Development and Validation of LAMP Assays for Distinguishing MPXV Clades with Fluorescent and Colorimetric Readouts by Nazente Atceken, Sara Asghari Dilmani, Ahmed Choukri Abdullah, Mutlu Sarıkaya, Defne Yigci, Gozde Korkmaz, Savas Tasoglu

“…The LAMP technique has the advantages of not requiring thermal cycling and achieving higher amplification in a shorter time compared to qPCR. Different types of LAMP assays were developed in this study to benefit from these advantages. …”
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Blockchain enabled policy-based access control mechanism to restrict unauthorized access to electronic health records by Nadeem Yaqub, Jianbiao Zhang, Muhammad Irfan Khalid, Weiru Wang, Markus Helfert, Mansoor Ahmed, Jungsuk Kim

“…As a result, any Subject can know at any time who currently has the right to access his data. …”
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No impairment of quality of life after radiotherapy for prostate cancer by Maria M. Meier, Oliver Koelbl, Isabella Gruber

“…Patients completed the questionnaires after a median time of 60.3 and 65.2 months after salvage and definitive radiotherapy. …”
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Association between Red Blood Cell Distribution Width and In-Hospital Mortality among Congestive Heart Failure Patients with Diabetes among Patients in the Intensive Care Unit: A R... by Kai Zhang, Yu Han, Yu Xuan Gao, Fang Ming Gu, Tianyi Cai, Rui Hu, Zhao Xuan Gu, Jia Ying Liang, Jia Yu Zhao, Min Gao, Bo Li, Dan Cui

“…The primary outcome of the study was in-hospital mortality at the time of hospital discharge. We examined the association between RDW on ICU admission and in-hospital mortality using multivariable logistic regression models, restricted cubic spline analysis, and subgroup analysis. …”
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Application Effect of Transparent Supervision Based on Informatization in Prevention and Control of Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Nosocomial Infection by Xiaoqin Wu, Quansheng Lu, Guo Feng, Hongxia Kan, Liran Shi

“…We performed transparent supervision on CRKP patients detected by the real-time monitoring system for nosocomial infection. …”
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Military medicine and morale: Perceptions of inequities in triage impact national security by Tanisha M. FAZAL, Jane L. SUMNER, Jessica KORONA-BAILEY, Tracey Pérez KOEHLMOOS

“…Women, married respondents, and those with a longer time in their unit had lower morale scores. Discussion: Respondents who received a randomly assigned prompt indicating that they would be less likely to receive medical care if injured on the battlefield report significantly lower levels of morale compared to respondents who did not receive this prompt. …”
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Correlation between macroscopic and microscopic mechanical behavior of tuff material under uniaxial compression by Jin Linlin, Ma Hongfa, Yu Jiang, Wang Feng, Yin Dawei, Qu Xiao, Yang Yingsong, Tao Minghao

“…Crack formation around mineral boundaries resulted in sharp increases in acoustic emission (AE) counts and slight stress fluctuations, whereas the development of shear cracks within minerals stabilized AE counts over time. Energy evolution patterns from numerical simulations mirrored experimental observations, highlighting energy accumulation in the pre-peak phase and rapid dissipation post-peak. …”
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Strategic Coupling and Its Impact on the Survival of Taiwan-Invested Enterprises in Chinese Mainland: A Configuration-Based Perspective by Sun Jiping, Wei Suqiong, You Xiaojun, Chen Jindong

“…Synthesizing the results of high survival rate configurations, the strategic coupling relationships between the mainland and TDI enterprises evolved from captive coupling (2001-2007) to cooperative coupling (2008-2013) and reciprocal coupling (2014-2021), with locational advantage and spatial stickiness increasing over time. The key factors influencing TDI shifted from labor costs to regional market size and then to high value-added, innovation-driven fields with more mainland cooperation. …”
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Neurobehavioral Mechanism of Cross-Education Phenomenon in the Upper Limb Based on Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy by PAN Yingying, WANG Menghuan, WANG Yixiu, XIE Min, JIANG Zhongli, LIN Feng

“…Purdue pegboard training with the contralateral upper limb of unilateral limb was taken as the contralateral training, and the number of Purdue pegboard plug-ins completed within a limited time as the task performance. fNIRS was used to collect the cerebral hemodynamic changes of healthy right-handed individuals after contralateral training when the left and right hand performed operational activities and record the behavioral data, and compare the cerebral cortex activation and behavioral performance of the left and right hands before and after contralateral training.ResultsAfter contralateral training, the performance of the left hand was significantly better than that before training (<italic>t</italic>=-8.865, <italic>P</italic>&lt;0.010), while the performance of the right hand did not change after training (<italic>t</italic>=-1.689, <italic>P</italic>=0.606). …”
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Habitat Distributions and Abundance of Four Wild Herbivores on the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau: A Review by Tian Qiao, Chiwei Xiao, Zhiming Feng, Junzhi Ye

“…Understanding the change in the habitat distributions and abundance of wildlife in space and time is critical for the conservation of biodiversity and mitigate human–wildlife conflicts (HWCs). …”
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Use of computerised adaptive testing to reduce the number of items in patient-reported hip and knee outcome scores: an analysis of the NHS England National Patient-Reported Outcome... by Jose Maria Valderas, Andrew D Toms, Jonathan Peter Evans, Christopher Gibbons

