Respectful maternity care interventions to address women mistreatment in childbirth: What has been done? by Pablo Mira-Catalá, Ildefonso Hernández-Aguado, Elisa Chilet-Rosell

“…The aim of this scoping review is to synthetise available evidence on this subject, and to identify initiatives that have succeeded in reducing the mistreatment, D&A that women suffer during childbirth in health facilities. …”
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Inhibition of Activated Coagulation Factor XII by the Phosphodiesterase-4 Inhibitor Roflumilast: In Vitro and In Silico Studies by Hassan A. Madkhali, Mohd Nazam Ansari, Mubarak A. Alamri

“…Background: This study aimed to evaluate the effects of selected phosphodiesterase-4 inhibitors (PDE-4 inhibitors)—roflumilast, ibudilast, and crisaborole—on the activity of blood coagulation factor XII (FXII). …”
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Prevalence of trachoma in unity state, South Sudan: results from a large-scale population-based survey and potential implications for further surveys. by Tansy Edwards, Jennifer Smith, Hugh J W Sturrock, Lucia W Kur, Anthony Sabasio, Timothy P Finn, Mounir Lado, Danny Haddad, Jan H Kolaczinski

“…Across the area, 40 clusters (villages) were randomly selected proportional to the county population size in a population-based prevalence survey. …”
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Podcast as a way of promotion of creative projects: The technologies of creation by Kseniya A. Pakulina, Larisa E. Petrova

“…One of the methods that are gaining popularity in Russia to “warm up” the audience and create emotionally loyal customers can be a podcast - a separate media segment in the format of audio content that the listener selects at his own discretion. The article summarizes the experience of designing and implementing the podcast “The initiative is showable” about creative projects in Ekaterinburg, whose characters are representatives of the municipal museum, three private institutions and five creative industries. …”
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Beyond Food Safety: How Public and Private Policies Can Guide the Design of Healthier Supermarket Environments by Ana Ines Estevez Magnasco, Dominic Lemken

“…We will perform a review and delve deeper to search for governmental policies and policies of major supermarket brands in selected countries (i.e., Germany and Argentina) to taxonomize the policy initiatives, examining their projects and campaigns designed to improve supermarket environments and encourage consumers to choose healthy options. …”
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Household ownership of latrines does not ensure use: a scoping review by Nicolas Gaffan, Cyriaque Degbey, Alphonse Kpozehouen, Moussiliou Noël Paraïso, Yolaine Glele Ahanhanzo

“…Exposure to sanitation communication initiatives heightened the likelihood of latrine utilisation by individuals.Conclusion The study stresses the importance of improving children’s education and implementing poverty reduction initiatives to enable households to afford adequate sanitation facilities. …”
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Energy efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions: A panel ARDL model of top five emitters in Africa by Abayomi Samuel Oyekale

“…It was concluded that initiatives to reduce GHG emissions should focus on developing countries’ sensitivity to emission damages, and promotion of initiatives for using renewable energies. …”
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Real-World Evidence for Baricitinib in the Treatment of Atopic Dermatitis and Alopecia Areata: Systematic Literature Review 2020–2023 by Julien Seneschal, lgnasi Figueras Nart, Silvia Sabatino, Manny Papadimitropoulos, Srishti Dabral, Anastasia Lampropoulou

“…Abstract Introduction Baricitinib is an oral selective Janus kinase 1/2 inhibitor approved for the treatment of the immune-mediated inflammatory skin diseases atopic dermatitis (AD) and alopecia areata (AA). …”
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Stakeholder Communication on Destination Branding through Three Destination Axes in the Musi River Tourism Area, South Sumatra, Indonesia by Agustin Rozalena, Mahendra Wijaya, Prahastiwi Utari, Andre Novie Rahmanto

“…The sampling technique was purposive sampling, and eight people were deliberately selected to be interviewed in a semi-structured, in-depth manner and observed. …”
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Sociocultural projects “Sverdlovsk: Cultural evacuation” and “The Urals are speaking!”: Conception and implementation in the context of the formation of local patriotism by Elena A. Azanova, Zhaudet I. Iskhakov

“…In 2021-2022 in Ekaterinburg, two sociocultural projects were implemented - "Sverdlovsk: cultural evacuation" and "The Ural is speaking!". The initiators are the journalists of the portal of the Department of Culture, who conducted historical research, substantiated projects, selected a team, partners, controlled the content of cultural products and themselves became actors of the verbatim performance. …”
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Effect of balanced protein–energy supplementation given to pregnant women on birth outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Aliha Iftikhar, Hafsa Azam, Mariam Ahmed, Aliza Asad, Amber Noorani, Maaha Shabbir, Kanza Aftab

