Prevalence and correlates of burn-out among Nigerian medical doctors during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study by Ruth Eshikotse Pius, Janet Ngozi Ajuluchukwu, Alero Ann Roberts

“…The percentage of doctors who had personal, work-related and patient-related burn-out were 62.2%, 52.2 % and 27.5%, respectively. …”
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Specialized Medical Weight Management Intervention for High-Risk Obesity by Gitanjali Srivastava, Chelsea Paris, Jessica Johnson, Emma Barnes, Brittany L. Cunningham, C. J. Stimson, Kevin D. Niswender, Sabrina J. Poon

“…The prevalence of any obesity-related medical condition was 54.1%; at least a quarter of the patients had either prediabetes or Type 2 diabetes mellitus, approximately a third had hypertension, and over 8% had hyperlipidemia. …”
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Prevalence of malaria and associated factors among febrile children under 15 years at Bududa General Hospital, Eastern Uganda by Benson Okongo, Daisy Asiimwe, Clinton Olong, Enoch Muwanguzi, Robert Wagubi

“…Among the children who tested positive for malaria, 98 (88.3%) had Plasmodium falciparum, 11 (9.9%) had Plasmodium malariae, and (1.8%) had Plasmodium ovale infection. …”
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Tear glucose is associated with the presence and severity of diabetic retinopathy by Ningyao Cao, Lili Feng, Wei Xu, Fanglin He, Caiwen Xiao, Yan Liu, Weirong Xu, Jingjing Cui, Yuqian Guo, Lianqing Yao, Wenwen Xia, Fei Chen, Yong Li, Chuandi Zhou, Xiaofang Xu

“…A total of 91 (56.9%) patients had positive TG, and 69 (43.1%) patients had negative TG. …”
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Burden assessment of podoconiosis in Wayu Tuka woreda, east Wollega zone, western Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study by Kebede Deribe, Gail Davey, Kenate Bekele, Tsige Amberbir, Geleta Tadele, Abdi Samuel

“…Of participants in the second phase of the study, 43% had stage 2 disease and 38.1% had ‘moss’-like skin changes. …”
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Bacteriological Profile of Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media and its Antibiotic Sensitivity Pattern at a Tertiary Care Hospital by Geeta Geeta, Naveen G, Apoorva P, Harish MO, Arathi Nair, Harshitha MC, Kiran Revankar, Girish PB

“…Results Mean age of participants was 33.5 years. 94.1% had the unilateral infection. 94.4% had a tubo-tymphanic type while 5.6% had attico-antral type. 70 (77.8%) samples showed mono-microbial growth, 13 (14.4%) showed poly-microbial growth and 7 (7.8%) samples showed no growth in aerobic culture. …”
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Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin Levels in Early and Late Onset Preeclampsia by Onur Guralp, Nevin Tuten, Mahmut Oncul, Serdar A Acikgoz, Hakan Ekmekci, Abdullah Tuten

“…Serum neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin had a positive correlation with serum urea (r=0.416, p=0.031) however had no significant correlation with birth-weight, Apgar-scores, uric acid and amount of proteinuria in women with preeclampsia. …”
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Comparative Study of Vitamin C Concentration in Boiled and Roasted Gonja. by Birungi, Alido

“…The study found that the fresh Gonja had the highest concentration of vitamin C (0.00063M, 0.00066M ) followed by the boiled Gonja (0.000345M, 0.00045M) while the roasted Gonja had the lowest concentration (0.00027M, 0.00036M) both in Musa paradisiaca and Musa acuminata respectively. …”
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Domestic Violence and Psychosocial Development of Children in Rukungiri Municipality Uganda. by Nyakahoza, Jackline

“…The results of the study showed that verbal aggression and children's psychosocial development in Rukungiri Municipality had a positive, strong, and significant association at (r =.762**, P=0.00 <0.01). …”
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Factors associated with knowledge on the spread of HIV/AIDS among Secondary School Students of Groupe Scolaire De Rugando in Kigali City, Rwanda. by Nwankwo, Chinenye Mercy, Uwizeye, Denyse Sibomana