“…In the context of 160 000 yearly assessments, these methodologies could result in the omission of some 1 280 000 redundant questions per year, which equates to 40 000 hours of patient time.Conclusion The application of IRT to the OHS and OKS produces an efficient and substantially reduced CAT. …”
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Pleomorphic Adenoma of the Parotid: Extracapsular Dissection Compared with Superficial Parotidectomy—A 10-Year Retrospective Cohort Study by Maria Giulia Cristofaro, Eugenia Allegra, Amerigo Giudice, Walter Colangeli, Davide Caruso, Ida Barca, Mario Giudice

“…The type of surgery performed was ED in 153 patients (77.27%, 80 males and 73 females) and SP in 45 patients (22.73%, 21 males and 24 females). The mean follow-up time was 61.02 +/− 4.9 months for the patients treated with ED and 66.4 +/− 4.5 months for the patients treated with SP. …”
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A new approach to children’s work that prioritises resilience, well-being and agency: emerging findings from a ‘cash plus’ intervention in Bangladesh by Neil Howard, Keetie Roelen, Giel Ton, Mauricio Espinoza Hermoza, Saklain Al Mamun, Kabita Chowdhury, Taslima Aktar, Lopita Huq

“…Research into impact was rooted in contribution analysis and combined bimonthly monitoring surveys administered by the community mobilisers; surveys at multiple time points; three rounds of targeted focus group discussions; three rounds of key informant interviews with case study households; community mobiliser diaries; and ethnographic observation.Results and conclusions The results strongly suggest that UCTs reduce poverty, increase economic resilience; improve well-being; and generate various household-level improvements that relate directly and indirectly to children’s work. …”
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A vacuum lyophilization and bacterial tablet-based method for culture medium evaluation and potential use in probiotic products by Wen Cui, Liang Zhao, Yuwen Shi, Wei Feng, Xiao Chen, Hui Liu

“…However, this method requires highly complicated biosafety management, detailed standard strains record-keeping and substantial working time.Methods and resultsBacterial tablet is considered to be a novel strategy for bacteria culture medium evaluation. …”
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Evaluation of external and radiological landmark methods for optimizing ultrasound-guided right internal jugular venous catheterization depth in cardiac surgery by Artid Samerchua, Panuwat Lapisatepun, Pattaranee Srichairatanakool, Tanyong Pipanmekaporn, Wariya Sukhupragarn, Settapong Boonsri, Nutchanart Bunchungmongkol, Lalita Huntrakul

“…Ninety-seven adult cardiac surgery patients underwent real-time ultrasound-guided right IJV catheterization, with placement at the superior vena cava-right atrium (SVC-RA) junction under TEE guidance. …”
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Modifiable facilitators and barriers to exercise adherence in older adults with MCI/dementia using the Theoretical Domains Framework: a systematic review protocol by Jie Wang, Lina Wang, Xueting Zhen, Hang Yan, Hong Tao, Yaxiu Cai, Haiqin Chen, Chenxi Ge

“…Basing on the TDF, we will map identified modifiable facilitators and barriers of literature to the domains of TDF.Ethics and dissemination This review will summarise modifiable facilitators and barriers to exercise adherence for older adults with MCI/dementia for the first time. Ethical approval is not required as no primary data are collected. …”
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Integrating general practitioners’ and patients’ perspectives in the development of a digital tool supporting primary care for older patients with multimorbidity: a focus group stu... by Ingmar Schäfer, Vivienne Jahns, Valentina Paucke, Dagmar Lühmann, Martin Scherer, Julia Nothacker

“…Discussions were transcribed verbatim and analysed using content analysis.ResultsGPs wanted to avoid unnecessary and time-consuming functions and did not want to explore problems that they could not provide solutions for. …”
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Identification of species in the genus Nitraria L. (Nitrariaceae) based on nucleotide variability of nuclear ribosomal DNA by T. A. Poliakova, E. V. Banaev, M. A. Tomoshevich

“…Information about the nucleotide variability of fragments is given for the first time by us. The ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 region contained 17 phylogenetically informative single-nucleotide polymorphisms. …”
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Application of PNR Detection in the Diagnosis and Drug-efficacy Evaluation of Diabetic Kidney Disease in Rats by ZHANG Naiqun, YUAN Piaopiao, CAO Linrong, YING Na, YANG Taotao

“…The early changes in PNR and U-ACR were monitored and compared, followed by timely intervention with valsartan and fosinopril sodium. …”
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Mobilising knowledge with nurses practicing during the Covid-19 pandemic: Prioritising strategies for enhancing nurses’ psychological wellbeing in the workplace by E. Rowland, A. Conolly, R. Abrams, R. Harris, J. Maben

“…Following study completion, efforts focused on mobilising knowledge through the development strategies (outputs) to better support nurses’ psychological wellbeing during future pandemics and inform healthcare policy (outcome) that over time, could potentially lead to real-world impact from our research.In healthcare, demonstrating research impact is important yet complex. …”
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