Preparation of Manganese Dioxide Nanoparticles on Laterite for Methylene Blue Degradation by Thu-Huong Le, Thu Hong Anh Ngo, Van Thuan Doan, Le Minh Tri Nguyen, Manh Cuong Le

“…However, the heterogeneous Fenton catalytic oxidation of the M2 material is the main performance. Hence, our groups have investigated the ability of the catalytic column treatment with high efficiency of 98–100% and the degradation efficiency after the sample running through the column almost does not change much. …”
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Weight Status in Persons with Multiple Sclerosis: Implications for Mobility Outcomes by Lara A. Pilutti, Deirdre Dlugonski, John H. Pula, Robert W. Motl

“…The prevalence of overweight and obesity in this sample was almost 70%, but there was not a consistent nor significant impact of BMI on outcomes of mobility. …”
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Audience Perception of Media Reporting of Separatist and Sectarian Agitations in Nigeria by Joseph Oluchukwu Wogu, Patrick Egwu

“…For some time now, Nigeria has faced the threat of secession from different groups. Each of the groups feels that the country is not representing their interest. …”
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Special Diets and Nutrient Intakes in Morbidly Obese US Adults in Comparison to the 2020–2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans by Maximilian Andreas Storz, Frieda Stübing, Roman Huber

“…MO was more prevalent in females as compared to males (65.60% vs 34.40%) and the sample’s average age was 46.25 years, with a tendency towards a lower mean age in higher BMI groups. …”
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Biodiversity Index value of benthic invertebrates' community in relation with variation of some environmental properties in Rivers Tigris and Diyala within Baghdad city. by Baghdad Science Journal

“…Positive and Negative relationships shows between almost invertebrates groups with physical and chemical characteristic of water. …”
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Trajectory, interactions, and predictors of higher symptom burden during induction therapy for multiple myeloma by Mona Kamal, Qiuling Shi, Shu-En Shen, Charles Cleeland, Xin Shelley Wang

“…Patients in the high-severity trajectory group for the five most-severe symptoms (31% of the sample) were more likely to have high-severity cognitive and affective symptoms. …”
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Convergence and Transition of the Eastern Partnership Countries towards the European Union by Dzenita Siljak, Sándor Gyula Nagy

“…Implications & Recommendations: Poorer countries in the analysed group should do more to open their economies to attract investment, as gross fixed capital formation and economic openness have a positive impact on per capita growth, while general government debt, unemployment and inflation should be stabilised in the examined sample of countries. …”
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Individual users' participation on political Facebook pages by Yannick Winkler, Marko Bachl, Michael Scharkow

“…However, we also found a sizeable group of users who were active on many different pages even across party boundaries, and that these users were responsible for a majority of comments and reactions on almost all pages. …”
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Analysis of Cardiovascular High-Risk Profile in Middle-Aged Lithuanian Men with Arterial Hypertension from 2009 to 2019 by Vaida Šileikienė, Vilma Dženkevičiūtė, Alma Čypienė, Tautvydas Šlapikas, Roma Puronaitė, Jolita Badarienė, Aleksandras Laucevičius, Eglė Butkevičiūtė, Egidija Rinkūnienė

“…Obesity (63.6%), unhealthy diet (74.7%), physical inactivity (62.9%), and diabetes (25.2%) were more common in the group with resistant arterial hypertension than in all other groups (<i>p</i> < 0.001). …”
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Increasing population adherence to vaccination: evaluation and a systematic approach to implementation by A. V. Plakida, N. I. Briko, L. S. Namazova-Baranova, I. V. Feldblyum, N. A. Los’, E. S. Ivanova

“…Major part of the audience is married – 83.1% of the total sample. Almost a third (24.1%) of the Russian audience of the anti-vaccination movement are residents of the Central Federal District. …”
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In or out of reach? Long-term trends in the reach of health assessments in the Swedish occupational setting by Elin Ekblom-Bak, Magnus Lindwall, Linnea Eriksson, Andreas Stenling, Magnus Svartengren, Robert Lundmark, Lena Kallings, Erik Hemmingsson, Daniel Väisänen

