cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
A Comparative Profile of Oropharyngeal Colonization of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Hemophilus influenzae among HealthCare Workers (HCW) in a Tertiary Care Hospital and Non-HealthCare Individuals.
Creators: name: Amritha G.N
name: N, Meenakshi
name: R, Alice Peace Selvabai
name: Priyadarshini Shanmugam
name: Perumal Jayaraman
Publisher: name: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene
Year: 2020

description: Introduction: Streptococcus pneumoniae and Hemophilus influenzae are two major bacterial human pathogens responsible for causing both acute respiratory tract and life threatening invasive infections. Oropharyngeal carriage of these isolates can lead to its transmission frequently in healthcare settings between patients and HealthCare workers (HCW) and also common among population living in crowded communities resulting in serious invasive infections. Furthermore, awareness about preventive measures including appropriate vaccination against these bacterial infections, oropharyngeal carrier status, prevalent serotypes and the antimicrobial susceptibility pattern these bacterial strains among HCW and Non-HCW in the community in India remains inadequate. Therefore the current study is aimed to understand the prevalence of oropharyngeal carrier status, prevalent serotypes and antimicrobial susceptibility profile of these organisms among HCW and non-HCW. Methods: A total of 200 oropharyngeal swabs will be collected from HealthCare Workers and 200 from Non-Health care individuals of age 18 to 70. Antimicrobial susceptibility profile was studied for Pneumococci and H.influenzae. Specific serotypes for the carrier isolates of Pneumococci were identified using primers appropriate to the prevalent serotypes by multiplex PCR. Results: About 30% of the HCW were colonized with S.pneumoniae and H.influenzae (P =<0.0001). Out of which 19% of them were S.pneumoniae and 11% were H.influenzae. A total of 23% of the Non-HCW was colonized with S.pneumoniae and H.influenzae. Out of which 16% had pneumococcal carriage and 7% had H.influenzae. Individuals in the age group 56-70 years had significantly a greater prevalence rate when compared to young people (P= 0.0014). Thus in this study 30% of the HCW and 23% of the Non–HCW were colonized with S.pneumoniae and H.influenzae. Both Pneumococci and H.influenzae showed 100% susceptibility to Penicillin and other cephalosporins. However, Pneumococcal isolates from HCW showed better susceptibility towards erythromycin & clindamycin whereas isolates from Non- HCW showed better susceptibility towards ofloxacin and tetracycline. Serotypes detected in our study include 19F, 3, 1 and 5. Conclusion: The present study gives a greater prevalence rate of S.pneumoniae and H.influenzae among HCW when compared to Non-HCW. This will definitely increase horizontal spread of infections and further accelerate the occupational risk. Increased carrier state prevalence among old age group underscores the importance of vaccination among these individuals.
description: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene, Vol. 61 No. 3 (2020): 2020613
Accounting for planetary boundaries in health economic evaluation
Creators: name: Rogowski, Wolf
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Health economic evaluation
subject: planetary health
subject: sustainability
subject: green healthcare
subject: life cycle assessment
subject: 610

description: Introduction: Health economic evaluation (HEE) provides guidance for decision-making in the face of scarcity but ignores ecological scarcities as long as they involve external costs only. Following the imperative to account for planetary health, this study explores how this blind spot can be addressed. Areas covered: The study is based on a critical review of relevant work, particularly in the fields of HEE and life cycle assessment (LCA). LCA can provide information on a technology’s environmental impacts which can be accounted for on both the effect and cost sides of HEE. Cost–benefit analyses can incorporate environmental impacts in case vignettes used for eliciting consumers’ willingness to pay. Existing LCA impact models can be used to estimate human health risks associated with environmental impacts and add them to the health benefits in cost-utility analyses. Many jurisdictions offer lists of shadow prices that can be used to incorporate environmental impacts on the cost side of HEE. Also, environmental impacts can be reported in a disaggregated manner. Expert opinion: Accounting for planetary boundaries is likely to become a key field of methodological innovation in HEE. Decision relevance is likely to be highest for technologies with similar cost-effectiveness but different ecological impacts.
Hidden Knowledges and Diasporic Positionings: The Autobiographical and Testimonial Texts in Metamba Miago: relatos y saberes de mujeres afroespañolas
Creators: name: Borst, Julia
Publisher: name: Routledge
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Metamba Miago
subject: Afrodescendance
subject: Afroespañol
subject: Afro-Spanish
subject: Diasporic positionings:
subject: Hidden knowledges
subject: Spain
subject: Autobiographical texts
subject: Testimonial texts
subject: 800

description: This article deals with hidden knowledges and diasporic positionings in Metamba Miago: relatos y saberes de mujeres afroespañolas, a crowdfunded collection edited by Deborah Ekoka Hernandis and United Minds. The collection consists of autobiographical and testimonial texts by Afrodescendant women in Spain, texts that emanate from personal experience but extend beyond the biographical to a collective level. My analysis shows how these texts articulate shared Afrodiasporic knowledges of what it means to be the racialized Other. They discuss how to cope with this experience, how to deal with this specific in-betweenness of belonging to Spain “differently” and how to re-evaluate Afrodescendance as an affirmative space of affiliation. Using theoretical approaches that conceptualize literature as an archive of hidden and marginalized knowledges, I elaborate on how the texts in Metamba Miago imagine Afrodescendance not just as political resistance to a predominant regime of White supremacy but as an empowering narrative, a narrative that goes beyond defining Blackness in relation to racism and creates new frames of reference and positively connotated spaces of identification for Afrodiasporic subjects. Studying the texts’ argumentative structure and their framings through the profile pages, the analysis focuses specifically on the authors’ self-positionings, often illuminated through self-designations that locate the Afrodescendant subject in a dynamic diasporic space where new self-determined narratives of belonging arise. Furthermore, it illuminates a growing self-awareness articulated in the texts that allows the authors and their readers to resist inferiorization and, instead, celebrate who they are.
Digitalised work-integrated microlearning: Enabling continuous vocational education and training in highly automated work invironments
Creators: name: Gessler, Michael
name: Ahrens, Daniela
Publisher: name: Institut Technik und Bildung (ITB)
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Microlearning
subject: Work-integrated learning
subject: Vocationale Education and Training
subject: Industry 4.0
subject: Further vocational training
subject: 370

