Exploring the association between sick child healthcare utilisation and health facility quality in Malawi: a cross-sectional study by Hannah H Leslie, Margaret E Kruk, Lingrui Liu, Martias Joshua

“…Objective Increasing the availability of basic healthcare services in low-and middle-income countries is not sufficient to meet the Sustainable Development Goal target for child survival in high-mortality settings, where healthcare utilisation is often inconsistent and quality of care can be poor. …”
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Long-Term Efficacy and Safety of Leuprorelin Treatment in Children with Central Precocious Puberty: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Ling Hou, Yanqin Ying, Feng Ye, Cai Zhang, Xiaoping Luo

“…<b>Results:</b> The final adult height of children with CPP eventually reached the target height, with a significant difference of MD: 1.75 cm (95% CI: 0.46–3.03). …”
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A LINK BETWEEN AUTOPHAGY REGULATORY PROTEINS M-TOR AND BECLIN-1 AND PARAMETERS OF LYMPHOGENIC METASTASIS IN COLORECTAL CANCER by S. V. Vtorushin, K. V. Rachkovsky, N. V. Krakhmal, I. V. Stepanov, M. V. Zavyalova

“…The main regulator here is a  signaling pathway that activates serine/threonine protein kinase m-TOR (the mammalian  target of rapamycin). Data on the impact of autophagic proteins ATG5, LC3A, LC3B, and  Beclin-1 on malignant cell survival as well as on tumor growth and progression have been  reported in literature. …”
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Continuous quality improvement strategy for increasing immediate postpartum long-acting reversible contraceptive use at Jimma University Medical Center, Jimma, Ethiopia by Gurmesa Tura Debelew, Demisew Amenu Sori, Lema Seboka Degefa, Zerihun Asefa

“…Based on the baseline data, the quality gaps were identified, prioritised and change ideas were generated and tested over another 8 weeks towards achieving the immediate postpartum long-acting reversible contraceptive prevalence target set.Result This new intervention resulted in an average increase in immediate postpartum long-acting reversible contraceptive methods use from 6.9% to 25.4% by the end of the project intervention. …”
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Studies of a Mechanically Pumped Two-Phase Loop with a Pressure-Controlled Accumulator Under Pulsed Evaporator Heat Loads by Nicholas Truster, Jamie S. Ervin, Abdeel Roman, Jeff Monfort

“…Under pulsed evaporator heat loads, the mean percent error agreed within 3.45% and the mean average percent error agreed within 0.74% for the three pulsed evaporator heat loads. …”
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Possible relationship between pre-pregnancy maternal body mass index and offspring hippocampus: An experimental study in albino Wistar rat by Zahraa A. Greash, Layla Omran Elmajdoub, Eman Fayad, Ali H. Abu Almaaty

“…Methods: Thirty-six naive female albino rats (Rattus norvegicus) at 8 weeks of age with average weight 190-220g body weight were obtained and assigned to three experimental groups according to their body mass index into; under-, over- and normal weight. …”
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Research to regulation: Cougar social behavior as a guide for management by Richard A. Beausoleil, Gary M. Koehler, Benjamin T. Maletzke, Brian N. Kertson, Robert B. Wielgus

“…We also propose replacing the term “quota” with “harvest threshold” because quotas often connote a harvest target or goal rather than a threshold not to exceed. …”
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Chemoreactomic analysis of the antioxidant properties of vitamin B12 derivatives by I. Yu. Torshin, O. A. Gromova, L. A. Maiorova

“…The development of methods for predicting the properties of these molecules based on their chemical structure is important for the targeted organic synthesis of corrins with the desired properties and range of applications in pharmacology.Objective: chemoreactomic assessment of the antioxidant effects of vitamin B12 and its derivatives: aquacobalamin, diaquacobinamide, aquacyano-forms of heptaethanolamine-, heptaethylenediamine-, heptamethyl- and heptabutylcobyrinates.Material and methods. …”
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Estimation of public exposure to PAH and environmental risks via wastewater-based epidemiology by Katarzyna Styszko, Justyna Pamuła, Elżbieta Sochacka-Tatara, Agnieszka Pac, Barbara Kasprzyk-Hordern

“…These are 1-hydroxynaphthalene, 2-hydroxynaphthalene, 2-hydroxyfluorene, 9-hydroxyfluorene, 9-hydroxyphenanthrene, 1-hydroxypyrene and 3-hydroxybenzo(a)pyrene. Most target markers were found at quantifiable concentrations in raw and treated wastewater. …”
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Identification of sex characteristics of obesity and hypertension in the adult population of the Vladimir region by M. N. Mamedov, L. T. Sushkova, R. V. Isakov, V. A. Kutsenko, O. M. Drapkina

