Social media platforms have a wide and influential reach, and as such provide an opportunity to increase vaccine uptake. To date, there is no large-scale, robust evidence on the offline effects of online messaging campaigns. We aimed to test whether pre-tested, persuasive messaging campaigns from UNICEF, disseminated on Facebook, influenced COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Ukraine, India, and Pakistan.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFStructural elements of the central nervous system--neurons, along with the higher neuroendocrine structures and the hypothalamus centres, show high sensitivity to a chronic action of low doses of ionizing radiation (IR) in view of their extreme enrichment by phospholipids and intensive supply by oxygen, creating favorable conditions for the development of oxidizing stress. Stressful influences cause negative emotions in the behaviour of animals manifested as fear or uneasiness. The study represents the results of comparative research into the behavioral reactions characterized by uneasiness in the Balb/c and C57bl/6 mice exposed to a chronic irradiation at low doses.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe age-dependent peculiarities of the functional state of the cardiovascular system (CVS) in children of 7-9 years old with cerebral palsy (CP) with moderately marked functional disorders have been studied. Statistically significant age difference in multiple indicators of central circulation has been detected. Age-dependent peculiarities of hemodynamic response in children with CP in response to dosed physical load have been revealed.
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