description: The context of operation is a highly automated work environment of an automotive supplier, which we call a learning-hostile work environment due to their restrictive work conditions (e.g. isolated subtasks, little social exchange, unclear feedback of the work–here: unclear feedback of the automated production system in the case of malfunctions). Grounded on a design-based research approach, we investigate whether and how digitalised learning opportunities can be enabled in such work environments to promote continuous vocational education and training. In this paper, we first analyse three themes of the discourses about work and learning in Germany: humanisation, competence orientation, and digitalisation. Subsequently, we systematise forms of work-integrated learning and criteria of work environments that are conducive and hostile to learning. These forms and criteria form the basis for our didactic approach of digitalised microlearning which we have tested in a highly automated work environment. The article concludes with a reflexive analysis and outlook. On the one hand, our approach led to the desired result: work-integrated learning was made possible. On the other hand, the development and implementation of digitalised work-integrated microlearning in a highly automated working environment is very demanding and effortful.
The impact of PrEP: results from a multicenter Health Technology Assessment into the Italian setting
Creators: name: Ferrario, Lucrezia
name: Foglia, Emanuela
name: Garagiola, Elisabetta
name: Pacelli, Valeria
name: Cenderello, Giovanni
name: Di Biagio, Antonio
name: Rizzardini, Giuliano
name: Errico, Margherita
name: Iardino, Rosaria
name: Croce, Davide
Publisher: name: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene
Year: 2020

description: Introduction The use of oral FTC/TDF for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among high-risk people without HIV is emerging as an innovative strategy to decrease HIV epidemic. The study aims at evaluating the implications related to PrEP introduction, from a multidimensional point of view, with particular attention to the sustainability of its implementation. Methods To achieve this objective a Health Technology Assessment was conducted, within 35 Italian Infectious Disease Departments. Data were collected from literature review and using validated questionnaires and literature evidence. The introduction of PrEP (applied as “add-on” and “substitute” prevention strategy) into the clinical practice was compared with a baseline scenario (use of condoms among men who have sex with men and serodiscordant couples, and the use of Needle Syringe Programme among injection drugs users). Results Despite the improvement in patients’ quality of life, PrEP would generate a decrease of patient safety, and an increase in staff workflow, with investment in medical supplies and training courses. PrEP would lead to significant economic investments both for the NHS, and for citizens (40% and 2,377% respectively) if used as an add-on strategy, assuming FTC/TDF patent cost. With the off-patent drug, the NHS would benefit from an advantage (37%) and a shrink of the patients’ expenditure emerged (+682%). More economic resources are required if PrEP is applied as a substitute strategy, considering both the patent (NHS: 212%; citizens: 3,423%) and the off-patent drug (NHS: 73%; citizens: 1,077%). Conclusions The most cost-containing strategy would be the use of PrEP, as an add-on strategy, assuming the off-patent drugs, even if safety and organisational aspects would be deeply considered.
description: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene, Vol. 61 No. 3 (2020): 2020613
Spatio-temporal distribution and trophic ecology of Australian cownose rays (Rhinoptera neglecta)
Creators: name: Chan, Alysha J.
Publisher: name: Macquarie University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Other education not elsewhere classified

description: Australian cownose rays (Rhinoptera neglecta) are an understudied species of epipelagic schooling ray that occur along Australia’s north and east coasts. The species is considered Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, with extensive knowledge gaps surrounding their biology and ecology. This project provides the first detailed examination of the species’ spatio-temporal distribution and trophic ecology along the temperate coast of New South Wales, Australia. A multi-year dataset of R. neglecta coastal sightings, collected during aerial surveys conducted by the New South Wales government fisheries department, was analysed using generalised additive models to identify biotic and abiotic drivers of R. neglecta occurrence and group size in the region. Opportunistic access to specimens enabled the examination of the species’ trophic niche through stable isotope (δ13C, δ15N and δ34S) analysis. The trophic ecology of R. neglecta was compared to that of Aetobatus ocellatus (whitespotted eagle ray) as the two species are thought to share a similar distribution and ecology in the region. This study provides the first insight into R. neglecta occurrence and relative abundance along the full extent of the New South Wales coastline whilst reporting the species’ isotopic niche and resource use.
knowledge, attitude, and practice of breast cancer and breast self-examination among female detainees in Khartoum, Sudan 2018.
Creators: name: Mohamed, Ahmed
name: Nori, Muneer
name: Ahmed, Almegdad
name: Altamih, Randa
name: Kunna, Ezzan
Publisher: name: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene
Year: 2020

