Is the Use of Tourniquets More Advantageous than Other Bleeding Control Techniques in Patients with Limb Hemorrhage? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Roberto Cirocchi, Dominica Prigorschi, Luca Properzi, Matteo Matteucci, Francesca Duro, Giovanni Domenico Tebala, Bruno Cirillo, Paolo Sapienza, Gioia Brachini, Sara Lauricella, Diletta Cassini, Antonia Rizzuto, Andrea Mingoli

“…Further research, including high-quality randomized controlled trials, is required, as well as awareness and education campaigns relating to proper tourniquet use in the prehospital setting.…”
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Correlated factors of posttraumatic growth in patients with colorectal cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Dingyuan Wei, Xue Wang, Mengxing Wang, Jiayan Wang, Fangping Chen, Luyang Jin, Xuemei Xian

“…Correlated factors were identified to be significantly associated with PTG in patients with CRC including demographic factors: residential area (r = 0.13), marital status (r = 0.10), employment status (r = 0.18), education level (r = 0.19), income level (r = 0.16); disease-related factors: time since surgery (r = 0.17), stoma-related complications (r = 0.14), health-promoting behavior (r = 0.46), and sexual function (r = 0.17); psychosocial factors: confrontation coping (r = 0.68), avoidance coping (r = −0.65), deliberate rumination (r = 0.56), social support (r = 0.47), family function (r = 0.50), resilience (r = 0.53), self-efficacy (r = 0.91), self-compassion (r = −0.32), psychosocial adjustment (r = 0.39), gratitude (r = 0.45), stigma (r = −0.65), self-perceived burden (r = −0.31), fear of cancer recurrence (r = −0.45); and quality of life (r = 0.32). …”
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The effect of active and passive smoking during pregnancy on birth outcomes: A cohort study in Shanghai by Xiaokai Wang, Xia Gao, De Chen, Xuelian Chen, Qingwei Li, Jiani Ding, Fangyuan Yu, Xiaoyun Zhu, Nannan Zhang, Yifang Chen

“…The average age of the pregnant women was 29.9 years, and 41.2% had a university degree or higher. The education level of active smokers and passive smokers was significantly lower than that of non-smokers (p<0.05).The average gestational age of non-smokers was 38.6 weeks, and the birth weight was 3283.2 g, which was higher than those of active smokers and passive smokers (p<0.05). …”
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Prevalence of Intestinal Parasites and Salmonella typhi among Food Handlers Working in Catering Establishments of Public Institutes Found in Dawuro Zone, South-Western Ethiopia by Abera Kumalo, Eyasu Gambura, Terfe Dodicho, Khawaja Shakeel Ahmed, Tamrat Balcha, Bahailu Beshir, Misrak Abraham

“…Ages≥40 years (AOR: 0.436; 95% CI: 0.203, 0.937), attending no education (AOR: 2.142; 95% CI: 1.048, 4.378), not washing hands after using latrine (AOR: 4.355; 95% CI: 1.771, 10.708), not covering mouth with tissue paper (AOR: 0.530; 95% CI: 0.312, 0.899), no medical checkup (in the last four months) (AOR: 0.278; 95% CI: 0.116, 0.667), and untrimmed fingernails (AOR: 0.382; 95% CI: 0.229, 0.635) were significantly associated with intestinal parasitic or Salmonella typhi infections. …”
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Classification of distinct tendinopathy subtypes for precision therapeutics by Chenqi Tang, Zetao Wang, Yuanhao Xie, Yang Fei, Junchao Luo, Canlong Wang, Yue Ying, Peiwen He, Ruojing Yan, Yangwu Chen, Jiayun Huang, Yiwen Xu, Zicheng Wang, Boon Chin Heng, Hengzhi Liu, Jianyou Li, Zi Yin, Haobo Wu, Weishan Chen, Hongwei Ouyang, Xiao Chen, Weiliang Shen

