The Hidden Burden: Unveiling the Cervical Cancer Burden Among Recent Afghan Women Immigrants in the United States.

Cervical cancer is a significant global health issue, ranking as the second most prevalent cancer among women of reproductive age. While prevention strategies like HPV vaccination and screening have made it highly preventable, these benefits are mostly seen in high-HDI nations. In contrast, LMICs lag behind, with Afghanistan facing a growing crisis due to war, poverty, and lack of awareness.

A Hypothesis on the Function of High-Valent Fe in NiFe (Hydr)oxide in the Oxygen-Evolution Reaction.

This study investigated the dynamic changes in NiFe (hydr)oxide and identified the role of high-valent Fe in the oxygen-evolution reaction (OER) within alkaline media via in situ techniques. Several high-valent Fe ions were found to remain considerably stable in the absence of potential in NiFe (hydr)oxide, even 96 hours after the OER. For Ni hydroxide treated with Fe ions, where Fe sites are introduced onto the surface of Ni hydroxide, no Fe species were detected at the rate-determining step (RDS).

Regulation of Ferroelectric Polarization to Achieve Efficient Charge Separation and Transfer in Particulate RuO /BiFeO for High Photocatalytic Water Oxidation Activity.

Exploiting spontaneous polarization of ferroelectric materials to achieve high charge separation efficiency is an intriguing but challenging research topic in solar energy conversion. This work shows that loading high work function RuO cocatalyst on BiFeO (BFO) nanoparticles enhances the intrinsic ferroelectric polarization by efficient screening of charges to RuO via RuO /BFO heterojunction. This leads to enhancement of the surface photovoltage of RuO /BFO single nanoparticles nearly 3 times, the driving force for charge separation and transfer in photocatalytic reactions.

Surface modification of tin oxide through reduced graphene oxide as a highly efficient cathode material for magnesium-ion batteries.

Among post-lithium ion technologies, magnesium-ion batteries (MIBs) are receiving great concern in recent years. However, MIBs are mainly restrained by the lack of cathode materials, which may accommodate the fast diffusion kinetics of Mg ions. To overcome this problem, herein we attempt to synthesize a reduced graphene oxide (rGO) encapsulated tin oxide (SnO) nanoparticles composites through an electrostatic-interaction-induced-self-assembly approach at low temperature.

Strategies for Efficient Charge Separation and Transfer in Artificial Photosynthesis of Solar Fuels.

Converting sunlight to solar fuels by artificial photosynthesis is an innovative science and technology for renewable energy. Light harvesting, photogenerated charge separation and transfer (CST), and catalytic reactions are the three primary steps in the processes involved in the conversion of solar energy to chemical energy (SE-CE). Among the processes, CST is the key "energy pump and delivery" step in determining the overall solar-energy conversion efficiency.