description: Introduction: breast cancer is the common cancer among females and a leading cause of mortality among them globally, its rates are three times higher in developing countries. Breast self-examination (BSE) had an important role in early detection, increasing the survival rate of breast cancer patients, despite these benefits, the rates of practicing BSE are low, especially in developing countries. Objective: to assess the levels of awareness about breast cancer, and BSE among the detainees of Dar-Altaebat facility, a female’s detention facility in Khartoum, Sudan. Methods: a cross-sectional study conducted at Dar-Altaebat a female imprisonment facility in Khartoum, Sudan. 354 participants were randomly selected from the total population of the facility. Data was collected using a self-administered structured questionnaire, which was composed of socio-demographic section, knowledge section, attitude section, and breast self-examination section. Data was analyzed using statistical package for social sciences(SPSS) software. Results: 330 participants responded to the questionnaire, their mean age was (31, SD: 11.2) years, 126(38.2%) of them were illiterate, 196(59.4%) were married, and the majority of them 177(76.3%) were housewives. their overall knowledge score revealed that 185(56.2%) of them had poor knowledge about breast cancer. 218(66.3%) of them had poor knowledge about breast self-examination, however 314(95.3%) thought that it was important. 315(95.5%) of the participants had poor practice towards breast self-examination. Conclusion: poor levels of knowledge about breast cancer were reported among the detainees. Additionally, their level of knowledge and practice of breast self-examination was also low, thus more health education campaigns are recommended in such facilities.
description: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene, Vol. 61 No. 3 (2020): 2020613
Could ozone be an effective disinfection measure against the novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2)?
Creators: name: Cristiano, Luigi
Publisher: name: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene
Year: 2020

description: The new SARS-Cov-2 / COVID-19 emergency has imposed new disinfection and sanitation measures of work environments also to beauty and health professional workers and in this context ozone shows growing interest. Ozone has proven to be highly effective in killing bacteria, fungi and molds and inactivating viruses both on the surfaces and suspended in air. Ozone proven to be effective also for the inactivation of SARS virus, while for the novel SARS-Cov2 it is supposed that it be equally effective but specific studied are needed.
description: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene, Vol. 61 No. 3 (2020): 2020613
Antricola coprophilus
Creators: name: Rodríguez-García, Iram Emmanuel
name: Coronado-Blanco, Juana María
name: Garrido-Olvera, Lorena
name: Guzmán-Cornejo, Carmen
name: López-Aguirre, Daniel
name: Estrada-Drouaillet, Benigno
name: Niño-Maldonado, Santiago
name: Guerra-Pérez, Antonio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Ixodida
Argasidae
Antricola
Antricola coprophilus

description: 3. Antricola coprophilus (McIntosh, 1935).
Aldama: (9F, CNAC001930) Cueva de los Cuarteles, bat guano (Hoffmann 2004; Guzmán-Cornejo et al. 2019a) 1,2. Antiguo Morelos: Cueva de la Florida, ND (Hoffmann 2004; Guzmán-Cornejo et al. 2019a). Matamoros: ND, ND (Philip 1940; Guzmán-Cornejo et al. 2019a).
Distribution: Tamaulipas Province and Veracruzan Province.
description: Published as part of Rodríguez-García, Iram Emmanuel, Coronado-Blanco, Juana María, Garrido-Olvera, Lorena, Guzmán-Cornejo, Carmen, López-Aguirre, Daniel, Estrada-Drouaillet, Benigno, Niño-Maldonado, Santiago & Guerra-Pérez, Antonio, 2025, Updated list of tick species (Parasitiformes: Ixodida) in Tamaulipas: distribution and hosts, pp. 301-325 in Zootaxa 5618 (3) on page 304, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5618.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/15217941
Nome File [Space4You - D.1]
Creators: name: Politecnico di Torino
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Spoke 1 - Aerospace and sustainable mobility
SPACE4YOU Project
New space economy
ECS00000036

description: Inserire breve descrizione

This document is part of the project NODES which has received funding from the MUR – Missione 4, Componente 2, Investimento 1.5 – Creazione e rafforzamento di “Ecosistemi dell’innovazione”, costruzione di “leader territoriali di R&S” – del PNRR funded by the European Union - NextGenerationEU with grant agreement no. ECS00000036
Determine the most common clinical symptoms in COVID-19 patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Creators: name: Alimohamadi, Yousef
name: Sepandi, Mojtaba
name: Taghdir, Maryam
name: Hosamirudsari, Hadiseh
Publisher: name: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene
Year: 2020

description: Introduction: COVID-19 is an emerging infectious disease. The study about features of this infection could be very helpful in better knowledge about this infectious disease. The current systematic review and meta-analysis were aimed to estimate the prevalence of clinical symptoms of COVID-19 in a systematic review and meta-analysis. Methods: A systematic review using Medline/PubMed, Scopus, and Google scholar has been conducted. In the current systematic review and meta-analysis, the articles published in the period January 1, 2020, to April 2, 2020, written in English and reporting clinical symptoms of COVID-19 was reviewed. To assess, the presence of heterogeneity, the Cochran’s Q statistic, the I2 index, and the tau- squared test were used. Because of significant heterogeneity between the studies the random-effects model with 95% CI was used to calculate the pooled estimation of each symptom prevalence. Results: The most common symptoms in COVID-19 patients include: Fever 81.2% (95% CI: 77.9-84.4); Cough: 58.5% (95% CI: 54.2-62.8); Fatigue 38.5% (95% CI: 30.6-45.3); Dysp- nea: 26.1% (95% CI: 20.4-31.8); and the Sputum: 25.8% (95% CI: 21.1-30.4). Based on the meta-regression results, the sample size used in different studies did not have a significant effect on the final estimate value (P > 0.05). Conclusion: Considering the main symptoms of COVID-19 such as Fever, Cough, Fatigue, and Dyspnea can have a key role in early detection of this disease and prevent the transmission of the disease to other people.
description: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene, Vol. 61 No. 3 (2020): 2020613
Antricola mexicanus Hoffmann 1958
Creators: name: Rodríguez-García, Iram Emmanuel
name: Coronado-Blanco, Juana María
name: Garrido-Olvera, Lorena
name: Guzmán-Cornejo, Carmen
name: López-Aguirre, Daniel
name: Estrada-Drouaillet, Benigno
name: Niño-Maldonado, Santiago
name: Guerra-Pérez, Antonio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Ixodida
Argasidae
Antricola
Antricola mexicanus

