The effect of Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative compliance on the association between mode of birth and breastfeeding initiation in Sri Lanka by Laavanya Lokeesan, Elizabeth Martin, Rebecca Byrne, Yvette D. Miller

“…Associations between BFHI practices, breastfeeding initiation, mode of birth, and women’s characteristics were assessed using binary logistic regression analysis applied in mediation and moderated mediation models. Results Women who received care compliant with Steps 4 and 6 of BFHI, regardless of their mode of birth, were more likely to initiate breastfeeding within the first hour after birth. …”
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Evaluating handgrip strength and functional tests as indicators of gait speed in older females by Valentina Muollo, Samuel D’Emanuele, Laura Ghiotto, Doriana Rudi, Federico Schena, Cantor Tarperi

“…ROC analysis revealed the following results: 30 s-AC (AUC = 0.80, cut-off=∼16 repetitions, sensitivity 83%, specificity 36%), 30 s-CS (AUC = 0.74; cut-off=∼13 repetitions, sensitivity 78%, specificity 64%), and 5-CS (AUC = 0.75, cut-off = 10.0 s, sensitivity 81%, specificity 57%), HGS (AUC = 0.73, cut-off=∼20 kg, sensitivity 79%, specificity 46%).DiscussionWe found that HGS was moderately-to-weakly associated with functional outcomes in older females, indicating that it may not reflect the overall body functional capacity. …”
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Role of cash transfers in mitigating food insecurity in India during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal study in the Bihar state by Tinku Thomas, Anura V Kurpad, Sumathi Swaminathan, Patrick Webb, Sanchit Makkar, Jawahar Ramasamy Manivannan, Sandra M Travasso, Anjaly Teresa John

“…We contribute to the empirical evidence on the prevalence of food insecurity in Bihar state before and after lockdown, and whether the government’s policy of cash transfer moderated negative effects of food insecurity or not.Design This was a longitudinal study.Settings The study was conducted in Gaya and Nalanda district of Bihar state in India from December 2019 to September 2020.Participants A total of 1797 households were surveyed in survey 1, and about 52% (n=939) were followed up in survey 2. …”
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Monitoring of prostate-specific antigen in men with benign prostate enlargement receiving 5-alpha reductase inhibitors: a non-interventional, cross-sectional study of real-world pr... by Juan Manuel Palacios, Pratiksha Kapse, Vanessa Cortes, Marcio Augusto Averbeck, Alberto Budia Alba, Suryakant Somvanshi, Danilo Souza Lima da Costa Cruz, Fiona Pereira

“…Many urologists were moderately/very concerned about the effect on prostate-specific antigen when switching 5-alpha reductase inhibitor formulation. …”
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Virulence diversity of the yellow rust pathogen population in Dagestan by E. I. Gultyaeva, E. L. Shaydayuk, R. E. Smirnova, K. M. Abdullaev, K. U. Kurkiev

“…‘Reichersberg 42’ and ‘Heines Peko Vilmorin 23’ were resistant in 2020 and 2022, and moderately affected (up to 10%) in 2021. Molecular analysis identified all three isolates belonging to the invasive PstS2 group on cv. …”
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Assessment of ICT tool usage in teaching Chemistry among secondary school teachers by Nafisat Oyebola Oyeniyi, Tawa Abiola Ahmed, Habibat Bolanle Abdulkareem

“…The study found that the minimal ICT resources available were only moderately used to teach chemistry and that public and private schools in Offa LGA, Kwara State, have some ICT resources. …”
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China’s CBM exploration and production and associated technological advancements: A review and reflections by Jianping YE

“…Large-scale production of moderately deep CBM is identified as an important direction. …”
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ARTEMISIA SIEVERSIANA WILLD. IN TRANSBAIKALIA: FEATURES OF CENOFLORA AND INTRASPECIFIC VARIABILITY by A. B. Sakhyaeva, B. B. Namzalov

“…Species of the mesophyte group (15%) are  represented by medium-scale percentage; these are mostly the  plants of more moderately moist soils. According to the ratio of geographic elements, meadow-steppe and steppe Eurasian  (23%), polyzonal (weedy), and Holarctic (20%) species dominate in  the cenoflora of A. sieversiana communities, with Central Asian  desert-steppe species (14%) also present. …”
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The Tolerance of Ambiguity in the Virtual Identity Statuses among Student Users of Online Platforms by M.V. Klementyeva

“…The pre-adaptive mechanism that links components of identity search and acceptance in virtual environments use to tolerance of ambiguity, this mechanism may be further moderated by age and gender factors.</p>…”
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Obstacle Avoidance for Ship Navigation Safety Combining Heuristic Search Algorithm and Improved ACO Algorithm by Dan Wang, Yan Jing

