Food choice motivations and perceptions of healthy eating: a cross-sectional study among consumers in the UAE by Leila Cheikh Ismail, Tareq M. Osaili, Reyad Shaker Obaid, Mona Hashim, Marya Ahmed, Fatma Al-Fayadh, Aisha Farah, Hanin Sad, Humood Alghanem, Maysm N. Mohamad, Sheima T. Saleh, Rameez Al Daour, Emad Masuadi, Lily Stojanovska, Habiba I. Ali, Ayesha S. Al Dhaheri

“…Cluster 1 demonstrated significantly higher mean scores in all other categories than Cluster 2 (p < 0.001). …”
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Association of systemic immune-inflammatory index with in-stent restenosis in patients with and without diabetes mellitus by Xunwei Deng, Xunwei Deng, Xunwei Deng, Qiaoting Deng, Qiaoting Deng, Qiaoting Deng, Qunji Zhang, Qunji Zhang, Qunji Zhang, Jingyuan Hou, Jingyuan Hou, Jingyuan Hou

“…After adjusting for confounders, the multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that participants with higher SII levels had a significantly increased risk of ISR for diabetics (all P &lt; 0.05), and this significant association was observed in patients with more severe ISR (triple-coronary artery lesions). …”
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Tracking the correlation of mineral intakes among family pairs over nine years: a longitudinal study by Farshad Teymoori, Mahdi Akbarzadeh, Niloufar Saber, Mitra Kazemi Jahromi, Ebrahim Mokhtari, Parisa Riahi, Hossein Farhadnejad, Hamid Ahmadirad, Asiyeh Sadat Zahedi, Sajedeh Masjoudi, Danial Habibi, Maryam Zarkesh, Mohammadreza Vafa, Parvin Mirmiran, Maryam S. Daneshpour, Fereidoun Azizi

“…Among the mother-daughter and brother-sister pairs, there was a decreasing correlation for all minerals over time. In father-daughter, we observed decreasing or regression to the mean of correlations. …”
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Correlation between Insulin Resistance and Thyroid Nodule in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Yunzhao Tang, Tiantian Yan, Gang Wang, Yijun Chen, Yanjuan Zhu, Zhenhuan Jiang, Min Yang, Chenguang Li, Zhu Li, Ping Yu, Shanshan Wang, Nannan Zhu, Qiuyue Ren, Changlin Ni

“…The present study explored the association between insulin resistance (IR) and the clinical characteristics of thyroid nodules in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Methods. All the patients were newly diagnosed with T2DM. 201 patients with thyroid nodule disease and 308 patients without the nodular thyroid disease. …”
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Microsatellite analyses reveal genetic diversity and population structure of Cipangopaludina chinensis in Guangxi, China by Xiao-kai Wei, Kang-qi Zhou, Xin-xi Zou, Xue-ling Zhang, Yu-Sen Li, Hui Luo, Yin Huang, Xue-song Du, Jun-qi Qin, Zhong Chen, Yong Lin, Xian-hui Pan, Hua Ye

“…The genetic structure results revealed that all populations could be divided into two genetic clusters, which was confirmed by the UPGMA tree constructed based on Nei’s unbiased genetic distance and PCoA analysis. …”
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Hubungan Risiko Tsunami terhadap Tingkat Ansietas pada Anak-anak di SDN 02 Ulak Karang Selatan (Zona Merah) dan SDN 33 Kalumbuk (Zona Hijau) by Septia Endike, Yaslinda Yaunin2 , Rima Yaunin, Rima Semiarty

“…</em><em></em></p><p><strong><em>Keywords:</em></strong><em> </em><em> </em><em>anxiety, tsunami, children</em><em></em></p></div><em><br clear="all" /> </em>…”
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Biocompatibility and drug release kinetics of TiNbZrSn femtosecond laser-induced superhydrophilic structures by Tahir Nawaz, Vinod Paul, Sidrah Younus, Shahbaz Ahmad, Mehmet Egilmez, Wael Abuzaid, Ganjaboy Boltaev, Noor Akbar, Mustafa Khamis, Ghaleb A. Husseini, Ali S. Alnaser

