The Effect of Community Based Intervention on People with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Systematic Review by M Agung Akbar, Junaiti Sahar, Etty Rekawati, Ratu Ayu Dewi Sartika, Prateek Gupta

“…Strengthening primary healthcare services by integrating health and community-based interventions is critical for improving health outcomes. This rapid systematic review aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of community-based interventions in enhancing health outcomes for patients with T2D. …”
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Food loss in Pacific Island Countries: a scoping review of the literature by Christian-Yves Amato-Ali, Viliamu Iese, Gayathri Mekala, Daniela Hidalgo, Hilda Sakiti-Waqa

“…The review also highlights critical inefficiencies in PIC food supply chains and the need for more studies outside the common root crop agricultural system. …”
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Forecasting Asparaginase Need and Cost for Childhood Cancer Using ACCESS FORxECAST by Terence M. Hughes, Nitin Shrivastava, Lewis B. Silverman, A. Lindsay Frazier, Sumit Gupta, Avram Denburg

“…PURPOSEAsparaginase (ASN) is a critical component of pediatric ALL protocols. Until recently, ASN was available in three formulations: native Escherichia coli, PEGylated E. coli (PEG), and Erwinase, with native E. coli typically more accessible in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). …”
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Evaluation and Correction of GPM IMERG Precipitation Products over the Capital Circle in Northeast China at Multiple Spatiotemporal Scales by Wei Sun, Yonghua Sun, Xiaojuan Li, Tao Wang, Yanbing Wang, Qi Qiu, Zhitian Deng

“…Based on five evaluation indexes, NRMSE (Normalized Root Mean Square Error), NSE (Nash-Sutcliffe), FAR (False Alarm Ratio), UR (Underreporting Rate), and CSI (Critical Success Index), the monthly GPM products showed the best performance, better than GPM-HH products and GPM-D products. (2) The performance of GPM products in summer and autumn was better than in winter and spring. …”
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Mapping C. difficile TcdB interactions with host cell-surface and intracellular factors using proximity-dependent biotinylation labeling by Jennifer S. Ward, Karl J. Schreiber, John Tam, Ji-Young Youn, Roman A. Melnyk

“…Here, we evaluate the potential of this method to identify host-toxin interactions on the cell surface and in the cytosol, where the toxin modifies essential host targets. Critically, we have highlighted several limitations of this method as applied to protein toxins, which are important for researchers to weigh when considering this technique for exotoxin studies.…”
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Opioid Prescription Patterns for Discharged Patients from the Emergency Department by Justin Yanuck, Jonathan B. Lee, Soheil Saadat, Jila Rouhi, Ghadi Ghanem, Bharath Chakravarthy, Shalini Shah

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Healthcare Workers’ General Health and Its Relation with Anxiety, Anger, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder during COVID-19 Outbreak in Southeast Iran by Alireza Malakoutikhah, Leila Ahmadi Lari, Pooya Baharloo, Rasmieh Al-Amer, Mohamed Alnaiem, Hossein Khaluei, Mahlagha Dehghan

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PEDAGOGICAL CONDITIONS FOR THE FORMATION OF AN EFFECTIVE INFORMATION AND LEARNING ENVIRONMENT IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS by Valerii Yu.  Habrusiev, Hryhorii V. Tereshchuk, Alla V. Stepanyuk, Tetiana M. Olendr

“…The core idea  is the idea of content modelling based on the combination of key competences of the 21st century «4 С» (critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, communication) with digital competence and the ability to predict the possibilities of developing a modern educational environment in the future. …”
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Circulating miR-574–5p shows diagnostic and prognostic significance and regulates oxygen-glucose deprivation (OGD)-induced inflammatory activation of microglia by targeting ATP2B2... by Xia Yin, Chunlei Zhang

“…Background: Early screening is critical for the prevention of ischemic stroke. miR-574–5p was considered a promising biomarker for ischemic stroke but lacks direct confirmation. …”
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Penalized landmark supermodels (penLM) for dynamic prediction for time-to-event outcomes in high-dimensional data by Anya H. Fries, Eunji Choi, Summer S. Han

