Female Sex as a Thromboembolic Risk Factor in the Era of Nonvitamin K Antagonist Oral Anticoagulants by Mariacarla Gallù, Giulia Marrone, Jacopo Maria Legramante, Antonino De Lorenzo, Nicola Di Daniele, Annalisa Noce

“…The present review was performed to review sex differences in AF-related thromboembolic risk reported in the literature and possibly highlight current knowledge gaps in prevention and management that need further research.…”
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Nitrogen Balance of Effluent Irrigated Silage Cropping Systems in Southern Australia by Chris J. Smith, Val O. Snow, Ray Leuning, David Hsu

“…Results from the project provide pig producers with the knowledge necessary to evaluate the efficiency of such systems for managing N, and enable sustainable effluent reuse practices to be developed. …”
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Factors Predicting the Adherence to the Therapy of Italian IBD Patients by Cristina Bucci, Fabiana Zingone, Stella Tammaro, Paola Iovino, Antonella Santonicola, Carolina Ciacci

“…Healthcare givers should improve the knowledge regarding the disease and favor the development of combined drugs that would simplify the daily medication plan.…”
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Severe immunodeficiency spectrum associated with NHEJ1 gene mutation: Cernunnos/XLF deficiency by Ana María Navarro, Gabriela Mantilla, Jorge Andrés Fernández, Mario Fernando Unigarro, Alfonso Suárez, María Claudia Ortega

“…This case is the fiftieth reported in the literature and the first in Colombia, given the low prevalence of NHEJ1-related immunodeficiency and its difficult diagnosis due to scarce knowledge.…”
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Estradiol and progesterone levels in early pregnancy after natural, estradiol + progesterone or gonadotrophin stimulated frozen embryo transfer cycle: a randomised controlled trial... by Nina Freiesleben Mørch, Mette Petri Lauritsen, Pernille Fog Svendsen

“…Anovulatory women can only be offered a substituted or a stimulated cycle. Knowledge on fetal exposure to estradiol in early pregnancy is very limited, but studies on mice and rats have shown hormonal and metabolic disturbances in cubs born from estradiol-exposed mothers. …”
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Pesticide upsurge, cross-contamination and biodiversity: case studies from the Caribbean Coast Human-Environment Observatory by Hervé, Vincent, Sabatier, Pierre, Lambourdière, Josie, Raymond, Richard, Foulquier, Eric, Le Berre, Iwan, Lopez, Pascal Jean

“…We present here results that show the multiple causalities, causal asymmetries, and equifinality of environmental pollution related to chlordecone, glyphosate, arsenic and Sargassum and highlight the need to bring further knowledge and awareness to the local populations on these concerns.…”
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A Rare Presentation of Orbital Castleman’s Disease by Ruchi Goel, Akash Raut, Ayushi Agarwal, Shweta Raghav, Sumit Kumar, Simmy Chaudhary, Priyanka Golhait, Sushil Kumar, Ravindra Saran

“…Proptosis resolved after surgery and no recurrence was noted in the three-year follow-up. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case report of a mixed-cell variant of unicentric orbital CD without any systemic features. …”
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Joint statement on evidence-based practices in mechanical ventilation: suggestions from two Brazilian medical societies by Juliana Carvalho Ferreira, Arthur Oswaldo de Abreu Vianna, Bruno Valle Pinheiro, Israel Silva Maia, Sérgio Vasconcellos Baldisserotto, Alexandre Marini Isola

“…The management of mechanical ventilation should be part of the curricula during clinical training; however, trainees and practicing professionals frequently report low confidence in managing mechanical ventilation, often seeking additional sources of knowledge. Review articles, consensus statements and clinical practice guidelines have become important sources of guidance in mechanical ventilation, and although clinical practice guidelines offer rigorously developed recommendations, they take a long time to develop and can address only a limited number of clinical questions. …”
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Oriented R-CNN With Disentangled Representations for Product Packaging Detection by Jiangyi Pan, Jianjun Yang, Yinhao Liu, Yijie Lv

“…Many previous works focus on rotating object detection and improve it, but this paper mainly combines the prior knowledge in remote sensing and industrial scenes, and the research is more general. …”
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Overweight and Obesity Coexist with Thinness among Lao’s Urban Area Adolescents by Katiya Ivanovitch, Sonemany Keolangsy, Nontiya Homkham

