Prescribed Minimum Benefits complaints: a five-year retrospective review by Lindelwa Mitchele Ngobeni, Lucky Moropeng, Evelyn Thsehla

“…The median of PMBs complaints per year was 225. Most of the complaints (43.6%, n=490/1124) were lodged by members themselves. …”
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MAŽO GALINGUMO LAZERIO TECHNOLOGINIŲ REŽIMŲ POVEIKIS MEDIENOS PJŪVIO KOKYBEI by Gitana Ginevičienė, Gytis Baltrušaitis, Žygimantas Kujalavičius, Alma Pocienė

“…Beržinė fanera išlaiko savybių stabilumą veikiant skirtingiems išoriniams veiksniams, tačiau graviruojant ir pjaunant, taikant dujinio CO2 lazerio spinduliuotės poveikio skirtingus technologinius parametrus, mikrostruktūra suardoma iš dalies ar per visą medžiagos storį. Suirus medžiagai lieka tuštuma ir suanglėjusi prapjovos sienelė. …”
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THE EFFECT OF USING ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE IN THE DIETS OF COMMON CARP FISH AND ITS IMPACT ON THE PRODUCTIVE TRAITS OF FISH. by A. S. Naser, E. A. A. Jaseem, S. H. ALwarshan

“…The results of the statistical analysis of the weight gain, daily weight gain rates showed the superiority of the fish fed on the study diets supplemented with fermented feed at the level of (p≤0.05) for treatment T8 29.5 g per day over the rest of the treatments for all productive traits. …”
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How to survive the mutational meltdown: lessons from plant RNA viruses by Lafforgue, Guillaume, Lefebvre, Marie, Michon, Thierry, Elena, Santiago F.

“…By fitting empirical data to an in silico simulation model, we found that initiating a lesion in C. quinoa required only 1-5 virions, and approximately 40 new virions were produced per lesion. These findings demonstrate that Muller's ratchet can be halted not only by increasing the number of founder viruses but also by incorporating phases of exponential growth to large populations between bottlenecks. …”
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Comparison of 8 Weeks of Selected TRX Training and Weight Training on Improving Motor Function and Chronic Nonspecific Back Pain in Women Aged 35 to 55 by Fatemeh Rezaei

“…Both groups performed their respective exercises for 8 weeks, with 3 sessions per week. Post-test measurements were conducted after the 8-week intervention. …”
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Artificial intelligence for body composition assessment focusing on sarcopenia by Sachiyo Onishi, Takamichi Kuwahara, Masahiro Tajika, Tsutomu Tanaka, Keisaku Yamada, Masahito Shimizu, Yasumasa Niwa, Rui Yamaguchi

“…AI models for body region detection (Deeplabv3) and sarcopenia diagnosis (EfficientNetV2-XL) were trained on a supercomputer, and their abilities and speed per image were evaluated. The conventional method showed a low agreement rate (κ coefficient) of 0.478 for the test cohort and 0.236 for the validation cohort, with diagnostic changes in 43% of cases. …”
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Impact of immigration-specific stress on safety attitudes: a national cross-sectional study on overseas qualified nurses in Japan by Xinyi Chang, Xiuzhu Gu

“…Nevertheless, such nurses may encounter various obstacles in their personal and professional lives in the host country, leading to apprehensions about their perceptions of workplace safety in healthcare organisations.Objective This study investigated the current state of immigration-specific stress among overseas qualified nurses (OQNs) working in Japan and its impact on safety attitudes.Settings Invitation letters with a Quick Response (QR) code for a survey were sent to 119 hospitals across Japan that accepted OQNs as per the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. …”
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The effects of progressive low to high intensity exercise training on blood lipids and lipoprotein profiles in collegiate adolescents by Biruk Sorate

“…During 8 weeks the program included three training sessions per week. Descriptive statistics were produced for each of the parameters. …”
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Cross-sectional online survey of the impact of new tobacco health warnings in Colombia by Sally Adams, Arturo Clavijo, Ricardo Tamayo, Olivia Maynard

“…Objectives This study aimed to explore the impact of a new set of six pictorial warnings introduced in 2018.Design and setting Using a cross-sectional design, we examined awareness of the new warnings among Colombian smokers across two time points of data collection.Participants Adult smokers (≥18 years of age), defined as having smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their lifetime and currently smoking at least one cigarette per week participated at time 1, prior to the introduction of the new health warnings in Colombia in 2018 (n=1985, 72% male), and at time 2, 12 months post introduction (n=1572, 69% male).Primary outcomes At each time, we examined smokers’ responses to warnings on packs (negative affect, thinking about warning messages and cognitive elaboration), attitudes toward smoking (perceived likelihood and severity of harm, self-efficacy, response efficacy and quit intentions), knowledge of the health risks of smoking and responses to the new warnings (negative affect, believability, thinking about the harms, reactance and perceived message effectiveness).Results Awareness of the warnings was low, with only 59% of smokers reporting having seen them at time 2. …”
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Investigating PFAS emissions of light- and heavy-duty fuel cell electric vehicles by T. Lange, M. Dietrich, H. Schlottmann, V. Valkov, V. Mackert, I. Radev, H. Hoster

