Exploring relationships between social media use, online exposure to drug-related content, and youth substance use in real time: a pilot ecological momentary assessment study in a... by Meredith Gansner, Meredith Gansner, Anna Katharine Horton, Rasika Singh, Zev Schuman-Olivier

“…This study used an ecological momentary assessment (EMA) protocol to collect longitudinal data on social media use and online drug-related exposures associated with youth substance use.MethodsParticipants, aged 12–23, receiving mental health treatment from a U.S. community-based hospital, joined a six-week, smartphone-based EMA protocol. …”
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Expression study of Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway associated lncRNAs in schizophrenia by Fatemeh Manafzadeh, Behzad Baradaran, Seyed Gholamreza Noor Azar, Kamran Javidi Aghdam, Reza Dabbaghipour, Asghar Shayannia, Soudeh Ghafouri-Fard

“…Abstract Schizophrenia is one of the most debilitating mental illnesses affecting any age group. The mechanism and etiology of schizophrenia are extremely complex and multiple signaling pathways recruit genes implicated in the etiology of this disease. …”
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Cold Ceramic in Endodontics Treatments: A Review by Amin Roshani, Seyyed Amirali Hashemi Baraz, Iman Shiezadeh

“…The reviewed case reports included 16 patients (9 female and 7 male) with a mean age of 29.25±1.2. Clinical outcomes were generally favorable, with high success rates and minimal complications reported. …”
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Low Back Pain, Disability, and Quality of Life One Year following Intradiscal Injection of Autologous Bone Marrow Aspirate Concentrate by Colin M. Haines, Fenil R. Bhatt, Lindsay D. Orosz, Tarek Yamout, Samuel Namian, Niteesh Bharara, Anthony Bucci, Thomas C. Schuler, Ehsan Jazini, Christopher R. Good

“…Thirty-two patients (56.3% male) with a mean age of 45.9 years were enrolled, giving 92 treated levels. …”
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Consultations for HIV post-exposure prophylaxis before and after health insurance coverage of pre-exposure prophylaxis to a university-based emergency department in Germany by Lennert Böhm, Björn-Erik Ole Jensen, Hubert Schelzig, Tom Luedde, Michael Bernhard

“…Methods: In a before-after study design, all persons aged ≥18 years who presented for PEP counseling were analyzed retrospectively. …”
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Hipertensión arterial: Recomendaciones básicas para la prevención, detección, evaluación y tratamiento by Pedro Ovidio Orduñez García, Yanelis La Rosa Linares, Alfredo Darío Espinosa Brito, Frank C. Álvarez Li

“…The seventh of such reports (JNC-7) has not been the exception and it is totally understandable: few diseases (as high blood pressure or hypertension) can affect one of every 4-5 Cubans in an age range from 15 years old on. Furthermore, since they are in Medicine Schools, doctors are everyday more familiar with strong scientific evidence supporting that this disease / risk factor (RF) can be prevented, early detected, successfully treated and effectively controlled. …”
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Certainty of Linear Interrelation of Technical and Economic Parameters of Power Units of 300 МWt Thermal Power Stations by E. M. Farhadzadeh, A. Z. Muradaliyev, T. K. Rafiyeva, A. A. Rustamova

“…Its solution will simultaneously demonstrate difficulties in comparing the efficiency of aging power units. It is noted that the known and practically used method for assessing the reliability of the linear regression equation, based on the construction of a “confidence corridor” or “uncertainty band”, does not allow one to answer the main question, viz. whether the relationship of the considered technical and economic indicators corresponds to a linear one. …”
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Milestones and Timescale of Poststroke Recovery: A Cohort Study by Marianna Loi, Alberto Zaliani, Marta Abbamonte, Elena P. Ferrari, Roberto Maestri, Luigi Trojano, Pietro Balbi

“…Progressive increase of an aging population in Western countries will result in a growth of stroke prevalence. …”
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What are the general public’s expectations about the likely duration of common acute infections? A cross-sectional survey of Australian residents by Mark Jones, Tammy Hoffmann, Mina Bakhit, Kwame Peprah Boaitey

“…Objectives To explore the general public’s expectations about the likely duration of acute infections that are commonly managed in primary care and if care is sought for these infections, reasons for doing so.Design A cross-sectional online survey.Participants A nationwide sample of 589 Australian residents, ≥18 years old with representative quotas for age and gender, recruited via an online panel provider.Outcome measures For eight acute infections, participants’ estimated duration of each, time until they would seek care, and reasons for seeking care.Results For four infections, participants’ mean estimates of duration were within an evidence-based range—common cold (7.2 days), sore throat (5.2 days), acute otitis media (6.2 days) and impetigo (8.3 days); and >70% of the participants estimated a duration within the range. …”
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Gender-related Therapeutical Response to Apremilast: New Insights in a Tailored Management of Psoriasis by Emanuele Trovato, Federico Bardazzi, Vito Di Lernia, Monica Corazza, Claudia Lasagni, Francesca Prignano

“…Baseline characteristics, including age, gender, psoriasis area severity index (PASI), comorbidities, smoking and alcohol habits, relevant medical history and previous psoriasis systemic and biologic treatments were recorded. …”
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The effects and durability of an 8-week dynamic neuromuscular stabilization program on balance and coordination in adult males with intellectual disabilities: a randomized controll... by Hamed Babagoltabar-Samakoush, Behnoosh Aminikhah, Saeid Bahiraei

