The association of dietary approaches to stop hypertension measured by the food frequency questionnaire with metabolic syndrome and some inflammatory biomarkers in adolescents with... by Maryam Behrooz, Alireza Ostadrahimi, Samaneh Hajjarzadeh, Mirhadi Mousavi, Afshin Ghalegolab Behbahani, Siamak Shiva

“…The current study was designed to explore the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) in adolescents and its relationship with obesity, insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome (MetS), and some inflammatory biomarkers. …”
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Understanding the experience of the mothers’ ability to take care of their preterm infants related to in-hospital and post-discharge: a qualitative content analysis by Saleheh Tajalli, Soroor Parvizy, Abbas Ebadi, Fateme Zamaniashtiani, Carole Kenner

“…They should be considered in designing empowerment and engagement programs for the improvement of the care ability of the mothers of preterm infants. …”
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Multi-target gene therapy AUP1602-C to improve healing and quality of life for diabetic foot ulcer patients: a phase I, open-label, dose-finding study by Christoph Schindler, Jacek Mikosiński, Pawel Mikosiński, Hanna-Riikka Kärkkäinen, Mirka Sanio, Jere Kurkipuro, Igor Mierau, Wesley Smith, Aki Vartiainen, Laurent Décory, Dirk Weber, Thomas Wirth, Juha Yrjänheikki, Sebastian Schellong, Haritha Samaranayake

“…Objectives: The aim of this first-in-human study was to investigate whether AUP1602-C is safe and effective in improving wound healing and quality of life (QoL) in patients with non-healing DFU (nhDFU), and to determine the recommended phase II dose. Design: Phase I, single-arm, open-label, uncontrolled, dose escalation study. …”
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Cell-Based Therapies for the Treatment of Shoulder and Elbow Tendinopathies: A Scoping Review by Berardo Di Matteo, Riccardo Ranieri, Angelo Manca, Simone Cappato, Maurilio Marcacci, Elizaveta Kon, Alessandro Castagna

“…However, the lack of high-level evidence and the presence of controversial issues, such as interproduct variability, harvest source, and application strategies, do not allow standardization of these novel biologic approaches, whose efficacy needs to be confirmed with properly designed randomized trials.…”
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The RISES Model: A New Approach to Promoting Health Professionals’ Motivation to Engage in Research by D'Arrietta LM, Vangaveti VN, Crowe MJ, Malau-Aduli BS

“…Based on the Expectancy-Value-Cost theory which offers a comprehensive framework to understand motivation in research, this study aimed to explore how motivations and perceived values of research evolve across different career stages, and develop a model that promotes sustained research motivation.Methods: This study employed a phenomenological qualitative research design and individual interviews to explore the experiences of 30 HPs (doctors, nurses, midwives, and allied health professionals) across three career stages—early, mid, and late—at three North Queensland Public Hospitals from March 19 to April 15, 2021. …”
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DEVICE FOR CALIBRATION OF THE PRESSURE SENSOR OF GRANULAR BULK MATERIALS by A. Zhdanov, V. Petrov, Y. Misko

“…The device for calibrating the pressure sensor is designed to obtain the calibration dependence of the output signal (the air pressure in the measurement chamber with pneumatic sieves) from the input signal (the value of the uniformly distributed pressure on the sensor). …”
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How it started, how it evolved: Ukrainian entrepreneurship in Poland by Konrad Pędziwiatr, Hanna Smaliichuk, Inna Voznyuk, Jan Brzozowski

“…The article highlights three key events-the Revolution of Dignity, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Russian invasion-and their effects on entrepreneurial activity. Research Design & Methods: We used a mixed methods approach, focusing on three waves of qualitative surveys with Ukrainian entrepreneurs in Małopolska, Southern Poland. …”
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Impact evaluations of drug decriminalisation and legal regulation on drug use, health and social harms: a systematic review by Ayden I Scheim, Dan Werb, Nazlee Maghsoudi, Zack Marshall, Siobhan Churchill, Carolyn Ziegler

“…Objectives To review the metrics and findings of studies evaluating effects of drug decriminalisation or legal regulation on drug availability, use or related health and social harms globally.Design Systematic review with narrative synthesis.Data sources We searched MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO, Web of Science and six additional databases for publications from 1 January 1970 through 4 October 2018.Inclusion criteria Peer-reviewed articles or published abstracts in any language with quantitative data on drug availability, use or related health and social harms collected before and after implementation of de jure drug decriminalisation or legal regulation.Data extraction and synthesis Two independent reviewers screened titles, abstracts and articles for inclusion. …”
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Physical activity pattern and its influencing factors among patients with inflammatory bowel disease in East China by Ying Zhou, Feng Xu, Liyan Xu, Huiwei Liu, Xie Zhang

“…Objective To investigate the current level of physical activity (PA) and its influencing factors among patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in East China.Design Cross-sectional study.Setting Questionnaire survey recruiting from six tertiary referral hospitals in East China between October and December 2023.Participants Patients with Crohn’s disease (CD) or ulcerative colitis (UC) aged 18–65 years without conditions limiting PA engagement.Primary and secondary outcome measures Primary outcomes comprised total PA, PA levels and sedentary time over 1 week. …”
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Conceptualising cultural safety at an Indigenous-focused midwifery practice in Toronto, Canada: qualitative interviews with Indigenous and non-Indigenous clients by Michelle Firestone, Sara H Wolfe, Cheryllee Bourgeois, Janet K Smylie, Mackenzie E Churchill, Helle Moeller