“…Design: Search included PubMed, Cochrane Central, and Embase from initiation till 20 March 2023 to select relevant studies examining perinatal factors associated with balanced protein–energy supplementation. …”
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WAQF AND ZAKAT AS PHILANTHROPIC FUNDRAISING INSTRUMENTS IN HIGHER EDUCATION: EVIDENCE FROM MALAYSIAN PUBLIC RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES by M.M. Mohd Sadiq, M.I. Rohayati, H.P.S. Abdul Khalil, M.S. Shaharudin

“…It examines the successes and challenges of these initiatives and proposes a framework for optimising the use waqf and zakat as sustainable fundraising strategies in Malaysian public higher education institutions (PHEIs). …”
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What slows the progress of health systems strengthening at subnational level? A political economy analysis of three districts in Uganda. by Justine Namakula, Xavier Nsabagasani, Ligia Paina, Abigail Neel, Chimwemwe Msukwa, Daniela C Rodriguez, Freddie Ssengooba

“…Over the last three decades, initiatives to strengthen health systems in low-income countries have attracted huge investments in the context of achieving the Millennium Development Goals, the Sustainable Development Goals, as well as Universal Health Coverage. …”
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Discontinuation and switching patterns of tumour necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFis) in TNFi-naive and TNFi-experienced patients with psoriatic arthritis: an observational study fro... by Philip J Mease, Jeffrey D Greenberg, Chitra Karki, Mei Liu, YouFu Li, Bernice Gershenson, Hua Feng, Peter Hur

“…Objective To examine patterns of tumour necrosis factor inhibitor (TNFi) use in TNFi-naive and TNFi-experienced patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) in the USA.Methods All patients aged ≥18 years with PsA enrolled in the Corrona Psoriatic Arthritis/Spondyloarthritis Registry who initiated a TNFi (index therapy) between March 2013 and January 2017 and had ≥1 follow-up visit were included. …”
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Transformation of the WHO Africa Region Secretariat: an exploratory study of the health policy lessons from health governance strengthening interventions for just and sustainable h... by Bernard Hope Taderera

“…IntroductionThe World Health Organization African Region (WHOAFRO) Transformation Agenda initiated in 2015 has emerged as an important health leadership strengthening initiative in pursuing the 2030 health Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and universal health coverage. …”
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Detection of Alzheimer’s Disease Using Hybrid Meta-ROI of MRI Structural Images by Xiaoming Zheng, on behalf of the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative

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Virological and serological outcomes in people with HIV-HBV coinfection who had discontinued tenofovir-containing antiretroviral therapy: Results from a prospective cohort study by Amir M. Mohareb, Patrick Miailhes, Julie Bottero, Caroline Lascoux-Combe, Julie Chas, Sarah Maylin, Audrey Gabassi, Hayette Rougier, Emily P. Hyle, Constance Delaugerre, Karine Lacombe, Anders Boyd

“…Conclusions: This proof-of-concept study shows that selected people with HIV-HBV coinfection may not lose virologic control of HBV when off tenofovir. …”
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Probing the HIV-1 genomic RNA trafficking pathway and dimerization by genetic recombination and single virion analyses. by Michael D Moore, Olga A Nikolaitchik, Jianbo Chen, Marie-Louise Hammarskjöld, David Rekosh, Wei-Shau Hu

“…In this report, we sought to delineate the location where HIV-1 RNA initiates dimerization and the influence of the RNA transport pathway used by the virus on downstream events essential to viral replication. …”
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Designing a Faculty Development Program on Electronic Question Banks: Schedule, Evaluation, and Sustainability Plan by Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava, Rachmadya Nur Hidayah

“…To evaluate the effectiveness of the FDP, the Kirkpatrick model of program evaluation has been selected and specific criteria have been set under each level. …”
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Treatment strategies for neuromyelitis optica by Tzu-Lun Huang, Kung-Hung Lin, Jia-Kang Wang, Rong-Kung Tsai

“…Because of the high prevalence of liver disease, all NMO patients in Taiwan should be screened for hepatitis B and C before treatment is initiated. Although immunosuppression and plasma exchange are the mainstays of therapy for NMO ON, several selective and potentially therapeutic strategies targeting specific steps in NMO pathogenesis including blockers of NMO-IgG binding and inhibitors of granulocyte function have been evaluated in recent years.…”
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