Comparison of Plasma Neurosteroid and Prolactin Levels in Patients with Schizophrenia and Healthy Individuals by Forough Riahi, Maryam Izadi-mazidi, Ali Ghaffari, Elham Yousefi, Shahram Khademvatan

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Simulation in the field of transfusion medicine: Scope and utility by Abhishekh Basavarajegowda, Dinker R Pai, Y. C. Nalini

“…The principles, pedagogies, and educational strategies with their modalities used in health care simulation like case-based scenarios, physical models, computer systems, standardized patients, mannequins, virtual reality, and integrated simulators are all being used and the scope for improvisation is always in the fore with technical advancements. …”
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Bisphenol A in Indian Take-Out Soups: Compliance, Implications and Sustainable Solutions by Sugata Datta, , Abhishek Chauhan, Anuj Ranjan, Abul Hasan Sardar, Hardeep Singh Tuli, Ammar Abdulrahman Jairoun, , Moyad Shahwan, , Ujjawal Sharma and Tanu Jindal

“…These results, conforming to EC regulations, suggest that food-contact materials (FCMs) in the Indian market pose no apparent health hazards during initial use. The absence of detectable BPA levels is attributed to the limited time-temperature relationship during the study. …”
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Tackling Extended Hospital Stays in Patients with Acute Bacterial Skin and Skin Structure Infections by Gavin Barlow, Michael Wilke, Guillaume Béraud

“…This antibiotic has been shown to be as effective as a daily/twice daily regimen with similar safety profiles. Health economic analysis of dalbavancin is also presented. …”
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Integrated Pest Management for Mosquito Reduction around Homes and Neighborhoods by C. Roxanne Rutledge Connelly, Elizabeth Bolles, D. Culbert, James DeValerio, Michael Donahoe, K. Gabel, R. Jordi, J. McLaughlin, Anita Neal, Sally Scalera, E. Toro, Joseph Walter

“…Homeowners who take responsibility for identifying and eliminating sources of mosquito production around their homes and neighborhoods will improve health and quality of life for all Florida residents. …”
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KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE OF INFECTION CONTROL AMONG DENTAL PRACTITIONERS IN ISLAMIC INTERNATIONAL DENTAL HOSPITAL,RIPHAH by Ufaq Rao, Abdul Razaq Khan, Zarnab Rizwan, Ghina Rizwan, Syed Hamza Zia

“…In current study the senior dental practitioners had a relatively poor mean score(4.1%) in terms of knowledge, attitude and practice scores regarding infection control as compared to house officers and fresh graduates (59%). 1)  Conclusion: The infection control knowledge, attitude and practices among  dental practitioners was better, however there is room for improvement in compliance and knowledge in the dental health care workers.  More knowledge about infection control measures should be provided to the  dental practitioners, moreover efforts are needed to improve the attitude and practice of the dental  practitioners towards infection control at Islamic International Dental Hospital, Islamabad.  …”
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Measuring Beliefs in Conspiracy Theories: Developing the Turkish Conspiracy Mentality Scale (TCMS) by Nuh Akçakaya, Abdullah Koçak

“…Study 1 (N=112) explored four critical dimensions of conspiracy: deep state, sexuality, foreign powers, and health. Study 2 (N=374) confirmed the content, face, criterion, predictive, and construct validity and reliability of the scale, while Study 3 (N=1110) provided further evidence of the psychometric strength of the scale in a representative Türkiye sample. …”
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Hardware in the Loop Testing of Adaptive Inertia Weight PSO-Tuned LQR Applied to Vehicle Suspension Control by Joshua Sunder David Reddipogu, Vinodh Kumar Elumalai

“…The ISO 2361-1 standards adopted to evaluate the ride and health criteria substantiate that the proposed scheme reduces the vibration dose value by 25.34% for a bumpy road profile. …”
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Ozone-based Advanced Oxidation Process for pharmaceutical contamination in wastewater: A review by Pratiwi Wahyu Zuli, Hadiyanto Hadiyanto, Widayat Widayat

