Yogic Practices as a Complementary Approach to Physical Fitness: An Intervention Study by Tarak Nath Pramanik, Aminur Rahaman, Gopal Chandra Saha, Anupam Roy, Punam Pradhan

“…Yoga is an ancient practice that has gained attention for its potential benefits on muscular strength and endurance, flexibility, power, agility, balance, reaction time, and body mass index (BMI), making it an effective complementary approach for improving overall health and physical fitness. …”
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Global burden of neck pain and its gender and regional inequalities from 1990 - 2021: a comprehensive analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Haifeng Wu, Yue Li, Congying Zou, Weidong Guo, Feng Han, Guoshun Huang, Lin Sun

“…Negative correlations were observed between the Estimated Annual Percentage Change (EAPC) and both the age-standardized rates and the Sociodemographic Index (SDI). Low-SDI countries generally exhibited higher incidence and YLDs rates, whereas high-SDI countries maintained higher YLDs rates despite relatively lower incidence rates. …”
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Predictive markers of rapid disease progression and chemotherapy resistance in triple-negative breast cancer patients following postoperative adjuvant therapy by Tao Ma, Xiao-meng Hao, Hong-dan Chen, Min-hui Zheng, Xiao-geng Chen, Shuang-Long Cai, Jin Zhang

“…A predictive model incorporating these predictors yielded a C-index of 0.898 in the training set and 0.938 in the validation set, with respective Brier scores of 0.079 and 0.073. …”
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Association of overweight and obesity with hypertension, diabetes and comorbidity among adults in Bangladesh: evidence from nationwide Demographic and Health Survey 2017–2018 data... by Sukanta Das, Manabika Debnath, Sunanda Das, Snigdha Sarkar, Afrin Sadia Rumana

“…Overweight and obesity, as measured by body mass index, were the main explanatory variables. The strength of the association was determined using the adjusted multiple logistic regression models.Setting Rural and urban areas in Bangladesh.Participants The study included a total of 11 881 adults (5241 men and 6640 women) aged 18 years or older.Results The prevalence of hypertension, diabetes and comorbidity among the sample population were 28.5%, 9.9% and 4.5%, respectively. …”
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Prevalence and determinants of HIV among reproductive-age women (15–49 years) in Africa from 2010 to 2019: a multilevel analysis of demographic and health survey data by Alemu Gedefie, Amare Muche, Anissa Mohammed, Aznamariam Ayres, Dagnachew Melak, Eyob Tilahun Abeje, Fekade Demeke Bayou, Fekadeselassie Belege Getaneh, Lakew Asmare, Abel Endawkie

“…Increasing maternal age, higher maternal education, women who were unemployed, a history of multiple sexual partners, women in a union, community-level educational status, community-level wealth index, African sub-region, and urban residence were found to be independent predictors of HIV infection in Africa.ConclusionThe burden of HIV has remained higher, highlighting the need for targeted public health intervention strategies to prevent the transmission of HIV among key populations.…”
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Comparison of 3 Aging Metrics in Dual Declines to Capture All-Cause Dementia and Mortality Risk: Cohort Study by Anying Bai, Shan He, Yu Jiang, Weihao Xu, Zhanyi Lin

“…All 3 metrics were predictive of incident all-cause dementia and mortality when adjusting for multiple confounders, with variations in the strength of their associations (incident dementia: MCR odds ratio [OR] 1.90, 95% CI 1.30‐2.78; CF 5.06, 95% CI 2.87‐8.92; PCDS 3.35, 95% CI 2.44‐4.58; mortality: MCR 1.60, 95% CI 1.17‐2.19; CF 3.26, 95% CI 1.99‐5.33; and PCDS 1.58, 95% CI 1.17‐2.13). The C-index indicated that PCDS and MCR had the highest discriminatory accuracy for all-cause dementia and mortality, respectively. …”
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The Diagnosis Value of a Novel Model with 5 Circulating miRNAs for Liver Fibrosis in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B by Qingqing Zhang, Qidi Zhang, Binghang Li, Ying Qu, Zhenghong Li, Lungen Lu, Rongzhou Li, Xiaobo Cai