“…Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have been linked to different adverse health effects, highlighting the need to address the examination of all potential emission sources. …”
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The Comparison Of The Success Rates Of The Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) Versus Foley Catheter In Females With Postdate Pregnancy by Qamarunissa Muhabat Khan, Khadija Mastoor, Amna Javaid, Tahira Raza, Sadia Ilyas, Safoora Anjum

“…In Group B, PGE 2 gel was administered, with nulliparous women receiving an initial dose of 2 mg per vaginum (PV) and parous women receiving 1mg PV. …”
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Amputations of Lower Limb in Subjects with Diabetes Mellitus: Reasons and 30-Day Mortality by Magdalena Walicka, Marta Raczyńska, Karolina Marcinkowska, Iga Lisicka, Arthur Czaicki, Waldemar Wierzba, Edward Franek

“…However, the number of amputations in patients with diabetes calculated as a number per 100,000 diabetics decreased significantly (p for trend<0.0005) during this period. …”
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Artificial Feeds Given in Different Dose to the Growth and Feed Consumption of Semah Fish Seed (Tor Douronensis) in Order to Domestication by . Sunarto, . Sabariah

“…Daily feed comsumption rate of semah fish seed was ranged between 2.69-10.19% per day.  Feed efficiency was ranged between 13.85-54.09%, and survival rate was 100%. …”
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Association between time consumption of electronic screens with eating behaviors and academic performance for pupils in elementary schools by Mohammed A. S. Al-Wily, Luay A. M. Al-Waly

“…There is a nonsignificant correlation relationship between all-time consumption of electronic screens with all academic performance and behavior around food results in the study at P value ≤ 0.05 except the hours my child uses digital screens per day there is a significant positive correlation relationship with academic performance at P value of 0.007 and also with behavior around food at P value of 0.011. …”
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Ultrasound-Guided Analgesia in Cardiac and Breast Surgeries: A Cadaveric Comparison of SPIP Block with Single and Double Injections vs. DPIP Block by Carmelo Pirri, Debora Emanuela Torre, Astrid Ursula Behr, Veronica Macchi, Andrea Porzionato, Raffaele De Caro, Carla Stecco

“…In both qualitative and quantitative evaluations, the single-injection SPIP block with 10 mL of dye demonstrated a broader and more extensive spread compared to the double-injection SPIP block, which used 5 mL of dye per injection site (<i>p</i> < 0.05), and the DPIP block with 10 mL of dye (<i>p</i> < 0.05). …”
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How Do Temporal and Geographical Kernels Differ in Reflecting Regional Disparities? Insights from a Case Study in China by Chunzhu Wei, Xufeng Liu, Wei Chen, Lupan Zhang, Ruixia Chao, Wei Wei

“…This study thus employed five advanced multiscale geographically and temporally weighted regression models—GWR, MGWR, GTWR, MGTWR, and STWR—to analyze the spatio-temporal relationships between ten key conventional socio-economic indicators and per capita GDP across different administrative levels in China from 2000 to 2019. …”
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Involving migrants in the development of guidelines for communication in cross-cultural general practice consultations: a participatory learning and action research project by Chris van Weel, Anne MacFarlane, Maria van den Muijsenbergh, Tomas de Brún, Evelyn van Weel-Baumgarten, Mary O'Reilly-de Brún, Ekaterina Okonkwo, Jean Samuel Bonsenge Bokanga, Maria Manuela De Almeida Silva, Florence Ogbebor, Aga Mierzejewska, Lovina Nnadi

“…There was also 100% consensus that formal interpreters who are trained and working as per a professional code of practice are acceptable as best practice.Conclusions Policymakers and service planners need to work in partnership with service providers and migrants to progress the implementation of professional, trained interpreters as a routine way of working in general practice.…”
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Breathing time: a longue-durée multidisciplinary study of respiratory illnesses and airborne diseases in Switzerland (16th–21st century CE) by Tobias Hofstetter, Aude Fauvel, Silke Grabherr, Negahnaz Moghaddam

“…Accordingly, collected raw data were converted and normalized into crude mortality, natality, and RIAD mortality rates per thousand individuals and subsequently set within the demographic and epidemiological transition model. …”
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Exposure to PM2.5 and its components leads to obesity: role of socioeconomic status by Yindi Peng, Yamin Zhao, Minzhen Wang, Yingqian He, Lulu Zhang, Yanan Zhao, Jing Liu, Shan Zheng

“…We employed the “Jinchang Cohort” as a platform to investigate the influence of SES (education level, monthly income per household, and marital status) on the obesity risk associated with PM2.5 and its constituents. …”
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A wicked problem: Systemic issues surrounding Canadian equestrian dressage and dressage horse welfare by Megan Ross, Kathryn Proudfoot, Katrina Merkies, Charlotte Lundgren, Caroline Ritter

“…An ethnographic case study approach was employed, where MR spent 2–6 weeks with each of the four participating Equestrian Canada Certified dressage coaches and their riders (at least four riders per coach for a total of 19 riders). Data collection included direct observation, recording field notes and conducting at least one in-depth interview with each coach and rider. …”
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