Assessment of Pathogenic Potential, Virulent Genes Profile, and Antibiotic Susceptibility of Proteus mirabilis from Urinary Tract Infection by Emad I. Hussein, Khalid Al-Batayneh, Majed M. Masadeh, Fatina W. Dahadhah, Mazhar Salim Al Zoubi, Alaa A. Aljabali, Karem H. Alzoubi

“…Virulence genes in P. mirabilis, namely, hpmA, hpmB, rsbA, luxS, ureC1, hlyA, rpoA, atfA, atfC, mrpA, and pm1 were detected in the isolates via PCR detection method. All P. mirabilis virulence genes were detected in more than 90% of the isolates except hlyA gene, which was detected in only 23.8% of the isolates. …”
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Predictive model for determining the indications for automated 3D ultrasound for screening patients at low risk of developing breast tumors by A. E. Garanina, A. V. Kholin

“…A total of 2794 patients were included in the study. All patients underwent clinical examination, palpation, collected information on socio-demographic data and potential risk factors for breast cancer, and 2D ultrasound was also performed. …”
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Healthcare waste characteristics and management in regional hospital and private clinic by S. Ajbar El Gueriri, F. El Mansouri, F. Achemlal, S. Lachaal, J. Brigui, A. Fakih Lanjri

“…These findings can be used by the regional divisions of the Ministry of Health to develop specific protocols for managing sanitary emergencies and perform routine observation and training at all levels in the two facilities studied.…”
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Expression and correlation of endoglin, sEndoglin, and MMP-14 on preeclampsia placenta by Febriana Catur Iswanti, Ninik Mudjihartini, Reni Paramita, Yuditiya Purwosunu, Ani Retno Prijanti

“…In contrast, sEndoglin (0.05 [0.0–0.01] ng/μg protein vs. 0.02 [0.0–0.3] ng/μg protein) and MMP-14 (0.14 [0.1–0.6] ng/μg protein vs. 0.11 [0.1–1.3] ng/μg protein) concentrations were significantly higher in preeclampsia placentas compared to normal placentas. All parameters showed a gradual decrease with advancing gestational age. sEndoglin and MMP-14 demonstrated a strong positive correlation (r = 0.658, p < 0.001), while endoglin and MMP-14 exhibited a moderate positive correlation (r = 0.554, p < 0.001). …”
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Clinical Features, Treatment, and Outcome of HIV-Associated Immune Thrombocytopenia in the HAART Era by Kimberley L. S. Ambler, Linda M. Vickars, Chantal S. Leger, Lynda M. Foltz, Julio S. G. Montaner, Marianne Harris, Viviane Dias Lima, Heather A. Leitch

“…Although most patients achieved a safe platelet count with primary ITP treatment, nearly all required retreatment for ITP recurrence. New approaches to the treatment of severe ITP in this population are needed.…”
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Impact of a national primary care pay-for-performance scheme on ambulatory care sensitive hospital admissions: a small-area analysis in England by Tim Doran, Christos Grigoroglou, Luke Munford, Evangelos Kontopantelis, Navneet Kapur, Darren Ashcroft, Roger Webb

“…Material deprivation and urbanicity were the strongest predictors of the variation in ACSC rates for all QOF incentivised conditions across England.…”
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Intentional saccadic eye movements in patients with vestibular migraine by Pan Gu, Jing Feng, Lipeng Cai, Huimin Fan, Hailing Wang, Xiaokun Geng, Yuchuan Ding

“…The VM group and control group matched for age and gender were collected from Beijing Luhe Hospital affiliated with Capital Medical University, between June 2021 and May 2022. All patients received antisaccade (AS) and memory-guided saccade (MGS) tasks. …”
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Effectiveness of the mobile Stress Autism Mate Junior application in reducing stress and improving quality of life in adolescents with autism: a pilot study by Alvin van Asselt, Kirsten Hoeberichts, Kirsten Hoeberichts, Sevda Demirel, Sevda Demirel, Anke Scheeren, Anke Scheeren, Yvette Roke

“…Sixteen of them (9 girls and 7 boys; Mage = 15.0 years, SD = 1.9) completed all research phases. Data were collected at four time points separated by four weeks: Control, pre-test, post-test and follow-up. …”
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Impact of lay health worker programmes on the health outcomes of mother-child pairs of HIV exposed children in Africa: A scoping review. by Kathrin Schmitz, Tariro Jayson Basera, Bonaventure Egbujie, Preethi Mistri, Nireshni Naidoo, Witness Mapanga, Jane Goudge, Majorie Mbule, Fiona Burtt, Esca Scheepers, Jude Igumbor

“…Community awareness on Mother to Child Transmission of HIV (MTCT), proper and consistent use of condoms, clinic attendance and timely HIV testing of HEIs, as well as retention in care for infected persons, have all improved because of LHW programmes.<h4>Conclusion</h4>LHWs play significant roles in the management of WLH and their HEIs, improving MCH outcomes in the process. …”
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The Great Vietnamese Famine of 1944-45 Revisited by Geoffrey Gunn

“…The deaths stemming from the great famine of 1944-45, which reached its zenith in March-April 1945 in Japanese-occupied northern Vietnam, eclipsed in scale all human tragedies of the modern period in that country up until that time. …”
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A Direct and Sensitive Method for Determination of 5-Fluorouracil in Colorectal Cancer Cells: Evaluating the Effect of Stromal Cell on Drug Resistance of Cancer Cells by Fengjing Xu, Zhipeng Wang, Xinhua Song, Mengwei Zhang, Lili Cui, Yanping Liu, Hongxia Yan, Shouhong Gao, Yan Liu, Wansheng Chen

