Nurses' knowledge and therapeutic communication in hospital.

Objectives: to identify the correlation of nurses' knowledge with the application of nurses' therapeutic communication in hospitals.

Methods: a descriptive quantitative, correlational design with a total sampling method was used in the study. Respondents were 68 nurses working in an inpatient room in one of the general hospitals in western Indonesia.

The cooperative behavior and intention to stay of nursing personnel in healthcare management.

The management of human resources is essential in a hospital, and its success can be seen based on the turnover rate of nursing personnel (nurses and midwives). In a hospital, the nursing personnel represents the largest number of professionals, and its performance greatly affects the effectiveness of services for patients. This study examined how organizations can predict turnover rates through intention to stay.

Preparation, characterization, and desalination study of polystyrene membrane integrated with zeolite using the electrospinning method.

The novel composite membranes of Styrofoam (polystyrene) integrated with natural zeolite particles were produced using the electrospinning method for desalination purposes. The product was then characterized using FTIR, XRD, and TGA. Subsequently, the effect of different zeolite concentrations, namely 0, 5, 10, 15, 20, and 30 wt.

Factors associated with depression among prisoners in Mizan prison institute, southwest Ethiopia.

Purpose: In spite of the vulnerability of prisoners to depression and their increased number, the issue has not been thoroughly investigated in Ethiopia. In particular, the determining factors of depression have not been exhaustively identified. Thus, the purpose of this study is to assess the prevalence of depression and associated factors among prisoners in Mizan prison institute, southwest Ethiopia.

Development and validation of body fat percent prediction equation for screening obesity in adults.

Background: In Ethiopia, use of advanced body composition measurement methods may not be feasible due cost and unavailability of the facilities. This study developed and validated body fat percent prediction equation for adults using locally appropriate data.

Methods: The study was conducted from February to April 2015 among 704 randomly selected adult employees of Jimma University.

Undernutrition and associated factors among incarcerated people in Mizan prison institute, southwest Ethiopia.

Background: In resource-limited countries like Ethiopia, where malnutrition is a common problem, incarcerated people's sentences might be changed into a death sentence if the problems of undernutrition are not well understood and managed properly. There is limited evidence on nutritional status and associated factors among incarcerated people in low- income countries like Ethiopia, including the study area.

Objective: To assess the magnitude of undernutrition and associated factors among incarcerated people in Mizan prison institute, southwest Ethiopia.

Ethnic Specific body fat percent prediction equation as surrogate marker of obesity in Ethiopian adults.

Background: Application of advanced body composition measurement methods is not practical in developing countries context due to cost and unavailability of facilities. This study generated ethnic specific body fat percent prediction equation for Ethiopian adults using appropriate data.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried ifrom February to April 2015 among 704 randomly selected adult employees of Jimma University.

Utilization of non-pneumatic anti-shock garment and associated factors for postpartum hemorrhage management among health care professionals' in public hospitals of Jimma zone, south-West Ethiopia, 2019.

Background: Non- pneumatic anti-shock garment is a unique, life -saving first -aid device made of neoprene and velcro, which is used for treatment of women with postpartum hemorrhage. Maternal mortality in the world still very high and postpartum hemorrhage is the leading cause of maternal mortality worldwide.

Objective: This study was aimed to assess the utilization of non-pneumatic anti-shock garment and associated factors for postpartum hemorrhage management.

Metabolic Effects of Fasting and Animal Source Food Avoidance in an Ethiopian Adult Cohort.

Fasting is a religious practice to which the faithful comply strictly. The longest period of fasting in Orthodox religion is the lent (in Ethiopia known as "Hudade"). According to the doctrine of Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, fasters should strictly avoid all animal source foods (ASF) and skip breakfast at least up to lunch time.

Performance of newly developed body mass index cut-off for diagnosing obesity among Ethiopian adults.

Background: Obesity is defined as unhealthy excess body fat, which increases the risk of premature mortality from noncommunicable diseases. Early screening and prevention of obesity is critical for averting associated morbidity, disability, and mortality. Ethiopia has been using the international (WHO's) BMI cut-off for diagnosing obesity even though its validity among Ethiopian population was questioned.

