Mass transfer approach and the designing of horizontal subsurface flow constructed wetland systems treating waste stabilisation pond effluent by Anita M., Rugaika, Damian, Kajunguri, Rob, Van Deun, Bart Van der, Bruggen, Karoli N., Njau

“…Since WSPs effluent has high flow rates and low organic load, it is possible to induce high interstitial velocities in a HSSF-CW treating this effluent, without clogging and overflow. …”
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Statistical Analysis of Informal Settlements and Environmental Management in Mbale Municipality, Uganda by Mustafe, Hassan Abdi, Nafiu, Lukman Abiodun, George Stanley, Kinyata

“…The study identified the socioeconomic effects of informal settlements which include road inaccessibility, poor waste collection, and poor waste disposal, inadequate open space for dumping, and rapid production of waste and community conflicts. …”
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Clinical Characteristics and Treatment Options of Peripheral Spondyloarthritis by ZENG Lulu, JI Xiaojian, HU Lidong, HU Jiawen, ZHANG Yinan, ZHANG Jiaxin, LIU Xingkang, YANG Shiwei, HUANG Feng

“…Additionally, we analyzed differences in clinical features and treatment options among these groups.ResultsA total of 1639 patients were included in the study, of which 184 had pSpA(including 97 with psoriatic arthritis), and 1455 had axSpA. …”
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Prenatal Diagnosis and Postnatal Outcome of Fetal Ovarian Cysts by Mehmet Serdar Kütük, Mehmet Dolanbay, Mahmut Tuncay Özgün, Menşure Tonguç, Mustafa Başbuğ

“…The age of antenatal diagnoses ranged between 30-36 gestational weeks’. One case had (1/9, 11%) additional anomaly (Double collecting system). …”
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ORTHOPAEDIC EMERGENCY CASES AT HASAN SADIKIN HOSPITAL BANDUNG CAUSED BY TRADITIONAL BONE SETTER PRACTICE by Hantonius Hantonius, Hermawan Nagar Rasyid, Gibran Tristan Alpharian

“…Twenty patients (56%) with infected wound and compartment syndrome had successful operation., thirteen patients (36%) with gangrene of the extremities had amputations, and three patients (11%) with multiple organ failure died. …”
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Investigation of the impact of natural antioxidants found in coffee leaves, yerba mate, and jambolan pulp on the induction period and rate constant of biodiesel oxidation reaction... by Isadora G. Branco, Julia W. Campos, Eduardo G. de Sousa, Nathan F. Silva, José Gonçales Filho, Elis Pauli, Érica S. Romagnoli, Ana C. G. Mantovani, Dionisio Borsato

“…The coffee leaves extract had the most pronounced positive effect, increasing the IP to 12.42 h and reducing k by 5.9 times. …”
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Factors Determining Parental Attitudes Towards Termination of Pregnancy in Prenatally Detected Down Syndrome by Ömer Talip Turhan, Mehmet Serdar Kütük, Ruksan Büyükoğlan, Mehmet Dolanbay, Mahmut Tuncay Özgün, Özlem Turhan, Mürşide Şahin

“…In case of reproductive history, the termination rate was significantly higher in women who had at least one living child than women who had no child. …”
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Informal gold miners with mercury toxicity: Novel asymmetrical neurological presentations by J George, E Sadiq, I Moola, S Maharaj, A Mochan

“…Patient 1 presented with focal seizures, an asymmetrical cerebellar syndrome and an acute encephalopathy. Patient 2 had unilateral cerebellar ataxia. Both patients had toxic mercury levels, with no other cause identified for their symptoms. …”
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Influence of habitats on fish assemblages in tropical marine coastal areas of the Southwestern Atlantic by Márcio J. C. A. Lima Júnior, José A. C. C. Nunes, Cláudio L. S. Sampaio

“…The coral reef samples stood out significantly, with the greatest richness and abundance at both locations. RXJ had 18% similarity between its habitats, while PTS had 31%, indicating a relationship and the sharing of species in the composition of their assemblages. …”
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The impact of internal controls on SACCO performance in Rukiga, Uganda by moses Agaba

“…Results: The regression model results showed that segregation of duties (R=762), independent checks (R=676), and risk management (R=899) had beneficial influence on Rukiga SACCO performance. …”
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Hospitalisation from seasonal influenza among persons with type 1 diabetes: a cohort study from the Swedish National Diabetes Register by Katarina Eeg-Olofsson, Björn Eliasson, Hanne Krage Carlsen, Lena Svensson, Magnus Gisslén, Elin Allansson Kjölhede, Oliver Martyn

