Urgent Need for Field Surveys of Coronaviruses in Southeast Asia to Understand the SARS-CoV-2 Phylogeny and Risk Assessment for Future Outbreaks by Murat Seyran, Sk. Sarif Hassan, Vladimir N. Uversky, Pabitra Pal Choudhury, Bruce D. Uhal, Kenneth Lundstrom, Diksha Attrish, Nima Rezaei, Alaa A. A. Aljabali, Shinjini Ghosh, Damiano Pizzol, Parise Adadi, Tarek Mohamed Abd El-Aziz, Ramesh Kandimalla, Murtaza M. Tambuwala, Amos Lal, Gajendra Kumar Azad, Samendra P. Sherchan, Wagner Baetas-da-Cruz, Giorgio Palù, Adam M. Brufsky

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Assessment of Workplace Safety Climate among Healthcare Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Low and Middle Income Countries: A Case Study of Nigeria by Haruna Musa Moda, Fabian M. Dama, Christopher Nwadike, Basim S. Alatni, Solomon O. Adewoye, Henry Sawyerr, Pauline J. S. Doka, Mela Danjin

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Emerging contaminants in food matrices: An overview of the occurrence, pathways, impacts and detection techniques of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances by Chukwuebuka Gabriel Eze, Emmanuel Sunday Okeke, Chidiebele Emmanuel Nwankwo, Raphael Nyaruaba, Uttpal Anand, Onyekwere Joseph Okoro, Elza Bontempi

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Phycocyanin Monitoring in Some Spanish Water Bodies with Sentinel-2 Imagery by Rebeca Pérez-González, Xavier Sòria-Perpinyà, Juan Miguel Soria, Jesús Delegido, Patricia Urrego, María D. Sendra, Antonio Ruíz-Verdú, Eduardo Vicente, José Moreno

“…In several reservoirs, we observed alarming phycocyanin concentrations that may trigger many environmental health problems, as established by the World Health Organization. …”
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Validity of claims-based diagnoses for infectious diseases common among immunocompromised patients in Japan by Ryota Hase, Daisuke Suzuki, Cynthia de Luise, Haoqian Chen, Edward Nonnenmacher, Takakazu Higuchi, Kayoko Katayama, Mitsuyo Kinjo, Sadao Jinno, Toshitaka Morishima, Naonobu Sugiyama, Yoshiya Tanaka, Soko Setoguchi

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Survey to measure the quality of life of patients with tuberculosis in Alexandria, Egypt: a cross-sectional study by Esraa Abdellatif Hammouda, Wahib Fayez Gobran, Reem Mohamed Tawfeek, Ola Fahmy Esmail, Rasha Ashmawy, Naglaa Youssef, Ramy Mohamed Ghazy

“…The World Health Organization (WHO) WHOQOL-BREF instrument was used to measure QoL, which includes the physical, psychological, social relationships, and environmental health domains. Using propensity score matching, a group of TB free population was recruited from the same setting and completed the questionnaire. …”
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The Association Between Exercise During Pregnancy and the Risk of Preterm Birth by Zhang J, Xiao Y, Bai S, Lin S, Du S, Wang Z

“…Jin Zhang,1,* Yang Xiao,2,* Shuoxin Bai,3 Shaoqian Lin,2 Shuang Du,1 Zhiping Wang4 1Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, People’s Republic of China; 2Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Jinan, Shandong, 250021, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, People’s Republic of China; 4School of Public Health, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Zhiping Wang, School of Public Health, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, 44 Wenhuaxi Road, Jinan, Shandong, 250012, People’s Republic of China, Email zhipingw@sdu.edu.cnPurpose: We aimed to examine the association between exercise during pregnancy and preterm birth (PTB).Methods: This study was a baseline survey of the Jinan birth cohort. …”
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Seroprevalence and Risk Factors Associated with <i>Brucella</i> Infection in Camels in the Puntland State of Somalia by Ahmed Said Mohamud, John Pilate Kothowa, Ruth Lindizyani Mfune, Melai Mubanga, Jacques Godfroid, John B. Muma

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Air quality modeling with WRF-Chem v3.5 in East Asia: sensitivity to emissions and evaluation of simulated air quality by M. Zhong, E. Saikawa, Y. Liu, V. Naik, L. W. Horowitz, M. Takigawa, Y. Zhao, N.-H. Lin, E. A. Stone

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Dietary Acrylamide Intake and the Risk of Pancreatic Cancer: The Japan Public Health Center-Based Prospective Study by Kumiko Kito, Junko Ishihara, Ayaka Kotemori, Ling Zha, Rong Liu, Norie Sawada, Motoki Iwasaki, Tomotaka Sobue, Shoichiro Tsugane

