The Use of SGLT-2 Inhibitors and GLP-1RA in Frail Older People with Diabetes: A Personalised Approach Is Required by Alan J. Sinclair, Ahmed H. Abdelhafiz

“…There is no current evidence to suggest the benefit of the new therapies in the anorexic malnourished phenotype, which is underrepresented or totally excluded from these studies, such as in patients living in care homes. This phenotype is likely to be intolerant to such therapy due to its associated risk of inducing further weight loss, dehydration, and hypotension. …”
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Towards using virtual acoustics for evaluating spatial ecoacoustic monitoring technologies by Neel P. Le Penru, Becky E. Heath, Jamie Dunning, Lorenzo Picinali, Robert M. Ewers, Sarab S. Sethi

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Distress and coping mechanisms among people with diabetes: cross-sectional assessment from an NCD screening clinic of a tertiary care hospital in North India by Madhur Verma, Shivani Sidana, Prakash Kumar, Omna Singh, Vandana Esht, Karthick Balasubramanian, Nitin Kapoor, Rakesh Kakkar, Sanjay Kalra

“…Significantly increased odds of living with DD in professionals compared to Clerical, shop-owners, farmers with less monthly average income (vs. the group with unstable income), tobacco users, and those with uncontrolled disease. …”
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Proteomic profiling of Labeo rohita intestine infected with Edwardsiella tarda: Unveiling the mucosal defense mechanisms, cell adhesion, and cytoskeletal pathways by Nevil Pinto, Mehar Un Nissa, Gowhar Iqbal, Yashwanth BS, Darshan P, Sanjeeva S, Mukunda Goswami

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Prevalence and Predictors of Overweight and Obesity Among School-Aged Children in the Country of Georgia: A Cross-Sectional Study, 2022 by Natia Kakutia, William Michael Caudle, Ziad N. Kazzi, Lela Sturua, Shalva (Davit) Zarnadze, Nana Mebonia

“…Significant associations were found between BMI and living area (p < 0.001), playing outside (p = 0.01), passive modes of transportation (e.g., cars) for school travel (p < 0.05), parental education (p = 0.03) and parental body weight (p < 0.05). …”
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Applying implementation science frameworks to understand why fisherfolk continue or discontinue pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention in Uganda: a qualitative analysis by Simon Mwima, Rhoda Kitti Wanyenze, Rose Naigino, Laura M Bogart, William Musoke, Semei C Mukama, Stella Allupo, Herbert Kadama, Barbara Mukasa

“…In the outer setting, high HIV prevalence motivated PrEP initiation, but stigma, particularly the misconception that PrEP is an antiretroviral drug used by people living with HIV, led to discontinuation.Conclusion Fisherfolk in Uganda encounter multiple barriers to PrEP continuation, with women facing more significant challenges. …”
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The adolescent experience of hereditary angioedema: a qualitative study of disease burden and treatment experience by Lynne Broderick, April Foster, Laura Tesler Waldman, Laura Bordone, Aaron Yarlas

“…Participants described ways in which HAE impacted their daily lives, including impacts on physical, social, emotional, and cognitive functioning, in addition to sleep disturbance, school-related impacts, and a need to avoid attack triggers. …”
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Exploring health related quality of life for women with breast cancer in Ireland and Québec, Canada throughout the COVID-19 pandemic by Charlotte Myers, Kathleen Bennett, Caitriona Cahir, Josée Savard, Sophie Lauzier

“…The objectives of this study were to evaluate the change in health-related quality of life (HR-QoL) from the pandemic to post-pandemic for women living with a diagnosis of BC and to assess the association between COVID-19 stressor impact and HR-QoL in Ireland and Québec, Canada. …”
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The study of pubertal stage and age of menarche in girls in Isfahan province, Iran by Nafiseh Mozafarian, Mahin Hashemipour, Mohammad Reza Maracy, Masoumeh Pourrajab, Razieh Omidi, Roya Kelishadi

“…This study aimed to determine the age of onset of puberty in healthy Iranian girls living in Isfahan province. Methods This cross- sectional study was conducted among 13,886 students aged 6–18 years. …”
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Associations of Long-term PM10 Exposure with Mortality in Dialysis Patients: A Population Based Cohort Study by Shih-Feng Chen, Yu-Hui Chien, Yu-Chin Lai, Pau-Chung Chen

“…We included 34,088 adult dialysis patients living in areas with ambient measurements of PM10, NO2, CO, and SO2 between 1 January, 2000 and 31 December, 2013. …”
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Therapeutic Effectiveness of Mirror Therapy Combined with Music Therapy on Upper Limb Motor Function in Hemiplegic Patients with Stroke by SHI Bohan, ZHU Yan, MA Shujie, XU Qian, WANG Ping, CHEN Zhu, ZHU Weijia

