Direct collaboration between hospitals and NGOs, an essential tool to reinforce linkage to care in people living with HIV by Teresa Aldámiz-Echevarria, Chiara Fanciulli, Mónica Lopez, Leire Perez, Francisco Tejerina, David Sanchez, Blanca Lodeiros, Juan Carlos López, Juan Berenguer, Jose Maria Bellon, Maria Ferris, Mario Blazquez, Almudena Calvo, Mario Domene, Oswaldo Vegas, Carmen Rodriguez, Patricia Muñoz, Paloma Gijon, Pedro Montilla, Elena Bermudez, Maricela Valerio, Roberto Alonso, Belen Padilla, Critina Ventimilla, Cristina Diez

“…In multivariate analysis, that included all PLHIV seen for the first time in the ID Unit between 2019 and 2022, lack of healthcare coverage was the only independent predictor of lost to FU that reached statistical significance (HR 5.19, CI 2.76–9.47). …”
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Resting Heart Rate and Long-Term Outcomes in Patients with Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Results from a 10-Year Follow-Up of the CORFCHD-PCI Study by Ying-Ying Zheng, Ting-Ting Wu, You Chen, Xian-Geng Hou, Yi Yang, Xiang Ma, Yi-Tong Ma, Jin-Ying Zhang, Xiang Xie

“…The present study indicated that the resting heart rate is an independent predictor of adverse long-term outcomes in CAD patients who underwent PCI.…”
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Analyzing Iran's Legislative Criminal Policy in Dealing with Environmental Terrorism, Emphasizing the Need for Criminalization and Preventive Measures by behrouz sepehri, Nourooz Kargari, mohammad ashouri, ghassem ghassemi

“…Introduction: environmental security, is a necessary condition for the health and continuity of human life on earth and due to the vital, widespread and inevitable dependence of humans on the environment, if the environmental security is taken away and it is removed from the possibility of healthy living, as a result of the goal or the means of placing the environment, following environmental terrorism, with various methods such as polluting the natural and man-made environment with dangerous substances, extensive and irreparable damage is caused to human life and health And often, the most obvious effects of damage to the safety and health of the environment appear in the form of epidemics, and on the other hand, the cross-border effects of such actions and the possibility of transferring the said effects from through the flow of air or water or the carriers of disease agents to countries and regions beyond the place of the accident, and the possibility of spreading some of these effects on the life and health of future generations, reveals the seriousness of the danger of environmental terrorism, hence, The purpose of this thesis is to explain the vital necessity of legal, technical and specialized contrast, against environmental terrorism in the form of an efficient criminal policy with international interaction, with emphasizing the extent and irreparability of the effects caused by environmental terrorism, and the necessity and importance of preventive measures.Materials and Methods:  In terms of the goal, the current research will cause expansion the legal theories and doctrine and complete the previous theories with the fundamental method of the research results, and also with the practical approach, effective practical solutions to deal with environmental terrorism will be presented, and on the other hand, the materials and information used in the research, They are collected with the library method and after collecting and categorizing the materials and information, with the descriptive-analytical method, the findings and the collected materials are analyzed logically and legally and they are used as the basis of citation to strengthen the approach of the researcher in the relevant subject.Results: In a comprehensive and efficient criminal policy to contrast against environmental terrorism, in addition to criminalizing this criminal phenomenon along with the real conceptology and in addition to recognizing its specific elements, it is expected that with the necessary criminal measures, specialized measures will be taken to identify and criminalize behaviors that it has a preliminary aspect to dangerous crimes, and it is possible that environmental terrorism is also committed through them, and therefore, in order to prevent this criminal phenomenon, criminalize such behaviors in the form of obstruction crimes seems necessary.Discussion: In Iran's criminal system, environmental terrorism has not been considered as an independent criminal behavior, with specific elements and specific conditions, However, due to the inherent of the behaviors related to environmental terrorism, this type of terrorism is inherently reprehensible, and as a rule, it can be included in various legal elements in the criminal laws, and on the other hand, due to the analogy of some elements of this criminal phenomenon with the destruction of the earth, According to jurisprudence, significant examples of environmental terrorism behaviors can be considered as examples of corruption in the land subject to Article 286 of the Islamic Penal Code (approved in 2012). …”
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Metagenomic insights into the development of microbial communities of straw and leaf composts by Anastasiia K. Kimeklis, Anastasiia K. Kimeklis, Grigory V. Gladkov, Olga V. Orlova, Tatiana O. Lisina, Alexey M. Afonin, Alexey M. Afonin, Tatiana S. Aksenova, Arina A. Kichko, Alla L. Lapidus, Evgeny V. Abakumov, Evgeny V. Abakumov, Evgeny E. Andronov

