Stratified Assessment of Urban Low-Carbon Travel Potential by Keyuan DING, Yan ZHANG, Xu ZHOU, Hai-Xu GUO, Ran PENG

“…Additionally, it recognises connection, delay and transfer as the main negative factors influencing the residents’ willingness for public transportation travel over car travel. …”
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Digital Age Transformation in Patient-Physician Communication: 25-Year Narrative Review (1999-2023) by Mingming Song, Joel Elson, Dhundy Bastola

“…Detailed examinations were conducted using secondary terms, including trust, health IT, patient-physician relationship, and patient empowerment, derived from the main topics. These terms clarified the collective impact on improving health communication dynamics. …”
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Who is engaging with lateral flow testing for COVID-19 in the UK? The COVID-19 Rapid Survey of Adherence to Interventions and Responses (CORSAIR) study by Nicola T Fear, Susan Michie, Richard Amlot, G James Rubin, Louise E Smith, Henry WW Potts

“…Objectives To investigate uptake of lateral flow testing, reporting of test results and psychological, contextual and socio-demographic factors associated with testing.Design A series of four fortnightly online cross-sectional surveys.Setting Data collected from 19 April 2021 to 2 June 2021.Participants People living in England and Scotland, aged 18 years or over, excluding those who reported their most recent test was a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test (n=6646, n≈1600 per survey).Main outcome measures Having completed at least one lateral flow test (LFT) in the last 7 days.Results We used binary logistic regressions to investigate factors associated with having taken at least one LFT. …”
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Analyzing Maternal Needs for “Internet+ Nursing Service” After Hospital Discharge: A SERVQUAL-KANO Model Approach by Ding L, Ding Y, Wang Y, Li X, Liu Y

“…The must-be and one-dimensional need attributes of maternity are mainly tangibility, reliability, responsiveness, and assurance dimensions, and empathy and economy are attractive attributes. …”
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Thyroid Dysfunction After Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy and PD⁃1 Inhibitor Treatment for Locally Advanced Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma by Shang K, He Q, Xu X, Luo X, Zhao C, Liu L, Li Z, Li Y, Jin F

“…The incidence of thyroid dysfunction is 47.06% (40/85), with clinical hypothyroidism being the main cause at an incidence rate of 28.24% (24/85) and clinical hyperthyroidism at an incidence rate of 3.53% (3/85). …”
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Respiratory pathogen spectrum and epidemiological trends in Hainan Province: a retrospective analysis from 2017 to 2023 by Lvying Wu, Jianan Zhang, Zhiming Wu, Hua Pei, You Zhang

“…Conclusion M. pne, Flu-B, Flu-A, and PIV were found to be the main causative pathogens of RTI patients in Hainan Province, and their prevalence levels and seasonal patterns had changed during large-scale NPI and COVID-19 pandemic.…”
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Development and evaluation of patient-centred polygenic risk score reports for glaucoma screening by Georgina L Hollitt, Mark M Hassall, Owen M Siggs, Jamie E Craig, Emmanuelle Souzeau

“…We analysed the reports under three main themes: visual preferences, understanding risk and reports formatting. …”
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Waste processing techniques at the landfill site using the material flow analysis method by B. Ratnawati, M. Yani, S. Suprihatin, H. Hardjomidjojo

“…The quantity of waste that is stockpiled in the landfill impacts the amount of leachate, resulting in emissions and reduced landfill capacity. The main challenge for its management is choosing the most cost-effective method to minimize leachate and emissions and increase the amount of waste that is stockpiled, resulting in a longer service life of the landfill. …”
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Digital interactive experience- and game-based fall interventions for community-dwelling healthy older adults: a cross-disciplinary systematic review by Celina Ciemer, Celina Ciemer, Lisa Kröper, Thomas Jürgen Klotzbier, Sabiha Ghellal, Nadja Schott

“…A qualitative thematic synthesis was conducted, focusing on four categories: Objectives (O), Design and Development (D), Types of Intervention (T), and Evaluation Methods (E).ResultsThe search yielded 2,747 results, with 59 articles included in the final synthesis. Objectives were mainly driven by a combination of HMS and UXG rather than a single aspect. …”
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Effects of Renal Denervation via Renal Artery Adventitial Cryoablation on Atrial Fibrillation and Cardiac Neural Remodeling by Wei Wang, Zhaolei Jiang, Rongxin Lu, Hao Liu, Nan Ma, Jie Cai, Min Tang, Ju Mei

“…However, the reliability is uncertain, because the renal sympathetic nerves are mainly distributed in the adventitial surface of the renal artery. …”
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The influence of external factors on the development of olfactory disorders in patients with the coronavirus disease 2019: an immunomorphological assessment by I.S. Shponka, O.M. Usova

“…Hyposmia, anosmia, or dysosmia are considered the initial symptom in more than 25% of patients, but over time they affect more than 75% of the total number of patients. The main risk factors for the development of olfactory disorders are old age, male gender, head injuries, exposure to toxic substances and infectious diseases of the upper respiratory tract. …”
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Whole transcriptome analysis and construction of gene regulatory networks of granulosa cells from patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) by Yuan Yuan, Daiterigele, Qian Zhang, Chen Du

