Archaeozoological material from the Late Antique fortified settlement near the modern-day town of Dimovo, northwestern Bulgaria by Zlatozar Boev, Alexander Manev, Alexander Harizanov, Ivaylo Dedov

“… In 2022–2023, a complete rescue archaeological excavation was carried out at the Late Antique fortified settlement (the late 4th–6th c. …”
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Characteristics of paediatric burn injuries seen in the tertiary emergency centre, South Africa by Ntsovelo Mugwena, Rule Human, Maria M. Geyser

“…Conclusion: The pattern of burn injuries in patients is similar to previous studies carried out predominantly in townships in South Africa. …”
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New Composite Indexes through Factor Analysis Simplifying the Interpretation of Health-Related Quality of Life Outcomes of Surgical Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Patients Complet... by Wai-Wang Chau, Bobby Kin-Wah Ng

“…Factor analysis without rotation was carried out and identified a total of 12 factorable domains. …”
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Dyslipidaemia in patients with chronic kidney disease – a neglected cardiovascular risk factor by M R Essop, F Seedat, F J Raal

“…A retrospective, cross-sectional observational study of 250 patients with CKD attending the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital renal clinic from 1 July 2019 to 31 July 2020 was carried out. Lipograms, the use of LLT and achievement of target lipid levels were examined. …”
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Pengujian Blackbox pada Desain Antarmuka Sistem Informasi Traceability Rantai Pasok Apel by Faizatul Amalia, Miftakhurrizal Kurniawan, Danang Triagus Setiawan

“…The research methods carried out include needs analysis, modeling needs using tools, making system designs, and testing the design results. …”
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Blood pressure, gallstones, and age at first cholecystectomy in U.S. adults: a cross-sectional study by Yue Zhang, Ruifeng Duan, Xin Chen, Lijuan Wei

“…When examining the correlation between SBP and age at surgery, age was first positively and then negatively correlated with BP, with 170 as an inflection point. We carried out subgroup analyses to evaluate the robustness of the link between HTN and cholecystectomy. …”
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Role of Platelet-rich Plasma in Unexplained Recurrent Implantation Failure – A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomised Control Trials by Harpreet Kaur, Meenakshi Meenu, Shivam Pandey, Anil Chauhan, Mishu Mangla

“…Results: We identified 1146 records, and after removing duplicates, 531 records were screened. Out of these, 22 studies reached full-text screening and nine studies were included in the final review. …”
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Pengenalan Entitas Bernama Menggunakan Bi-LSTM pada Chatbot Bahasa Indonesia by Anshar Zulhilmi, Rizal Perdana, Indriati

“…In this study, the named entity recognition was carried out in several stages. These stages include noise removal, data labeling, word and label dictionary creation, sequence encoding and data separation, model initiation, and model training. …”
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Early childhood caries and their association with serum iron, serum ferritin, serum albumin, and Vitamin D by Vasundhara Megha, Jeevendra Nath Shukla, Rajat Kumar Singh, Chitrita Gupta Mukherjee, Siddharth Anand, Aparna Singh

“…A total of 200 children aged between 3–6 years were screened for ECC, according to the AAPD guidelines. Out of 200 children, a total of 177 children fulfilled the inclusion criteria. …”
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Uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision among men with sexually transmitted infections in Lilongwe, Malawi: a protocol for a pre-interventional and post-interventional study by Mina C Hosseinipour, Mitch M Matoga, Sara Jewett, Charles Chasela

“…Pre-implementation phase will be used for collecting baseline data, while the RITe intervention will be rolled-out in the implementation phase. The RITe intervention will be implemented in a sequential and incremental manner called implementation blocks: block 1: intensified health education; block 2: intensified health education and SMS/telephonic tracing; and block 3: intensified health education, SMS/telephonic tracing and transport reimbursement. …”
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Effects of Celery Seed Extracts on Some Haematological and Biochemical Parameters in Albino Rats Treated with Gentamicin by Tavga Ismael Mustafa, Zhakaw Khudir Abdullah, Nazar Mohammed Shareef Mahmood, Shorish Mustafa Abdullah Gorony, Kurdo Bapir Chato, Ranjbar Muksy Mohammed Shareef

“…Thirty-two male rats were weighing 300-400 gm carried out for the present research, they controlled environmentally. …”
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The utility of Glaucoma Information Cards for grasping glaucoma subtypes: a single-center pilot study by Yukinori Yamada, Tetsuya Murase, Emiko Mashida, Yuki Kakeda, Yuuka Shibata, Hiroaki Matsuo

