Plant Species Composition and Community Perception Towards Landscaping Work Executed at Hawassa University-Main Campus, Ethiopia by Birhanu Kagnew, Firew Kebede

“…The results revealed that, campus landscaping work was the most significantly important and made the campus more attractive by plantation (61.1%), landscaping (27.1%) and walkways (5.7%). …”
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Nonlinear relationship between hepatic steatosis index and reversion to normal glucose regulation in Chinese adults with prediabetes by Haiyong Zeng, Fei Yu, Haofei Hu, Yong Han, Ruixue Ye, Changchun Cao

“…This retrospective cohort study utilized health examination data from 11,241 Chinese adults with prediabetes. Cox proportional hazard models were employed to calculate hazard ratios (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) to assess the association between HSI levels and reversion to NGR. …”
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Childhood occasional hypertension and its association with size at birth and early growth: a population-based retrospective cohort study from China by Shuang Zhang, Leishen Wang, Tao Zhang, Yijuan Qiao, Wei Li, Weiqin Li

“…At birth, SGA has a high risk of OHTN (AOR 1.36, 95%CI 1.10–1.68). In the SGA subgroup, although children are of normal weight at 5 ~ 6 years old, excessive catch-up growth (BMI ≥75th at 2 years old) was still attributed to OHTN (OR 1.51, 95%CI 1.03–2.24). …”
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Perceived Individual Team Member Value Creation in In-Class Permanent Teams. Analysis of evidence from individual peer reviews in a Team-Lecture Hybrid instructional strategy. by David Tataw

“…A value creation theoretical framework was used to  assess perceived value creation in 952 statements recorded in 341 intra-group assessment narratives from 127 students in 28 in-class permanent teams across 11 courses. …”
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New method for cytological evaluation using direct nipple discharge without aspiration by Jiang Zhu, Han Cong, Xiaotong Zhang, Xiaoya Dong, Song Zhao, Chaolu Hu, Jude Ranchu Maimo, Yawen Wang, Kai Zhang, Jianli Wang, Pengyu Li, Rong Ma

“…Our results showed LBC has better diagnostic sensitivity than CSC (40.00% vs. 22.22%, $$\chi^{2}$$  = 6.636, P = 0.01). The specificity was improved (LBC 100% vs. …”
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Efficacy of Inhaled Steroid Over Systemic Steroid in Stabilizing Acute Asthma in Emergency Room by B.V. Siva Vara Prasad Rao, Santhosh K B, Anil Sankol S M

“…Results: Out of 48patients, highest number (n=13)(26.5%) of patients were of aged 30-39years and lowest being(n=2)(4.1%) aged 10-19years. There was female preponderance (n=21)(56.3%). …”
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Standard reference values of the postural control in healthy young female adults in Germany: an observational study by David A Groneberg, Daniela Ohlendorf, Charlotte Doerry, Vanessa Fisch, Sebastian Schamberger, Christina Erbe, Eileen M Wanke

“…Our aim is to measure standard values for the postural control of young healthy women.Design Observational study.Setting Institute of Occupational Medicine, Social Medicine and Environmental Medicine, Goethe-University Frankfurt/Main.Participants 106 healthy German female subjects aged between 21 and 30 years (25±2.7 years) were measured. Their average body mass index (BMI) was 21.1±2.61 kg/m².Outcome measures A pressure measuring platform was used to measure the weight distribution and postural sway in habitual standing. …”
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Patient-reported Outcomes and Muscle Strength after a Physiotherapy-led Exercise and Support Brace Intervention in Patients with Acute Injury of the Posterior Cruciate Ligament: A... by Randi Gram Rasmussen, Julie Sandell Jacobsen, Birgitte Blaabjerg, Torsten Grønbæk Nielsen, Lene Lindberg Miller, Martin Lind

“…Isometric knee flexion strength of the injured knee increased 0.18 (95%CI 0.11-0.25) Nm/kg from 16 weeks after diagnosis to one-year follow-up, corresponding to an increase of 16%. …”
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Recognition of Health Care Provider's Patient Safety Culture in Kurdistan/Iraq by Ismail Ahmed Ali, Shewaz Abdalrahman Hussein, Shelan Omar Ali, Fuaad Azad Muhamad

“…A quantitative design /descriptive method were carried out during the period from 12th to 24thJanuary 2019 at Rania teaching hospital. …”
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Temporal changes in prevalence and severity of pulmonary hypertension, and relationship to outcomes in coarctation of aorta by Ahmed Younis, Yogesh N.V. Reddy, William R. Miranda, Ahmed T. Abdelhalim, Barry A. Borlaug, Heidi M. Connolly, Alexander C. Egbe

“…There was a temporal increase in PH severity (ΔRVSP 6 ± 9 mmHg, p = 0.008), and PH prevalence (19 % versus 27 %, p = 0.01). …”
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Biological effectiveness of combined exposure to neutrons and gamma radiation applied in two orders of sequence: Relevance for biological dosimetry after nuclear emergencies by Tomas Palmqvist, Milagrosa Lopez-Riego, Martin Bucher, Ursula Oestreicher, Stefan Pojtinger, Ulrich Giesen, Iuliana Toma-Dasu, Andrzej Wojcik

