Social activities and different intensities of physical activity among older adults in China: a population-based cohort study by Song Yang, Qi Zhang, Anhui Zhao, Dongye Lyu

“…Physical activity is widely recognized as a critical factor for improving health, yet the specific impact of different intensities of physical activity on the health of older adults remains underexplored.MethodsThis study addresses this gap by analyzing data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Survey (CHARLS), a nationally representative survey of a cohort of Chinese people (aged ≥45 years) from 150 counties or districts and 450 villages or urban communities across 28 provinces, who were selected by use of multistage stratified probability-proportionate-to-size sampling. …”
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Evaluation of the Threshold for an Improved Surface Water Extraction Index Using Optical Remote Sensing Data by Fajar Yulianto, Dony Kushardono, Syarif Budhiman, Gatot Nugroho, Galdita Aruba Chulafak, Esthi Kurnia Dewi, Anjar Ilham Pambudi

“…In addition to that, the results obtained when classifying water and nonwater classes for the different national priority lakes in Indonesia vary in overall accuracy from 94% to 100%.…”
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Early Neurologic Deterioration and Efficacy of Dual Antiplatelet in Anterior Versus Posterior Circulation Stroke by Yu Cui, Yi‐Han Wang, Xiang‐Ru Kong, Hui‐Sheng Chen

“…Primary outcome was occurrence of END at 7 days, defined as ≥2‐point increase in National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale score compared with baseline. …”
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Higher systemic immune-inflammation index is associated with increased risk of Parkinson’s disease in adults: a nationwide population-based study by Jiayu Zhao, Zhipeng Wu, Zhipeng Wu, Fengyin Cai, Xuejv Yu, Zhenyu Song

“…BackgroundThis study aimed to explore the association between a new inflammatory marker, systemic immune-inflammation index (SII), and the risk of Parkinson’s disease (PD) in adult population.MethodsA cross-sectional design was used, participants were recruited from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) from 2005 to 2020. …”
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Coastal Sceneries of Albania, An Emerging 3S Destination: Analysis of Physical Characteristics and Human Activity Impacts by Alfredo Fernández Enríquez, Alexis Mooser, Giorgio Anfuso, Javier García-Onetti

“…This is particularly the case of Albania, a very popular emerging “Sun, Sea and Sand” (3S) destination characterized by massive fluxes of national/international visitors during the summer period. …”
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Philosophy and Sociology Studies by S. A. Kravchenko, A. V. Shestopal

“…Other works Shishkin, including monograph "XX century and the moral values of humanity", played a in reorienting national philosophy from class interests to universal moral principles. …”
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Alkaloids of narrow-leaved lupine as a factor determining alternative ways of the crop’s utilization and breeding by M. A. Vishnyakova, A. V. Kushnareva, T. V. Shelenga, G. P. Egorova

“…Despite wide prospects for use in various areas of the national economy, unstable productivity and susceptibility to diseases hinder the production of this crop. …”
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Accuracy of Established Prognostic Staging Systems for Cardiac Transthyretin Amyloidosis in the Tafamidis Era by Maximilian Leo Müller, MD, Sebastian Spethmann, MD, Daniel Messroghli, MD, Anna Brand, MD, Isabel Mattig, MD, Katrin Hahn, MD, Ulf Landmesser, MD, Bettina Heidecker, MD

“…Background: Biomarker-based prognostic staging systems, including the National Amyloidosis Centre (NAC) and the Mayo staging systems, are widely-used but have only been validated for treatment-naive patients with cardiac transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTR-CA). …”
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Multi-scenario modeling of regional dual-carbon target achievement and air quality improvement: A case study of Zhejiang province by Yuxin Yang

“…The results indicate that (1) the industrial, transport, and residential sectors contribute over 84.7% of energy consumption, CO2 emissions, and air pollutant emissions from 2020 to 2060, identifying them as key targets for mitigation strategies; (2) carbon peaking is not projected under the baseline scenario, but is expected by 2040 in the low-carbon scenario and 2029 in the deep low-carbon scenario, with a peak emission of 208.821 million tons, primarily driven by reductions in the industrial sector; (3) air pollutant emissions across scenarios rank as O3, NO2, PM10, PM2.5, and SO2, indicating the need for stronger O3 control; and (4) the proportion of days meeting national air quality standards remains unchanged, implying further action is necessary to improve air quality. …”
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Looking beyond the ER, PR, and HER2: what’s new in the ARsenal for combating breast cancer? by Tryambak Pratap Srivastava, Ruby Dhar, Subhradip Karmakar

“…From the settings of developing nations, this may provide useful insight by integrating recent advances in AR-targeted therapies and exploring their translational potential, emphasizing the critical need for further research to optimize AR-based therapeutic strategies for breast cancer management.…”
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Association between non-insulin-based insulin resistance surrogate makers and Helicobacter pylori infection: a population-based study by Jiayu Qiu, Yueming Yu, Dingwei Liu, Sihai Chen, Youhua Wang, Jianxiang Peng, Jinliang Xie, Chengyun Wu, Feng Zhou, Hui Fang, Qirui Lai, Yong Xie

