Performance of Integrated Emergency Surgical Officers at Mizan-Tepi University Teaching Hospital, Mizan-Aman, Ethiopia: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Margo S. Harrison, Ephrem Kirub, Tewodros Liyew, Biruk Teshome, Andrea Jimenez-Zambrano, Margaret Muldrow, Teklemariam Yarinbab

“…Of the remaining women, almost three-fourths (73.6%, n = 732) of women were attended by a midwife, almost a quarter were attended by an IESO (24.4%, n = 243), 10 women were attended by a physician with a General Practitioner level of training (1.0%), 5 women were delivered by an Ob/Gyn resident (0.5%), and 5 women were attended by an Ob/Gyn (0.5%). …”
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Estimating the Effect of Adhering to the Recommendations of the 2019 Canada’s Food Guide on Health Outcomes in Older Adults: Protocol for a Target Trial Emulation by Didier Brassard, Nancy Presse, Stéphanie Chevalier

“…Although ideal, conducting a large randomized controlled trial is unrealistic in the short term. …”
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Chromosome-level genome reference of the Caucasian dwarf goby Knipowitschia cf. caucasica, a new alien Gobiidae invading the River Rhine by Schoenle, Alexandra, Guiglielmoni, Nadège, Mainz, Tobias, Greve, Carola, Hamadou, Alexander Ben, Heermann, Lisa, Borcherding, Jost, Waldvogel, Ann-Marie

“…The Caucasian dwarf goby Knipowitschia cf. caucasica is a new invasive alien Gobiidae spreading in the Lower Rhine since 2019. …”
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Noninvasive respiratory support following extubation in critically ill adults with obesity: a systematic review and network meta-analysisResearch in context by Joris Pensier, Arthur Naudet-Lasserre, Clément Monet, Mathieu Capdevila, Yassir Aarab, Inès Lakbar, Gérald Chanques, Nicolas Molinari, Audrey De Jong, Samir Jaber

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Association of arm circumference with the prevalence of gallstones in United States adults: a retrospective analysis on US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey by Jianjun Wang, Xi Chen, Wei He, Xintao Zeng, Pei Yang, Jianping Gong, Decai Wang

“…BackgroundArm circumference (AC) is a measure of nutritional status and an indicator of the risk of developing diseases, such as metabolic disorders. …”
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Gardella, Mariana. Las críticas de los filósofos megáricos a la ontología platónica. Buenos Aires: Rhesis. 144 pp by Santiago Chame

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New Results on Stability Analysis of Uncertain Neutral-Type Lur’e Systems Derived from a Modified Lyapunov-Krasovskii Functional by Wenyong Duan, Yan Li, Jian Chen, Lin Jiang

“…This paper is concerned with the problem of the absolute and robustly absolute stability for the uncertain neutral-type Lur’e system with time-varying delays. By introducing a modified Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional (LKF) related to a delay-product-type function and two delay-dependent matrices, some new delay-dependent robustly absolute stability criteria are proposed, which can be expressed as convex linear matrix inequality (LMI) framework. …”
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Violências do neoliberalismo na produção de lugares turísticos, um olhar a partir da Praia de Macaneta – Moçambique by Lucas Atanasio Catsossa, Bruno Ferreira Campos, Edvaldo Cesar Moretti

“…Procuramos identificar e realizar um debate acerca das violências do neoliberalismo existente no lugar turístico Praia de Macaneta. Metodologicamente, a sua construção se deu a partir da revisão de literatura inerente ao tema, somada a pesquisas de campo realizadas durante o projeto “Práticas sociais e saberes de mulheres e homens e a produção do território rural no Distrito de Marracuene em Moçambique: viabilidade das alternativas produtivas no mundo da sustentabilidade”, financiado pela CAPES/AULP (2014, 2015). …”
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Short-Term Relapse Quantitation as a Fully Surrogate Endpoint for Long-Term Sustained Progression of Disability in RRMS Patients Treated with Natalizumab by Y. C. Wang, A. Sandrock, J. R. Richert, L. Meyerson, X. Miao

“…However, this measurement usually requires a large sample and long-term study to demonstrate the treatment effect. …”
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SCO6564, a novel 3-ketoacyl acyl carrier protein synthase III, contributes in fatty acid synthesis in Streptomyces coelicolor. by Jian-Rong Ma, Jia-Ying Lin, Yuan-Yin Zhang, Yun Chen, Wen-Bing Zhang, Xian-Pu Ni, Yong-Hong Yu

