"In the Hills on my own": 20th Century Scottish Poetry, the Writing of Perception by Stéphanie Noirard

“…Symbole de l’esprit, de l’imagination et de la mémoire pour les Gaëls, source de vie puisqu’elle est à la fois refuge, barrière naturelle contre l’ennemi et réserve de gibier ou de plantes médicinales, mais aussi source de mort qui traîtreusement surprend le voyageur égaré, elle fascine depuis toujours ceux qui la côtoient, depuis Duncan Bàn MacIntyre jusqu’à Sorley MacLean en passant par Robert Burns, Stevenson, Nan Shepherd, pour ne citer que les plus célèbres.A l’heure de la mondialisation, de l’industrialisation, du voyage facile et de la remise en question de la capacité du langage à décrire le monde, que reste-t-il de cette fascination dans la poésie écossaise du XXe siècle ? …”
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Examining teen club attendance and viral load suppression among adolescents under differentiated HIV care in Malawi: a sub-optimal scenario by Rachel Chamanga, Tessa Musukwa, Louiser Kalitera, Felix Gent, Harrid Nkhoma, Kwashie Kudiabor, Alice Maida, Dumbani Kayira, Verita Buie, Godfrey Woelk, Thulani Maphosa

“…Methods This cross-sectional study used program data from 35 health facilities in four districts that offered teen club services. …”
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Travailler en FLE avec des étudiants exilés : une occasion de sortir des sentiers battus ? by Chantal Dompmartin-Normand, Tepey Sarai Matos Aldana

“…Dans ce Dispositif Langue Accueil Migrants (DiLAMi), développé en parallèle des lieux d’enseignements universitaires locaux du FLE, les acteurs ont cherché dès le début à penser une diversification des pratiques d’enseignement, le type de migration des apprenants et leurs profils invitant à reproblématiser de façon fine la question de l’appropriation de la langue nouvelle au répertoire. …”
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Implementing and evaluating the comprehensive integration of physical activity into a major health system: study design and protocol by Alex Ewing, Mark Stoutenberg, Jennifer L Trilk, Christopher Wichman, Paul A Estabrooks, John M Brooks, Meenu Jindal, James Rosemeyer, Leah M Schumacher, Lia K McNulty, Stephanie Eskuri, Frankie Bennett

“…In Phase I, adopting clinics will receive a standardised EIMG instructional video followed by EIMG activation, allowing providers to refer eligible patients to a 12-week evidence-informed PA programme offered at local community facilities. In Phase II, adopting clinics will receive a more in-depth EIMG onboard training. …”
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Indirect contacts between Danish pig farms – what are the frequencies and risk-reducing measures, and how can they be used in simulation models? by Mette Fertner, Beate Conrady, Anne Sax Røgind, Elisabeth Okholm Nielsen, Anette Boklund

“…The delivery of the pigs varied, depending on the type of pigs being delivered: finishers were typically delivered for slaughter through delivery facilities into a (usually empty) slaughterhouse truck, while sows for slaughter were typically delivered by means of a delivery truck offsite into a slaughterhouse truck (usually with other pigs on board). …”
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Improving crude oil storage tank heating and blending using multiple hot jet sprays: An experimental and numerical study by M. Shahnazari Sani, D.D. Ganji, A. Ramiar, Kh Hoseinzadeh

“…Rapid heating and better blending prevent it from becoming sludg and jelly-like in the pipeline and damaging facilities, pumps, etc. The foreign ship, at the right operational time, sends its cargo to the tank or receives it from it and prevents the company from receiving damages due to the ship's time waste. …”
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The epidemiology of malaria in four districts in southern Mozambique receiving indoor residual spray as part of a cross-border initiative by Rajendra Maharaj, Nada Abdelatif, Mara Maquina, Ishen Seocharan, Vishan Lakan, Krijn Paaijmans, Francois Maartens, Pedro Aide, Francisco Sauté

“…Methods The study was a cross-sectional survey conducted in 6 sentinel sites in each of the four afore-mentioned districts, focusing on children 6 months to < 15 years from selected households. …”
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A basis water quality monitoring plan for rehabilitation and protection by M. Enriquez, R. Tanhueco

“…The existing activities in the surrounding residential, commercial and agricultural areas contributed to water contamination as aggravated by the unreliable drainage system, absence of proper sanitation facilities, and collection and disposal behavior of the community. …”
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Molecular Detection of Carbapenemase-Encoding Genes in Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Clinical Isolates in South Africa by Yaw Adjei Anane, Teke Apalata, Sandeep Vasaikar, Grace Emily Okuthe, Sandile Songca

“…A total of 100 nonduplicate multidrug-resistant A. baumannii strains were cultured from clinical samples obtained from healthcare facilities in the O. R. Tambo district. The strains were confirmed by detecting the intrinsic blaOXA-51-like gene. …”
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Cost-effectiveness analysis of proactive home visits compared with site-based community health worker care on antenatal care outcomes in Mali: a cluster-randomised trial by Osondu Ogbuoji, Caroline Whidden, Emily Treleaven, Youssouf Keita, Kassoum Kayentao, Ari Johnson, Jenny X Liu, Minahil Shahid, Mohamed Berthé, Armand Zimmerman, David Charles Boettiger, Coumba Traoré, Mahamadou Sogoba, Saibou Doumbia, Amadou Beydi Cissé

