Electrochemical Sensing of Nicotine Using Laser-Induced Graphene Screen-Printed Electrode by Balqis Nurnadia Badrol Hisham, Rosminazuin Ab. Rahim, Anis Nurashikin Nordin, Aliza Aini Md Ralib, Nor Farahidah Za'bah, Lun Hao Tung, Zainiharyati Mohd Zain

“… Nicotine is one of the major addictive substances in tobacco plants, which caused a global pandemic. Rapid detection of nicotine is crucial to allow quick identification of harmful substances that will cause significant health risks, especially with the recent rise in electronic cigarettes. …”
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Correlates of mental health of people living with HIV co-infected with SARS-CoV-2: findings from the COVIDHIV study in France by Issifou Yaya, Issifou Yaya, Yvenie Amboise, Yvenie Amboise, Guillaume Roucoux, Guillaume Roucoux, Lisa Yombo-Kokule, Lisa Yombo-Kokule, Fabienne Marcellin, Claudine Duvivier, Claudine Duvivier, Karine Lacombe, Karine Lacombe, James W. Griffith, James W. Griffith, Marie Préau, Antoine Cheret, Antoine Cheret, Martin Duracinsky, Martin Duracinsky, Martin Duracinsky

“…BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic has severely affected vulnerable populations, especially individuals living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). …”
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First Detection of <i>Alphacoronavirus</i> in Bats from the World’s Largest Wetland, the Pantanal, Brazil by Tayane B. S. Magalhães, Amanda de O. Viana, Thiago B. F. Semedo, Juliane S. Saldanha, Nicole A. dos Reis, Nathalia de A. Pereira, Rachel V. P. de Barros, Hannah R. Miranda, Gabriella C. Almeida, Desyrée Y. S. R. Ozaki, Giovana S. Caleiro, Gustavo O. Fenner, Fernanda P. Vizu, Theo Kraiser, Thais P. Carvalho, Luciano M. Thomazelli, Erick G. Dorlass, Clarice W. Arns, Helena L. Ferreira, Erika Hingst-Zaher, Rogério Vieira Rossi, Guilherme S. T. Garbino, Edison L. Durigon, Jansen de Araujo, Daniel M. de Aguiar

“…Given the recent SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, we investigated the presence of CoV in bats captured in the Brazilian Pantanal. …”
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Targeting eEF1A reprograms translation and uncovers broad-spectrum antivirals against cap or m6A protein synthesis routes by Elisa Molina Molina, Joan Josep Bech-Serra, Eloi Franco-Trepat, Ignasi Jarne, Daniel Perez-Zsolt, Roger Badia, Eva Riveira-Muñoz, Edurne Garcia-Vidal, Lluís Revilla, Sandra Franco, Ferran Tarrés-Freixas, Núria Roca, Gerardo Ceada, Karl Kochanowski, Dàlia Raïch-Regué, Itziar Erkizia, Rytis Boreika, Antoni E. Bordoy, Laia Soler, Sonia Guil, Jorge Carrillo, Julià Blanco, Miguel Ángel Martínez, Roger Paredes, Alejandro Losada, Pablo Aviles, Carmen Cuevas, Júlia Vergara-Alert, Joaquim Segalés, Bonaventura Clotet, Ester Ballana, Carolina de la Torre, Nuria Izquierdo-Useros

“…By deciphering the molecular fingerprint of cells treated with therapies targeting translation we identify a rational approach to select broad-spectrum antivirals with potential to counteract future pandemic viruses.…”
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Neutralizing antibody immune correlates in COVAIL trial recipients of an mRNA second COVID-19 vaccine boost by Bo Zhang, Youyi Fong, Lauren Dang, Jonathan Fintzi, Shiyu Chen, Jing Wang, Nadine G. Rouphael, Angela R. Branche, David J. Diemert, Ann R. Falsey, Daniel S. Graciaa, Lindsey R. Baden, Sharon E. Frey, Jennifer A. Whitaker, Susan J. Little, Satoshi Kamidani, Emmanuel B. Walter, Richard M. Novak, Richard Rupp, Lisa A. Jackson, Chenchen Yu, Craig A. Magaret, Cindy Molitor, Bhavesh Borate, Sydney Busch, David Benkeser, Antonia Netzl, Derek J. Smith, Tara M. Babu, Angelica C. Kottkamp, Anne F. Luetkemeyer, Lilly C. Immergluck, Rachel M. Presti, Martín Bäcker, Patricia L. Winokur, Siham M. Mahgoub, Paul A. Goepfert, Dahlene N. Fusco, Robert L. Atmar, Christine M. Posavad, Jinjian Mu, Mat Makowski, Mamodikoe K. Makhene, Seema U. Nayak, Paul C. Roberts, Peter B. Gilbert, Dean Follmann, Coronavirus Variant Immunologic Landscape Trial (COVAIL) Study Team

