Effect of Post-Activation Potentiation on Weightlifting Performance and Endocrinological Responses by Shyam Chavda, Angela Sorensen, James Vernau, Frank Hills, Chris Bishop, Anthony Nicholas Turner

“…Further analysis on an individual level demonstrated values, both negative and positive, ranging from extremely large (<i>d</i> = −4.10) to trivial (<i>d</i> = 0.04). …”
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Patient–specific hemodynamic modeling to optimize LVAD speed and right heart health by Mustafa M. Ahmed, Holly Grant, Jasmine Martinez, Joshua Thomas, Mohammad Al-Ani, Alex Parker, Juan Vilaro, Juan Aranda, Venkat Keshav Chivukula

“…The magnitude of speed change varied depending on individual patient targets. This may provide individualized speed titration goals and lessen the need for repeat invasive studies.…”
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The effect of a community-based health behaviour intervention on healthcare services use among people with type 2 diabetes in Nepal by Grish Paudel, Corneel Vandelanotte, M Mamun Huda, Padam Kanta Dahal, Lal Rawal

“…Background: Community-based health behavioural interventions have effectively reduced the glycated haemoglobin level (HbA1c) among individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). However, there is no evidence of such interventions in improving the healthcare utilisation in under-resourced settings. …”
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Characteristics, location, and usage patterns of resting burrows in Chinese pangolins: Insights from radio-telemetry tracking by Nick Ching-Min Sun, Jing-Shiun Lin, Kurtis Jai‑Chyi Pei

“…Pangolins occupied individual burrows for up to 10 days during colder months and breeding seasons. …”
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A sensitivity analysis of methodological variables associated with microbiome measurements by Samuel P. Forry, Stephanie L. Servetas, Jennifer N. Dootz, Monique E. Hunter, Jason G. Kralj, James J. Filliben, Scott A. Jackson

“…Overall, methodological bias was found to be similar in magnitude to real biological differences while also exhibiting significant variations between individual taxa, even between closely related genera. …”
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Association between pan-immune-inflammation value and coronary heart disease in elderly population: a cross-sectional study by Ruicong Ma, Jinyi Ren, Xianmei Chen, Xia Li, Ying Zhao, Yanchun Ding

“…The receiver operator characteristic (ROC) curve was used to explore the predictive value of PIV combined with COUNT score for CHD.Results41,713 individuals qualified for analysis. The individuals with CHD had higher levels of PIV. …”
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Electrocardiographic Changes in Pregnant Patients With Congenital Heart Disease by Maria A. Pabon, Amrit Misra, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Madeline E. Duncan, Ava Conklin, Katherine E. Economy, Fred M. Wu, Thomas Tadros, Anne Marie Valente, For the STORCC Investigators

“…Like patients without heart disease, those with CHD increase their HR during pregnancy, except individuals with SRV and Fontan, who appear to lack capacity for physiologic HR augmentation.…”
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Attitudes of German General Practitioners Toward eHealth Apps for Dementia Risk Reduction: Qualitative Interview Study by Adrian Schultz, Melanie Luppa, Markus Bleckwenn, Steffi G Riedel-Heller, Andrea Zuelke

“…ConclusionsGPs want patients to receive relevant and individualized information. Prerequisites for the use of eHealth apps for dementia prevention were app characteristics related to design and content. …”
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Analgesia and sedation strategies in neonates undergoing whole-body therapeutic hypothermia: A scoping review. by Mahima Joshi, Javed Muneer, Lawrence Mbuagbaw, Ipsita Goswami

“…Future studies will need to develop framework tools to enable precise control of sedation/analgesia drug exposure customized to individual patient needs.…”
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Reusing of Organic Waste from Tubifex sp. Substrate in nature by D. Shafruddin, W. Efiyanti, . Widanarni

“…The length of Tubifex sp. body was ranged from 0.9 to 3.5 cm and an individual mean weight of 2.78 mg.   Organic waste applied was 500 g, 1000 g, and 1500 g.  …”
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Intestinal microbiota as biomarkers for different colorectal lesions based on colorectal cancer screening participants in community by Gairui Li, Gairui Li, Dan Zhao, Binfa Ouyang, Yinggang Chen, Yashuang Zhao

