Auricular Acupuncture for Perioperative Pain Management: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials by Zhou Y, Bao Q, Yang C, Li S, Yin Z, Xiong J, Sun M, Yang J, Liu F, Liang F

“…Perioperative anxiety improvement did not differ significantly between the AA and control groups (MD= − 5.45, 95% CI: − 32.99 to 22.09). Subgroup analysis showed that AA exerted a significant analgesic effect as a preoperative intervention and in orthopedic surgery. …”
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Feasibility study of a randomised controlled trial of preoperative and postoperative nutritional supplementation in major lung surgery by Amelia Swift, Sebastian T Lugg, Babu Naidu, Nikolaos Efstathiou, Amy Kerr, Hazem Fallouh, Maninder Kalkat, Richard Steyn, Salma Kadiri, Ehab Bishay, Krishna Kholia, Venessa Rogers

“…Patients were excluded if they were likely unable to complete the study questionnaires, they had a body mass index <18.5 kg/m2, were receiving parenteral nutrition or known pregnancy.Results All patients presenting for major lung surgery were screened over a 6-month period, with 163 patients screened, 99 excluded and 64 (41%) patients randomised. Feasibility criteria were met and the study completed recruitment 5 months ahead of target. …”
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Hearing loss prevalence and burden of disease in China: Findings from provincial-level analysis by Yu Wang, Yang Xie, Minghao Wang, Mengdan Zhao, Rui Gong, Ying Xin, Jia Ke, Ke Zhang, Shaoxing Zhang, Chen Du, Qingchuan Duan, Fang Wang, Tao Pan, Furong Ma, Xiangyang Hu, Jing Ni

“…Of these, 85.7% were older than age 50 years (99 million people) and 2.4% were younger than 20 years old (2.8 million people). …”
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Prognostic and clinicopathological role of soluble programmed cell death ligand-1 in patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: a meta-analysis by Hongbin Lu, Lulu Luo, Jie Mi, Min Sun, Huaping Wang, Zheng Wang, Wenwen Ding

“…Based on our pooled data, elevated sPD-L1 was closely related to poor OS (HR = 2.81, 95%CI = 1.99–3.95, p < 0.001) and inferior PFS (HR = 3.16, 95%CI = 1.41–7.08, p = 0.005) of DLBCL. …”
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Influence of Abutment Screw-Tightening Methods on the Screw Joint: Immediate and Long-Term Stability by Manlin Sun, Yusen Shui, Yuqiang Zhang, Ruiyang Ma, Yuwei Zhao, Hongyu Chen, Ping Yu, Zhi Li, Tingting Wu, Haiyang Yu

“…The removal torque loss rates of methods A (12.49% ± 0.99%–65.88% ± 4.83%) and B (12.84% ± 0.96%–65.35% ± 1.95%) were 3.04%–7.74% lower than that of method C (16.58% ± 0.56%–71.10% ± 1.58%) (P≤0.017). …”
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Enhancing healthcare utilization and reducing preventable hospitalizations: exploring the healthcare-seeking propensity of patients with non-communicable diseases in Rural China by Yanqiu Hou, Wenyu Li, Shangai Li, Linxuan Chen, Jiayu An, Shan Lu

“…Results Rural Chinese patients had an average healthcare-seeking propensity score of 5.43 ± 1.99 for major symptoms and 8.04 ± 1.66 for minor symptoms. …”
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Deep R-gene discovery in HLB resistant wild Australian limes uncovers evolutionary features and potentially important loci for hybrid breeding by Jianyang Liu, Khushwant Singh, Matthew Huff, Christopher Gottschalk, Michael Do, Margaret Staton, Manjunath L. Keremane, Robert Krueger, Chandrika Ramadugu, Chris Dardick

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Fabrication and In Vivo Evaluation of In Situ pH-Sensitive Hydrogel of Sonidegib–Invasomes via Intratumoral Delivery for Basal Cell Skin Cancer Management by Maha M. Ghalwash, Amr Gamal Fouad, Nada H. Mohammed, Marwa M. Nagib, Sherif Faysal Abdelfattah Khalil, Amany Belal, Samar F. Miski, Nisreen Khalid Aref Albezrah, Amani Elsayed, Ahmed H. E. Hassan, Eun Joo Roh, Shaimaa El-Housiny

