Prevalence and risk factors for adult pulmonary tuberculosis in a metropolitan city of South India. by Baskaran Dhanaraj, Mohan Kumar Papanna, Srividya Adinarayanan, Chandrasekaran Vedachalam, Vijayaraj Sundaram, Shivakumar Shanmugam, Gomathi Sekar, Pradeep Aravindan Menon, Fraser Wares, Soumya Swaminathan

“…<h4>Conclusion</h4>Our findings demonstrate that TB is a major public health problem in this urban area of south India, and support the use of intensified case finding in high risk groups. …”
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The prevalence of and reasons for interruption of anti-tuberculosis treatment by patients at Mbekweni Health Centre in the King Sabata Dalindyebo (KSD) District in the Eastern Cape... by T.R. Kandel, K. Mfenyana, J. Chandia, P. Yogeswaran

“…Background: In spite of effective therapy, tuberculosis (TB) is still a major health problem in developing countries. In 1993, therefore, the World Health Organization declared TB a global emergency. …”
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Real-time lost circulation estimation and mitigation by Abo Taleb T. Al-Hameedi, Husam H. Alkinani, Shari Dunn-Norman, Ralph E. Flori, Steven A. Hilgedick

“…Lost circulation is a challenging problem particularly in the Dammam formation of the Rumaila field, Iraq. …”
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CryptoEval: Evaluating the risk of cryptographic misuses in Android apps with data‐flow analysis by Cong Sun, Xinpeng Xu, Yafei Wu, Dongrui Zeng, Gang Tan, Siqi Ma, Peicheng Wang

“…Although various approaches have been proposed to detect cryptographic misuse in Android apps, studies have yet to focus on estimating the security risks of cryptographic misuse. To address this problem, the authors present an extensible framework for deciding the threat level of cryptographic misuse in Android apps. …”
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Public Investments in Domestic Software as a Tool for Accelerating the Economic Development of Russia by D. V. Shimanovsky

“…One of the options for solving this problem is the financial stimulation of developers of their domestic counterparts.…”
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Food insecurity, social and behaviour change and distribution model: key considerations for implementation of small quantity lipid-based nutrient supplement programmes by Akriti Singh, Kali Erickson, Kavita Sethuraman

“…We also found variation in how the partners designed their SQ-LNS programmes (e.g. enrolment and exit criteria), the level of communication around SQ-LNS and problem-solving to support appropriate use of SQ-LNS. …”
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Patient satisfaction in virtual upper-limb orthopaedic clinics: a retrospective review by Petr Jemelik, Xander van Heerden, Charissa Jansen, Alex Price

“…Diagnoses included 25 carpal tunnel cases, 15 trigger fingers, two ganglion cysts and eight Dupuytren’s contractures. Ninety-six per cent of patients were satisfied with the virtual service, citing reduced travel costs and convenience. …”
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Les parasitoses qui minent les nouveaux pôles de développement au Burkina Faso : cas des schistosomoses et des géohelminthes dans le complexe hydroagricole du Sourou by Poda Jean Noël, Mwanga Joseph, Dianou Dayéri, Garba Amadou, Ouédraogo François de Charles, Zongo Dramane, Sondo K. Blaise

“…The satisfaction that the proximity of a dam gives is sufficiently felt by the people in all the regions, and today, small dams and hydro-agricultural developments which are often interrelated are more and more becoming part and parcel of the Burkinabe countryside.Under these conditions, the dams and farms are the new development poles aimed at solving the decreasing problem of food production per head which is the result of increasing population. …”
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Atmospheric Microplastics: Inputs and Outputs by Christine C. Gaylarde, José Antônio Baptista Neto, Estefan M. da Fonseca

“…Up to 8.6 megatons of MPs per year have been estimated to be in air above the oceans. …”
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Use of hematological parameters as an early screening tool for neonatal sepsis by Bindu Adhikari, Punam Paudyal, Paricha Upadhyaya, Jyoti Agrawal, Basudha Khanal

“…Background: Neonatal sepsis continues to be a major public health problem in developing countries. Due to the nonspecific clinical manifestations of neonatal sepsis, the longer turnaround time for culture reports, an early diagnostic tool is essential for the initiation of appropriate and timely treatment.  …”
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Anatomy of the neurovascular bundle and methods of its preservation with nerve-sparing prostatectomy by H. S. Gevorgyan, A. A. Kostin, N. V. Vorobyev, K. М. Nyushko, A. G. Muradyan, I. A. Taraki, Y. V. Samsonov