“…For gene expression the RBE values were gene-specific, but showed values in the range of 1.14–3.01 for 60Co → neutrons, 1.33–2.68 for neutrons → 60Co and 1.39–3.91 for neutrons. …”
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CARACTERIZACIÓN DE COPRODUCTOS DE LA INDUSTRIA DEL FILETEADO DE TILAPIA NILÓTICA (Oreochromis niloticus) Y TRUCHA ARCOÍRIS (Oncorhynchus mykiss) EN COLOMBIA by A. Osorio, A. Wills, A. P. Muñoz

“…El esqueleto mostró el mayor aporte de cenizas (tilapia: 14,12 ± 0,16%; trucha: 6,18 ± 0,06%), calcio (tilapia: 5,70 ± 0,04%; trucha: 1,72 ± 0,08%) y fósforo (tilapia: 1,89 ± 0,06%; trucha: 0,84 ± 0,03%), mientras que los recortes presentaron la mayor concentración de extracto etéreo (tilapia: 30,10 ± 0,58%; trucha: 17,50 ± 0,51%) y la carne mecánicamente separada, los mayores contenidos de humedad (tilapia: 70,38 ± 0,18%; trucha: 72,93 ± 0,3%) y proteína (tilapia: 14,32 ± 0,03%; trucha: 18,88 ± 0,05%). …”
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Bacteriological and Physicochemical Qualities of Ebutte River in Ebutte Community, Uhunmwonde Local Government Area, Edo State, Nigeria by Fred Osaro Ekhaise

“…The bacterial counts were higher than the acceptable limit of the WHO standards at all sampling points. The total viable counts ranged from 3.40 x 105 to 3.71 x 106cfu/ml for the months of August, 2010 to January, 2011. …”
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Isokinetic Assessment of Knee Flexor and Extensor Strength and Lower Extremity Flexibility Assessment of an NCAA Division III Men’s Soccer Team by Savanna Perkins, Paul Canavan

“…At 180°/sec, the mean deficit was 9.9% for extension and 11.4% for flexion. The team's average for left and right H:Q ratios for each speed were 54.4 and 51.4 at 60°/sec and 61.6 and 63.1 at 180°/sec, respectively. …”
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Unraveling the heterogeneity of WHO grade 4 gliomas: insights from clinical, imaging, and molecular characterization by Haihui Jiang, Xijie Wang, Xiaodong Chen, Shouzan Zhang, Qingsen Ren, Mingxiao Li, Ming Li, Xiaohui Ren, Song Lin, Yong Cui

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EFISIENSI ALOKASI PENGGUNAAN FAKTOR PRODUKSI USAHATANI PADI SAWAH DAN IMPLIKASINYA TERHADAP PENGEMBANGAN WILAYAH DI KABUPATEN KUANTAN SINGINGI by Dedi Zargustin, Mufti Mufti

“…Rata-rata pendapatan kotor adalah Rp 11.883.800 per hektar. Sedangkan rata-rata pendapatan bersih Rp 1.331.153 per hektar. …”
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Impact of One Year Covid-19 on Hand and Upper Extremity Injury: A Cross-Sectional Study by Pamudji Utomo, Tito Sumarwoto, Naufal Aminur Rahman, Mochammadsyah Beizar Yudhistira

“…Results: The overall number of patients in this study was 2644, with a mean total number of patients of 141.83 (SD 43.21) in the pre-COVID-19 era and 78.5 (SD 32.55) in the COVID-19 era, a significant reduction (p 0.001). …”
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The Prediction Model of High-Frequency Ultrasound Combined with Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Scoring System Improved the Diagnosis of Sclerosing Adenosis and Early Breast Cance... by Ma B, Wu G, Zhu H, Liu Y, Hu W, Zhao J, Liu Y, Liu Q

“…In the training group, the AUC of the sonographer and AI in differential diagnosis was 0.67(95% CI, 0.62– 0.71) and 0.89(95% CI, 0.84– 0.93), respectively, and the sonographer’s assessment showed better sensitivity (1.00 VS 0.73), but AI showed a higher accuracy rate (0.66 VS 0.80).Conclusion: Age, lesion size, burr, blood flow, and AI risk score are independent predictors of sclerosing adenosis and early breast cancer. …”
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Feasibility and safety of zero-fluoro, “apron-less” approach to repeat pulmonary vein isolation procedures using radiofrequency energy after initial cryoballoon ablation by Vedran Velagic, Vedran Pasara, Ivan Prepolec, Andrija Nekic, Zvonimir Katic, Davor Milicic

“…The mean procedure time was 93.9 ± 27.1 min and the mean RF time was 825 ± 468 s. The mean of 0.98 ± 0.91 veins was reconnected per patient and 36% of patients did not have PV reconnections. …”
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COVID-19 in Patients with Primary Biliary Cholangitis by М. К. Prashnova, K. L. Raikhelson, N. V. Marchenko, S. M. Zakharenko

“…The duration of hospitalization was 11.4 ± 5.7 days. There was a higher initial activity of serum alkaline phosphatase (1.8 ± 1.0 versus 1.7 ± 1.4 times of the upper limit of normal, M ± SD, p = 0.04) in patients with COVID-19 infection and lack of UDCA therapy effectiveness was more prominent (40 % vs. 19.1 % of cases, p = 0.04) compared with patients who did not have COVID-19. …”
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