“…Obviously, in order to correct obesity and HTN, lifestyle changes at the population level must be combined with the use of antihypertensive therapy to achieve target blood pressure levels and regress LV hypertrophy.…”
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The Influence of Intrinsic Factors and Release Trials on Site Fidelity and Dispersal of Reintroduced Golden Parakeets (<i>Guaruba guarouba</i>, Aves, Psittacidae) by Marcelo Rodrigues Vilarta, Maria Fernanda Naegeli Gondim, Thaís Tamamoto de Moraes, Monica Furtado, Arnaldo Algaranhar Gonçalves, Luís Fábio Silveira

“…In avian reintroductions, elevated dispersal of released individuals is one of the main factors preventing the establishment of sizeable populations in target areas. We started reintroducing Golden Parakeets in a protected area in the Amazon Forest, and we faced problems regarding low site fidelity. …”
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Use of telemedicine improves glycemic control and quality of life in type 1 diabetes children on insulin pump therapy by Dmitry N. Laptev, Valentina A. Peterkova

“…The proportion of patients who reached the HbA1c target (&lt;7,5%) was greater in the TS group (50%) than in the CS group (20%, p&lt;0,05). …”
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Stable and unstable malaria hotspots in longitudinal cohort studies in Kenya. by Philip Bejon, Thomas N Williams, Anne Liljander, Abdisalan M Noor, Juliana Wambua, Edna Ogada, Ally Olotu, Faith H A Osier, Simon I Hay, Anna Färnert, Kevin Marsh

“…Hotspots were associated with AMA-1 titres, but not seroconversion rates. In order to target control measures, homesteads at risk of febrile malaria could be predicted by identifying the 20% of homesteads that experienced an episode of febrile malaria during one month in the dry season. …”
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Proteomics analysis of body fluid exosomes of rheumatoid arthritis patients underwent oxhorn cupping therapy. by Du Leng, Chimedragchaa Chimedtseren, Tegexibaiyin Wang, Ruga Su, Saren Bao, Xiele Mo, Xigesaiyin Ge, Suna Cha, Runtulaguer Xi, Saqila Wu, RenGaoWa Sa, Jiaqi Zhao, Ren Na, Perenlei Molor-Erdene

“…Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was used to detect the key targets regulated by OHCT.<h4>Results</h4>According to TEM images, the average size of exosomes in body fluid of RA patients underwent OHCT was 76.13 nm (5.27E+10 /mL). …”
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Applying a Four-Way Factorial Experimental Model to Diagnose Optimum kNN Parameters for Precise Aboveground Biomass Mapping by Chinsu Lin, Nova D. Doyog

“…A total of 252 sampling schemes, incorporating various sampling methods, feature counts, neighbor counts (k), and reference-target distances (RTD), were utilized to generate corresponding AGB-kNN models. …”
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Classification of Petrographic Thin Section Images With Depthwise Separable Convolution and Dilated Convolution by Shaowei Pan, Xingxing Cheng, Wenjing Fan

“…Additionally, it significantly reduces the parameter count and computational load with only 15.9 million parameters and 1259 billion FLOPs, ensuring efficiency without sacrificing accuracy. The average training time is also significantly lower than that of its counterparts. …”
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Mapping of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiases across 15 provinces of Angola. by Elsa Palma Mendes, Hajra Okhai, Rilda Epifânia Cristóvão, Maria Cecília Almeida, Nzuzi Katondi, Ricardo Thompson, Sylvain Mupoyi, Pauline Mwinzi, Onesime Ndayishimiye, Ferdinand Djerandouba, Mary Chimbilli, Julio Ramirez, Erna Van Goor, Sergio Lopes

“…A total of 640 schools and an average of 50 students per school (N = 31,938 children) were sampled. …”
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Emergency Department Recognition of Delirium: Quality Improvement Towards a Geriatric-Friendly ED by Mona AlGharibi, Mohammad Anzal Rehman, David Curran, Elsa Madott, Asim Islam, Rishi Prasad

“…Documentation for both DTS and CAM was suboptimal, well below the target of at least 90%. While the policy prepared was comprehensive, communication of the recognition and assessment pathways could be improved. …”
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Global methane emissions from natural gas transmission and distribution networks by Hureau Geoffroy, Lecarpentier Armelle, Serbutoviez Sylvain, Kaniewicz Jean, Madden Mike, Brooks Chris, Robertson Aileen, Harrison Colin, Langston Chris, Le Ravalec Mickaele

“…Given the significant global warming power and short atmospheric lifetime of methane, one of the most effective mitigation strategies for limiting global warming over the short term is to target the anthropogenic sources of methane and rapidly reduce their emissions. …”
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Seroprevalence of Helicobacter pylori in a population of 15 to 35 years old in Mashhad by Mahdieh Khoshakhlagh, Mohammadreza Tarahomi, Fatemeh Asgharian, Arghavan Kamali, Safoora Sa'd Abadi, Kimia Jafarpour, Samaneh Abolbashari, Mojtaba Meshkat, Aida Gholoobi

“…We suggest further studies with larger sample sizes and different age groups as the target population. …”
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