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Mechanism Analysis of Organic Matter Enrichment of Upper Ordovician-Lower Silurian Shale in the Upper Yangtze Area: Taking Jiaoye-1 Well in the Jiaoshiba Block as an Example by Xiaoxue Liu, Zhenxue Jiang, Kun Zhang, Yan Song, Lin Jiang, Shu Jiang, Qixiang Xuan, Ming Wen, Yizhou Huang, Xin Wang, Tianlin Liu, Xuelian Xie

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Negative childbirth experience in Dutch women: A socio-ecological analysis of individual, interpersonal, and organisational factors from the birth experience study by Tamool A.S. Muhamed, Viola Angelini, Laura Viluma, Hazel Keedle, L. Lilian Peters

“…Upon modelling, significant associations emerged i.e., education; or diminished i.e., place of birth; leaving robust associations in preterm, non-spontaneous birth, and adverse mental health, and inverse associations in high autonomy, respect, social support, and continuity of care. …”
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Investigation and analysis on the status quo of nurses' knowledge of urinary incontinence and their training needs in the region (上海市某区域护士尿失禁知识认知现状与培训需求的调查分析)... by YUAN Hongyan (袁红艳), XU Fanglei (许方蕾), TANG Ailing (汤爱玲), GE Yan (葛颜), DONG Li (董里)

“…Different institutions, departments, education background, and whether or not they have participated in training have differences in knowledge cognition of urinary incontinence among nurses (P < 0. 05). …”
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Accumulation Mechanism of Marine Shale Gas Reservoir in Anticlines: A Case Study of the Southern Sichuan Basin and Xiuwu Basin in the Yangtze Region by Kun Zhang, Yan Song, Shu Jiang, Zhenxue Jiang, Chengzao Jia, Yizhou Huang, Ming Wen, Weiwei Liu, Pengfei Wang, Xin Li, Tianlin Liu, Xuelian Xie, Chang’an Shan, Xiaoxue Liu, Xin Wang

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The association of HIV status and depressive symptoms in the Ndlovu Cohort study by Li Xiang Y. den Boer, Karine Scheuermaier, Hugo A. Tempelman, Roos E. Barth, Walter L. J. M. Devillé, Roel A. Coutinho, Diederick E. Grobbee, Francois Venter, Alinda G. Vos-Seda, Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch

“…Logistic regression analysis on the relationship between HIV status and depressive symptoms was used while adjusting for age, sex, level of education, employment status, income, and ever smoking. …”
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Colorado Immersion Training in Community Engagement: Ten years of learning and doing by Leslie A. Wright, Reginaldo Garcia, Mary E. Fisher, Kaylee Gordon, Donald E. Nease, Elizabeth Sweitzer, Crystal LoudHawk-Hedgepeth, Charlene Barrientos Ortiz, Montelle Taméz, Lorenzo Ramírez, Linda Zittleman, Bruno Walther Santos Sobral

“…CIT trained 122 researchers in CBPR through embedded education within various Colorado communities. CIT Alumni secured ∼$8,723,000 in funding between CCTSI Pilot Grants and external funding. …”
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Penentuan Penerima Kartu Indonesia Pintar KIP Kuliah Dengan Menggunakan Metode K-Means Clustering by Devi Tri Yuliana, M. Ivan Ariful Fathoni, Naning Kurniawati

“…The Indonesian Smart College Card (KIP-Kuliah) is one of the efforts to help the hopes of students who have economic limitations but excel in studying in higher education. The process takes a long time to determine students who are eligible to receive the KIP Tuition scholarship and those who are not eligible to receive the KIP Tuition scholarship. …”
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Sex, Knowledge, and Attitude of Stroke Survivors Attending Bebe Herbal Center on Risk Factors before and after Stroke by Polycarp U. Nwoha, Florence O. Okoro, Emmanuel C. Nwoha, Fidelia N. Chukwu, Chidinma O. Nwoha, Nkeiru C. Ogoko, Peace N. Nwoha, Chika A. Idaguko, Augustine U. Obi, Ezenna M. Agwu, Iyanu O. Ayoola, Sunday O. Osonwa, Ifeoma H. Okpara

