Response to the SAMHSA Clinical Advisory: Considerations for Genetic Testing in the Assessment of Substance Use Disorder Risk by Green RP, Blum K, Lewandrowski KU, Gold MS, Lewandrowski AP, Thanos PK, Dennen CA, Baron D, Elman I, Sharafshah A, Modestino EJ, Badgaiyan RD

“…Richard Paul Green,1 Kenneth Blum,2– 5 Kai Uwe Lewandrowski,5,6 Mark S Gold,7 Alexander PL Lewandrowski,8 Panayotis K Thanos,2,9 Catherine A Dennen,10 David Baron,3,11 Igor Elman,2,12 Alireza Sharafshah,13 Edward J Modestino,14 Rajendra D Badgaiyan15 1Precision Translational Medicine, LLC, San Antonio, Tx, USA; 2Department of Molecular Biology and Adelson School of Medicine, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel; 3Center for Sports, Exercise, Global Mental Health, Western University Health Sciences, Pomona, CA, USA; 4Institute of Psychology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary; 5Center for Advanced Spine Care of Southern Arizona and Surgical Institute of Tucson, Tucson, AZ, USA; 6Department of Orthopaedics, Fundación Universitaria Sanitas, Bogotá, DC, Colombia; 7Department of Psychiatry, Washington University, School of Medicine, St. …”
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The Square Curve Paradigm for Research in Alternative, Complementary, and Holistic Medicine: A Cost-Effective, Easy, and Scientifically Valid Design for Evidence-Based Medicine and... by Soren Ventegodt, Niels JØrgen Andersen, Joav Merrick

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Pregnancy outcomes in patients with psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, or axial spondyloarthritis receiving ixekizumab by A. Egeberg, L. Iversen, A. B. Kimball, S. Kelly, E. Grace, H. Patel, W. Xu, G. Gallo, E. Riedl, S. R. Feldman

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IoC2 monitoring versus standard practice in reducing opioid consumption in elderly patients undergoing laparoscopic colorectal surgery: a study protocol for a randomised controlled... by Zhe Li, Jing Zhao, Xiaowen Liu, Huamei Cai, Yun Yan

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Research advances in Pimpinella thellungiana: Nutrients, bioactive compounds, and functional properties benefitting livestock by Shuxian Zhang, Minglu Yang, Tao Xu, Qiongxian Yan, Allan Degen, Xiaoling Zhou

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Sternal-Wound Infections following Coronary Artery Bypass Graft: Could Implementing Value-Based Purchasing be Beneficial? by Dominique Brandt, Maximilian Blüher, Julie Lankiewicz, Peter J. Mallow, Rhodri Saunders

“…**Methods:** A structured literature review identified relevant data for 14 countries (the Netherlands, France, Germany, Austria, the United Kingdom, Canada, Italy, Japan, Spain, the United States, Brazil, Israel, Taiwan, and Thailand). Data, including SWI rates, CABG volume, and length of stay, were used to populate a previously published Markov model that simulates the patient’s CABG-care pathway and estimates the economic (US$) and care burden of SWIs for each country. …”
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Lack of Antilipoprotein Lipase Antibodies in Takayasu's Arteritis by Jozélio Freire de Carvalho, Rosa Maria Rodrigues Pereira, Vilma Santos Trindade Viana, Eloísa Bonfá, Yehuda Shoenfeld

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Survivorship and Severe Complications Are Worse for Octogenarians and Elderly Patients with Pelvis Fractures as Compared to Adults: Data from the National Trauma Data Bank by Amir Matityahu, Joshua Elson, Saam Morshed, Meir Marmor

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A Self-Emulsifying Nanococktail of Pomegranate and Cannabidiol Reduces Cognitive Decline in Mice by Shoseyov O, Palatnik A, Dadon-Freiberg M, Dagan O, Shaltiel Karyo R

“…Smith Institute of Plant Science and Genetics, The Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, IsraelCorrespondence: Ronit Shaltiel Karyo, Tahiro Inc, 16130 Ventura Blvd., Suite 570, Encino, CA, 91436, USA, Email ronitsh80@gmail.comIntroduction: Stress and inflammation in the early stages of cognitive decline has spurred interest in the use of antioxidants as prophylactic and therapeutic agents. …”
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Emerging Norovirus GII.12 infection in 2010 in Northern Taiwan by Chi-Neu Tsai, Yu-Chung Chang, Hsun-Ching Chao, Yi-Hsiang Hsu, Yuan-Hung Wang, Shih-Yen Chen

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Obesity May Be Protective against Severe Perineal Lacerations by Diana Garretto, Brian B. Lin, Helen L. Syn, Nancy Judge, Karen Beckerman, Fouad Atallah, Arnold Friedman, Michael Brodman, Peter S. Bernstein

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Awareness, usage and perceptions of authorship guidelines: an international survey of biomedical authors by Sara Schroter, Tobias Kurth, Ilaria Montagni, M Eikermann, Elke Schäffner

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Finding the Culprit: Cushing Syndrome Secondary to Lung Carcinoid Tumor by Richard Vaca, MD, Nirali A. Shah, MD

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American struggle for global leadership and the strategic options of Serbia by Lišanin Mladen

“…The field of defence and security in the form of joint exercises and arms procurement, has been of particular importance in this regard, as Serbia has been pursuing close and dynamic relations with a wide range of partners, including the US, Russia, China, Israel, France and other European countries, NATO members and non-members alike. …”
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Dynamic switching between brain networks predicts creative ability by Qunlin Chen, Yoed N. Kenett, Zaixu Cui, Hikaru Takeuchi, Andreas Fink, Mathias Benedek, Daniel C. Zeitlen, Kaixiang Zhuang, James Lloyd-Cox, Ryuta Kawashima, Jiang Qiu, Roger E. Beaty

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The Role of Leaders in Formulation of the Foreign Policy Identity in Egypt by I. E. Ibragimov

“…The article analyzes the main trends in the foreign policy self-perception of Egypt in order to confirm the hypothesis that the foreign policy identity of Egypt had not evolved a discontinuity even in the conditions of dramatic events, whether it is the Arab-Israeli conflict, the Peace treaty with Israel or the events of the Arab Spring.…”
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Clinical Microbiological Aspects of Epileptic Seizures in the Tropical Countries with Specific Focus on Nigeria by Ijeoma Kanu, Ebere C. Anyanwu, Nkechi C. Nwachukwu, John E. Ehiri, Joav Merrick

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Impetus of US hospital leaders to invest in patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs): a qualitative study by Andrea L Pusic, Marilyn Heng, Danny Mou, Rachel C Sisodia, Meredith B Rosenthal, Barbara Bokhour, Christer Mjåset, Claire M Sokas, Azan Virji

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Clinical Holistic Medicine: The Case Story of Anna. I. Long-Term Effect of Childhood Sexual Abuse and Incest with a Treatment Approach by Søren Ventegodt, Birgitte Clausen, Joav Merrick

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Long-Term Effects of Maternal Smoking on Quality of Life. Results from the Copenhagen Perinatal Birth Cohort 1959–61 by SØren Ventegodt, Joav Merrick

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