An Analysis of the Individual Applications of Decisions Protecting Family and Preventing Violence Against Women by Gözde İbicioğlu, Bilge Durutürk

“…The Constitutional Court is seen to have decided 11 times that Law No. 6284 had been violated. This article analyzes the reasons for these violation decisions and presents the assumptions and suggestions from the decisions of the first-instance courts in the direction of judges needing to receive specialized in-service training for implementing Law No. 6284. …”
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What do you expect from psychological care? A qualitative study of depressed patients’ expectations treated in mental healthcare settings by Ana Karina Zúñiga Caiseo, Guillermo De la Parra, Lucía Núñez, Mariane Krause

“…Data was analyzed using grounded theory and consensual qualitative methods. Patients had expectations regarding the characteristics of psychological treatment, the psychologist, and changes. …”
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Augmented cement shelf acetabuloplasty to improve hip stability in elderly patients with recurrent hemiarthroplasty dislocations by Rajul Gupta, Evan Dowell, Toan Theodore Le

“…The mean duration of the surgical procedure was only 63 min, and the mean blood loss was only 250 mL. There was only one instance of loosening of the cement shelf. Two patients had surgical site infections leading to sepsis and death. …”
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Uniportal thoracoscopic extended right apical segmentectomy with virtual-assisted lung mapping: a case report by Masahiro Yanagiya, Ami Wada, Nobuyasu Awano, Takehiro Izumo, Yoshiaki Furuhata

“…Here, we describe a challenging instance of extended segmentectomy via uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery with virtual-assisted lung mapping, a preoperative bronchoscopic dye marking procedure. …”
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Public Procurement Reforms and Service Delivery in Rubanda District Uganda. by Niwagaba, Ivan

“…The choice of design was in line vith the study objective of obtaining data from a significant portion of the population under study, but also to enabled the researcher get a clear understanding of the effect public procurement reforms have had on service delivery in local government units in general and Rubanda District in particular.Targeting the sample! …”
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Environmental Effects of Brick Making on a Wetland Ecosystem: A Case Study of Kakiizi Wetland Ntungamo District. by Nimusiima, Nicholas

“…Findings of the study revealed that the affected parts of the wetland had limited plant richness and increased ranges of water physical parameters most especially PH, Electrical conductivity, and temperature. …”
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Fálétí’s Philosophical Sensibility by Adeshina Afolayan

“…In the preface, Irele and Gikandi write: The scholarly interest in African orality also drew attention to the considerable body of literature in the African languages that had come into existence as a consequence of the reduction of these languages to writing, one of the enduring effects of Christian evangelization. …”
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Readability analysis as a tool for evaluating English proficiency in first-year medical students by Gnanajothy Ponnudurai, Brinnell Caszo, Justin Gnanou

“…Conclusion Our findings highlight that most students in the first year of medical school had English proficiency matching their education requirements. …”
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Effect of osmotic dehydration on qualitative and nutritional characteristics and kinetics of microwave drying of Iranian Quince slices by Narges Layeghinia, Safoora Karimi, Habib Abbasi, Khadije Silavi

“…The dried slices pretreated with OD had greater antioxidant activity, total phenolic content, and vitamin C than fresh samples. …”
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Correlation between the accuracy of the emergency response centre’s urgency assessment and emergency medical services non-conveyance: a retrospective register-based study in Finlan... by Tomi Salminen, Kaius Kaartinen, Mira Palonen, Piritta Setälä, Eija Paavilainen, Sanna Hoppu

“…This has led to increased levels of non-conveyance. In Finland, for instance, approximately 40% of EMS dispatches end up in non-conveyance. …”
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IgG4-related disease with interstitial nephritis in a patient with metastatic melanoma following immune checkpoint inhibitor treatment: a case report by Thabuna Sivaprakasam, Prachaya Nitchaikulvatana, Jodi Gedallovich, Jagruti Shah, Matthew Charles Baker

“…In addition, the patient had an asymptomatic rise in lipase (105 U/L, normal 7–60 U/L), but had no other findings to suggest pancreatitis. …”
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Analysis of crack propagation energy and effective unit hindering crack propagation by Aihua Wang, Jing Wang, Yun Peng, Lin Zhao, Yang Cao, Xianglei Kong, Liang Chu, Ziqiang Wang, Guanghui Xu