“…The ROC showed that the miR-5 has excellent value in diagnosis of fibrosis, even better than the Forns score, FIB-4, S index, and APRI. GO functions of different miRNAs mainly involved in various biological processes were markedly involved in HBV and revealed signaling pathways dysregulated in liver fibrosis of CHB patients. …”
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Creation of Text Vignettes Based on Patient-Reported Data to Facilitate a Better Understanding of the Patient Perspective: Design Study by Sofia Charlotte Kelly, Emilie Kauffeldt Wegener, Lars Kayser

“…ObjectiveThis study aimed to develop data-informed text vignettes based on data from the Readiness and Enablement Index for Health Technology (READHY) instrument as another way of representing PRO data and to examine how these are perceived as understandable and relevant for both patients and clinicians. …”
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Characterizing the microstructural transition at the gray matter-white matter interface: Implementation and demonstration of age-associated differences by Joan Y Song, Roman Fleysher, Kenny Ye, Mimi Kim, Molly E Zimmerman, Richard B Lipton, Michael L Lipton

“…Results: We demonstrate this method captures an inherent change in fractional anisotropy (FA), axial diffusivity (AD), orientation dispersion index (ODI) and intracellular volume fraction (ICVF) across the GWI that is characterized by small variance. …”
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Effect of Ischemic Oppression on Trigger Points of Patients with Myofascial Pain Syndrome by Xinjian LI, Nanjun CHEN, Jianyu YANG, Enming ZHANG, Zheng GAO, Zhenmin BAI

“…Before and after treatment, the cervical joint mobility and muscle strength were measured by the tester instrument of muscle and spinal mobility, the pain degree of neck and shoulder was evaluated by visual analogue scale (VAS), the level of cervical dysfunction was evaluated by neck disability index (NDI).Results:Compared with before treatment, the left and right muscle strength increased significantly in the treatment group after the first treatment, the range of motion (forward flexion), left and right muscle strength increased significantly in the treatment group after treatment for two weeks, VAS scores at the left flexion, right flexion and right rotation and NDI scores decreased significantly, with statistically significant differences (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05). …”
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Nationwide Outcomes of Heart Transplantation for Postpartum Cardiomyopathy by Ilias P. Doulamis, Aspasia Tzani, Ahmet Kilic, Toshiki Kuno, Alexandros Briasoulis

“…Results: A total of 677 patients were identified, with a mean age of 35 years. The mean body mass index (BMI) was 27.2 kg/m2; the most common comorbidity was type 2 diabetes (T2D) (n = 589; 87%). …”
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Non-pharmacological interventions for the prevention of type 2 diabetes in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials by K M Saif-Ur-Rahman, Md Shariful Islam, Anupam Sarker, Rina Das, Saraban Ether

“…The secondary outcome is to measure changes in glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) level, weight/body mass index (BMI), fasting glucose level and 2-hour glucose from baseline of the included randomised controlled trials.Methods This review has been conducted following the standard systematic review guidelines. …”
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Self-reported dyspareunia and outcome satisfaction after spontaneous second-degree tear compared to episiotomy: A register-based cohort study. by Mette L Josefsson, Sara Sohlberg, Cecilia Ekéus, Eva Uustal, Maria Jonsson

