TOTAL SUSPENDED PARTICULATES FROM CRUDE OIL SPILL by OYETUNJI BABATUNDE OKEDERE, ADEWOLE JOHNSON ADESANMI, JACOB ADEMOLA SONIBARE, OLUSOLA ADEDAYO ADESINA, GBADEBO OMONIYI ADENIYI

“…The observed TSP concentrations breached the WHO (lower limit) and World Bank limits at all temperatures and over all spill media and consequently the toxicity potentials exceeded 1.0 which were indications of hazards to human health. The study concluded that particulate emissions during crude oil could be high enough to pose threats and suggested adequate protection for cleaning up workers. …”
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AN ASSESSMENT OF PERCEPTION OF THE PEOPLE ON MALARIA PREVENTION AND CONTROL IN DONGA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF TARABA STATE by SILAS JOSHUA, SUNDAY EMMANUEL BAMISE

“…Generally, (78.33%) believed that mosquitoes can transmit malaria to human while (67.5%) of the respondents’ household have mosquitoe nets, also (56.67%) opined that mosquitoes net are often used by the respondents. …”
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Does management support drive sustained agile usage? a serial mediation model and cIPMA perspective. by Uthpala Wijesinghe, Vidara Mapitiyage, Chathurya Wickramarathne, Chamoda Wickramage, Krishantha Wisenthige, Chathuni Aluthwala

“…Agile software development is immensely popular in the industry, but most teams struggle to sustain its use. Human factors like management support, agile training, agile mindset, and team resilience are often neglected, hindering long-term success. …”
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Relationships between multivitamins, blood biochemistry markers, and BMC and BMD based on RF: A cross-sectional and population-based study of NHANES, 2017-2018. by Lijuan Xu, Mengqi Wu, Ying Zhang, Hongsheng Kun, Jiangbao Xu

“…<h4>Conclusion</h4>The effect of vitamin serum concentrations and blood calcium serum concentrations on human bone density was not significant. ALP, CPK and creatinine serum concentrations body development indicators were identified as the most important factors related to bone status. …”
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I tweet, therefore I am: a systematic review on social media use and disorders of the social brain by Nancy Yang, Bernard Crespi

“…Abstract With rapid technological advances, social media has become an everyday form of human social interactions. For the first time in evolutionary history, people can now interact in virtual spaces where temporal, spatial, and embodied cues are decoupled from one another. …”
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Evaluation of microleakage of three different types of pit and fissure sealants using invasive and non-invasive techniques (An in-vitro study) by Hiwa S. Khidir, Hemn M. Suleman

“…Methods: Sixty extracted human premolars randomly divided into 6 groups (n=10/group). …”
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Assessment of technogenic pollution by silver compounds on the biological properties of the soil (model experiment) by Tatiana Minnikova, Natalia Tsepina, Sergey Kolesnikov, Natalia Evstegneeva, Anna Kusina

“… Introduction: Silver (Ag) has increasingly become one of the priority pollutants of soils, which is accompanied by a number of consequences for humans and soil biota. To fully assess the effects of the entry of different chemical forms of Ag into soils, it is necessary to conduct experiments with different types of soils, different exposure periods, as well as a wide range of biological indicators. …”
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Quinoid to benzenoid transition-driven glutathione sensing: Dual-emission carbon dots and smartphone-based ratiometric fluorescence analysis by Al-Montaser Bellah H. Ali, Ashraf M. Mahmoud, Yousef A. Bin Jardan, Aya M. Mostafa, James Barker, Mohamed M. El-Wekil

“…Practical validation using human serum samples demonstrated the method's robustness in complex biological matrices, achieving high recovery rates between 98.5 % and 101.0 %, confirming its suitability for real-world clinical applications. …”
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Glocalization of Yoruba Omoluwabi Ideology by Ademola O. Dasylva

“…The paper argues that Omoluwabi remains one great ideology in the Yoruba Ifa knowledge systems practice that possesses a capacity for gauging socially approved human rela­tions of global magnitude; there is a plurality of poetics, not just one. …”
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Military personnel’s satisfaction with antiretroviral services in Namibia: A cross-sectional study by Nestor P.N. Tomas, Nabot P. Kandjimi

“…It is particularly relevant for military personnel living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) because of their increased risks to deployment. …”
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Identification and functional analysis of hub genes involved in deoxynivalenol-induced enterotoxicity in porcine (Sus scrofa) by Jinhua He, Geng Zhao, Mingxia Chen, Ximing Ren, Peizhi Zhu, Zhizhong Liu, Jiayi Zhou, Hanwei Chen, Chuqiao Xiao, Xiang-Guang Li

“…The porcine digestive system is physiologically similar to that of humans, making pigs a suitable model for studying DON-induced enterotoxicity. …”
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Pathways and processes to adopting or switching to a single-dose HPV vaccination schedule in low- and middle-income countries: a qualitative study. by Sunny Roy, Megan D Wysong, Erica N Rosser, Ishani Sheth, Casey Geddes, Rupali J Limaye, Joseph G Rosen