“…The intraday and interday precision and accuracy were <11% and within ±6%, and the stability, specificity, carry-over, dilution effect, and linearity all conformed to the criteria. The method was applied to detect the concentration of 5-FU inside cells and cell culture medium. …”
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Quantifying intratumoral biomarker heterogeneity in tubo-ovarian high-grade serous carcinoma to optimize clinical translation by Aline Talhouk, Derek S. Chiu, Liliane Meunier, Kurosh Rahimi, Cécile Le Page, Monique Bernard, Diane Provencher, David G. Huntsman, Anne Marie Mes Masson, Martin Köbel

“…Two-way random effect and nested intraclass correlation were used to assess continuous markers, and Gwet’s AC1 was used for categorical markers. All biomarkers showed at least substantial agreement over several spatial comparisons, with WT1, p53 and p16 showing almost perfect agreement for most spatial comparisons. …”
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Prevalence of Hypertension and Associated Factors in Dire Dawa City, Eastern Ethiopia: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study by Hirbo Shore Roba, Addisu Shunu Beyene, Melkamu Merid Mengesha, Behailu Hawulte Ayele

“…Multivariate logistic regression models were used to identify relative effects of distal, proximal, and immediate risk factors of hypertension, and all statistical tests were declared significantly at P-value<0.05. …”
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Chemical Characteristics of Precipitation in a Typical Urban Site of the Hinterland in Three Gorges Reservoir, China by Liuyi Zhang, Baoqing Qiao, Huanbo Wang, Mi Tian, Jian Cui, Chuan Fu, Yimin Huang, Fumo Yang

“…Good correlations were found between SO42- and NH4+, SO42- and Ca2+, NO3- and NH4+, and NO3- and Ca2+, implying their co-occurrence in the precipitation, most likely as (NH4)2SO4, (NH4)HSO4, NH4NO3, CaSO4, and Ca(NO3)2. The sum of all measured ions was 416.4 μeq L−1, indicating serious air pollution in Wanzhou. …”
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Spray-Induced Gene Silencing (SIGS): Nanocarrier-Mediated dsRNA Delivery Improves RNAi Efficiency in the Management of Lettuce Gray Mold Caused by <i>Botrytis cinerea</i> by Maria Spada, Claudio Pugliesi, Marco Fambrini, Diego Palpacelli, Andrea Caneo, Susanna Pecchia

“…Therefore, treatments were applied by pressure spraying whole lettuce plants lately inoculated with <i>B. cinerea</i>. All sprayed dsRNAs proved effective in reducing disease symptoms with a notable reduction compared to controls. …”
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Pulse Wave Velocity as Marker of Preclinical Arterial Disease: Reference Levels in a Uruguayan Population Considering Wave Detection Algorithms, Path Lengths, Aging, and Blood Pres... by Ignacio Farro, Daniel Bia, Yanina Zócalo, Juan Torrado, Federico Farro, Lucía Florio, Alicia Olascoaga, Walter Alallón, Ricardo Lluberas, Ricardo L. Armentano

“…The included subjects (n=429) were categorized according to the age decade and the blood pressure levels (at study time). All subjects represented the “reference population”; the group of subjects with optimal/normal blood pressures levels at study time represented the “normal population.” …”
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Effects of L-carnitine and pentoxifylline on long-term preservation of the human sperms: An experimental study by Elham Aliabadi, Zohre Nateghian, Mohammad Hossein Nasr-Esfahani, Marziyeh Tavalaee, Tahereh Talaei-Khozani

“…Results: On day 7, 26.83% ± 4.26 of sperms were motile in the PT group which was significantly more than LC (6.67% ± 0.61) and control (0.83 ± 0.17) groups (p < 0.001). At day 12, while all sperms lost their motility in LC and control groups, adding PT led to 3.17% ± 0.47 sperms remaining motile (p < 0.001). …”
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Historical dynamics of marginal populations at the leading edge of a temperate species in the boreal‐temperate ecotone by Pierre‐Yves Mondou Laperrière, Todor S. Minchev, Pierre Grondin, Martin Lavoie, Guillaume de Lafontaine

“…Contemporary dynamics (<200 years) were assessed by analyzing tree size structure of all stems within 400 m2 plots, minimal stand age from tree‐ring dating, as well as the recent occurrence of fire and logging from published ecoforest data. …”
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Inequalities in colorectal cancer diagnosis by ethnic group: a population-level study in the English National Health Service by Amy Downing, Mo Thoufeeq, James Turvill, Eva J A Morris, Phil Quirke, John C Taylor, Rebecca J Birch, Nick E Burr

“…This study sought to examine the relationship between ethnic group, route to diagnosis, early-onset CRC and stage at diagnosis in the English National Health Service.Methods Data from COloRECTal cancer data Repository for all individuals diagnosed with CRC (International Classification of Diseases version 10, C18–C20) between 2012 and 2017. …”
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Exploring the relationship between personal and cohabiting family members’ COVID-19 infection experiences and fear of COVID-19: a longitudinal study based on the Japan COVID-19 and... by Takahiro Tabuchi, Akira Ishikawa, Hirokazu Tachikawa, Haruhiko Midorikawa

“…Objectives This study aims to explore the relationship between the combined experiences of COVID-19 infection in individuals and their family members and the resulting fear of COVID-19, with a focus on the severity of symptoms and various sociodemographic factors.Design Longitudinal survey study.Setting The Japan COVID-19 and Society Internet Survey (JACSIS), a large-scale web panel survey administered in Japan.Participants Analysis was based on responses from 15 542 individuals who participated in all three waves of JACSIS conducted between 2020 and 2022.Main outcome measures The primary measure was the fear of COVID-19, assessed using the Fear of COVID-19 Scale. …”
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