“…Abstract Background To effectively monitor long-term outcomes among cancer patients, it is critical to accurately assess patients’ dynamic prognosis, which often involves utilizing multiple data sources (e.g., tumor registries, treatment histories, and patient-reported outcomes). …”
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What are the Thoughts of Women Whose Husbands’ Frozen Testicular Sperm Is Thawed for in vitro Fertilization on the Day of Oocyte Retrieval? A Qualitative Study by He Y, Wei Q, Chen X, Zhang C, Wang Z

“…The study is instrumental in shaping policy dialogues on reproductive health, highlighting the critical significance of women’s psychological health in the realm of in vitro fertilization.Keywords: azoospermia, assisted reproductive technology, women, qualitative research…”
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CSF shunts as conduits for metastasis: is there a discrepancy between retrograde and antegrade spread? by Andrea Cuschieri, Robert Pisani, Shawn Agius

“…The JBI case report critical appraisal tool assessed reporting quality. …”
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Isolation and Evaluation of Clinically Important Acinetobacter Baumannii From Intensive Care Unit Samples by Mohamed Mowfik Sehree, Hanaa N. Abdullah, Amani M. Jasim

“… Acinetobacter baumannii is considered a critical healthcare problem for patients in intensive care units due to its high ability to be multidrug-resistant to most commercially available antibiotics. …”
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Applications of cell penetrating peptide-based drug delivery system in immunotherapy by Jing-Jing Du, Ru-Yan Zhang, Shangchi Jiang, Shanshan Xiao, Yiting Liu, Yongheng Niu, Wen-Xiang Zhao, Dongyuan Wang, Dongyuan Wang, XianShi Ma

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Cauda Equina Syndrome Without Perineal Sensory Changes or Lower Extremity Neurological Deficits Following Postoperative Spinal Epidural Hematoma: A Case Report and Literature Revie... by Guanyi Liu, Qing Li, Hongfeng Ruan, Bingke Zhu, Weihu Ma, Yong Hu

“…Early detection and prompt surgical intervention are critical, as delayed diagnosis may result in permanent neurological deficits. …”
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The “Heretics” Hermeneutics: Bosnia and Balkan Bogomils in the Mirror of Modern Hungarian Literature As Potential(Borrowed?) Theaters of Multidimensional Orientalism by Marton Ivanyi

“…This dual position allows for critical insight into the hierarchical nature of Orientalism while also accounting for Hungary’s unique historical trajectory and its layered relationship with both “East” and “West.”…”
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PHILOSOPHICAL IDEAS IN SPIRITUAL CULTURE OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF NORTH AMERICA by S. V. Rudenko, Y. A. Sobolievskyi

“…Combined with the philosophical ideas of the Puritan philosophy of the settlers of New England, this analysis allows us to explore in more detail the processes of acculturation. The study uses critical literature from scholars and leading researchers of the wisdom and philosophy of Native Americans, such as Michael Yellow Bird, J. …”
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Optimising the secondary use of primary care prescribing data to improve quality of care: a qualitative analysis by Robert A Verheij, Niek Klazinga, Erica Barbazza, Lotte Ramerman, Dionne Kringos

“…Prioritising data linkages is critical towards more actionable use.…”
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Trends in blood transfusion and causes of blood wastage: a retrospective analysis in a teaching hospital by Ju-huei Chien, Chao-yuan Yao, Hui-fen Chen, Tsing-Fen Ho

“…We emphasize that continuous education for healthcare professionals and enhanced inventory monitoring are critical to minimize wastage and enhance transfusion quality.…”
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The emerging role of glycine receptor α2 subunit defects in neurodevelopmental disorders by Sean D. Fraser, Sean D. Fraser, Robert J. Harvey, Robert J. Harvey

“…In this review, we highlight the critical role of the GlyR α2 subunit revealed by knockout mice and our current understanding of GlyR α2 pathomechanisms in human NDDs. …”
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