“…The IPHS-INV formulation showed a decrease in tumor volume of 99.05% and a reduction of hypercellular tumors, indicating its anti-cancer activity. …”
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Access to water and sanitation among people with disabilities: results from cross-sectional surveys in Bangladesh, Cameroon, India and Malawi by Islay Mactaggart, Hannah Kuper, Sarah Polack, Mahfuzar Rahman, Wolf-Peter Schmidt, Kristof Bostoen, Joseph Chunga, Lisa Danquah, Amal Krishna Halder, Saira Parveen Jolly, Marielle Snel, Adam Biran

“…Objectives To assess access to adequate water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) among people with disabilities at the household and individual level.Design Cross-sectional surveys.Setting Data were included from five district-level or regional-level surveys: two in Bangladesh (Bangladesh-1, Bangladesh-2), and one each in Cameroon, Malawi and India.Participants 99 252 participants were sampled across the datasets (range: 3567–75 767), including 2494 with disabilities (93–1374).Outcome Prevalence of access to WASH at household and individual level.Data analysis Age/sex disaggregated disability prevalence estimates were calculated accounting for survey design. …”
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Residual Characteristics and Dietary Risk Assessment of Dinotefuran and Tolfenpyrad in Tea Processing by LI Chunyong, LÜ Ying, JIN Jing, WANG Xia, QIN Shu

“…In the range of 0.005–0.500 µg/mL, a good linear relationship was obtained between the concentrations of dinotefuran and its metabolites as well as tolfenpyrad and their response peak areas (R2 > 0.99). The average recovery rates of dinotefuran and its metabolites 1-methyl-3-(tetrahydro-3-furylmethyl)guanidine (DN) and 1-methyl-3-(tetrahydro-3-furylmethyl)urea (UF) in fresh and dried tea leaves spiked at 0.05, 1.00, 20.00 and 50.00 mg/kg and in tea infusion spiked at 0.05, 0.10 and 5.00 mg/kg ranged from 74% to 103%, with relative standard deviations (RSDs) of 1%–9%. …”
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Behavioral and Physiological Responses of Therapy Dogs to Animal-Assisted Treatment in an Inpatient Stroke Rehabilitation Program by Hao-Yu Shih, François Martin, Debra Ness, Whitney Romine, Taylor L. Peck, Tricia Turpin, Rachael Horoschak, Cindy Steeby, Hannah Phillips, Mary Claypool, Amanda Theuer, Grace M. Herbeck, Jasmine Sexton, Erin Pittman, Erica Bellamkonda, Nikita Maria Ligutam Mohabbat, Sandra A. Lyn, Brent A. Bauer, Arya B. Mohabbat

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Biodesulfurization of high-sulfur oil from the Karazhanbas field of Kazakhstan with deep eutectic solvents by A.O. Akimbek, G.A. Jamalova, A.K. Yernazarova, G.K. Kaiyrmanova, B.K. Yelikbayev, M.C. Pagano, A.G. Zazybin, Kh. S. Rafikova

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The PREPARE Study: Acceptability and Feasibility of a Telehealth Trimodal Prehabilitation Program for Women with Endometrial Neoplasia by Elise P. Legault, Paula A. B. Ribeiro, Danielle Moreau-Amaru, Emmanuelle Robert, Sara Forte, Alain S. Comtois, Vanessa Samouëlian, François Tournoux

“…Out of the 150 EN patients awaiting surgery screened during the 18 months of the study recruitment, 66% (99/150) were eligible, and 40% consented to participate (SPP, n = 13; SSPP, n = 17; PACS, n = 9). …”
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Retrospective Evaluation of Toxoplasma gondii Test Results in Patients Applying to A Research Hospital by Sedef Zeliha Öner, İlknur Kaleli, Melek Demir, Ahmet Çalışkan, Ergun Mete, Hande Şenol, Çağrı Ergin

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Genetic determinants of skin ageing: a systematic review and meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies and candidate genes by Chloe Wong, Jun Yan Ng, Yang Yie Sio, Fook Tim Chew

