Survival trends of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support for pediatric emergency patients in regional and metropolitan areas in Japan by Noriyuki Kaku, Wakato Matsuoka, Kentaro Ide, Takaaki Totoki, Katsuki Hirai, Soichi Mizuguchi, Kanako Higashi, Kenichi Tetsuhara, Hazumu Nagata, Satoshi Nakagawa, Yasuyuki Kakihana, Akira Shiose, Shouichi Ohga

“…A sub-analysis of patients with acute myocarditis (n = 51), the main indicator for ECMO, revealed a significantly higher proportion of cases with deteriorated PCPC scores in regional centers (51.9% vs. 25.0%; p = 0.049). …”
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Structure of Spatial Correlation Network and Influencing Factors of Urban-Rural Integration in China by Wang Kai, Liu Meilun, Tan Jiaxin, Gan Chang

“…Spatially, it showed a decreasing gradient from east to west, but the gap between the interprovincial urban-rural integration level gradually narrowed, with obvious spatial non-equilibrium. 2) China's urban-rural integration spatial association network became increasingly dense, complex, and close, and the main linkage flows of urban-rural integration occurred between geographically neighboring provinces and cities, such as Shanghai-Jiangsu, Shanghai-Zhejiang, and Beijing-Tianjin. …”
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Level of and trends in women’s empowerment inequalities in antenatal care services in Ethiopia: further analysis of the Ethiopia demographic and health surveys, 2000-16 by Gebretsadik Shibre, Wubegzier Mekonnen, Damen Haile Mariam

“…By the measure of average marginal effect, there were disparities favoring empowered women based mainly on the point estimates, except that the attitude toward violence disparity in 2016 occurred to the advantage of poorly empowered women. …”
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Internal validation of self-reported case numbers in hospital quality reports: preparing secondary data for health services research by Limei Ji, Max Geraedts, Werner de Cruppé

“…The correction added 0.7–3.7% of cases not previously stated as MCR caseloads and added 1.5–26.1% of hospital sites as MCR performing hospitals not previously stated in the GHQR. The main error source was this non-reporting of MCR caseloads, especially by hospitals with low case numbers. …”
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Effects of Nutritional Status During Sexual Maturation and Resource Availability on the Resource Allocation of Females in Burying Beetles by Wenxia Wang, Guojun Zhou, Wei Zhang, Kai Tian, Lunguang Yao

“…We then monitored the main and interactive effects of these two factors on somatic maintenance and reproductive performance of burying beetle females. …”
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A novel approach for target deconvolution from phenotype-based screening using knowledge graph by Xiaohong Wang, Meifang Zhang, Jianliang Xu, Xin Li, Jing Xiong, Haowei Cao, Fangkun Dou, Xue Zhai, Hua Sun

“…Recent insights into p53 activation have led to two main screening strategies for p53 activators. The target-based approach focuses on p53 and its regulators (MDM2, MDMX, USP7, Sirt proteins), but requires separate systems for each target and may miss multi-target compounds. …”
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Renovatio imperii Romani: The aspect of Christian wored outlook by Marius Ščavinskas

“…The formation of such behavior was one of the main tasks and functions of the emperor. In conclusion, the idea of federation, as much as the Christian view, formed conditions for peaceful missions in Eastern Europe. …”
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Inebilizumab treatment in a patient with co-occurring AQP4-IgG positive neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder and myasthenia gravis: a case report and literature review by Xiaoqian Song, Xiaoqian Song, Jingjiao Chen, Chenyang Jin, Yilong Peng, Yuewen Sun, Xueping Zheng

“…The manifestations of MG are mainly included fatigability, diplopia, and blepharoptosis, with symptoms well-controlled in most patients. …”
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Physicochemical Properties of Sago- and Corn Flour-Based Rice Analogues Fortified with Black-Eyed Bean Flour and Skimmed Milk Powder by Noer Abyor Handayani, Siswo Sumardiono, Aprilina Purbasari, Alfan Fatir Fatikah, Imam Muda Alhakim

“…The combination of sago, corn and black-eyed bean flour as the main ingredients of the rice analogue is a novelty of this study. …”
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Septoriablotch epidemic process on spring wheat varieties by E. Yu. Toropova, O. A. Kazakova, V. V. Piskarev

“…In the control systems of Septoriablotch the main ecologically safe element is resistant  varieties, which are designed to slow down the pathogens reproduction rate and slow down or stop the development of the epiphytotic process. …”
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Hiking Trails Facilitate the Spread of a Native High‐Arctic Species by Deborah Zani, Heike Lischke, Jonas Åkerman, Veiko Lehsten

“…We reconstructed the spatial pattern of the arrival and spread of P. dahlianum at Kapp Linné by combining historical records of the species occurrence (1928–2018) with a contemporary survey of the plant abundance along the main hiking trail (2023 survey) and tested the relative effects of altitude and proximity to hiking trails on the species density via a generalised linear model (GLM). …”
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Requirements for Universally Accessible Upper-Body Exercise Equipment: The Case of People with Spinal Cord Injuries in Korea by Kwang-Ok An, Myo-Jung Choi, Sung-Shin Kim, Bo-Ra Kang, Young-Hyeon Bae, Hyosun Kweon

