The Nonmydriatic Fundus Camera in Diabetic Retinopathy Screening: A Cost-Effective Study with Evaluation for Future Large-Scale Application by Giuseppe Scarpa, Francesca Urban, Stela Vujosevic, Michele Tessarin, Giovanni Gallo, Annalisa Visentin, Emanuela Foglia, Lucrezia Ferrario, Edoardo Midena

“…Methods. Diabetic patients living in the town of Ponzano, Veneto Region (Northern Italy), were invited to be enrolled in the screening programme. …”
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Recommendations for improving accessibility of digital health interventions for cardiometabolic disease for ethnically diverse populations by Mel Ramasawmy, Nushrat Khan, David Sunkersing, Madiha Sajid, Shivali H Modha, Manoj Mistry, Wasim Hanif, Fiona Stevenson, Kiran Patel, Kamlesh Khunti, Paramjit Gill, Lydia Poole, Amitava Banerjee

“…A one-day workshop was held in May 2023 with key stakeholders, including people with lived experience, health professionals, technology innovators and policymakers ( n  = 34), to develop recommendations arising from the DISC study findings. …”
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Unraveling the Anti-Cancer Mechanisms of Antibiotics: Current Insights, Controversies, and Future Perspectives by Nikolaos Nektarios Karamanolis, Dimitris Kounatidis, Natalia G. Vallianou, Krystalia Dimitriou, Eleni Tsaroucha, Georgios Tsioulos, Ioanna A. Anastasiou, Evangelos Mavrothalassitis, Irene Karampela, Maria Dalamaga

“…Cancer persists as a significant global health challenge, claiming millions of lives annually despite remarkable strides in therapeutic innovation. …”
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Using Action Research and Peer Perspectives to Develop Technology That Facilitates Behavioral Change and Self-Management in COPD by Catherine McCabe, John Dinsmore, Anne Marie Brady, Gabrielle Mckee, Sharon O'Donnell, David Prendergast

“…Methods. Individuals (n=32) living with COPD at home and involved in two community based COPD support groups were invited to participate in this project. …”
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HaCaT Cells as a Reliable In Vitro Differentiation Model to Dissect the Inflammatory/Repair Response of Human Keratinocytes by Irma Colombo, Enrico Sangiovanni, Roberta Maggio, Carlo Mattozzi, Stefania Zava, Yolanda Corbett, Marco Fumagalli, Claudia Carlino, Paola Antonia Corsetto, Diletta Scaccabarozzi, Stefano Calvieri, Angela Gismondi, Donatella Taramelli, Mario Dell’Agli

“…To standardize the in vitro studies on keratinocytes, we investigated the use of HaCaT cells, a long-lived, spontaneously immortalized human keratinocyte line which is able to differentiate in vitro, as a suitable model to follow the release of inflammatory and repair mediators in response to TNFα or IL-1β. …”
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<i>Gigaspora roseae</i> and <i>Coriolopsis rigida</i> Fungi Improve Performance of <i>Quillaja saponaria</i> Plants Grown in Sandy Substrate with Added Sewage Sludge by Guillermo Pereira, Diyanira Castillo-Novales, Cristian Salazar, Cristian Atala, Cesar Arriagada-Escamilla

“…The use of living organisms to treat human by-products, such as residual sludge, has gained interest in the last years. …”
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Attitudes Regarding the Use of Ventilator Support Given a Supposed Terminal Condition among Community-Dwelling Mexican American and Non-Hispanic White Older Adults: A Pilot Study by M. Rosina Finley, Johanna Becho, R. Lillianne Macias, Robert C. Wood, Arthur E. Hernandez, David V. Espino

“…Mediator variables examined included demographics, generation, religiosity, occupation, self-reported depression, self-reported health, and activities of daily living. Results. Being first or second generation American (OR = 0.18, CI = 0.05–0.66) with no IADL disability (OR = 0.11, CI = 0.02–0.59) and having depressive symptoms (OR = 1.43, CI = 1.08–1.89) were associated with preference for ventilator support. …”
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Analysis of Volatile Compounds in a Value-Added Jerky by Incorporating Ajwain and Thyme Essential Oils by Elaine Anit, Helga Hernández, Jan Banout, Klára Urbanová

“…Various researchers have discovered that these compounds contribute biological benefits for living things such as humans and animals. Bioactive compounds found in essential oils, such as terpenes and terpenoids, possess antibacterial and flavouring qualities, making them promising natural preservatives in the food business. …”
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Basidiobolomycosis Simulating a Mycobacterium ulcerans Infection in a Togolese Rural Child by Bayaki Saka, Waguena Gnassingbe, Garba Mahamadou, Sefako Akakpo, Julienne Teclessou, Aurel Abilogun-Chokki, Abas Mouhari-Toure, Koussake Kombate, Palokinam Pitché

