Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor Superfamily, Member 1B Haplotypes Increase or Decrease the Risk of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases in a New Zealand Caucasian Population by Lynnette R. Ferguson, Dug Yeo Han, Claudia Huebner, Ivonne Petermann, Murray L. Barclay, Richard B. Gearry, Alan McCulloch, Pieter S. Demmers

“…DNA samples from 388 CD, 405 UC, 27 indeterminate colitis patients, and 293 randomly selected controls, from Canterbury, New Zealand were screened for 3 common SNPs in TNSFRSF1B: rs1061622 (c.676T>C), rs1061624 (c.∗1663A>G), and rs3397 (c.∗1690T>C), using TaqMan technologies. …”
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Interleukin-10 Polymorphisms in Association with Prognosis in Patients with B-Cell Lymphoma Treated by R-CHOP by Min Kyeong Kim, Kyong-Ah Yoon, Eun Young Park, Jungnam Joo, Eun Young Lee, Hyeon-Seok Eom, Sun-Young Kong

“…Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma was the most common histologic type (n = 83), followed by T-cell lymphoma (n = 18), mantle cell lymphoma (n = 6), and others (n = 5). …”
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Development and validation of a novel bleeding risk prediction tool for aspirin users with a low body mass index by Lu Yifang, Lei Wanlin, Wang Maofeng

“…Abstract Aspirin is commonly utilized in the management and prevention of various diseases. …”
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Pheochromocytoma in Congenital Cyanotic Heart Disease by Carmen Aresta, Gianfranco Butera, Antonietta Tufano, Giorgia Grassi, Livio Luzi, Stefano Benedini

“…Studies on genome-wide transcription patterns have shown that many genetic alterations implicated in pheochromocytoma-paraganglioma (P-PGL) syndromes cluster in a common cellular pathway leading to aberrant activation of molecular response to hypoxia in normoxic conditions (the pseudohypoxia hypothesis). …”
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Anxiety as a prevailing factor of performance of university mathematics students during the COVID-19 pandemic by D. Mendoza, M. Cejas, G. Rivas, C. Varguillas

“…In face-to-face education, mathematical anxiety is common. But because of the pandemic, mathematics education has had to migrate to the virtual environment. …”
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Trends for Clinical Trials on Medicinal Products for Neurological Disorders in Lithuania and Europe by Emilijus Žilinskas, Arūnas Vaitkevičius

“…Commercial clinical trials have more participants, and are more commonly conducted in multiple member states. …”
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Determinants of Health Seeking Behavior among Caregivers of Infants Admitted with Acute Childhood Illnesses at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya by Winfred Muringi Wambui, Samuel Kimani, Eunice Odhiambo

“…Poor knowledge on danger signs of infancy was common among caregivers blurring the magnitude of acute illness resulting in delayed health seeking. …”
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Acceptability, feasibility and appropriateness of intensified health education, SMS/phone tracing and transport reimbursement for uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision in a... by Mitch M Matoga, Evaristar Kudowa, Mercy Tsidya, Jennifer Tseka, Beatrice Ndalama, Naomi Bonongwe, Esther Mathiya, Edward Jere, Dumbo Yatina, Blessings Kamtambe, Mina C Hosseinipour, Charles S Chasela, Sara Jewett

“…We calculated percentages of responses to survey items and summarized common themes using thematic analysis. Median scores and interquartile ranges (IQR) were calculated for acceptability, feasibility and appropriateness of each strategy at baseline and end-line and compared using the Wilcoxon signed rank test.…”
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Comparing acceptance of smoking cessation and smoke-free home intervention offers and associated factors among people with low income in the USA: baseline results of a randomised c... by Matthew W Kreuter, Michelle C Kegler, Jennifer Wolff, Amy McQueen, Lauren Grimes, Enguday Teshome, Rachel Garg, Tess Thompson, Kelly Carpenter

“…Introduction State tobacco quitlines are the most commonly available smoking cessation programmes; however, they have low reach and typically only enrol people who are ready to quit in the next 30 days. …”
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The link between smoking, emphysema, and fibrosis: A retrospective cohort study by Liying Zhai, Haihong Gong, Wencheng Yu

“…Introduction The presence of emphysema is common in patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD), which is designated as combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema (CPFE). …”
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Bacterial Isolates and Their Antimicrobial Susceptibility Patterns Among Pediatric Patients with Urinary Tract Infections: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study at Tertiary Level i... by Esmat E, Saadaat R, Saedi NH, Hakimi A, Baryali AT, Rasooli AJ, Noor S, Ahmad M, Haidary AM