“…Methods This cross-sectional study involving 939 U.S. participants from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999–2000. …”
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Stroke Event Factors among Adult Patients Admitted to Stroke Unit of Jimma University Medical Center: Prospective Observational Study by Ginenus Fekadu, Hunduma Wakassa, Firew Tekle

“…Majority of patients (40.5%) showed severe neurological deficit on admission and the mean National Institute of health stroke scale (NIHSS) was 15.71 ± 7.52. …”
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Physicians Skills Library by Sema Arıcı, Yıldız Kayalı, Fatma Selman

“…However, it has been observed that physicians, especially in their first years, feel inadequate when performing some skills and perform them without self-confidence.The aim of our study is to enable students to develop their basic medical skills by practicing as much as they want and participating in the period they want (from Term 1 to Term 6) with the training program we have created under the name of the Basic Medical Skills Library and to enable them to perform their skills confidently, accurately and stress-free.Methods: A training program was created for Biruni University Faculty of Medicine students to practice in the basic medical skills section of the national core training program. Applications were received from students through a system, with a maximum of 15 people in a class, according to this curriculum. …”
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Strategies to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on child and youth well-being: a scoping review protocol by Jeanna Parsons Leigh, Henry T Stelfox, Perri R Tutelman, Diane L Lorenzetti, Melanie C Anglin, Kirsten M Fiest, Stephana Julia Moss, Emily A FitzGerald, Stacie Smith, Micaela Harley, Kathryn Birnie, Sara J Mizen

“…Findings of this study will be disseminated at national and international conferences and will inform our pan-Canadian multidisciplinary team of researchers, public, health professionals and knowledge users to codesign and pilot test a digital psychoeducational health tool—an interactive, web-based tool to help Canadian youth and their families address poor mental well-being resulting from and persisting beyond the COVID-19 pandemic.…”
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LITHUANIAN EMIGRANTS’ SATISFACTION WITH THEIR HOLIDAY IN HOMELAND by Viktorija Grigaliūnaitė, Lina Pilelienė

“…Tourist satisfaction, its determinants and consequences are highly influenced by the context of tourism, tourist purposes, and tourist nationality. The empirical findings in this study provide a new understanding of tourist satisfaction considering emigrants as tourists in their motherland. …”
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Irrational medicine use and its associated factors in conflict-affected areas in Mali: a cross-sectional study by Mohamed Ali Ag Ahmed, Alassane Seydou, Issa Coulibaly, Karina Kielmann, Raffaella Ravinetto

“…Results The average number of medicines per prescription was 3.89 ± 1.83; out of these, 94.0% were prescribed by generic name, and 91.0% belonged to Mali’s National List of Essential Medicines. Overall, 68% of the assessed prescriptions included antibiotics; 58% included injectables; and 75.79% were characterized by polypharmacy, i.e. more than two medicines per prescription. …”
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Impact of introducing transnasal endoscopy on expanding diagnostic endoscopy services by Nigel Trudgill, Hasan Haboubi, Jeff Turner, Laura Munglani, Tom Crosby, Ben Thomas Crosby, Karen Wright, Kay Charles, Wendy Evans, Megan Mathias, Stevie Davies, Badr Abdalla

“…TNE outperformed TOE in obtaining >95% success rate in nationally approved key performance indicators (retroflexion and duodenal intubation, both p=0.026). …”
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Weight status of children aged 2-5 years old, attending a paediatric outpatient clinic and its association with parental feeding style and parental perceptions of weight status by Aisling Lee, Helen Callaghan, Dara Gallagher, Annette Lalor, Louise Rattigan, Hilary Greaney, Laura Keaver

“…Statistical significance was set at p Discussion/Conclusion: The childhood overweight and obesity rates within this cohort are slightly above the national rates for childhood obesity. Parental awareness of childhood overweight/obesity was found to be poor as illustrated in previous studies. …”
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The perceived workload of first-line healthcare professionals during neonatal resuscitation by Hai-Bo Huang, Kui Sang, Ming Zhou, Lin Yi, Jiang-Qin Liu, Chuan-Zhong Yang, Brenda H.Y. Law, Georg M. Schmölzer, Po-Yin Cheung

“…Background: Neonatal resuscitation is stressful for healthcare professionals as measured using the National Aeronautics and Space Administration-Task Load Index (NASA-TLX). …”
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TOWARDS A GREEN UNIVERSITY: CASE OF LITHUANIAN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS by Rasa Bartkutė, Vitalija Skėruvienė

“…Various documents related to the Sustainable Development Goals (United Nations, 2015) and their implementation show that without an education system, without education, it is difficult to achieve sustainability. …”
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