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Early release of circulating tumor cells after transarterial chemoembolization hinders therapeutic response in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma by María L. Espejo-Cruz, Sandra González-Rubio, Juan J. Espejo, Javier M. Zamora-Olaya, María Prieto-Torre, Clara I. Linares, Álvaro Ruiz-Ramas, Álvaro Jiménez-Arranz, Marta Guerrero-Misas, Pilar Barrera-Baena, Antonio Poyato-González, José L. Montero, Marina Sánchez-Frías, María D. Ayllón, Manuel L. Rodríguez-Perálvarez, Manuel de la Mata, Gustavo Ferrín

“…Larger tumor size [OR: 1.9 (95% CI: 1.1–3.3), p = 0.020] and CTC increase at D1 [OR: 5.3 (95% CI: 1.3–21.0), p = 0.017] were independent predictors of non-response to TACE, especially for those patients with hypervascular lesions. …”
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Influence of preoperative variables on the 3-month functional outcomes of the Vivity extended depth-of-focus intraocular lens: a prospective case series by Giacomo Savini, Alice Galzignato, Catarina P. Coutinho, Jinhai Huang, Yue Wu, Piero Barboni, João Mendanha Dias, Filomena J. Ribeiro, Domenico Schiano-Lomoriello

“…Visual disturbances and spectacle independence were assessed with McAlinden and IOLSAT questionnaires, respectively. …”
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Preoperative and Postoperative Bone Mineral Density Change and Risk Factor Analysis in Patients with a GH-Secreting Pituitary Adenoma by Li’nan Qin, Xiaopeng Guo, Lu Gao, Zihao Wang, Chenzhe Feng, Kan Deng, Wei Lian, Bing Xing

“…BMD Z score was negatively correlated with disease duration and IGF-1 burden in patients with GH-secreting pituitary adenomas, and IGF-1 burden was an independent risk factor for reduced lumbar-spine BMD Z score.…”
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Usability and Usefulness of a Symptom Management Coaching System for Patients With Cancer Treated With Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors: Comparative Mixed Methods Study by Savannah Lucia Caterina Glaser, Itske Fraterman, Noah van Brummelen, Valentina Tibollo, Laura Maria Del Campo, Henk Mallo, Sofie Wilgenhof, Szymon Wilk, Vitali Gisko, Vadzim Khadakou, Ronald Cornet, Manuel Ottaviano, Stephanie Medlock

“…Usability problems were extracted from the interview data by independent coding and mapped to an eHealth Usability Problem Framework. …”
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Cis‐Regulation of an m6A Eraser by an Insertion Variant Associated with Survival of Patients With Non‐Small Cell Lung Carcinoma by Lei Cheng, Qiangsheng Hu, Yanan Wang, Wei Nie, Haijiao Lu, Bo Zhang, Genming Zhao, Shiyun Ding, Feng Pan, Yinchen Shen, Runbo Zhong, Ruoxin Zhang

“…Notably, the rs151198415 locus, situated in a potential enhancer region, demonstrated a prolonged survival effect with the C>CCACG insertion, which is validated in an independent prospective cohort (n = 237), yielding a pooled hazard ratio of 0.72 (p = 0.007). …”
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Species Distribution Model and Conservation of Mentaok (Wrightia javanica) in Indonesia by Sutomo, Nida Humaida, Luthfi Wahab, Muhammad Hadi Saputra, Fitri Kurniawati, Muhammad Bima Atmaja, Eko Pujiono, Jalma Giring Sukmawati, Aditya Hani, Rajif Iryadi, Wieke Herningtyas, Reni Setyo Wahyuningtyas

“…The methodology used involved collecting occurrence and environmental data of W. javanica, conducting species distribution modeling using the maximum entropy algorithm, evaluating the model's accuracy, and performing an independent assessment of the area of occupancy (AOO) and extensive occurrence (EOO) using the geospatial conservation assessment tool (GeoCAT). …”
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A One Health approach for the genomic characterization of antibiotic-resistant Campylobacter isolates using Nanopore whole-genome sequencing by Ana Hurtado, Medelin Ocejo, Beatriz Oporto, José Luis Lavín, Ruth Rodríguez, María Ángeles Marcos, Mikel Urrutikoetxea-Gutiérrez, Mikel Urrutikoetxea-Gutiérrez, Miriam Alkorta, Miriam Alkorta, Miriam Alkorta, José María Marimón, José María Marimón

