Reliability of radiomics features as imaging biomarkers for evaluating brain aging: A study based on myelin protein and diffusion tensor imaging by Yuting Yan, Mengmeng Hu, Xiaodong He, Yuyun Xu, Xiaojun Sun, Jiaxuan Peng, Fanfan Zhao, Yuan Shao

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A survey of team culture and learning organization in the resuscitation of neonates with congenital anomalies: A single center experience by Anna Bostwick, Anne Ades, Carolina Rodriguez-Paras, Madeline Dombroski, Charis Lim, Maria Ordoñez Paredes, Lauren Heimall, Leane Soorikian, Sara C. Handley, Heidi M. Herrick

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Disease-Related Knowledge, Stress, and Quality of Life of Parental Caregivers of Children with Cleft Lip and Palate in a Selected Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam by Phung Le Thi Kim, Leonora Collantes, Phuong Lam Hoai, An Phan Huynh, Nghia Le Trung, Tu Nguyen Thanh, Anh Nguyen Viet, Kieu Nguyen Thi Thanh, Truc Pham Thanh Luu, Phi Duong Nguyen

“…Although the caregivers reported good overall QoL (M=3.97, SD=0.47), psychological health scored lower (M=3.45, SD=0.84). A significant positive correlation was found between knowledge and stress (r=0.421, p<0.001), but no significant correlation was observed between knowledge and QoL (r=-0.033, p=0.619). …”
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Prediction of Causative Genes in Inherited Retinal Disorders from Spectral-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography Utilizing Deep Learning Techniques by Yu Fujinami-Yokokawa, Nikolas Pontikos, Lizhu Yang, Kazushige Tsunoda, Kazutoshi Yoshitake, Takeshi Iwata, Hiroaki Miyata, Kaoru Fujinami, on behalf of Japan Eye Genetics Consortium

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Machine learning derived retinal pigment score from ophthalmic imaging shows ethnicity is not biology by Anand E. Rajesh, Abraham Olvera-Barrios, Alasdair N. Warwick, Yue Wu, Kelsey V. Stuart, Mahantesh I. Biradar, Chuin Ying Ung, Anthony P. Khawaja, Robert Luben, Paul J. Foster, Charles R. Cleland, William U. Makupa, Alastair K. Denniston, Matthew J. Burton, Andrew Bastawrous, Pearse A. Keane, Mark A. Chia, Angus W. Turner, Cecilia S. Lee, Adnan Tufail, Aaron Y. Lee, Catherine Egan, UK Biobank Eye and Vision Consortium

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Gender Analysis, Milk Value Chain, Kabale Uganda. Kabale: Kabale University. by Tugume, Samuel

“…The government and NGOs should provide training programs focused on improved dairy farming practices, animal health, hygiene, and milk quality for women. women should be trained in marketing strategies to connect directly with consumers or access better market opportunities for their milk production. …”
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Patient-centred care and quality of life and hope among Japanese patients receiving home medical care: a multicentre, cross-sectional study by Nobuhiro Ikeda, Michiko Hinata, Noriaki Kurita, Tomoka Nakamura, Takashi Fujii, Chihiro Tsuchiya, Yukio Tsugihashi, Hidekazu Iida, Shinu Hayashi, Masakazu Yasunaka, Misaki Hirose, Yutaka Shirahige, Shinsuke Muto, Tatsunobu Natsubori, Wataru Nakagawa, Akihiko Yonenaga, Lina Inagaki, Shioto Itakura, Naoya Miyashita, Takuya Furugen, Takafumi Abo, Sadayuki Okudaira, Kazuhiko Takuma, Masahiro Deguchi, Yoshitaka Harada, Seiji Matsuo, Motomichi Nakagawa, Ken Tanigawa, Yoshio Ochi, Sadanobu Ogasawara, Kazuhiko Hoshino, Momoko Aruga, Yoshinori Nakamura, Nobuhiro Sawa, Yosuke Akashi, Nobuyuki Miyagi, Toyohiro Terasaki, Kunihiro Kinoshita, Masaji Kikukawa, Hisakazu Kato, Masayuki Amano, Kentaro Asakura, Naoto Fukui