Optimal cut-off for obesity and markers of metabolic syndrome for Ethiopian adults.

Background: Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is defined as the presence of central obesity plus any two of the following markers: high triglycerides (> 150 mg/dl), low high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol < 40 mg/dl in men and < 50 mg/dl in women, hypertension (blood pressure > 130/85 mmHg or use of antihypertensive medication), high fasting blood glucose (> 100 mg/dl or use of treatment for diabetes mellitus). Since recently, metabolic syndrome and obesity have become emerging problems of both low and middle income countries, although they have been the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in high income countries for the past decades. It has been indicated that the international anthropometric cut-off for detecting obesity is not appropriate for Ethiopians.

A perspective for resolving the systematics of Rattus, the vertebrates with the most influence on human welfare.

The murid rodent genus Rattus Fischer 1803 contains several species that are responsible for massive loss of crops and food, extinction of other species and the spread of zoonotic diseases to humans, as well as a laboratory species used to answer important questions in physiology, immunology, pharmacology, toxicology, nutrition, behaviour and learning. Despite the well-known significant impacts of Rattus, a definitive evolutionary based systematic framework for the genus is not yet available. The past 75 years have seen more dramatic changes in membership of Rattus than in almost any other genus of mammals.

Phylogenetic analysis of the tree-kangaroos (Dendrolagus) reveals multiple divergent lineages within New Guinea.

Amongst the Australasian kangaroos and wallabies (Macropodidae) one anomalous genus, the tree-kangaroos, Dendrolagus, has secondarily returned to arboreality. Modern tree-kangaroos are confined to the wet tropical forests of north Queensland, Australia (2 species) and New Guinea (8 species). Due to their behavior, distribution and habitat most species are poorly known and our understanding of the evolutionary history and systematics of the genus is limited and controversial.

Sexual and reproductive health services utilization and associated factors among secondary school students in Nekemte town, Ethiopia.

Background: Despite policy actions and strategic efforts made to promote sexual and reproductive health service uptake of youths in Ethiopia, its utilization remains very low and little information was found on the extent to which school youths utilize available reproductive health services in Nekempt town. This study was aimed to assess utilization of Sexual and Reproduactive Health (SRH) services and its associated factors among secondary school students in Nekemte town, Ethiopia.

Method: A school based cross-sectional study design was conducted from April 18 to 22, 2016.

Effectiveness of the population health and environment approach in improving family planning outcomes in the Gurage, Zone South Ethiopia.

Background: Family planning is a strategy of balancing population growth with economic development for sustainable use of natural resources. A high population growth induces increased demand for resources and the rate at which these resources are exploited. Population, health and environment are connected inextricably.

Multiple geographic origins of commensalism and complex dispersal history of Black Rats.

The Black Rat (Rattus rattus) spread out of Asia to become one of the world's worst agricultural and urban pests, and a reservoir or vector of numerous zoonotic diseases, including the devastating plague. Despite the global scale and inestimable cost of their impacts on both human livelihoods and natural ecosystems, little is known of the global genetic diversity of Black Rats, the timing and directions of their historical dispersals, and the risks associated with contemporary movements. We surveyed mitochondrial DNA of Black Rats collected across their global range as a first step towards obtaining an historical genetic perspective on this socioeconomically important group of rodents.

Deciphering and dating the red panda's ancestry and early adaptive radiation of Musteloidea.

Few species have been of more disputed affinities than the red or lesser panda (Ailurus fulgens), an endangered endemic Southeast Asian vegetarian member of the placental mammalian order Carnivora. This peculiar carnivoran has mostly been classified with raccoons (Procyonidae) or bears (Ursidae), grouped with the giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) in their own family, or considered a separate lineage of equivocal ancestry. Recent molecular studies have indicated a close affinity of the red panda to a clade of procyonids and mustelids (weasels, otters, martens, badgers, and allies), but have failed to unambiguously resolve the position of this species relative to mephitids (skunks and stink badgers).