Acceptability of and experiences with menstrual hygiene cups among adolescent girls and young women aged 15–24 in two communities in Lusaka, Zambia: an exploratory study nested in... by Melleh Gondwe, Melvin Simuyaba, Mwelwa Phiri, Chisanga Mwansa, Albertus Schaap, Lucheka Sigande, Kwame Shanaube, Sian Floyd, Sarah Fidler, Helen Ayles, Musonda Simwinga, Bernadette Hensen

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Analysis of Surface Level PM2.5 Measured by Low-Cost Sensor and Satellite-Based Column Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) over Kathmandu by Jeevan Regmi, Khem N. Poudyal, Amod Pokhrel, Nabin Malakar, Madhu Gyawali, Lekhendra Tripathee, Mukesh Rai, Srikanthan Ramachandran, Katrina Wilson, Rudra Aryal

“…The observation shows that hourly averaged PM2.5 fluctuates bimodally in four seasons (Winter: December, January, and February; Spring: March–May; Summer: June–September; and Autumn: October–November), with the highest levels occurring during morning and evening rush hours. …”
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Characterizing Light-absorbing Aerosols in a Low-income Settlement in South Africa by Nopasika A. Xulu, Stuart J. Piketh, Gregor T. Feig, Daniel A. Lack, Rebecca M. Garland

“…In both seasons, hourly averaged levels showed bimodal diurnal cycles, which correlated with the PM2.5 diurnal patterns that indicated distinct peaks in the morning and evening. …”
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Trapos que aconchegam: o envelhecimento feminino em Lygia Fagundes Telles by Márcia Regina Schwertner, Roseli Bodnar

“…Para la elaboración del artículo, fueron investigados textos de Simone de Beauvoir, Ecléa Bosi y Robert Burtler, publicados en las décadas del 60 y 70, pero aún hoy referencias en el estudio de la vejez, y obras de publicación más reciente, entre otras, las de Guita Debert, António Fonseca, Miriam Goldenberg y Sibila Marques. …”
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Formando Professores Pesquisadores: a Experiência do Curso Normal Superior do Instituto Superior de Educação do Rio de Janeiro na Área de Matemática by Ana Teresa De Carvalho Correa De Oliveira, Gláucia Aparecida Teixeira Leão, Maria Auristela Magalhães Tarantino, Sonia Maria Simões Pereira

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Revisitando a terminologia substance, set e setting: o exemplo dos festivais de música eletrônica e os ritos urbanos de consumo de ayahuasca by Tiago Coutinho

“…Desenvolvida por Leary nos anos de 1950, retomada por Zinberg nos anos 1980 e por MacRae e Simões nos anos de 1990, a ferramenta metodológica substance, set e setting, que auxiliou diversos estudos ao longo de meio século, encontra-se ameaçado por padrões teóricos que o consideram essencialista, determinista e que leva, necessariamente, a especialização das ciências nos estudos de psicoativos: substance (farmacologia, química, física, biologia), set (psicologia), setting (Ciências Sociais). …”
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ENFERMEDAD LINFOPROLIFERATIVA EN LA COLUMNA: FACTORES PREDICTIVOS DE COMPLICACIÓN POSTOPERATORIA by RAFAEL MORAES TRINCADO, JORGE RAFAEL DURIGAN, FELIPE NEVES SIMÕES MONTEIRO, JOÃO TOMÁS FERNANDES CASTILHO GARCIA, MURILO ALEXANDRE, RODRIGO GÓES MEDEA DE MENDONÇA, ALBERTO OFENHEJM GOTFRYD, MARIA FERNANDA SILBER CAFFARO, ROBERT MEVES

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Metalinguagem em processo: a influência das verbalizações de termos metalinguísticos pelo professor na construção de narrativas ficcionais de alunos recém-alfabetizados by Maria Auxiliadora da Silva, Sônia Cristina Simões Felipeto, Eduardo Calil

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Spatiotemporal Variations of Particulate Matter and their Association with Criteria Pollutants and Meteorology in Malaysia by Anis Asma Ahmad Mohtar, Mohd Talib Latif, Doreena Dominick, Maggie Chel Gee Ooi, Azliyana Azhari, Nor Hafizah Baharudin, Norfazrin Mohd Hanif, Jing Xiang Chung, Liew Juneng

“…The diurnal patterns of PM2.5 and PM10 were in a bimodal pattern and influenced by traffic emissions. …”
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Surfaces environmental monitoring of SARS-CoV-2: Loop mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) and droplet digital PCR (ddPCR) in comparison with standard Reverse-Transcription qua... by Simona Spiteri, Irene Salamon, Luna Girolamini, Maria Rosaria Pascale, Federica Marino, Carlo Derelitto, Laura Caligaris, Simone Paghera, Manuela Ferracin, Sandra Cristino