“…However, the participation rate of people with disabilities in physical activity in Korea is still low, mainly due to the lack of exercise equipment and facilities. …”
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STANDARDIZATION OF CLINICAL PHARMACIST FUNCTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES IN HOSPITAL SETTING IN UKRAINE AND ABROAD by Andriy Zimenkovsky, Х.І. Макух, Myroslava Sekh, Marta Zayats

“…The developed model for standardizing the functions of clinical pharmacists in healthcare facilities has allowed systematic categorization of the main groups of functional responsibilities, enabling the provision of a full spectrum of clinical pharmacy services in hospital settings. …”
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Cost-Effectiveness of Sleeve Gastrectomy and Gastric Bypass as Revisional Surgery on Antidiabetic Reimbursement: A Nationwide Cohort Study by Jérémie Thereaux, MD, PhD, Mohammed Bennani, PhD, Jean Khemis, MD, Elisabeth Ohayon, MD, Isabelle Visnovec Buissez, MD, Alexandre Lafourcade, MSc, Laëtitia Quiriconi, MSc, Caroline Philippe, MSc, Jean-Michel Oppert, MD, PhD

“…This study compared the effectiveness of 4 main revisional bariatric surgery (RBS) sequences after sleeve gastrectomy (SG) and adjustable gastric banding (AGB), on the reimbursement of antidiabetic treatments in France. …”
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The Paradox of Averroes by Nur S. Kirabaev

“…It is with the name of Ibn Rushd that one of the directions of development of medieval European philosophy is associated - “Latin Averroism”, which as a philosophical term is applied to the direction in scholasticism of the XIII-th century, based on Averroes’ interpretation of Aristotle and underlies the doctrine of “dual truth”, which considered the independence of truths of reason from truths of revelation, and, ultimately, philosophy from religion. The main representatives of this movement were Siger of Brabant (c. 1240-1284) and Boethius of Dacia (c. 1240-1284). …”
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Trajectories of self-rated health in an older general population and their determinants: the Lifelines Cohort Study by Barbara C van Munster, Nynke Smidt, Sophia E de Rooij, Marlies Feenstra, Janet L MacNeil Vroomen

“…This study identified trajectories of SRH and investigated the associations of trajectory membership with chronic diseases, health risk behaviours and physiological markers in community-dwelling older adults.Study design and setting Prospective general population cohort.Participants Trajectories of SRH over 5 years were identified using data of 11 600 participants aged 65 years and older of the Lifelines Cohort Study.Outcome measures Trajectories of SRH were the main outcome. Covariates included demographics (age, gender, education), chronic diseases, health-risk behaviour (physical activity, smoking, drinking) and physiological markers (body mass index, cardiovascular function, lung function, glucose metabolism, haematological condition, endocrine function, renal function, liver function and cognitive function).Results Four stable trajectories were identified, including excellent (n=607, 6%), good (n=2111, 19%), moderate (n=7677, 65%) and poor SRH (n=1205, 10%). …”
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Life-Cycle Assessment of High-Strength Concrete Mixtures with Copper Slag as Sand Replacement by Aysegul Petek Gursel, Claudia Ostertag

“…In terms of material availability, one of the most vulnerable regions is the Asia-Pacific region specifically, Singapore, where there is higher demand but limited availability of natural sand and gravel for use as aggregates in concrete construction projects. This paper focuses mainly on the environmental impacts of fine aggregate alternatives used in high-strength concrete applications in Singapore, which is one of the major global importers of natural sand following China. …”
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Assessment of genetic polymorphism in sea buckthorn (Hippophae L.) of different environmentally-geographical origin by ISSR-markers by A. Y. Zemtsova, Y. A. Zubarev, A. V. Gunin, M. S. Ivanova

“…The absence of an approved procedure of genome definition for Siberian sea buckthorn makes the above task quite complicated. That is why the main aim of the current investigation was developing a procedure of ISSR-analysis for sea buckthorn growing in Siberia, as well as preliminary estimation of genetic polymorphism of sea buckthorn varieties belonging to different environmentally-geographical areas by methods of molecular markers. …”
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Problematic issues of Criminal and Criminal Procedural Legislation in Applying Coercive Medical Measures by D. V. Turenko

“…The author made generalization, based on the initial provision that the main component of criminal liability is the conviction of a person, the adoption of a court conviction, which provides a legal assessment of the act and the specific person who committed it. …”
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Long-Term Visual Quality and Pupil Changes after Small-Incision Lenticule Extraction for Eyes without Preoperative Cylinder Refraction by Xiaonan Yang, Qiting Feng, Quan Liu, Jianhui Chen, Pengxia Wan

“…Slight cylinder regression was observed with thicker corneal lenticular extraction after SMILE correction of nonastigmatic eyes 30 months postoperatively. This regression was mainly because of the axis changes in anterior corneal astigmatism power. …”
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