Factors influencing in-hospital mortality for salvage percutaneous transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunting in cirrhotic patients with recalcitrant variceal bleeding after... by J E J Krige, E G Jonas, M Setshedi, S J Beningfield, U K Lotze, M M Bernon, S Burmeister, J C Kloppers

“…Methods. Clinical and laboratory data were analysed in all patients treated with sTIPS following failed endoscopic therapy for AVB between August 1991 and November 2020. …”
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Prevalence and factors associated with childhood malaria and anaemia in Osun state, Nigeria: a baseline household malariometric study by Olusola Ajibaye, Semiu Adebayo Rahman, Oluwagbemiga Olanrewaju Aina, Chinazo Ujuju, Chimere Obiora Agomo, Samuel Akindele, Olakiigbe Abiodun, Tolulope Victoria Uzoka, Nnenna Ogbulafor, Olufemi Oroge, Rufai-Ahmed Garba, Michael Ekholuenetale, Kolawole Maxwell, Ridwan Akorede Awosanya, Mary Abosede Adekola, Benjamin Bukky Ilesanmi, Adekemi Ajayi, Olusola Oresanya, James K. Tibenderana, Adeola Yetunde Olukosi

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Restoration of Foveal Bulge after Resolution of Diabetic Macular Edema with Coexisting Serous Retinal Detachment by Yijun Hu, Qiaowei Wu, Baoyi Liu, Manqing Huang, Qingsheng Peng, Pingting Zhong, Xiaomin Zeng, Yu Xiao, Cong Li, Ying Fang, Tao Li, Honghua Yu, Xiaohong Yang

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Cucumeropsis mannii seed oil shields against cyclophosphamide-induced hepatorenal toxicity by modulating redox imbalance and iNOS/IL-β1 signalling in rats by Amaka Cecilia Agbara, Ejike Daniel Eze, Christian Emeka Offor, Adam Moyosore Afodun, Ezebuilo Ugbala Ekpono, Peter Chinedu Agu, Chinyere Aloke, Nkeiru Nwaamaka Ezeani, Emmanuel Orire Ikuomola, Ekom Monday Etukudo, Ilemobayo Victor Fasogbon, Angela Mumbua Musyoka, Patrick Maduabuchi Aja

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Behavioral factors associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection. Results from a web-based case-control survey in the Capital Region of Denmark by Mikkel Porsborg Andersen, Christian Torp-Pedersen, Helle Collatz Christensen, Ulrik Pedersen-Bjergaard, Thomas Alexander Gerds, Amalie Lykkemark Moeller, Birgitte Lindegaard, Mille Dybdal Cajar, Florence Chia Chin Tan, Mogens Karsboel Boisen, Sebastian Moretto Krog, Rúna Nolsoee, Peter Lommer Kristensen, Thomas Broe Christensen, Maria Elisabeth Lendorf

“…Objective To study the association between behavioural factors and incidence rates of SARS-CoV-2 infection.Design Case–control web-based questionnaire study.Setting Questionnaire data were collected in the Capital Region of Denmark in December 2020 when limited restrictions were in place, while the number of daily SARS-CoV-2 cases increased rapidly.Participants 8913 cases of laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection were compared with two groups of controls: (1) 34 063 individuals with a negative SARS-CoV-2 test from the same date (negative controls, NCs) and 2) 25 989 individuals who had never been tested for a SARS-CoV-2 infection (untested controls, UC). …”
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Phase II study of concomitant radiotherapy with atezolizumab in oligometastatic soft tissue sarcomas: STEREOSARC trial protocol by Nicolas Penel, Dominique Vaur, Juliette Thariat, Alexandre Escande, Jennifer le Guevelou, Colin Debaigt, Esma Saada-Bouzid, Julien Viotti, Nazim Khalladi, David Thibouw, Marie Pierre Sunyach, Laurence Moureau-Zabotto, Mohamed Benchalal, Ovidiu Veresezan, Anne Ducassou, Cecile le Pechoux, Maria Jolnerovski, Celine Bazille, Raphael Serre, Christine Lovera

