Co‐constructing an Interactive Tool to Support Climate Change Resilience Planning in Industry by Sydney Sroka, Leela Velautham, Abigail Idiculla

“…At the end of the development process, semistructured interviews were conducted with industry professionals about the state of US‐based industrial resilience planning in their respective companies and specific ways in which the tool could be used and further developed to assist such work. …”
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Screening for HBV, HCV, TP and HIV in pregnant women from various ethnic groups in Yili, Xinjiang, China by Zhenzhen Pan, Yuning Song, Xiangyi Zhe, Qin Zhang, Shumei Yuan, Zhe Zhao, Hongwei Dong, Jingru Hu, Yu Zhao, Guomei Zhang, Zemin Pan, Shaoqiang Zhang

“…A total of 13,437 pregnant women were tested, aged between 18 and 47. The positive rate of four infectious disease markers in Han and Uygur pregnant women in this region was 6.97 % (936/13,437). …”
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The concept of interethnic security of the region (on the example of Tatarstan) by Rezida R. Khusnutdinova, Il’dar M. Yusupov

“…Based on an array of empirical data, general and individual estimated ranges of ethnic groups' distance were calculated. Predictors of increasing interethnic tension in the region they make up a structural pentabasis. …”
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Phenotypic and genotypic features of the full-term newborns with delayed conjugation jaundices in relation to gender of the child by O. K. Botvin'yev, A. I. Kolotilina, I. N. Razumovskaya, A. V. Yeremeyeva

“…Features of pregnancy and delivery course, weight and height scores and children disease spectrum, blood groups and Rhesus factor were investigated.Results. …”
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Relationship of drug resistance to phylogenetic groups of E. coli isolates from wound infections by Muhammad Azeem Saeed, Abdul Haque, Aamir Ali, Mashkoor Mohsin, Saira Bashir, Ayesha Tariq, Amna Afzal, Tayyaba Iftikhar, Yasra Sarwar

“…Methodology: A total of 29 multi-drug resistant (MDR) E. coli isolates of known drug resistance genes and integron profile were selected for the present study. Triplex PCR was conducted for phylogenetic classification of these isolates into four established phylogenetic groups: A, B1, B2 and D. …”
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The presence of early childhood caries among the members of different ethnic groups of the South Bačka District by Tušek Ivan, Carević Momir, Tušek Jasmina

“…Epidemiological data on the different ethnic groups were obtained by interviewing the parents of the examined children. …”
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Overview of Poverty and Social Exclusion in the Western Balkans by Gordana Matković

“…With the fall of the Berlin wall and the disintegration of the former Yugoslavia, new states were formed and transition started, although in some countries it was quite delayed. …”
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Acceptability of an online peer support group as a strategy to improve antiretroviral therapy adherence among young people in Kampala district, Uganda: qualitative findings by Yerusa Kiirya, Sabrina Kitaka, Joan Kalyango, Joseph Rujumba, Gloria Adobea Odei Obeng-Amoako, Mathew Amollo, Joan Nangendo, Charles Karamagi, Philipa Musooke, Anne Katahoire

“…Our analysis examined these dimensions in the context of WhatsApp-based peer support groups for HIV care. Results Overall, WhatsApp peer support groups were acceptable for use among YPLHIV. …”
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A mixed-methods study on the recruitment of patients from ethnic minority groups to clinical trials in a central London teaching hospital by Cecilia Vindrola-Padros, Katie Gilchrist, Stuart Braverman, Rumana Omar, Edward Merivale, Ambar Hussenbux, Sanjay Khanna, Patience Renias-Zuva, Nick McNally, Rosamund Yu

“…Results: We found that the chances of being involved in research at the hospital were lower in all ethnic minority groups and lower amongst female patients. …”
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Clinical assessment of language development in children at age 3 years that were born preterm Avaliação da evolução dos aspectos linguísticos em crianças que nasceram prematuras ao... by Carolina Rizzotto Schirmer, Mirna Wetters Portuguez, Magda Lahorgue Nunes

“…For analysis patients were divided in two groups normal language acquisition (NLA) and delay in language acquisition (DLA). …”
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Detection of group B streptococcus colonization in cervical and lower vaginal secretions of pregnant women by Y.X. Wang, M. Zhong, H. Yi, H.F. He

“…Patients were classified as follows: (i) cervical and lower vaginal secretions were GBS-positive (group A), (ii) only cervical secretions were GBS-positive (group B), (iii) only lower vaginal secretions were GBS-positive (group C), and (iv) both cervical and lower vaginal secretions were GBS-negative (group D). …”
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Screening out serum protein biomarkers from both groups of asthma and ABPA patients by YANG Lei, WANG Yun, JIN Meiling, SHUAI Diquan, CAI Hui, YE Ling, LI Shuiming, SHEN Bo

