Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on audiology service delivery: Observational study of the role of social media in patient communication. by Adeel Hussain, Zain Hussain, Mandar Gogate, Kia Dashtipour, Dominic Ng, Muhammed Shaan Riaz, Adele Goman, Aziz Sheikh, Amir Hussain

“…The objective of this study was to identify National Health Service (NHS) audiology service social media posts and understand how they were used to communicate service changes within audiology departments at the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. …”
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<i>Salmonella</i> bacteria in farm animal feeds. Review by N. B. Shadrova, O. V. Pruntova, G. S. Skitovich, О. А. Akulich

“…The Salmonella prevalence in samples taken from environmental objects and surfaces of feed mill production equipment was 0.08. …”
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Measurement of Resilience Communities Urban Against Unexpected (Case Study: Region 1 of Tabriz Metropolitan) by Hassan Mahmoudzadeh, mahdi herischian

“…In this regard, the main objective of this research is to investigate the difference in the level of resilience indices in the three districts of a metropolitan area of ​​Tabriz. …”
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Intellectual Capital and its Role in Assessing the Sustainability of an Economic Entity by V. G. Kogdenko, M. V. Melnik

“…The purpose of the research is to make the assessment of IC more objective and to determine its impact on economic entities performance. …”
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Prevalence and risk indicators of gingival recessions in Erbil city: a cross-sectional study by Dilven Abdulsamed Abdulhamed, Hashim Dawood Mousa

“…Gingival recession gives rise to numerous problems, like functional and aesthetic concerns to psychological problems. Objective of the study was to estimate prevalence of gingival recession and risk factors in Erbil province. …”
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Review of a monograph by L. I. Broslavskiy “Technical regulation and standardization of goods quality and environment safety. Laws and realities in Russia, the USA and the European... by A. S. Panova

“…Broslavskiy devoted to the study of technical regulation and standardization of quality and safety of products and the environment in the Russian Federation, the United States and the European Union.Methods: dialectical approach to cognition of social phenomena, which allows analyzing them in historical development and functioning in the context of a set of objective and subjective factors, which determined the choice of the following research methods: formal-legal, comparative-legal, etc.Results: the main approaches presented in the reviewed monograph are evaluated, concerning the legal nature of technical regulation and standardization, the system of documentation on standardization, the practice of technical regulation and standardization in the Russian Federation, the United States of America and the European Union.Scientific novelty: for the first time, the provisions, presented in the monograph, were estimated, namely: the provisions on the legal nature of standardization; on the coordination of technical regulation and standardization, normative acts and law-enforcement practice in the sphere of technical regulation and standardization of Russia, the United States of America and the European Union; the author’s proposals aimed at improvement of the Russian Law No. 184-FZ “On technical regulation” of 27.12.2002 and No. 162-FZ “On standardization in the Russian Federation” of 29.06.2015. …”
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THE IMPACT OF CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ON BANK PERFORMANCE IN NIGERIA by Ibrahim Yinka Agbeyinka

“… The objective of the study was to investigate the impact of corporate social responsibility on bank’s performance in Nigeria. …”
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Federal Register of TB Cases as a tool for monitoring the impact of COVID-19 pandemic response activities on the TB care system by V. V. Testov, S. А. Sterlikov, I. А. Vasilyeva, I. А. Sidorova, Yu. V. Mikhaylova

“…That is very close to the value estimated by the World Health Organisation (25%). The number of tuberculosis cases detected post mortem increased by 37.1%. …”
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Sex &amp; marital differences in delayed pharyngeal cancer treatment before and after medicaid expansion by Jason Semprini

“…Objective: In the United States, pharyngeal cancer has become the most common type of head and neck cancer, with 80 % of cases found in males. …”
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Efficacy of angiotensin receptor neprilysin inhibitor for maintenance hemodialysis patients with different types of left ventricular ejection fraction heart failure by Jin-cong Li, Nan-hui Zhang, Lei Wang, Jun-meng Peng, Hui-hui Wang, Wen-hui Chen

“…Objective To explore the therapeutic efficacy of sacubitril/valsartan （S/V）, a representative drug of angiotensin receptor enkephalinase inhibitors （ARNI）, in patients with different types of left ventricular ejection fraction （LVEF） heart failure （HF） on maintenance hemodialysis （MHD）. …”
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Incorporating laparoscopic interval cytoreductive surgery for advanced ovarian cancer-lessons learnt by Yael Naaman, Deborah Neesham, Antonia Jones, Rosemary McBain, Tom Cade, Orla McNally