“…The majority of the students who had engaged in sex had never used a condom (59.09%). …”
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Factors associated with knowledge on the spread of HIV/AIDS among Secondary School Students of Groupe Scolaire De Rugando in Kigali City, Rwanda by Mercy Nwankwo, Chinenye, Denyse Sibomana, Uwizeye

“…Majority of the students who had engaged in sex had never used a condom (59.09%). …”
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Craniospinal space reduction and malalignment due to atlas assimilation in Basilar Invagination–A case–control study by Ricardo V. Botelho, Beatriz Cibin Braga Petranchi, Pedro B. Botelho, Diego U.M. Moreira, Eduardo F. Bertolini, José M. Rotta

“…In AOA, all patients had Atlas in line with or posteriorly dislocated in relation to the Basion and the Odontoid process occupying the foramen magnum space. …”
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Farmed fish welfare in Egypt: Surveying current practices and future directions for tilapia culture by Charlotte Flores, Christopher Bryant, Mohamed Bakr, Wasseem Emam

“…To this end, a survey was conducted of tilapia farmers across different regions, examining their level of training and knowledge as well as their farming practices including feeding, water changes and biosecurity measures.We found that just 11 % of the surveyed tilapia farmers had received any sort of training on the importance of animal welfare whilst 76 % said they could benefit from such training. …”
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Abdominal wall hematoma as a complication of drainage after laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a case report by Juntao Li, Zixiong Liu, Jia Li, Wei Cheng

“…We managed a patient who had undergone laparoscopic cholecystectomy for gallstones complicated by cholecystitis. …”
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A remote sensing evidence on the marginality, stagementation and spatiotemporal heterogeneity of vegetation evolution characteristics in the Yinshan Mountains, China: Based on PKU... by Menglin Yan, Jingyang Lu, Yingying Ma, Chao Ma

“…Findings revealed: (1) Vegetation distribution had spatial heterogeneity, with a stepwise distribution from southeast to northwest; (2) Vegetation growth had temporal stagementation, with “stable-plunge-rise” pattern; (3) Climate trend displayed “warmer and wetter”, with growth rates of 0.045 °C/a and 0.558 mm/a, respectively; (4) Vegetation response to precipitation was sensitive with strong spatial correlation (Moran’s I = 0.88, P < 0.01); (5) Influence of human activities on the growth of vegetation was weak. …”
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The relationship between positive psychological capital and work engagement in clinical nurses: mediation effect of job crafting by Songran Park, Yeongmi Ha

“…Results Positive psychological capital had a significant association with job crafting (β = 0.74, 95% CI = 0.71 to 0.95), and job crafting had a positive association with work engagement (β = 0.51, 95% CI = 0.29 to 0.56). …”
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Understanding exposure risk using soil testing and GIS around an abandoned asbestos mine by Abhijeet V. Jadhav, Nilesh Gawde, Ramesh Veerappan, Yeyong Choi, Arthur L. Frank

“…The study also compared satellite images taken 13 years apart to determine whether the mine waste containing asbestos had spread over time. Findings: The soil sample testing indicated that, out of 16 soil samples from residential areas, 12 showed the presence of chrysotile asbestos. …”
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Modified French Osteotomy for Cubitus Varus Correction – Our Experience by P. Madhuchandra, K. M. Pawankumar

“…Results: There were 22 males and 13 females in the study group. We had excellent results in 16 cases, good outcome in 13 cases and fair outcome in 6 of our cases. …”
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Combined Parental Thrombophilia Gene Mutation Defects in Couples with Repeated Pregnancy Loss by Mehdi Kashifard, Zahra Basirat, Fatemeh Ramezani, Faeze Ghofrani, Masoumeh Golsorkhtabaramiri

“…Results: Sixty-two couples (124 individuals) were analysed. 56.2% of couples with a history of RPL had MTHFR C677T and 23.1% had MTHFR A1298C. Forty percent of couples showed homocysteine deficiency and 12.5% protein C deficiency. …”
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DETERMINANTS OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (HRM) ADOPTION AMONG SMALL AND MEDIUM SCALE ENTERPRISES (SMEs) IN KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA by Helen Afang Andow

“…The study likewise found that financial resources and firm size were main factors that had significant impact on HRM Practices adopted by SMEs in the study sample. …”
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