Doctors taking bribes from pharmaceutical companies is common and not substantially reduced by an educational intervention: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial in Pakistan by Afifah Rahman-Shepherd, Johanna Hanefeld, Mishal Khan, Charles Opondo, Sameen Siddiqi, Virginia Wiseman, Iqbal Azam, Wafa Aftab, Sadia Shakoor, Amna Rehana Siddiqui, Rumina Hasan, Zafar Mirza, Muhammad Naveed Noor, Sabeen Sharif Khan, Nina van der Mark, Afshan Khurshid Isani, Ahson Q Siddiqi, Faisal Ziauddin, Faiza Bhutto, Natasha Ali, Robyna Irshad Khan, Syed Ahmed Raza Kazmi, Zainab Hasan

“…After adjusting for doctors’ age, sex and clinic district, there was no evidence of the intervention’s impact on the primary outcome (OR 0.70 [95% CI 0.40 to 1.20], p=0.192).Conclusions This first study to covertly assess deal-making between doctors and pharmaceutical company representatives demonstrated that the practice is strikingly widespread in the study setting and suggested that substantial reductions are unlikely to be achieved by educational interventions alone. …”
Get full text

AquaCrop model-based sensitivity analysis of soil salinity dynamics and productivity under climate change in sandy-layered farmland by Zhuangzhuang Feng, Qingfeng Miao, Haibin Shi, José Manuel Gonçalves, Xianyue Li, Weiying Feng, Jianwen Yan, Dandan Yu, Yan Yan

“…To improve the simulation accuracy and efficiency of crop water models in semi-arid regions and considering climate change, we conducted a sensitivity analysis of the AquaCrop model crop parameters for maize (Zea mays) based on field monitoring data from 2020 to 2021 in the Hetao Irrigation District, China. We simulated soil water and salt dynamics, crop growth, water consumption, and final yield under climate change conditions. …”
Get full text

Carriage of Extended-Spectrum-β-Lactamase- and AmpC-β-Lactamase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae (ESBL-PE) in Healthy Community and Outpatient Department (OPD) Patients in Nepal by Dipendra Kumar Mandal, Shiv Kumar Sah, Shyam Kumar Mishra, Sangita Sharma, Hari Prasad Kattel, Sanjeet Pandit, Pranav Kumar Yadav, Ujjwal Laghu, Rajani Lama, Niranjan Prasad Sah, Jeevan Bahadur Sherchand, Keshav Parajuli, Anup Bastola, Sher Bahadur Pun, Basista Prasad Rijal, Bharat Mani Pokharel

Get full text

Intracalvariosseous injection: an approach for central nervous system drug delivery through skull bone marrow with a preclinical research in strokeResearch in context by Wenqian Liu, Mo Yang, Nanxing Wang, Xiangrong Liu, Chaoyu Wang, Kaibin Shi, Fu-Dong Shi, Yuesong Pan, Mingjun Zhang, Zhiwei Sun, Yongjun Wang, Yilong Wang

Get full text

Clinical implication of NT-proBNP to predict mortality in patients with acute type A aortic dissection: a retrospective cohort study by Rui Zhang, Hao Wang, Chenxi Song, Rui Fu, Kefei Dou, Shuai Liu, Qianqian Liu, Xiaohui Bian, Weida Liu, Chengang Zhu, Jingjing Gao, Sheng Yuan, Xinming Cui, Sijia Qin, Yumeng Li

Get full text

Co-benefits of nature-based solutions: A health impact assessment of the Barcelona Green Corridor (Eixos Verds) plan by Tamara Iungman, Sergi Ventura Caballé, Ricard Segura-Barrero, Marta Cirach, Natalie Mueller, Carolyn Daher, Gara Villalba, Evelise Pereira Barboza, Mark Nieuwenhuijsen

“…Although initially designed for city-wide implementation, only the first phase, focused on the centric Eixample district, has been completed, and the overall plan implementation has been postponed. …”
Get full text

Role of hepatocyte RIPK1 in maintaining liver homeostasis during metabolic challenges by Weigao Zhang, Hu Liu, Danyang Zhang, Yuguo Yi, Liang Tao, Yunfeng Zhu, Shuxian Huang, Xunan Zhao, Qianchao Shao, Peiqi Li, Yiwen Weng, Wei Lu, Jianfa Zhang, Haibing Zhang, Yuxin Chen, Dan Weng

Get full text

Prospective Single-Arm Study of Remifentanil-Propofol Anesthesia with Manual Right Hypochondrial Compression for Painless Gastroscopy in Obese Patients by Wang M, Tang J, Pan Z, Jiang H, Hu D, Zhu B, Liang Z, Zhao X, Li Y

“…Mengxia Wang,1,* Jieke Tang,1,* Zhaojie Pan,2 Hongxue Jiang,1 Donghua Hu,1 Beibei Zhu,2 Zhaojia Liang,1 Xiangfeng Zhao,1 Yalan Li1 1Department of Anesthesiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Digestive Endoscopy Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Yalan Li, Department of Anesthesiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, No. 613, Huangpu West Avenue, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, 510630, People’s Republic of China, Email tyalan@jnu.edu.cnPurpose: The provision of comfortable and safe environment for painless gastroscopy in obese patients is an urgent clinical problem. …”
Get full text

Learning environment as a predictor for medical students’ empathy: a multicenter cross-sectional study from 12 medical schools in China by Runzhi Huang, Jiaying Shi, Yifan Liu, Shuyuan Xian, Wei Zhang, Yuntao Yao, Xinru Wu, Yuanan Li, Haoyu Zhang, Bingnan Lu, Jiajie Zhou, Yibin Zhou, Min Lin, Xiaonan Wang, Xin Liu, Yue Wang, Wenfang Chen, Chongyou Zhang, Erbin Du, Qing Lin, Zongqiang Huang, Yu Chen, Jie Zhang, Jun Liu, Xihui Chen, Xiuwu Pan, Xingang Cui, Shizhao Ji, Huabin Yin