“…This study examined the association between the quality of patient-centred care and both QOL and hope.Design Multicentre, cross-sectional study.Setting Twenty-nine home care clinics in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area, Nara Prefecture and Nagasaki Prefecture in Japan.Participants 200 patients receiving home medical care.Exposure Patient-centredness was measured using the Japanese version of the Primary Care Assessment Tool-Short Form (JPCAT-SF).Outcome measures The primary outcome measures were QOL, assessed using the QOL-Home Care (QOL-HC) scale, and hope, measured using the Health-Related Hope (HR-Hope) scale. Mixed-effects linear models were applied.Results A higher JPCAT-SF total score was associated with a higher QOL-HC score (adjusted mean difference per 10-point increase: 0.28, 95% CI 0.16 to 0.40). …”
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Prevalence and predictors of permanent pacemaker implantation in patients with aortic stenosis undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation: a prospective cohort study by Erlend Eriksen, Ronak Rajani, Sahrai Saeed, Svein Rotevatn, Daanyaal Wasim, Øyvind Bleie, Abukar Mohamed Ali, Erik Jerome Stene Packer, Håvard Keilegavlen

“…Permanent pacemaker implantation following TAVI had no impact on short or long-term survival.Ethics and dissemination The Regional Committees for Medical and Health Research Ethics (approval number: REK vest 33814/2019) and the Institutional Data Protection Services approved the study protocol. …”
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Impact of a cardio‐oncology unit on prevention of cardiovascular events in cancer patients by Alessandra Cuomo, Valentina Mercurio, Gilda Varricchi, Maria Rosaria Galdiero, Francesca Wanda Rossi, Antonio Carannante, Grazia Arpino, Luigi Formisano, Roberto Bianco, Chiara Carlomagno, Carmine De Angelis, Mario Giuliano, Elide Matano, Marco Picardi, Domenico Salvatore, Ferdinando De Vita, Erika Martinelli, Carminia Maria Della Corte, Floriana Morgillo, Michele Orditura, Stefania Napolitano, Teresa Troiani, Carlo G. Tocchetti

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Development and application of intelligent auxiliary diagnosis system in the Traditional Chinese Medicine nursing clinic (智能辅诊系统在中医护理门诊中的开发与应用)... by ZHANG Jing (张敬), TANG Ling (唐玲)

“…Medical staff can realize medical record management, differential nursing, treatment management and effect evaluation through the medical ports, and patients can make appointments for treatment time and beds, receive remote health guidance and view medical records through the patient ports. …”
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Surgeon Preference and Clinical Outcome of 3D Vision Compared to 2D Vision in Laparoscopic Surgery: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials by Rawin Amiri, BSc, Maurice J. W. Zwart, PhD, Leia R. Jones, BSc, Mohammad Abu Hilal, PhD, FRCS, Harrie P. Beerlage, PhD, FEBU, Mark I. van Berge Henegouwen, PhD, Wytze W. Lameris, PhD, Willem A. Bemelman, PhD, Marc G. Besselink, MD, MSc, PhD

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The “prostate-pelvic syndrome” theory used in patients with type-III prostatitis and its correlation with prostate volume by Xiao-Ma Zhang, Wei-Yi Li, Zong-Yao Hao, Lei Zhou, Cheng Yang, He-Xi Du, Chao-Zhao Liang

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The Effect of Postoperative Tranexamic Acid and Dexamethasone on Quality of Recovery After Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair: a Double-Blinded, Randomized Controlled Trial by Jiang X, Xu C, Yuan C, Gao W, Liu W, Wang Y, Wang H, Yu W, He Y

“…Xiping Jiang,1,&ast; Cheng Xu,2,&ast; Chenrui Yuan,1,&ast; Wenliang Gao,3 Wencai Liu,1 Yifei Wang,1 Haiming Wang,1 Weilin Yu,1 Yaohua He1,4 1Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Shanghai Sixth People’s Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200233, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Anesthesiology, Shanghai Sixth People’s Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200233, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Orthopedics, Longyan First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Longyan, Fujian, 364000, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Jinshan District Central Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Medicine & Health Sciences, Jinshan Branch of Shanghai Sixth People’s Hospital, Shanghai, 201500, People’s Republic of China&ast;These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Weilin Yu; Yaohua He, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Shanghai Sixth People’s Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200233, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86 021 64369181, Email yuweilin2008@163.com; heyaohua@sjtu.edu.cnPurpose: Arthroscopic rotator cuff repair (ARCR) commonly results in significant postoperative pain. …”
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Diagnosis and Treatment of Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Clinical Recommendations of the Russian Gastroenterological Association and Association of Coloproctologists of Russia by V. T. Ivashkin, I. V. Maev, Yu. A. Shelygin, E. K. Baranskaya, S. S. Belous, E. A. Belousova, A. G. Beniashvili, S. V. Vasilyev, A. V. Veselov, E. G. Grigoryev, N. V. Kostenko, V. N. Kashnikov, V. F. Kulikovskiy, I. D. Loranskaya, O. S. Lyashenko, E. A. Poluektova, V. G. Rumyantsev, V. M. Timerbulatov, O. Yu. Fomenko, D. A. Khubezov, E. Yu. Chashkova, G. I. Chibisov, M. V. Shapina, A. A. Sheptulin, O. S. Shifrin, A. S. Trukhmanov, O. P. Alekseeva, S. A. Alekseenko, A. Yu. Baranovsky, O. Yu. Zolnikova, N. V. Korochanskaya, S. N. Mammayev, I. B. Khlynov, V. V. Tsukanov

