A techno-economic perspective on efficient hybrid renewable energy solutions in Douala, Cameroon’s grid-connected systems by Reagan Jean Jacques Molu, Serge Raoul Dzonde Naoussi, Mohit Bajaj, Patrice Wira, Wulfran Fendzi Mbasso, Barun K. Das, Milkias Berhanu Tuka, Arvind R. Singh

“…Notably, the study unveils significant potential for cost reduction per kilowatt-hour, indicating promising updated rates of $0.07/kW, $0.08/kW, and $0.06/kW for low, medium, and high usage groups, respectively. …”
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Nation-wide cohort of device-measured sedentary time and physical activity in the USA—the Cancer Prevention Study-3 (CPS-3) Accelerometry Substudy: cohort profile by Erika Rees-Punia, Alpa Patel, Jillian Nelson, Peter J Briggs, Nance Joiner, James M Hodge, Jeuneviette E Bontemps-Jones, Den E Bloodworth, Ashley Yeager, Jeshondria McCrary

“…Participants were sedentary for 9.4 hours (564 min, IQR=171 min) and accumulated a median of 6474 steps per day (IQR=5348).Future plans The full CPS-3 cohort will be linked with the National Death Index and state cancer registries biennially. …”
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Multicentre, single-blind randomised controlled trial comparing MyndMove neuromodulation therapy with conventional therapy in traumatic spinal cord injury: a protocol study by Lehana Thabane, Milos R Popovic, Kristin E Musselman, Daria O'Reilly, James M Bowen, Kim D Anderson, James R Wilson, Radha Korupolu, Jacqueline Pierce, Naaz Kapadia

“…Therapy sessions are 1 hour in duration with a dose of 3–5 sessions per week. Assessments occur prior to randomisation, after 20 sessions, after 40 sessions and 10 weeks after the last session. …”
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Catastrophic expenditure associated with childhood hospitalisation for acute illness in Kenya and Uganda: a cross-sectional study by Sassy Molyneux, Johnstone Thitiri, Laura Mwalekwa, Molline Timbwa, Anna Vassall, Kirkby D Tickell, Judd L Walson, James Berkley, John Mukisa, Ezekiel Mupere, Peter Olupot-Olupot, Priya Sukhtankar, Sheila Murunga, Julie Jemutai, George Paasi, Benson Singa, Shalton Mwaringa, Rebecca Gathoni Njuguna, Yoko V Laurence, Caroline Ogwang, Mwanajuma Juma, Narshion Ngao, Christina Lancioni, Md Fakhar Uddin

“…Catastrophic out-of-pocket expenditure exceeding 10% and 25% of monthly income was assessed.Results The median (IQR) total cost during hospitalisation per child was US$47 (US$24–US$84), with higher costs for children with CSM, especially during hospitalisation (US$56 (US$26–US$99) vs US$36 (US$20–US$65); p<0.001). …”
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Genetic structure of the population of wild-growing vines of the Utrish Nature Reserve by E. T. Ilnitskaya, M. V. Makarkina, I. V. Gorbunov, I. V. Stepanov, T. D. Kozina, E. A. Kozhevnikov, V. K. Kotlyar

“…The number of alleles identified in the sample varied from 5 to 18 and averaged 8 alleles per locus. Statistical processing of DNA analysis data made it possible to identify two genetically different populations among the wild discovered vines. …”
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Ear and skull base paraganglioma: review of literature by D. Abdrakhmanova, K. Niemczyk, A. Mustafin, G. Mukhamadieva, N. Papulova

“…The combined morbidity of benign tumor forms is evaluated to be between 0.7 to 1.0 for 100000 people per year. Even though the results in understanding the nature of paraganglioma, as well as treatment thereof, are successful, the amount of literature on this topic only increases. …”
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Impact of Mandatory Preoperative Dental Screening on Infective Endocarditis in Patients Undergoing Surgical Valve Replacement by Lytfi Krasniqi, MD, Poul Erik Mortensen, MD, Emil Johannes Ravn, MD, Marlene Tofterup, MD, Henrik Nissen, MD, PhD, Christian Juhl Terkelsen, MD, PhD, DMSCi, Niels Holmark Andersen, MD, PhD, DMSCi, Ivy Modrau, MD, DMSCi, Kasper Stokbro, DDS, PhD, Jonas A. Povlsen, MD, PhD, Oke Gerke, MSc, PhD, DMSCi, Jesper Hallas, MD, DMSCi, Marie-Annick Clavel, DVM, PhD, Lars Peter Schødt Riber, MD, PhD, DMSCi, Jordi Sanchez Dahl, MD, PhD, DMSCi

