Real-World Treatment Outcomes of an Artificial Tear Containing Arabinogalactan, Hyaluronic Acid and Trehalose Among Subjects with Dry Eye by Bedei A, Rocha Cabrera P, Oliveira L, Castellini L, De Grazia G, Remiddi S

“…Andrea Bedei,1 Pedro Rocha Cabrera,2 Luis Oliveira,3 Laura Castellini,1 Giulia De Grazia,4 Stefano Remiddi4 1Ophthalmology Department Casa di Cura San Camillo, Forte dei Marmi, Italy; 2Ophthalmology Department Hospital San Juan de Dios Tenerife, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain; 3Ophthalmology Department Hospital Santo Antonio, Porto, Portugal; 4Department of Research and Development, MD Italy, Albano Laziale, ItalyCorrespondence: Stefano Remiddi, MD Italy srl, Department of Research and Development, Via Cancelliera, 12, Albano Laziale, Rome, 00041, Italy, Email stefano.remiddi@md-italy.itPurpose: To assess the efficacy, adherence, and tolerability of a new artificial tear based on arabinogalactan, hyaluronic acid, and trehalose in a population with dry eye disease (DED).Methods: A retrospective, real-world, post-marketing study identified 96 adult patients (aged 18– 80 years) with signs and symptoms of dry eye. …”
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A comprehensive analysis of trends in the burden of gout in China and globally from 1990 to 2021 by Shiwei Xie, Heng Xiao, Lei Xu, Gengwu Li, Fan Zhang, Mingwei Luo

“…Our analysis indicated that middle-aged and elderly populations, particularly males, are at higher risk for gout. …”
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Associations of maternal emotional intelligence and coping strategies with diabetes management in adolescents with type 1 diabetes by Dovilė Zaleckytė, Jolanta Žilinskienė

“…Design and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted with mothers of adolescents (aged 12–17 years) with type 1 diabetes (n = 75). …”
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Prevalence, Treatment, and Associated Factors of Hypertension in Spain: A Comparative Study between Populations by Arturo Corbatón-Anchuelo, María Teresa Martínez-Larrad, Náyade del Prado-González, Cristina Fernández-Pérez, Rafael Gabriel, Manuel Serrano-Ríos

“…Urban young men (31-45 years) and medium aged women (46-60 years) were less BP controlled than their rural counterparts (41.30 versus 65.79 %/p=0.025 and 35.24 versus 53.27 %/p=0.002, respectively).…”
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Systematic review on the effects of exercise with and without breakfast consumption on cognitive performance in healthy adults by Shu-Shih Hsieh, Yu Tian, Chun-Yuan Cheng, Yung-Chih Chen

“…Five studies, involving 70 participants (42 women, aged between 18 and 50 years) in total (sample size per study: 10–24), were eligible for inclusion in this review. …”
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Factor analysis of women's low awareness in cervical cancer screening by Fitri Ayatul Azlina, Rieh Firdausi, Vena Marisa, Siti Hizratul Raudah, Rezkia Asma’ul Husna, Nabillah Fatiniah

“…The total sample was 94 people with the criteria being women aged 15 to 59 years, married, living with their husband, and domiciled in Sungai Rangas Ulu Village. …”
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Brain Tumor Detection and Classification Using IFF-FLICM Segmentation and Optimized ELM Model by Suvashisa Dash, Mohammed Siddique, Satyasis Mishra, Demissie J. Gelmecha, Sunita Satapathy, Davinder Singh Rathee, Ram Sewak Singh

“…Brain cancer deaths are significantly increased in all categories of aged persons due to the abnormal growth of brain tumor tissues in the brain. …”
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The role of simultaneous stereotactic biopsy and radiofrequency ablation in the management of brain neoplasms in countries with limited financial resources by Mohamed Ashraf Mahmoud, Abdelrahman El Gayar, Shafik T El Molla, Hesham Radwan, Tarek H El Serry, Ashraf Al Abyad

“…There were 12 (54.5%) females and 10 (45.5%) males. The mean and median ages were 53.6 years (range 25–72) and 54 years, respectively. 72.6% had at least a single baseline comorbidity. …”
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Impact of lecture hall’s background noise on undergraduates’ higher order thinking skills: A field study by Nada Atef, Yasser Mansour, Hanan Sabry

“…Noise is a main parameter of classroom acoustics, it is considered a primary cause of annoyance, disturbance, and stress among students of all ages. A considerable number of studies have examined the impact of background noise on school students’ learning efficiency; thus, assessing lower order thinking skills. …”
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Responsiveness of services rendered at primary healthcare facilities of Bharatpur, Nepal: a cross-sectional study by Anup Adhikari, Damaru Prasad Paneru, Amshu Pokhrel

