Errors in Aerosol Inhaler Use and Their Effects on Maternal and Fetal Outcomes among Pregnant Asthmatic Women (Subanalysis from QAKCOP Study) by Wanis H. Ibrahim, Fatima Rasul, Mushtaq Ahmad, Abeer S. Bajwa, Laith I. Alamlih, Anam M. El Arabi, Dhabia Al-Mohannadi, Mohammed Y. Siddiqui, Israa S. Al-Sheikh, Azdin A. Ibrahim

“…Among DPI users, 21 (51.2%) demonstrated correct inhaler use, with failure to perform a breath-hold for 10 seconds after inhaling the powder and to exhale gently before using the inhaler being the most common errors. …”
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Catha Edulis Active Principle, Cathinone, Suppresses Motor Coordination, Accelerates Anxiety and Alters the Levels of Dopamine and its Metabolites in the Limbic Areas of Male Swiss... by Safhi Mohammed M., Alam Mohammad Firoz, Khuwaja Gulrana, Hussain Sohail, Siddiqui Mohammed Hakeem, Islam Farah, Khardali Ibrahim, Al-Sanosi Rashad Mohammed, Alhazmi Hassan A., Khan Andleeb, Islam Fakhrul

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Potential Applicability of Cocoa Pulp (Theobroma cacao L) as an Adjunct for Beer Production by Cassiane S. O. Nunes, Marília L. C. da Silva, Geany P. Camilloto, Bruna A. S. Machado, Katharine V. S. Hodel, Maria Gabriela B. Koblitz, Giovani B. M. Carvalho, Ana Paula T. Uetanabaro

“…In fermentation using the adjunct, the proportions of pulp used were 10, 30, and 49%. A significant difference was found between the adjunct and all-malt worts. …”
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Machine learning based compact MIMO antenna array for 38 GHz millimeter wave application with robust isolation and high efficiency performance by Md. Ashraful Haque, Md. Sharif Ahammed, Soeung Socheatra, Redwan A. Ananta, Md. Jamal Hossain Nirob, Narinderjit Singh Sawaran Singh, Noorlindawaty Md. Jizat, Saeed Alsowail, Samir Salem Al-Bawri

“…The suggested antenna, which is constructed on a Rogers 5880 substrate, is well-suited for usage in the high bands of 5 G applications due to its 27 dB isolation and bandwidth of 35.181–39.689 (4.508) GHz within a -10 dB range. …”
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Prospective Evaluation of Unprocessed Core Needle Biopsy DNA and RNA Yield from Lung, Liver, and Kidney Tumors: Implications for Cancer Genomics by Mikhail T. Silk, Nina Mikkilineni, Tarik C. Silk, Emily C. Zabor, Irina Ostrovnaya, Ari A. Hakimi, James J. Hsieh, Etay Ziv, Natasha Rekhtman, Stephen B. Solomon, Jeremy C. Durack

“…Median tumor RNA yields from all 18G and 20G samples were 1100 ng and 230 ng, respectively. A wide range of DNA and RNA quantities (1060–13,390 ng and 370–6280 ng, respectively) were acquired. …”
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Challenges and recommendations for enhancing digital data protection in Indian Medical Research and Healthcare Sector by Anubhuti Sood, Deepika Mishra, Varun Surya, Harpreet Singh, Rajesh Sundaresan, Debnath Pal, Raghu Dharmaraju, Rohit Satish, Shashwat Mishra, Nishant A. Chavan, Soham Mondal, Pavan Duggal, Venkateswaran K. Iyer

“…Abstract The Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDPA), 2023 of India provides a regulatory framework for use and security of personal digital data. …”
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Examining Symptom Management and Quality of Life of Loop Diuretic-Induced Overactive Bladder Among Heart Failure Patients: Physician and Patient Perspectives by Xin Pan PharmD, MPH, Christopher S Wilcox MD, PhD, Bertram Pitt MD, Salim Shah MPhil, PhD, Anandi V Law B.Pharm., MS, PhD, FAPhA

“…Many HF patients either did not report or coped with/self-managed their loop diuretic-induced bladder symptoms, pointing to a need for better awareness of patient experiences and patient-physician communication.…”
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Experimental and computational approach on the corrosion inhibition properties of two newly pyrazole derivatives on carbon steel in acid medium by Nawal Setti, Asma Barrahi, Mohamed Maatallah, Yassine Kaddouri, Taibi Ben Hadda, Halima Outada, Abhinay Thakur, Rachid Touzani, Khalid Karrouchi, Hatem A. Abuelizz, Burak Dikici, Abdelkader Zarrouk, Ali Dafali

“…Tetra-Pz-Ortho and Tetra-Pz-Para had a maximum inhibition efficacy of 97.2% and 96.2% respectively at optimum concentration 10−3mol/L and temperature 303 K, according to the data, suggesting that they are both effective inhibitors. …”
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Doubling of Decipher Biopsy Genomic Score Is Related to Disease Reclassification on Subsequent Surveillance Biopsy but Not Adverse Features on Radical Prostatectomy by Kamyar Ghabili, Nathan Paulson, Jamil S. Syed, Cayce B. Nawaf, Ghazal Khajir, Darryl T. Martin, John Onofrey, Michael S. Leapman, Angelique Levi, Jeffrey C. Weinreb, Peter A. Humphrey, Preston C. Sprenkle

“…The utility of serial Decipher biopsy scores in a true active surveillance population is still unknown. …”
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Association of Subjective Cognitive Concerns With Performance on Mobile App–Based Cognitive Assessment in Cognitively Normal Older Adults: Observational Study by Caroline O Nester, Alyssa N De Vito, Sarah Prieto, Zachary J Kunicki, Jennifer Strenger, Karra D Harrington, Nelson Roque, Martin J Sliwinski, Laura A Rabin, Louisa I Thompson