“…Within the T1D cohort, individuals hospitalised due to influenza were older, were more often smokers, had lower glomerular filtration rate and more often had a previous history of ischaemic heart disease and stroke.Conclusions To our knowledge, this is the first large study to highlight that persons with T1D have a threefold higher risk of hospitalisation due to seasonal influenza compared with matched controls from the general population. …”
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Clinical outcomes of asynchronous telerehabilitation through a mobile app are equivalent to synchronous telerehabilitation in patients with fibromyalgia: a randomized control study by Eren Timurtaş, İrem Hüzmeli, İlkşan Demirbüken, Mine Gülden Polat

“…Results No significant group-time interaction was found for total VAS, FIQ, SF 12, PCS, HADS, 6MWT, Arm curl tests, LI-RATT extension, LI-RATT flexion, LI-RATT right rotation scores (p > 0.05). …”
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The effect of an information brochure on patients undergoing cardiac catheterization on their anxiety, knowledge and fear: A randomized controlled study. by Maria Malliarou, Vasiliki Pappa, Iokasti Papathanasiou, Ilias Andreanidis, Athanasios Nikolentzos, Ioannis Apostolakis, Pavlos Sarafis

“…The intervention group had significantly lower scores on both short-term and overall fear compared to the control group. …”
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Patient “No-Show” Prior to Elective Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty Increases Risk of Postoperative Anemia by Jeffrey S. Mun, BA, Matthew W. Parry, MD, MS, Alex Tang, MD, Jesse J. Manikowski, MS, Cory Crinella, PA-C, John J. Mercuri, MD, MA

“…NS patients also had a greater rate of symptomatic anemia compared to AA patients (100 [3%] vs 25 cases [2%], P = .018). …”
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Investigating the Relationship Between Clinical Characteristics, Mental Health, and Vascular Function in Minor Ischemic Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack Patients by Witid Mitranun, Witoon Mitarnun, Prasit Peepathum, Amorntheap Wandee, Wenika Mitarnun, Wilasinee Pangwong, Tanormsak Senakham

“…Measurements included clinical characteristics, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale-part Anxiety (HADS-A), Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale-part Depression (HADS-D), mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), flow-mediated dilation (FMD), and brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV). …”
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Psychometric Measurement of Fertility-related Quality of Life across Gender in Primary Infertile Couples by Amita Kumari, Afreen Begum H. Itagi, V. Bhargava Reddy Kanchi, Vijayan Sharmila, Satish Pundlik Dipankar

“…However, between the groups, the relational domain was significant (0.000) and the environmental domain was non-significant (0.592). Overall, males had a significantly better total core score, total treatment score and overall total FertiQoL score, while females had lower scores. …”
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Predictors of Hospital Length of Stay among Patients with Low-risk Pulmonary Embolism by Li Wang, Onur Baser, Phil Wells, W. Frank Peacock, Craig I. Coleman, Gregory J. Fermann, Jeff Schein, Concetta Crivera

“…**Results:** Among 6746 patients, 1918 were low-risk (28.4%), of which 688 (35.9%) had short and 1230 (64.1%) had long length of stay. …”
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Sensitivity Analysis for Dry Deposition and PM2.5-bound Content of PCDD/Fs in the Ambient Air by Fanxuan Yu, Kangping Cui, Hwey-Lin Sheu, Yen-Kung Hsieh, Xueying Tian

“…The sensitivity analysis for PM2.5-bound total PCDD/Fs-WHO2005-TEQ content had similar results to those for dry deposition flux. …”
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Knowledge of Healthcare Professionals Regarding Hepatitis B in Rania Hospitals by Zhino Raouf Ali, Mohammed Rasol Ahmed, Khalid Muhamad Hamad, Zhiar Hussen Wsu

“…Three-quarters of HCPs had moderate knowledge regarding HBV infection. …”
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Spatio-temporal Evolution of Land Surface Temperature and Its Response to LULC in the Urban Agglomeration of Central Yunnan by LIN Zhiqiang, PENG Shuangyun, SHI Shuangfu, HUANG Bangmei, MA Dongling, ZHU Ziyi, MA Xiaoliang, GONG Luping

“…LST was always the lowest in the water area, with a multi-year average temperature of 17.38 ℃, while the highest temperature was found in the area covered by built-up land and cropland, with multi-year average temperatures above 21 ℃. (4) The rapid expansion of cities in the central Yunnan urban agglomeration had resulted in significant changes in LULC. The built-up land area had increased by more than 100.29%, and the rapid development of cities had increased LST from 1990 to 2020. …”
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