“…The World Health Organization (WHO) recently endorsed a single-dose human papillomavirus vaccination (HPVV) schedule, but adoption of the revised immunization schedule has not been uniform, notably in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) with outsized cervical cancer burdens. …”
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Detection and Classification of Teacher-Rated Children&#x2019;s Activity Levels Using Millimeter-Wave Radar and Machine Learning: A Pilot Study in a Real Primary School Environment by Tianyi Wang, Takuya Sakamoto, Yu Oshima, Itsuki Iwata, Masaya Kato, Haruto Kobayashi, Manabu Wakuta, Masako Myowa, Tokomo Nishimura, Atsushi Senju

“…Traditional assessments of children&#x2019;s health and behavioral issues primarily rely on subjective evaluation by adult raters, which imposes major costs in time and human resource to the school system. This pilot study investigates the utilization of millimeter-wave radar coupled with machine learning for the objective and semi-automatic detection and classification of children&#x2019;s activity levels, defined as restlessness, within a real classroom environment. …”
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Whole Genome Sequencing Reveals Substantial Genetic Structure and Evidence of Local Adaptation in Alaskan Red King Crab by Carl A. St. John, Laura E. Timm, Kristen M. Gruenthal, Wesley A. Larson

“…A long tradition of responsible fisheries management has sustained these species for generations, but modern threats from climate change, habitat loss, and new fishing technologies threaten their ecosystems and the human communities that depend on them. Among these species, Alaska's most charismatic megafaunal invertebrate, the red king crab, faces all three of these threats and has declined substantially in many parts of its distribution. …”
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UNA REFLEXIÓN SOBRE LA DIVERSIDAD CULTURAL by Juan José Imbroda Ortiz

“…El autor defiende el término ‘cultura melillense’ para describir las normas sociales invisibles que guían la convivencia en la ciudad. Estas normas se han construido colectivamente, sin predominancia de un grupo sobre otro, valorando las aportaciones de cada comunidad. …”
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Nurses’ Knowledge Regarding FoodDrug Interaction in the Intensive Care and Emergency Hospitals by Samir Y Lafi, Aram Salih Mohammed Amin Kamali, Bayan Omar Sharif

“…Usually supplement is essential and fundamental components for ensure and creating the human body, also drugs seem to survey the life of each individual and ensure the wellbeing for a long life aimed most of illness, but in case nourishment sedate interaction ignored since of information shortage almost it or any reason maybe lead to futile of medicine for the patients or cause life threatening condition because of that, one of the most significant ethical point in every health care setting in the world is patient's safety;  and  the care for patients must be improved in every country to prevent complication of interaction between food and drug. …”
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Hybrid peptides inspired by the RWQWRWQWR sequence inhibit cervical cancer cells growth in vitro by Natalia Ardila-Chantré, Claudia Marcela Parra-Giraldo, Yerly Vargas-Casanova, Andrea Carolina Barragán-Cardenas, Ricardo Fierro-Medina, Zuly Jenny Rivera-Monroy, Jhon Erick Rivera-Monroy, Javier Eduardo García-Castañeda

“…In vitro cytotoxicity of hybrid peptides in human cervical cancer cells lines HeLa and Ca Ski was determined by 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay. …”
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KLF5 silencing restrains proliferation, invasion, migration and angiogenesis of gallbladder carcinoma cells by transcriptional regulation of PDGFA by Xiaowei Lu, Kui Hu, Dandan Zhang, Xuefeng Yin, Jifeng Nie, Kai Zhao

“…Conclusion Collectively, our results suggest that KLF5 regulates GBC cell proliferation, invasion, migration, angiogenesis, as well as apoptosis, via mediating PDGFA transcriptionally, which might provide a novel therapeutic strategy for treatment of human GBC.…”
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A prospective, cross-sectional study to establish age-specific reference intervals for neonates and children in the setting of clinical biochemistry, immunology and haematology: th... by Susan M Donath, Monsurul Hoq, Vicky Karlaftis, Susan Mathews, Janet Burgess, John Carlin, Paul Monagle, Vera Ignjatovic

“…Where possible, sample aliquots from the same patients are analysed for an analyte across multiple commercially available analysers.Ethics and dissemination The study protocol was approved by The Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Ethics in Human Research Committee (34183 A). The study findings will be published in peer-reviewed journals and shared with clinicians, laboratory scientists and laboratories.…”
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Respirable Particles and Gas Contaminants Emissions from a Desktop Laser Cutter and Engraver by Kevin O’Neill, Xinyi Niu, Jun Wang, Runcheng Fang

“…These contaminants include respirable particulates, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), and other toxic substances that pose health risks to humans. As desktop laser cutting/engraving technology gains popularity, addressing the potential health hazards associated with airborne contaminants is critical. …”
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