“Nip and Tuck”: Training the Next Generation of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons by Lok Ka Cheung, MBChB, MRCS, Vasilios Skepastianos, MUDR, MSc, Epameinodas Kostopoulos, MUDR, MSc, PhD, Georgios Skepastianos, MUDR, MSc, PhD

“…A questionnaire was given to all involved trainees for evaluation after the training exercises in aesthetic surgery, this included how they felt about performing aesthetic procedures afterwards, their level of knowledge, and their confidence in performing abdominoplasty and rhytidectomy. …”
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Atypical pulmonary manifestations suggestive of lung cancer in behçet’s disease with spontaneously regressing lymphadenopathy and a lung mass: a case report by So-yun Kim, Min-kyung Yeo, Subin Im, Chaeuk Chung

“…Despite the suspicious radiological findings, three biopsies, including a surgical biopsy, were all negative for malignancy. Remarkably, over the course of 2 years, these pulmonary manifestations spontaneously regressed without any specific treatment for lung involvement, and the patient remained in a stable BD state. …”
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Clinician’s Attitudes to the Introduction of Routine Weighing in Pregnancy by Tim Hasted, Helen Stapleton, Michael M. Beckmann, Shelley A. Wilkinson

“…A large Australian tertiary maternity hospital plans to facilitate the (re)introduction of routine weighing of all women at every antenatal visit. Objective. To identify clinicians’ perspectives of barriers and enablers to routinely weighing pregnant women and variations in current practice, knowledge, and attitudes between different staff groups. …”
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South African Rheumatism and Arthritis Association 2024 guidelines for the use of biologic and targeted synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs by E van Duuren, J Potts, U Brijlal, S Botha, S Didi, K Makan, M van Dam, K Chinniah, B Hodkinson

“…It is recommended that b/tsDMARDs for immune-mediated inflammatory rheumatic diseases are prescribed by a rheumatologist, and all patients must be included in the South African Rheumatism and Arthritis Association biologic registry. …”
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Toxicity and Oviposition Deterrent Activities of Thyme Essential Oils against Anopheles arabiensis by Destaw Damtie, Yalemtsehay Mekonnen

“…The concentrations of 100 μl/L and 50 μl/L resulted in complete mortalities of larvae and adults, respectively, for all the three Eos considered. The EOs exhibited high repellency with oviposition activity index of −1 (OAI = −1) at concentrations of 50 μl/L (Tar), 100 μl/L (Ala), and 200 μl/L (Yil). …”
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Chicken collagen hydrolysates differentially mediate anti-inflammatory activity and type I collagen synthesis on human dermal fibroblasts by Marina Offengenden, Subhadeep Chakrabarti, Jianping Wu

“…Given the potential anti-inflammatory and antioxidant profiles of these bioactive compounds, there has been increasing interest in using collagen derived peptides and peptide-rich collagen hydrolysates for skin health, due to their immunomodulatory, antioxidant and proliferative effects on dermal fibroblasts. However, all hydrolysates are not equally effective in exerting the beneficial effects; hence, further research is needed to determine the factors that improve the therapeutic applicability of such preparations. …”
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Growth Response of Two Pepper (Piper nigrum L.) Stem Cuttings on Application of IBA (Indole Butyric Acid) and NAA (Naphthalene Acetic Acid) by Rizky Wulandari, Yaya Hasanah, Meiriani Meiriani

“…There was no significant difference in the administration of IBA and NAA on all observed variables. The highest interaction of shoot length was found in the  primary branch cuttings with the administration of  IBA 1500 ppm + NAA 1000 ppm and the highest percentage of root and root volume was found in the primary branch cuttings with the administration of IBA 2500 ppm + NAA 0 ppm. …”
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Troublesome Tinnitus in Children: Epidemiology, Audiological Profile, and Preliminary Results of Treatment by G. Bartnik, A. Stepien, D. Raj-Koziak, A. Fabijanska, I. Niedzialek, H. Skarzynski

“…In our tinnitus clinic, children with distressing tinnitus constitute about 0,5% of all our patients. Objectives. The aim of this study was to analyse children with troublesome tinnitus as regards epidemiology, audiological profile, and preliminary effects of the therapy. …”
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Single cell suppression profiling of human regulatory T cells by Jonas Nørskov Søndergaard, Janyerkye Tulyeu, David Priest, Shimon Sakaguchi, James B. Wing

“…To overcome this limitation, we here develop ‘single cell suppression profiling of human Tregs’ (scSPOT). scSPOT uses a 52-marker CyTOF panel, a cell division detection algorithm, and a whole PBMC system to assess the effect of Tregs on all other cell types simultaneously. In this head-to-head comparison, we find Tregs having the clearest suppressive effects on effector memory CD8 T cells through partial division arrest, cell cycle inhibition, and effector molecule downregulation. …”
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INFLUENCE OF BOARD FINANCIAL EXPERTISE ON TAX COMPLIANCE OF NON- FINANCIAL LISTED FIRMS IN NIGERIA by Mathias Gboyega OGUNDEJI

