Prevalence and phylogenetic analysis of Gyrovirus galga 1 in southern China from 2020 to 2022 by Fanfan Zhang, Quan Xie, Qun Yang, Yangyang Luo, Peiwei Wan, Chengcheng Wu, Lingyun Tu, Jiajia Chen, Zhaofeng Kang

“…To investigate the prevalence and genetic evolution of GyVg1, a total of 2,077 field samples collected from 113 chicken farms in 6 provinces in southern China during 2020 to 2022 were tested. …”
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The impact of the Wenchuan earthquake on early puberty: a natural experiment by Qiguo Lian, Xiayun Zuo, Yanyan Mao, Yan Zhang, Shan Luo, Shucheng Zhang, Chaohua Lou, Xiaowen Tu, Weijin Zhou

“…Methods We used data from two circles of a survey on reproductive health in China to explore the impact of the Wenchuan earthquake on early puberty , and a total of 9,785 adolescents (4,830 boys, 49.36%) aged 12–20 years from 29 schools in eight provinces were recruited. Wenchuan earthquake exposure was defined as those Sichuan students who had not experienced oigarche/menarche before May 12, 2008. …”
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Epidemiological characteristics of Plasmodium malariae malaria in China: a malaria that should not be neglected post elimination by Li Zhang, Bo-Yu Yi, Shui-Sen Zhou, Zhi-Gui Xia, Jian-Hai Yin

“…Moreover, four kinds of P. malariae cases were classified, including 567 imported cases from 41 countries in 8 regions and distributed in 27 provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities) in China, six indigenous cases in a small outbreak in Hainan, seven recurrent cases in Guangdong and Shanghai, and one induced case in Shanghai, respectively. …”
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Assessing reporting delays and the effective reproduction number: The Ebola epidemic in DRC, May 2018–January 2019 by A. Tariq, K. Roosa, K. Mizumoto, G. Chowell

“…On August 1, 2018, the Democratic Republic of Congo declared its 10th and largest outbreak of Ebola inflicting North Khivu and Ituri provinces. The spread of Ebola to Congolese urban centers along with deliberate attacks on the health care workers has hindered epidemiological surveillance activities, leading to substantial reporting delays. …”
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Sustainable strategies for Ebola virus disease outbreak preparedness in Africa: a case study on lessons learnt in countries neighbouring the Democratic Republic of the Congo by Caroline S. Ryan, Marie-Roseline D. Belizaire, Miriam Nanyunja, Olushayo Oluseun Olu, Yahaya Ali Ahmed, Anderson Latt, Matthew Tut Kol, Bertrand Bamuleke, Jayne Tusiime, Nadia Nsabimbona, Ishata Conteh, Shamiso Nyashanu, Patrick Otim Ramadan, Solomon Fisseha Woldetsadik, Jean-Pierre Mulunda Nkata, Jim T. Ntwari, Senya D. Nzeyimana, Leopold Ouedraogo, Georges Batona, Vedaste Ndahindwa, Elizabeth A. Mgamb, Magdalene Armah, Joseph Francis Wamala, Argata Guracha Guyo, Alex Yao Sokemawu Freeman, Alexander Chimbaru, Innocent Komakech, Muhau Kuku, Walter M. Firmino, Grace E. Saguti, Faraja Msemwa, Shikanga O-Tipo, Precious C. Kalubula, Ngoy Nsenga, Ambrose Otau Talisuna

“…Main text Several positive impacts from preparedness support to countries bordering the affected provinces in the DRC were identified, including development of sustained capacities which were leveraged upon to respond to the subsequent coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. …”
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A first high-resolution carbon isotope stratigraphy from the Boreal (NW Germany) for the Berriasian to Coniacian interval—implications for the timing of the Aptian–Albian boundary... by André Bornemann, André Bornemann, Jochen Erbacher, Jochen Erbacher, Martin Blumenberg, Silke Voigt

“…In the Cretaceous, these δ13C perturbations indicate large shifts between the global carbon reservoirs that are usually caused by volcanic activity of large igneous provinces, the widespread deposition of thick organic carbon-rich sequences and/or changes in orbital parameters. …”
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O-23 HEPATITIS B VIRUS STATUS OF ORGAN DONORS IN ARGENTINA by Maria Anders, Ariel Antik, Manuel Mendizabal, Federico Piñero, Daniela Hansen Krogh, Federico Orozco, Viviana Tagliafichi, Julia Brutti, Marcelo Silva, Gabriela Hidalgo, Liliana Bisignano

