PurposeThis study investigated the potential association of cyberbullying victimization (CyVic) on substance use and mental health-related behaviors among Brazilian adolescents, using data derived from the National Survey of School Health (PeNSE).MethodThe sample comprised 146,536 adolescents aged up to 17 years, who were selected through probabili
We describe an investigation of an incident of failed Raw Superfoods sterilization procedure in a dental clinic.We aim to illustrate the principles in performing such investigations and to highlight some of the important checkpoints in sterilization procedures.Methods: In response to this incident, proper sterilization of all equipment was performe
Phytoliths are ergastic siliceous substances present abundantly within intercellular spaces as well as inside the cells of numerous plants.Being made up of silica, they are nondegradable and hence found preserved as microfossils in various substrata.This property of phytoliths extends its significance in the field of paleobotany, geology, and archa
In addition to one of the two species of Trichopolydesmidae hitherto recorded from Cameroon, Polydesmus integratus Porat, 1894, which is revised based on type material and shown to represent the genus Hemisphaeroparia Schubart, 1955, comb.n., 12 new species from the same genus are described from that country: H.zamakoe sp.n., H.bangoulap sp.n., H.s
The marine-terminating outlet in Basin 3, Austfonna ice cap, has been accelerating since the mid-1990s.Stepwise multi-annual acceleration associated with seasonal summer speed-up events was observed before the outlet entered the basin-wide surge in autumn 2012.We used multiple numerical models to explore hydrologic activation mechanisms for the sur