Primary scalar hair in Gauss–Bonnet black holes with Thurston horizons by Luis Guajardo, Julio Oliva

“…Notably, there exists a straight line in this parameter space along which the horizon geometry exhibits enhanced isometries, corresponding to solutions previously reported in JHEP 02, 014 (2014). Away from this line, for a fixed horizon radius and temperatures above or below a critical value, the metric’s isometries undergo spontaneous breaking. …”
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A systematic review of plant-based therapy for the management of diabetes mellitus in the East Africa community by Nancy Bonareri Mitaki, Ilemobayo Victor Fasogbon, Onyinye Vivian Ojiakor, Wusa Makena, Emmanuel O. Ikuomola, Reuben Samson Dangana, Ibe Micheal Usman, Ekom Monday Etukudo, Augustine Oviosun, Swase Dominic Terkimbi, Elizabeth Bessy Umoren, Angela Mumbua Musyoka, Solomon A Mbina, Esther Ugo Alum, Ibrahim Babangida Abubakar, Godson Emeka Anyanwu, Patrick Maduabuchi Aja

“…We limited our search to peer-reviewed English articles, preclinical models, and intervention studies reporting the use of medicinal plants in the treatment of diabetes, particularly in EAC. …”
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Investigation into the sero-molecular prevalence of Brucella melitensis in small ruminants in districts Mohmand and Charsadda Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan. by Sohaib Ul Hassan, Farhan Anwar Khan, Muhammad Shuaib, Muhammad Shahid, Said Sajjad Ali Shah, Shahrood Ahmed Siddiqui, Anthony Pokoo-Aikins, Ayman A Swelum

“…Although brucellosis caused by B. mellitensis in small ruminants has never been reported in the study areas, its zoonotic importance can never be underestimated. …”
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Tuberculosis Mimicking-Musculoskeletal Tumor of The Hand: An Uncommon Case of Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis by Andy Lesmana, Hapsari Retno Dewanti, Lenty BR Perangin Angin, Muhamad Irvan Muzakky, Stefi Geovani Valentin Hayon, Mentari Maratus Sholihah, Muhammad Ifham Hanif

“…This study describes an unusual case of extrapulmonary tuberculosis that manifested as a soft tissue tumor of the hand. Case Report: A 17-year-old male presented with a painful swollen part of the 3rd finger of the left hand. …”
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The First Saint Petersburg Regional Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Registry on the Basis of the Regional Health Information System: Principles of Functioning, Testing Results, Plan of... by Yu. P. Uspenskiy, A. M. Sarana, L. N. Melentyeva, A. V. Yazenok, S. V. Petrov, Yu. A. Fominykh, S. V. Ivanov, A. V. Shotik, A. M. Segal, T. V. Gorbacheva, S. D. Plotnikova, K. V. Dronov

“…The Clinical Module allows to assess the IBD features in prospective observation. The register case report form is integrated into the patient's status in the Medical Information System of the medical institution. …”
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Los efectos negativos de la religiosidad-espiritualidad en la salud mental: una revisión bibliográfica by Rene Gallardo-Vergara, Patricio Silva-Maragaño, Yasna Castro-Aburto

“… Aunque en la actualidad se cuenta con evidencia de los efectos positivos de la religiosidad/ espiritualidad en la salud mental, también existen reportes que dan cuenta de efectos mixtos. Incluso, se han reportado efectos adversos en la salud mental de las personas. …”
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Towards Sustainability: Tracking Carbon Footprint Trends at Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife by Kgaphudi Wendy Madiope, Jacob Adedayo Adedeji, Sebataolo Rahlao

“…Using the greenhouse gas protocol corporate accounting and reporting standard as a guide, the study methodology examines greenhouse gas emissions from direct (Scope 1) and indirect (Scopes 2 and 3) sources related to Ezemvelo wildlife activities over five years (2014/2015--2018/2019). …”
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Implementation of Moodle, an open-source solution for Team Based Learning by Reid Proctor, Renee Hayslett

“…Since the Fall of 2018, we have used this system to support delivering over 360 TBL class sessions with no technical incidents reported. This novel use of Moodle to support TBL has proven to be effective, reliable, and cost friendly. …”
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Principles in practice? A policy review of the IOC's environmental sustainability agenda by Alison Cain, Michael Callan

“…This incorporates exploration of IOC documents such as policies, strategies, guidelines, reports, codes, and conference outputs. The IOC's ES agenda is interpreted as both strategy around ES, as a plan of action to achieve desired outcomes, and policies around ES, as matters of practice and principle to be enacted. …”
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Association between alkali and alkaline earth elements in chorionic villus and risk for spontaneous abortion by Meng Lin, Yutong Wang, Xiaoye Wang, Lailai Yan, Linlin Wang, Chan Tian