“…Methods Pharmacists distributed Glaucoma Information Cards to patients whose glaucoma subtype was unclear at the time of the preadmission pharmacist interview and asked them to have the treating ophthalmologist fill out the glaucoma subtype data. We collected patient data, hospitalized clinical department, status of realization of glaucoma subtypes, methods of realization of glaucoma subtypes, and usage of anticholinergic drugs from medical records. …”
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PENGEMBANGAN TEMPAT SAMPAH PINTAR MENGGUNAKAN SENSOR ULTRASONIK BERBASIS ARDUINO UNO UNTUK LIMBAH MASKER by Sri Purwaningsih, Jesi Pebralia, Rustan Rustan

“…The results of the ultrasonic sensor HC-SR04 calibration that have been carried out produce a linear equation and the value of R2 = 0.9986. …”
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Are Emirati consumers in United Arab Emirates open to alternative proteins? Insights into their attitudes and willingness to replace animal protein sources by Sajid Maqsood, Feyisola Fisayo Ajayi, Hussein Mostafa, Kehinde Ganiyat Lawal, Juliet Mubaiwa, Noora Alantali, Maryam Alshihhi, Meera Aldhaheri

“…In the study, Emirati citizens between the ages of 18 and 65, who have resided in the UAE for most of their lives, were selected. A total of 1,666 out of 2,600 individuals who expressed interest participated in the study. …”
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Efficacy of Inhaled Steroid Over Systemic Steroid in Stabilizing Acute Asthma in Emergency Room by B.V. Siva Vara Prasad Rao, Santhosh K B, Anil Sankol S M

“…The changes in respiratory rate, heart rate, oxygen saturation, peak expiratory flow and pulmonary score were recorded at 30minutes, 60minutes and 120minutes after treatment and were analysed. Results: Out of 48patients, highest number (n=13)(26.5%) of patients were of aged 30-39years and lowest being(n=2)(4.1%) aged 10-19years. …”
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Detection and decontamination of Mycoplasma in cultured cells and viral strains by Glaucia Prado de Andrade, Natália Hettwer Pedroso, Alice Becker, Vinicius Soares dos Santos, Juciane Bonella, José Valter Joaquim Silva Júnior, Rudi Weiblen, Eduardo Furtado Flores

“…After, a decontamination protocol of viral seeds was carried out, consisting of amplification in cell culture, centrifugation of the viral suspension, filtration, limiting dilution and culture in mycoplasma-free cells. …”
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HEAL-Dengue: Hospital- based Exploration, Analysis and Learning about Dengue Outcomes (HEAL-D-ALDO) by Aijaz Zeeshan Khan, Omer Sabir, Adnan Hussain Shahid, Muhammad Bilal Basit, Syeda Arzinda Fatima Shah, Qamar Sajad

“…Clinical course of the patient was monitored and outcomes were recorded. Results: Out of 215 patients, 11 (5.1%) expired. A significant association between female gender and the necessity for packed cell volume and fresh frozen plasma transfusion was observed (OR (95% CI: 10.26 (2.23 – 96.24), p =0.0005).The significant risk factors for mortality were: presence of ascites, pleural effusion, organ dysfunction, need for PCV, FFP and platelet megaunit transfusion. …”
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Acceptance and adoption determinants of telemedicine in public healthcare institutions by Kokisa E. Phorah, Lovemore Motsi

“…In order to ensure that the instrument was accurate, a pilot study was carried out prior to the main investigation. Both the alpha and power values were set at 0.05 for the statistical analysis. …”
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Reassessing Nutritional Supplementation Program: The Impact of Maternal Vitamin B12 Levels on Feto-Maternal Outcomes by Pranjali Dhume, Reshu Rawal, Ashish Vadhera, Ankur Shah, Madhusudan Dey, Sunil Chawla, Suyash Goel, Simran Gilhotra, Ankita Sharma

“…STUDY DESIGN: In this prospective cohort study a total of 300 antenatal women were screened for vit B12 levels in the late first trimester and were followed up to find out co-existent folic acid deficiency, development of pregnancy complications like anemia, gestational hypertension/pre-eclampsia, fetal growth restriction (FGR), second-trimester abortions, gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and preterm deliveries. …”
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Epidemiology of Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer Patients Attending at Hiwa Hospital in Sulaimani City, Iraq by Bushra Mohammed Ali, Hiwa Abas Ahmed

“…Objectives are to identify the frequency of non-melanoma skin cancer cases were registered at Hiwa hospital and to find out the association between cases and controls with their sociodemographic status and risk factors. …”
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