“…The intra-operative complication rate was 8% and the estimated blood loss (EBL) was 90 ​ml. The post-operative complication rate was 15%, mostly grade I-II, and the median length of hospital stay was 3 days. …”
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Bone Mineral Density is Decreased in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis and Correlates With Serum Intact Parathormone Levels: A Cross-Sectional Study by Shefali Sharma, Aadhaar Dhooria, Tulika Singh, Varun Dhir, Arghya Chattopadhyay, Debashish Mishra, Sanjay Jain

“…Objective: To study bone mineral density (BMD) in Indian patients with systemic sclerosis and objectively verify whether an association exists between osteoporosis and systemic sclerosis. …”
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Incidence of postoperative pain after single-visit and multiple-visit root canal therapy: a systematic review by Gunjan Kumar, Samikshya Jena, Nisha Manila, Mohammad Fareed, Mohmed Isaqail Karobari

“…Abstract AIM- The objective of the systematic review is to evaluate the incidence of postoperative pain after single-visit and multiple-visit root canal therapy. …”
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Field sales force model to increase adoption of a novel tuberculosis diagnostic test among private providers: evidence from India by Harkesh Dabas, Sarang Deo, Manisha Sabharwal, Aparna Parulkar, Ritu Singh, Rigveda Kadam, Puneet Dewan, Pankaj Jindal

“…We embedded this difference-in-differences estimate within a financial model to calculate the internal rate of return (IRR) if the labs were to invest in an Xpert machine with or without the demand generation intervention.Results The intervention resulted in an estimated 60 additional Xpert cartridges ordered per lab-month in the intervention group, which yielded an estimated increase of 11 500 tests over the post-intervention period, at an additional cost of US$13.3–US$17.63 per test. …”
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Multicomponent Intervention to Reduce Gaps in the Hypertension Care and Control Process by Addys María Díaz Piñera, Tullia Battaglioli, Armando Rodríguez Salvá, Esteban Londoño Agudelo, Lisvett González Rodríguez, Patrick Van der Stuyft

“…Two years after the start of implementation, a population survey will be applied again and the difference in the magnitude of the pre-post intervention population gaps will be estimated. …”
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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on access to mental health services and socioeconomic inequalities in Italy by Alessio Petrelli, Martina Ventura, Roberta Ciampichini, Anteo Di Napoli, Valeria Fano, Valeria Fano, Christian Napoli, Martina Pacifici, Claudio Rosini, Caterina Silvestri, Fabio Voller, Alberto Zucchi, Massimiliano Aragona

“…ObjectiveComprehensive evidence on the impact of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on the use of mental health services is scarce. …”
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The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on work accidents with exposure to biological material in Brazil: an interrupted time series analysis by Luiza Maria Parise Morales, Samara Carolina Rodrigues, Klauss Kleydmann Sabino Garcia

“…ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the occurrence of work accidents involving biological materials (ATBio) and to assess changes in the epidemiological profile of these cases. …”
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Annual Trend in Hypoglycemia Emergency Cases in Oman: A Single Center Retrospective Study by Maha Alriyami, Walaa Al Hinai, Mahmood Al Jufaili, Sathiya Panchatcharam, Abdullah Al Futaisi

“…Objectives: This study aimed to estimate the incidence and trends of hypoglycemia cases admitted to the emergency department of a tertiary hospital in Oman before the COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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Effect of Counseling on the Knowledge and Attitude of Childbearing in Single-child Couples in Hamadan City, Iran: An Interventional Study by Sargol Shafiei, Batul Khodakarami, Farzaneh Soltani, Ghodratollah Roshanaei

“…Background and Objective: In order to reduce the adverse consequences of low fertility rates, interventions must be taken. …”
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Aged smart-care application program for promoting quality of life among older adults in the community: Study protocol of a three-arm randomized controlled trial by Yue Xu, Qiyuan Huang, Shuang Teng, Yulong Wang, Huabei Sun, Mei Li, Junxin Li, Muwei Zhu, Xianping Tang

“…Objectives To describe a study protocol for a three-arm randomized controlled trial that will evaluate the effectiveness of an Aged Smart-Care (ASC) application program intervention for community-dwelling older adults in China. …”
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