“…We assumed two perspectives, a CHW programme’s and the Full ANC programme’s perspective, which included facility-based as well as community-based ANC. We estimated programme costs, incremental cost-effectiveness ratios (ICERs) and probabilities of the intervention being more cost-effective than the control at different willingness-to-pay (WTP) thresholds.Results Proactive home visits were cost-saving from the CHW programme’s perspective (ICERs: −$21.39 to −$79.20 per ANC utilisation outcome) and from the Full ANC programme perspective (ICERs: −$1.70 to −$6.30 per ANC utilisation outcome) compared with the fixed-site CHW care. …”
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Acceptability, feasibility and appropriateness of intensified health education, SMS/phone tracing and transport reimbursement for uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision in a... by Mitch M Matoga, Evaristar Kudowa, Mercy Tsidya, Jennifer Tseka, Beatrice Ndalama, Naomi Bonongwe, Esther Mathiya, Edward Jere, Dumbo Yatina, Blessings Kamtambe, Mina C Hosseinipour, Charles S Chasela, Sara Jewett

“…<h4>Methodology</h4>RITe was a multi-faceted intervention comprising transport reimbursement (R), intensified health education (IHE) and SMS/Telephone tracing (Te), which increased the uptake of VMMC among uncircumcised men with sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in Malawi. …”
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Do You Speak Dialect? Yes! by Vytautas Kardelis, Gabriela Forgeron

“…In essence, the methodology involved a dual-faceted approach: first, to ascertain whether informants employed dialectal language in informal settings with family members and friends from their country of origin; and second, to examine the practical implementation of this linguistic phenomenon. …”
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Environmental awareness and plastic use behavior during the Covid-19 pandemic by H. Herdiansyah, Nuraeni .

“…It emphasizes the need for intervention in the form of education about the importance of protecting the environment and providing facilities that enable people to implement good waste-processing behavior.…”
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Isolation and Characterization of Coronavirus and Rotavirus Associated with Calves in Central Part of Oromia, Ethiopia by Umer Seid, Fufa Dawo, Asamino Tesfaye, Munera Ahmednur

“…Coronavirus and rotavirus are most commonly associated etiologies for calves’ diarrhoea, resulting in loss of productivity and economy of farmers. However, various facets of diarrheal disease caused by coronavirus and rotavirus in calves in Ethiopia are inadequately understood. …”
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Laser Induced Spectroscopy (LIBS) Technology and Environmental Risk Index (RI) to Detect Microplastics in Drinking Water in Baghdad, Iraq by Estabraq Mohammed Ati, Shahla Hussien Hano, Rana Fadhil abbas, Reyam Naji Ajmi and Abdalkader Saeed Latif

“…According to our results, the integration of LIBS technology provides a fast and efficient way to detect microplastics. It has a high resolution of fine particles, allowing the detection of very small particles associated with various adverse effects on human health. …”
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Utilization of partograph and associated factors among obstetric caregivers in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Mulat Ayele, Eyob Shitie Lake, Gizachew Yilak, Getinet Kumie, Biruk Beletew Abate, Alemu Birara Zemariam, Befkad Derese Tilahun

“…Partograph training, good knowledge about partograph, favorable attitude toward partograph, partograph availability in the health facility, and being in the midwifery profession were significantly associated with partograph utilization.Systematic Review Registrationhttps://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/, identifier (CRD42023475818).…”
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Application of green silver nano-particles as anti-bacterial and photo-catalytic degradation of azo dye in wastewater by Zainab Haider Ali, Lubna Abdulazeem, Wurood Alwan Kadhim¹, Mazin H. Kzar³, Osamah J. Al-sareji

“…Abstract Ensuring everyone enjoys healthy lifestyles and well-being at all ages, Progress has been made in increasing access to clean water and sanitation facilities and reducing the spread of epidemics and diseases. …”
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Effect of nutrition education on hemoglobin level of pregnant women in Southeast Ethiopia: a cluster randomized controlled trial by Girma Beressa, Susan J. Whiting, Tefera Belachew

“…Methods A community-based two-arm parallel cluster randomized controlled trial was carried out among 447 randomly selected pregnant women attending antenatal care (224 intervention and 223 control groups) at health facilities from February to December 2021. A multistage cluster sampling technique followed by systematic sampling was used to select the pregnant women. …”
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المکتبات الخضراء ودورها فى مواجهة تحدیات الاستدامة البیئیة : دراسة تحلیلیة مقارنة by د. مها لؤى حاتم

“…Achievingenvironmental sustainability is not limited to the library building, but also tomanagement, equipment, collections, and technical processes, services providedand marketing.The study draws its importance from the rules and standards that must beavailable to achieve the elements of environmental sustainability in libraries as afacade of civilization, heritage portfolio, and a model of social development.Libraries can continuously check the environmental sustainability rules andprovide their components of: structure, building, facades, atmosphere, interior  environment of ventilation, cooling, heating, lighting and other interior fittings,along with green ICT and other characteristics that refer to green marketing in theend to represent a real interface to innovation Civilization.The study aims at identifying the nature of green libraries, the reasonsand justifications for their transformation, the mechanisms of such transformation,in addition to surveying of their standards specifications, and comparing thedifferent models of green libraries in the world.One of the most prominent results of the study is the presentation oflibrary institutions as a living voice for the environment, and their role inrepresenting a model of green and sustainable development. …”
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Enhancing stone expulsion: The efficacy of combined medical therapy with tamsulosin and dexamethasone in renal colic patients by Reza Kazemi, Mohammad Shahrashoub, Amir Javid, Narjes Saberi, Pouria Ghasemi, Saina Paymannejad

“…Materials and Methods: This prospective, double-blind, randomized controlled trial with 1:1 balanced randomization was conducted from September 2022 to March 2023 at Al-Zahra Hospital, a tertiary care facility affiliated with Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. …”
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