An Interdisciplinary Analysis of the Late Islamic Cemeteries Within the Cathedral (15th–18th Century CE) and the Ruins of Adulis (Mid-19th–Early 20th Century CE), Massawa, Eritrea:... by Omar Larentis, Nelly Cattaneo, Paolo Lampugnani, Susanna Bortolotto, Emanuele Zappa, Andrea Gregorini, Yotam Gezae, Tsegai Medin, Ilaria Gorini, Serena Massa

“…More broadly, they contribute to the understanding of the history of the Horn of Africa, a region with limited data from funerary and archaeological contexts. …”
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Réprimer par le droit : L’intervention de la Brigade nationale de police judicaire dans les procès du Hirak El-Rif by Mariam Benalioua

“…The final section shows how the BNPJ collects incriminating facts in a targeted way, through the creation of PVs, to produce a coherent judicial history.…”
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Mammography Among Women Residing in Urban Versus Rural Utah: Breast Cancer Survival by Quinn Tanner, Chun‐Pin Chang, Karen Curtin, James VanDerslice, Lisa Gren, Vikrant Deshmukh, Michael Newman, Ankita Date, Mark Dodson, N. Lynn Henry, Mia Hashibe

“…Controls (n = 63,117) without a history of breast cancer were matched to cases by birth year and birth state. …”
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Mutation in the COL2A1 gene is associated with acetabular dysplasia by Miaomiao Xin, Xin Guan, Xin Guan, Jiangfei Yang, Yi Li, Zhentao Man, Hongsheng Sun, Min Fu

“…Bioinformatics analysis was performed to assess the pathogenicity of the identified variant, and 3D protein modeling was conducted to predict its impact on protein structure.ResultsThe proband presented with pain in bilateral hips, and based on clinical symptoms, laboratory findings and imaging studies, the final diagnosis was considered to be acetabular dysplasia with overlapping secondary synovial chondromatosis. Family history revealed similar symptoms in the proband’s father, while the grandparents and other family members were unaffected. …”
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A STUDY OF THE INFLUENCE OF EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES ON THE MORPHOFUNCTIONAL STATE OF THE ENDOMETRIUM IN VITRO by Оксана Александровна Мелкозерова, Ирина Викторовна Крутинь, Александра Юрьевна Храмцова, Мария Валерьевна Улитко, Алсу Фармутовна Мустафина

“…Despite the long history of assisted reproductive technologies (ART), the effectiveness of in vitro fertilization (IVF) programs remains at the level of 30-40%. …”
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Metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease and risk of nephrolithiasis: a sizeable cross-sectional study by Shengqi Zheng, Tianchi Hua, Guicao Yin, Wei Zhang, Xiaoxiang Wang, Lezhong Qi, Xiayong Jing, Qibing Fan, Xiaoping Yu, Yifan Li

“…All participants underwent medical examinations, including physical examinations, medical history tests, and laboratory tests. Based on ultrasound examination, participants were divided into MAFLD and non-MAFLD groups, and the severity of liver steatosis was determined based on ultrasound images. …”
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Integrated multidisciplinary analysis of mobile digital radiographic acquisitions of the mummies of the hermits from the Sanctuary of Madonna della Corona (Trentino-Alto Adige, Ita... by Omar Larentis, Omar Larentis, Omar Larentis, Ilaria Gorini, Michele Campus, Marta Lorenzetti, Giancarlo Mansueto, Susanna Bortolotto, Emanuele Zappa, Andrea Gregorini, Laura Rampazzi, Stefano Vanin, Giuseppina Carta, Alberto Carli, Lara Simonaitis, Lisa De Luca, Enrica Tonina

“…This article highlights next-generation X-ray technology utility, potential, and limitations in investigating clothing fabrics, restoration history, taphonomy, entomology, anthropology, and paleopathology. …”
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Nutritional intake of micronutrient and macronutrient and type 2 diabetes: machine learning schemes by Mohammad Rashidmayvan, Amin Mansoori, Elahe Derakhshan-Nezhad, Davoud Tanbakuchi, Fatemeh Sangin, Maryam Mohammadi-Bajgiran, Malihehsadat Abedsaeidi, Sara Ghazizadeh, MohammadReza Mohammad Taghizadeh Sarabi, Ali Rezaee, Gordon Ferns, Habibollah Esmaily, Majid Ghayour-Mobarhan

“…The study population comprised 9704 individuals aged 35–65 years were enrolled regarding their T2D status, and those with T2D history. 15% of individuals are diabetic and 85% of them are non-diabetic. …”
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The effect of smoking on the immediate effectiveness of induction chemotherapy in the combined treatment of HPV-associated oropharyngeal cancer by P. V. Golubev, L. V. Bolotina, A. R. Gevorkov, T. I. Deshkina

“…The patients were divided into 2 equal groups, fully comparable in terms of the main characteristics (smoking history, stage, histological type, and degree of tumour differentiation). …”
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Serum calcium and its relationship with immunoglobulin G (IgG) levels in prepartum buffaloes from the Venezuelan humid tropics by Juan Pablo Uzcátegui-Varela, Anacelmira Urbina Andueza, Janeth Caamaño Carrero

“…The other ten were adult buffaloes of 563±53.6 kg body weight at nine months of gestation and reproductive history of four calvings. The sampling consisted of collecting 6 milliliters (mL) of blood by jugular venipuncture in tubes without anticoagulant; then, the serum was separated by centrifugation at 3,300 r.p.m. for 20 minutes at 25 °C using a BOECO®-Germany centrifuge. …”
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Investigating the response mechanisms of the intertidal seagrass Zostera japonica to increased UVB radiation through physiological, transcriptomic, and metabolomic analyses by Jiayi Xin, Song Xue, Hongzhen Wang, Xinqi Li, Yu Zang, Lei Liu, Xuexi Tang, Jun Chen