“…Abstract Neutralizing antibody titer has been a surrogate endpoint for guiding COVID-19 vaccine approval and use, although the pandemic’s evolution and the introduction of variant-adapted vaccine boosters raise questions as to this surrogate’s contemporary performance. …”
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Prevalence and determinants of faecal carriage of carbapenem- and third-generation cephalosporin-resistant Enterobacterales: a cross-sectional household survey in northern VietnamR... by Max van Wijk, Hoang Huy Tran, Bich Ngoc Thi Vu, Costanza Tacoli, Tu Cam Thi Nguyen, Quynh Dieu Pham, Thương Hong Thi Nguyen, Trang Thu Nguyen, Hien Anh Thi Nguyen, Tung Son Trinh, Thai Duy Pham, Huong Kieu Thi Tran, Dung Tien Viet Vu, Duc Anh Dang, Tien Dac Tran, Duong Thanh Nguyen, H. Rogier van Doorn, Thomas Kesteman, Sonia Lewycka

“…Summary: Background: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a silent pandemic causing 1.27 million deaths in 2019, disproportionately affecting low- and middle-income countries, but resistance among commensal microbiota and the determinants of carriage have not been widely reported. …”
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Cyborg Adolescents and Digital Data: Examining Education and Revenue Generation in the Digital Lives of Youth through More-than-Human Ethnography by Davood Zahrani, Ali Hashemianfar, Ahmad Mehrshad

“…The Pew Research Center (2021) has observed a significant increase in online multiplayer gaming, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. In Iran, around 75% of adolescents participate in video gaming, amounting to approximately 34 million players. …”
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60-month follow-up of Long Limb vs. Standard Limb Roux-en-Y gastric bypass for type 2 diabetes and obesity: the LONG LIMB RCT by Saleem Ansari, Anna Kamocka, Tina Mazaheri, Ibiyemi Ilesanmi, Lara Jimenez-Pacheco, Kleopatra Alexiadou, Joanna Tan, Harvinder Chahal, Krishna Moorthy, Sanjay Purkayastha, Anne Margot Umpleby, Stephen Robert Bloom, Francesco Rubino, Alexander Dimitri Miras, Ahmed Rashid Ahmed, Tricia Tan

“…The 24- to 60-month extension study coincided with two waves of the COVID-19 pandemic. There was no difference between the Standard Limb and Long Limb groups for postprandial active glucagon-like peptide-1 secretion (70 ± 32 pmol/L vs. 70 ± 19 pmol/L, respectively; p = 0.43), hepatic insulin sensitivity (3.4 ± 0.9 µmol/kg/min vs. 3.4 ± 1.4 µmol/kg/min, respectively; p = 0.94) and peripheral insulin sensitivity (29.0 ± 9.1 µmol/kg/min vs. 29.2 ± 9.9 µmol/kg/min, respectively; p = 0.98) at 2 weeks post intervention. …”
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Mucosal SARS-CoV-2 S1 adenovirus-based vaccine elicits robust systemic and mucosal immunity and protects against disease in animals by Najwa D. Aljehani, Levi Tamming, Muhammad Yasir Khan, Rwaa H. Abdulal, Mohamed A. Alfaleh, Aishah Ghazwani, Asalah Helal, Reem M. Alsulaiman, Mohammad A. Sanki, Khalid Alluhaybi, Farah Ayman Sukareh, Rahaf H. Alharbi, Faris H. Alyami, M-Zaki ElAssouli, Salima Shebbo, Wesam H. Abdulaal, Abdullah Algaissi, Ahmad Bakur Mahmoud, Mohammad Basabrain, Diana Duque, Jegarubee Bavananthasivam, Wangxue Chen, Lisheng Wang, Simon Sauve, Turki S. Abujamel, Tarfa Altorki, Rowa Alhabbab, Anh Tran, Xuguang Li, Anwar M. Hashem

