Association between controlling nutritional status score and the prognosis of patients with acute myocardial infarction: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Lei Peng, Jian Tang, Ningjun Zhang, Zhongnan Zhang, Deqi Wang, Youfu He

“…Subgroup analyses were executed to account for various confounding factors. Moreover, the GRADE system was leveraged to appraise the quality of evidence for all outcomes.ResultsFifteen studies were included in our analysis. …”
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Healthcare utilisation and expenditure patterns for cardio-metabolic diseases in South Asian cities: the CARRS Study by Dorairaj Prabhakaran, Kavita Singh, Roopa Shivashankar, Nikhil Tandon, Mohammed K Ali, Kalpana Singh, V Mohan, Priti Gupta, Ajay Vamadevan, Muhammad Masood Kadir, K M Narayan

“…Medications constituted 46% of total direct expenditures and out-of-pocket (OOP) expenditures accounted for nearly 80% of financing these health expenditures. …”
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Value Propositions for Digital Shared Medication Plans to Boost Patient–Health Care Professional Partnerships: Co-Design Study by Benjamin Bugnon, Francesca Bosisio, Alain Kaufmann, Pascal Bonnabry, Antoine Geissbuhler, Christian von Plessen

“…We identified four value propositions for involving patients and family caregivers in digital SMP management: (1) comprehensive, accessible information about patients’ current medication plans and histories, enabling streamlined access and reconciliation on a single platform; (2) patient and health care professional empowerment through the explicit co-ownership of SMPs, fostering coresponsibility, accountability, and transparent collaboration; (3) a means of supporting collaborative interprofessional medication management, including tailored access to information and improved communication across stakeholders; and (4) an opportunity to improve the quality of care and catalyze digital health innovations. …”
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Capital formation and production of carbon emissions in low-carbon development by E.S. Siregar, S.U. Sentosa, A. Satrianto

“…Together, these determinants account for 77.55 percent of the variance. Capital formation contributes 19.8 percent, deforestation 15.6 percent, agricultural land 19.0 percent, and industrialization 18.9 percent to low-carbon development.CONCLUSION: The hypothesis established in this study is accepted. …”
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OUR EXPERIENCE IN TREATMENT OF ENTEROATMOSPHERIC FISTULAS FORMED AS A RESULT OF MINE-EXPLOSIVE INJURY by Kyrylo Parkhomenko, Anastasia Drozdova, Kostiantyn Prokopenko, Ivan Parkhomenko

“…Also, if we take into account the economic aspect, it is economically less expensive to treat enteroatmospheric fistulas according to this algorithm than to carry out a massive surgical intervention.…”
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Economic and relationship-strengthening intervention to reduce alcohol use in couples living with HIV in Malawi: a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial of Mlambe by Torsten B Neilands, Lynae A Darbes, James Mkandawire, Derek S Brown, Fred M Ssewamala, Judith A Hahn, Amy A Conroy, Nancy Mulauzi, Scott Tebbetts

“…Couples in the Mlambe arm will receive incentivised matched savings accounts and monthly sessions on financial literacy, relationship skills, and alcohol reduction education and counselling. …”
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Optimizing risk in action: Differences between fixated aim points and movement outcomes in throwing by Stephan Zahno, Damian Beck, Ralf Kredel, André Klostermann, Ernst-Joachim Hossner

“…Research using finger-pointing tasks has shown that humans take into account their own motor variance and costs of potential outcomes in movement planning (Trommershäuser et al., 2008). …”
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Investigating the Asymmetric Impact of the Stock Market Index on the Real Estate Price Index by Sakineh Sojoodi, Morteza Ashoor, Elmira Azizi Norouzabadi

“…ConclusionAccording to the obtained results, due to the substantial impact of stock market fluctuations on housing prices in Iran, it is recommended that policymakers take the following into account when formulating stock market policies. First, in the policymaking process for the housing sector, where the anticipation of housing price trends is crucial, careful attention should be given to potential shifts in the stock market index. …”
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Modeling control strategies for concurrent epidemics of seasonal and pandemic H1N1 influenza by Olivia Prosper, Omar Saucedo, Doria Thompson, Griselle Torres-Garcia, Xiaohong Wang, Carlos Castillo-Chavez

“…Optimal control theory is used to identify and evaluate the 'best' control policies. The controls account for the cost associated with social distancing and antiviral treatment policies. …”
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The Impact of Online Interactive Platform Services on Oral Health Behaviors in Older Adults With Mild Cognitive Impairment: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial by Yin Q, Chai Z, Tao B, Liu P, Luo Y, Zhao Q, Yang B