description: 4. Antricola mexicanus Hoffmann, 1958.
Antiguo Morelos: Cueva de la Florida, bat guano (Hoffmann 2004; Guzmán-Cornejo et al. 2019a).
Distribution: Veracruzan Province.
description: Published as part of Rodríguez-García, Iram Emmanuel, Coronado-Blanco, Juana María, Garrido-Olvera, Lorena, Guzmán-Cornejo, Carmen, López-Aguirre, Daniel, Estrada-Drouaillet, Benigno, Niño-Maldonado, Santiago & Guerra-Pérez, Antonio, 2025, Updated list of tick species (Parasitiformes: Ixodida) in Tamaulipas: distribution and hosts, pp. 301-325 in Zootaxa 5618 (3) on page 304, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5618.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/15217941
Preferences of healthcare professionals regarding hexavalent pediatric vaccines in Italy: a survey of attitudes and expectations
Creators: name: Parisi, Salvatore
name: Icardi, Giancarlo
name: Orsi, Andrea
name: Vitali Rosati, Giovanni
name: Tognetto, Alessia
name: Checcucci Lisi, Giovanni
Publisher: name: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene
Year: 2020

description: Introduction. In Italy, three hexavalent pediatric vaccines are available: two are ready-to-use (RTU) as pre-filled syringes, while the third must be reconstituted (need-for-reconstitution [NFR]). The formulation is related to the vaccination timing, safety of preparation and administration, and possible errors in immunization. We surveyed Italian healthcare professionals (HCPs) experienced with RTU and NFR vaccines in order to investigate their opinions on key aspects of the vaccines. Methods. In Q1 2018, a qualitative study, ethnographic observations and in-depth interviews were performed in public vaccination settings of three Italian Regions. Data on how the vaccination process was managed and perceptions about the value of the RTU formulation were collected. In Q2 2018, face-to-face interviews were carried out to explore the attitude and preferences of Italian HCPs from nine Regions, assessing advantages and disadvantages of the two formulations from a quantitative point of view. In Q3–Q4 data analysis was carried out, using both qualitative and quantitative methodologies. Results. The first phase demonstrated the following advantages of the RTU versus the NFR formulation: time-saving, lower probability of needle contamination and needle stick incidents, better handling, simpler procedure, easier disposal of waste. For the survey, 149 HCPs were interviewed; 80% and 40%, respectively, were very satisfied with the RTU and NFR vaccine. Conclusions. Our study demonstrated that HCPs prefer the RTU formulation, as it simplifies vaccinations, reduces preparation time and minimizes the risk of errors. This formulation also saves time that can be spent on more in-depth counseling.
description: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene, Vol. 61 No. 3 (2020): 2020613
Screening approach among newly arrived asylum seekers: experience in a primary health care setting in Piacenza, Emilia Romagna, Northern Italy
Creators: name: DONISI, ALESSANDRA
name: GERNA, LAURA
name: FIETTA, TOMMASO
name: GRECCHI, CECILIA
Publisher: name: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene
Year: 2020

description: In the last ten years the number of asylum seekers has increased in all of Europe. Our Migrants Health Unit in Piacenza, Emilia Romagna, Italy, is designated to provide primary health care for migrants without a regular permit of stay and, since 2015, is the reference center for asylum-seekers in our Province. Aim of this study is to describe the results of the screening for infectious diseases performed in asylum seekers from January 2015 to December 2015. For any asylum seekers referred to our Centre, we recorded demographical data and we offered screening for HIV, HBV, HCV, syphilis and active tuberculosis (TB). Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the characteristics of the cohort. In 2015, 316 asylum seekers accessed to our Centre. Of them, the majority were men (N= 275; 87,03%). Africa was the most represented geographical area (221, 69,94%), followed from Asia (95, 30.06%). The median age was 25,4 years. 301 patients underwent chest X-Ray, that resulted negative in 262 cases (87%). HBsAg testing proved to be positive in 17 (5,3%) cases. The screening test for HBV, HCV, HIV and syphilis resulted respectively positive in 5.3%, 1.9%, 0.3% and 1.6%.
description: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene, Vol. 61 No. 3 (2020): 2020613
Argas radiatus Railliet 1893
Creators: name: Rodríguez-García, Iram Emmanuel
name: Coronado-Blanco, Juana María
name: Garrido-Olvera, Lorena
name: Guzmán-Cornejo, Carmen
name: López-Aguirre, Daniel
name: Estrada-Drouaillet, Benigno
name: Niño-Maldonado, Santiago
name: Guerra-Pérez, Antonio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Ixodida
Argasidae
Argas
Argas radiatus

