Effect of Ethylmethacrylate and Isobutylmethacrylate on Surface Hardness and Surface Roughness of Heat-Cure Ocular Acrylic Resins by Hiba Munaf Hadi, Ayad I. Haddad, Firas Abd kati

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Automated characterisation of cerebral microbleeds using their size and spatial distribution on brain MRI by Vaanathi Sundaresan, Giovanna Zamboni, Robert A. Dineen, Dorothee P. Auer, Stamatios N. Sotiropoulos, Nikola Sprigg, Mark Jenkinson, Ludovica Griffanti

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Investigation of the relationship between air pollution and gestational diabetes by Sima Nazarpour, Afshin Shokati Poursani, Maryam Mousavi, Fahimeh Ramezani Tehrani, Samira Behboudi-Gandevani

“…Background Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) can have negative effects on both the pregnancy and perinatal outcomes, as well as the long-term health of the mother and the child. It has been suggested that exposure to air pollution may increase the risk of developing GDM. …”
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The Predictive Factors of Acne Scarring and Post-Inflammatory Hyperpigmentation: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Alamri A, Alzahrani D, Alharbi G, Jan R, Alsubaie LA, Alghamdi A, Abualola AH, Jfri A

“…Awadh Alamri,1– 3 Dhaii Alzahrani,1,2 Ghadi Alharbi,1,2 Rami Jan,1,2 Lulu Abdullah Alsubaie,1,2 Amjad Alghamdi,1,2 Amal H Abualola,1,2 Abdulhadi Jfri1– 3 1College of Medicine, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; 2King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; 3Department of Dermatology, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaCorrespondence: Rami Jan, College of Medicine – Jeddah, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, P.O.Box.9515, Jeddah, 21423, Saudi Arabia, Email ramiqj@gmail.comIntroduction: Acne vulgaris, a prevalent dermatological condition, often results in long-term complications such as scarring and hyperpigmentation. …”
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Influence of ABCB1 polymorphisms on aripiprazole and dehydroaripiprazole plasma concentrations by Francisco José Toja-Camba, María Vidal-Millares, María José Durán-Maseda, Gonzalo Hermelo-Vidal, Ángel Carracedo, Olalla Maroñas, Luis Ramudo-Cela, Irene Zarra-Ferro, Anxo Fernández-Ferreiro, Cristina Mondelo-García

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Bone cell differentiation and mineralization in wild-type and osteogenesis imperfecta zebrafish are compromised by per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) by Francesca Tonelli, Cecilia Masiero, Carla Aresi, Camilla Torriani, Simona Villani, Guido Premoli, Antonio Rossi, Antonella Forlino

“…Addressing this question represents a need for ensuring global health and wellbeing to all individuals in a world facing the progressive increase of aging and aging related diseases. …”
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Late-onset first epileptic seizure and cerebral small vessel disease: role of juxtacortical white matter lesions by Adrian Nasca, Adrian Nasca, Leo Sokolovič, Leo Sokolovič, Oliver Koprda, Patrick Haage, Patrick Haage, Thorsten Schmidt, Juraj Kukolja, Juraj Kukolja

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Nation-wide surveillance of tick (Acari: Ixodidae) infestations of humans in Singapore by Mackenzie L. Kwak, Jean-Marc Chavatte, Chia-Da Hsu, Abigail Ng, Benjamin P Y-H Lee, Nazmi Bin Nazir, Nadia Faradilla Maharani Abas, Erica Qian Hui Lee, Ryo Nakao, Benoit Malleret

“…Summary: Ticks are an increasingly important threat to public health in Southeast Asia, due to the role of many tick species as parasites of humans and as vectors of zoonotic pathogens. …”
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A Canadian Perspective on Systemic Therapy for Recurrent or Metastatic Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma by Anna Spreafico, Eric Winquist, Cheryl Ho, Brian O’Sullivan, Nathaniel Bouganim, Neil Chua, Sarah Doucette, Lillian L. Siu, Desiree Hao

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Usefulness of Magnetoinertial Wearable Devices in Neurorehabilitation of Children with Cerebral Palsy by Marco Iosa, Manuela de Sanctis, Aurora Summa, Elena Bergamini, Daniela Morelli, Giuseppe Vannozzi

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The uses of right heart catheterization in cardio-pulmonary disease: State-of-the-art by Bhavesh Katbamna, Lingling Wu, Mario Rodriguez, Phillip King, Joel Schilling, Jamal Mahar, Ajith P. Nair, Hani Jneid, Elizabeth S. Klings, Gerald L. Weinhouse, Sula Mazimba, Marc A. Simon, Markus Strauss, Chayakrit Krittanawong