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Clinical efficacy and safety of acupuncture at Houtian Baguapoint around umbilicus combined with acupoint massage in the treatment of primary dysmenorrhea (针刺脐后天八卦穴联合穴位按摩治疗原发性痛经的临床... by HE Yan (何宴), DUI Minjie (杜敏杰)

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Evolving racial/ethnic disparities in AML survival in the novel therapy era by Xin Wang, Phyllis A. Gimotty, Andrew H. Matthews, Ronac Mamtani, Selina M. Luger, Elizabeth O. Hexner, Daria V. Babushok, Shannon R. McCurdy, Noelle V. Frey, Ximena Jordan Bruno, Saar Gill, Mary Ellen Martin, Vikram R. Paralkar, Ivan Maillard, David L. Porter, Alison W. Loren, Alexander E. Perl, Keith W. Pratz, Kelly D. Getz, Catherine Lai

“…We performed a retrospective cohort study of patients with newly diagnosed AML using data from a nationwide electronic health record–derived deidentified database. Patients were categorized based on their diagnosis date relative to venetoclax approval, as pre–novel therapy era (Pre era; 2014-2018; n = 2998) or post–novel therapy era (Post era; 2019-2022; n = 2098). …”
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The Impact of Acute Aerobic Exercise on General and Food-Related Inhibitory Function Among Young Adults with Obesity: An Event-Related Potential (ERP) Study by Chun Xie, Tao Huang, Yingying Wang, Peisi Wang, Yanxia Chen, Jiali Qian, Guozhuang Chen, Kun Wang

“…<b>Backgrounds and Objectives</b>: Obesity presents a significant global public health challenge and is associated with declines in both general and food-related inhibitory control, crucial for maintaining a healthy weight and preventing obesity progression. …”
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Effect of supplemental dietary phytogenic blends on growth performance, jejunal histomorphometry, and jejunal immunity of broiler chickens by A. Ceylan, P. Saçaklı, Ö. Özgenç Çınar, M. S. Ramay, U. Ahsan, U. Ahsan, J. A. Harijaona, A. G. Bayraktaroğlu, F. Manghebati, A. Calik

“…Overall, dietary phytogenic blend B improved the intestinal health and growth performance of chickens compared to blend A. …”
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Investigation and analysis of nurses' occupational well-being in a Traditional Chinese Medicine Green Nursing Clinic (中医绿色护理门诊护士职业幸福感的调查分析) by LIU Shanshan (刘姗姗), LI Suna (李苏娜), CHEN Hong (陈宏)

“…Results The total score of occupational well-being of nurses was (101. 17±15. 48), with five dimensional entries of social support (22. 19±3. 03), value/competence embodiment (26. 41±3. 63), work environment (14. 81±3. 02), economic income (10. 05±2. 84), physical and mental health (27. 71±2. 96), and the mean score of total entries (4. 22±0. 65) points, which was at a high level. …”
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Genetic diversity of Plasmodium falciparum reticulocyte binding protein homologue-5, which is a potential malaria vaccine candidate: baseline data from areas of varying malaria end... by Angelina J. Kisambale, Dativa Pereus, Salehe S. Mandai, Beatus M. Lyimo, Catherine Bakari, Gervas A. Chacha, Ruth B. Mbwambo, Ramadhan Moshi, Daniel A. Petro, Daniel P. Challe, Misago D. Seth, Rashid A. Madebe, Rule Budodo, Sijenunu Aaron, Daniel Mbwambo, Abdallah Lusasi, Stella Kajange, Samwel Lazaro, Ntuli Kapologwe, Celine I. Mandara, Deus S. Ishengoma

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