“…Among these children, 63% had pyuria and hematuria, and 64% had nitrite-positive urine samples. The most commonly isolated organisms included Escherichia coli, Klebsiella species, Candida species, Candida albicans, and Enterococcus species. …”
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Within-hospital Temporal Clustering of Postoperative Complications and Implications for Safety Monitoring and Benchmarking Using ACS-NSQIP Data by Mark E. Cohen, PhD, Yaoming Liu, PhD, Clifford Y. Ko, MD, MS, MSHS, FACS, Bruce L. Hall, MD, PhD, MBA, FACS

“…However, if rapid increases in postoperative complication rates (clusters) are common, other reporting methods might be valuable additions to the program. …”
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موقع Research Gate وتأثیره العلمى والأکادیمى :دراسة استکشافیة تحلیلیة by د. ریهام عاصم غنیم

“…A Spearman scale is used tomeasure the strength and nature of a relationship.The results indicate that the year of publication is the most common yearfor documents to be uploaded, which suggests that RG users rely on them toarchive old research along with the availability of recent research. …”
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Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Antimicrobial Resistance Profiles of Thermophilic Campylobacter Species in Humans and Animals in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review by Noel Gahamanyi, Leonard E. G. Mboera, Mecky I. Matee, Dieudonné Mutangana, Erick V. G. Komba

“…The most reported species were C. jejuni and C. coli. The AMR to commonly used antimicrobials ranged from 0–100% in both humans and animals. …”
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Arthroscopic lateral collateral ligament imbrication for the treatment of posterolateral rotatory elbow instability by Christos Koukos, MD, PhD, Nikolaos Platon Sachinis, MD, PhD, Konstantinos Sidiropoulos, MD, Michael Kotsapas, MD, Kerem Bilsel, MD, PhD, Fredy Montoya, MD, PhD

“…Hypothesis: Posterolateral rotatory instability (PLRI) of the elbow is commonly treated with open lateral collateral ligament (LCL) reconstruction techniques. …”
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Nitrogen bound to manure fiber is increased by applications of simple phenolic acids by Jonathan J. Halvorson, Scott L. Kronberg, Rachael G. Christensen, Ann E. Hagerman, David W. Archer

“…We hypothesized that contact with common phenolic acids, such as found in crops, could increase ADF-N, in excreted manure. …”
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Enhancing HIV Cognitive Abilities and Self-Management Through Information Technology–Assisted Interventions: Scoping Review by Hao Huang, MeiLian Xie, Zhen Yang, AiPing Wang

“…The Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills model, Social Cognitive Theory, Health Belief Model, Theory of Planned Behavior, and Information Systems Research Framework are among the most commonly used theoretical frameworks. Modern information technology interventions are mainly constructed using smartphone apps, SMS text messaging, internet-based platforms, audiovisual materials, and digital health education platforms, with smartphone apps and SMS text messaging being the most widely used intervention media. …”
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Spawning biology, breeding, and larval rearing techniques for Xenentodon cancila (Hamilton) for aquaculture and recreational use in Bangladesh: The first approach by Paul Shyamal Kumar, Sarker Bhakta Supratim, Sultana Nahid, Pall Jewel Chandra, Perven Tania, Saha Debasish, Majumdar Priyanka Rani

“…In this study, gonadosomatic index (GSI) and fecundity were measured for breeding biology every 15 days. Nine doses of common carp pituitary gland (CPG), human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG), and Ovaprim for breeding were administered, except in the control treatment that was without hormones. …”
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Characteristics, Incidence, and Management of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors Related Cardiovascular Adverse Events in Real-World Practice-A Retrospective Study in Chinese Han Populat... by Wang RH, Chen Y, Lou YL, Lu YL, Xu HM

“…The management and outcomes of CVAEs were monitored over a median follow-up duration of 8 months.Results: Among the included 203 patients, 4.4% (9/203) developed CVAEs, including heart failure (n = 3), arrhythmia (n = 2), myocarditis (n = 2), and pericardial disease (n = 2), with a proportion (6/9) tending to be severe (grade 3 or grade 4). CVAEs were more common in older patients (mean age: 73.6 ± 9.2 years) and those with hypertension (p = 0.02) or heart failure (p = 0.01). …”
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Immunoexpression of P16 and Ki 67 in oral squamous cell carcinoma: Association with clinicopathological parameters. by Shadan Mohamad Omer, Payman Anwar Rashid

“…Lower lip was the most common site of the tumor followed by upper lip and tongue (42.0%, 26.0% and 18.0%, respectively). …”
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