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Potential traumatic events in the workplace and depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress: a cross-sectional study among Dutch gynaecologists, paediatricians and orthopaedic su... by Maria G van Pampus, Karel Willem Frank Scheepstra, Hannah S Pauw, Minouk Esmee van Steijn, Claire A I Stramrood, Miranda Olff

“…More awareness must be created for the mental health of physicians as well as for the implementation of a well-organised support system after PTEs.…”
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The Efficacy of Single-Application NPWTi-d for the Salvage of Infected Breast Prostheses: A Multi-Center Study by Jason C. Llaneras, MD, Robert Craig Clark, MD, Lauren Antognoli, MD, Emily Finkelstein, MD, Luci Hulsman, BS, Luther Holton, MD, Devinder Singh, MD, R. Jason VonderHaar, MD, Risal Djohan, MD, Aladdin H. Hassanein, MD, Chris M. Reid, MD

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Oxyberberine alleviates lipopolysaccharide-induced intestinal barrier disruption and inflammation in human colonic Caco-2 cells in vitro by Cailan Li, Cailan Li, Cailan Li, Jiahao Wang, Hongmei Yang, Shuang Luo, Qiang Lu

“…BackgroundOxyberberine (OBB) is a naturally occurring isoquinoline alkaloid that is believed to possess various health-promoting properties, including anti-fungus, hepatoprotection, anti-inflammation, and anti-intestinal mucositis effects. …”
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Multimodal Imaging in a Patient with Hemidystonia Responsive to GPi Deep Brain Stimulation by Christos Sidiropoulos, Susan M. Bowyer, Andrew Zillgitt, Peter A. LeWitt, Hassan Bagher-Ebadian, Esmaeil Davoodi-Bojd, Jason M. Schwalb, Richard Rammo, Ellen Air, Hamid Soltanian-Zadeh

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Thyroid function abnormalities in individuals with sickle cell disease: a meta-analysis by Sagad O. O. Mohamed, Hussein Ahmed, Mohammed A. H. Mohammednoor, Khalefa B. K. Alzubeir, Safaa Fadlelmoula, Osman O. A. Abdallah, Izzut Awad Ahmed

“…Methods Following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines, a comprehensive search was conducted across Medline/PubMed, Google Scholar, World Health Organization Virtual Health Library Regional Portal, and ScienceDirect. …”
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Potato Peels Waste Extract as Natural Antioxidant and Antimicrobial in Lemon Carbonated Soft Drink by Mohamed Mahmoud Helal, Tarek Ahmed El-Adawy, Alaa Ahmed El-Beltagy, Aboelfateh Abdelkader El-Bedawey, Saad Michael Youssef

“…These components are known to provide human health benefits including antioxidant and antimicrobial properties. …”
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Emerging Risk to Dengue in Asian Metropolitan Areas Under Global Warming by Cheng Jing, Guojie Wang, Kristie L. Ebi, Buda Su, Xiaoming Wang, Dong Chen, Tong Jiang, Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz

“…Changing weather patterns can also increase the numbers of Aedes mosquitoes, leading to greater human exposure and enhancing population health risks. We project the geographic distribution of Aedes and associated changes in populations exposed to dengue in Asian metropolitan areas under warming scenarios from 1.5°C to 5.0°C above pre‐industrial temperatures, using multi‐model ensembles. …”
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Human development II: We Need an Integrated Theory for Matter, Life and Consciousness to Understand Life and Healing by Sören Ventegodt, Tyge Dahl Hermansen, Maj Lyck Nielsen, Birgitte Clausen, Joav Merrick

“…We aim to give a holistic theoretical interpretation of biological phenomena at large, morphogenesis, evolution, immune system regulation (self-nonself discrimination), brain function, consciousness, and health in particular. We start at the most fundamental problem: what is biological information at the subcellular, cellular, and supracellular levels if we presume that it is the same phenomenon on all levels (using Occam's razor), and how can this be described scientifically? …”
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Evaluating programmatic reactive focal drug administration impact on malaria incidence in northern Senegal: an interrupted time series analysis by Ellen Leah Ferriss, Yakou Dieye, Moustapha Cissé, Gnagna Dieng Sow, Jean Louis Lankia, Damien Diedhiou, Abiboulaye Sall, Tamba Souane, Tidiane Thiam, Doudou Sene, Elhadji Doucouré, Ibrahima Diallo, Adam Bennett, Caterina Guinovart

“…Abstract Background The World Health Organization conditionally recommends reactive drug administration to reduce malaria transmission in settings approaching elimination. …”
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