Les origines de la critique de science-fiction : de Kepler à Wells by Arthur B. Evans

“…Enfin, à l’aube du nouveau millénaire, il semble pertinent de regarder notre passé lointain pour redécouvrir ce que ces premiers commentateurs avaient à dire des nombreux ouvrages de science-fiction de leur époque : ceci sert à approfondir notre connaissance de la continuité historique du débat actuel sur la SF et à nous faire prendre conscience de la façon dont les choses ont à la fois beaucoup et peu changé à travers les siècles.…”
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Care Burden and Coping Strategies among Caregivers of Paediatric HIV/AIDS in Northern Uganda: A Cross-Sectional Mixed-Method Study by Ibrahim Mujjuzi, Paul Mutegeki, Sarah Nabuwufu, Ashim Wosukira, Fazirah Namata, Patience Alayo, Sharon Bright Amanya, Richard Nyeko

“…A mixed-method cross-sectional study was conducted among 113 caregivers of paediatric HIV patients attending the ART clinic at a tertiary healthcare facility in Lira district, northern Uganda. A consecutive sampling method was used to select participants for the quantitative study, while 15 respondents were purposively sampled for the qualitative data. …”
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A comparative study to determine the sport branches that the classroom pre-service teachers want to be engaged in the most in their leisure time by Osman Dalaman

“…In this regard, the present study aims to elicit the opinions of the pre-service classroom teachers from elementary education programs about the sports they want to be engaged in the most in their leisure and provide some insights into recreational facilities that should be established in campuses. The sampling of the study consists of 1082 pre-service classroom teachers from the education faculties of Necmettin Erbakan University, Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, and Muğla University in 2011-2012 academic year. …”
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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on type 2 diabetes care and factors associated with care disruption in Kenya and Tanzania by Richard E. Sanya, Caroline H. Karugu, Peter Binyaruka, Shukri F. Mohamed, Lyagamula Kisia, Peter Kibe, Irene Mashasi, Grace Mhalu, Christopher Bunn, Manuela Deidda, Frances S. Mair, Eleanor Grieve, Cindy M. Gray, Sally Mtenga, Gershim Asiki

“…The number of health facility visits declined, 14.4% (p < 0.001) in Kenya and 5.6% (p = 0.001) in Tanzania. …”
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Seasonal malaria vaccination: protocol of a phase 3 trial of seasonal vaccination with the RTS,S/AS01E vaccine, seasonal malaria chemoprevention and the combination of vaccination... by Ismaila Thera, Irene Kuepfer, Daniel Chandramohan, Alassane Dicko, Issaka Zongo, Issaka Sagara, Matthew Cairns, Modibo Diarra, Amadou Tapily, Djibrilla Issiaka, Koualy Sanogo, Almahamoudou Mahamar, Frederic Sompougdou, Serge Yerbanga, Paul Milligan, Halidou Tinto, Opokua Ofori-Anyinam, Jean-Bosco Ouedraogo, B Greenwood

“…Incidence of clinical malaria is determined by case detection at health facilities. Weekly active surveillance for malaria is undertaken in a randomly selected subset of children. …”
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Health and Environmental Impact of Hospital Wastes: Systematic Review by Hela Ghali, Asma Ben Cheikh, Sana Bhiri, Lamia Bouzgarrou, Mohamed Ben Rejeb, Imed Gargouri, Houyem Said Latiri

“…The search strategy was used by combining keywords and Boolean operators: Health, Health impact assessment, Hospitals, Medical waste, Waste disposal facilities, Environment, Environment/Epidemiology, Hospital waste, impact, workplace, Environment hazards, Healthcare works, Waste management. …”
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Research on new energy power plant network traffic anomaly detection method based on EMD by Danni Liu, Shengda Wang, YutongLi, Ji Du, Jia Li

“…Results The grid deployment of large-scale PV power facilities relies heavily on dependable communication networks. …”
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Bibliometric Analysis on Global Research Trends of Airborne Microorganisms in Recent Ten Years (2011–2020) by Yonghao Jia, Yihan Chen, Ping Yan, Qianli Huang

“…Firstly, we identified 11 co-citation clusters: potential pan microbiome, bioaerosol science, beneficial microbe, urban area, fungal microbiota, wastewater treatment plant, airborne microbial aerosol, modern practice, facilities—a review, airborne microbial biodiversity, and acidic electrolyzed water. …”
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Rabies epidemiology, prevention and control in Nigeria: Scoping progress towards elimination. by Philip P Mshelbwala, J Scott Weese, Olufunmilayo A Sanni-Adeniyi, Shovon Chakma, Stephen S Okeme, Abdullah A Mamun, Charles E Rupprecht, R J Soares Magalhaes

“…Studies conducted in areas distant from rabies diagnostic facilities accounted for more human rabies cases and fewer dog rabies cases.…”
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Effects of medication procurement reforms and extended prescription duration on medication coverage for hypertension in India’s public health system: a modelling study by Kunihiro Matsushita, Andrew E Moran, Matti Marklund, Prabhdeep Kaur, Lawrence J Appel, T Joseph Mattingly, Swagata Kumar Sahoo

