OSHA's construction industry fall protection standard, 29 CFR 1926.501, was its most-cited standard during fiscal year 2015, and construction standards for safe use of scaffolding and ladders also ranked among OSHA's Top Ten that year.
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Child Youth Serv Rev
April 2024
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), United Kingdom.
There is strong evidence that outside parental care, informal kinship care is the most practiced, sustainable and affordable form of childcare in SSA (sub-Saharan Africa). As a longstanding cultural tradition, informal kinship care embraces childcare as the responsibility of all extended family members, and often the wider community. However, over the past decades, informal kinship care has become gradually strained by political, economic and social conditions, such as: legacies of colonialism, increasing levels of poverty and inequality, instability, or infectious diseases.
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January 2025
Collaborative Innovation Center of Recovery and Reconstruction of Degraded Ecosystem in Wanjiang Basin Co-founded by Anhui Province and Ministry of Education, Provincial Key Laboratory of Biotic Environment and Ecological Safety in Anhui, School of Ecology and Environment, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241000, China.
The current study has revealed a unique sexual selection pattern in , a species renowned for its ultrasonic communication, which differs from the patterns observed in other anuran taxa. Typically, females listen to male vocalizations and exhibit phonotaxis towards preferred traits for mate selection. In contrast, female do not actively approach displaying males for mate selection; instead, they use courtship calls to attract potential mates and incite male competition for access to them.
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January 2025
Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Nahda University (NUB), 62511 Beni-Suef, Egypt.
The 2019 coronavirus outbreak has prompted scientists to investigate pharmaceuticals to prevent the spread of the disease. Favipiravir (FAV) has received Food and Drug Administration FDA approval for the treatment of various viral infections with notable efficacy in clinical trials for COVID-19. Nitazoxanide (NTZ) is a broad-spectrum antiparasitic and antiviral agent used for the treatment of parasitic illnesses.
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January 2025
Department of Medicine, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Nigeria.
Pre-eclampsia remains a significant health challenge in sub-Saharan Africa, contributing substantially to maternal and neonatal mortality rates. This paper explores the potential of low-dose calcium supplementation as an alternative strategy to the conventional high-dose regimen in preventing pre-eclampsia. A consistent association between low serum calcium levels and an increased risk of pre-eclampsia is established based on studies spanning Ghana, Nigeria, and Ethiopia.
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January 2025
Department of Rheumatology, Centre for Rheumatology, Calicut, Kerala, India.
Low-dose methotrexate (LD-MTX) is the anchor drug used in the treatment of various rheumatological illnesses. There are a lot of misconceptions associated with the long-term use of MTX in the minds of practitioners. The origin of most of these myths stems from the ill effects associated with high-dose MTX used in cancer chemotherapy.
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