Evaluation of the effect of phacoemulsification surgery on retinal and choroidal microvasculature in diabetic patients using optical coherence tomography angiography by S. Nazem Ibrahim, Mona K. Abdellatif, Alaa F. Mahmoud, Tamer F. Eliwa

“…There was insignificant change in each group in all vascular parameters during the follow-up period. In addition, there was insignificant difference between the two groups at each visit in most vascular parameters of superficial vessel density, deep vessel density (DVD), and choriocapillaris vessel density (CC VD). …”
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Well-being balance and lived experiences: understanding the impact of life situations on human flourishing by Christopher R. Brydges, Alexandra Thérond, Troy W. Norris

“…Differences in well-being and sources of well-being were analyzed across subgroups via MANOVA analysis followed by post-hoc ANOVA and Tukey’s HSD analyses using Cohen’s d to determine size and direction of effects between categorical subgroups.ResultsLife situations, including relationship, parenting and employment status, were shown to have a more significant effect on overall well-being than the demographic variables of age, gender and household income. …”
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Description of Weight-Related Content and Recommended Dietary Behaviors for Weight Loss Frequently Reposted on X (Twitter) in English and Japanese: Content Analysis by Fumi Oono, Mai Matsumoto, Risa Ogata, Mizuki Suga, Kentaro Murakami

“…The most popular dietary component recommended to increase was vegetables in both English (n=31, 40.8%) and Japanese (n=48, 28.2%), followed by protein and fruits in English and grains or potatoes and legumes in Japanese. …”
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Immunogenic Evaluation of Ribosomal P-Protein Antigen P0, P1, and P2 and Pentameric Protein Complex P0-(P1-P2)2 of Plasmodium falciparum in a Mouse Model by Agnieszka Szuster-Ciesielska, Leszek Wawiórka, Dawid Krokowski, Nikodem Grankowski, Łukasz Jarosz, Urszula Lisiecka, Marek Tchórzewski

“…We determined the level of cellular- and humoral-type immunological response followed by development of specific immunological memory. …”
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Response of Crop Yield and Productivity Contribution Rate to Long-Term Different Fertilization in Northeast of China by Xingzhu Ma, Xiaoyu Hao, Yue Zhao, Xinhua Peng, Jinghong Ji, Shuangquan Liu, Yu Zheng, Lei Sun, Baoku Zhou

“…During the rotation period, the <i>SYI</i> value follows: chemical fertilizer combined with organic fertilizer > chemical fertilizer > organic fertilizer. …”
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The Prognostic Value and Overexpression of Cyclin A Is Correlated with Gene Amplification of both Cyclin A and Cyclin E in Breast Cancer Patient by A. Husdal, G. Bukholm, I. R. K. Bukholm

“…We have examined protein expression and gene amplification of cyclins in breast carcinomas and correlated the findings with clinical follow-up data. We have previously demonstrated that over-expression of cyclin A is associated with poor prognosis in breast cancer patients. …”
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Temporal Changes in Bacterial Profile of Burn Wound Infections in a Tertiary Care Hospital and Risk Factors for Invasion: A Prospective Cohort Study by Aarti A Gandhi, Priyanka S Prasad, Gita Nataraj, Vinita Puri

“…The most common organism isolated was Pseudomonas aeruginosa (n= 100, 27.17%) followed by Staphylococcus aureus (n=84, 22.83%), Acinetobacter baumannii (n=74, 20.11%), and Klebsiella pneumoniae (n=65, 17.66%). …”
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Antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Dermabacter hominis by Tim Kintzinger, Dennis Knaack, Sören Schubert, Uwe Groß, Robin Köck, Frieder Schaumburg

“…Lower susceptibility rates were found for ampicillin (83%, n = 25/30) followed by ceftriaxone (37%, n = 11/30) and clindamycin (27%, n = 8/30). …”
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Optimization of in vitro propagation and virus eradication using meristem culture and thermotherapy in two geranium species Pelargonium X hortorum (‘Zonal’) and Pelargonium × domes... by Maryam Karimi Alavijeh, Hossein Bayat, Dorsa Kianpour, Siamak Kalantari, Abolkarim zarei