“…The importance and urgency of this problem is evidenced by the fact that most of the issues that arise in patients in conversation with a surgeon before surgical intervention are devoted to it.The National Institute of Health of the USA shows that the incidence of prostate cancer is about 9.5% per year, and the localized form began to occur in younger men. …”
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Improvement and application of a novel drainage pump of deep coalbed methane wells in south Yanchuan by WU Zhuangkun, ZHANG Honglu, CHI Yuxuan, YIN Zhonghua, ZHANG Zhuang

“…In order to solve the problem of frequent well laying in the coalbed methane field in south Yanchuan due to sand production（pulverized coal）, a novel drainage pump in south Yanchuan coalbed methane well has been developed. …”
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Descriptive Analysis of Typhoid Fever Surveillance Data in the Jimma Zone, Southwest Ethiopia (2015–2019) by Getaneh Atikilt Yemata, Chalachew Yenew, Melkalem Mamuye, Mulu Tiruneh, Tigabnesh Assfaw, Sileshi Mulatu, Ermias Sisay, Fitalew Tadele

“…Typhoid fever was a major public health problem in the Jimma Zone for the last 5 years, and it was increased through the years. …”
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Substance Abuse among the Rural Community of Chhattisgarh, India: Data from a Tele-mentoring Program by Monika Thakur, R. Arun Kumar, Nisha R. Harshitha, Praveen V. Raj, Suhas Satish, Hari Hara Suchandra, Sumi Jain, Radhakrishnan Govindan, N. Manjunatha, Naveen Kumar Channaveerachari, Suresh Bada Math

“…The factors identified for substance abuse were problems related to health (53.7%) and family problems (49.3%). …”
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Ways to improve characteristics of the climate systems of passenger rolling stock by G. M. Stoyakin, A. V. Kostin, S. N. Naumenko

“…To ensure safe parameters of the car air environment, it is necessary to increase the influx of outdoor air to 20-35 m3/h per person, which allows achieving a CO2 content of 1000 ppm. …”
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Picking up litter when walking outdoors: People engage in physical activity for planetary health by Stephanie Schoeppe, Emily Bryson, Rebecca Williams, Sally Symons, Tayla Hall

“…Litter accumulating in natural environments has led to plastic pollution on land, in waterways and in oceans. To address this problem, people have started to pick up litter when walking outdoors. …”
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Investigating the impact of sleep quality on cognitive functions among students in Tokyo, Japan, and London, UK by Joshua Ampofo, Binghai Sun, Geoffrey Bentum-Micah, Geoffrey Bentum-Micah, Li Qinggong, Wang Changfeng, Le Guoan, Qian Xusheng

“…Recognizing sleep as vital for wellbeing and academic success, it explores factors affecting sleep quality and its cognitive impact in diverse educational settings.MethodsA cross-sectional study was conducted with 400 students (200 per city). The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) assesses sleep quality. …”
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Towards Sustainable Use of Potassium in Pineapple Waste by Osumanu H. Ahmed, M.H.A. Husni, A.R. Anuar, M.M. Hanafi

“…Due to the 1997/98 haze problem in South-East Asia and the increasing need for sustainable food production and development, the usual management of crop residues (including pineapple wastes) through burning is prohibited. …”
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Management of Disorders of Homeostasis With Saline Enteral Solution in Acute Poisoning With Psychopharmacological Drugs by V. A. Matkevich, M. M. Potskhveriya, A. Yu. Simonova, G. N. Sukhodolova, M. V. Belova, E. E. Bitkova

“…In acute poisoning, accompanied by a violation of the parameters of homeostasis, the problem of its management by the enteral route has been insufficiently studied.Purpose of the study. …”
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Influence of nutritional support on tolerability and results of treatment in patients with newly diagnosed hemoblastoses received program chemotherapy by N. P. Shen’, A. S. Minin, E. Yu. Gaydym, T. I. Ksenzova

“…Often, malnutrition develops even before the start of anticancer treatment or during therapy and often remains unrecognized up to pronounced stages. despite the obvious importance of assessing and correcting the nutritional status in patients with hematological malignancies, this problem remains poorly understood.Aim. To evaluate the effect of nutritional support on the tolerability and results of treatment in patients with hemoblastoses.Materials and methods. …”
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