Remote Technology-Based Training Programs for Children with Acquired Brain Injury: A Systematic Review and a Meta-Analytic Exploration by Claudia Corti, Viola Oldrati, Maria Chiara Oprandi, Elisabetta Ferrari, Geraldina Poggi, Renato Borgatti, Cosimo Urgesi, Alessandra Bardoni

“…Multidisciplinary rehabilitation interventions are considered to be a need for children with acquired brain injury (ABI), in order to remediate the important sequelae and promote adjustment. Technology-based treatments represent a promising field inside the rehabilitation area, as they allow delivering interventions in ecological settings and creating amusing exercises that may favor engagement. …”
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Safety, Tolerability and Pharmacokinetic-Pharmacodynamic Relationship of NX210c Peptide in Healthy Elderly Volunteers: Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind, Multiple Ascend... by Annette Janus, Daniël Dumas, Juliette Le Douce, Sébastien Marie, Giuseppe Pasculli, Pauline Bambury, Sighild Lemarchant, Philip Kremer, Yann Godfrin

“…The effects of NX210c on claudin-5 and biomarkers influencing BBB integrity—and the overarching brain protection it offers—provide a novel therapeutic strategy targeting an underlying driver of neurodegenerative conditions for which disease-modifying treatments are limited or not available.…”
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Edible Film Whey-Gelatin: Lama Gelasi, Solubilitas dan Mikrostruktur dengan Penggabungan Bubuk Teh Hijau by Fahrullah Fahrullah, Basriani Basriani, Cis Anita, Farah Febryanti, Fitriyani Fitriyani

“…This study evaluates the effect of green tea powder on the characteristics of whey-gelatin-based edible films using a completely randomized design with three treatments: P1(5%), P2 (10%), and P3 (15%), each replicated three times. …”
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A Rare Case of Spontaneous Heterotopic Pregnancy at 12 weeks of Gestation Following Natural Conception With Literature Review by Wang F, Xu Y, Dong X, Jiang P, Yu QQ

“…Postoperative β-HCG levels were 49,213 mIU/mL and 57,577 mIU/mL on the second and third days, respectively.Conclusion: Clinicians should maintain vigilance for heterotopic pregnancy, especially in the absence of infertility treatments or known risk factors. Lower quadrant abdominal or pelvic pain should prompt consideration of heterotopic pregnancy, as the presence of an intrauterine pregnancy does not exclude a concurrent ectopic pregnancy.Keywords: ectopic pregnancy, heterotopic pregnancy, laparoscopy, spontaneous pregnancy…”
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Regulation of adipocyte differentiation and lipid metabolism by novel synthetic chromenes exploring anti-obesity and broader therapeutic potential by Kewalin Inthanon, Natthawut Wong-a-nan, Srisulak Dheeranupattana, Andres Garcia Guerra, Neal M. Davies, Chatchai Kesornpun, Sasithorn Sangher, Prasat Kittakoop

“…This suggests their potential role in anti-adipogenesis. Additionally, the treatments with 4 and 25 showed potential for enhancing lipolysis, providing further evidence of their anti-obesity properties. …”
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Stem cutting, rooting, and shoot growth potentials of some hedge plant species as influenced by number of nodes by Christina Olusola Owolabi, Olukemi Ifetola Adediran, Chimezie Udeh, Deborah Oyinlola Fasasi, Jacob Goke Bodunde

“…Stem cuttings of each of the ten species with 2, 3 and 5 nodes constituted the treatments arranged in Completely Randomized Design with three replicates. …”
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Mediating Mendelian randomization in the proteome identified potential drug targets for obesity-related allergic asthma by Jiannan Lin, Shuwen Lu, Xiaoyu Zhao

“…However, the pathogenesis of obesity-related asthma remains incompletely understood, and conventional pharmacological treatments generally show limited efficacy. Objective This study aims to explore the causal relationship between obesity and allergic asthma, elucidate the pathogenesis of obesity-related asthma, and identify the plasma proteins involved in its development, providing new insights for clinical interventions. …”
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High-dose ascorbic acid synergizes with anti-PD1 therapy in non-small cell lung cancer in vitro and in vivo models by Hak Su Kim, Seung-hyun Kwon, Ok Kyung Choi, Taekyu Lim, Taekyu Lim

“…High-dose ascorbic acid (AA) acts synergistically with many standard anticancer treatments. However, little is known about the effect of high-dose AA on improving the efficacy of anti-PD1 inhibitors in NSCLC. …”
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Hypoglycemic Effects and Myocardial Protection of Sanghuangporus vaninii Polysaccharide on Diabetes Rats by Yue CHANG, Yue WU, Jianfeng GUO, Weiyuan ZHAO, Yuantian LU, Di LIU

“…Additionally, the SPM and SPH treatments reduced the levels of interleukin-1β (IL-1β) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) in rat myocardial tissues. …”
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In vivo MRS study of long-term effects of traumatic intracranial injection of a culture medium in mice by O. B. Shevelev, O. P. Cherkasova, I. A. Razumov, E. L. Zavjalov

“…It is important to keep this in mind when modeling human glioblastoma in mice and monitoring new treatments. In addition, these results may be important in the development of approaches for non-invasive diagnostics of traumatic brain injury as well as recovery and rehabilitation processes of patients after certain brain surgeries.…”
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Effects of increasing levels of rubber seed cake on growth performance, nutrient digestion metabolism, serum biochemical parameters, and rumen microbiota of Hu sheep by Huwei Zhao, Jinling Hua, Wenwen Lu, Longfei Yan, Min Zhang, Chao Chen, Xiaokang Lv

