Evaluation of the therapeutic effect of estrogen replacement therapy combined with autologous serum therapy in controlling severe dry eye disease in perimenopausal women by Tao Li, Juan Tang, Xiao Wang, Zhiwu Lin, Changfen Li, Guogang Liu, Guibao Xiao

“…There were 20 cases in each group, totaling 100 cases. Eye surface data, total luteinizing hormone (LH), estradiol (E2), follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), and endometrial changes were collected before and after treatment in each group. …”
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Ethnobotanical study of traditional medicinal plants used by the Miao people in Hainan, China by Tian-Liang, Shengzhuo Huang, Jun Zeng, Shoubai Liu, Honglei Jin, Yijun Chen, Battseren Tsambaa, Urtnasan Mandakh, Xilong Zheng, Wenli Mei, Almaz Borjigidai, Haofu Dai

“…This survey provides valuable data and insights for the sustainable utilization and conservation of Miao medicinal plant resources, as well as the transmission of traditional medical knowledge.…”
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Caracterização clínica dos pacientes sob ventilação mecânica internados em unidade de terapia intensiva / Clinical characterization of patients under mechanical ventilatio... by Camila Llima Ribeiro, Islene Victor Barbosa, Renata Saraiva Martins da Silva, Virna Ribeiro Feitosa Cestari, Kiarelle Lourenço Penaforte, Ires Lopes Custódio

“…Methods: A cross - sectional and quantitative study with a sample of 90 patients admitted to a referral hospital for cardiopulmonary diseases, located in the city of Fortaleza / Ceará. Data collection conducted in October 2016 through a structured instrument. …”
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Mageleie til voksne intensivpasienter med akutt lungesviktsyndrom under og etter covid-19 pandemien: Intensivsykepleieres erfaring by Andreas Urstad, Maren Engebretsen, Simen Steindal, Brith Andresen

“…Metode: Et eksplorerende kvalitativt design ble valgt. Data ble samlet via individuelle semistrukturerte intervju av seks intensivsykepleiere ved lokalsykehus. …”
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Grape Value Chain Analysis with Emphasis on Raisin Crop in Hamedan Province by S.M. Seyedan, M. Motaghed

“…Materials and Methods In this research, data was collected from each agent (link in the chain) using a questionnaire. …”
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COVID-19 information sources, knowledge, attitude and control practices among community members during the pandemic in Ebonyi state, Nigeria: an analytical cross-sectional study by Ugwu I Omale, Osarhiemen Iyare, Richard L Ewah, Chidinma I Amuzie, Onyinyechukwu U Oka, Victor U Uduma, Azuka S Adeke, Cordis O Ikegwuonu, Olaedo O Nnachi, Okechukwu O Ukpabi, Ifeyinwa M Okeke, Glory E Nkwo, Ugochi I A Nwali

“…This study aimed to further the understanding of COVID-19 information sources, knowledge, attitude and control practices and their predictors among community members in Ebonyi state, Nigeria during the COVID-19 pandemic.Design Analytical cross-sectional survey.Setting and participants We conducted a survey among all consenting/assenting community members aged 15 years and above in 28 randomly selected geographical clusters between 12 March and 9 May 2022. Data were collected through a structured, interviewer-administered questionnaire using KoBoCollect installed in Android devices.Analysis Descriptive and inferential statistical analyses were done, including multivariate generalised estimating equations.Results 10 825 participants were surveyed. …”
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Caracterização clínica dos pacientes sob ventilação mecânica internados em unidade de terapia intensiva / Clinical characterization of patients under mechanical ventilatio... by Camila Llima Ribeiro, Islene Victor Barbosa, Renata Saraiva Martins da Silva, Virna Ribeiro Feitosa Cestari, Kiarelle Lourenço Penaforte, Ires Lopes Custódio

“…Methods: A cross - sectional and quantitative study with a sample of 90 patients admitted to a referral hospital for cardiopulmonary diseases, located in the city of Fortaleza / Ceará. Data collection conducted in October 2016 through a structured instrument. …”
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A atuação do enfermeiro em comissão intra-hospitalar de doação de órgãos e tecidos [The role of nurses in the intra-hospitalar organ and tissue donation commission] [El papel de la... by Fernando Dalmaso Tolfo, Silviamar Camponogara, Maria José López Montesinos, Carmem Lúcia Colomé Beck, Suzinara Beatriz Soares de Lima, Gisele Loise Dias

“…Method: in this qualitative study conducted in five hospitals in a metropolitan region of south Brazil, data were collected by semi structured interviews of 12 nurses, and treated using thematic content analysis. …”
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Comunicação entre a equipe de enfermagem e pessoas com deficiência auditiva [Communication between nursing team and people with hearing impairment] by Thayana Rose de Araújo Dantas, Thayris Mariano Gomes, Tatiana Ferreira da Costa, Thalita Rodrigues de Azevedo, Silmery da Silva Brito, Kátia Nêyla de Freitas Macedo Costa

“…ABSTRACT This descriptive, quantitative study examined communication between the nursing team and people with hearing impairment at a hospital school in the city of João Pessoa, Paraíba. Data were collected between August 2011 and January 2012 through semi-structured interviews of 23 nurses and 21 nursing technicians, and analyzed using content analysis as a frame of reference. …”
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Unraveling fishers' perceptions: Impact of mining on fish yield and diversity in Mwenga, South Kivu, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo by Dieudonné Shukuru Wasso, Daud Kassam, Adolphe Kwakanaba Mweze, Socrate Kamani Tungidi, Emmanuel Tulinabo Ahanyirwe, Christian Masumbuko Baraka, Rodrigue Balthazar Basengere Ayagirwe

