“Vaccinating a child is upon the woman”: implications for improving uptake for the recently introduced second dose of measles-containing vaccine based on a rapid community assessme... by Adelline Twimukye, Nessa Ryan, Flavia Vivian Najjuma, Yvette Wibabara, Judith Nanyondo, Shillah Nakato, Maria Sarah Nabaggala, Ciara Sugerman, Daniel Kadobera, Rita Atugonza, John Kamulegeya, Joseph Magoola, Racheal Beyagira, Mohammed Lamorde, Alex Riolexus Ario, Alfred Driwale, Shibani Kulkarni

“…Data were analyzed using NVivo version 12, wherein we used the framework analysis approach to define and structure codes deductively and inductively to identify themes. …”
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Machine learning combined with multi-omics to identify immune-related LncRNA signature as biomarkers for predicting breast cancer prognosis by Yuxing Liu, Jintao Chen, Daifeng Yang, Chenming Liu, Chunhui Tang, Shanshan Cai, Yingxuan Huang

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AI-driven cybersecurity framework for software development based on the ANN-ISM paradigm by Habib Ullah Khan, Rafiq Ahmad Khan, Hathal S. Alwageed, Alaa Omran Almagrabi, Sarra Ayouni, Mohamed Maddeh

“…This framework helps realize dynamic, intelligent security as a part of the Software Development life cycle (SDLC). Initially, existing cybersecurity risks in software coding are systematically evaluated to identify potential gaps and integrate best practices into the proposed model. …”
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Recording of patients’ mental health and quality of life-related outcomes in primary care: a cross-sectional study in the UK by Rachael Williams, Helena Carreira, Krishnan Bhaskaran, Harley Dempsey

“…Objective To compare patient-reported anxiety, depression and quality-of-life (QoL) outcomes, with data registered in patients’ primary care electronic health record (EHR).Design Cross-sectional study.Setting Primary care in the UK.Participants A convenience sample of 608 women registered in the Clinical Practice Research Datalink GOLD primary care database (data from a previous study on 356 breast cancer survivors (8.1 years postdiagnosis) and 252 women with no prior cancer).Outcome measures Patient-reported data on anxiety, depression and QoL, collected through postal questionnaires, and compared with coded information in EHR up to 2 years prior.Results Abnormal anxiety symptoms were reported by 118 of 599 women who answered the relevant questions (21%); 59/118 (50%) had general practitioner (GP)-recorded anxiolytic/antidepressant use, and 2 (1.6%) had anxiety coded in the EHR. 26/601 women (11%) reported depression symptoms, of whom 17 (65.4%) had GP-recorded antidepressant use and none had depression coded. 65 of 123 women reporting distress on the pain QoL domain (52.8%) had a corresponding record in the EHR <3 months before and 92 (74.8%) <24 months before. …”
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Performance Assessment of Multi-story Building After 24 Years in Service by Taufiq Saidi*, Muttaqin Muttaqin*, Imam Muzhaffar, Bambang Setiawan, Juellyan Juellyan

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Pharmacist Led Intervention on Inhalation Technique among Asthmatic Patients for Improving Quality of Life in a Private Hospital of Nepal by Anita Yadav, Parbati Thapa

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Karandu (Gong): History, Functions, and Symbols in the Life of the Tolaki People in 17th -20th Century Southeast Sulawesi by Akhmad Marhadi, Syahrun Syahrun, Basrin Melamba, Marwati Marwati, Hayari Hayari

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Proportional mortality and years of potential life lost due to liver diseases among agricultural workers, Brazil, 2017 to 2022 by Jailma dos Santos Silva, Soraia Arruda, Thayane Silva Nunes, Wiler de Paula Dias, Adedayo Michael Awoniyi, Armando Meyer, Cleber Cremonese

“…Abstract: This study aimed to describe the profile and calculate the years of potential life lost (YPLL) due to liver diseases in Brazilian agricultural workers from 2017 to 2022. …”
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Years of life lost due to diseases of the digestive system in Poland according to socioeconomic factors: a cross-sectional study by Paulina Paciej-Gołębiowska, Małgorzata Pikala, Irena Maniecka-Bryła

“…Objectives To analyse years of life lost (YLLs) due to digestive diseases in Poland according to: marital status, education, working status and place of residence.Design A cross-sectional study.Setting The study was based on a dataset containing information from death certificates of Poles who died in 2002 and in 2011.Participants The analysis covered records with codes K00–K93 according to the International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th Revision.Outcome measures YLL values were calculated using the Standard Expected Years of Life Lost measure. …”
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Intra- and interpersonal emotion regulation are altered in individuals with childhood maltreatment: cross-sectional associations and effects on daily life mood by Inga Niedtfeld, Sara E. Schmitz, Michelle Langenstein, Johanna Hepp