“…ABSTRACT The COVID-19 pandemic has emphasized the importance and need for accessible safe, effective, and versatile vaccine platforms. …”
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The TB27 Transcriptomic Model for Predicting Mycobacterium tuberculosis Culture Conversion by Maja Reimann, Korkut Avsar, Andrew DiNardo, Torsten Goldmann, Gunar Günther, Michael Hoelscher, Elmira Ibraim, Barbara Kalsdorf, Stefan Kaufmann, Niklas Köhler, Anna Mandalakas, Florian Maurer, Marius Müller, Dörte Nitschkowski, Ioana Olaru, Cristina Popa, Andrea Rachow, Thierry Rolling, Helmut Salzer, Patricia Sanchez-Carballo, Maren Schuhmann, Dagmar Schaub, Victor Spinu, Elena Terhalle, Markus Unnewehr, Nika Zielinski, Jan Heyckendorf, Christoph Lange

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I-SPY COVID adaptive platform trial for COVID-19 acute respiratory failure: rationale, design and operations by Carolyn S Calfee, Michael A Matthay, Paul Henderson, Martin Eklund, Laura J Esserman, Chirag Patel, Angela Haczku, Michelle Jung, Tony Oliver, Alessio Crippa, Andrea Discacciati, Kathleen D Liu, Ellen L Burnham, Nuala J Meyer, Fady A Youssef, Derek W Russell, Julie Lang, Kevin W Gibbs, Daniel C Files, Sheetal Gandotra, Purnema Madahar, Nathan K Cobb, Timothy E Albertson, Rajiv Sonti, John P Reilly, Alejandra Jauregui, Iván García, Luis E Huerta, Daniel Clark Files, Neil R Aggarwal, Adam L Asare, Jeremy R Beitler, Paul A Berger, George Cimino, Melissa H Coleman, Paul T Henderson, Caroline A G Ittner, Kashif T Khan, Jonathan L Koff, Mary LaRose, Joe Levitt, Ruixiao Lu, Jeffrey D McKeehan, Karl W Thomas, Aaron M Mittel, Albert F Yen, Alexis E Suarez, Alexis L Serra, Alpesh N Amin, Amanda Rosen, Amy L Dzierba, Anna D Barker, Ariel R Weisman, Brian M Daniel, Brian M Morrissey, Caroline AG Ittner, Chayse Jones, Christina Creel-Bulos, Christina M Angelucci, Diana Ng, Fredy Chaparro-Rojas, Gavin H Harris, Harsh V Barot, Heny Su, Jacqueline B Sutter, Jamal Dodin, Jerry S Lee, John Kazianis, Joshua F Detelich, Julie E Lang, Justin Muir, Katarzyna Gosek, Katherine L Nugent, Kimberly Yee, Laura G Rodrigues, Laura R Macias, Lindsey A Orr, Lindsie L Boerger, Lissette Rosario-Remigio, Lucia Kufa, Maged Tanios, Maria B Reyes, Max W Adelman, Maya M Juarez, Michelle Meyers, Mitchell P Sternlieb, Neil Aggarwal, Nilam S Mangalmurti, Patrice Jones, Paul L Saban, Peter S Marshall, Philiip A Robinson, Philip Yang, Rahul Nair, Richard Anthony Lee, Richard G Wunderink, Romina Wahab, Roxana A Lupu, Santhi I Kumar, Sara C Auld, Scott Fields, Se Fum Wong, Skyler J Pearson, Spencer Whealon, Timothy F Obermiller, Anita Darmanian, John Schicchi, Esmeralda Martinez, Farjad Sarafian, Julie Nguyen, Bethany Weiler-Lisowski, Jaime Wyatt, Daniel Blevins, Marylee Melendrez, Brenda Lopez, Hiwet Tzehaie, Omowunmi Amosu, Austin Simonson, Erin Hardy, Brett Lindgren, Gregory Peterfreund, Leigha Landreth, Lisa Parks