“…The control group will follow the hospital’s official account and receive general oral health education. …”
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Comparison of the regional and general anesthesia as a risk factor of perioperative arrhythmia: a two-group observational study by N.M. Semenko, Iu.L. Kuchyn, K.Yu. Bielka, M.S. Frank

“…However, given the risk of cardiotoxicity due to the resorptive effect of the local anesthetic, in older patients and with existing risk factors, it is crucial to account for the arrhythmogenic effects of local anesthetics and adjust the dosage accordingly.…”
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WORLD EXPERIENCE IN ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGAL SUPPORT OF FOOD SECURITY by Yuliya Pustovit, Olena Dragan, Alina Berher

“…The purpose of the study is to improve the legal support of food security in Ukraine, taking into account foreign best practices in this area. The subject of the research is a comparative analysis of the administrative and legal support of food security in the USA, Canada, Japan and the EU countries, according to the areas of state support and development of the agricultural sector, state social policy and social support of the population, and state regulation of product quality assurance. …”
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The landscape of immunogenic cell death-related genes predicts the overall survival and immune infiltration status of non-small-cell lung carcinoma by Jian Zhang, Huiying Li, Xi Zhang, Yue Yang, Yue Sun

“…Background: Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), which accounts for about 85 % of all lung cancers, currently exhibits insensitivity to most treatment regimens. …”
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Health Services Availability and Readiness for Management of Hypertension and Diabetes in Primary Care Health Facilities in Ghana: a Cardiovascular Risk Management project by Thomas Hinneh, Bernard Mensah, Hosea Boakye, Oluwabunmi Ogungbe, Yvonne Commodore-Mensah

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Burden of type 2 diabetes due to high body mass index in different SDI regions and projections of future trends: insights from the Global Burden of Disease 2021 study by Yun-fa Ding, An-xia Deng, Teng-fei Qi, Hao Yu, Liang-ping Wu, Hong-bing Zhang

“…In addition, the study noted that individuals in the 65- to 75-year-old age group accounted for a higher proportion of T2DM-related deaths and DALYs, with females affected at a greater rate than males. …”
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Adaptability of spring oat yield in the environments of the Near-Irtysh area in Omsk Province by P. N. Nikolaev, N. I. Aniskov, O. A. Yusova, I. V. Safonova

“…The aim of this work is to assess the adaptive potential of yield in spring oat cultivars developed at Omsk Agrarian Scientific Center in the environments of the Near-Irtysh area in Omsk Province, taking into account the most common statistical parameters. The object of the research were 9 spring oat cultivars recommended for cultivation in the region and undergoing the State Variety Trials: ‘Orion’ (reference), ‘Irtysh 13’, ‘Irtysh 21’, ‘Irtysh 23’, ‘Tarsky 2’, ‘Pamyati Bogachkova’, ‘Skakun’, ‘Fakel’ and ‘Sibirsky Gerkules’. …”
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Development of an interpretable model for foot soft tissue stiffness based on gait plantar pressure analysis by Xiaotian Bai, Xiao Hou, Dazhi Lv, Dazhi Lv, Jialin Wei, Jialin Wei, Yiling Song, Zhengyan Tang, Hongfeng Huo, Hongfeng Huo, Jingmin Liu

“…Regions with highest contribution rates to foot soft tissue stiffness prediction were the third metatarsal (13.58%), fourth metatarsal (14.71%), midfoot (12.43%) and medial heel (12.58%) regions, which accounted for 53.3% of total contribution.ConclusionThe pressure features in the medial heel, midfoot area, and lateral mid-metatarsal regions during walking can better reflect plantar soft tissue stiffness. …”
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After neonatal care, what next? A qualitative study of mothers’ post-discharge experiences after premature birth in Kenya by Justinah Maluni, Dorothy Oluoch, Sassy Molyneux, Mwanamvua Boga, Caroline Jones, Florence Murila, Mike English, Sue Ziebland, Lisa Hinton

“…Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and Asia account for more than half of the global preterm deliveries. …”
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It is time to tackle psychological determinants of obesity and eating disorders by Pietro Crescenzo

“…In developed countries, obesity and overweight are global public health challenges that are devastating health and economy, as they are increasing at an alarming rate, taking into account the fact that childhood obesity affects both developed and developing countries of all socio-economic groups, irrespective of age, sex or ethnicity [4]. …”
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Southern Ocean control on atmospheric CO₂ changes across late Pliocene Marine Isotope Stage M2 by S. Hou, L. Toebrock, M. van der Linden, F. Rothstegge, M. Ziegler, L. J. Lourens, P. K. Bijl

“…We postulate that the Southern Ocean <span class="inline-formula">CO₂</span> outgassing varied strongly with migrations of the STF and that this in part accounted for the variability in <i>p</i><span class="inline-formula">CO₂</span> across MIS M2.…”
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