“…Objectives To estimate the effects of procurement reforms and extended prescription duration on medication coverage for hypertension in India’s public health system.Design Simulation study incorporating data from governmental medication price lists, prescription pattern analyses, and market sales surveys.Setting Simulated hypothetical public healthcare facility in India treating 1000 patients with hypertension.Participants Patients with medication-treated hypertension.Interventions (1) Focused procurement by reducing antihypertensive medication classes from 5 to 3 and selecting one medication within class; (2) Increased use of single-pill combinations (SPC) and (3) Only SPC dispensation. …”
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Evaluation of L-carnitine's protective properties against AlCl3-induced brain, liver, and renal toxicity in rats. by Haifa Ali Alqhtani

“…A common heavy metal in many facets of daily life is aluminum (AlCl3), which can be found in food, toothpaste, cosmetics, food additives, and numerous pharmaceutical items. …”
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Knowledge, Attitude, and Preventive Practice Related to Onchocerciasis and Associated Factors among Resource-Limited Selamogo Woreda Residents, South West Ethiopia, 2021 by Girma Gilano, null Mulugeta shegaze, Amanuel Dubale

“…Other factors like medical treatability, admission history to the health facilities, sex, and the number of households were also associated. …”
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Understanding hospital length of stay in trauma laparotomy patients: a National Trauma Database Study by Jeremy Grushka, Kosar Khwaja, Hayaki Uchino, Evan G Wong

“…Patients with a long HLOS experienced higher rates of in-hospital complications and were more frequently discharged to home with home health services or to extended care facilities. Most comorbidities were associated with a long HLOS, and patients with Medicaid or Medicare had a higher likelihood of a long HLOS.Conclusion Despite the relatively homogenous trauma population, HLOS distribution varied significantly. …”
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The questions on violence (FOV) tool for interpersonal violence inquiry in Swedish healthcare settings – evaluation of content validity, face validity and test-retest reliability by Solveig Lövestad, Karin Sjöström, Josefin Björk, Karin Örmon

“…Methods The content validity, face validity and reliability of the FOV instrument was assessed through (1) a content validity index with six experts in the field of intimate partner violence, (2) cognitive interviews with nine patients recruited from a primary healthcare facility, and (3) an evaluation of the test-retest reliability based on responses from 37(50.0%) university students. …”
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Conceptualising Centres of Clinical Excellence: A Scoping Review by Elizabeth A Lynch, Jeroen M Hendriks, Natalie Ann Fini, Thoshenthri Kandasamy, Rachel C Stockley, Lemma N Bulto

“…Objectives Centres of clinical excellence (CoCE) are healthcare facilities that provide excellent healthcare. However, despite their increasing prevalence, it is unclear how CoCE are identified and monitored. …”
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Evaluación de la eficacia de técnicas de reducción tradicionales y modernas en luxaciones Glenohumerales by Paulo Fernando Telenchana Chimbo, María Isabel Calvopiña Baird, Karina Fernanda Maigua Mullo, José Luis Medina Valencia

“…Las técnicas modernas no solo demostraron mayores tasas de éxito en la reducción, sino también tiempos de ejecución significativamente menores, reducción notable del dolor para el paciente y una disminución considerable en el riesgo de complicaciones neurovasculares y fracturas iatrogénicas, además se  destaca que estas técnicas son más fáciles de aprender y ejecutar por el personal médico, y en muchos casos pueden realizarse sin necesidad de anestesia, convirtiéndolas particularmente en técnicas valiosas en entornos de urgencia, mientras que las técnicas tradicionales que han sido utilizadas durante mucho tiempo, presentan mayores tasas de complicaciones, necesidad de mayor experiencia para su ejecución y, en algunos casos, menores tasas de éxito. …”
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FACTORS AFFECTING THE ADHERANCE OF POST CABG PATIENTSIN CARDIAC REHABILITATION-A CROSS-SECTIONALSTUDY IN KARACHI by Muniba Khanum et al

“…A major factor that leads to non-adherence were distance to CR facilities (83.75%), fatigue (83.55%), lack of time (67.8%), lack of transport (62.7%). …”
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Fasting-Evoked En Route Hypoglycemia in Diabetes (FEEHD): An Overlooked Form of Hypoglycemia in Clinical Practice by Saleh Aldasouqi, Samia Mora, Gaurav Bhalla, Naveen Kakumanu, William Corser, George Abela, Mohammad Dlewati, Kathleen Estrada, Abdul Almounajed, Tarek Tabbaa, Jamal Hammoud, Cathy Newkirk

“…Many patients with diabetes opt to fast for lab tests, especially for lipid profiles, thus missing breakfast. …”
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Electrooxidation and Development of a Highly Sensitive Electrochemical Probe for Trace Determination of the Steroid 11-Desoxycorticosterone Drug Residues in Water by Wejdan T. Alsaggaf, Mohammad S. El-Shahawi

“…Anabolic-androgenic steroids (AASs), a class of compounds frequently misused by competitors and unfortunately by the general population, have lately attracted international attention. …”
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Evaluation of genotoxic potential induced by marine cage culture by F. Turan, M. Turgut

“…<strong>BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: </strong>The eutrophication process is increased by anthropogenic or aquaculture facilities in marine ecosystems. DNA damage biomarkers for fish species detect genotoxic parameters for ecological risk assessment. …”
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