Re-Branding China’s Battered Image in Nigeria amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic by Endong Floribert Patrick C.

“…In effect, by the time the epidemic was declared a pandemic, China’s image on the international stage had perceptibly become negative as both governments and citizens across the world tended to associate the Asian emerging nation with the origin and propagation of the Corona virus in the world as well as with many other crises/challenges derived from the pandemic. …”
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Documentation of Rectal Examination Performance in the Clinical Teaching Unit of a University Hospital by Hugh James Freeman

“…In this study, documentation of digital rectal examinations was assessed through a review of hospital medical records of a randomly selected group of 100 patient discharges (55 females and 45 males) from a total of 896 patients admitted through a hospital emergency room to a medical clinical teaching inpatient unit of a university hospital during a six-month period. …”
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Editorial: Fungal virulence by Jaime David Acosta-España, Jaime David Acosta-España, Jaime David Acosta-España, Jaime David Acosta-España, Jaime David Acosta-España, Antonio José de Jesus Evangelista, Antonio José de Jesus Evangelista, Antonio José de Jesus Evangelista, Jonathas Sales de Oliveira, Rosana Serpa, Rosana Serpa

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From Serendipity to Precision: Integrating AI, Multi-Omics, and Human-Specific Models for Personalized Neuropsychiatric Care by Masaru Tanaka

“…However, relying on chance is becoming increasingly insufficient to address the rising prevalence of mental health disorders like depression and schizophrenia, which necessitate precise, innovative approaches. Emerging technologies like artificial intelligence, induced pluripotent stem cells, and multi-omics have the potential to transform this field by allowing for predictive, patient-specific interventions. …”
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Recurrent Catatonia due to Episodic Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder by Soumitra Das, Sakshi Prasad, Palak Atul Fichadia, Abhigan Babu Shrestha, Ozge C. Amuk Williams, Anil Bachu

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Nuevas configuraciones rituales: el contexto sociopolítico de la realización del ngillatun entre los mapuche de Tranaman en el sur de Chile by Bárbara Bustos Barrera

“…A partir de un cierto descontento en relación a los estudios sobre poblaciones indígenas en este país que presentan una tendencia que construye y traspasa una imagen “nativista” de los Mapuche, emerge un interés por relevar los complejos procesos de reflexividad cultural a partir de los cuales estos grupos elaboran y significan modos particulares de vincularse a la sociedad no indígena. …”
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Enhancing trauma cardiopulmonary resuscitation simulation training with the use of virtual reality (Trauma SimVR): Protocol for a randomized controlled trial. by Josef Michael Lintschinger, Philipp Metelka, Lorenz Kapral, Florian Kahlfuss, Lena Reischmann, Alexandra Kaider, Caroline Holaubek, Georg Kaiser, Michael Wagner, Florian Ettl, Leonhard Sixt, Eva Schaden, Christina Hafner

“…<h4>Methods and analysis</h4>This study protocol (clinicaltrials.gov identifier: NCT06445764) for a single-center, prospective, randomized, controlled trial focuses on first-year residents in anesthesiology/intensive care, traumatology, and emergency medicine. The study will compare the clinical performance in a simulated scenario between participants who received virtual reality training and those who received traditional e-learning courses for preparation. …”
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Perspectives of Rural Teachers on the Effects of Peer Pressure on Learners’ Behaviour – A Case of the Mqanduli Magisterial District, South Africa by Berington Zanoxolo Gobingca, Nomhle Mqolombeni

“…Document study of records was also used to collect, triangulate and analyse the data from the conveniently sampled five secondary schools. It emerged that peer pressure influenced the learners’ behaviours either positively or negatively. …”
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Serous cystadenoma of the ovary. A case report by José Carlos Aíras Cañizares, José Alberto Puerto Lorenzo, Lidia Torres Aja