description: 6. Argas radiatus Railliet, 1893.
Nuevo Laredo: Km 32 to the south, chicken coops (Hoffmann & López-Campos 2000; Guzmán-Cornejo et al. 2019a).
Distribution: Tamaulipas Province.
description: Published as part of Rodríguez-García, Iram Emmanuel, Coronado-Blanco, Juana María, Garrido-Olvera, Lorena, Guzmán-Cornejo, Carmen, López-Aguirre, Daniel, Estrada-Drouaillet, Benigno, Niño-Maldonado, Santiago & Guerra-Pérez, Antonio, 2025, Updated list of tick species (Parasitiformes: Ixodida) in Tamaulipas: distribution and hosts, pp. 301-325 in Zootaxa 5618 (3) on page 304, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5618.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/15217941
Validation of Pediatric Height Estimation Formulae in Suburban Communities in South-east Nigeria: A Cross-sectional Study.
Creators: name: Iloh, Kenechukwu K.
name: Iloh, Ogochukwu N.
name: Nwokeji-Onwe, Linda N.
name: Akubuilo, Uzoamaka C.
name: Nwachukwu, Ogechukwu H.
name: Osuorah, Chidiebere D.I.
Publisher: name: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene
Year: 2020

description: Background: Height measurement is one of the common essential anthropometric measurements in clinical pediatrics. The most accurate method of determining a child height is to measure the height. However, in emergency situations and some resource limited settings, obtaining the actual height of a child may not be feasible hence the need to estimate. The most common age-based formulae for height estimation in children is 6n + 77 where n = age in years. The accuracy of this height estimation formulae has not been assessed in developing setting like ours with high prevalence of malnutrition. This study therefore sought to evaluate the accuracy of the height estimation formula in children in communities across Enugu southeast Nigeria. Method: Children 2-12 years old who met the inclusion criteria were enrolled over 12 months from three of the 17 Local Government Area of Enugu State. Height was measured using a standard stadiometer and estimated height was calculated 6n + 77. Data collected was analyzed using SPSS. Result: Of the 4046 children enrolled, majority (86.1%) were of normal height for age while 2.6% were stunted. The formula underestimated height of children in younger age bracket and overestimated height in older children. Overall, the estimated height using the formula was within ±10% agreement of the actual height of surveyed children in 77.0% of children surveyed. Conclusion: The 6n + 77 formula is a reasonable but not entirely accurate for height estimation for children in our setting. Keywords: Children, Height, Estimation, Accuracy
description: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene, Vol. 61 No. 3 (2020): 2020613
Predictors of mortality among hemodialysis patients in Hamadan Province using random survival forests
Creators: name: Tapak, Leili
name: Sheikh, Vida
name: Jenabi, Ensiyeh
name: Khazaei, Salman
Publisher: name: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene
Year: 2020

description: Background: Hemodialysis patients are at the high risk for morbidity and mortality. The aim of this study was to find out the predictors of mortality and survival in hemodialysis patients in Hamadan province. Methods: The numbers of 785 patients during the entire 11 years were enrolled into this historical cohort study. Data were gathered by a checklist of hospital records. The survival time was the time between start of Hemodialysis treatment to patients death as the end point. Random survival forests (RSF) method was used to identify main predictors of survival among the patients. Results: The median survival time was 613 days. The number of 376 death was occurred. The three most important predictors of survival were hemoglobin, CRP and albumin. RSF method predicted survival better than the conventional Cox-proportional hazards model (out-of-bag C-index of 0.808 for RSF vs. 0.727 for Cox model). Conclusions: We found that higher levels of CRP, low serum albumin and low serum hemoglobin were the top three most important predictors of survival for HD patients.
description: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene, Vol. 61 No. 3 (2020): 2020613
Do statins play role in reducing the incidence and mortality of ovarian cancer? A systematic review and meta-analysis
Creators: name: Mohammadian-Hafshejani, Abdollah
name: Sherwin, Catherine
name: Heidari-Soureshjani, Saeid
Publisher: name: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene
Year: 2020

description: Introduction: This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to investigate the relationship between statin consumption and risk of incidence of ovarian cancer (OC) and associated mortality. Methods: Computerized searches were conducted in three electronic databases (PubMed, Web of Science, and Scopus). Two calibrated authors performed the publications selection, data extraction, and quality assessment of the selected publications. The quality of the included articles was evaluated using the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS) for observational studies, and Jadad criteria for randomized clinical trials (RCTs). The electronic searches retrieved 2272 titles/abstracts. After the deletion of duplicate publications, 2030 titles/abstracts were assessed. Eighteen articles were included. Results: Meta-analysis demonstrated that risk ratio (RR) of the association between statin consumption and OC incidence was 0.88 (95% CI = 0.75 - 1.03, P = 0.109). Patients receiving statin were less likely to die than those who did not receive statin, with a statistically significant association [RR=0.76 (95% CI 0.67–0.86, P=0.0001)]. There was no evidence of publication bias in examining the association between statin consumption and the risk of incidence and mortality from OC. Conclusion: This study determined that statin use reduced the incidence risk of OC and significantly increased the survival in OC patients.
description: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene, Vol. 61 No. 3 (2020): 2020613
Cholera knowledge, socioeconomic and WaSH characteristics in Aden - Yemen, 2017: a community-based comparative survey
Creators: name: Al-Sakkaf, Khaled
name: Bahattab, Awsan
name: Basaleem, Huda
Publisher: name: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene
Year: 2020

