Risk of General Anesthesia in Pediatric Skin Procedures with Projection on Tumescent Anesthesia by Abdulmajeed Alajlan, Bader M. Alhabeeb, Ali M. Alhazmi, Osama A. Alobaid, Ahmed A. Alharthi, Nada I. Al-Habib, Ahmed M. El-Malky

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Mediating effect of social support between depressive symptoms and sarcopenia in the elderly by Jia Mei, Xiuna Sun, Dianju Qin, Jing Xu, Mengze Xu, Li Duan, Lanfang Jia

“…[Methods] A total of 1 040 elderly people were investigated with the general information questionnaire, geriatric depression scale-5, social support rating scale and strength, assistance with walking, rise from a chair, climb stairs and falls.Pearson correlation analysis was used to analyze the relationship between depressive symptoms, social support and sarcopenia.Multiple stepwise regression analysis and AMOS26.0 were used to construct a structural equation model and verify the mediating effect of social support between depressive symptoms and sarcopenia. …”
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Multi task opinion enhanced hybrid BERT model for mental health analysis by Md. Mithun Hossain, Md. Shakil Hossain, M. F. Mridha, Mejdl Safran, Sultan Alfarhood

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Genetic Geostatistical Framework for Spatial Analysis of Fine-Scale Genetic Heterogeneity in Modern Populations: Results from the KORA Study by A. N. Diaz-Lacava, M. Walier, D. Holler, M. Steffens, C. Gieger, C. Furlanello, C. Lamina, H. E. Wichmann, T. Becker

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The Shear Bond Strength of Porcelain Bonding to Cobalt-Chromium Dental Alloys Before and After Thermal Cycling by Ewa Pruszczyńska, Zofia Kula, Katarzyna Dąbrowska, Leszek Klimek

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Modelling current and future forest fire susceptibility in north-eastern Germany by K. H. Horn, K. H. Horn, S. Vulova, S. Vulova, H. Li, B. Kleinschmit

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Analysis of periodontal status in Polish patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with biological therapies by Joanna Samborska-Mazur, Dorota Sikorska, Marzena Liliana Wyganowska

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What happens when you stop using the combined contraceptive pill? A qualitative study protocol on consequences and supply needs for women who discontinued the combined contraceptiv... by Matthias Richter, Liane Schenk, Gertraud Stadler, Jana Niemann

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Occurrence, properties and biological significance of pyroglutamyl peptides derived from different food sources by Behzad Gazme, Ruth T. Boachie, Apollinaire Tsopmo, Chibuike C. Udenigwe

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Short‐Term Memory and Regional Climate Drive City‐Scale Water Demand in the Contiguous US by Wenjin Hao, Andrea Cominola, Andrea Castelletti

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Linear Diophantine Uncertain Linguistic Power Einstein Aggregation Operators and Their Applications to Multiattribute Decision Making by Tahir Mahmood, Izatmand, Zeeshan Ali, Kifayat Ullah, Qaisar Khan, Ahmed Alsanad, Mogeeb A. A. Mosleh

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Healthcare assessment tools—a valid source of data for pre-hospital care? Usability for ensuring medical care in the event of a disaster by Robert Konrad, Robert Konrad, Denise Schuster, HJ Heppner, HJ Heppner

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Follow-Up of Advanced Parkinson’s Disease Patients after Clinical or Surgical Emergencies: A Practical Approach by Hélio A. G. Teive, Matheus Gomes Ferreira, Carlos Henrique F. Camargo, Renato P. Munhoz

“…Upon reassessment after 3 months, all patients remained bed or wheel chair bound (H&Y 5) and presented significant worsening of their UPDRS part III score of at least 10 points (mean 51.5 ± 3.3; paired t-test two-tailed p<0.0001 compared to baseline). …”
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Advances in the application of digital technology in orthodontic monitoring by WANG Qi, LUO Ting, LU Wei, ZHAO Tingting, HE Hong, HUA Fang

“…The digitization of diagnostic data and the visualization of dental models make chair-side follow-up monitoring more convenient, accurate, and efficient. …”
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GDF-15 Is Associated with Poor Physical Function in Prefrail Older Adults with Diabetes by Reshma Aziz Merchant, Yiong Huak Chan, Gustavo Duque

“…Compared with T1, participants in T3 were significantly older, had a lower education level, had almost three times higher prevalence of DM, slower gait speed, longer chair-stand time, and lower SPPB scores. On multivariate analysis, the odds of having both DM and poor physical performance compared to having no DM and no poor physical performance were significantly higher in GDF-15 T3 vs. …”
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Differential Relationship between Microstructural Integrity in White Matter Tracts and Motor Recovery following Stroke Based on Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Genotype by Eunhee Park, Jungsoo Lee, Won Hyuk Chang, Ahee Lee, Friedhelm C. Hummel, Yun-Hee Kim

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Malondialdehyde in benign prostate hypertrophy: a useful marker? by Rosaria Alba Merendino, Francesco Salvo, Antonella Saija, Giuseppe Di Pasquale, Antonio Tomaino, Paola Lucia Minciullo, Giuseppe Fraccica, Sebastiano Gangemi

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COVID-19 pandemic: mental health (distress as depression) in orthodontists by Eloisa Peixoto Soares Ueno, Liana Fattori, Edgard Michel-Crosato, Wilze Laura Bruscato, José Rino Neto, João Batista de Paiva

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Vitamin D Status and Physical Functioning in Nursing Home Residents after Improved Adherence to the Vitamin D and Calcium Recommendation—A Quasiexperimental Study by Charlotte Mortensen, Anne Marie Beck, Inge Tetens, Charlotte Jeppesen, Søren Frank Jørgensen, Leif Kofoed Nielsen, Michael Kristensen

“…Outcomes were number of residents taking vitamin D and calcium supplements; vitamin D status; handgrip strength; and physical functioning with timed-up-and-go test and 30-second chair stand test. Results. Prevalence of vitamin D supplement users increased from 45 to 78% (mean dose 41 μg) and of calcium supplement users from 40 to 72% (mean dose 769 mg) (both P=0.002). …”
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Implementation of patient-centred care: which organisational determinants matter from decision maker’s perspective? Results from a qualitative interview study across various health... by Lena Ansmann, Holger Pfaff, Kira Isabel Hower, Vera Vennedey, Hendrik Ansgar Hillen, Ludwig Kuntz, Stephanie Stock

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