“…Most bacteria synthesize fatty acids using a type II fatty acid synthase, with each step catalyzed by a discrete protein. …”
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Comment on “The Goal of Intraoperative Blood Loss in Major Hepatectomy Resection for Perihilar Cholangiocarcinoma Saving Patients From a Heavy Complication Burden” by Francesca Ratti, MD, Rebecca Marino, MD, Luca Aldrighetti, MD, PhD

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Bing-Neel Syndrome Case Report: A Previously Undocumented IgG Variant with MRI, PET/CT, and PET/MRI Imaging by Daniel Halperin, Simon Hallam, Athar Haroon, Tom Butler, Samir Agrawal

“…Neurological complications are common usually as a result of hyperviscosity. In rare cases, cells can infiltrate the central nervous system; this is known as Bing-Neel syndrome. …”
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Construction and evaluation of a triage assessment model for patients with acute non-traumatic chest pain: mixed retrospective and prospective observational study by Xuan Zhou, Gangren Jian, Yuefang He, Yating Huang, Jie Zhang, Shengfang Wang, Yunxian Wang, Ruofei Zheng

“…The calibration curve shows a high degree of agreement between the predicted and actual probabilities. …”
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Different lysine-to-methionine ratios in a low-protein diet affect the microbiome and metabolome, influencing the jejunal barrier function in Tibetan sheep by Fengshuo Zhang, Zhenling Wu, Yu Zhang, Quyangangmao Su, Kaina Zhu, Xuan Chen, Shengzhen Hou, Linsheng Gui

“…IntroductionThe objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of the dietary lysine (Lys)/ methionine (Met) ratio in a low-protein diet on short-chain fatty acid (SCFA) profiles, villus morphology, antioxidant capacity, and immune status of the jejunum in Tibetan sheep.MethodsA total of 90 weaned Tibetan sheep, each 2 months old with an initial weight of 15.37 ± 0.92 kg, were randomly divided into three treatment groups. …”
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A Scalable Ensemble Learning-Based Model for Optimal Placement of Circuit Breaker and Sectionalizer in Power Distribution Systems with the Aim of Reliability Improvement by Mehrdad Ebrahimi, Mohammad Rastegar

“…To validate its accuracy and scalability, the proposed model and a classic-based model are implemented on a real power distribution system in Fars province. …”
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Termination of Repeat Testing in Chemical Laboratories Based on Practice Guidelines: Examining the Effect of Rule-Based Repeat Testing in a Transplantation Center by Neda Soleimani, Amir Azadi, Mohammad Javad Esmaeili, Fatemeh Ghodsi, Reza Ghahramani, Azadeh Hafezi, Tayebeh Hosseyni, Arezoo Arabzadeh, Samira khajeh, Mahsa Farhadi, Sahand Mohammadzadeh

“…Although the automation of instruments has reduced the variability of results and errors of analysis, in some laboratories, repeating a test to confirm its accuracy is still performed for critical and noncritical results. …”
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BanglaBlend: A large-scale nobel dataset of bangla sentences categorized by saint and common form of bangla languageMendeley Data by Umme Ayman, Chayti Saha, Azmain Mahtab Rahat, Sharun Akter Khushbu

“…BanglaBlend is more than just a dataset; it is a cornerstone for future NLP research and development in Bangla. …”
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A New Method Based on Boundary Element Method to Appraise CO2 Geological Storage Potential in Depleted Shale Gas Reservoirs by Junjie Shi, Linsong Cheng, Chong Cao, Renyi Cao, Deqiang Wang, Gaoling Liu

“…Moreover, the results have a high agreement with commercial software for the regular boundary. …”
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Using maternal sepsis patient journeys to map and prioritise barriers to quality maternal healthcare in Malawi: a multidisciplinary stakeholder consultation workshop by Yamikani Chimwaza, Dalisto Ndaferankhande, Leonard Mndala, Chifundo Ndamala, Emily Lifa, Mercy Machilika, Esther Mwagomba, Bernard Dossie, Meliya Kwelepeta, Bertha Maseko, David Lissauer, Maria Lisa Odland

“…Conclusions Patient journeys are a novel tool for capturing the experience of care in Malawi. …”
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Exploring the influence of living arrangements on mental health among adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study in China by Fufu Sun, Yanxin Wang, Wenqing Li, Minmin Li, Tong Hui, Wei Shi

“…Compared to living with a father, living with a mother was associated with higher positive mood. …”
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