“…Case Report. A 5-year-old boy, living in a rural area, was seen for ulcers on the buttocks and at the back and right flank that had been in progress for 4 months. …”
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Köppen–Geiger climate classification across France based on an ensemble of high-resolution climate projections by Strohmenger, Laurent, Collet, Lila, Andréassian, Vazken, Corre, Lola, Rousset, Fabienne, Thirel, Guillaume

“…Climate change will define new living and environmental conditions in many areas in the world, deeply affecting our societies. …”
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Association of urban green and blue space with accelerated ageing: A cohort Study in the UK Biobank by YiNi Wang, XinYu Shi, Fei Yang, ShengYuan Wang, TianShu Han, Kun Ma

“…Results: After controlling for random effects and various types of covariates, we found that 1) populations with higher levels of UGBS exposure are associated with accelerated ageing and slowing down; 2) UGBS has the greatest impact on accelerated ageing within a 1000-m street network buffer distance; 3) Participants living in heavily polluted areas should pay more attention to UGBS; 4) Intermediary analysis found that UGBS mainly accelerates aging by reducing harm, rather than affecting the population's ability to recover and build. …”
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Timescales of Solar System Formation Based on Al–Ti Isotope Correlation by Supernova Ejecta by Tsuyoshi Iizuka, Yuki Hibiya, Satoshi Yoshihara, Takehito Hayakawa

“…The radioactive decay of short-lived ^26 Al– ^26 Mg has been used to estimate the timescales over which ^26 Al was produced in a nearby star and the protosolar disk evolved. …”
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Nanosensor-based imaging of realtime dopamine release in neurons derived from iPSCs of patients with Parkinson's disease by Nayeon Lee, Dakyeon Lee, Jae Hyeok Lee, Bo Seok Lee, Sungjee Kim, Jae Ho Kim, Sanghwa Jeong

“…The near-infrared fluorescence (900–1400 nm) of NIRCat allows the semi-quantitative measurement of DA release in living neurons and offers insights into cellular dynamics and neuropathological development. …”
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WHAT ARE THE CAUSES AND TYPES OF FARMER TRAUMA? A LITERATURE REVIEW by Arista Maisyaroh, Eko Prasetya Widianto, Syaifuddin Kurnianto

“…Conclusion: Work-induced injuries directly affected farmers' lives, so it is necessary to increase knowledge in recognizing the factors causing injuries and management according to the type of injury experienced.…”
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Descriptive study on oral health and pathologies in vulnerable migrant adolescents from North and West Africa by Elena Sirumal, Susell Parra-Rojas, Juliana Cassol-Spanemberg, Ana Isabel Contreras-Madrid, David Pérez-Jorge, Rocío Trinidad Velázquez-Cayón

“…These are influenced by multifactorial factors, such as living conditions in their country of origin, hygiene habits, and sugar-rich diets. …”
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Perceptions and views of key implementers on the implementation of the health-promoting school programme in the City of Tshwane, South Africa by N Mbatha, J Shirinde, C McCrindle

“…Implementers were keen on improving the lives of learners – health-wise and academically. …”
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Chyle Leak following Open Donor Nephrectomy: A Rare Complication—A Case Report by Sandeep Harkar, Dharam Vir Singh, Sanjay Kumar Gupta, Raghav Talwar, Yajvender Pratap Singh Rana

“…After complete workup, standard open retroperitoneal donor nephrectomy with drain placement was performed in 684 living renal donors. We encountered chyle leak in two cases. …”
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A single entomopathogenic nematode infection assay for Drosophila melanogaster larvae by Sreeradha Mallick, Eric Kenney, Jacob Rashap, Ioannis Eleftherianos

“…The EPN infective juvenile (IJ) stage is the free-living and non-feeding stage that seeks out suitable insects to infect. …”
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A framework for rural spatial governance based on the eco-environment oriented development mode: The case of coal mining subsidence area on the Weibei Plateau by Miaomiao Liu, Zhendong Lei, Ya Gao, Xue Li

“…In response to the developmental dilemmas of the villages’ overall decline owing to coal mining subsidence on the Weibei Plateau, an integrated transformation plan for production, living, and ecological spaces is formulated, based on which the stage-specific focuses are clarified in the holistic governance path of “space-capital-subject”. …”
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Amyloid β Enhances Typical Rodent Behavior While It Impairs Contextual Memory Consolidation by Karla Salgado-Puga, Roberto A. Prado-Alcalá, Fernando Peña-Ortega

“…This hippocampal failure contributes to the initial memory deficits observed both in patients and in AD animal models and possibly to the deterioration in activities of daily living (ADL). One typical rodent behavior that has been proposed as a hippocampus-dependent assessment model of ADL in mice and rats is burrowing. …”
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