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Ginsenoside Rd protects against acute liver injury by regulating the autophagy NLRP3 inflammasome pathway by Xiaomei Zhong, Yibin Sun, Yanxiang Lin, Shan Deng, Huan Wang, Xian Zhou, Jinjian Lu, Yanfang Zheng, Ruoyin Luo, Mingqing Huang, Jianyuan Song

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Association between stroke and fracture and the mediating role of depression: a cross-sectional study from NHANES 2017 to 2020 by Yuqin Dan, Xuewen Pei, Danghan Xu, Zhaoxi Liu, Yuqi Wang, Meng Yin, Li Li, Gongchang Yu, Gongchang Yu

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Drying behavior and thermodynamic properties of cashew nut almonds in thin layers: A mathematical modeling approach by Rafaela Duarte Almeida, Maria Elita Martins Duarte, Mario Eduardo R. M. Cavalcanti Mata, Maria Eduarda Martins Duarte da Costa, Mylena Olga Pessoa Melo, Renata Duarte Almeida, Manoel Tolentino Leite Filho, Severina de Sousa, Alexandre da Silva Lucio, Eloi Duarte de Melo, Jonas Leite Cavalcante Neto, Jorge Jaco Alves Martins

“…The research was conducted at the Laboratory of Physical Measurements and Drying of the Academic Unit of Food Engineering at the Federal University of Campina Grande. …”
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Nucleated red blood cells for characterization of systemic inflammatory response syndrome in dogs by ARom Cho, Hyeona Bae, Youngju Kim, Yeseul Jeon, Rankyung Jung, Minji Kim, Minjeong Kang, Sumin Cha, Kyu‐Woan Cho, Dong‐In Jung, Jinho Park, DoHyeon Yu

“…Methods nRBC‐positive (nRBCs: ≥5/500, n = 32) and nRBC‐negative (nRBCs: <5/500, n = 30) dogs were classified, and clinicopathological data, Acute Patient Physiologic and Laboratory Evaluation (APPLEfast) scores, cytokines, 2‐ and 4‐weeks survival were compared. …”
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Vitamin D Deficiency and Associated Factors in Children: A Multicenter Study of 21,811 Samples in Southern China by Chuican Huang, Sijia Liu, Chen Cheng, Shiyun Chen, Qing Luo, Yan Huang, Yanxian Yao, Xixia Ye, Haizhen Wang, Liangyi Luo, Junwei Xie, Hongai Li, Yumei Duan, Beibei Liu, Wenting Cao, Fangfang Zeng, Wei Xiang, Lichun Fan

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LUBAC Formation Is Impaired in the Livers of Mice with MCD-Dependent Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis by Yasuka Matsunaga, Yusuke Nakatsu, Toshiaki Fukushima, Hirofumi Okubo, Misaki Iwashita, Hideyuki Sakoda, Midori Fujishiro, Takeshi Yamamotoya, Akifumi Kushiyama, Shin-ichiro Takahashi, Yoshihiro Tsuchiya, Hideaki Kamata, Fuminori Tokunaga, Kazuhiro Iwai, Tomoichiro Asano

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Development of Solid Self-Nanoemulsifying Drug Delivery System of Rhein to Improve Biopharmaceutical Performance: Physiochemical Characterization, and Pharmacokinetic Evaluation by More SM, Rashid MA, Kharwade RS, Taha M, Alhamhoom Y, Elhassan GO, Gangane P, Asar TO, Pise A, Kaleem M, Mujtaba MA