“…MAS grade of the upper limb of the patients in the combined treatment group was lower than that in the conventional rehabilitation group and the mirror therapy group （<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05）；However，there were no significant statistical differences in MAS grade between the mirror therapy group and the conventional rehabilitation group （<italic>P</italic>&gt;0.05）.ConclusionMirror therapy combined with music therapy can be more effective than mirror therapy alone for promoting the recovery of the upper limb function and the activities of daily living，also for alleviating the upper limb spasticity and improving the excitability the motor cortex of the affected brain area.…”
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Prevalence and Molecular Characterization of Cysticercus tenuicollis Isolated from Some Intermediate Host in Kurdistan-Iraq by Abdullah Ahmed Hama, Rostam Hama Zorab, Fatima Mohammed Ali, Awaz M. Salih, Amer Abdullah Hassan

“…Cysticercus tenuicollis (C. tenuicollis) is the larval stage infection of Taenia hydatigena, a common tapeworm of dogs and other Canidae, which has a wide range of intermediate hosts including sheep, goat, cattle, deer, camel, horse, human and other wild ruminants, the disease spreads through a contaminated water, soil and food with feces of infected dogs or other carnivores, T. hydatigena lives in the intestinal of the definitive host (carnivores) and excretes a huge number of eggs with feces daily. …”
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Creating accountable hospital service areas in China: a case analysis of health expenditure in the metropolis of Chengdu by Jay Pan, Peiya Cao, Xiaoshuang Zhao, Yili Yang

“…Objectives To delineate hospital service areas (HSAs) using the Dartmouth approach in China and identify the hypothesised demand-side, supply-side and region-specific factors of health expenditure within HSAs.Design Population-based descriptive study.Setting We selected the metropolis of Chengdu, one of the three most populous cities in China as a case for the analysis, where approximately 16.33 million residents living.Participants Individual-level in-patient discharge records (n=904 298) during the fourth quarter of 2018 (from 1 September to 31 December) were extracted from Sichuan Health Commission. …”
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Book spreaders in the towns of Samogitian principality in the XVIII century by Elmantas Meilus

“…For this reason, in 1743, the Samogitian bishop Antanas Tiškevičius banned the free book trade in his diocese and commissioned Juozas Stripeika and Martynas Maulevičius, living in Kražiai, with the task of regulating book selling. …”
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IMRAS-Immunization with radiation-attenuated Plasmodium falciparum sporozoites by mosquito bite: Cellular immunity to sporozoites, CSP, AMA1, TRAP and CelTOS. by Martha Sedegah, Michael R Hollingdale, Harini Ganeshan, Maria Belmonte, Jun Huang, Arnel Belmonte, Sandra Inoue, Rachel Velasco, Bradley Hickey, Nimfa Teneza-Mora, Joanne Lumsden, Sharina Reyes, Jo Glenna Banania, Anatalio Reyes, Ivelese Guzman, Thomas L Richie, Judith E Epstein, Eileen Villasante

“…Peripheral IFN-γ, IL2, and IFN-γ+IL2 responses were short-lived and low by 27 weeks post-CHMI but were restored by boosting.…”
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A survey on the Epidemiology of Acute Poisoning in Adults Referring to Imam Khomeini Hospital in Ardabil during 2017-2020 by Roksana Farabi, Aylin Javan-Molaei, Esmaeil Farzaneh, Saeid Sadeghieh Ahari, Sara Mostafalou

“…Most of the poisoned patients were men, married, in the age group of 21 to 30 and living in urban areas. Most of the poisonings were intentional and 33 deaths (4.4%) happened due to poisonings. …”
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Diabetes self-management education (DSME) for older persons in Western countries: A scoping review. by Pilar Camargo-Plazas, Madison Robertson, Beatriz Alvarado, Geneviève C Paré, Idevania G Costa, Lenora Duhn

“…Enabling disease self-management via relevant education is part of high-quality care to improve health outcomes and minimize complications for individuals living with diabetes. Successful diabetes self-management education (DSME) programs usually require tailoring for the intended audience; however, there is limited literature about the preferences of older persons in Western countries concerning DSME. …”
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Psychological distress and associated factors among healthcare professionals in Ethiopia during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study by Berhanie Getnet, Dessie Abebaw Angaw, Zewudu Andualem, Habtamu Kerebih, Asmamaw Atnafu, Bizuneh Tesfaye, Demeke Demilew

“…Unmarried marital status, anaesthesia professional, laboratory technologist and living with family were significantly associated with anxiety. …”
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ANTROPOLOGICAL SKETCH OF THE SOCIAL STRUCTURE OF TRANSITIONAL SOCIETY by I. M. Bondarevych, N. M. Dievochkina

“…Since they build their own strategy of their own lives more independently, it can be assumed that they are conventionally out of the social deformation zone. …”
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Relationship between social media use and disordered eating behavior among female university students in Qatar by Yara Qutteina, Catherine Nasrallah, Linda Kimmel, Salma M. Khaled

“…Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out using a probability sample of 1,418 undergraduate female students living in Qatar, a rapidly developing nation in the Middle East. …”
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