ORGAN-PRESERVING INTERVENTIONS IN SURGICAL CORRECTION OF SPLEEN CYSTS IN CHILDREN by Andriy Kuzyk

“…Both medical examinations and treatment procedures of 265 children aged from 1 month to 18 years old, suffering from splenic cysts, were analyzed retrospectively. …”
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Effect of Different Anti-hypertensive Drugs on Circadian Blood Pressure Profile in Elderly Hypertensive Patients by Bingqing YU, Jinping ZHOU, Zhongxian FENG, Junxia XU

“…Binary logistic regression showed that circadian blood pressure profile had some relation with the factors as age, BMI and strategy of anti-hypertensive drugs. …”
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Outcomes of Open Reduction and Modified McLaughlin’s Procedure in Neglected Posterior Shoulder Dislocation by Vikas, Jatin Prakash, Karan Maggo, Jujhar Singh, Ankesh Jain, Naval Bhatia

“…Results: The study included 13 patients (4 females, 9 males) with a mean age of 40.69 years and a mean delay of 8.5 weeks from injury to diagnosis. …”
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Real-world satisfaction and experience with injection and autoinjector device for ofatumumab indicated for multiple sclerosis by Amy Perrin Ross, Jacqueline Nicholas, Ming-Hui Tai, Stephen Yeung, Nazneen Fatima Shaikh, Helen Chen, Mariana Fernandes, Aaron Cortright, Kevin Hawkins

“…The mean (standard deviation [SD]) age was 42.5 (12.2) years. The majority of patients (86.7%) expressed high satisfaction (i.e., rated either 4 [satisfied] or 5 [extremely satisfied] on a 5-point Likert scale) in study population. …”
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SARS-CoV-2 SPIKE Antibody Levels can Indicate Immuno-Resilience to Re-infection: a Real-World Study by Yue Jin, Fei Yang, Christopher M. Rank, Stanley Letovsky, Peter Ramge, Simon Jochum

“…Subgroup analyses showed a consistent association between antibody levels and infection risk, by immune status and age. Clinically meaningful thresholds of antibody titers varied between Delta and Omicron infections. …”
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The Usefulness of the Pressure Algometer in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Orofacial Pain Patients: A Systematic Review by Agata Kamińska, Bartosz Dalewski, Ewa Sobolewska

“…The studies covered a total of 4403 adult patients, aged 16-62, and 30 children. The studies investigated the reliability and validity of the PPT (measured by a pressure algometer) in TMD patients. …”
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Adapting the Planetary Health Diet Index for children and adolescents by Carolina Venegas Hargous, Liliana Orellana, Claudia Strugnell, Camila Corvalan, Steven Allender, Colin Bell

“…Linear regression models adjusted by child’s gender and age were fitted to explore associations between total PHDI-C score, dietary recall characteristics and nutritional composition of children’s diets. …”
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Totally endoscopic mitral valve repair with novel technique of left atrial exposure: five years experience from a single center by Thanh Dat Pham, Thanh Huyen Tran, Ngoc Thanh Le, Cong Huu Nguyen

“…Mitral valve exposure was successfully achieved in all cases. The mean age of the patients was 54.5 ± 14.2 years, and their mean log EuroSCORE II was 1.53 ± 1.30. …”
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Urinary concentrations of arsenic species in older Dutch adults and risk of chronic kidney disease by Hannah P. McKeon, Weiluan Chen, Jan Dirk te Biesebeek, Nanette G. Vrijenhoek, Jacqueline J.M. Castenmiller, Marcel J.B. Mengelers

“…To assess the risk of internal As exposure, toxic relevant arsenic (TRA) (sum of arsenite (As(III)), arsenate (As(V)), and their methylation metabolites, monomethylarsonate (MMA) and dimethylarsinate (DMA)) in urine should be used.Morning urine samples of 288 Dutch adults (aged 52–91 years) were analysed for As(III), As(V), MMA, DMA, arsenobetaine (AsB) and total As using ICP-MS. …”
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Contrastive Study of Brain Activation Regions during Verb Production in Uyghur and Chinese Broca Aphasia Patients after Stroke by ZUHERE Rouzi, MENG Shikai, MA Xiaoting, XI Yanling

“…Thirty-six healthy volunteers were recruited and matched with the patients in the ethnicity, sex, age and years of education, with 18 in each group. …”
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Adenoviral Pneumonia Outbreak in Immunocompetent Adults—A Missed Antimicrobial Stewardship Opportunity? by Branimir Gjurasin, Lorna Stemberger Maric, Tvrtko Jukic, Leona Radmanic Matotek, Snjezana Zidovec Lepej, Marko Kutlesa, Neven Papic