“…A cross-sectional survey involving 75 randomly selected fishers was conducted, and data were collected through structured questionnaires. …”
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Percepções de urgência e emergência pediátrica entre quilombolas: uma abordagem à luz de Leininger [Quilombo women’s perceptions of acute and emergency pediatric care: a... by Samylla Maira Costa Siqueira, Viviane Silva de Jesus, Lorena Fernanda Nascimento Santos, Juliana Pedra de Oliveira Muniz, Elane Nayara Batista dos Santos, Climene Laura de Camargo

“…Method: in this qualitative study of 12 mothers in a quilombola community in Salvador-Bahia, data were collected by semi-structured interview from December 2013 to June 2014, and analyzed on Madeleine Leininger’s Theory of Transcultural Care. …”
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Measuring Faculty Excellence: Introducing a Model by Anoush Dehnadi Moghadam

“…There are various criteria for this evaluation, which generally focus more on research performance, while the main objective of hiring faculty members has been the development of education. The common structure of academic scoring,  rewarding  research  More than teaching (4). …”
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Natural Product Identification and Molecular Docking Studies of Leishmania Major Pteridine Reductase Inhibitors by Moses N. Arthur, George Hanson, Emmanuel Broni, Patrick O. Sakyi, Henrietta Mensah-Brown, Whelton A. Miller, Samuel K. Kwofie

“…A library of 1463 natural compounds from AfroDb and NANPDB, prefiltered based on Lipinski’s rules, was used to screen against the LmPTR1 target. The X-ray structure of LmPTR1 complexed with NADP and dihydrobiopterin (Protein Data Bank ID: 1E92) was identified to contain the critical residues Arg17, Leu18, Ser111, Phe113, Pro224, Gly225, Ser227, Leu229, and Val230 including the triad of residues Asp181-Tyr194-Lys198, which are critical for the catalytic process involving the reduction of dihydrofolate to tetrahydrofolate. …”
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Caracterização clínica dos pacientes sob ventilação mecânica internados em unidade de terapia intensiva / Clinical characterization of patients under mechanical ventilatio... by Camila Llima Ribeiro, Islene Victor Barbosa, Renata Saraiva Martins da Silva, Virna Ribeiro Feitosa Cestari, Kiarelle Lourenço Penaforte, Ires Lopes Custódio

“…Methods: A cross - sectional and quantitative study with a sample of 90 patients admitted to a referral hospital for cardiopulmonary diseases, located in the city of Fortaleza / Ceará. Data collection conducted in October 2016 through a structured instrument. …”
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A Dual-Band Multi-Linear Polarization Reconfigurable Antenna for Body-Centric Wireless Communication Systems by Dingzhao Chen, Foxiang Liu, Xuexuan Ruan, Yanhui Liu

“…The compact form and robust dual-band, multi-polarization performance make the proposed antenna a promising candidate for implantable device wake-up signals and on-body data links in dense indoor environments.…”
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Tissue-Specific Expression Analysis and Functional Validation of <i>SiSCR</i> Genes in Foxtail Millet (<i>Setaria italica</i>) Under Hormone and Drought Stresses, and Heterologous... by Yingying Qin, Ruifu Wang, Shuwan Chen, Qian Gao, Yiru Zhao, Shuo Chang, Mao Li, Fangfang Ma, Xuemei Ren

“…Both <i>SiSCR</i> genes exhibited nearly identical secondary structures and physicochemical profiles, with promoter analyses revealing five conserved <i>cis</i>-regulatory elements. …”
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Comparative efficacy and acceptability of psychosocial interventions for individuals with cocaine and amphetamine addiction: A systematic review and network meta-analysis. by Franco De Crescenzo, Marco Ciabattini, Gian Loreto D'Alò, Riccardo De Giorgi, Cinzia Del Giovane, Carolina Cassar, Luigi Janiri, Nicolas Clark, Michael Joshua Ostacher, Andrea Cipriani, Andrea Cipriani

“…<h4>Conclusions</h4>To our knowledge, this network meta-analysis is the most comprehensive synthesis of data for psychosocial interventions in individuals with cocaine and/or amphetamine addiction. …”
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Caracterização clínica dos pacientes sob ventilação mecânica internados em unidade de terapia intensiva / Clinical characterization of patients under mechanical ventilatio... by Camila Llima Ribeiro, Islene Victor Barbosa, Renata Saraiva Martins da Silva, Virna Ribeiro Feitosa Cestari, Kiarelle Lourenço Penaforte, Ires Lopes Custódio

“…Methods: A cross - sectional and quantitative study with a sample of 90 patients admitted to a referral hospital for cardiopulmonary diseases, located in the city of Fortaleza / Ceará. Data collection conducted in October 2016 through a structured instrument. …”
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Surface morphology segmentation and evaluation of diamond lapping pad based on improved Mask R-CNN by Wenlong SUO, Yanfen LIN, Congfu FANG

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Epidemiology and likelihood of asymptomatic malaria among community dwellers in the Fanteakwa south district of Ghana by Enoch Aninagyei, David Adedia, Gifty Larbi, Stella Omane Acheampong, Margaret Nyarko, George Abeiku Abbew, Isaac Tuwarlba, Desmond Omane Acheampong

“…Background: Data on the asymptomatic burden of malaria in endemic areas is essential for Ghana's malaria elimination efforts. …”
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