“…Logistic regression was used and results are presented by Odds Ratios (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) after adjustment for age, body mass index and mode of delivery.<h4>Results</h4>30.0% of women with a spontaneous tear and 29.1% of women with an episiotomy reported mild or moderate dyspareunia, while 2.4% of women with a spontaneous tear compared to 3.8% of women with an episiotomy reported strong or unbearable dyspareunia (aOR 1.5; CI 0.9-2.4). 73.4% of women with a spontaneous tear and 67.1% with episiotomy were satisfied or very satisfied with their outcome, while 6.7% with an episiotomy compared to 3.7% with a spontaneous tear were dissatisfied (aOR 1.8; CI 1.2-2.6). …”
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Comparative analysis of floristic richness and diversity in six central forest reserves of north eastern Uganda by Samuel Ojelel, Esther Katuura, Patrick Mucunguzi, James Kalema

“…The lowest similarity index was between Ogera hills and Moumt Moroto CFRs (0.37 or 37%) while the highest was between Akur and Kano CFRs (0.63 or 63%). …”
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Financial and non–financial factors in companies’ adaptation process towards sustainability and sustainable business models by Magdalena Zioło, Elżbieta Szaruga, Anna Spoz

“…It can be emphasized there are statistical differences between entities with relatively good financial conditions and those with relatively weaker financial conditions in the context of such values as gender employment gap, total population living in households considering that they suffer from noise, greenhouse gas emission, Corruption Perceptions Index. The companies with relatively better financial standing achieve a smaller gender employment gap (at the national level) than entities with relatively worse financial conditions. …”
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Comparative effectiveness of manual therapy, pharmacological treatment, exercise therapy, and education for neck pain (COMPETE study): protocol of a systematic review with network... by Ana Izabela Sobral de Oliveira-Souza, Jordana Barbosa-Silva, Douglas P. Gross, Bruno R. da Costa, Nikolaus Ballenberger, Tiago V. Pereira, Liz Dennett, Susan Armijo-Olivo

“…Searches will be conducted in Ovid Medline All®, Embase, CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature), Scopus, and Cochrane Library Trials database. …”
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The value of inflammation-related indicators in chemotherapy efficacy and disease-free survival of triple-negative breast cancer by Jie Zhu, Jiale Cheng, Yuyuan Ma, Ying Wang, Zhonghua Zou, Wenjie Wang, Haihua Shi, You Meng

“…Platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) and immune inflammatory index (SII) were obtained from blood routine. Levels of Ki-67 expression were detected by immunohistochemistry (IHC). …”
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Correlation between estimated glucose disposal rate, insulin resistance, and cardiovascular mortality among individuals with metabolic syndrome: a population-based analysis, eviden... by Dawei Xing, Jing Xu, Xiaochun Weng, Xiaolu Weng

“…Abstract Background Estimated glucose disposal rate (eGDR), is an index of insulin resistance. It is intimately correlated with inflammation and endothelial dysfunction, both of which are contributory factors in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and premature mortality. …”
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Spatial-temporal pattern and driving mechanism of urban land use eco-efficiency in mountainous counties based on multi-source data: a case study of Zhejiang province, China by Li Fan, Lindong Ma, Lindong Ma, Zhongwei Huang

“…The degree of efficiency differences between counties gradually converged. (2) The ULUEE at the county level exhibited a significant spatial positive correlation, with Moran’s I index increasing from 0.3219 to 0.3715. On the local scale, the cold spot significant area was mainly distributed in the north and south of Zhejiang province, and significant spatial and temporal variations were observed within the hot spot significant area. (3) The results of factor detection showed that altitude (X1), topographic relief (X2), and forest cover (X3) always played a strong role in affecting ULUEE. …”
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The efficacy of neoadjuvant immunotherapy and lymphocyte subset predictors in locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: A retrospective study by Ruotong Wang, Shaodi Wen, Xiaoyue Du, Jingwei Xia, Bowen Hu, Yihan Zhang, Guoren Zhou, Feng Jiang, Xiaomin Lu, Miaolin Zhu, Xinyu Xu, Bo Shen

“…We assessed peripheral blood indexes and tertiary lymphoid structures (TLS) density to evaluate their impact on pathological response and prognosis, leading to a clinical prediction model for treatment efficacy and survival. …”
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