Get full text

Efficacy of Chinese Medicine on Postoperative Rehabilitation of Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC), a Randomized Controlled Study by Yifeng Gu MD, Yichao Wang MD, Huiling Zhou MD, Ao Qi PhD, Guanjin Wu MM, Jiaqi Li MMed, Congmeng Zhang MMed, Yong Yang MD, Jialin Yao MD, Wenxiao Yang PhD, Lingzi Su MMed, Yi Liu MMed, Xueqi Tian MMed, Jiajun Song MMed, Yabin Gong MD, Xiong Qin MD, Lijing Jiao PhD, Ling Xu PhD

Get full text

The Topographic Relationships and Geographic Distribution of Prevascular Vitreous Fissures and Cisterns Assessed by Ultrawidefield En Face Vitreous Images by Fei Deng, MD, Mengying Tao, MD, Yanjie Zhu, MD, Xiaoyu Xu, MD, Yue Wu, MD, Lisha Li, Ying Lin, MD, PhD, Yan Luo, MD, PhD

Get full text

A modified screening protocol for ARDS in patients with respiratory support based on SpO2 and FiO2: A single-center prospective, observational study by Yan Xia, Qiancheng Xu, Zhiyuan Guo, Huijuan Zhang, Yingya Cao, Yupeng Qi, Qun Chen, Weihua Lu

Get full text

Unveiling the prognostic value of ARID3A in breast cancer through bioinformatic analysis by Wen-Run Cai, Xu-Gang Sun, Yue Yu, Xin Wang, Xu-Chen Cao, Xiao-Feng Liu

Get full text

Association between exposure to 35 environmental pollutants and mortality from cerebrovascular diseases: A long-term prospective study by Lingjun Yan, Bingqin Xie, Zilin Liu, Yu Huang, Chenyu Ding, Wenhua Fang, Fuxin Lin, Yuanxiang Lin, Dezhi Kang, Fa Chen

Get full text

Fixed-dose combination treatment regimen to control intraocular pressure in glaucoma by V.N. Alekseev, I.R. Gazizova, A.M. Gadzhiev

“…Petersburg, Russian Federation</b> </p> <p> <b>³Vsevolozhsk Clinical Inter-district Hospital, Vsevolozhsk, Russian Federation</b> </p> <p> <br> </p> <p> <i><b>Aim</b>: to assess the efficacy and safety of the treatment with fixed-dose (FDC) and non-fixed-dose combination of latanoprost 0.005% and timolol 0.5% when switching from monotherapy to enhance IOP-lowering effect in primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG).…”
Get full text

Effects of dietary supplementation with fish-derived Bacillus amyloliquefaciens AV5 on growth status, immune response, microbiota, and intestinal health of Nile tilapia (Oreochromi... by Vicent Michael Shija, Huapu Chen, Yi Li, Lishuko Ng’onga, Kwaku Amoah, Zhong Yong, Junxi Chen, Yu Dapeng, Robert Mkuye, Jia Cai

Get full text

Discussion: acoustic density and ocular structures rigidity in healthy individuals and patients with primary open-angle glaucoma (response to the article by Kazemi A., Zhou B., Zha... by I.N. Koshits, O.V. Svetlova, A.A. Ryabtseva, M.G. Guseva, M.B. Egemberdiev, P.P. Bakshinsky, M.V. Zaseeva

“…Petersburg, Russian Federation </p> <p> ⁶Chui Regional United Hospital, Bishkek, Republic of Kyrgyzstan </p> <p> ⁷Vidnoe District Clinical Hospital, Vidnoye, Russian Federation </p> <p> In the first quarter of the 21^st century, ideas about the pathogenesis of open-angle glaucoma (OAG) reached a new level of understanding due to the advent of modern diagnostic tools and the accumulation of a "critical mass of knowledge" in the study of key branches of its pathogenesis. …”
Get full text

Heatwave warnings mitigate long-term cardiovascular diseases risk from heat-related illness: a real-world prospective cohort studyResearch in context by Qi Huang, Limei Ke, Linfeng Liu, Yuyang Liu, Yanjun Li, Guoqing Feng, Bo Yin, Wenxin Xiang, Jiarun Li, Keyi Lyu, Miao Wang, Qiannan Tian, Liqun Wu, Xiaofeng He, Wannian Liang, Huatang Zeng, Jiming Zhu, Kuiying Gu, Qian Di

Get full text

Dynamic changes and future trend predictions of the global burden of anxiety disorders: analysis of 204 countries and regions from 1990 to 2021 and the impact of the COVID-19 pande... by Si Chen, Wei Huang, Min Zhang, Yan Song, Chunshan Zhao, Hongwei Sun, Yanyu Wang, Jihong Wang, Yali Sun, Lei Zhou, Yan Zhu, HongYuan Wang, ZhengYang Xu, YuRui Bai, Cheng Chang

Get full text

Макроморфологічні та мікроморфологічні дослідження ґрунтів Консулівського городища (І ст. до н. е. – ІІ ст. н. е.)... by Жанна Матвіїшина, Анатолій Кушнір, Надія Гаврилюк, Матера Марчин

“…It is about the continuation of the geoarchaeological research at Konsulivska hillfort (Republicanets village, Beryslav district, Kherson region). Its began in the 2021 season by the Ukrainian-Polish archaeological expedition. …”
Get full text