“…We also present the in vitro cell viability and biocompatibility of the alloy system. All samples structured with femtosecond laser exhibited superhydrophilic nature with 0° contact angle. …”
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Global biogeography of N₂-fixing microbes: <i>nifH</i> amplicon database and analytics workflow by M. Morando, J. D. Magasin, S. Cheung, S. Cheung, M. M. Mills, J. P. Zehr, K. A. Turk-Kubo

“…This newly developed workflow was used to reprocess nearly all publicly available <i>nifH</i> amplicon HTS datasets from marine studies and to generate a comprehensive <i>nifH</i> ASV database containing 9383 ASVs aggregated from 21 studies that represent the diazotrophic populations in the global ocean. …”
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Coronary Heart Disease Risk Prediction Model Based on Machine Learning by YUE Haitao, HE Chanchan, CHENG Yuyou, ZHANG Sencheng, WU You, MA Jing

“…Results Univariate analysis revealed significant differences (P&lt;0.05) between the CHD and non-CHD groups across all input variables except for rental housing and being informed of prediabetic status. …”
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Spatiotemporal range dynamics and conservation optimization for endangered medicinal plants in the Himalaya by Fu-Lv Liu, Winnie Wanjiku Mambo, Jie Liu, Guang-Fu Zhu, Raees Khan, Abdullah, Shujaul Mulk Khan, Lu Lu

“…Threat assessment results indicated that all the species are endangered. Our conservation planning analysis revealed that northern parts of Pakistan such as Swat, Shangla, Hazara division, Jammu, and Kashmir are the core conservation areas for these ten species. …”
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Sporadic Burkitt Lymphoma First Presenting as Painful Gingival Swellings and Tooth Hypermobility: A Life-Saving Referral by Erofili Papadopoulou, Maria Kouri, Dimitrios Velonis, Anastasia Andreou, Maria Georgaki, Spyridon Damaskos, Evangelia Piperi, Konstantina Delli, Ioannis K. Karoussis, Antonia Vlachou, Georgia Avgerinou, Antonis Kattamis, Nikolaos G. Nikitakis

“…The aim of this study is to present a rare pediatric case of sporadic BL first manifesting as gingival swellings and tooth hypermobility and provide a review of all the published sporadic BL case reports as the first sign of disease. …”
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The influence of exercise modality and intensity on ventricular arrhythmia burden and perception of effort in patients with Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy with pla... by Fernando G. Beltrami, Kyle G. P. J. M. Boyle, Guan Fu, Corinna Brunckhorst, Firat Duru, Christina M. Spengler, Ardan M. Saguner

“…Average PVC burden during activities (including 5 min recovery) was lower for biceps curls compared with all other activities (p < 0.046), despite having the second highest level of perceived effort (13.8 ± 1.7 units). …”
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Association between joint exposure to ambient air pollutants and carotid plaque: The mediating role of cardiometabolic risk factors by Yunfei Li, Ze Han, Xiaoyu Zhao, Yueruijing Liu, Zhiyuan Wu, Jinqi Wang, Xia Li, Xiuhua Guo, Lixin Tao

“…Methods: The Beijing Health Management Cohort (BMHC) study followed participants recruited from 2013 to 2014 until December 31, 2020. All participants underwent carotid ultrasound and were free of carotid plaque at baseline. …”
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Survival after Locoregional Treatments for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Cohort Study in Real-World Patients by Simona Signoriello, Annalisa Annunziata, Nicola Lama, Giuseppe Signoriello, Paolo Chiodini, Ilario De Sio, Bruno Daniele, Giovanni G. Di Costanzo, Fulvio Calise, Graziano Olivieri, Vincenzo Castaldo, Rosario Lanzetta, Guido Piai, Giampiero Marone, Mario Visconti, Mario Fusco, Massimo Di Maio, Francesco Perrone, Ciro Gallo, Giovanni B. Gaeta