“…Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic brought an urgent need to discover novel effective therapeutics for patients hospitalised with severe COVID-19. …”
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Developing an effective teaching model in order to improve the educational level of schools by Mehdi Mohammadi, fardin Abdollahy, Rafigh Hasani

“…Devlin & Samarawickrema (2022) showed that effective teaching criteria have changed after the Covid-19 pandemic and are more based on interactions between the teacher and students. …”
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Editorial – Revista Ambiente Contábil – Volume 17 – Número 1 – Ano 2025 (Jan./Jun. 2025) by Prof. Dr. Maurício Corrêa da Silva

“…To analyze the impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on the relationship between ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) scores and the financial performance of Brazilian publicly traded companies. …”
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Development of a clinical decision support tool for Primary care Management of lower Urinary tract Symptoms in men: the PriMUS study by Adrian Edwards, Ridhi Agarwal, Janine Bates, Alison Bray, Sarah Milosevic, Emma Thomas-Jones, Michael Drinnan, Marcus Drake, Peter Michell, Bethan Pell, Haroon Ahmed, Natalie Joseph-Williams, Kerenza Hood, Yemisi Takwoingi, Chris Harding

“…There was large uncertainty around the c-index and calibration slope, likely driven by the smaller sample size of the validation cohort, less than originally targeted, owing to recruitment problems, principally due to the pandemic. Thus, further external validation and recalibration may be required before the models can be used in practice to ensure applicability of the models in settings where case-mix or prevalence could differ. …”
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Selected Abstracts of the 20th International Workshop on Neonatology and Pediatrics; Cagliari (Italy); October 23-26, 2024 by --- Various Authors

“…PERCEIVED FAMILY FUNCTION, PERCEIVED SOCIAL SUPPORT AND DEPRESSION OF NEW PARENTS UNDER COVID-19 PANDEMIC: A DYADIC ANALYSIS • T. Kokkinaki, K. Koutra, O. …”
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Calamities, the Subsequent School Closure, and Their Impact on Adolescents’ Mental Health by Srilatha K Paslawar, Sudha Kallakuri, Sandhya Kanaka Yatirajula, Mercian Daniel, Pallab K Maulik

“…The impact of calamities, such as natural disasters or pandemics, on school closures and adolescents’ mental health is complex. …”
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The peculiar characteristics and advancement in diagnostic methodologies of influenza A virus by Muhammad Asif Raza, Muhammad Asif Raza, Muhammad Awais Ashraf, Muhammad Awais Ashraf, Muhammad Nabeel Amjad, Muhammad Nabeel Amjad, Ghayyas Ud Din, Ghayyas Ud Din, Bei Shen, Yihong Hu, Yihong Hu

“…Influenza A virus (IAV) is a significant public health concern, causing seasonal outbreaks and occasional pandemics. These outbreaks result from changes in the virus’s surface proteins which include hemagglutinin and neuraminidase. …”
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Quarantine and anti-epidemic measures as an element of Emergency Law in Ukraine by O. O. Levytskyi

“…Sustained changes in global threats, such as pandemics, require constant analysis, updating and improvement of the legal response mechanism. …”
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Short-term health system responses to epidemics across hard to reach areas in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review protocol. by Annette A Murunga, Ben Ngoye, Francis P Wafula, Gilbert O Kokwaro

“…Epidemics and Pandemics (disease outbreaks) are the occurrence of cases of disease in excess of what would be normally expected. …”
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Transverse myelitis after COVID-19 disease: a case report by I. Vienažindytė, R. Balnytė, Dž. Šleiteris, M. Ališauskienė

“… Currently, a significant number of post-COVID-19 disease neurological disorders still occur, and precise analysis of them could expand the knowledge of the neurological community for future pandemics. It is important to evaluate and recognize potential neurological manifestations and complications of COVID-19, as some of them can progress rapidly and require urgent treatment. …”
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