“…Univariate as well as bivariable and multivariable logistic regressions were carried out to obtain the result per our objectives.Results The overall performance of the responsiveness of services was 74.6% (95% CI 70.1 to 78.8), dignity being the highest performing domain (97.2%) and choice being the lowest (22.6%). Respondents aged more than or equal to 50 (adjusted OR (AOR)=4.107, 95% CI 1.28 to 13.14), those who are satisfied with the service (AOR=7.02, 95% CI 3.21 to 15.36), those who perceive high quality of care (AOR=5.69, 95% CI 2.54 to 12.73) and those who did not have to pay for transportation (AOR=4.63, 95% CI 2.20 to 9.72) showed higher responsiveness.Conclusion The primary healthcare facilities of Bharatpur, Nepal demonstrated nearly three-quarters of the respondents reporting good responsiveness of services at OPD. …”
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The bidirectional relationships between social isolation and cognitive function among older adults in China: separating between-person effects from within-person effects by Xinlong Xie, Fanfan Wu, Zhiruo Zhuang, Aijun Xu

“…This suggests that, over a specific timeframe, reducing social isolation is crucial for promoting healthy aging in this population.…”
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Exploring the roles and functions of champions within community-based interventions to support older adults with chronic conditions: A scoping review protocol. by Kristina M Kokorelias, Hardeep K Singh, Reham Abdelhalim, Marianne Saragosa, Guillaume Lim Fat, Christine Sheppard

“…<h4>Background</h4>Health care solutions are needed to meet the need of an ageing population. Health care champions are people who endorse the adoption of new initiatives being implemented within health care settings. …”
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Brazilian livestock extensionists attitudes toward different fates for male dairy calves by Karolini Tenffen De-Sousa, Juliana Bernardes Benetton, Luiz Carlos Pinheiro Machado Filho, Maria José Hötzel

“…Most participants (63%) were male, 61% with ages ranging from 19 to 35 years old and 49% held a graduate education in veterinary medicine. …”
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Effects of functional strength training on pain, function, and lower extremity biomechanics in patients with patellofemoral pain syndrome: a randomized clinical trial by Zheyu Xiong, Wei Zheng, Haiwen Wang, Yuan Gao, Chengshuo Wang

“…Methods Forty college students (aged 18–30 years) with PFPS and no exercise habits were randomized into FST group (n = 20) and SST group (n = 20). …”
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Sexuality post gynaecological cancer treatment: a qualitative study with South African women by Jennifer Moodley, Sorrel Pitcher, Nazia Fakie, Tracey Adams, Lynette Denny

“…Data were analysed using thematic analysis.Setting Data collection took place at a follow-up clinic within the gynaeoncology unit at a public-sector tertiary hospital in Cape Town, South Africa.Participants Purposive sampling was used to recruit participants, and the final sample consisted of 34 women aged 29–70 (x´=52). All women had received a gynaecological cancer diagnosis and had been treated with either surgery, chemotherapy, radiation or a combination of these. …”
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A prediction study on the occurrence risk of heart disease in older hypertensive patients based on machine learning by Fei Si, Qian Liu, Jing Yu

“…Methods A total of 934 participants aged 60 and above from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study with a 7-year follow-up (2011–2018) were included. …”
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Monitoring of helminth fauna of transhumant cattle in the North Caucasus by S. Sh. Kabardiev, Z. H. Musaev, K. A. Karpuschenko, B. I. Shapiev

“…The animals of various ages were observed on a year-round basis. The examinations covered transhumant cattle in the subalpine and alpine-subnival subzones of the mountain zone of the Republic, 100 animals per subzone. …”
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Automatic Continuous CRT Optimization to Improve Hemodynamic Response: An Italian Single-Center Experience by Gregorio Covino, Mario Volpicelli, Paolo Capogrosso

“…Mean follow-up for the 31 patients (aged 69.9±9.4 years; 61% male; NYHA class II/III 19%/81%; ischemic etiology 65%) was 6±0.7 months. …”
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Associations between meeting 24h movement behavior guidelines and cognition, gray matter volume, and academic performance in children and adolescents: a systematic review by Bo Liu, Peng Shi, Teng Jin, Xiaosu Feng

“…Results A total of 10 studies were included (with 16 correlation analyses conducted), involving 51,566 children and adolescents aged between 4.2 and 15.9 years old. The included studies generally agreed upon the following associations: adherence to the screen time (ST) guidelines is positively linked to fluid intelligence; adherence to the sleep duration (SD) guidelines is positively linked to literacy; adherence to both ST and SD guidelines is associated with increased fluid intelligence and gray matter volume; and overall adherence to all guidelines is positively correlated with fluid intelligence. …”
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INFLUENCE OF EXO- AND ENDOGENOUS FACTORS ON THE MORPHOLOGICAL AND FUNCTIONAL STATE OF THE SPLEEN AS AN IMPORTANT MEDICAL AND SOCIAL PROBLEM OF THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM by O.V. Mamai, S.M. Bilash, R.M. Grinko

“…Spleen architectural features have been described in aging, chronic stress, sleep deprivation, under the influence of electromagnetic radiation, radiation exposure, sodium glutamate, sodium nitrite, and sodium fluoride. …”
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