“…For instance, at 200 °C, the effective unit hindering crack propagation were discussed. …”
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Reference intervals of work ability and productivity loss and their use in patients with inflammatory rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases by Casper Webers, Sofia Ramiro, Annelies Boonen, Gertjan Wolbink, Elena Nikiphorou, Dafne Capelusnik, Laura Boekel, Wouter Smeets, Roel Braekers

“…For instance, for work ability, the 95% RI for 22 to 29-year individuals was 5.9–10, while for individuals between 50 and 59 years, it was 4.9–9.1. …”
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Surveillance of severe acute respiratory infections associated with SARS-CoV-2, influenza virus and RSV using ICD-10 codes: a case definition accuracy study across five European co... by Baltazar Nunes

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Dielectric properties of in-shell and shelled sunflower seeds (Helianthus annuus L.) and pine nuts (Pinus pinea L.) at different temperatures for radio and microwave frequencies by Ruth Hernández-Nava, Juan Mateo Meza-Arenas, Diego Sarmiento-Narvaez, Tejinder Kaur, Alonso Corona-Chavez, Roberto Rojas-Laguna, María Elena Sosa-Morales

“…For all samples, the ε’ and loss factor (ε’”) decreased with increasing frequency. ε” and ε’” values increased with higher bulk density; for instance, at frequency of 915 MHz, in-shell sunflower seeds (ρbulk = 0.341 g/cm3) had ε” = 1.49 and ε’” = 0.02 at 20°C, while in-shell pine nuts (ρbulk = 0.601 g/cm3) had ε” = 2.53 and ε’’ = 0.03 at 20°C. …”
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Effect-Size Discrepancies in Literature Versus Raw Datasets from Experimental Spinal Cord Injury Studies: A CLIMBER Meta-Analysis by Emma G. Iorio, Alireza Khanteymoori, Kenneth A. Fond, Anastasia V. Keller, Lex Maliga Davis, Jan M. Schwab, Adam R. Ferguson, Abel Torres-Espin, Ralf Watzlawick

“…Meta-analysis revealed differences in effect sizes across LED versus IAD stratifications, for instance, severe injuries had the largest effect size in LED (standardized mean difference [SMD = 4.92]), but mild injuries had the largest effect size in IAD (SMD = 6.06). …”
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Influence of reference genes on expression of TYR, MITF and ASIP genes in tissues of Silky Fowl by Zheng Nenzhu, Li Li, Xin Qingwu, Miao Zhongwei, Zhu Zhiming, Liu Fenghui, Wu Jianfei, Lu Lizhi

“…For instance, high expression of TYR and MITF genes promoted melanin deposition, while the ASIP gene inhibited melanin deposition. …”
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Exposure patterns and the risk factors of Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever virus amongst humans, livestock and selected wild animals at the human/livestock/wildlife interface in Isi... by Eugine Mukhaye, James M Akoko, Richard Nyamota, Athman Mwatondo, Mathew Muturi, Daniel Nthiwa, Lynn J Kirwa, Joel L Bargul, Hussein M Abkallo, Bernard Bett

“…On average, the sampled wild animals had CCHFV seroprevalence of 41.0% [95% CI: 29.1-49.4%]; giraffes had the highest mean CCHF seroprevalence followed by buffaloes, while impala had very low exposure levels. …”
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Prevalence and associated factors of immunization among under-five children in Somalia by Denekew Bitew Belay, Mahad Ibrahim Ali, Ding-Geng Chen, Umalkhair Abdi Jama

“…From this model, we found that women ages 20–24 (IRR = 1.192, 95% CI: 1.083, 1.313) and 25–29 (IRR = 1.180, 95% CI: 1.068, 1.305) had a higher number of vaccinations per child compared to women in the 15–19 age group. …”
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Characterization of crude polyphenol oxidase isolated from Camellia sinensis var. assamica cv. Mengku by WU Mengyao, HUANG Yingjie, YAO Yanni, HUANG Youyi

“…The inhibition of EDTA-2Na, sodium sulfite, ascorbic acid and L-cysteine on crude PPO was enhanced with the increasing concentration, and sodium sulfite had the strongest inhibitory effect on it, while EDTA-2Na showed the lowest inhibitory rate, with 3.64% in 1.00 mmol/L. …”
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