“…We investigated how CM affects intra- and interpersonal emotion regulation (ER) processes and explored the impact of these ER difficulties on daily life mood. Methods We explored the CM-ER association in two studies. …”
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Association of advance care planning with hospital use and costs at the end of life: a population-based retrospective cohort study by Ian Scott, Liz Reymond, Xanthe Sansome, Hannah Carter

“…Objective To investigate associations between the availability and timing of digitally available advance care planning (ACP) documents and hospital use and costs during the last 6 months of life.Design Retrospective population-based cohort study using data linkage.Setting 11 public hospitals in Queensland, Australia.Participants 5586 decedents with ACP documents were directly matched 1:2 to 11 172 control decedents based on age category, sex, location, year of death and principal diagnosis code for the last-known hospital admission.Exposure ACP discussions with documents uploaded to a widely accessible statewide digital platform. …”
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A Whole-Life Carbon Assessment of a Single-Family House in North India Using BIM-LCA Integration by Deepak Kumar, Kranti Kumar Maurya, Shailendra K. Mandal, Nandini Halder, Basit Afaq Mir, Anissa Nurdiawati, Sami G. Al-Ghamdi

“…A BIM-based LCA framework was applied to a 110 m² single-family dwelling over a 60-year life span. Operational use performance and climate analysis was evaluated via cove tool. …”
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Fear of Falling and Its Relationship with Quality of Life in the Elderly Attending a Family Medicine Clinic in South-South Nigeria by S. S. Uriah, Oguzor Ununuma Chimiyuma, C. T. Atata, N. M. Nwanze, P. O. Dienye

“…The elderly’s quality of life (QOL) may as a result be harmed by these aforementioned reasons. …”
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Using large language models for extracting stressful life events to assess their impact on preventive colon cancer screening adherence by Dmitry Scherbakov, Paul M. Heider, Ramsey Wehbe, Alexander V. Alekseyenko, Leslie A. Lenert, Jihad S. Obeid

“…We used pattern-matching regular expressions to detect a possible signal in social histories and ran LLM four times on each social history to achieve self-consistency and then used logistic regression to estimate the impact of life events on the probability of having a code in health records related to colorectal cancer screening. …”
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Investigating the Effect of Natural Coating of Chitosan Nanoparticles and Nanohydroxyapatite on the Physiological Characteristics and Shelf Life of Button Mushroom (Agaricus bispor... by Zahra Ziaei Ghahnavieh, Mohammad Reza Raji, Abdollah Ehteshamnia, Seyed Sajad Sohrabi

“…Natural coatings can be a barrier on the outer surface of food to prevent the loss of aromatic compounds, and moisture content and provide the possibility of selective natural exchange of some gases and increase shelf life post harvest. Considering the economic importance of button mushrooms and the need to provide optimal solutions to increase shelf life post harvest, the present study was conducted  to investigate the effect of natural coatings based on chitosan nanoparticles and nanohydroxyapatite on increasing the shelf life of button mushrooms.Materials and MethodsFor this purpose, the effect of these coatings was evaluated in a factorial experiment in the form of a completely randomized design with three repetitions to prevent adverse changes in button mushroom quality. …”
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One Fungus = One Name: DNA and fungal nomenclature twenty years after PCR by J.W. Taylor

“…Some fungi with pleomorphic life-cycles still bear two names despite more than 20 years of molecular phylogenetics that have shown how to merge the two systems of classification, the asexual “Deuteromycota” and the sexual “Eumycota”. …”
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Modeling the relationship between the moral charter derived from Islamic teachings and performance with the mediating variable of employees' perception by leila jahantigh, Abbas Babaeenezhad, Mohsen Zayandehroudi, saeed sayadi

“…Theoretical FrameworkCode of ethics in IslamIslam is the last and most complete heavenly religion that addresses all aspects of human life (Fayaz, Mehrabani, 2016). …”
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“It’s Enough to Make Someone… Lose Their Mind”: Exploring the Mental Impact of Racial Capitalism Across the Black American Life Course by Jocelyn L. Brown

“…Older adults primarily focused on individual-level racism earlier in life, maintaining a generally positive outlook. Middle-aged adults reflected on limited mental health awareness passed down from older cohorts and the strain of limited generational wealth transfer. …”
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Assessing daily life activities with experience sampling methodology (ESM): Scoring predefined categories or qualitative analysis of open-ended responses? by Marie Stadel, Anna M. Langener, Katie Hoemann, Laura F. Bringmann

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Impact of defocus incorporated multiple segments (DIMS) spectacle lenses for myopia control on quality of life of the children: a qualitative study by Sumita Agarkar, Anuradha Narayanan, Mobashir Fatimah

“…The generated codes were further grouped, categorised and finally fitted as per relevance into the subdomains of the four domains of the WHO Quality of Life—Brief framework, namely the domains of social relationships, physical, psychological and environmental health.Results A total of 29 interviews were conducted, 15 with children (mean age: 12.47±2.13 years) and 14 with parents. …”
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