“…Pearson’s chi-square test showed significant association of sex with education (χ2=12.31; df=3, P<0.006), occupation (χ2=23.65; df=4, P<0.001), alcohol intake (χ2=24.23; df=1; P<0.001), and smoking (χ2=9.823; df=1; P<0.001). …”
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Increasing Dose of Autologous Bone Marrow Mononuclear Cells Transplantation Is Related to Stroke Outcome: Results from a Pooled Analysis of Two Clinical Trials by Francisco Moniche, Paulo Henrique Rosado-de-Castro, Irene Escudero, Elena Zapata, Francisco Javier de la Torre Laviana, Rosalia Mendez-Otero, Magdalena Carmona, Pilar Piñero, Alejandro Bustamante, Lucía Lebrato, Juan Antonio Cabezas, Alejandro Gonzalez, Grabriel R. de Freitas, Joan Montaner

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A self-assembled nanoparticle vaccine elicits effective neutralizing antibody response against EBV infection by Ping Li, Ping Li, Ziyi Jiang, Jingjing Shi, Haochuan Sha, Zihang Yu, Yan Zhao, Sanyang Han, Lan Ma, Lan Ma, Lan Ma

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Advancing health equity: evaluating AI translations of kidney donor information for Spanish speakers by Oscar A. Garcia Valencia, Charat Thongprayoon, Caroline C. Jadlowiec, Shennen A. Mao, Napat Leeaphorn, Pooja Budhiraja, Nadeen Khoury, Justin H. Pham, Iasmina M. Craici, Maria L. Gonzalez Suarez, Wisit Cheungpasitporn

“…Future efforts should focus on developing accessible platforms and establishing guidelines to maximize AI’s impact on equitable healthcare delivery and patient education.…”
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Risk factors and consequences of traumatic brain injury in a Swiss male population cohort by Jean-Bernard Daeppen, Gerhard Gmel, Joseph Studer, Valentin Petre Matei, Alina Elena Rosca, Alexandru Neculai Pavel, Radu Mihai Paun

“…Low educational attainment (OR=3.93, 95% CI 2.10 to 7.36), depression (OR=2.87, 95% CI 1.35 to 6.11), nicotine dependence (OR=1.72, 95% CI 1.09 to 2.71), high sociability (OR=1.18, 95% CI 1.07 to 1.30), high aggression-hostility (OR=1.15, 95% CI 1.06 to 1.26) and high sensation seeking (OR=1.33, 95% CI 1.04 to 1.68) at FU1 were significantly associated with TBI new cases at FU2. …”
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Elevated blood glucose and unfavourable tuberculosis treatment outcomes in a low-income setting: findings from a prospective cohort study in Eswatini by Diederick E Grobbee, Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch, Kennedy Otwombe, Victor Williams, Alinda G Vos-Seda, Marianne Calnan, Colani S Ngwenya, Samson Haumba, Lindiwe Mdluli-Dlamini

“…Hypertension (AOR 4.84; 95% CI: 1.48, 15.7), unemployment (AOR 2.01; 95% CI: 1.08, 3.71) and high school education (AOR 0.32; 95% CI: 0.16, 0.64) were associated with unfavourable treatment outcome.Conclusion Our study shows the need to optimise care for patients receiving treatment for tuberculosis by integrating screening for and treatment of diabetes and hypertension, prioritising males, those aged ≥55 years and those with a reactive HIV status to limit unfavourable outcomes and death.…”
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Integrating Two-Tier Optimization Algorithm With Convolutional Bi-LSTM Model for Robust Anomaly Detection in Autonomous Vehicles by Moneerah Alotaibi, Manal Abdullah Alohali, Khalid Mahmood, Asma A. Alhashmi, Jehad Saad Alqurni, Sultan Refa Alotaibi, Ahmad A. Alzahrani, Imene Issaoui

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Revisiting the Flaring Activity in Early 2015 of BL Lacertae Object S5 0716+714 by Zhihao Ouyang, Hubing Xiao, Marina Manganaro, Shangchun Xie, Jingyu Wu, Jianzhen Chen, Rui Xue, Gege Wang, Shaohua Zhang, Junhui Fan

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