“… Generating enough tax revenue is still a universal phenomenon due to unabated tax scandals in all jurisdictions. This study sought to provide empirical evidence on the influence of independent board financial expertise(IBFE) on tax compliance of non-financial listed firms in Nigeria using Effective Tax Rate (ETR), Cash Effective Tax Rate (CETR) and Permanent Tax Difference (PERMDIFF) as tax proxies. …”
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CHARITY IN THE PROCESS OF FORMING THE HUMANIST AXIOSPHERE OF CIVIL SOCIETY by M. M. Zhytnyk

“…Charity, as an institutional and resource component of civic activity, acts as one of the practical ways of building a society on the humanity principles. However, not all forms of charity are equally effective. Representatives of active charity, the highest level of the hierarchical structure of charity, are financially stable, conscious individuals who directly act as practitioners of humanism and become most effective.…”
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Evaluating Traditional Chinese Medicine and Herbal Products for the Treatment of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus by Yang Xin Zi Xu, Shengyan Xi, Xiaoyan Qian

“…The resultant hits were further searched in relation to all diabetes mellitus. In total, we found three major herbal medicine/herbal products that were associated with glycemic control in gestational diabetes, including Zuo Gui Wan, red raspberry leaves, and Orthosiphon stamineus. …”
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Systematic Review into Diagnostics for Post-Kala-Azar Dermal Leishmaniasis (PKDL) by Emily R. Adams, Inge Versteeg, Mariska M. G. Leeflang

“…We recommend well-designed diagnostic accuracy trials that evaluate, side-by-side, all currently available diagnostics, including clinical symptoms, serological, antigen, molecular, and parasitological tests and possible use of statistical modelling to evaluate diagnostics when there is no suitable gold standard.…”
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Frequentist and Bayesian Approaches in Modeling and Prediction of Extreme Rainfall Series: A Case Study from Southern Highlands Region of Tanzania by Erick A. Kyojo, Silas S. Mirau, Sarah E. Osima, Verdiana G. Masanja

“…Analyzing 31 years of annual maximum rainfall data spanning from 1990 to 2020, the Generalized Extreme Value (GEV) model proved to be the best for modeling extreme rainfall in all stations. Three estimation methods–L-moments, maximum likelihood estimation (MLE), and Bayesian Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC)–were employed to estimate GEV parameters and future return levels. …”
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Morbimortality in Patients Undergone an Operation for Intestinal Occlusion in General Surgery Service by Alexander Marchena Rodríguez, Reinaldo Jiménez Prendes, Julio César Sarmiento Sánchez

“…<br /><strong>Methods:</strong> a descriptive follow-up study of cases that comprised all the patients admitted and operated by intestinal occlusion. …”
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Variable Modal Parameter Identification for Non-Linear Mdof Systems. Part II: Experimental Validation and Advanced Case Study by Y.H. Chong, M. Imregun

“…The predicted response levels were compared against those obtained from reference simulations and very good agreement was achieved in all cases.…”
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Hand Detection Using Cascade of Softmax Classifiers by Yan-Guo Zhao, Feng Zheng, Zhan Song

“…The SftB models are used to distinguish the predefined postures from the background regions, and the SftM model is applied to discriminate among all the predefined hand posture categories. Another usage of the cascade structure is that it could effectively decompose the complexity of background pattern space and therefore improve the detection accuracy. …”
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Profil Kondisi Fisik Atlet Bola Voli STKIP PGRI Pacitan by Anung Probo Ismoko, Danang Endarto Putro

“…The research population used was all STKIP PGRI Pacitan indoor volleyball athletes who competed in the East Java POMPROV Championship in 2023. …”
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Pedagogical culture development of the teacher of the future: scientific and practical point of view by Lyubov’ A. Kochemasova

“…In the study, the author’s attention is focused on the key idea of John Dewey in the development of the pedagogical culture of the teacher of the future, from which all his pedagogical principles stemmed. The applied value of the conducted research is determined by the expansion of the range of scientific and professional knowledge, the field of scientific knowledge, comprehension, and free choice of “personal research action” within the framework of updating the ideas of John Dewey. …”
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Coincidental Central Precocious Puberty and Wilms Tumor in a 5-Year-Old Girl by Laura Kasongo, Patricia Forget, Ramona Corina Nicolescu

“…We highlight the need for early diagnosis and work-up in all patients of precocious puberty, in order to institute timely management.…”
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