description: Objectives: To improve prevention and control response to the cholera outbreak, we sought to assess and compare the community’s cholera awareness and needs in high and low epidemic areas in Aden. Methods: A community-based comparative survey was conducted in 2017. We used multi-stage cluster sampling. Eligible household heads in high and low epidemic areas were interviewed. The data collected from both areas using a pretested questionnaire. Results: Cholera cases and mortality were higher in high epidemic areas compared with low epidemic areas. Socioeconomic, water, sanitation, and hygienic conditions were poorer in high epidemic areas compared with low epidemic areas. Knowledge of cholera transmission and prevention was sub-optimal in both areas. We found a mismatch between the delivered education and distributed preventive materials. Conclusions: Stakeholders should tailor the design, content, and implementation of future cholera prevention and control methods to meet the needs of the community. Future educational camping should focus on transmission prevention, including vaccination. Education and sustainable interventions should be implemented to improve water, sanitation, and hygiene.
description: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene, Vol. 61 No. 3 (2020): 2020613
An original logigramme to make safe discharge and community reintegration for Covid-19 patients
Creators: name: Donno, Francesca
name: Fedele, Alberto
Publisher: name: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene
Year: 2020

description: During the COVID-19 pandemic, discharge and community reintegration of patients are critical phases in order to guarantee public health. A review of the international and Italian experience that represent the best evidence available was carried out, mainly focusing on the precise allocation of tasks and related responsabilities. The report establishes a proposal for the systematic management pathway dedicated to Covid-19 patients. The original result is a logigramme to guide health practitioners on discharge and community reintegration Covid-19 patients: standardize clinical attitudes helps in ensuring quality of care and patient safety that shuold be a core element even during a public health emergency.
description: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene, Vol. 61 No. 3 (2020): 2020613
Caratterizzazione delle sonde elettrostatiche CIRA presso IAPS
Creators: name: PARMENTIER, ALEXANDRA
name: PAPINI, EMANUELE
name: BATTISTA, FRANCESCO
name: INVIGORITO, MARCO
name: RICCI, DANIELE
name: SALVATORE, VITO
name: MORBIDINI, Alfredo
name: VERTOLLI, Nello
name: DIEGO, Piero
Publisher: name: IAPS Roma
Year: 2022

description: Le misurazioni della densità di corrente ionica nel plasma o nel fascio ionico di dispositivi di propulsione elettrica per veicoli spaziali sono di grande rilevanza, in quanto il flusso di ioni espulsi determina le caratteristiche del propulsore come spinta, impulso specifico e utilizzo del propellente, nonché le prestazioni dell’intero sistema di propulsione. Inoltre, una conoscenza accurata e completa della corrente ionica è fondamentale per la validazione di modellazione della plume e per le simulazioni numeriche, per prove di accettazione dei propulsori, per lo studio degli effetti di impianto e per comprendere le interazioni tra plasma e veicolo spaziale. In questa attività si mettono a confronto tre diverse tipologie di sonde: una sonda planare con guard-ring (sonda di Faraday), una sonda planare con collimatore (coppa di Faraday) e due sonde di Langmuir di tipo cilindrico. Nell'ambito dell'Accordo Quadro di mutua collaborazione scientifica tra INAF-IAPS e CIRA (2021), gli obiettivi principali di questo studio sono la caratterizzazione delle sonde elettrostatiche CIRA e l'identificazione delle caratteristiche della diagnostica che permettono una più chiara/efficiente valutazione della propulsione. Lo studio fornisce anche raccomandazioni per la corretta progettazione di una sonda di corrente ionica di alta qualità, nonché indicazioni per il funzionamento delle sonde e il trattamento dei dati.
HIV/AIDS Knowledge among Iranian Health Care Workers
Creators: name: Mirzaei-Alavijeh, Mehdi
name: Jalilian, Farzad
name: Fatahi, Mohhamad
Publisher: name: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene
Year: 2020

description: Background: HIV/AIDS remains a major public health concern globally and Health Care Workers (HCWs) are in the frontline of preventing and providing care for HIV in the health care system. The aim of this study was to evaluate HIV/AIDS knowledge among primary HCWs. Methodology: This cross-sectional study was conducted among 200 HCWs who were randomly selected from health care centers in Kermanshah city, west of Iran, 2018. HCWs filled out a self-administered questionnaire including the socio-demographic characteristics and HIV/AIDS knowledge items. Data were analyzed by SPSS version 16 using bivariate correlations, t-test, and ANOVA statistical tests. Results: The mean score of HIV/AIDS knowledge was 29.73 [95% CI: 28.79, 30.67], ranged from 0 to 40 (74.3% 0f total percent). HIV/AIDS knowledge was not a significant association and correlation with sex, education level, marital status, age and job history. Up to 50% had inadequate knowledge about HIV/AIDS status and transmission in Iran. Conclusions: Primary HCWs HIV/AIDS knowledge was average and it seems need to be educating regarding HIV/AIDS status and transmission in Iran.
description: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene, Vol. 61 No. 3 (2020): 2020613
A review of quality of life of patients suffering from Ichthyosis
Creators: name: Troiano, Gianmarco
name: Lazzeri, Giacomo
Publisher: name: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene
Year: 2020