“…., AFG3L1P: odds ratio 1.133 95% confidence interval [1.044, 1.222]; BPIFA3: 1.859 [1.567, 2.151]; CLPTML1: 1.164 [1.0.99, 1.229]; CPNE7: 0.905 [0.852–0.958]; DEF8: 1.186 [1.042, 1.331]; IRF4: 1.260 [1.025, 1.495]; MYO16: 2.303 [1.697, 2.908]; PRDM16: 1.105 [1.084, 1.127]; RORA: 1.391 [1.206, 1.577]; SPG7: 0.922 [0.897, 0.947]; SPON1: 2.214 [1.204, 3.225]; SPTLC1: 1.464 [1.432, 1.495]; TYR: 1.175 [1.007, 1.343]). …”
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Walking for transport and all-cause mortality: a prospective cohort study of Australian community-dwelling older adults by Rory Wolfe, Neville Owen, Ben Beck, Yang Chen, David W Dunstan, Alice Owen, Robyn L Woods, Danijela Gasevic, Joanne Ryan, Shivangi Shah, Carlene Britt

“…Compared with those who reported never walking for transport, the risk of all-cause mortality was lower for those walking rarely or once a week (HR 0.73, 95% CI 0.56 to 0.96); more than once a week (HR 0.76, 95% CI 0.59 to 0.99) and every day (HR 0.74, 95% CI 0.57 to 0.96). …”
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Effect of Liuzijue on Pulmonary Function of Patients with Ischemic Stroke and Hemiplegia by CHEN Yannan, ZHANG Hongxin, DENG Lijin, WENG Meihua, HU Jingwen, ZHOU Hongjuan, YOU Shijing, CHEN Jinxiu

“…The SIS score of the experimental group after the intervention was (565.14±99.93), which was greater than that of the control group (517.19±74.24), and the difference was statistically significant (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05).ConclusionsLiuzijue respiratory training could effectively improve the pulmonary function of patients with ischemic stroke and hemiplegia, and contribute to the recovery of their activities of daily living and improve their quality of life.…”
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Microstructure, mechanical properties, thermal decomposition and oxidation sequences of crystalline AlB2 thin films by Chun Hu, Stanislav Mráz, Peter J. Pöllmann, T. Wojcik, M. Podsednik, B. Hajas, A. Limbeck, Nikola Koutná, Jochen M. Schneider, Paul H. Mayrhofer

“…Keeping the substrate temperature at 700 °C and increasing the Ar pressure during deposition from pAr = 0.4 to 0.8 to 1.2, Pa, the films‘ chemistry slightly varies between x = 1.99, 1.97, and to 2.27, respectively. Detailed transmission electron microscopy shows that the highly (0001)-oriented AlB2.27 thin film exhibits small platelet-like amorphous B regions next to the large columnar α-structured AlB2 crystals. …”
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Immune checkpoint inhibitor‐related type 1 diabetes incidence, risk, and survival association by Fumika Kamitani, Yuichi Nishioka, Miyuki Koizumi, Hiroki Nakajima, Yukako Kurematsu, Sadanori Okada, Shinichiro Kubo, Tomoya Myojin, Tatsuya Noda, Tomoaki Imamura, Yutaka Takahashi

“…Multivariable Cox regression analysis demonstrated that ICI‐T1DM development was associated with lower mortality (hazard ratio, 0.60; 95% CI, 0.37–0.99; P = 0.04). Conclusions Collectively, the results of this study demonstrate the precise incidence and risk factors of ICI‐T1DM. …”
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Improving antibiotic utilization in West Africa: enhancing interventions through systematic review and evidence synthesis by Eric S. Donkor, Abdul-Halim Osman, Bill Clinton Aglomasa, Aaron Awere-Duodu, Alex Odoom, Bismark Opoku-Asare, Gilbert Lazarus

“…Antibiotic consumption for inpatients has a pooled estimate of 620.03 defined daily dose (DDD) per 100 bed-days (confidence interval [CI] 0.00–1286.67; I2 = 100%) after accounting for outliers while prescribing appropriateness ranged from 2.5% to 93.0% with a pooled estimate of 50.09 ([CI: 22.21–77.92%], I2 = 99.4%). Amoxicillin, gentamicin, amoxicillin-clavulanate, metronidazole, and ceftriaxone were the commonly consumed antibiotics. …”
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