“…There is growing interest in applying a mobile app–based cognitive assessment to remotely screen for cognitive status in preclinical dementia, but the relationship between SCC and relevant mobile assessment metrics is uncertain. …”
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Study protocol: an observational study of distress, immune function and persistent pain in HIV by John A Joska, Mark R Hutchinson, Maia Lesosky, Victoria J Madden, Ncumisa Msolo, Luyanduthando Mqadi, Gillian J Bedwell, Jonathan Grant Peter, Romy Parker, Andrew Schrepf, Robert R Edwards

“…The inflammatory response to challenge (inflammatory reactivity, IR) may be a partial mediator, given that neuroimmune interactions provide a substrate for IR to also influence neurological reactivity and, thus, pain-related neural signalling. …”
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Sur les traces des Homo sapiens du Pléistocène supérieur d’Afrique : les empreintes de pieds de Larache (Maroc) by Jérémy Duveau, Mouncef Sedrati, Juan A. Morales, Abdelmounim El M'rini, Eduardo Mayoral, Ignacio Díaz-Martínez, Edward J. Anthony, Glen Bulot, Anass Sedrati, Romain Le Gall, Abdelkarim Tadibaght

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Mapping the future: The current landscape and future directions of evidence-based practice in Saudi radiology departments. by Walaa Alsharif, Faisal Alrehily, Fahad H Alhazmi, Awadia Greeballah, Abdulaziz A Qurashi, Shrooq Aldahery, Adnan Alahmadi, Amirah Alsaedi, Sultan Alshoabi, Khalid M Alshamrani, Awatif M Omer, Raghad Aljuhani

“…The formula used was n = P(1-P)Z2/d2, which resulted in a required sample size of 384 participants. A total of 345 participants; however, 45 did not fully complete the questionnaire and were therefore excluded. …”
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Understanding the experiences of young, urban, Indigenous mothers-to-be in British Columbia, Canada by Nicole L. A. Catherine, Jennifer Leason, Namaste Marsden, Brittany Barker, Ange Cullen, Ashley Simpson, Brandi Anne Berry, Erik Mohns, Donna Yung, Yufei Zheng, Harriet MacMillan, Charlotte Waddell

“…This study therefore aimed to describe the experiences of young, urban, Indigenous mothers-to-be who enrolled in a larger BC early prevention trial designed to reach families experiencing socioeconomic disadvantage. …”
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Spatiotemporal analysis of surface Urban Heat Island intensity and the role of vegetation in six major Pakistani cities by Shoaib Ahmad Anees, Kaleem Mehmood, Syed Imran Haider Raza, Sebastian Pfautsch, Munawar Shah, Punyawi Jamjareegulgarn, Fahad Shahzad, Abdullah A. Alarfaj, Sulaiman Ali Alharbi, Waseem Razzaq Khan, Timothy Dube

“…However, weaker correlations in Lahore suggest the presence of additional factors influencing SUHII. A distinct spatial relationship between increased vegetation and cooler areas was observed. …”
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The Ethics of Canadian Entry-To-Practice Pain Competencies: How Are We Doing? by Judy Watt-Watson, Elizabeth Peter, A John Clark, Anne Dewar, Thomas Hadjistavropoulos, Pat Morley-Forster, Christine O’Leary, Lalitha Raman-Wilms, Anita Unruh, Karen Webber, Marsha Campbell-Yeo

“…BACKGROUND: Although unrelieved pain continues to represent a significant problem, prelicensure educational programs tend to include little content related to pain. …”
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Presence of dengue virus RNA in urine and oral fluid of laboratory-confirmed dengue patients: Implications for wastewater surveillance by Christine Stauber, Leile Camila Jacob-Nascimento, Caroline Grosch, Moisés da Silva Sousa, Moyra M. Portilho, Rosângela O. Anjos, Margo A. Brinton, Uriel Kitron, Mitermayer G. Reis, Guilherme S. Ribeiro

“…Patients with RT-qPCR-positive urine had a lower frequency of DENV IgG in acute-phase serum (a proxy for secondary infection) (57 % vs. 74 %) and a lower median serum RT-qPCR cycle threshold than those with negative urine (21.8 vs. 23.9). …”
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Matrix Metalloproteinases in patients with Multiple Sclerosis. by Rebeca A. Fernández Carriera, Lourdes Fernández Queija, Rosa F. Lara Rodríguez, José Cabrera Gómez, Idalmis Suárez Luis, Mabel María León Ortiz, Sergio González García, Alina González-Quevedo Monteagudo

“…<strong>Methods:</strong> the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples taken from 31 patients suffering from multiple sclerosis and a control group formed by 21 patients without neurological disease. …”
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Local delivery of TGF-β1-mRNA decreases fibrosis in osteochondral defects by Gianluca Fontana, Brett Nemke, Yan Lu, Connie Chamberlain, Jae-Sung Lee, Joshua A. Choe, Hongli Jiao, Michael Nelson, Margot Amitrano, Wan-Ju Li, Mark Markel, William L. Murphy

“…Osteoarthritis (OA) is a condition that affects the quality of life of millions of patients worldwide. …”
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Prediction of angiogenesis suppression by myricetin from Aeginetia indica via inhibiting VEGFR2 signaling pathway using computer-aided analysis by Marjanur Rahman Bhuiyan, Khondoker Shahin Ahmed, Md Sharif Reza, Hemayet Hossain, Syed Mumtahin Mannan Siam, Shahriar Nayan, Sarah Jafrin, Sadikur Rahman Shuvo, A.F.M.Shahid Ud Daula

“…Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2 (VEGFR2) plays a pivotal role in promoting angiogenesis and contributing to the growth and progression of renal cancer. …”
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