“…Under- and overrepresented groups in the private and public sectors were identified using the most recent data (2015–2021). …”
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Taxonomic composition, distribution and resources of macrobenthos in Peter the Great Bay in 2011 by Victor A. Nadtochy, Nikolai V. Kolpakov

“…In general, the average total biomass of the macrobenthos in Peter the Great Bay in 2011 was 241.8 ± 21.1 g/m2, that is almost the same as in 2003 (265.4 ± 25.1 g/m2). The main taxonomic groups of macrobenthos were: bivalves (34.0 %), polychaetes (23.0 %), phoronids (7.1 %), and barnacles (7.1 %); these 4 groups formed 71.1 % of its total biomass and with other 11 common groups with the portions 11,0-3.5 % each (sea anemones, nemerteans, echiurans, amphipods, gastropods, sea stars, brittle stars, sea urchins, holothurians, ascidians, and algae) - 96.6 % of its total biomass. …”
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Associations of elevated levels of brain natriuretic peptide and heart failure and their contribution to survival in the Russian middle-aged population: data from the ESSE-RF study by S. A. Shalnova, V. A. Kutsenko, S. S. Yakushin, A. V. Kapustina, S. E. Evstifeeva, Yu. A. Balanova, A. E. Imaeva, G. A. Muromtseva, S. O. Kuzyakina, A. N. Redko, I. A. Viktorova, N. N. Prishchepa, O. M. Drapkina

“…The average age of the population was 45 [34; 55] years, which is significantly lower than the age of patients: 56 [50; 61] years. Almost 100% of patients with HF in our sample at this age were etiologically associated with hypertension (HTN) (94,1%), which is more than 2 times higher than in the population. …”
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Survey with Innovations to Increase Response Rate Reveals Low Compliance with Guidelines among Youth Baseball Coaches - Including a Survey of Differences between Cities - by Yoichi Kaizu, Yuki Oyama, Yamato Ishihara, Yusuke Honma

“…Despite the fact that almost all coaches were aware of the recommendations regarding pitch count limits and felt these limits were needed, only 15.5% were compliant. …”
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Female genital cutting in Malaysia: a mixed-methods study by Abdul Rashid, Yufu Iguchi

“…The qualitative component of the study included in-depth interviews and focus group interviews.Setting This study was conducted in rural areas of two states in the Northern Peninsular Malaysia.Participants Due to the sensitive nature of the study, the study sample was chosen using a snowball sampling method. …”
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Synthesis of White Silica From “Joha Rice Husk” (A Special Rice Variety of Assam, India), Characterization and Determination of Its Point of Zero Charge (pHPZC) by Jyotirmoy Sarma, Sanchayita Rajkhowa, Sourav Das

“…The scanning electron micrographs (SEMs) revealed the morphology of the RHA as fine particles undergoing agglomeration probably due to hydrogen bonding between surface silanol groups present. The irregular rough morphology is a characteristic of the amorphous nature of the samples. …”
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Evaluating Anxiety Levels and Physical Activity Among the Population of Saudi Arabia by Anwar A. Sayed, Ghaida Ghassan Alsisi, Amjad Faisal Aljohani, Manal Salman Aloufi, Samiyah Saleh Alhejaili, Reem Mebrek Almatrafi

“…<i>Results</i>: The study participants had a median age of 31 years and most of them were females (64.7%). Almost three quarters of the participants had received a higher education (73.5%) and were nonsmokers (94.1%). …”
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GPs’ reflections on prescribing addictive hypnotics to older people: a qualitative study by Holgeir Skjeie, Mette Brekke, Trygve Skonnord

“…Background: The European guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of insomnia recommends, for all age groups, only restrictive, short-term, and periodic use of potentially addictive hypnotics. …”
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The effects of smoking, alcohol consumption, obesity, and physical inactivity on healthcare costs: a longitudinal cohort study by Younhee Kim

“…The findings highlight the importance of targeted interventions for high-risk groups for reducing healthcare costs.…”
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Health journal coverage of climate change and health: a bibliometric study by Sara Schroter, Richard Smith, Florence Wedmore, Joy Muhia, Anandita Pattnaik, Melissa L Rethlefsen, Ben Rossington

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