“…The IE incidence rate for MPDS and NPDS was 16.0 (95% CI: 11.3-22.6) and 8.0 (95% CI: 4.0-16.0) per 1,000 person-years, respectively. Mortality rate was higher in MPDS (2-year mortality: 6.2% (95% CI: 4.7-8.1) vs 2.8% (95% CI: 1.6-5.0). …”
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Distribution of spinal damage in patients with axial spondyloarthritis as assessed by MRI: a prospective and blinded study by Andreas Haidmayer, Gabriel Adelsmayr, Christopher Spreizer, Eva Valentina Klocker, Franz Quehenberger, Michael Fuchsjaeger, Jens Thiel, Josef Hermann

“…The median number of lesions per patient was higher in the thoracic (8.5, range 1.0–41.0) than in the lumbar (7.5, range 0.0-27.5) and the cervical spine (3.5, range 0.0-24.5). …”
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Black Carbon Exposure Characteristics in Diesel Engine Vehicle-related Jobs by Sangjun Choi, Ju-Hyun Park, Won Kim, Seung Won Kim, Kyong-Hui Lee, Taejin Chung, Jihoon Park, Seung-Hun Ryu, Jungah Shin, Dong-Hee Koh, Dong-Uk Park

“…After accounting for the random effects of the individual workers and working dates (evaluated per occupation) as well as the fixed effects of the determinants and their pairwise interaction terms (p < 0.001), we found that all four of the determinants significantly differed in their associated levels of BC exposure. …”
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Incidence of HTLV-1-associated myelopathy in the UK from 1991 to 2024: a longitudinal observational cohort study by Carolina Rosadas, Jerico Baylon, Claire Greiller, Adine Adonis, Divya Dhasmana, Nicholas W. S. Davies, Graham P. Taylor, Graham P. Taylor

“…At the first visit, the HTLV-1 proviral load was compared between incident cases and those who remained asymptomatic during follow-up.ResultsIn a cohort with up to 33 years of follow-up of individuals living with HTLV-1 in the UK, the cumulative incidence of HTLV-1-associated myelopathy (HAM) was found to be 1.35% (4/297), with an incidence rate of 1.98 per 1,000 person-years. All people who developed HAM had a high proviral load at the first clinic visit. …”
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Dietary index for gut microbiota and its protective role against kidney stones: evidence of diabetes as a mediator from NHANES cross-sectional data by Lei Wang, Junjun Wu, Ziwen Jiang, Chao Wang, Fuxiang Lin, Yuxiang Zhong, Pengpeng Zhao, Wei Wei, Jianhua Huang, Zhanping Xu

“…Mediation analysis evaluated diabetes’s contribution to this relationship, and subgroup analyses were conducted based on sex, race/ethnicity, and alcohol consumption.ResultsHigher DI-GM scores were associated with lower KS prevalence (adjusted OR: 0.78, 95% CI: 0.65–0.92 per SD increase). Diabetes mediated 9.27% of this relationship. …”
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A real-world analysis of antidepressant medications in US veterans aged 60 years and older: a comparative analysis by Ryan D Pittman, S Scott Sutton, Joseph Magagnoli, Tammy H Cummings

“…The corresponding incidence rate was 544, 124 and 122 events per 1000 person-years. Compared with sertraline, mirtazapine users had the highest AD change risk (aHR 1.34, 95% CI: 1.29–1.40), while duloxetine users had the lowest (aHR 0.87, 95% CI: 0.83–0.92). …”

Germ cell quantification in human fetal and prepubertal testis tissues: a comparison of current methodologies by Emma Kearney, David Greenald, Gabriele Matilionyte, Sheila Lane, Melissa D Tharmalingam, Jill Davies, Jan-Bernd Stukenborg, Grace Forsyth, Rod T Mitchell

“…Germ cells were quantified by tubular germ cell density (Method 1), which was compared to methods that require round tubules, including spermatogonial number per round tubular cross section (S/T) (Method 2), fertility index (Method 3) and round tubular germ cell density (Method 4). …”
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Optimising Access Surgery in Senior Haemodialysis Patients (OASIS): study protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial by Patrick WHE Vriens, Edith M Willigendael, Maarten A Lijkwan, Friedo W Dekker, Chava L Ramspek, Michiel W de Haan, Çaĝdaş Ünlü, Boudewijn DC Heggen, Koen E A van der Bogt, Marc H Hemmelder, Mickaël J C Hiligsmann, Magda M van Loon, Joris I Rotmans, Jan H M Tordoir, Geert Willem H Schurink, Maarten G J Snoeijs, Marijke J Molegraaf, Philippe WM Cuypers, Denise Nio, Cora H Arts, Jacobien C Verhave, Goos D Laverman, Aron S Bode, Marcel C Weijmer, Bas Govaert, Aaltje Y Adema, Gijs MJM Welten, Michel MPJ Reijnen, Marc JH Groeneveld, Hans S Brink, Jeroen B van der Net, Arno Kuijper, Hilde PE Peters, Roos C van Nieuwenhuizen, Rombout R Kruse, Yvonne C Schrama, Karina A de Groot, Karima Farhat