description: Introduction Ichthyoses include a heterogeneous group of skin diseases often characterized by persistent scaling and hyperkeratosis with variable erythema, pruritus, and sweating impairment. The aim of our review was to assess the quality of life in patients with ichtyosis. Methods In July 2018 we performed a systematic search in the electronic database PubMed (MEDLINE). The MESH term “quality of life” was combined, through the Boolean operator AND with the key word “ichtyosis”. We considered eligible for the systematic review studies written in English. Results The literature search yielded 63 publications, but 7 studies were included in the review. Studies were published in 2003-2014 and involved a minimum of 10 and a maximum of 235 patients. Authors used 5 types of tools: Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI), Dermatitis Family Impact Questionnaire (DFI), Nottingham Health Profile (NHP) questionnaire, Short Form Questionnaire 36 and 12 (SF-36, SF-12). Many patients reported worse scores than general population. Patients referred physical problems related to pain (which negatively influenced the mobility). Conclusions Ichthyosis considerably impaired the QoL, especially for paediatric patients. Further studies and efforts should be done to manage and treat the pain.
description: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene, Vol. 61 No. 3 (2020): 2020613
Argas sanchezi Duges 1887
Creators: name: Rodríguez-García, Iram Emmanuel
name: Coronado-Blanco, Juana María
name: Garrido-Olvera, Lorena
name: Guzmán-Cornejo, Carmen
name: López-Aguirre, Daniel
name: Estrada-Drouaillet, Benigno
name: Niño-Maldonado, Santiago
name: Guerra-Pérez, Antonio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Ixodida
Argasidae
Argas
Argas sanchezi

description: 7. Argas sanchezi Dugès, 1887.
ND: ND, chicken feces (Hoffmann & López-Campos 2000; Guzmán-Cornejo et al. 2019a). ND: ND, ND (Chaires-Grijalva & Acuña-Soto 2024).
description: Published as part of Rodríguez-García, Iram Emmanuel, Coronado-Blanco, Juana María, Garrido-Olvera, Lorena, Guzmán-Cornejo, Carmen, López-Aguirre, Daniel, Estrada-Drouaillet, Benigno, Niño-Maldonado, Santiago & Guerra-Pérez, Antonio, 2025, Updated list of tick species (Parasitiformes: Ixodida) in Tamaulipas: distribution and hosts, pp. 301-325 in Zootaxa 5618 (3) on page 304, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5618.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/15217941
title: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene, Vol. 61 No. 3 (2020): 2020613
title: 2020613
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Journal Of Preventive Medicine And Hygiene
Publisher: name: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene
Year: 2020

description: Cholera knowledge, socioeconomic and WaSH characteristics in Aden - Yemen, 2017: a community-based comparative survey...E392 Validation of Pediatric Height Estimation Formulae in Suburban Communities in South-east Nigeria: A Cross-sectional Study....E464 Preferences of healthcare professionals regarding hexavalent pediatric vaccines in Italy: a survey of attitudes and expectations...E424 Determine the most common clinical symptoms in COVID-19 patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis...E304 Direct detection of free vitamin D as a tool to assess risk conditions associated with chronic plaque psoriasis...E489 All’s not well with the “worried well”: Understanding health anxiety due to COVID-19 ...E321 Determinants of diarrhoeal diseases and height-for-age z-scores in children under-five years of age in rural central Tanzania...E409 HIV/AIDS Knowledge among Iranian Health Care Workers...E386 A review of quality of life of patients suffering from Ichthyosis...E374 Screening approach among newly arrived asylum seekers: experience in a primary health care setting in Piacenza, Emilia Romagna, Northern Italy...E445 Could ozone be an effective disinfection measure against the novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2)?...E301 A Comparative Profile of Oropharyngeal Colonization of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Hemophilus influenzae among HealthCare Workers (HCW) in a Tertiary Care Hospital and Non-HealthCare Individuals....E379 Mothers’ Knowledge of Breastfeeding and Infant Feeding Types Affect Acute Respiratory Infections...E401 The impact of PrEP: results from a multicenter Health Technology Assessment into the Italian setting...E451 Predictors of mortality among hemodialysis patients in Hamadan Province using random survival forests...E482 knowledge, attitude, and practice of breast cancer and breast self-examination among female detainees in Khartoum, Sudan 2018....E470 Association between parity and obesity: A cross sectional study on 6447 Iranian Females...E476 The seedbeds of Tuberculosis: is it time to target congregate settings and workplaces?...E324 An original logigramme to make safe discharge and community reintegration for Covid-19 patients...E313 Do statins play role in reducing the incidence and mortality of ovarian cancer? A systematic review and meta-analysis...E331 Resources for assessing parents’ vaccine hesitancy: a systematic review of the literature...E340
Mogera uchidai
Creators: name: Mittermeier, Russell A.
name: Wilson, Don E.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Soricomorpha
Talpidae
Mogera
Mogera uchidai

