Histopathological Finding of Microdamage Accumulation in Atypical Subtrochanteric Femoral Fracture by Yo Watanabe, Naoki Kondo, Tomomi Fukuhara, Norio Imai, Masahiko Yamada, Naoto Endo

“…Herein, we report the case of a 61-year-old woman who fell while walking, which prompted her to visit our facility. She had a 7-year history of alendronate use to treat osteoporosis. …”
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Diagenetic Modifications and Reservoir Heterogeneity Associated with Magmatic Intrusions in the Devonian Khyber Limestone, Peshawar Basin, NW Pakistan by Mumtaz M. Shah, Saifullah Afridi, Emad U. Khan, Hamad Ur Rahim, Muhammad R. Mustafa

“…Field observations, petrographic studies, mineralogical analyses, porosity-permeability data, and computed tomography were used to better understand the diagenetic history and petrophysical property evolution. Numerous dolerite intrusions are present in the studied carbonate successions, where the host limestone was altered to dolomite and marble, and fractures and faults developed due to the upwelling of the magmatic/hydrothermal fluids along pathways. …”
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New evidence on the Late Bronze – Early Iron Age human nutrition in the Crimea (northern Pontic Region) based on the stable isotope analysis and radiocarbon dating by Kulkova Marianna A., Kashuba Maya N., Kulkov Aleksandr M., Kozhukhovskaya Yuliya V., Tikhomirov Vitaliy A., Streltsov Mihail A.

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Men's more frequent predisposing factors in infectious endocarditis facilitate improvement of outcomes by shortening of diagnostic delay by S. Andreß, K. Reischmann, S. Markovic, F. Rohlmann, B. Hay, W. Rottbauer, D. Buckert, S. d'Almeida

“…Men exhibited a higher prevalence of predisposing cardiac conditions (p = 0.012) due to a higher frequency of a history of implantable cardioverter defibrillator implantation (p = 0.004), and were more likely to have poor dental status (p = 0.001), and coronary artery disease (p = 0.002). …”
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Comparing the Effectiveness of Self-determination Skills Training and Affect Phobia Therapy on the Meta-Emotional and Mental Toughness in Adolescent Girls with Sexual Abuse Experie... by Fatemeh Dafeian, Zahra Yousefi

“…The findings indicated that both self-determination skills training and agoraphobia treatment interventions were effective in enhancing positive meta-emotion and psychological resilience among adolescent girls with a history of sexual abuse during the post-test and follow-up stages (p < 0.05). …”
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Development of Renal Failure without Proteinuria in a Patient with Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance: An Unusual Presentation of AL Kappa Amyloidosis by Yijuan Sun, Amarpreet Sandhu, Darlene Gabaldon, Jonathan Danaraj, Karen S. Servilla, Antonios H. Tzamaloukas

“…A 78-year-old man with a 9-year history of IgG kappa light-chain-MGUS and normal urine protein excretion developed severe renal failure. …”
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Analysis of DNA cox1 barcoding revealed novel haplotype in Schistosoma haematobium isolated from Western Sudan by Ishraga Adam Elzain, Abeer Babiker Idris, Abdul Aziz Karim, Nagla Mohamed Ahmed, Salaheldein G. Elzaki, Semih Yılmaz, Mohamed A. Hassan, Hamid Suliman Abdalla

“…In conclusion, this study identified a novel S. haematobium strain and provides insights into the evolutionary history and phylogeography of S. haematobium in Sudan, particularly in the western region. …”
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Competing sexual-asexual generic names in Agaricomycotina (Basidiomycota) with recommendations for use by Joost A. Stalpers, Scott A. Redhead, Tom W. May, Amy Y. Rossman, Jo Anne Crouch, Marc A. Cubeta, Yu-Cheng Dai, Roland Kirschner, Gitta Jutta Langer, Karl-Henrik Larsson, Jonathan Mack, Lorelei L. Norvell, Franz Oberwinkler, Viktor Papp, Peter Roberts, Mario Rajchenberg, Keith A. Seifert, R. Greg Thorn

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Analysis of ICIs alone or in combination rechallenged outcomes after progression from first-line ICIs plus chemotherapy in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer by Guisen Yin, Xin Liu, Xiangtao Yu, Song Tan, Fen Liu

“…Multivariate analysis showed that treatment regimen was a risk factor for immune rechallenge PFS, but there was no statistical correlation between gender, age, smoking history, pathological type, intermittent treatment or first-line drug resistance and immune rechallenge PFS. …”
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Elastosonographic Evaluation of Endometrium in Postmenopausal Bleeding by İsmail Burak Gültekin, Orhan Altınboğa, Serap Gültekin, Elif Akkaş Yılmaz, Gökşen İnanç İmamoğlu, Afra Alkan, Tuncay Küçüközkan

