Antenatal care visits and its determinants among women in Afar regional state: North Eastern Ethiopia by Aragaw Asfaw Hasen

“…While previous studies have examined factors influencing antenatal care visits in other parts of Ethiopia, there is a lack of research specifically focusing on the Afar region. This study aimed to assess determinants of antenatal care visits among pregnant women in Afar region, Ethiopia. …”
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The Relationship between the Activity Balance Confidence and Mobility Tests among Older Adults in Indonesia by Indri Hapsari Susilowati, Sabarinah Sabarinah, Susiana Nugraha, Sudibyo Alimoeso, Bonardo Prayogo Hasiholan, Supa Pengpid, Karl Peltzer

“…A cross-sectional study was conducted among older adults living in long-term care facilities and community dwellings. A total of 326 older adults (>60 years old) participated in this study from three provinces in Java Island, Indonesia. …”
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Prevalence and determinants of intimate partner violence in pregnancy: a multicentre, binational study by Akaninyene E. Ubom, Chidinma P. Ohachenu, Suraiya S. Auwal, Safiyya F. Usman, Akwasi B. Opoku, Caesar A. Ansing, Jamiu S. Shehu, Peter C. Oriji, Komommo O. Okpebri, Ademola S. Olutoye, Rasheedat O. Balogun, Joshua E. Ifebude, Oluwole D. Obadina, Solomon Nyeche, Abdurrahman A. Bunawa, Ukeje J. Ifeanyi, Fatima A. Mahmud, Hauwa S. Gumbi, Akeem O. Ojugbele, Olubusayo O. Areo, Olakunle E. Ogunjide, Mariam M. Shiru, Ada C. Okpighe, Chia Iornengen, David M. Aqua, Suleiman Z. Abubakar, Fadekemi O. Gabriel-Raji, Oyiana I. Gregory, Lukman O. Lawal, Mathias Abude, David Walawah, Aderopo I. Adelola, Akpofure H. Ese, Jane C. Orijani, Ephraim A. Suobite, Olire C. Afon, Obinna P. Ekwebalam, Baderinwa O. Akanji, Emmanuel E. John, Ibraheem O. Awowole, Omotade A. Ijarotimi, Ngozi Thompson, John I. Ikimalo, Olusola B. Fasubaa

“…Methods A descriptive, cross-sectional study, conducted between February-July 2022, amongst pregnant women attending antenatal care clinics in 17 health facilities across the six geopolitical zones in Nigeria, and three hospitals in three regions in Ghana. …”
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Risks of parasitic helminth disease outbreaks and influence of physico-chemical factors in flood prone areas of Yaoundé, Cameroon by Noura Efietngab Atembeh, Jean Patrick Molu, Jeanne Valerie Emvoutou Maboulou, Boris Fominyam, Rodrigue Nanfack Dongmo, Gabriel Bertrand Zambo, Emilie Tchinda Tiecheu, Jeannette Tombi, Lucia Nkengazong, Serge Hubert Zebaze Togouet, Jean Louis Essame Oyono

“…Maintaining proper personal cleanliness, environmental sanitation through the building of functional and accessible faecal disposal facilities and drainages and abstaining from using the rivers as waste dumps are essential in this area to prevent parasitic helminth disease outbreaks.…”
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Availability and use of institutional support programs for emergency department healthcare personnel during the COVID-19 pandemic. by Karin F Hoth, Patrick Ten Eyck, Karisa K Harland, Anusha Krishnadasan, Robert M Rodriguez, Juan Carlos C Montoy, Linder H Wendt, William Mower, Kelli Wallace, Scott Santibañez, David A Talan, Nicholas M Mohr, Project COVERED Emergency Department Network

“…<h4>Conclusions</h4>Early in the pandemic, support programs were widely available to ED HCP, but program use was low. Future work will focus on identifying barriers and facilitators to use and specific programs most likely to be effective during periods of highest occupational stress.…”
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Asymptomatic Bacteriuria among Pregnant Women in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Prevalence, Causal Agents, and Their Antimicrobial Susceptibility by Ketema Bizuwork, Haile Alemayehu, Girmay Medhin, Wondwossen Amogne, Tadesse Eguale