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GR-Athena++: General-relativistic Magnetohydrodynamics Simulations of Neutron Star Spacetimes by William Cook, Boris Daszuta, Jacob Fields, Peter Hammond, Simone Albanesi, Francesco Zappa, Sebastiano Bernuzzi, David Radice

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Analysis of epidemiological trends and risk factors in high-risk areas for pulmonary tuberculosis: an observational longitudinal study in Xinjiang, China by Liping Zhang, Di Wu, Yanling Zheng, Yaoqin Lu, Salawati Haritebieke, Guangchao Liu

“…The age risk of PTB presented a bimodal distribution, namely 20–24 years and the elderly (>60 years). …”
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Changes in the intestinal microbiota induced by the postnatal environment and their association with hypertension by Patrizia Dardi, Camille Perella Coutinho, Sarah de Oliveira, Simone Aparecida Teixeira, Renaide Rodrigues Ferreira Gacek, Eduardo Purgatto, Marco Aurélio Ramirez Vinolo, Marcelo Nicolás Muscará, Luciana Venturini Rossoni

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Baryon Pasting the Uchuu Light-cone Simulation by Erwin T. Lau, Daisuke Nagai, Arya Farahi, Tomoaki Ishiyama, Hironao Miyatake, Ken Osato, Masato Shirasaki

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OLIG2 mediates a rare targetable stem cell fate transition in sonic hedgehog medulloblastoma by Kinjal Desai, Siyi Wanggou, Erika Luis, Heather Whetstone, Chunying Yu, Robert J. Vanner, Hayden J. Selvadurai, Lilian Lee, Jinchu Vijay, Julia E. Jaramillo, Jerry Fan, Paul Guilhamon, Michelle Kushida, Xuejun Li, Gregory Stein, Santosh Kesari, Benjamin D. Simons, Xi Huang, Peter B. Dirks

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Effects of biologic therapy on novel indices of lung inhomogeneity in patients with severe type-2 high asthma by Nayia Petousi, Nick P Talbot, Ian Pavord, Peter A Robbins, Nicholas M J Smith, Graham Richmond, Asma Alamoudi, Lorenzo Petralia, Haopeng Xu, Dominic Sandhu, Grant AD Ritchie

“…Following biologics, the change in σlnCl followed a bimodal distribution that dichotomised patients into σlnCl-Responders and σlnCl-Non-Responders. …”
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Empirical estimation of saturated soil-paste electrical conductivity in the EU using pedotransfer functions and Quantile Regression Forests: A mapping approach based on LUCAS topso... by Calogero Schillaci, Simone Scarpa, Felipe Yunta, Aldo Lipani, Fernando Visconti, Gábor Szatmári, Kitti Balog, Triven Koganti, Mogens Greve, Giulia Bondi, Georgios Kargas, Paraskevi Londra, Fuat Kaya, Giuseppe Lo Papa, Panos Panagos, Luca Montanarella, Arwyn Jones

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Utilizing multidisciplinary mobile outreach clinics to provide comprehensive diabetic foot care to patients experiencing homelessness by Kris M. Boelitz, MD, Jaeyoung Lee, BS, Michael D. Pepin, BS, Yiming Zhang, MS, Mallory Gibbons, MSN, NP, Frances J. Lagana, DPM, Shahida Balaparya, EdD, MBA, RVT, Lindsey Carr, Jessin Varghese, BS, NP, Caitlin Sorensen, MD, Jessica P. Simons, MD, MPH, Douglas Jones, MS, MD, Andres Schanzer, MD, Tammy T. Nguyen, MD, PhD

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Enhancing diagnostic outcomes in kidney genetic disorders: the KidGen national kidney genomics study protocol by Amali Mallawaarachchi, Hugh McCarthy, Thomas A. Forbes, Kushani Jayasinghe, Chirag Patel, Stephen I. Alexander, Tiffany Boughtwood, Jeffrey Braithwaite, Aron Chakera, Sam Crafter, Ira W. Deveson, Randall Faull, Trudie Harris, Lilian Johnstone, Matthew Jose, Anna Leaver, Melissa H. Little, Daniel MacArthur, Tessa Mattiske, Christine Mincham, Kathy Nicholls, Catherine Quinlan, Michael C. J. Quinn, Gopala Rangan, Jessica Ryan, Cas Simons, Ian Smyth, Madhivanan Sundaram, Peter Trnka, Laura Wedd, Erik Biros, Zornitza Stark, Andrew Mallett

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Protein kinase inhibitors as targeted therapy for glioblastoma: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled clinical trials by José Pinto-Fraga, Celia García-Chico, Simone Lista, Pedro Miguel Lacal, Giuseppe Carpenzano, Maurizio Salvati, Alejandro Santos-Lozano, Grazia Graziani, Claudia Ceci

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