“…Furthermore, its unique evolutionary history has endowed Z. japonica with distinct characteristics that differentiate its response to environmental changes from those of other marine and terrestrial plants. …”
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Development and validation of the age-associated dementia policy (AgeD-Pol) computer simulation model in the USA and Europe by Anand Viswanathan, Lee H Schwamm, Krishna P Reddy, Emily P Hyle, Fatma M Shebl, Kenneth A Freedberg, Julia H A Foote, Yiqi Qian, Shibani S Mukerji, Nattanicha Wattananimitgul, Ankur Pandya

“…Objective To develop and validate a novel, microsimulation model that accounts for the prevalence and incidence of age-associated dementias (AAD), disease progression and associated mortality.Design, data sources and outcome measures We developed the AAD policy (AgeD-Pol) model, a microsimulation model to simulate the natural history, morbidity and mortality associated with AAD. …”
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Multi-Modal Fusion of Routine Care Electronic Health Records (EHR): A Scoping Review by Zina Ben-Miled, Jacob A. Shebesh, Jing Su, Paul R. Dexter, Randall W. Grout, Malaz A. Boustani

“…<i>Background</i>: Electronic health records (EHR) are now widely available in healthcare institutions to document the medical history of patients as they interact with healthcare services. …”
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Pharmacist-led DE-eSCALation of opioids post-surgical dischargE (DESCALE) – A multi-centre, non-randomised, feasibility study protocol [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approv... by Ellie Santer, Julie H Hedayioglu, Vanessa J Short, Sabina Hulbert, Emma L Veale, Melanie Rees-Roberts, Johanna Theron

“…Participants aged ≥18 years who have undergone a surgical procedure at a single NHS trust in Southeast England and discharged with opioids and without a history of long-term opioid use, cancer diagnosis or study contraindications will be offered a Medicines Use Review (MUR) within 7-10 days of discharge. …”
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Phytolith assemblages from palm leaves and palm-leaf manuscripts: what is the difference and what it could mean? by Anastasia Poliakova, Anastasia Poliakova, Anastasia Poliakova, Giovanni Ciotti, Giovanni Ciotti, Giovanni Ciotti, Agnieszka Helman-Wazny, Agnieszka Helman-Wazny, Agnieszka Helman-Wazny, Agnieszka Helman-Wazny, Jörg Fromm, Jörg Fromm

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Clinical Significance of Screening Electrocardiograms for the Administration of Propranolol for Problematic Infantile Hemangiomas by James D. Phillips, Tyler Merrill, J. Reed Gardner, R. Thomas Collins, Jenika Sanchez, Adam B. Johnson, Brian K. Eble, Larry D. Hartzell, Jay M. Kincannon, Gresham T. Richter

“…In the absence of prior cardiac history, this cohort offers further evidence suggesting that screening ECGs may be of limited value in determining the safety of propranolol in otherwise healthy infants with PIH.…”
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Association between latent toxoplasmosis and bipolar disorder: a case-control seroprevalence study by Abdol Sattar Pagheh, Adele Sadat Talebian, Tooran Nayeri, Ali Akbar Esmaeili, Fatemeh Rezaei, Eisa Nazar, Masood Ziaee

“…In addition, in the group of patients, there was no statistically significant relationship between T. gondii infection with the type of bipolar disease (P = 0.93), the severity of the disease (P = 0.61), and the history of suicide attempts (P = 0.63). Conclusion This study showed that toxoplasmosis is a risk factor for BD and increases the chance of developing BD. …”
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Patients with Age-related Macular Degeneration Have Increased Susceptibility to Valvular Heart Disease by Natan Lishinsky-Fischer, Itay Chowers, MD, PhD, Yahel Shwartz, MSc, Jaime Levy, MD

“…Moreover, a supervised machine learning model successfully detected the presence of AMD based solemnly on the patient’s history of VHD. In the AMD cohort, we found no significant difference in VHD prevalence between patients with nonneovascular AMD and patients with neovascular AMD, or between patients with SDDs and patients without SDDs. …”
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Case report: Detecting giant cell arteritis in [68Ga]Ga-DOTA-Siglec-9-PET/CT by Simon M. Petzinna, Jim Küppers, Benedikt Schemmer, Anna L. Kernder, Anna L. Kernder, Claus-Jürgen Bauer, Leon von der Emde, Babak Salam, Jörg H. W. Distler, Anja Winklbauer, Markus Essler, Valentin S. Schäfer

“…Demographic data, disease history, and laboratory parameters, including soluble VAP-1 (sVAP-1) levels, were recorded. …”
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Low Serum Magnesium Level Is Associated with Microalbuminuria in Chinese Diabetic Patients by Baihui Xu, Jichao Sun, Xinru Deng, Xiaolin Huang, Wanwan Sun, Yu Xu, Min Xu, Jieli Lu, Yufang Bi

“…After adjustment for age, sex, BMI, blood pressure, lipidaemic profile, HbA1c, eGFR, history of cardiovascular disease, HOMA-IR, antihypertensive and antidiabetic medication, and diabetes duration, we found that, compared with the subjects in tertile 3 of serum magnesium, those in tertile 1 had 1.85 times more likeliness to have microalbuminuria. …”
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