“…It also aimed to identify causal bacterial pathogens and to assess their antimicrobial susceptibility. A health facility-based cross-sectional study was conducted from March to June 2019. …”
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Implementation of a goal-directed Care Bundle for intracerebral hemorrhage: Results of embedded process evaluation in the INTERACT3 trial. by Menglu Ouyang, Anila Anjum, Francisca Gonzalez Mc Cawley, Mohammad Wasay, Lu Ma, Xin Hu, Xiaoying Chen, Alejandra Malavera, Xi Li, Paula Muñoz Venturelli, H Asita de Silva, Nguyen Huy Thang, Kolawole W Wahab, Jeyaraj D Pandian, Octavio M Pontes-Neto, Carlos Abanto, Venessa Cano-Nigenda, Antonio Arauz, Chao You, Stephen Jan, Lili Song, Craig S Anderson, Hueiming Liu, INTERACT3 Investigators

“…Interviews (n = 27), focus group discussions (n = 3), and quantitative surveys (n = 48) were conducted in 7 low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and 1 high-income country during 2019-2022. …”
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Des livres dans la tête : la bibliothèque imaginaire chez Bradbury, Canetti et Joyce by Tatjana Barazon

“…L’homme se perd dans le bonheur facile, et finit par s’anéantir. Le livre est considéré comme le plus grand obstacle au bonheur dans une société qui recherche l’absence de douleur. …”
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Quid du port romain estuarien de Barzan (Charente-Maritime) ? by Vivien Mathé, Laurence Tranoy, Marion Druez, François Lévêque, Vincent Miailhe, Frédéric Pouget

“…Because of the location of the site and already known remains, including remains of warehouses, it has long been assumed that this was a major harbour facility. However, none of the excavations carried out previously made it possible to confirm this hypothesis. …”
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Magnitude, patterns, and factors associated with liver disease among clinically suspected clients in Eastern Ethiopia: hidden public health tragedy by Aliya Nuri, Sufian Jeilu, Yared Teklu, Kadir Abdu, Ahmed Muhye, Milkiyas Solomon Getachew, Imam Dagne, Muluken Yigezu, Sewmehon Amsalu Adugna, Vanisha S. Nambiar, Abdu Oumer

“…This study was to assess the magnitude, patterns, and factors associated with liver disease among patients visiting governmental hospitals in eastern Ethiopia. Methods A facility-based cross-sectional study was conducted among randomly selected 388 clinically suspected adults for liver disease visiting a public hospital in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia. …”
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Le respect de l’animal inscrit pour la première fois dans les programmes scolaires français à la rentrée 2024 : une avancée à encourager pour une protection interspécifique... by Aloïse Quesne

“…Si nous pouvons formuler des critiques à l’endroit des nouvelles dispositions du code de l’éducation ainsi que des attentes quant à la façon d’aborder les nouveaux domaines d’apprentissage, il convient de souligner qu’inclure l’animal dans le programme d’enseignement moral et civique n’est pas un choix anodin. …”
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TEST - ACI by John Smith

“…Nam libero tempore, cum soluta nobis est eligendi optio, cumque nihil impedit, quo minus id, quod maxime placeat facere possimus, omnis voluptas assumenda est, omnis dolor repellend[a]us. …”
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A Large-Scale Agricultural Land Classification Method Based on Synergistic Integration of Time Series Red-Edge Vegetation Index and Phenological Features by Huansan Zhao, Chunyan Chang, Zhuoran Wang, Gengxing Zhao

“…This comprehensive framework successfully mapped 120,996 km² of agricultural land, differentiating winter wheat–summer maize rotation areas (39.44%), single-season crop fields (36.16%), orchards (14.49%), and facility vegetable fields (9.91%). Our approach advances the field by introducing a robust, scalable methodology that not only utilizes the full potential of time series data but also strategically enhances critical temporal features for improved classification accuracy, particularly valuable for regions with complex farming systems and diverse crop patterns.…”
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Discharge against Medical Advice (DAMA) from an Emergency Department of a Tertiary Care Hospital in Saudi Arabia by Ashraf El-Metwally, Nesreen Suliman Alwallan, Ali Amin Alnajjar, Nida Zahid, Khalid Alahmary, Paivi Toivola

