Ultrasound-Guided Genicular Nerve Thermal Radiofrequency Ablation for Chronic Knee Pain by Joshua Wong, Nicholas Bremer, Paul D. Weyker, Christopher A. J. Webb

“…Osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee is one of the most common joint diseases affecting adults in the United States. For elderly patients with multiple medical comorbidities who do not wish to undergo total knee arthroplasty (TKA), lifestyle modification, pharmacologic management, and injections are the mainstay of therapy. …”
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Schizophrenia spectrum disorders in India: A population-based study by Prakyath Ravindranath Hegde, Lakshmi P. Nirisha, Chethan Basavarajappa, Satish Suhas, Channaveerachari Naveen Kumar, Vivek Benegal, Girish N. Rao, Mathew Varghese, Gopalkrishna Gururaj, NMHS National Collaborators Group

“…Materials and Methods: The NMHS conducted a population-based cross-sectional study in 12 Indian states from 2015 to 2016, encompassing 34,802 adults. The overall study design of the NMHS was a multistage, stratified, random cluster sampling technique, incorporating random selection based on probability proportion to size at each stage. …”
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Sharing information about domestic violence and abuse in healthcare: an analysis of English guidance and recommendations for good practice by Gene Feder, Sandi Dheensa

“…Background Over two million adults experience domestic violence and abuse (DVA) in England and Wales each year. …”
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Prevalence and correlates of loneliness in the later life—insights from Longitudinal Ageing Study in India (LASI) Wave-1 by Priya Srivastava, Manushi Srivastava

“…Method: The study is based on secondary data from Longitudinal Ageing Study in India (LASI) Wave-1 (2017-2018) data collected from a total of 30,394 older adults aged 60 and above excluding missing responses. …”
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Thriving in golden years: Promoting psychological well-being for healthy ageing in India by Dhananjay W Bansod, Raghunath Mandi

“…Psychological well-being is significantly associated with healthy ageing among older adults in India (β=1.56; 95 % CI: 1.35–1.76). In addition, healthy ageing is also associated with the lifestyle behaviours like physical activity, smoking and drinking history. …”
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Follow-up Care among Medicaid Patients with Schizophrenia treated with Antipsychotics in the Inpatient Setting by Amanda M. Farr, David M. Smith, Jacqueline A. Pesa, Zhun Cao

“…**Objectives:** The objectives of this study were to describe trends in and identify factors associated with post-discharge follow-up outpatient care among Medicaid enrollees with schizophrenia treated with antipsychotics. **Methods:** Adults administered oral or long-acting injectable antipsychotic medication during a hospitalization for schizophrenia were identified in the linked MarketScan® Hospital Drug and Multi-State Medicaid Databases. …”
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Item Selection for a New Health-Related Quality of Life Measure for Parkinson’s Disease: The Preference-Based Parkinson’s Disease Index (PB-PDI) by Selina Malouka, Lizabeth Teshler, Nancy Mayo, Marla Beauchamp, Julie Richardson, Ayse Kuspinar

“…Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative condition, predominantly affecting older adults. Preference-based measures (PBMs) can be used to make decisions about the cost-utility of different treatments. …”
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Characteristics of Low Back Pain Patients at The West Aceh Health Center for The Period January 2022 - June 2023 by Adico Notareza Aulia, Safrizal Rahman, Laila Apriani Hasanah Harahap

“…Background: Around the world, 80% of adults experience low back pain (LBP). LBP frequently results in disability in sufferers, which affects many facets of life. …”
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What is the influence of single-entry models on access to elective surgical procedures? A systematic review by Deborah A Marshall, Zaheed Damani, Barbara Conner-Spady, Tina Nash, Henry Tom Stelfox, Tom W Noseworthy

“…Research varied widely in design, scope, reported outcomes and overall quality.Conclusions This is the first review to assess the influence of SEMs on access to elective surgery for adults. This review demonstrates a potential ability for SEMs to improve timeliness and patient-centredness of elective services; however, the small number of low-quality studies available does not support firm conclusions about the effectiveness of SEMs to improve access. …”
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Project-based learning as a means of forming leadership qualities in senior preschool children by G. Vatamaniuk, T. Tetiana

“…The specific capabilities of project-based learning in developing leadership qualities lie in providing opportunities for children to exhibit leadership qualities in interactions with both peers and adults; fostering various types of leadership (communicative and business, formal and informal, etc.) and the acquisition of different leadership roles (organiser, expert, idea generator, communicator); and preventing “negative” leader traits such as arrogance, dominance, and egocentrisms…”
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A systematic review of neurological symptoms and brain abnormalities in SARS-CoV-2 infections by Daniel Montoya, Jacobo Albert, Sarah Lopez-Martin