“…This study explored how Indigenous and non-Indigenous clients at an urban, Indigenous-focused midwifery practice in Toronto, Canada (Seventh Generation Midwives Toronto, SGMT) conceptualised and experienced culturally safe care.Design and setting Interviews were conducted with former clients of SGMT as a part of a larger evaluation of the practice. …”
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CT Texture Analysis in Breast Cancer Patients Undergoing CT-Guided Bone Biopsy: Correlations With Histopathology by Silvio Wermelskirchen, Jakob Leonhardi, Anne-Kathrin Höhn, Georg Osterhoff, Nikolas Schopow, Susanne Briest, Timm Denecke, Hans-Jonas Meyer

“…Objectives: The present study examined the relationship between texture features and outcomes in patients with BC receiving CT-guided bone biopsies. Design: This study is based on a retrospective analysis. …”
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Secular trends of epidemiologic patterns of chronic kidney disease over three decades: an updated analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 by Jing Liu, Xue Li, Yongping Liu, Xiaodong Sun, Xiaojin Feng, Ningning Hou, Zhenna Chen

“…Objectives To assess the characteristics of the global death burden imposed by chronic kidney disease (CKD) and the attributable risk factors from 1990 to 2019 to help inform a framework for policy discussions, resource allocation and research priorities.Design A population-based observational study.Setting The death data and relative risk factors were obtained from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study 2019 database.Main outcome measures Based on the GBD database, we estimated the death burden attributable to CKD stratified by sociodemographic index (SDI), geographic location, sex, age group, time period and risk factors from 1990 to 2019.Results Over three decade study period, the global number of CKD-related deaths increased from 0.60 million (95% uncertainty interval (UI): 0.57–0.63 million) in 1990 to 1.43 million (95% UI: 1.31–1.52 million) in 2019. …”
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Prevalence of organic central precocious puberty in males: criteria for a high index of suspicion by Maria Elisa Amodeo, Annalisa Deodati, Stefania Pedicelli, Giulia Mirra, Valentina Pampanini, Stefano Cianfarani

“…Objectives: To evaluate the causes of CPP in a large cohort of males and to identify the possible predictive factors for organic brain lesions in males. Design: An observational study was conducted in 102 otherwise healthy boys with CPP diagnosed from 1998 to 2023 in a single tertiary center. …”
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Organizacijska kultura v izbrani pravni osebi javnega sektorja [Organisational Culture in Selected Legal Entity in Public Sector] by Sonja Belac, Katarina Košmrlj, Mirko Markič

“…The purpose of the research is to empirically determine the type of present and desired organisational culture, to establish the presence of resistance to change in the selected public organisation, and to design proposals for the improvement of its organisational culture. …”
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Form und Dramaturgie in Beethovens Violinkonzert . Zur Interpretation des Kopfsatzes durch Rudolf Kolisch und René Leibowitz by Jan Philipp Sprick

“…It may be assumed that this disposition of tempo is used to highlight and to affirm the unusual bloc structure of Beethoven’s formal design.…”
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The Application of an Intelligent <i>Agaricus bisporus</i>-Harvesting Device Based on FES-YOLOv5s by Hao Ma, Yulong Ding, Hongwei Cui, Jiangtao Ji, Xin Jin, Tianhang Ding, Jiaoling Wang

“…To address several challenges, including low efficiency, significant damage, and high costs, associated with the manual harvesting of <i>Agaricus bisporus</i>, in this study, a machine vision-based intelligent harvesting device was designed according to its agronomic characteristics and morphological features. …”
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Predictors of non-response to successive waves of surveys in the Japan Environment and Children’s Study during the 3-year postpartum period: a longitudinal cohort study by Mika Kigawa, Akiko Tsuchida, Tomomi Tanaka, Kei Hamazaki, Yuichi Adachi, Hidekuni Inadera, Kenta Matsumura, Haruka Kasamatsu

“…Objectives We examined changes in factors related to non-response to successive waves of the nationwide birth cohort study, the Japan Environment and Children’s Study (JECS), during the first 3 years after childbirth.Design Longitudinal cohort study.Setting As the baseline survey, mothers completed self-administered questionnaires distributed by hand during pregnancy or 1 month after delivery. …”
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Role of Subsurface Geo-Energy Pilot and Demonstration Sites in Delivering Net Zero by M. H. Stephenson, D. A. C. Manning, M. J. Spence, L. Stalker, Z. K. Shipton, A. A. Monaghan

“…Gaps were identified in two areas: 1) test facilities to aid the design of low cost, high resolution, unobtrusive seismic and other monitoring for a seismically noisy urban environment with a sensitive human population, for example for ATES in urban areas; and 2) a dedicated through-fault zone test site to understand fault transmissivity and reactivation. …”
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The Systemic Effects of Blood Flow Restriction Training: A Systematic Review by Bradley C Miller, Alexander W Tirko, Justin M Shipe, Olivia R Sumeriski, Kelley Moran

“… # Purpose The purpose of this study was to systematically review the systemic effects of blood flow restriction training when combined with exercise intervention. # Study Design Systematic review. # Methods Three literature searches were performed: June 2019, September 2019, and January 2020; using MedLine, ScienceDirect, PubMed, Cochrane Reviews and CINAHL Complete. …”
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Comparing Rotational Stability of Clareon and Eyhance Toric IOLs in a Real-World Setting by Connell B, LaHood B

“…Modifications in the Eyhance design have successfully improved its rotational stability, positioning it as a viable alternative to the Clareon Toric IOL in clinical practice.Keywords: Eyhance toric, Tecnis toric, Clareon toric, rotational stability…”
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