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3D Modeling of Silver Doped ZrO₂ Coupled Graphene-Based Mesoporous Silica Quaternary Nanocomposite for a Nonenzymatic Glucose Sensing Effects by Kamrun Nahar Fatema, Chang-Sung Lim, Yin Liu, Kwang-Youn Cho, Chong-Hun Jung, Won-Chun Oh

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Residential Green and Blue Spaces and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Population-Based Health Study in China by Ruijia Li, Gongbo Chen, Anqi Jiao, Yuanan Lu, Yuming Guo, Shanshan Li, Chongjian Wang, Hao Xiang

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Association between single nucleotide polymorphism of rs1937 in TFAM gene and longevity among the elderly Chinese population: based on the CLHLS study by Qing Chen, Zhi-Hao Li, Wei-Qi Song, Yao Yao, Yu-Jie Zhang, Wen-Fang Zhong, Pei-Dong Zhang, Dan Liu, Xi-Ru Zhang, Qing-Mei Huang, Xiao-Yang Zhao, Xiao-Ming Shi, Chen Mao

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COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance and Associated Factors Among College Students in Dessie City, Northeastern Ethiopia by Berihun G, Walle Z, Teshome D, Berhanu L, Derso M

“…Gete Berihun,1,&ast; Zebader Walle,2,&ast; Daniel Teshome,3,&ast; Leykun Berhanu,1 Mohammed Derso4 1Department of Environmental Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wollo University, Dessie, Ethiopia; 2Department of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Debre Tabor University, Debre Tabor, Ethiopia; 3Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wollo University, Dessie, Ethiopia; 4Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wollo University, Dessie, Ethiopia&ast;These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Gete Berihun; Daniel Teshome, Email geteberihun@gmail.com; danigreatt19@gmail.comBackground: The COVID-19 vaccine is regarded as an effective measure for reducing the pandemic’s impact. …”
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Unlocking the potential of glyphosate-resistant bacterial strains in biodegradation and maize growth by Waqas Mohy-Ud-Din, Waqas Mohy-Ud-Din, Waqas Mohy-Ud-Din, Feng Chen, Safdar Bashir, Muhammad Javed Akhtar, Hafiz Naeem Asghar, Zia Ur Rahman Farooqi, Usman Zulfiqar, Fasih Ullah Haider, Aneeqa Afzal, Mashael Daghash Alqahtani

“…The widespread utilization of glyphosate in agriculture leads to soil, water, and food crop contamination, resulting in human and environmental health consequences. Therefore, it is imperative to devise techniques for enhancing the degradation of glyphosate in soil. …”
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Prevalence of self-medication in Ghana: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Richmond Opoku, Bismark Dwumfour-Asare, Lawrencia Agrey-Bluwey, Nana Esi Appiah, Michael Ackah, Francis Acquah, Priscilla Fordjour Asenso, Abdul-Aziz Issaka

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Long sedentary time is associated with worsened cardiometabolic risk factors among university employees in Eastern Ethiopia by Aboma Motuma, Tesfaye Gobena, Kedir Teji Roba, Yemane Berhane, Alemayehu Worku

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Molecular Epidemiology of Antibiotic-Resistant <i>Escherichia coli</i> from Farm-to-Fork in Intensive Poultry Production in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa by Katherine S. McIver, Daniel Gyamfi Amoako, Akebe Luther King Abia, Linda A. Bester, Hafizah Y. Chenia, Sabiha Y. Essack

“…This reiterates the role of intensive poultry farming as a reservoir and a potential vehicle for the transmission of antibiotic resistance, with potentially severe public health implications, thus, requiring prompt and careful mitigation measures to protect human and environmental health.…”
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Expectations of clients, insurers, and providers: a qualitative responsiveness assessment among private health insurance sector in Kampala-Uganda by Tonny Tindyebwa, Richard Ssempala, Aloysius Ssennyonjo, Chrispus Mayora, Micheal Muhoozi, Joan Tusabe, Paul Mukama, Ssengooba Freddie

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Cardiorespiratory diseases in an industrialized area: a retrospective population-based cohort study by Elisa Bustaffa, Cristina Mangia, Liliana Cori, Fabrizio Bianchi, Marco Cervino, Fabrizio Minichilli

“…In order to assess the environmental health risk of residents in eight municipalities of the Venafro Valley, a retrospective residential cohort study during 2006–2019 was carried out. …”
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