“…Exposure to specific alkali and alkaline earth elements(AEs/AEEs) has been reported that are linked to an increased risk of spontaneous abortion. …”
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Assessment Design And Practices Toward Holistic Learning Of Higher Education Students: Empirical Evidence Via Path Analysis Modelling Approach by Ebenezer Afrifa-Yamoah, Esther Adama, Amanda Graf, Kwadwo Adusei-Asante

“…A cross-sectional study design was employed for this study in which a self-reported survey instrument was administered to 380 social science and nursing undergraduate and postgraduate students in a public university in Australia. …”
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„Tyłek nie szklanka” – o popularności kar cielesnych w wychowaniu by Ewa Jarosz, Cezary Kurkowski

“…Based on this, in the paper some aspects of the report of the Polish Ombudsman for Children on social attitudes towards violence in upbringing from year 2017 are presented. …”
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A review of studies assessing the benefits of clean air and climate mitigation policies for child and adult health by Frederica Perera, Kathleen Lau

“…Results: All 26 studies found positive and substantial impacts of climate and clean air policies on the health of children and adults, along with substantial associated cost savings (reported in half of the studies). The benefits are likely to be serious undercounts as most studies included a limited suite of outcomes: economic savings generally considered only short-term costs; and the health benefits of climate policies were estimated as “co-benefits” of reduced air pollution, omitting those from fewer climate “shocks”. …”
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IMPACT OF MANAGEMENT CONTROL SYSTEM ON THE QUALITY OF TEACHING IN NIGERIAN PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES by Abdulfatai Olanrewaju Nurudeen, Abdul Garba

“…Given the persistent report of poor quality of teaching in Nigerian Public Universities, despite the existence of management control system, this study examined the effects of management control system on the quality of teaching of federal universities in south western Nigeria The study adopts a mixed method research design (Quantitative and Qualitative). …”
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Digital connection, real bonding: Brief online chats boost interpersonal closeness regardless of the conversational topic by Chiara Fini, Vanessa Era, Giovanna Cuomo, Ilenia Falcinelli, Mattia A. Gervasi, Matteo Candidi, Claudia Mazzuca, Marco Tullio Liuzza, Bodo Winter, Anna M. Borghi

“…Results indicated that participants in the interactive condition reported feeling significantly closer to their interlocutor than those in the non-interactive condition. …”
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ASKAP Observations of the Radio Shell in the Composite Supernova Remnant G310.6-1.6 by Wenhui Jing, Jennifer L. West, Xiaohui Sun, Wasim Raja, Xianghua Li, Lingxiao Dang, Ping Zhou, Miroslav D. Filipović, Andrew M. Hopkins, Roland Kothes, Sanja Lazarević, Denis Leahy, Emil Lenc, Yik Ki Ma, Cameron L. Van Eck

“…We report the observations of the radio shell of the supernova remnant (SNR) G310.6–1.6 at 943 MHz from the Evolutionary Map of the Universe (EMU) and the Polarization Sky Survey of the Universe’s Magnetism (POSSUM) surveys by using the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP). …”
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Genetically edited human placental organoids cast new light on the role of ACE2 by Anya L. Arthurs, Bianca Dietrich, Martin Knöfler, Caleb J. Lushington, Paul Q. Thomas, Fatwa Adikusuma, Jessica M. Williamson, Susan Babikha, Tyla Damhuis, Tanja Jankovic-Karasoulos, Melanie D. Smith, Kirsty G. Pringle, Claire T. Roberts

“…Parameters of cell and organoid growth were measured, together with qPCR, Western Blotting, and ELISA assessments, in all groups from both organoid models. Here, we report that ACE2 knockout results in delayed placental cell growth and increased cell death. …”
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Insights into prostate cancer awareness and perceptions among men in Tshwane by L Nzombe, J Shirinde, S Patrick

“…While 93.7% of the respondents reported that they had never tested for PCa, 98.3% said that if they were offered the opportunity to test voluntarily, they would agree to test for PCa. …”
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Cooperative learning in Initial Teacher Education: student experiences by Leah O’Toole

“…This often means that, drawing on their ‘apprenticeship of observation’ (Lortie 1975, 2002), student teachers tend not to use such approaches with children (Bąbka 2012), perhaps due to low self-efficacy beliefs about implementing group work in classrooms (Ruys et al. ibid) and so the ‘social pedagogic potential’ of classroom and indeed university-based learning is therefore unrealised (Blatchford et al. 2003). This paper reports the insights of a cohort of student teachers on their experiences of an integrated, cooperative approach to the teaching and assessment of Psychology and Sociology in Initial Teacher Education in Ireland. …”
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AUDIT FEE, AUDITOR’S EXPERIENCE, AND EARNINGS MANAGEMENT: EVIDENCE FROM LISTED MANUFACTURING COMPANIES IN NIGERIA by Muhammed Kamaldeen Usman, Adeoluwa Victoria Adekanye

“…Descriptive and inferential statistics were employed in the analysis of the data collected from the annual reports and accounts of the chosen companies for the period of five years (2013-2017). …”
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