Human reference microbiome profiles of different body habitats in healthy individuals by Sujin Oh, Kyoung Un Park, Kyoung Un Park

“…Differences in the abundances of Cyanobacteria, Fusobacteria, and Tenericutes in stool and blood microbiome of healthy subjects fell within 95% CI of logFC [−0.38, 0.61], [−4.14, −3.01], and [1.66, 2.77], respectively. …”
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Blood Pressure-Lowering Mechanisms of the DASH Dietary Pattern by Pao-Hwa Lin, Jason D. Allen, Yi-Ju Li, Miao Yu, Lillian F. Lien, Laura P. Svetkey

“…With DASH, but not controls, SBP fell by 10.65±12.89 (𝑃=0.023) and 9.60±11.23 (𝑃=0.039) mmHg and DBP by 5.95±8.01 (𝑃=0.069) and 8.60±9.13 mmHg (𝑃=0.011) at the end of week one and two, respectively. …”
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ESTIMATION OF ENTRANCE SURFACE DOSE (ESD) AS A DOSE PROFILE FOR PATIENTS UNDERGOING RADIOGRAPHY EXAMINATION BASED ON TUBE OUTPUT MEASUREMENT by Risalatul Latifah, Muhammad Rosyid, Firdy Yuana, Achmad Hidayat

“…Conclusion:  The results revealed that LDRL fell below the national DRL value and international reference…”
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Role of platelet indices and vitamin D in forecasting deterioration of glycemic control and vascular complications in type 2 diabetes by Maryam Ahmed Obaid Al Ali, Khalid Abdelsamea Mohamedahmed, Asaad Ma Babker

“…The analysis of vitamin D levels showed that 58% had a deficiency, 23% had an insufficiency, and 19% fell within the optimal range. Platelet indices were evaluated in relation to glycemic control, and significant associations were found between vitamin D levels and mean platelet volume (MPV) as well as platelet distribution width (PDW). …”
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Innovation Mirage: The Role of Technological Uncertainty in Military Instability by I. A. Istomin

“…All instances of large-scale military clashes were preceded by significant technological changes, while peace fell on periods of technological stagnation. The author addresses the policy implications of the theory for the discussions on emerging weapons in the 2010s and 2020s. …”
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Frequency of 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Deficiency in Pediatric Patients with Immune Thrombocytopenia: Disease Phase and Therapy Options by Huda K. Abbas, Basil O. Saleh, Hassanain H. Ghali

“…The patients were sub-grouped according to global classification of vitamin D level into three groups: less than 10 ng/ml (n = 47), 10–20 ng/ml (n = 16), and 20-30 ng/ml (none of the patients or controls fell in this group). The cases were sub-classified according to their disease phase: Acute (n = 21), persistent (n = 24), and chronic (n = 18). …”
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Analysis and Characterization of the Immunogenicity of Rhoptry Protein 18 by Masoud Foroutan, Amir Karimipour-Saryazdi, Ali Dalir Ghaffari, Hamidreza Majidiani, Arezo Arzani Birgani, Elaheh Karimzadeh-Soureshjani, Shahrzad Soltani, Hany M Elsheikha

“…The Ramachandran plot of both crude and refined models showed that 85.8% and 95.3% of the amino acid residues, respectively, fell within favored regions, indicating energetically stable conformations. …”
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Investigating Maternal Perception of Control and Support in the Postpartum Period and Influencing Factors in Childbirth: A Multiple Linear Regression Analysis Model by Tuğba Yazici Topçu, Ruveyde Aydin, Songül Aktaş

“…Conclusion The level of SCIB in our study fell within a ‘moderate’ range, considering the lowest and highest scores on the scale. …”
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Assessing psychosocial risk factors in children with Sickle Cell Disease by Nicole Frey, Julia E. LaMotte, Jillian R. Bouck, Lauren Fancher, Genese T. Parker, Allie Carter, Seethal A. Jacob

“…Sixty-seven percent of PATs fell into the Universal category. Dyads that scored in the Targeted or Clinical categories were more likely to report financial hardship, caregiver mental health concerns, and family stressors (p < 0.001). …”
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Effect of olive oil pomace applications at different irrigation levels on soil quality by Pelin Alaboz, Ahmet Ali Işildar, Bilge Batmaz, Satı Çağlar

“…It was observed that the soils fell into the ''high” class only when the soil quality index values, which were determined to show a statistically significant change between 0.730 and 0.775 for applications, were observed to be in the ''high'' quality class, while the effects of irrigation water application were found to be similar. …”
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Acceptability of donor funding for clinical trials in the UK: a qualitative empirical ethics study using focus groups to elicit the views of research patient public involvement gro... by Simon Bowman, Heather Draper, Alexander Masters, Dominic Nutt, Kirstie Shearman

