Are there also negative effects of social support? A qualitative study of patients with inflammatory bowel disease by Alexander Palant, Wolfgang Himmel

“…Consequently, some of our interview partners developed strategies to prevent coming into social contact with others or stopped talking entirely about their disease.Conclusion While social support is usually conceptualised and perceived as a positive resource in chronic disease, it sometimes turns into a negative experience and may end in social isolation and deteriorate health. This process also happens in online support groups and increases anxiety when exchanging with other people on the internet. …”
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Clients’ experiences in their first entry to the operating room: a descriptive phenomenological study by Nasim Alipour, Amir Jalali, Rostam Jalali, Alireza Khatony

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Harnessing nature: Phytoextracts as sustainable remedies for fungal crop diseases by Nayeema jan, Mansoor Ahmad Malik, Nusrat Ahmad, Mohd Yaqub Bhat

“…Since from dawn human civilization have relied on nature for solutions, finding natural products to be the most effective in maintaining development and the health of our environment. Fungal pathogens are a major contaminant in agroecosystems, causing around 70–80 % of microbial crop losses. …”
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An Adaptive Activity Cycling Technique for Energy Management in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) by Hayder Khudhair

“…This technology is promising and can be used in a variety of applications like procession agriculture, environmental monitoring, health care, which support the effectiveness and sustainability of wireless sensor networks in different environments. …”
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Generation of two induced pluripotent stem cell lines to model and investigate diseases affecting Pacific Islanders by Angela Zhang, James W.S. Jahng, Julio V. Guevara, Christopher D. Yan, Michael V. McConnell, Joseph C. Wu

“…Increased representation in clinical datasets can mitigate disparities and address differential health outcomes. In recent years, induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) have become a popular platform for disease and drug investigation. …”
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Validation of a hypomorphic variant in CDK13 as the cause of CHDFIDD with autosomal recessive inheritance through determination of an episignature by Jan Fischer, Mariëlle Alders, Marcel M. A. M. Mannens, David Genevieve, Karl Hackmann, Evelin Schröck, Bekim Sadikovic, Joseph Porrmann

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Changes in the Profile of Antibiotic Prescriptions by Dentists in Brazil during the Pandemic by Fernando de Sá Del Fiol, Isaltino Pereira de Andrade-Jr, Marcus Tolentino da Silva, Silvio Barberato-Filho, Luciane Cruz Lopes, Cristiane de Cassia Bergamaschi

“…The use of guidelines and respect for the therapeutic protocols of government agencies should be fundamental for collective and strategic action in the fight against health emergencies.…”
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Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Associations between Body Mass Index and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Adolescents in a Country of the African Region by Tanica Lyngdoh, Bharathi Viswanathan, Edwin van Wijngaarden, Gary J. Myers, Pascal Bovet

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Genome-wide transcriptomics revealed carbon source-mediated gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) production in a probiotic, Lactiplantibacillus pentosus 9D3 by Nachon Raethong, Pitakthai Chamtim, Roypim Thananusak, Kanyawee Whanmek, Chalat Santivarangkna

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Gender-Based Motivational Factors For Choosing Dentistry As A Career By First Year Dental Students Of College Of Pakistan by Faiza Siddiqa, Seemi Tanvir, Ayesha Fazal, Ayesha Naveed, Sadia Sajjad, Sadia Manzoor

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Optimizing a modified cetyltrimethylammonium bromide protocol for fungal DNA extraction: Insights from multilocus gene amplification by Dar Gulam Jeelani, Nazir Ruqeya, Wani Shakil A., Farooq Saleem, Aziz Tariq, Albekairi Thamer H.

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A review of chronic wasting disease (CWD) spread, surveillance, and control in the United States captive cervid industry by Jameson Mori, Nelda Rivera, Jan Novakofski, Nohra Mateus-Pinilla

“…This disease threatens the health and economic viability of the captive cervid industry, which raises cervids in contained spaces for purposes such as hunting and breeding. …”
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Risk factors associate with overweight and obesity in adolescents by Carmen Emilia Guerra Cabrera, Jesús Vila Díaz, Juan José Apolinaire Pennini, Ailyn del Carmen Cabrera Romero, Inti Santana Carballosa, Pilar Maritza Almaguer Sabina

“…<br /><strong>Methods</strong>: We designed a case-control, analytical, observational, retrospective research including 50 school age adolescents assessed after their body mass index as obese and overweight (cases) and 50 adolescents with normal weight (controls), between the ages of 10 and 12 years from four primary schools belonging to Health Area III of Cienfuegos municipality. The studied variables were: kind of feeding during the first months, hours of physical activity, sport practice, hours of sedentary activity, personal pathological history, kind of food and consumption frequency. …”
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A new epidemic model of sexually transmittable diseases: a fractional numerical approach by Mudassar Rafique, Muhammad Aziz Ur Rehamn, Aisha M. Alqahtani, Muhammad Rafiq, A. F. Aljohani, Zafar Iqbal, Nauman Ahmed, Shafiullah Niazai, Ilyas Khan

“…Abstract This study aims at investigating the dynamics of sexually transmitted infectious disease (STID), which is serious health concern. In so doing, the integer order STID model is progressed in to the time-delayed non-integer order STID model by introducing the Caputo fractional derivatives in place of integer order derivatives and including the delay factors in the susceptible and infectious compartments. …”
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Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV Infection and Its Determinants among Exposed Infants on Care and Follow-Up in Dire Dawa City, Eastern Ethiopia by Fisseha Wudineh, Bereket Damtew

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Quercetin Zinc and Iron Metal Complexes Protect against Sodium Arsenite Intoxication in the Hepato-Renal System of Wistar Rats via the Oxidative Stress Pathway by Oluwatoyin O. Ojo, Deborah I. Fatokun, Ikechukwu P. Ejidike, Rachel U. Awolope, Saheed O. Sanni

“…Chronic exposure to arsenic is a major health concern consequent upon generation of excessive reactive oxygen species. …”
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Long Noncoding RNAs, Chromatin, and Development by Daniel P. Caley, Ryan C. Pink, Daniel Trujillano, David R. F. Carter

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Activation of cannabinoid type 2 (CB2) receptors promotes the maintenance of redox homeostasis and protects against oxidative distress in the Neotropical freshwater fish matrinxã B... by Suzana Luisa Alves Fernandes, Yan Costa Gonçalves, Francisco Tadeu Rantin, Ana Lúcia Kalinin, Diana Amaral Monteiro

“…These findings highlight the potential of CB2 receptors to modulate antioxidant defenses and maintain redox homeostasis, critical for improving fish health.…”
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Respiratory Epithelium Lined Cyst of the Maxilla: Differential Diagnosis by C. P. Martinelli-Kläy, S. Chatelain, F. Salvado, T. Lombardi

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Trends in prescribing sodium‐glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors for individuals with type 2 diabetes with and without cardiovascular‐renal disease in South Korea, 2015–2021 by Kyoung Hwa Ha, Soyoung Shin, EunJi Na, Dae Jung Kim

“…Methods A cross‐sectional and retrospective cohort analysis of the Korean National Health Insurance database (2015–2021) assessed the prescription patterns of oral glucose‐lowering drugs by therapy level, SGLT2i prescriptions by cardiovascular‐renal disease (CVRD) status, and the mean duration for SGLT2i therapy initiation and intensification. …”
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