“…A case of a 35-year-old patient with a history of apparent health, who went to the Surgery Emergency Room of the Dr. Gustavo Aldereguía Lima Hospital in Cienfuegos because for several months she had been experiencing progressive abdominal volume increase, in addition to persistent pain in the lower abdomen that radiated to the legs, accompanied by difficulty defecating and urinating on occasions is presented. …”
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Metrics of Phenomenological Virtual Experience by Oksana I. Elkhova

“…The research posits that virtual reality (VR) emerges only at the moment of the self-revelation of being “to the entity” as a result of human interaction with technologies that create sensory impressions. …”
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Fatigue in Parkinson’s disease—A narrative review by Baikuntha Panigrahi, Kanchana S. Pillai, Divya M. Radhakrishnan, Roopa Rajan, Achal K. Srivastava

“…It involves dysfunction in the striato–limbic–serotonergic system, imbalance of neurotransmitters (dopamine and serotonin), as well as hypoconnectivity in the supplementary motor area and hyperconnectivity in the default mode network. Emerging evidence suggests that neuroinflammation and autonomic dysfunction may contribute to fatigue. …”
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Looking at NFT Art Through the Eyes of Virtual Communities: A Netnographic Analysis by Murat Aytas, Ceren Karaviran

“…Blockchain and NFT technology, which emerged because of these developments, merged with art to create a new digital art field. …”
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Les piles intra muros de l’aqueduc du Gier, rue Roger-Radisson à Lyon by Éric Bertrand

“…Road works carried out in 2018 on the site of the arches of the Gier aqueduct, on rue Roger-Radisson in Lyon, required the implementation of an emergency archaeological operation. The excavations conducted around the last pier (no. 10), partially preserved in the foundations of a house, revealed the unusual design of this structure. …”
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Removal of Azo Dye Carmoisine by Adsorption Process on Diatomite by Kotbia Labiod, Sabir Hazourli, Marwa Bendaia, Mohamed Tlili, Adel AitBara, Radouane Graine, Hazem Meradi

“…This work aims to evaluate the adsorption capacity of an abundant natural diatomite (ND) to remove the azo dye carmoisine, known as a harmful emerging organic pollutant. Indeed, to the best of our knowledge, no results were reported on this subject. …”
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Pandemic mitigation: Bringing it home by Tom Reichert

“…We discuss the sparing of elderly subpopulations in pandemics and the subsequent abrupt resurgence of mortality in the spared age groups as drift variants emerge. The general decline in the baseline of age-specific excess mortality in economically developed countries is characterized and its importance assessed.   …”
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The intersection of infant substance exposure, foster care placement &amp; child welfare policy by Abigail Novak, Colleen K. Gutman, Vitoria De Francisco Lopes, Brian B. Boutwell

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Photodynamic therapy for oral cancer: Mechanisms, efficacy, and clinical applications by Shyamaladevi Babu, Madhan Krishnan

“…Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has emerged as a promising therapeutic approach for oral cancer, characterized by its ability to selectively target malignant cells while minimizing damage to surrounding healthy tissues. …”
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A Rare Case of Spontaneous Pneumocephalus Associated with Nontraumatic Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak by Murad Baba, Omer Tarar, Amer Syed

“…Case Description. 51-year-old Hispanic female with past medical history of hypertension and idiopathic intracranial hypertension (Pseudotumor Cerebri) presented to the emergency room complaining of headache and clear discharge from the right nostril. …”
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Pigeon racing in South Africa: Exploring the socio-economic nature and extent of this 'unknown sport' by Cecilia MOSTERT, Ronnie DONALDSON

“…SANPO, with 3,540 members, emerges as a crucial entity in the sport's landscape. …”
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Human-AI collaboration is not very collaborative yet: a taxonomy of interaction patterns in AI-assisted decision making from a systematic review by Catalina Gomez, Sue Min Cho, Shichang Ke, Chien-Ming Huang, Mathias Unberath

“…., the sequence of recommendations and solicitation of interpretations, is equally crucial as complex interactions may emerge between humans and AI. While empirical studies have evaluated human-AI dynamics across domains, a common vocabulary for human-AI interaction protocols is lacking. …”
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