“…Bud explants were taken from ‘Zonal’ and ‘Regal’ and were cultured in MS medium supplemented with different compositions of plant growth regulators (PGRs) as follow: A: (1 mgl− 1 Kin, 1 mgl− 1 BA, and 0.2 mgl− 1 NAA), B: (0.5 mgl− 1 Kin, 0.5 mgl− 1 BA, and 1 mgl− 1 NAA), and C: (1.5 mgl− 1 Kin and 1.5 mgl− 1 BA). …”
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Potentially actionable molecular alterations in particular related to poor oncologic outcomes in salivary gland carcinomas by Julia Pikul, Marcin M. Machnicki, Anna Rzepakowska, Natalia Winiarska, Agnieszka Chudy, Albert Moskowicz, Kacper Król, Łukasz Fus, Grażyna Kostrzewa, Tomasz Stokłosa

“…The final analysis included selected genes with potential actionable aberrations for targeted therapies and outcome predictions in 37 tumours’ samples. Results The follow-up of the SGCs study cohort revealed disease recurrence or metastasis in 19 patients and indicated poor individual outcomes. …”
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Sport innovation structure landscape in Switzerland and abroad by Christelle Ganné-Chedeville, Solange Emmenegger, Hippolyt Kempf, Cornel Gübeli

“…The analyses of institutions in other sectors shows that they help to follow ideas continuously. It takes years of continuous support to establish research results into minimal viable products. …”
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Impact of Initial Heart Rate, Diastolic Pressure, and Pulse Pressure on Prognostic Outcomes in Heart Failure Patients with Mildly Reduced Ejection Fraction by Hu H, Liu Z, Zeng J, Jiang M

“…Multivariate COX regression assessed mortality associations.Results: With a median follow-up of 33 months, overall mortality was 21.7% for heart rates ≤ 77 bpm and 30.4% for > 77 bpm. …”
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The effect of smoking on the immediate effectiveness of induction chemotherapy in the combined treatment of HPV-associated oropharyngeal cancer by P. V. Golubev, L. V. Bolotina, A. R. Gevorkov, T. I. Deshkina

“…In our study, no statistically significant effect of smoking on the immediate effectiveness of induction chemotherapy in the combined treatment of locally advanced HPV-associated squamous cell carcinoma of the oropharynx regardless of the induction regimen was found. However, a longer follow-up period is needed to evaluate the effect of smoking on long-term oncological outcomes.…”
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Heterogeneity of DNA Distribution in Diploid Cells: A New Predicitive Discriminant Factor for Solid Tumour Behaviour by Jacques Assailly, Arnaud Desgrippes, Brigitte Loridon‐Rosa, Dominique Piron, Roger Dachez, Daniel Beurton

“…For each patient, repetitive DNA measurements were performed during 1–4 years of follow up. Only cells of diploid DNA histograms and diploid subpopulations of aneuploid DNA histograms were used for analysis. …”
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Exhaustion of CD8pos central memory regulatory T cell differentiation is involved in renal allograft rejection by Florian Kälble, Jonas Leonhard, Jonas Leonhard, Martin Zeier, Oliver Zivanovic, Matthias Schaier, Andrea Steinborn

“…We were investigating whether changed differentiation of CCR7posCD45RAposCD31pos recent thymic emigrant (RTE) cells via CD45RAnegCD31pos memory (CD31pos memory) cells (pathway 1), via direct proliferation (pathway 2), or via CCR7posCD45RA+CD31neg resting mature naïve (MN) cells (pathway 3) into CD45RAnegCD31neg memory (CD31neg memory) cells affects the CD8pos Treg/Tresp ratio or identifies a CD8pos Treg/Tresp subset that predicts or confirms renal allograft rejection.ResultsWe found that RTE Treg differentiation via pathway 1 was age-independently increased in KTR, who developed graft rejection during the follow-up period, leading to abundant MN Treg and central memory Treg (CM Treg) production and favoring a strongly increased CD8pos Treg/Tresp ratio. …”
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The Magnitude of Salt Intake Behaviors and Its Predictors among Saqez Urban Population of Kurdistan District in Iran: A Cross-Sectional Study by Kolsom Khoram, Mohammad Asghari-Jafarabadi, Mehrangiz Ebrahimi-Mamagani, Behjat Shokrvash, Maral Hariri-Akbari