“…Five hundred and ninety five articles were retrieved and screened for specificity and brain data availability associated with SARS-CoV-2 in adults. After the selection criteria were applied, 87 articles remained, comprising 55 case reports and 32 cohort studies, which involved 711 men and 310 women. …”
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Unraveling Cochlear Dynamics: The Effect of Clicks, Tone Burst Frequencies, Polarity, and Stimulus Rates on Cochlear Microphonics in Individuals with Normal Hearing by Prajwal Kumar Eranna, Gowtham Varma, Animesh Barman

“…Methods: The study involved 32 normal-hearing adults. CM was recorded from these individuals using extratympanic CM measurement from the ear canal independently for tone burst frequencies (500 Hz, 1 kHz, 4 kHz & 8 kHz) and click stimuli having rarefaction and condensation polarity at 30.1/sec and 59.1/sec repetition rates. …”
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Mixed-Effects Modeling of Neurofeedback Self-Regulation Performance: Moderators for Learning in Children with ADHD by Agnieszka Zuberer, Franziska Minder, Daniel Brandeis, Renate Drechsler

“…Neurofeedback (NF) has gained increasing popularity as a training method for children and adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). …”
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Characterisation of Drosophila UbxCPTI000601 and hthCPTI000378 Protein Trap Lines by Siew Woh Choo, Ching Yew Beh, Steven Russell, Robert White

“…Using a hth deletion (Df(3R)BSC479) we show that hthCPTI000378/Df(3R)BSC479 adults are phenotypically normal. No transformations were observed in hthCPTI000378, hthCPTI000378/hthC1, or hthCPTI000378/Df(3R)BSC479 embryonic cuticles. …”
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PRESBYACOUSSIS: JUSTIFICATION OF DIAGNOSIS IN SCREENING CONDITIONS by K.E. Gubskaya, M.M. Baibulov, Dinara Urazalina, Gulnara Tuleshova

“…The validity of using 3 types of questionnaires in conditions of early screening of presbycusis is established: HHIE, Hearing Impairment Inventory for the Elderly; HHIA, Questionnaire for persons with hearing impairment for adults; IOI-HA, International Outcomes Registry - Hearing Aids. …”
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Cross-sectional survey on public attitudes and factors related to physician-assisted dying in Taiwan by Kevin Chien-Chang Wu, Chun-Tung Kuo, Duan-Rung Chen

“…Independent variables included individual sociodemographic characteristics, healthcare professionals, perceived quality of life, formal caregiver experience, Patient Right to Autonomy Act (PRAA) awareness and advance care planning (ACP) preparedness.Setting An online survey of the general population in Taiwan was conducted in 2022.Participants A total of 3922 Taiwanese adults who completed all survey questions.Outcome measures Agreement levels with PAD in three scenarios: terminal illnesses, unbearable non-terminal pain and severe cognitive impairments. …”
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Genetic markers and predictive model for individual differences in countermovement jump enhancement after resistance training by Tao Mei, Xiaoxia Li, Yanchun Li, Xiaolin Yang, Liang Li, Zihong He

“…Additionally, we analyze the potential biological effects of these markers and establish a predictive model for training outcomes. 193 Han Chinese adults (age: 20±1 years) underwent resistance training involving squats and bench presses at 70% 1RM, twice weekly, 5 sets×10 repetitions, for 12 weeks. …”
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Association of the abdominal aortic calcification with all-cause and cardiovascular disease-specific mortality: Prospective cohort study. by Chang Sheng, Zhou Cai, Pu Yang

“…This study aims to prospectively investigate the association between AAC and all-cause and cardiovascular disease (CVD)-specific mortality rates in a nationally representative sample of adults in the United States, using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES).…”
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The impact of polypharmacy on health outcomes in the aged: A retrospective cohort study. by Irene Boateng, Carlos Rodriguez Pascual, Paul Grassby, Zahid Asghar, Kinda Ibrahim

“…<h4>Objectives</h4>To estimate the prevalence of polypharmacy among community-dwelling adults in the UK and determine its association with mortality, hospitalization, adverse drug reactions and falls at one and five years. …”
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Symbiont Community Changes Confer Fitness Benefits for Larvae in a Vertically Transmitting Coral by Daniel Olivares‐Cordero, Courtney Timmons, Carly D. Kenkel, Kate M. Quigley

“…However, the role of shuffling in coral acclimatization to heat is understudied in coral offspring and to date has largely focused on the adults. To quantify potential fitness benefits and consequences of changes in symbiont communities under a simulated heatwave in coral early life‐history stages, we exposed larvae and juveniles of the widespread, vertically transmitting coral, Montipora digitata, to heat stress (32°C) and tracked changes in their growth, survival, photosynthetic efficiency, and symbiont community composition over time relative to controls. …”
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