“…STUDY DESIGN: A total of 80 women in their postmenopausal period were enrolled for the study; 19 with postmenopausal bleeding and 61 normal healthy controls. All patients with a history of previous uterine surgery (including myomectomy) and/or endometrial interventions such as endometrial ablation, polyp removal, hysteroscopic interventions (except solely diagnostic procedures) and endometrial sampling within one year were excluded from the study because of the possibility of endometrial changes that may interfere with elastosonographic starin ratios. …”
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Network pharmacology-based screening of the active ingredients and mechanisms of Cymbaria daurica against diabetes mellitus by Ruyu Shi, Dongxue Chen, Mingyue Ji, Baochang Zhou, Ziyan Zhang, Chunhong Zhang, Minhui Li

“…Cymbaria daurica L. has a long history as a folk medicine and tea for the treatment of diabetes. …”
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Magnitude of urban malaria and its associated risk factors in Damboya town, Kambata zone, Central Ethiopia by Biruk Mulachew, Temesgen Bezuayehu, Solomon Asnake

“…Presence of stagnant water (AOR = 3.630, 95 % CI: 1–13, P < 0.049), unavailability of Insecticide-treated bed net (AOR = 3.89, 95 % CI: 1.08–14.01, P < 0.038), living in a house with eaves (AOR = 5.06, 95 %CI: 1.25–20.58, p < 0.023), travel history (AOR = 3.58, 95 %CI: 1–12.79, p < 0.049), low-income (AOR = 5.3, 95 %CI: 1.09–25.2, P < 0.038), were significantly associated with malaria occurrence. …”
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Psychological and autonomous nervous system features of functional gastric dyspepsia and irritable bowel syndrome, duloxetine treatment efficacy by A. P. Pogromov, G. M. Dyukova, M. L. Leonova

“…At physical examination analysis of complaints, past history, examination data was applied. Bristol stool scale (Rome-III 2006), laboratory and instrumental methods: upper endoscopy, colonoscopy, morphological study, Helicobacter pylori breath test, routine blood biochemical tests were used. …”
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Klasifikasi Intensi dengan Metode Ling Short-Term Memory pada Chatbot Bahasa Indonesia by Faiz Aulia Al Farisi, Rizal Setya Perdana, Putra Pandu Adikara

“…The data used are 501 question history texts from the Helpdesk TIK UB database which fall into the 7 specified intensity classes. …”
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Lithological and geochemical characterization of ‘adinole’ artefacts from cave deposits in southwest Wales: A material of choice during the late Middle to Upper Palaeolithic by Richard Bevins, Elizabeth A. Walker, Nick Pearce, Duncan Pirrie, Rob Ixer, Ian Saunders, Matthew Power

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Left Ventricular End-Systolic Volume Is a Reliable Predictor of New-Onset Heart Failure with Preserved Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction by Marina Kato, Shuichi Kitada, Yu Kawada, Kosuke Nakasuka, Shohei Kikuchi, Yoshihiro Seo, Nobuyuki Ohte

“…We screened the patients who received cardiac catheterization to evaluate coronary artery disease concomitantly with both left ventriculography and LV pressure recording using a catheter-tipped micromanometer and finally enrolled 355 patients with LVEF ≥ 50% and no history of heart failure (HF) after exclusion of the patients with severe coronary artery stenosis requiring early revascularization. …”
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Clinical characteristics and prognosis of children with culture-negative osteoarticular infections: a meta-analysis based on cohort studies by Xingguang Chen, Jue Liu, Mingfeng Xue, Ting Zhuang, Feng Yao, Jialing Lu, Xiaodong Wang

“…In addition, there were no significant differences in gender, age, race, trauma history, patient delay, antibiotic usage before admission or clinical symptoms between the two groups. …”
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The relation of MEFV gene variants to clinical phenotype and selected laboratory markers in Egyptian patients with familial Mediterranean fever by Hala T. El-Bassyouni, Ghada Nour Eldeen, Mona F. Sokkar, Mohamed B. Taher, Mohammed M. Sayed-Ahmed, Iman I. Salama, Hala M. Raslan

“…All patients were subjected to complete history taking, clinical evaluation, and laboratory investigations. …”
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Diagnostic Accuracy of Procalcitonin for Bacterial Infection in Liver Failure: A Meta-Analysis by Xinchun He, Liang Chen, Haiou Chen, Yuqing Feng, Baining Zhu, Caixia Yang

“…However, the results of procalcitonin must be carefully interpreted combined with medical history, physical examination, and microbiological assessment.…”
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Brewed for Performance: Caffeine’s Impact on Nutrition, Endurance and Strength in Sports by Michał Janiszewski, Marcin Komorowski, Rafał Kaczorowski, Jaromir Hunia, Jonasz Jurek, Alicja Kapciak, Julia Górny, Aleksandra Pelczarska, Tomasz Forenc

“… Caffeine is one of the most widely consumed and studied stimulants worldwide with a long history in athletics as a performance enhancer. Although listed as a stimulant in the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA’s) 2024 Monitoring Program, its use is not prohibited. …”
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