%). …”
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Environmental spatial assessment at ranch scale: a tool for optimizing livestock management in Argentine forests by Santiago Agustín Varela, Noelia Cecilia Calamari, Fabio Daniel Trinco, Juan Pablo Diez, Mariana Weigandt, Flavia Romina Barzán, Lucrecia Lezana, Roxana Paola Eclesia, Dardo Rubén López, Rubén Darío Coria, Pablo Luís Peri, Fernando Javier Umaña, Fernando Raffo, Juan Ignacio Gazzotti, Carlos de la Peña, Marcelo Wilson, Emmanuel Gabioud, Hernán Hernández, Sonia Beatriz Canavelli

“…Results: Mapping of EHI values showed that most land units exhibited intermediate to high environmental health, suggesting generally favorable ecological conditions across the ranches. …”
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Interdisciplinary Consensus on the Care of Elderly Patients with Hip Fractures Through an Orthogeriatric Approach by Olga M. Lesnyak, Alexander Yu. Kochish, Igor G. Belenkiy, Mikhail V. Belov, Kseniia Yu. Belova, Svetlana A. Bozhkova, Tatiana V. Buylova, Nikolay V. Zagorodniy, Larisa A. Marchenkova, Galina A. Pichugina, Svetlana S. Rodionova, Nadezhda K. Runikhina, Yuliya A. Safonova, Anna V. Turusheva

“…Hip fractures through are one of the most frequent and severe complications of osteoporosis. …”
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Managing withdrawals and exclusions of study participants in COVID-19-research by NUKLEUS by Heike Valentin, Henriette Rau, Lizon Fiedler-Lacombe, Arne Blumentritt, Ekaterina Heim, Alexander Rudolph, Katrin Leyh, Monika Kraus, Bettina Lorenz-Depiereux, Irina Chaplinskaya, Christian Schäfer, Jens Schaller, Joerg Janne Vehreschild, Melanie Stecher, Margarete Scherer, Martin Witzenrath, Beate Balzuweit, Stefan Schreiber, Thomas Bahmer, Wolfgang Lieb, Steffen Cordes, Wolfgang Hoffmann, Sabine Hanß, Dana Stahl

“…The aim of this manuscript was to describe, how partial withdrawals can be performed so that most of the data and bio-samples can be kept for research purposes. …”
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Monitoring of questing tick species distribution in Galicia, north-western Spain, over a period of 5.5 years by María Vilá Pena, Inês Abreu Ramos, Génesis Bautista García, Elvira Íñiguez Pichel, Cristiana Cazapal Monteiro, José Ángel Hernández Malagón, Adolfo Paz Silva, Rita Sánchez-Andrade Fernández, María Sol Arias Vázquez

“…The highest tick abundance was recorded in summer, in rural areas, and at altitudes of < 300 m. Because most of the tick species present in the environment of Galicia have vectorial competence for emerging tick-borne pathogens, it is important to maintain research and coordination of tick surveillance practices in the region.…”
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One-year real-life outcomes of lanadelumab therapy in Romanian patients with hereditary angioedema due to C1-inhibitor deficiency by Noémi Anna Bara, Noémi Anna Bara, Valentin Nădășan, Diana Deleanu, Diana Deleanu

“…Angioedema Control Test, (AECT), Angioedema Quality of Life Questionnaire (AE-QoL) and attacks frequency were recorded at baseline and at 3, 6, 9 and 12 months.ResultsTwenty-four patients (14 women [58.3%], 10 men [41.7%]) initiated lanadelumab therapy, with a mean age of 40.7 years. Most had HAE-C1INH type I (22 patients, 91.7%), and one patient was under 18 years of age. …”
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How do we measure dysarthria after stroke? A systematic review to guide the core outcome set for dysarthria by Jamie J Kirkham, Claire Mitchell, Audrey Bowen, Joshua Cheyne, Paul Conroy, Sabrina El Kouaissi, Martha Duncan-Zaleski, Brooke-Mai Whelan, Sarah J Jane Wallace

“…Three measurement instruments were identified as having the most relevant clinical utility to the population, the highest quality of evidence and had the potential to measure some specific aspects from three of the four agreed domains, intelligibility, conversations and living well with dysarthria from the patient and clinician perspective. …”
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Activity of glutathione peroxidase in loach embryos under the influence of fluoroquinolone antibiotics by Antonina Tarnovska, Anastasiia Heneha

“…The study of enzymes of the glutathione system showed that the GPO activity of loach embryos incubated in the studied media increased the most after 3 hours of development.…”
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Association between retinal layer thickness and postoperative delirium in older patients by Timothy T Houle, Xin Ma, Yuan Shen, Hailin Zheng, Meijuan Wang, Ariel Mueller, Edward R Marcantonio, Tianyi Tang, Zhongcong Xie, Zhongyong Shi, Yupeng Chen, Jingxiao Hu

“…Background Postoperative delirium is one of the most common complications in the older surgical population, but its pathogenesis and biomarkers are largely undetermined. …”
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Continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) program initiation in PICU of a resource limited setting: a retrospective analysis of challenges and outcomes by Jerin C Sekhar, Karthi Nallasamy, Muralidharan Jayashree, Manjinder Singh Randhawa, Namita Ravikumar, Sudeep K. C., Suresh Kumar Angurana, Arun Bansal

“…Continuous venovenous hemodiafiltration was the most used modality (61.5%). Median CRRT duration was 36 (20.3, 58) hours. …”
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Studies of structural, optical, magnetic and dielectric properties of Sr0.7Bi0.2(Ti1-xZrx)O3 0.0 ≤ x ≤ 0.6 ceramics for wireless application by Inamullah, Asad Ali, Kashif Safeen, Salhah Hamed Alrefaee, Aiyeshah Alhodaib, Akif Safeen, Shaxnoza Saydaxmetova, Salah Knani, Ali Algahtani, Vineet Tirth, Abid Zaman

“…The dielectric constant's temperature and content variations are most likely caused by the charge carrier hopping process and thermally induced dipolar relaxation. …”
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A Case Study on the Information Ethics Gap among College Students in Taiwan: A Repeated Cross-Sectional Analysis (2008–2021) 台灣大學生資訊倫理落差：重複橫斷面之個案研究（2008-2021）... by Tao-Ming Chuang

“…The privacy protection and information security ethics gap was reduced most significantly in the four information ethics norms. …”
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