description: 40. Senkaku Mole Mogera uchidai French: Taupe des Senkaku / German: Ryukyu-Maulwurf / Spanish: Topo de Senkaku Other common names: Ryukyu Mole Taxonomy. Nesoscaptor uchidai Abe, Shirai- shi & Arai, 1991, west coast of Uotsurijima (= Senkaku Islands), Ryukyu Islands,Japan. Mogera uchidai was originally described under the genus Nesoscaptor as its only spe- cies, based on different dental formula of holotype; dentition of holotype was later considered to be abnormal. Based on skull morphology, which is similar to M. insularis from Taiwan, M. uchidai was moved to the genus Mogera. Monotypic. Distribution. Uotsurijima (Senkaku Is), SW Japan. Descriptive notes. Head—body 129-9 mm,tail 12 mm, hindfoot 16 mm; weight 42-7 g. Tail is ¢.2% of head-body length. The Senkaku Mole is small, characterized by relatively small manus and very short tail. Nostrils are directed outward; naked portion on upperside of muzzle is rather rectangular in outline. Dorsum is close to dark grayish brown or dusky drab, and venteris slightly paler and dusky drab. Throat and chest are brown. Rostrum is markedly bent downward when viewed from the side. Palatal portion is broad, and rostrum is very short and broad. Dental formula of holotype is13/2,C1/1,P 3/3, M 3/3 (x2) = 38. Compared with primitive dental formula of Talpidae, P*, I,, and P, are thought to be lost. There are 7 cervical, 14 thoracic, 5 lumbar, 7 sacral, and 4 caudal vertebrae. Habitat. Coastal grassland (holotype). Food and Feeding. No information. Breeding. No information. Activity patterns. The Senkaku Mole is fossorial. Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information. Status and Conservation. Classified as Vulnerable on The IUCN Red List. The Senkaku Mole is only known from one location on Uotsurijima Island, which has an area of only 3-8 km?. Overgrazing by domestic goats (Capra hircus) introduced in 1978 has no doubt affected vegetation and ecosystem dynamics on this island. Bibliography. Abe et al. (1991), Motokawa, Lin Liangkong et al. (2001), Ohdachi et al. (2015).
description: Published as part of Russell A. Mittermeier & Don E. Wilson, 2018, Talpidae, pp. 52-619 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 8 Insectivores, Sloths and Colugos, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on page 616, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6678191
title: Traveling bands, clouds, and vortices of chiral active matter
Creators: name: Kruk, Nikita
name: Carrillo, José A.
name: Koeppl, Heinz
Publisher: name: American Physical Society
Year: 2022

description: We consider stochastic dynamics of self-propelled particles with nonlocal normalized alignment interactions subject to phase lag. The role of the lag is to indirectly generate chirality into particle motion. To understand large-scale behavior, we derive a continuum description of an active Brownian particle flow with macroscopic scaling in the form of a partial differential equation for a one-particle probability density function. Due to indirect chirality, we find a spatially homogeneous nonstationary analytic solution for this class of equations. Our development of kinetic and hydrodynamic theories towards such a solution reveals the existence of a wide variety of spatially nonhomogeneous patterns reminiscent of traveling bands, clouds, and vortical structures of linear active matter. Our model may thereby serve as the basis for understanding the nature of chiral active media and designing multiagent swarms with designated behavior.
Ornithodoros turicata
Creators: name: Rodríguez-García, Iram Emmanuel
name: Coronado-Blanco, Juana María
name: Garrido-Olvera, Lorena
name: Guzmán-Cornejo, Carmen
name: López-Aguirre, Daniel
name: Estrada-Drouaillet, Benigno
name: Niño-Maldonado, Santiago
name: Guerra-Pérez, Antonio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Ixodida
Argasidae
Ornithodoros
Ornithodoros turicata

description: 8. Ornithodoros turicata (Dugès, 1876).
ND: ND, ND (Chaires-Grijalva & Acuña-Soto 2024).
description: Published as part of Rodríguez-García, Iram Emmanuel, Coronado-Blanco, Juana María, Garrido-Olvera, Lorena, Guzmán-Cornejo, Carmen, López-Aguirre, Daniel, Estrada-Drouaillet, Benigno, Niño-Maldonado, Santiago & Guerra-Pérez, Antonio, 2025, Updated list of tick species (Parasitiformes: Ixodida) in Tamaulipas: distribution and hosts, pp. 301-325 in Zootaxa 5618 (3) on page 304, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5618.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/15217941
Additional file 1 of The AIMS home-video method: parental experiences and appraisal for use in neonatal follow-up clinics
Creators: name: Suir, I.
name: Oosterhaven, J.
name: Boonzaaijer, M.
name: Nuysink, J.
name: Jongmans, M.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1. Example of the feedback to parents after an assessment.
Amblyomma americanum
Creators: name: Rodríguez-García, Iram Emmanuel
name: Coronado-Blanco, Juana María
name: Garrido-Olvera, Lorena
name: Guzmán-Cornejo, Carmen
name: López-Aguirre, Daniel
name: Estrada-Drouaillet, Benigno
name: Niño-Maldonado, Santiago
name: Guerra-Pérez, Antonio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Ixodida
Ixodidae
Amblyomma
Amblyomma americanum

description: 10. Amblyomma americanum (Linnaeus, 1758).
ND: ND, Pecari tajacu (Linnaeus) (Bequaert 1945; Guzmán-Cornejo et al. 2011). Victoria: (IAIM001608) Cd. Victoria, ND (Ponce-García et al. 2012; Chaires-Grijalva &Acuña-Soto 2024) 1. Soto la Marina: (2M, LAFC000470) Ejido El Sabinito, grassland (Present study).
Distribution: Veracruzan Province.
Note: Although there are records of Am. americanum in northern Mexico, such as the one we present in this study, there is still no evidence of natural and permanent populations in the country (Guglielmone et al. 2023; Guzmán-Cornejo et al. 2023).
description: Published as part of Rodríguez-García, Iram Emmanuel, Coronado-Blanco, Juana María, Garrido-Olvera, Lorena, Guzmán-Cornejo, Carmen, López-Aguirre, Daniel, Estrada-Drouaillet, Benigno, Niño-Maldonado, Santiago & Guerra-Pérez, Antonio, 2025, Updated list of tick species (Parasitiformes: Ixodida) in Tamaulipas: distribution and hosts, pp. 301-325 in Zootaxa 5618 (3) on page 305, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5618.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/15217941