“…We will enrol 195 patients to have sufficient statistical power to detect an absolute decrease of 0.80 interventions per year.Ethics and dissemination Because of clinical equipoise, we believe it is justified to randomly allocate elderly patients to the different vascular access strategies. …”
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Safe Implementation of Treatments in Stroke: a study on intravenous thrombolysis in patients over 80 years of age with acute ischaemic stroke by Manju Krishnan, Danilo Toni, Niaz Ahmed, Anand Dixit, Ana Paiva Nunes, Marius Matusevicius, Jose Egido, Letizia Concari, Monica Reggiani, Alain Pagès, Thierry Danays

“…Comparisons will be performed between patients treated post-approval (July 2018 to December 2021) period with those treated pre-approval (June 2015 to June 2018) period using propensity score matching (PSM).Setting This is a multicentre international study in hospitals treating AIS with IVT.Participants Patients aged &gt;80 years who otherwise followed the IVT Summary of Product Characteristics of European countries as part of the mutual recognition procedure.Primary and secondary outcomes The main outcomes were symptomatic intracerebral haemorrhage per SITS monitoring study definition, death and functional independency as defined by a modified Rankin Scale score of 0–2 at 90 days.Results After PSM, 614 patients remained in each group (mean age 87 years, 39% males). …”
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Prospective multicentre randomised trial comparing the efficacy and safety of single-anastomosis duodeno–ileal bypass with sleeve gastrectomy (SADI-S) versus Roux-en-Y gastric bypa... by Delphine Maucort-Boulch, Maud Robert, Tigran Poghosyan, Dominique Delaunay, Elise Pelascini, Sylvain Iceta, Adrien Sterkers, Charles Barsamian, Litavan Khamphommala, Sylvie Bin Dorel, Sebastien Czernichow, Emmanuel Disse

“…With a drop-out rate of 10%, it will be necessary to include 183 patients per group.Ethics and dissemination The study was approved by Institutional Review Board of Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Morvan (CPP1089-HPS1). …”
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The impact of war on ACS admissions and triage – a single center experience by Sharon Bruoha, Tatiana Stolichny, Vladimir Chitoroga, Michael Shilo, Michael Friger, Jamal Jafari, Evgeny Chernogoz, Maggie Cohen Grisaru, Amos Katz, Chaim Yosefy, Gili Givaty

“…Compared to the control period, a significant reduction in ACS admissions per month was noted (38.91 vs. 28.79, p < 0.001) driven by fewer cases of both STEMI and NSTEMI (15.65 vs. 13.29, p = 0.011 and 23.26 vs. 15.5, p < 0.001, respectively). …”
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A national cross-sectional study on latent profile analysis of occupational fatigue among Chinese nurses in the early post-COVID-19 era by Qiuyang He, Qiuyang He, Jianhua Ren, Jianhua Ren, Guoyu Wang, Guoyu Wang, Yonghong Wang, Yonghong Wang

“…Significant predictors for membership in these fatigue profiles included marital status, possession of a master’s degree or higher, working over five night shifts per month, experiencing COVID-19 symptoms, and exhibiting higher scores in extrinsic effort and overcommitment.ConclusionChinese nurses exhibit a relatively high level of occupational fatigue in the early post-COVID-19 era, likely influenced by various socio-demographic and work-related factors. …”
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Partial weight bearing and long-term survival outcomes in extracapsular hip fractures treated with trochanteric Gamma3 nails by Carlos Hernández-Pascual, José Ángel Santos-Sánchez, Jorge Hernández-Rodríguez, Carlos Fernando Silva-Viamonte, Carmen Pablos-Hernández, Pablo Alonso-Rodríguez, José Antonio Mirón-Canelo

“…Not-EPWB showed greater dependence. Age (per year of increment), moderate Charlson comorbidity index (not age-modified) and greater immediate post-operative estimated blood loss were independent factors for mortality, but we did not find radiological factors implied. …”
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Plasticizer exposure in Germany from 1988 to 2022: Human biomonitoring data of 20 plasticizers from the German Environmental Specimen Bank by Monika Kasper-Sonnenberg, Claudia Pälmke, Sonja Wrobel, Thomas Brüning, Aline Murawski, Petra Apel, Till Weber, Marike Kolossa-Gehring, Holger M. Koch

“…Human biomonitoring (HBM) is the ideal tool to capture actual mixture exposures per individual, integrating all external exposure sources and pathways, thus we will continue to use HBM in exposure and risk assessment of phthalates and other (anti-androgenic) chemicals.…”
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