“…Genotypic resistance profiles were independent of genotypes, indicating no apparent association between resistance and phylogenetic origin. …”
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TMEM187-IRAK1 Polymorphisms Associated with Rheumatoid Arthritis Susceptibility in Tunisian and French Female Populations: Influence of Geographic Origin by Olfa Khalifa, Nathalie Balandraud, Nathalie Lambert, Isabelle Auger, Jean Roudier, Audrey Sénéchal, David Geneviève, Christophe Picard, Gérard Lefranc, Isabelle Touitou, Bakridine M’Madi Mrenda, Cécilia Benedito, Etienne Pardoux, Anne-Laure Gagez, Yves-Marie Pers, Christian Jorgensen, Touhami Mahjoub, Florence Apparailly

“…These results were confirmed by a meta-analysis replication study including two independent Greek and Korean cohorts. The rs1059702 C major allele was significantly associated with RA, only with French women. …”
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Le mouvement étudiant et la question des langues en Algérie (1962-1965) : à propos d’un épisode méconnu de l’histoire de l’UGEMA-UNEA by Yassine Temlali

“…In reconstructing this obscure episode in the light of many sources, including the accounts of participants, this article explores the attitude of the student movement, in the immediate post-independence period (1962–1965), to the question of Berber languages, which were spoken by a fifth of the population but which at the time enjoyed no explicit juridical status. …”
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Pulmonary aspergillosis in US Veterans with COVID-19: a nationwide, retrospective cohort study by Kaitlin Swinnerton, Nathanael R. Fillmore, Ikwo Oboho, Janet Grubber, Mary Brophy, Nhan V Do, Paul A Monach, Westyn Branch-Elliman

“…Multivariate logistic regression was used to estimate the independent effects of these variables via adjusted odds ratios (aOR). …”
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Surgical Outcomes and Sociodemographic Disparities Across All Races: An ACS-NSQIP and NHIS Multi-Institutional Analysis of Over 7.5 Million Patients by Dany Y. Matar, BA, Samuel Knoedler, Anthony Y. Matar, BS, Sarah Friedrich, PhD, Harriet Kiwanuka, MD, Ryoko Hamaguchi, MD, Carla M. Hamwi, BS, Gabriel Hundeshagen, MD, MMS, Valentin Haug, MD, Ulrich Kneser, MD, PhD, Keisha Ray, PhD, Dennis P. Orgill, MD, PhD, Adriana C. Panayi, MD, PhD

“…Racial groups (excluding Hispanic patients) with superior surgical outcomes from the NSQIP analysis were found in the NHIS analysis to report higher wealth, better healthcare access, improved food security, greater functional and societal independence, and lower frailty. Conclusions:. Our study underscores racial disparities in surgical outcomes. …”
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The Joint Association of Sleep Quality and Outdoor Activity with Asthma and Allergic Rhinitis in Children: A Cross-Sectional Study in Shanghai by Lu R, Zhang Y, Chen Y, Lyu J, Li R, Kang W, Zhao A, Ning Z, Hu Y, Lin X, Tong S, Lu Z, Li S

“…These associations were independent of sleep duration, but being stronger in sleep sufficiency group. …”
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Laser interaction with undercritical foams of different spatial structures by J. Limpouch, V. Tikhonchuk, O. Renner, Sh. Agarwal, T. Burian, J. Červenka, J. Dostál, R. Dudžák, D. Ettel, A. Gintrand, L. Hudec, L. Juha, O. Klimo, M. Krupka, M. Krus, T. Lastovicka, R. Liska, W. Nazarov, S. K. Singh, M. Šilhavík, S. Weber

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Prevalence and antibiotic resistance patterns of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii strains isolated from chicken droppings on poultry farms in Gondar city, Northwe... by Mitkie Tigabie, Muluneh Assefa, Yalewayker Gashaw, Azanaw Amare, Aklilu Ambachew, Sirak Biset, Feleke Moges

“…Fisher's exact test was used to observe an appropriate association between independent variables and the occurrence of isolates. …”
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Multidrug-Resistant <i>Acinetobacter baumannii</i>: Risk Factors for Mortality in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital by Kristina Černiauskienė, Astra Vitkauskienė

“…Logistic regression analysis showed that a duration of the effective antibiotic treatment of ≤6 days, invasive mechanical ventilation, combination therapy, aged >58 years, and the absence of co-infection were independent predictors of in-hospital mortality. Conclusions: MDR <i>A. baumannii</i> infections pose a significant threat to human health not only due to multidrug resistance but also due to high mortality. …”
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Prevalence, Incidence and Predictors of Anal HPV Infection and HPV-Related Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions in a Cohort of People Living with HIV by Margherita Sambo, Alessandra Bailoni, Federico Mariani, Massimo Granai, Natale Calomino, Virginia Mancini, Anna D’Antiga, Francesca Montagnani, Mario Tumbarello, Stefano Lazzi, Franco Roviello, Massimiliano Fabbiani

“…A CD4 cell count > 500/mmc was an independent predictor of HPV clearance. HPV vaccination was performed on 30.9% of patients. …”
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