“…We investigated, in a retrospective cohort study, whether surgical resection, radiofrequency ablation (RFA), percutaneous ethanol injection (PEI), and transarterial embolization with (TACE) or without (TAE) chemotherapy resulted in different survival in clinical practice. All patients first diagnosed with HCC and treated with any locoregional therapy from 1998 to 2002 in twelve Italian hospitals were eligible. …”
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Efficacy of TIPS plus extrahepatic collateral embolisation in real-world data: a validation study by Chao Chen, Feng Zhang, Hao Wu, Wei Wu, Hui Xue, Yuzheng Zhuge, Chunqing Zhang, Guangchuan Wang, Zhengjie Li, Qiong Wu, Bo Wei, Jun Tie, Xiubin Sun, Lianhui Zhao, Yifu Xia, Jiao Xu, Peijie Li

“…After PSM, clinical outcomes, including rebleeding, HE, survival and further decompensation (FDC), were analysed. Baseline data from all patients contributed to the construction of prognostic models.Results After PSM, 1136 matched patients (TIPS+E: TIPS=568:568) were included. …”
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The success of reforestation after experimental strip-shelterwood felling in the pine stands of the Eastern Polissia of Ukraine by Anatolyi Zhezhkun

“…The experimental strip-shelterwood felling was carried out in two or three cuts. In the first cut, all the trees within the strip to be cut were designated for felling. …”
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Penerapan Model Technology Readiness Index untuk Mengukur Tingkat Kesiapan Mahasiswa dalam Penerimaan Sistem E-Polvot by M Khairul Anam, Fransiskus Zoromi, Soni, Torkis Nasution, Khusaeri Andesa

“…The population used for this study comprises all students of STMIK Amik Riau, and the total sampling technique is employed. …”
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Penerimaan Ibu yang Memiliki Anak Retardasi Mental di SLB YPAC Padang by Faraznasia Benny, Adnil Edwin Nurdin, Eva Chundrayetti

“…Based on the results of general research, two of the three research subjects can be said that they have accepted their children well, as seen from the attitude of the subject who has fulfilled all aspects of the mothers' acceptance to their children are the minimal anxiety to the presence of the children, a minimal self-defense about the limitations of the children, and the absence of rejection. …”
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Concentration-dependent effects of immunomodulatory cocktails on the generation of leukemia-derived dendritic cells, DCleu mediated T-cell activation and on-target/off-tumor toxici... by Hazal Aslan Rejeski, Hazal Aslan Rejeski, Anne Hartz, Anne Hartz, Elias Rackl, Elias Rackl, Lin Li, Lin Li, Christoph Schwepcke, Christoph Schwepcke, Kai Rejeski, Kai Rejeski, Christoph Schmid, Christoph Schmid, Andreas Rank, Andreas Rank, Jörg Schmohl, Doris Kraemer, Peter Bojko, Helga Maria Schmetzer, Helga Maria Schmetzer

“…Here, we specifically aimed to assess how different response modifier concentrations impact DC/DCleu generation, immune cell activation and leukemic blast lysis. We found that all immunomodulatory kits were effective in generating mature and leukemia-derived DCs from healthy and leukemic whole blood. …”
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Association of Sociodemographic Factors With Overtriage, Undertriage, and Value of Care After Major Surgery by Tyler J. Loftus, MD, Matthew M. Ruppert, MS, Benjamin Shickel, PhD, Tezcan Ozrazgat-Baslanti, PhD, Jeremy A. Balch, MD, Kenneth L. Abbott, MD, Die Hu, MS, Adnan Javed, MD, Firas Madbak, MD, Faheem Guirgis, MD, David Skarupa, MD, Philip A. Efron, MD, Patrick J. Tighe, MD, William R. Hogan, MD, Parisa Rashidi, PhD, Gilbert R. Upchurch, Jr, MD, Azra Bihorac, MD

“…In a fair system, overtriage of low-acuity patients to intensive care units (ICUs) and undertriage of high-acuity patients to general wards would affect all sociodemographic subgroups equally. Methods:. …”
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