“…These pollutants pose significant environmental and public health risks due to their bioactive nature and widespread presence in various ecosystems. …”
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Biomarker-Based Targeting of the Androgen-Androgen Receptor Axis in Advanced Prostate Cancer by Manish Kohli, Rui Qin, Rafael Jimenez, Scott M. Dehm

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Promoting children’s wellbeing in an educational context by Linda Grīga

“…Children’s wellbeing, therefore, and health and safety are more than just physical wellbeing; it should be seen holistically, as a whole welfare, and it depends not only on the environment where the child is raised, but also involves emotional support from all the people who are connected with this little human being. …”
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Vibration Bandgaps of Piezoelectric Metamaterial Plate with Local Resonators for Vibration Energy Harvesting by Zhongsheng Chen, Jing He, Gang Wang

“…Embedded wireless sensing networks (WSNs) provide effective solutions for structural health monitoring (SHM), where how to provide long-term electric power is a bottle-neck problem. …”
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Granma adolescents´ fertility in the 2015-2020 period by Arelis Rosalen Mora Pérez

“…Although there are sexual and reproductive health education programs, the work of the institutions must be integrated to reduce this behavior in adolescent girls.…”
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Caregivers’ Perspectives on Transitioning Dental Care for Adolescents with Special Healthcare Needs–A Cross-Sectional Study by Glenn Canares, Roxanne Clarke, Erica Caffrey, Sydnee Chavis

“…Few studies have investigated the concerns of caregivers of adolescents with special health-care needs (ASHCN) regarding the barriers and challenges of transitioning from a pediatric to an adult-based dental home. …”
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Unraveling the Relationship between Smoking and Weight: The Role of Sedentary Behavior by Annette Kaufman, Erik M. Augustson, Heather Patrick

“…Using data from the cross-sectional National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999–2006, this descriptive study explored the associations among smoking status, sedentary behavior, and two anthropometric measures (BMI and waist circumference (WC)). …”
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Social capital of women who have been subjected to domestic violence by R. M. Sadykov, N. L. Bolshakova

“…The manifestation of violence and abuse in family negatively affects health and well-being of women’s capital. The main features and characteristics of women who have been subjected to violence are altruism, self-sacrifice, unstable and low self-esteem, dependence on partner, social passivity, non-self-sufficiency, insecurity, fear of men and anxiety, isolation, etc. …”
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Silicone-Induced Granuloma of Breast Implant Capsule (SIGBIC): Histopathology and Radiological Correlation by Eduardo de Faria Castro Fleury, Gabriel Salum D’Alessandro, Sheila Cristina Lordelo Wludarski

“…Knowledge of these findings may demonstrate its real importance in terms of public health and patient management. We believe that SIGBIC is currently underdiagnosed by lack of training, guidance, and management in our clinical practice.…”
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Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae Otitis Media: Mastoiditis and Meningitis Complicated with Central Venous Thrombosis in an Immunocompetent Child by Erdem Gönüllü, Nesrin Özkan, Ahmet Soysal, Engin Acıoğlu, Emine Betül Tavil, Selin Nar Ötgün, Metin Karaböcüoğlu

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Autoinflation Leading to Failure of Two-Piece Ambicor Implantable Penile Prosthesis: An Outcome from a Methodical Treatment of Recalcitrant Stuttering Priapism by R. Charles Welliver, Adam N. Fonseca, Bradford L. West, Kevin T. McVary, Tobias S. Köhler

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Who will carry out the tests that would be necessary for proper safety evaluation of food emulsifiers? by Katalin F. Csáki, Éva Sebestyén

“…We would like to draw the attention of the academic world to the need of specific in vivo and/or clinical studies for each emulsifier in order to help risk assessors make adequate evaluations and rule out with certainty that authorized food emulsifiers pose a safety concern to consumers’ health. Keywords: Food emulsifiers, Surfactants, Intestinal barriers, Crohn’s diseases, Microbiota, Risk assessment, EFSA…”
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