“…Among totally 88.5%, 87.7% men and 88.9% women followed desirable behaviors. The predictors that determine the adoption of salt control methods were sex (man) (OR = 0.71, 95% CI (0.38–1.29)), age (OR = 1.02, 95% CI = (0.99–1.05)), SES/FAS (medium, high level) (OR = 1.37, 95% CI = (0.754–2.47); OR = 0.46, 95% CI = (0.047–4.55)), blood pressure (OR = 1.33, 95% CI = (0.16–11.23)), knowledge (have) (OR = 1.01, 95% CI = (0.39–1.63)), intent to reduce salt (OR = 1.047, 95% CI = (1.03–1.06)), perceived salt reduction importance (OR = 1.02, 95% CI = (1.01–1.04)), perceived emotional support (health staff) (OR = 1.02, 95% CI = (1.01–1.04)), media (OR = 1.01, 95% CI = 0.99–1.02), perceived practical support (spouse) (OR = 1.02, 95% CI = 0.99–1.04)), and perceived self-efficacy (OR = 1.01, 95% CI = (0.99–1.03)). …”
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Cohort profile: Noncommunicable diseases and ideal cardiovascular health among people living with and without HIV in Zambia and Zimbabwe (NCDzz cohort) by Gilles Wandeler, Samuel Bosomprah, Cleophas Chimbetete, Belinda Varaidzo Chihota, Guy Muula, Carolyn Bolton-Moore, Tinei Shamu, Ardele Mandiriri, Esau Banda

“…All study measurements are repeated during yearly follow-up visits. PLWOH were recruited from the same neighbourhoods and had similar socioeconomic conditions as PLWH.Findings to date Between August 2019 and March 2023, we included 1100 adults, of whom 618 (56%) were females and 539 (49%) were PLWH. …”
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Improving coverage of antenatal iron and folic acid supplementation and malaria prophylaxis through targeted information and home deliveries in Côte d’Ivoire: a cluster randomised... by Günther Fink, Nicole Probst-Hensch, Jürg Utzinger, Siaka Koné, Daouda Dao

“…We used generalised linear regression models to assess intervention impact in postpartum anaemia and malaria parasitaemia, and displayed resulting estimates as prevalence ratios.Results Overall, 767 pregnant women were enrolled and 716 (93.3%) were followed up after delivery. Neither intervention had an impact on postpartum anaemia, with estimated adjusted prevalence ratios (aPRs) of 0.97 (95% CI 0.79 to 1.19, p=0.770) for INFO and 0.87 (95% CI 0.70 to 1.09, p=0.235) for INFO+DELIV. …”
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Validity and reliability of the Manchester Oxford Foot Questionnaire (MOXFQ) in one-year postoperative ankle fracture patients—a validation study by Michael Quan Nguyen, Marjolein Memelink Iversen, Knut Harboe, Ingvild Dalen, Aksel Paulsen

“…Methods A pragmatic cross-sectional study design was used to collect the one-year MOXFQ follow-up data from patients surgically treated for an ankle fracture in the period 2017 to 2020 at (Stavanger University Hospital). …”
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Effect of Tea Polyphenols, α-Lipoic Acid and Their Joint Use on the Antioxidant and Lipid Metabolism Performance of Hybrid Grouper (♀Epinephelus fuscoguttatus × ♂E. lanceolatu) Fed... by Xiangxiang Suo, Xiaobo Yan, Beiping Tan, Simiao Pan, Tao Li, Hao Liu, Weibin Huang, Shuang Zhang, Yuanzhi Yang, Xiaohui Dong

“…The consequences were as follows: (1) the highest weight gain rate, specific growth rate, as well as the lowest feed conversion ratio and ingestion rate were discovered in the OL team, which were opposite to the TL group. (2) The body fat content and muscle fat content in the fish oil group were the lowest (P<0.05), while those of the TL group were the highest. (3) Serum catalase, glutathione peroxidase, total antioxidant capacity, and superoxide dismutase activities were the highest, and the content of reactive oxygen species was the lowest in the OL group. (4) The OL group has the highest hepatic lipase activity and the lowest very low-density lipoprotein content of the liver. …”
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