DIETARY PRACTICES AND THEIR DETERMINANTS AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN IN GEDEO ZONE, SOUTHERN ETHIOPIA: A COMMUNITY-BASED CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY

Dietary Practices and Their Determinants Among Pregnant Women in Gedeo Zone, Southern Ethiopia: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study

Mahlet Yalewdeg,1 Mahlet Birhane,2 Yohannes Adissu3 1Department of Reproductive Health, Gedeo Zone Health Office, College of Health Science and Medicine, Dilla University, Dilla, Ethiopia; 2Department of Human Nutrition, College of Health Science and Medicine, Dilla University, Dilla, Ethiopia; 3Department of Public Health, College of Health Scienc

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The effects of therapeutic virtual reality experience to promote mental well-being in older people living with physical disabilities in long-term care facilities

Abstract Background Mental well-being is poor in long-term care facilities (LTCF) residents.Physical disabilities, impaired social engagement, and environmental stress are also common in LTCF which exacerbate the decline of the mental well-being of older people living in LTCF.Protective elements, including nature-based, reminiscence, outdoor, and g

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Estimation of Sound Transmission Loss in Nanofiber Nonwoven Fabrics: Comparison of Conventional Models and the Simplified Limp Frame Model

Although the sound absorption coefficients of conventional and nanofiber nonwoven fabrics (NF-NWFs) have been the subject of many previous studies, few studies have considered the estimation of transmission loss.Reported herein is an experimental and theoretical study into estimating the transmission loss of NF-NWFs using four estimation models, i.

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