“…The target genes were mainly enriched in metabolic pathways such as mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK), Wnt, transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-β), and the cell cycle. …”
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The Ethical Challenges of Gamification in Iran: Uncovering the Dark Side by Mona Jami Pour, Hamideh Binaei

“…FindingsThe analysis of the interviews with experts revealed that the ethical challenges of gamification in Iran could be categorized into seven main categories and 45 indicators. The extracted categories, in order of priority, include negative mental and physical consequences, access-related challenges, security and privacy challenges, content-related challenges, challenges related to the quality and accuracy of information (information pollution), challenges related to intellectual property rights, and challenges of responsibility and accountability. …”
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Lipid analysis of tear fluid as a diagnostic tool for meibomian gland dysfunction by L.R. Takhauova, A.A. Guseva, A.A. Krylova, O.I. Krivosheina

“…The lipid composition of the tear film is unique and consists of two main layers: the outer (nonpolar lipids) and the inner (polar lipids). …”
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Banana plant waste composting through microbial inoculation and its performance in spinach by Likhesh Kumar Verma, Kishan Kumar Raj, Dippal, Safina Ismail, Tapas Chowdhury, Ravindra Soni

“… Purpose: After harvesting bananas, the entire biomass of the plant, which contains nutrients as well as large amounts of organic carbon, is removed from the field. Therefore, the main purpose of the present study is to utilize this potential waste as a source of macro  and micronutrients for plant growth and development. …”
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Impact of Wetting-Drying Cycles on Soil Intra-Aggregate Pore Architecture Under Different Management Systems by Luiz F. Pires, Jocenei A. T. de Oliveira, José V. Gaspareto, Adolfo N. D. Posadas, André L. F. Lourenço

“…The multifractal parameters of capacity, correlation, and information dimensions showed mean values of approximately 2.77, 2.75, and 2.75 when considering the different management practices and W-D cycles; 3D lacunarity decreased mainly for the smallest boxes between 0 and 12 W-D cycles for CT and NT, with the opposite behavior for MT. …”
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Fracture resistance, failure mode and restorability of CAD CAM Zirconia endocrowns with different pulpal extension depths bonded to maxillary molars: an in-vitro study by Sarah Salah Gaafar, Dana El Ballouli, Mohammad Rayyan, Mohamed Sayed, Doaa Gamal Basta, Maha Fouad

“…Materials and methods Forty maxillary 1st molars were selected, decoronated, and randomly divided into 4 main groups (n = 10) according to the PED measured from the pulpal floor to the occlusal end of the wall height into; group D2, PED was 2 mm, group D3, PED was 3 mm, group D4, PED was 4 mm, group D5 PED was 5 mm. …”
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Analysis of the characteristics of the ejector mode of the pulse detonation propulsion system of the combined acceleration cycle by Olena Zolotko, Oleksandr Zolotko, Oleksandr Aksonov, Vitalii Stoliarchuk, Oleksandr Cherniavskyi

“…The propulsion system of the combined cycle of acceleration combines the main advantages of air-jet and rocket engines and can provide direct access to outer space (the concept of single stage to orbit, SSTO). …”
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Adverse events and overall health and well-being after COVID-19 vaccination: interim results from the VAC4COVID cohort safety study by Thomas M MacDonald, Andrew Duncan, Amy Rogers, Greg Guthrie, Alex Doney, Steve Morant, Isla Mackenzie, Evelien Rooke, Rebecca Barr, Filippo Pigazzani, Krists Zutis

“…Objectives To describe the incidence of adverse events (AEs), reactogenicity symptoms, menstrual changes and overall self-rated improvement in health and well-being after COVID-19 vaccination.Design VAC4COVID is an ongoing prospective, active observational, post-authorisation cohort safety study (PASS) of UK-approved vaccines for COVID-19 disease.Setting The study is conducted through a secure website (www.vac4covid.com) by MEMO Research, University of Dundee, UK.Participants 16 265 adult (18 years or older) UK residents with a valid email address and internet access.Interventions Any UK-authorised COVID-19 vaccination.Main outcome measures The outcomes reported in this interim analysis include AEs, reactogenicity-type AEs (headache, fatigue, muscle or joint pain, fever, nausea, dizziness or local vaccine reaction), menstrual changes and reported improvement in overall health and well-being.Results 11 475 consented participants (mean age 54.8 years) provided follow-up data between 2 February and 5 October 2021 (mean follow-up duration 184 days), by which date 89.2% of participants had received two vaccine doses. 89.8% of 5222 participants who completed a follow-up questionnaire in the 7 days after any COVID-19 vaccination reported no AEs. …”
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Lithuanian exile press during five decades of soviet ban by Silvija Vėlavičienė

“…Meanwhile, much effort was made to disseminate emigrant publications in Lithuania through other unofficial means since the publications served as an open window to a free world in an occupied country. The main event, which marked the beginning of cultural infiltration by emigrant representatives, was the journey of junior Lithuanian emigrant basketball players and the accompanying delegation to Lithuania, during which particularly large numbers of emigrant publications were brought and distributed. …”
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