Objective: Cancer is a leading global health challenge with increasing morbidity and mortality. In Nigeria, cancer leads to over 100,000 new cases and 70,000 deaths annually. In resource-constrained countries such as Nigeria, registered nurses (RNs) that provide oncology care lack specialty education in oncology nursing care.
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February 2024
Legacy stores of faecal pollution in streambed sediments can result in delayed impacts on environmental quality and human health if resuspended into the overlying water column. Different catchment sources of faecal pollution can contribute to a legacy store of microbial pollutants, with size of stores influenced by microbial die-off and faecal accrual rates in the streambed. The aim of this study was to use a mesocosm experiment to characterise the persistence of derived from faeces of dairy cows, deer, and geese once introduced to streambed sediment under different temperature regimes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: pregnancy is associated with sedentary behaviors and/or low levels of physical activity (PA). This study aimed to assess patterns, barriers, and facilitators of PA among pregnant women.
Methods: a convergent parallel mixed method design study involving a concurrent collection of quantitative (n=198) and qualitative (n=36) data was carried out.
Mobilisation is a term used to describe the supply of a pollutant from its environmental source, e.g., soil or faeces, into a hydrological transfer pathway.
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