“…We recommend that patients be given some financial support to bear the expenses of the hospital stay from the healthcare facility or from the state. Future studies should assess the socioeconomic status of the patients and estimate the cost that is incurred by the patients.…”
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Private sector delivery of care for maternal and newborn health: trends over a decade in the Indian state of Bihar by G. Anil Kumar, Sibin George, Moutushi Majumder, S. Siva Prasad Dora, Md Akbar, Tanmay Mahapatra, Rakhi Dandona

“…The coverage of private sector facilities for livebirths in each survey and the percent change over time by 38 districts in the state and select socio-demographic characteristics, along with trends in NMR and causes of neonatal death across years are reported. …”
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Hallazgos de la ecoencefalografía transfontanelar en niños con fontanela anterior abierta y factores de riesgo asociados by Andrés Fabián Gualpa Jácome, Bárbara García Hernández, Diana Elizabeth Belnalcázar Villacreces, Alexis Rodríguez Hernández, Olga Lidia Fernández Chongo, Tahimí Conde Cueto

“…<br /><strong>Conclusiones:</strong> la ultrasonografía cerebral es un método útil, no invasivo y de fácil interpretación para la determinación precoz de entidades nosológicas en el infante, mientras permanece abierta su fontanela anterior. …”
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Prevention and Control of Losses of Gaseous Nitrogen Compounds in Livestock Operations: A Review by A.A. Jongebreur, G.J. Monteny

“…Nitrogen (N) losses from livestock houses and manure storage facilities contribute greatly to the total loss of N from livestock farms. …”
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Emissions and Chemical Components of PM2.5 from Simulated Cooking Conditions Using Traditional Cookstoves and Fuels under a Dilution Tunnel System by Colleen Marciel F. Rosales, Jinsang Jung, Mylene G. Cayetano

“…Forty-three sampling tests revealed that water-soluble K+ (23.0 ± 1.9 µg m−3), Cl− (12.3 ± 1.0 µg m−3), and Na+ (43 ± 22 µg m−3) contributed to the majority of the ionic mass concentrations generated by the CCP and MKP, respectively, whereas levoglucosan— a signature of biomass burning—dominated the PM2.5-bound monosugars emitted by the KKP (78.72 ± 6.96 µg m−3), MFP (0.76 ± 0.34 µg m−3), and MCC (10.21 ± 2.64 µg m−3). …”
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Level of health literacy and associated factors among Jimma town public high school adolescent students: A cross-sectional study. by Merga Garoma Jatu, Desalew Tilahun Beyene, Dechasa Befikadu W Senbat, Tesfaye Asfaw Alemayehu, Diribsa Tizazu Hailu, Serkalem Aschalew Jima, Midhagsaa Dhinsa Kitila, Ebissa Bayana Kebede

“…<h4>Objectives</h4>This study aimed to assess the level of health literacy and its associated factors among Jimma town public high school adolescents, Jimma, Oromia, Southwest Ethiopia, 2023.<h4>Methods</h4>A facility-based cross-sectional study was conducted in June 2023 among 604 Jimma town public high school adolescents. …”
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Barriers and drivers to exclusive breastfeeding in Kyrgyzstan: a qualitative study with mothers and health workers by Cath Jackson, Marina Duishenkulova, Nurila Altymysheva, Jyldyz Artykbaeva, Raisa Asylbasheva, Eleonora Jumalieva, Anastasia Koylyu, Sian Lickess, Tursun Mamyrbaeva, Veerle Snijders, Julianne Williams, Tiina Likki

“…(2) What are the barriers and drivers for health workers in primary care facilities to supporting exclusive breastfeeding in the first six months? …”
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