“…The 13 bacterial genera combination exhibited optimal performance in distinguishing Inf from Nor (AUC 0.71).DiscussionOur study has identified specific microbial biomarkers that can differentiate between colorectal lesions and healthy individuals. The intestinal microbiota markers identified may serve as valuable tools in community-based CRC screening programs.…”
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PEDAGOGICAL CONTENT THREE-FACTOR MODEL OF EDUCATING HIGH-SCHOOL STUDENTS FOR PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES by T. A. Lopatukhina, A. V. Rynkevich

“…The model provided in the paper gives the chance to the student to be lifted to self-education level, to plan professional self-development and to build an individual trajectory of professional career.…”
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Associations between mental illness, TB risk and migrant status by S.E. Hayward, K.L. Kristensen, A. Deal, J.H. Petersen, T. Lillebaek, S. Hargreaves, M. Norredam, J.S. Friedland

“…The effect was more substantial in Danish-born individuals (HR 15.51, 95% CI 12.05–19.95, n < 0.001) than in migrants (HR 1.37, 95% CI 0.99–1.90, n = 0.055). …”
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Types de dominance agressive dans une colonie constituée exclusivement de males chimpanzés : intensité, fréquence, durée et direction de l'agression by Nerea Amezcua Valmala, Javier de Echegaray y Díaz de Otazu, Belén Fernández Castilla, Catarina Casanova, Fernando Colmenares

“…Second, we investigated whether the rank order of individuals varied depending on whether we assessed occurrence of aggression or duration of aggressive episodes for each one of the three levels and for the pooled category. …”
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Clinical Consultation in the Workplace: Are There Implications for Response Attitudes? by Bárbara Gonzalez, Rosa F. Novo, Maria João Afonso, Matilde Fernandes, Ana Vieira

“…The clinical-organizational context (where clinical psychology services are provided in the individuals’ professional setting) has still been insufficiently approached in research, namely the influence it may have on the response attitudes of individuals undergoing psychological assessment. …”
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Artificial intelligence driven clustering of blood pressure profiles reveals frailty in orthostatic hypertension by Claire M. Owen, Jaume Bacardit, Maw P. Tan, Nor I. Saedon, Choon‐Hian Goh, Julia L. Newton, James Frith

“…As physiological reserve diminishes with age, individuals grow more susceptible to such stressors over time, risking inadequate haemodynamic control observed in orthostatic hypotension. …”
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Assessing type-2 diabetes risk based on the Indian diabetes risk score among adults aged 45 and above in India by Karthika Maniyara, Prakash Babu Kodali

“…Obese individuals with a history of heart disease/stroke had a significantly higher (AOR  5.30; 95% CI 4.39–6.41) risk for diabetes. …”
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Negative Association of Gulf War Illness Symptomatology with Predicted Binding Affinity of Anthrax Vaccine Antigen to Human Leukocyte (HLA) Class II Molecules by Lisa M. James, Apostolos P. Georgopoulos

“…Method: Here, we tested this hypothesis by determining the association between severity of GWI symptoms in 458 GW veterans and the overall strength of the binding affinity of the PA epitopes to the specific six Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) Class II alleles carried by each individual (two of each of the HLA-II genes: DPB1, DQB1, DRB1), responsible for initiating the process of antibody production in otherwise immunocompetent individuals, estimated in silico. …”
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Diagnostic Accuracy of Mammography, Ultrasound, and Fine-Needle Aspiration in Detecting Breast Cancer in Patients with Painful Breast Masses:A Medical Record-Base Study by Hassan Vafapour, Sajad Borzoueisileh, Fatemeh Vafapour, Zafar Masoumi Moghaddam, Frough Nikeghbali, Yaghoub Barfar, Amir Hekmatifar

“…The sensitivity of individual diagnostic tests was compared, and the results showed that sonography had a sensitivity of 57.6%, while mammography had a sensitivity of 87.9%, compared to fine-needle aspiration. …”
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PLCG2 and IFNAR1: The Potential Biomarkers Mediated by Immune Infiltration and Osteoclast Differentiation of Ankylosing Spondylitis in the Peripheral Blood by Bo Han, Qiaobo Xie, Weishi Liang, Peng Yin, Xianjun Qu, Yong Hai

“…The results demonstrated that the levels of PLCG2 mRNA expression in AS were considerably higher than those in healthy individuals (P=0.003). IFNAR1 mRNA expression levels were considerably lower in AS than in healthy individuals (P<0.0001). …”
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