“…In this study, 48 Hu sheep, weighing 17.01 ± 0.57 kg at 3 months of age, were randomly divided into four treatments: 0% rubber seed cake (RSC0%), 6% rubber seed cake (RSC6%), 12% rubber seed cake (RSC12%) and 18% rubber seed cake (RSC18%), with 12 sheep per group. …”
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Heterologous Expression of a Potential ‘<i>Paulownia fortunei</i>’ MYB Factor Gene, <i>PfMYB90</i>, Improves Salt and Cold Tolerance in <i>Arabidopsis</i> by Hongling Wang, Shizheng Shi, Guijie Luo, Ruifang Huang, Dezong Sui, Yunpeng Gao, Lei Wang

“…<i>PfMYB90</i> was strongly expressed in the fully unfolded leaf and root of plants in both stress treatments. Transgenic <i>PfMYB90 Arabidopsis</i> plants had a greater survival rate under salt and cold stresses, and the degree of leaf damage was comparatively smaller, according to phenotypic observation and survival rate calculations. …”
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Lifecycle Completion and Reproductive Improvement of <i>Chrysoperla carnea</i> (Stephens) (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae), Following a Prey Shift Routine During Larval Development by Muhammad Waleed Shakoor, Jawwad Hassan Mirza, Muhammad Kamran, Fahad Jaber Alatawi

“…<i>carnea</i> larvae successfully completed their lifecycle and life span in the treatments where either the 2nd (T2) or 3rd (T3) instar larvae were fed with the eggs of <i>E</i>. …”
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Effects of Land Use Types on Selected Soil Properties in Central Highlands of Ethiopia by Daniel Jaleta Negasa

“…The randomized complete block design, including three adjacent land use types as treatments with three replications and two soil depths (0–15 and 15–30 cm), was applied in this study. …”
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Influence of malting and fermentation on the nutritional composition, thermal stability, structural and physicochemical properties of a gluten-free flour blend of Digitaria exilis... by Oluwatobi Victoria Obayomi, Abiola Folakemi Olaniran, Stephen Olugbemiga Owa

“…The fonio flour samples were subjected to different treatments: fonio flour sample (FFS control), fermented fonio flour (FFF), fermented fonio flour with thirty percent date fruit powder (FFDF), malted fonio flour (MFF) and malted fonio flour with thirty percent date fruit powder (MFDF). …”
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Feeding rate of freshwater eel Anguilla bicolor bicolor: at the body weight of 1–2 g by Latifa Fekri, Ridwan Affandi, Tatag Budiardi

“…The results showed that survival of fish in all treatments were 100%, except in fish fed on 15% of biomass (only 96). …”
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A systematic review of barriers to early presentation and diagnosis with breast cancer among black women by Ruth H Jack, Jill Maben, Elizabeth A Davies, Emma Ream, Grace Lucas, Claire EL Jones, Lindsay JL Forbes

“…Factors contributing to delay included: poor symptom and risk factor knowledge; fear of detecting breast abnormality; fear of cancer treatments; fear of partner abandonment; embarrassment disclosing symptoms to healthcare professionals; taboo and stigmatism. …”
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Clinical Characteristics of Inpatients with Diabetic Foot Ulcer Admitted with Non-Ulcer Complaints: A Retrospective Study by Li L, Li Y, Qin S, Zeng J, Ma W, Wei D

“…Lan Li,1,2 Yue Li,2,3 Shuang Qin,2 Jing Zeng,2 Wanxia Ma,2 Dong Wei2 1Medical Examination Center, Chengdu Second People’s Hospital, Chengdu, 610017, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Diabetic Foot Care Center, Chengdu Second People’s Hospital, Chengdu, 610017, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Clinical Medicine, Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, 610500, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Dong Wei, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Diabetic Foot Care Center, The Chengdu Second People’s Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610017, People’s Republic of China, Tel/Fax +86 02867830801, Email weidong314@126.comBackground: Diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) inpatients admitted with non-ulcer complaints constitute a neglected group that might suffer from more non-standard treatments. This study intends to describe their clinical characteristics, and clarify the problems existing in the DFU management process.Methods: In this retrospective study, admission complaints were determined by combining the final diagnosis and clinical documentation, and were categorized as: ulcer-related or non-ulcer complaints.Results: A total of 264 DFU inpatients were included in the final analysis, of which, 80 (30.3%) were admitted with non-ulcer complaints. …”
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Unveiling the signal valve specifically tuning the TGF-β1 suppression of osteogenesis: mediation through a SMAD1-SMAD2 complex by Ying-Wen Wang, Ching-Wei Luo

“…However, how TGF-β1 concurrently manipulates differentiation into these two distinct lineages remains elusive. Methods Treatments with ligands or inhibitors followed by biochemical characterization, reporter assay, quantitative PCR and induced differentiation were applied to MSC line or primary BM-MSCs for signaling dissection. …”
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From ecological menace to roadside attraction: 28 years of evidence support successful biocontrol of purple loosestrife by Bernd Blossey, Victoria Nuzzo, Stacy B. Endriss

“…Failure to permanently suppress introduced species by mechanical and chemical treatments may result in biocontrol programs using host‐specific insect herbivores. …”
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