“…The Patagonia region presented the highest prevalence of HBsAg, especially in the provinces of La Pampa (2.3%), Santa Cruz (2.2.%), and Tierra del Fuego (2.1.%). …”
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Effects of the inclusion of physical activity in secondary education academic classes on educational indicators and health markers: rationale and methods of the ACTIVE CLASS study by María González-Pérez, María González-Pérez, David Sánchez-Oliva, David Sánchez-Oliva, David Sánchez-Oliva, Alberto Grao-Cruces, Alberto Grao-Cruces, Enrique Cano-Cañada, Fátima Martín-Acosta, Fátima Martín-Acosta, Raúl Muñoz-González, Francisco J. Bandera-Campos, Francisco J. Bandera-Campos, Abel Ruiz-Hermosa, Abel Ruiz-Hermosa, Miguel Vaquero-Solís, Miguel Vaquero-Solís, Miguel Vaquero-Solís, Carmen Padilla-Moledo, Carmen Padilla-Moledo, Julio Conde-Caveda, Julio Conde-Caveda, Víctor Segura-Jiménez, Víctor Segura-Jiménez, Víctor Segura-Jiménez, Víctor Segura-Jiménez, Inmaculada González-Ponce, Tomás García-Calvo, José Castro-Piñero, José Castro-Piñero, Daniel Camiletti-Moirón, Daniel Camiletti-Moirón

“…One school from each study provinces is randomly assigned to either the active break intervention group, the physically active learning intervention group, or the control group. …”
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Prevalence of workplace violence in Chinese obstetric nurses under the new situation and its correlation with violence prevention knowledge-attitude-practice and climate perception... by Shan Huang, Jinguo Zhai, Xiaoqin Lu, Yulian Liang, Qiumei Li, Hamza Saidi Lilenga

“…All the questionnaires came from 10 provinces and 3 autonomous regions in China. The basic characteristics of obstetric nurse’s workplace violence, workplace violence prevention knowledge-attitude-practice scale and workplace violence climate perception scale were collected. …”
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Do pharmacists counsel customers on the disposal of unused or expired household medications? A national survey among 1,596 pharmacists in Indonesia by Sofa D. Alfian, Farida Rendrayani, Qisty A. Khoiry, Mochammad A.A. Pratama, Meliana Griselda, Ivan Surya Pradipta, Nursiswati Nursiswati, Rizky Abdulah

“…Results: This study involved 1,596 pharmacists across 37 Indonesian provinces. Most pharmacists were women (80.4 %), aged 31–40 years (49.3 %), with a pharmacist professional background (93.8 %), working in CHCs (41.2 %), and practicing for 1–5 years (51.0 %). …”
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Prevalence of plasma lipid abnormalities and associated risk factors among Iranian adults based on the findings from STEPs survey 2021 by Javad Khanali, Erfan Ghasemi, Mohammad-Mahdi Rashidi, Naser Ahmadi, Seyyed-Hadi Ghamari, Mohammadreza Azangou-Khyavy, Mohammad-Reza Malekpour, Mohsen Abbasi-Kangevari, Seyedeh Melika Hashemi, Mohammadreza Naderian, Negar Rezaei, Arezou Dilmaghani-Marand, Yosef Farzi, Ameneh Kazemi, Moein Yoosefi, Amirali Hajebi, Shahabeddin Rezaei, Sina Azadnajafabad, Nima Fattahi, Maryam Nasserinejad, Elham Abdolhamidi, Rosa Haghshenas, Nazila Rezaei, Shirin Djalalinia, Bagher Larijani, Farshad Farzadfar

“…The prevalence of lipid abnormalities was highly heterogeneous among provinces, and East Azarbaijan with 85.3% (81.5–89.1) and Golestan with 68.5% (64.8–72.2) had the highest and lowest prevalence of dyslipidemia, respectively. …”
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Hand hygiene during the spread of COVID-19: a cross-sectional study of awareness and practices among academic institutions in Lebanon by Nisreen Alwan, Jihan Safwan, Jihan Safwan, Racha Kerek, Racha Kerek, Wissam Ghach, Wissam Ghach

“…Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis tests were used to determine whether significant differences exist in the levels of awareness with regard to gender, age, provinces, educational level, and university status. …”
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Is Increasing Diet Diversity of Animal-Source Foods Related to Better Health-Related Quality of Life among Chinese Men and Women? by Hui Jing, Yuxin Teng, Samuel Chacha, Ziping Wang, Guoshuai Shi, Baibing Mi, Binyan Zhang, Jiaxin Cai, Yezhou Liu, Qiang Li, Yuan Shen, Jiaomei Yang, Yijun Kang, Shanshan Li, Danmeng Liu, Duolao Wang, Hong Yan, Shaonong Dang