“…Conclusion This study provides robust evidence that DNS exercises can significantly enhance balance and neuromuscular coordination in middle-aged males with IDs, with improvements maintained over two months post-training. …”
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Cardiac magnetic resonance quantified epicardial fat volume is associated with complex coronary artery disease among diabetics by Shimaa Sayed Khidr, Bakeer Mohamed Bakeer, Hatem Abdel-Rahman Helmy, Heba Mahmoud El-Naggar

“…Different cutoff points of EFV significantly predicted high SS among diabetics and non-diabetics with respective reasonable sensitivity and specificity. Age and EFV were consistently predictive of high SS on different multivariable regression models. …”
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Assessment of healthcare workers’ knowledge and availability of resources for sickle cell disease management in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo by Nash Mwanza Nangunia, Olivier Mukuku, Viviane Bianga Feza, Yves Mulindilwa Kyembwa, Théophile Barhwamire Kabesha, André Kabamba Mutombo, Stanislas Okitostho Wembonyama

“…Physicians were 8.4 times more likely to possess good knowledge compared to nurses (adjusted OR = 8.4; 95% CI: 4.5 - 15.9; p<0.0001). Age, clinical experience, type of HCF, attendance of SCD training, and previous management of SCD patients did not show a significant association with knowledge after adjusting for other variables (p>0.05). …”
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Assessment of liver fibrosis by acoustic radiation force impulse elastography in rheumatic disease patients on long-term methotrexate treatment by Arindam Nandy Roy, Gayatri Senapathy, Vijay Kumar Bongu, Yarram Ashok Kumar, Syeda Sana Fatima, Regina Lata Thadigiri

“…A total of 151 patients with rheumatic disease, aged ≥ 18 years were enrolled into the study. In addition, 24 healthy subjects (controls) were recruited to compare the ARFI values with that of patients with rheumatic disease. …”
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Temperature- and ontogeny-dependent metabolism in invasive early juvenile round goby (Neogobius melanostomus) by Hunter A. Herron, Sina Zarini, William Andrew Thompson, Andy J. Turko, Sigal Balshine

“…We tested early juveniles at two separate and distinct ages (6–7 weeks and 12–14 weeks post-hatch). Growth was highest at 23°C compared to 15°C and 27°C, but this pattern only emerged after 12–14 weeks of development. …”
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Comparing the Fiscal Consequences of Controlled and Uncontrolled Osteoarthritis Pain Applying a UK Public Economic Perspective by Rui Martins, Nikos Kotsopoulos, Melodi Kosaner Kließ, Craig Beck, Lucy Abraham, Samuel Large, Patricia Schepman, Mark P. Connolly

“…The base case analysis compared the projected lost tax revenue and transfer payments for a 50-year-old cohort with severe OA pain, retiring at age 65. **Results:** For a 50-year-old individual with moderate uncontrolled OA pain with 15-years remaining work expectancy, the model estimated a £62&#8239;383 reduction in employment earnings, a £24&#8239;307 reduction in tax contributions and a need for £16&#8239;034 in government benefits, compared to a person with controlled OA pain. …”
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2024 Polish recommendations for the management of familial hypercholesterolemia in children and adolescents by Małgorzata Myśliwiec, Marta Bandura, Anna Wołoszyn-Durkiewicz, Matylda Hennig, Mieczysław Walczak, Jarosław Peregut-Pogorzelski, Jolanta Sykut-Cegielska, Maria Miszczak-Knecht, Krzysztof Chlebus, Bartosz Wasąg, Agnieszka Zmysłowska, Maciej Banach

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Predictors of Stent Restenosis in Han and Uygur Patients with Coronary Heart Disease after PCI in the Xinjiang Region by Jiao Wang, Yuchun Yang, Lei Zhang, Pengyi He, Huyati Mu

“…The general clinical data, laboratory indicators, and coronary artery lesions were compared. Results. Age (OR = 1.040, 95% CI: 1.006∼1.075), triglycerides (OR = 1.440, 95% CI: 1.050∼1.973), total cholesterol (OR = 5.256, 95% CI: 2.826∼9.773), and ApoB (OR = 137.540, 95% CI: 11.364∼899.455) were independent risk factors for ISR after PCI in the Han patients, while ApoAI (OR = 0.002, 95% CI: 0.001∼0.011), MCV (OR = 0.824, 95% CI: 0.744∼0.911), MCH (OR = 0.421, 95% CI: 0.324∼0.548), and MCHC (OR = 0.934, 95% CI: 0.903∼0.965) were protective factors of ISR after PCI in Han patients, and the logistic regression equation composed of various factors predicted that the area under the ROC curve of ISR was 0.905. …”
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Global knowledge gaps in acute febrile illness etiologic investigations: A scoping review. by Chulwoo Rhee, Grishma A Kharod, Nicolas Schaad, Nathan W Furukawa, Neil M Vora, David D Blaney, John A Crump, Kevin R Clarke

“…Eighty-nine publications (47%) did not include exclusion criteria, and inclusion criteria in 13% (24/190) of publications did not include age group. No publications included study settings in Southern Africa, Micronesia & Polynesia, or Central Asia. …”
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The feasibility of virtual reality therapy for upper extremity mobilization during and after intensive care unit admission by Mirthe de Vries, Lise F.E. Beumeler, Johan van der Meulen, Carina Bethlehem, Rob den Otter, E. Christiaan Boerma

“…Materials & Methods Ten adult ICU-patients with a median age of 71 [63–79], 70% of male registered birth sex, mechanically ventilated for ≥48 h, and willing to participate, were included. …”
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