Validity of Accelerometers for the Evaluation of Energy Expenditure in Obese and Overweight Individuals: A Systematic Review by Silvia Pisanu, Andrea Deledda, Andrea Loviselli, Inge Huybrechts, Fernanda Velluzzi

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Implications for the diagnosis of aspiration and aspergillosis in critically ill patients with detection of galactomannan in broncho-alveolar lavage fluids by Simon Dubler, Michael Etringer, Christoph Lichtenstern, Thorsten Brenner, Stefan Zimmermann, Paul Schnitzler, Bettina Budeus, Fabian Rengier, Paulina Kalinowska, Yuan Lih Hoo, Markus A. Weigand

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Effective and Engaging Active Learning in the Medical School Classroom: Lessons from Case-Based Collaborative Learning by Henrike C. Besche, Randall W. King, Keri M. Shafer, Sarah E. Fleet, Julia F. Charles, Tamara B. Kaplan, Katie A. Greenzang, Melanie P. Hoenig, Richard M. Schwartzstein, Barbara A. Cockrill, Krisztina Fischer

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Suicide following the death of a sibling: a nationwide follow-up study from Sweden by Ichiro Kawachi, Jan Saarela, Mikael Rostila

“…Associations with other main causes of death—such as external other than suicide, cardiovascular diseases or cancer—were generally much smaller and statistically not significant in either sex. …”
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Targeting MDM2 affects spastin protein levels and functions: implications for HSP treatment by Francesca Sardina, Federica Polverino, Sonia Valentini, Claudia Carsetti, Elisabetta Falvo, Giada Tisci, Silvia Soddu, Fabiola Moretti, Alessandro Paiardini, Cinzia Rinaldo

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La implementación de la política pública de salud sexual y reproductiva (SSR) en el Eje Cafetero colombiano: el caso del embarazo adolescente by Sara E. del Castillo Matamoros, André Noël Roth Deubel, Clara Inés Wartski Patiño, Ricardo Rojas Higuera, Orlando Arnulfo Chacón Barliza

“…La política nacional de salud sexual y reproductiva (SSR) definida en Colombia en 2002 por el Ministerio de la Protección Social para los años 2002 a 2006 señala los temas prioritarios en este campo: maternidad segura, planificación familiar, salud sexual y reproductiva de las y los adolescentes, cáncer de cuello uterino, infecciones de transmisión sexual y reproductiva, VIH/SIDA, y violencia doméstica y sexual. …”
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Factors Associated with the Incidence and Severity of New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation in Adult Critically Ill Patients by Péricles A. D. Duarte, Gustavo Elias Leichtweis, Luiza Andriolo, Yasmim A. Delevatti, Amaury C. Jorge, Andreia C. Fumagalli, Luiz Claudio Santos, Cecilia K. Miura, Sergio K. Saito

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The outcomes of recent patient safety education interventions for trainee physicians and medical students: a systematic review by Charles Vincent, Nick Sevdalis, Sonal Arora, Paul Baker, Matthew A Kirkman, Maria Ahmed

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Identification of KIFC1 as an independent prognostic marker in renal clear cell carcinoma correlates with tumor proliferation and immune infiltration by Bin Du, Jia Wang, Jinping Zheng, Jing Huo, Pu Wang

“…Abstract Renal clear cell carcinoma (ccRCC) is the world's most common form of cancer. Up to a third will develop metastases; the 5-year survival rate of the patients was only 14%. …”
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Development of an interpretable machine learning model based on CT radiomics for the prediction of post acute pancreatitis diabetes mellitus by Xiyao Wan, Yuan Wang, Ziyi Liu, Ziyan Liu, Shuting Zhong, Xiaohua Huang

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Evaluation of Phytochemical Content and the Antioxidant and Antiproliferative Potentials of Leaf Layers of Cabbage Subjected to Hot Air and Freeze-Drying by Do Manh Cuong, Hee Young Kim, Meran Keshawa Ediriweera, Somi Kim Cho

“…Compared to other leaf layers, P1 exhibited high antiproliferative efficacy against pancreatic, breast, and gastric cancer cells. P1 also showed excellent DPPH·(EC 50–4.208 ± 0.033 and 4.611 ± 0.053 mg/mL for hot air and freeze-dried samples, respectively) and ABTS· (2.422 ± 0.068 and 2.224 ± 0.070 mg/mL for hot air and freeze-dried samples, respectively) radical-scavenging effects. …”
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Anthropometric and Biochemical Correlations of Insulin Resistance in a Middle-Aged Maltese Caucasian Population by Rachel Agius, Nikolai Paul Pace, Stephen Fava

“…Insulin resistance (IR) is associated with increased cardiovascular disease risk, and with increased all-cause, cardiovascular, and cancer mortality. A number of surrogate markers are used in clinical practice to diagnose IR. …”
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The Leukemic Stem Cell Niche: Adaptation to “Hypoxia” versus Oncogene Addiction by Giulia Cheloni, Martina Poteti, Silvia Bono, Erico Masala, Nathalie M. Mazure, Elisabetta Rovida, Matteo Lulli, Persio Dello Sbarba

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The Optimal First-Line Therapy of Helicobacter pylori Infection in Year 2012 by Chao-Hung Kuo, Fu-Chen Kuo, Huang-Ming Hu, Chung-Jung Liu, Sophie S. W. Wang, Yen-Hsu Chen, Ming-Chia Hsieh, Ming-Feng Hou, Deng-Chyang Wu

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Trends in incidence, prevalence, and mortality of non-communicable diseases in Iraq (2003–2021) by Mohammed Merzah

“…However, older males still face high death rates from cardiovascular diseases. Rising cases of cancer, diabetes, and kidney diseases signal the need for targeted interventions. …”
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Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio as a predictor for early mortality in older patients requiring hemodialysis; insights for hemodialysis access planning by Hyo Kee Kim, Heungman Jun, Sun-Young Ko

“…Multivariate analysis for one-year mortality revealed that the preoperative neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio demonstrated a 1.15 hazard ratio ( p < 0.001 ). Also, cancer (HR 2.50, p = 0.02) and peripheral arterial disease (HR 4.62, p < 0.001) were risk factor for one-year mortality. …”
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Depressive symptomatology in Brazil: perspectives of statistical and psychometrics analyses of the PHQ-9 at four time-points (2020–2023) in the COVID-19 pandemic by Andre Faro, Daiane Nunes, Derek Falk

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Representing unsegmented vessels using available vascular data for bioheat transfer simulation by Rohan Amare, Amir A. Bahadori, Amir A. Bahadori, Steven Eckels, Steven Eckels

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Immunoinformatics Approach to Design a Chimeric CD70-Peptide Vaccine against Renal Cell Carcinoma by Haideh Namdari, Farhad Rezaei, Fatemeh Heidarnejad, Mohammad Yaghoubzad-Maleki, Maryam Karamigolbaghi

“…Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) accounts for the majority of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Overexpression of CD70 has been linked to advanced stages of RCC. …”
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HPV Infection in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Its Relationship to the Prognosis of Patients in Northern China by Fangli Cao, Hui Han, Fang Zhang, Baozhong Wang, Wei Ma, Yanwen Wang, Guiming Sun, Miao Shi, Yubo Ren, Yufeng Cheng

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