“…The data came from the Shaanxi baseline survey of the Northwest Chinese Regional Ethnic Cohort Study, which recruited more than 100 thousand participants aged 35 to 74 from five provinces between June 2018 and May 2019. A total of 39,997 participants in Shaanxi (mean age: 50 years; 64% women) were finally included in this current study. …”
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Livelihood activities, human mobility, and risk of malaria infection in elimination settings: a case–control study by Shaymaa A. Abdalal, Joshua Yukich, Katherine Andrinopoulos, Maimonah Alghanmi, Majed H. Wakid, Ayat Zawawi, Steve Harakeh, Sarah A. Altwaim, Hattan Gattan, Fadi Baakdah, Mahmoud A. Gaddoury, Hatoon A. Niyazi, Jawahir A. Mokhtar, Mohammed H. Alruhaili, Isra Alsaady, Rowa Alhabbab, Mohamed Alfaleh, Anwar M. Hashem, Ziab Zakey Alahmadey, Joseph Keating

“…A total of 261 participants were recruited for the study, including 81 cases of confirmed malaria through rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) and microscopy and 180 controls in the Baish Governorate in Jazan Provinces, Saudi Arabia. Individuals who received malaria tests were interviewed regarding their livelihood activities and recent movement (travel history). …”
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Analysis on the existing problems and improving approaches to the clinical research talents team cultivation in China by LI Dongliang, WANG Suping, HE Hao, WANG Bingshun, ZHOU Liang

“…An online questionnaire survey was conducted on 583 clinical research-related personnel from hospitals, biomedical enterprises, medical colleges and government departments in 27 provinces, cities and autonomous regions, and the survey results were analyzed.Results·A total of 583 questionnaires were collected, 579 of which were valid, with an effective rate of 99.3%. …”
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Effects of ozone-vegetation interactions on meteorology and air quality in China using a two-way coupled land-atmosphere model by Zhu, Jiachen, Tai, Amos P. K., Yim, Steve Hung Lam

“…Our results reveal that O3 causes up to 16g% enhancement in stomatal resistance, whereby large increases are found in the Henan, Hebei, and Shandong provinces. O3 damage causes more than 0.6gμmolgCO2gm-2gs-1 reductions in photosynthesis rate and at least 0.4 and 0.8gggCgm-2gd-1 decreases in leaf area index (LAI) and gross primary production (GPP), respectively, and hotspot areas appear in the northeastern and southern China. …”
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Sustained efficacy of artesunate-sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine against Plasmodium falciparum in Yemen and a renewed call for an adjunct single dose primaquine to clear gametocytes by Atroosh, W.M., Al-Mekhlafi, H.M., Snounou, G., Al-Jasari, A., Sady, H., Nasr, N.A., Lau, Y.L., Surin, J.

“…Methods: A 28-day in vivo evaluation of the clinical and parasitological response to three-day course of AS + SP was carried out in two areas of high endemicity (Hodeidah and Al-Mahwit provinces, Tehama region) in Yemen according to standard WHO protocol 2009. …”

Application of Landsat-8, Sentinel-2, ASTER and WorldView-3 spectral imagery for exploration of carbonate-hosted Pb-Zn deposits in the Central Iranian Terrane (CIT) by Sekandari, Milad, Masoumi, Iman, Pour, Amin Beiranvand, Muslim, Aidy M., Rahmani, Omeid, Hashim, Mazlan, Zoheir, Basem, Pradhan, Biswajeet, Misra, Ankita, Aminpour, Shahram M.

“…Results indicate that the spectral data derived from multi-sensor remote sensing satellite datasets can be broadly used for generating remote sensing-based prospectivity maps for exploration of carbonate-hosted Pb-Zn mineralization in many metallogenic provinces around the world.…”

Subject Map Corona virus in Iran: Case Study of Instagram by tahereh abolghasem mosalman, Alireza Abayati, Mohammad Azampour Afshar, Elham Hooshmand

“…In the next step, using the indicators of network centrality and Ucinet software, the extracted data were analyzed. results of the study indicated that hashtags on the subject of corona symptoms; Corona disease, medical equipment, nutrition during the corona, medical staff, corona treatment, provinces affected by the disease and corona failure have been among the most popular and widely used hashtags. …”
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An Update on the Development and Feasibility Assessment of Canadian Quality Indicators for Atrial Fibrillation and Atrial Flutter by Roopinder K. Sandhu, MD, MPH, Stephen B. Wilton, MD, MSc, Jennifer Cruz, NP-Adult, MN, Clare L. Aztema, MD, MSc, Kendra MacFarlane, MSc, Robert McKelvie, MD, PhD, Laurie Lambert, PhD, Kathy Rush, PhD, RN, Rodney Zimmerman, MD, Garth Oakes, PhD, Mark Deyell, MD, D. George Wyse, MD, PhD, Jafna L. Cox, MD, Allan Skanes, MD

“…Stroke prevention therapy can be further measured in selected provinces with linked databases including prescriptions. …”
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