“…Other concerns discussed related to the acceptability of the donor securing a place on the trial including: whether this was an unfair distribution of benefits, disclosing the identity of the donor as the funder, protecting the donor from exploitation and funding a single study with multiple donors on the same terms. Some misgivings fell outside the usual REC purview: detrimental impact of donors of bad character, establishing the trustworthiness of the matching agency and its processes and optimising research funding and resources. …”
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Variations in Naturalistic Driving Behavior and Visual Perception at the Entrances of Short, Medium, and Long Tunnels by Xinsha Fu, Shijian He, Jintao Du, Xiaofei Wang, Ting Ge

“…The commencement of active deceleration was significantly associated (with correlation factors of 0.80, 0.77, and 0.79 under short-, medium-, and long-tunnel conditions, respectively) with the point at which the driver saccade amplitude fell below 10 degrees for more than 3 s. The results of this study add to the sum of knowledge of differential driver performance at the entrances of tunnels of different lengths.…”
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Health Economic Analysis of Two-Layer Bandage System for Treatment of Chronic Venous Insufficiency by Peter J. Mallow

“…The average pain reduction fell by 67% using a visual analog score. Bandages were typically changed once or twice a week (51.7%). …”
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Adherence Definitions, Measurement Modalities, and Psychometric Properties in HIV, Diabetes, and Nutritional Supplementation Studies: A Scoping Review by Burleson J, Stephens DE, Rimal RN

“…The operational definition of adherence fell into four categories: numerical, dichotomous, ranked ordinal, and undefined. …”
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Functional outcome of distraction osteogenesis in infected nonunion of the tibia by J. Arjun, Hari Sivanandan, Karuppanan Soundarajan, Shebin Christin, Chereddi H. Maheswara Reddy

“…Results: The results revealed that most patients fell within the age group of 40–50 years, with an average age of 40.9 years in our study. …”
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Carbon Monoxide and Particulate Matter Concentrations inside the Road Tunnels of Guanajuato City, Mexico by Adrián Zamorategui-Molina, Norma L. Gutiérrez-Ortega, Juan Carlos Baltazar-Vera, Julio Del Ángel-Soto, David Tirado-Torres

“…Although the average CO concentration fell below the World Health Organization (WHO)’s guideline of 50 ppm for a 30-minute exposure, the average PM10 concentration exceeded the guideline of 50 µg m–3 for a 24-hour exposure inside all three tunnels. …”
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Peripapillary retinal nerve fibre layer thinning, perfusion changes and optic neuropathy in carriers of Leber hereditary optic neuropathy-associated mitochondrial variants by Paul F Kenna, Kirk A J Stephenson, Lorraine Cassidy, Clare Quigley

“…Overall, the LHON asymptomatic relatives (n=16) had no significant change in peripapillary VD (p=0.166), though three eyes had VD which fell below the derived normal range at 6% each, with variable VA from normal to blindness; LogMAR median 0, range 0–2.4. …”
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Regional Disparities in Measles Vaccination Coverage and Their Associated Factors: An Ecological Study in Japan by Masaki Machida, Shinji Fukushima, Takahiro Tabuchi, Tomoki Nakaya, Wakaba Fukushima, Shigeru Inoue

“…In Japan, coverage of the first dose of measles vaccine, which had exceeded the target of 95.0% since fiscal year (FY) 2010, fell to 93.5% in FY 2021. Vaccination coverage increased to 95.4% in FY 2022 but varied by municipality. …”
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Correcting the Cognitive Bias for Commuting Time to Relieve the Driving Stress Level in Snow Weather Condition: A Naturalistic Driving Study in Harbin, China by Zifeng Yang, Zhenwu Shi, Di Lu, Jie Liu

“…Nevertheless, current evidence fell considerably short of explaining whether and why private drivers’ stress levels might be influenced while commuting driving in a specific scenario and how to relieve their stress levels. …”
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Serum fatty acid-binding protein 3 levels differentiate active from inactive myositis and correlate with response to therapy by Latika Gupta, Sanjukta Majumder, Amita Aggarwal, Ramnath Misra, Able Lawrence

“…FABP3 levels were higher in active (5.73 vs. 2.91 ng/ml, P = 0.0351) disease, more so in early IIM (n = 16, 21, 3.84 vs. 0.00 ng/ml, P = 0.002). Levels fell with treatment in responders (n = 7, 14.5–7.5 ng/dl, P = 0.03) but not in nonresponders. …”
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