“…<b>Results</b>: Fifty-eight patients with AdV CAP were included; 81% were males, with a median age of 33 (IQR 28–41) years and 62% without any comorbidities. …”
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Comparative thoracic radiography in healthy and tuberculosis-positive sun bears (Helarctos malayanus) by Kirsty Officer, Kirsty Officer, Natalie Webster, Alana J. Rosenblatt, Phorn Sorphea, Kris Warren, Kris Warren, Bethany Jackson, Bethany Jackson

“…Diffuse bronchial and/or bronchointerstitital lung patterns were commonly reported, with a high proportion needing correlation with age and/or clinical signs to further interpret. …”
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Exploring barriers to early breast examination and screening among Arab women in the MENA region: A KAP study by Ehsan Qtaishat, Reem Al-Ajlouni, Khawlah Ammar, Mohammed Liswi, Abdallah Al-Ani, Rasha Fakheraldeen, Shorouq Al-hasson

“…Conversely, while nearly half of the sample practices clinical breast examinations (CBE) or mammography (MM), less than 50 % were knowledgeable abouts their proper frequencies or suitable age. In terms of barriers, lack of current breast issues and lack of knowledge were the most commonly reported barriers to all three forms of early breast cancer detection methods. …”
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University students’ ambition levels and vocational tendencies associated with common culture by H. A. Danaa, M. M. Al-mzary, W. N. Halasa, L. M. Obeidat, M. A. Rababah, M. Kh. Al-Alawneh

“…Besides, universities are recommended to focus on ways of developing the ambition level among students by raising parents’ awareness to set a good example to their children, bring them up from an early age to be ambitious and promote their ambition level.…”
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Development and progression association of various ophthalmic pathologies with the gut microbiome state (literature review) by G.N. Rezbaeva, A.E. Babushkin, O.I. Orenburkina, I.A. Gimranova

“…For instance, dry eye syndrome, especially chronic progressive ophthalmic pathology, such as diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma, age-related macular degeneration, etc. </p> <p> <b>Keywords: </b>microbiome, gut microbiota dysbiosis, association with eye diseases, development of treatment techniques. …”
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Unveiling User Sentiment: Aspect-Based Analysis and Topic Modeling of Ride-Hailing and Google Play App Reviews by Viktor Handrianus Pranatawijaya, Nova Noor Kamala Sari, Resha Ananda Rahman, Efrans Christian, Septian Geges

“…Background: Mobile app usage is increasing in the digital age, with Ride-Hailing app becoming the primary example of this trend. …”
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Stigmatization of people with mental illness – a matter of milieu-specific worldviews? Results from a population-based survey in Germany by Jenny Spahlholz, Eva Baumann, Sven Speerforck, Sven Speerforck, Christian Sander, Christian Sander, Matthias C. Angermeyer, Georg Schomerus, Georg Schomerus

“…We used a milieu approach to investigate how shared social, cultural and political orientations and expectations are associated with manifestations of the mental-illness related stigma.MethodsWe analyzed cross-sectional data from 3,042 adults aged ≥18 years from a national vignette-based representative survey on the stigma of mental illness in Germany from 2020. …”
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Prevalence of Soil-Transmitted Helminth and Schistosoma mansoni Infection and Their Associated Factors among Hiruy Abaregawi Primary School Children, Rural Debre Tabor, North West... by Lemma Workineh, Teklehaimanot Kiros, Shewaneh Damtie, Tesfaye Andualem, Bizualem Dessie

“…In Ethiopia, 25.3 and 12.3 million school-age children are living in soil-transmitted helminth and schistosomiasis endemic areas, respectively. …”
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Nutrient cycling characteristics along a chronosequence of forest primary succession in the Hailuogou Glacier retreat area, eastern Tibetan Plateau by Danli Yang, Ji Luo, Shumiao Shu, Yan Hu, Hongsong Tang, Xuemei Li

“…Background The Hailuogou Glacier has been continuously retreating since the end of the Little Ice Age, resulting in a 125-year soil chronosequence and a complete primary forest succession sequence. …”
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A robust multimodal brain MRI-based diagnostic model for migraine: validation across different migraine phases and longitudinal follow-up data by Jong Young Namgung, Eunchan Noh, Yurim Jang, Mi Ji Lee, Bo-yong Park

“…We obtained T1-weighted and resting-state functional MRI data from 50 patients with episodic migraine and 50 age- and sex-matched healthy controls, with follow-up data collected after one year. …”
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