“…The experimental results show that in simple environments, the hybrid algorithm reduces the path length by 3.8 and 5.5, and the number of iterations by 13.2 and 30.7 compared to Line-of-Sight and Particle Swarm Optimisation algorithms respectively. In moderately complex environments, the proposed algorithm reduces the average path length by 6.51 and 3.93 compared to Particle Swarm Optimisation and Line-of-Sight algorithms respectively. …”
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Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Admissions for COVID-19: Insights Using State-Level Data by Rohit S. Loomba, Enrique G. Villarreal, Juan S. Farias, Ronald A. Bronicki, Saul Flores

“…Children above 11 years of age comprised 69.7% of the total cohort and 35.1% had moderated or severe comorbidities. The median duration of a CPA was 4.9 days (1.25–12.00 days). …”
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Immunoexpression of P16 and Ki 67 in oral squamous cell carcinoma: Association with clinicopathological parameters. by Shadan Mohamad Omer, Payman Anwar Rashid

“…Histopathological findings of the tumor showed that (54.0%) of the patients had moderately differentiated squamous cell carcinoma. However, (84.0%) of the patients showed negative expression of P 16, while Ki 67 expression was positive among (76.0%) of them. …”
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The Restoration Effect of Degraded Grassland Depends on the Response of Species Root Distribution to Resource Availability by Yiming Zhao, Hui Li, Fei Peng, Dabu Xilatu, Qing Chen, Shan Lin

“…Field experiments were conducted using isotope techniques in conjunction with a specialized experimental design at a semiarid grassland location featuring heavily grazed (HG) and moderately grazed (MG) grassland sites with different dominant species. …”
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CHRONOTYPE AND DAILY FUNCTIONING OF PATIENTS WITH DIFFERENT MOTOR SUBTYPES OF PARKINSON DISEASE by A.D. Shkodina, M. Bardhan, K.A. Tarianyk, M. Yu. Delva

“…Light exposure indirectly moderately correlated with mid-sleep in all study groups. …”
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Patient Surgical Outcomes When Surgery Residents Are the Primary Surgeon by Intensity of Surgical Attending Supervision in Veterans Affairs Medical Centers by T. Michael Kashner, PhD, JD, MPH, Paul B. Greenberg, MD, MPH, Andrea D. Birnbaum, MD, PhD, John M. Byrne, DO, Karen M. Sanders, MD, Mark A. Wilson, MD, PhD, Marjorie A. Bowman, MD, MPA

“…Estimates were tested for any residual confounding biases, robustness to different regression models, stability over time, and validated using moderator and secondary factors analyses. Results:. …”
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The effect of blood glucose levels on serum triglyceride clearance in patients with hyperlipidemic acute pancreatitis by Yuxin Liu, Shuqi Qin, Si Dai, Jing Zhou, Zhendan Wang, Guojian Yin

“…Abstract Preventing moderately severe and severe acute pancreatitis (MSAP & SAP) is the primary goal of the management of hyperlipidemic acute pancreatitis (HLAP). …”
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Determinants of well-being and their interconnections in Australian general practitioners: a qualitative study by Nick Glozier, Ian B Hickie, Christiane Klinner, Alyssa Milton, Diana Naehrig, Louise Acland, Brendan Goodger

“…Both personal finances, and funding structures emerged as important moderators of the interconnections between these themes. …”
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In Vitro Free Radical Scavenging Properties and Anti-Inflammatory Activity of Ilex paraguariensis (Maté) and the Ability of Its Major Chemical Markers to Inhibit the Production of... by Ingrid Vicente Farias, Eduarda Fratoni, Lais Cristina Theindl, Angela Machado de Campos, Eduardo Monguilhott Dalmarco, Flavio Henrique Reginatto

“…Our results suggest that I. paraguariensis and its major chemical markers have strong free radical scavenging properties as well as showed important anti-inflammatory activity and that these compounds in a plant extract may work based on several different mechanisms synergistically, resulting in moderating the immune system.…”
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The intermediary effect of work stress on the relationship between off-duty professional growth and reflective ability among mid- and senior-level nurses by Junxian Wu, Jingru Song, Mingfang Zhang, Lin Li, Qin Shen

“…Conclusion This study demonstrates that the reflective ability of mid- to senior-level nurses in China is currently at a moderately low level. Enhancing Off-duty professional growth, leveraging the beneficial aspects of challenge stress, and reducing the negative effects of hindrance stress can notably improve reflective ability. …”
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Correlations between caregiver competence, burden and health-related quality of life among Chinese family caregivers of elderly adults with disabilities: a cross-sectional study us... by Yan Shi, Shuzhen Niu, Silian Ding, Songqi Wu, Jiajia Ma

“…Caregiver competence was assessed using the Family Caregiver Task Inventory, and caregiver burden was assessed with the Zarit Burden Interview.Results Caregivers of moderately and severely disabled elderly adults showed poorer scores in Physical Component Summary (F=20.463, p&lt;0.05) and Mental Component Summary (F=17.062, p&lt;0.05) compared with caregivers of older adults with mild disabilities. …”
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