“…Using MRM method, SERPINF2, C6 and HABP2 proteins were showed differential expression significantly between asthma and normal groups,SERPINF2 and F10 were represented differential expression significantly between ABPA and normal control groups, and CPN2 and IGLL5 were displayed differential expression significantly between ABPA and asthma groups. …”
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STUDY OF SOME PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES IN MICE GROUPS INDUCED BY MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS AND TREATED WITH ETHAMBUTOL by Suhair H. Al-kutbi

“…Thirty of white Swisrland mice is 6-8 weeks age, weighted 20-25gm were used they were randomly divided into 3 groups contain of 10 animals for each group…”
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A clinical audit on the utilization of group O-negative red cells and the lesson learnt by Arzina Aziz Ali, Hira Qadir, Areeba Khalid, Bushra Moiz

“…Overall, 72 of 807 red cell units (8.9%) were transfused to young females of O/non-O negative/unknown group and were classified as “obligatory.” …”
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Positive Correlation of Social Rank and Hair Cortisol Concentration in Group-Housed Pregnant Cows by Shigeru Ninomiya, Ayumi Nishi, Ririka Nakamura, Mitsuhiro Shibata

“…In this study, the relations of hair cortisol concentrations of group-housed pregnant cows with their social rank and avoidance distance when approached by humans were analysed. …”
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Objectively measured sedentary time among five ethnic groups in Amsterdam: The HELIUS study. by Anne Loyen, Mary Nicolaou, Marieke B Snijder, Ron J G Peters, Karien Stronks, Lars J Langøien, Hidde P van der Ploeg, Johannes Brug, Jeroen Lakerveld

“…All analyses were adjusted for gender and age.<h4>Results</h4>447 participants were included in the analyses, ranging from 73 to 109 participants per ethnic group. …”
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Effect of some Factors on Human Peripheral Lymphocyte Cytogenetics In Pesticide ExXPOSED GROUPS by Baghdad Science Journal

“…The effect of smoking, age and exposure duration in pesticide risk groups were studied > Groups were all men and included farmers (25), pesticide sellers (25), pesticides manufacture workers (Al-Tark factory for agricultural pesticide production) (25), Control group (25) were from Baghdad university staff (living in Baghdad city) > The cytogenetic parameters studied were Chromosomal aberrations (CA), induction of micronuclei (Mn)formation .Results revealed that smoking synergized pesticides exposure in induction of structural CAs in all groups with significant differences (P Mn showed similar pattern the most effected group ( i.e , Workers) > Age effected the level of CA greatly and significantly and the correlation coefficients were positive and was for control (r = + 0.944), farmers ( r = + 0.907), sellers ( r = + 0.993) and workers ( r = + 0.992), such positive correlations were observed for Mn induction (control, r = + 0.998 ; farmers, r = + 0.437; sellers, r = + 0.989; workers, r = +0.978), the lowest correlation recorded in farmer group . …”
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Association between blood group and susceptibility to malaria and its effects on platelets, TLC, and Hb by Hira Burhan, Askari Syed Hasan, Syed Mansur-ul-Haque, Ghazanfar Zaidi, Taha Shaikh, Aisha Zia

“…Results: Of 224 malarial cases, 213 were P. vivax, and 11 were P. falciparum. There were 58 patients with blood group A, 72 with group B, 69 were O and 23 were AB. …”
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Detection of virulence genes, phylogenetic group and antibiotic resistance of uropathogenic Escherichia coli in Mongolia by Yandag Munkhdelger, Nyamaa Gunregjav, Altantsetseg Dorjpurev, Nishi Juniichiro, Jav Sarantuya

“…In total, 93.9% of isolates were multidrug resistant (MDR). Conclusions: This study showed that group B2 and D were the predominant phylogenetic groups and virulence-associated genes were mostly distributed in these groups. …”
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Residents’ Knowledge regarding Recreational Drug Screening Immunoassays at a Swiss Hospital Group by Elias Bekka, Samuel E. Christen, Laura Hermann, Aristomenis K. Exadaktylos, Manuel Haschke, Evangelia Liakoni

“…The aim of this project was to investigate residents’ knowledge regarding drug screening immunoassays at a Swiss hospital group. Methods. All residents of a large hospital group in Switzerland were invited by e-mail to participate in an anonymous survey. …”
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