“…Poor eating habits were noted in 67.0% of adolescents, even though 78.0% of them had a good knowledge of nutrition. Factors significantly associated with the overweight/obesity were low physical activities (aOR = 18.3; 95% CI: 5.51–60.66) and adolescents living with their guardians (aOR = 0.25; 95% CI: 0.08–0.79). …”
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Association between purpose in life and healthcare use among women and men in Germany: cross-sectional analysis of the nationally representative German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP)... by Hans-Helmut König, André Hajek

“…In contrast, higher purpose in life was associated with in an increased likelihood of hospitalisation among men (OR 1.40, 95% CI 1.02 to 1.93), but not women (OR 1.03, 95% CI 0.79 to 1.34).Conclusion Even after adjusting for various potential confounders, there was still a gender-specific association between higher purpose in life and increased HCU. This knowledge may assist in addressing individuals at risk for underuse or overuse of healthcare services.…”
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Communication interventions in adult and pediatric oncology: A scoping review and analysis of behavioral targets. by Bryan A Sisk, Ginny L Schulz, Jennifer W Mack, Lauren Yaeger, James DuBois

“…Interventions varied widely in which behavioral domains were engaged. Knowledge and skills were engaged most frequently (85%, 75/88 and 73%, 64/88, respectively). …”
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Sentence Embedding Based Semantic Clustering Approach for Discussion Thread Summarization by Atif Khan, Qaiser Shah, M. Irfan Uddin, Fasee Ullah, Abdullah Alharbi, Hashem Alyami, Muhammad Adnan Gul

“…Discussion threads are a valuable source of knowledge for Internet users, as they have information about numerous topics. …”
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Optic Neuritis in an Adult Patient with Chickenpox by Ana Rita Azevedo, Rita Simões, Filipe Silva, Susana Pina, Cristina Santos, Peter Pêgo, Filomena Silva, Susana Teixeira

“…Four days after admission, her visual acuity started to improve, and two months later, she had 20/20 visual acuity in both eyes. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of an immunocompetent adult in which a Varicella zoster virus associated optic neuritis presented with fundoscopic changes before decreased visual acuity. …”
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Gender-based stigma and the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS among older women: A scoping review protocol. by Thi Vu, Jasmine Manalel, Kate Nyhan, Katie Wang, Joan Monin

“…<h4>Discussion</h4>To our knowledge, this will be the first scoping review to examine gender-based stigma in relation to HIV prevention and care among older women. …”
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Understanding transmission pathways and integrated digital surveillance potential of antimicrobial resistance in Ethiopia in a One Health approach: a mixed-method study protocol by Muhammad Asaduzzaman, Christoph Gradmann, Andrea Sylvia Winkler, Zeleke Mekonnen, Ernst Kristian Rodland

“…Introduction Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has a critical global impact, mostly affecting low- and middle-income countries. A major knowledge gap exists in understanding the transmission pathway of the gut colonisation with AMR bacteria between healthy humans and their animals in addition to the presence of those AMR bacteria in the surrounding environment. …”
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Small-Scale Farmers’ Uptake of Eco-Friendly Vegetable Production Practices in Enugu State, Nigeria. by Ikenna Charles Ukwuaba, Chiziterem Benita Nze, Ridwan Mukaila, Sunday Ifeanyi Ukwuaba, Chukwuma Otum Ume, Emmanuel Ejiofor Omeje, Ogochukwu Gabriella Onah, Chris Nnamdi Onyekwe, Onyebuchi Jonathan Umeh

“…=4.50), limited technical knowledge (????? =4.04) and lack of support from research and extension services (????? …”
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Secondary metabolites from the resins of Aloe vera and Commiphora mukul mitigate lipid peroxidation by Rehman Najeeb Ur, Al-Riyami Samia Ahmed, Hussain Hidayat, Ali Amjad, Khan Abdul Latif, Al-Harrasi Ahmed

“…Structure-activity relationship showed that the existence of hydroxyl, methoxy and ether groups might play a major role in countering oxidative stress. To the best of our knowledge, anti-LPO activities of compounds 1–4, 14, 18 and 20 are reported for the first time. …”
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Mitigating Risks in the Disaster Management Cycle by Huay Ling Tay, Ruth Banomyong, Paitoon Varadejsatitwong, Puthipong Julagasigorn

“…This study is one of the few that collected multiple data to extend the knowledge of risk identification and mitigation within the DMC.…”
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Multilevel Analysis of Ground Beetle Responses to Forest Management: Integrating Species Composition, Morphological Traits and Developmental Instability by Dominik Stočes, Jan Šipoš

“…Building on species‐level knowledge, the second layer analysed the interaction between coarse traits, such as wing morphology and fine‐scale body traits, including body size (proxied by elytron length), head width and last abdominal sternite, to assess their relationship with the different treatments. …”
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