“…Sachin Madhusudan More1 &ast;, Md Abdur Rashid,2 Rohini S Kharwade3 &ast;, Murtada Taha,4 Yahya Alhamhoom,2 Gamal Osman Elhassan,5 Purushottam Gangane,3 Turky Omar Asar,6 Ajay Pise,7 Mohammed Kaleem,1 Md Ali Mujtaba8,9 1Department of Pharmacology, Dadasaheb Balpande College of Pharmacy, Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Nagpur, MH, 440037, India; 2Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia; 3Department of Pharmaceutics, Dadasaheb Balpande College of Pharmacy, Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Nagpur, MH, 440037, India; 4Department of Clinical Laboratory Science, Prince Sultan Military College of Health Sciences, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; 5Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, Qassim University, Buraidah, Saudi Arabia; 6Department of Biology, College of Science and Arts at Alkamil, University of Jeddah, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; 7Department of Regulatory Affairs Dadasaheb Balpande College of Pharmacy, Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Nagpur, MH, 440037, India; 8Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Northern Border University, Arar, Saudi Arabia; 9Center for Health Research, Northern Border University, Arar, Saudi Arabia&ast; These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Md Ali Mujtaba; Mohammed Kaleem, Email m.mujtaba@nbu.edu.sa; kaleemmubin88@gmail.comIntroduction: Rhein, a natural bioactive lipophilic compound with numerous pharmacological activities, faces limitations in clinical application due to poor aqueous solubility and low bioavailability. …”
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Pollution index and load of total nitrogen and phosphate on agriculture and fisheries in Jatigede Reservoir by Zulfia Kamila Mutia, Denny Kurniadie, Dadan Sumiarsa

“…The quantitative method uses a survey method is processing data from laboratory tests using the Pollution Index and total nitrogen and phosphate pollution loads. …”
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Aurora kinase A promotes hepatic stellate cell activation and liver fibrosis through the Wnt/β-catenin pathway by Guanqi Dai, Guanqi Dai, Junhao Lin, Yuchuan Jiang, Yuchuan Jiang, Xinhui Liu, Peng Chen, Yixiao Zhang, Zhenghui Song, Xuefen Zhuang, Jinge Cong, Yingchun Li, Xuanjia Hong, Yun Liu, Dong Xiao, Dong Xiao, Aimin Li, Yue Luo

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A Native LH1–RC–HiPIP Supercomplex from an Extremophilic Phototroph by Kazutoshi Tani, Ryo Kanno, Kenji V. P. Nagashima, Mai Kawakami, Naho Hiwatashi, Kazuna Nakata, Sakiko Nagashima, Kazuhito Inoue, Shinichi Takaichi, Endang R. Purba, Malgorzata Hall, Long-Jiang Yu, Michael T. Madigan, Akira Mizoguchi, Bruno M. Humbel, Yukihiro Kimura, Zheng-Yu Wang-Otomo

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Is global health truly global? A hashtag analysis of #GlobalHealth disparities on X by Zara Arshad, Pranav Sharma, Shweta Sharma, Mustafa Sajjad Cheema, Mustafa Sajjad Cheema, Charu Agarwal, Charu Agarwal, Tamara Tango, Tamara Tango, Farhan Bin Matin, Atanas G. Atanasov, Atanas G. Atanasov, Atanas G. Atanasov, Bodrun Naher Siddiquea, Maima Matin, Olga Adamska, Artur Stolarczyk, Rahul Kashyap, Rahul Kashyap, Faisal A. Nawaz, Faisal A. Nawaz

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The development of a food-group, tree classification method and its use in exploring dietary associations with metabolic dysfunction-associated Steatotic liver disease (MASLD) and... by Amina A. Alawadi, Amrita Vijay, Jane I. Grove, Moira A. Taylor, Guruprasad P. Aithal

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Coupling Bio-Resonance Neurotechnology (BRNT) and Dual Hemispheric Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) Reduces Comorbid Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) and Generali... by Sunder K, Makale MT, Makale M, Bodhanapati J, Murphy KT, Dennen CA, Baron D, Thanos PK, Hanna C, Ashford Jnr JW, Lewandrowski KU, Blum K

“…., Del Mar, CA, USA; 7Department of Family Medicine, Jefferson Health Northeast, Philadelphia, PA, USA; 8Division of Addiction Research & Education, Center for Sports, Exercise and Mental Health, Western University Health Sciences, Pomona, CA, USA; 9Behavioral Neuropharmacology and Neuroimaging Laboratory On Addictions (BNNLA), Research Institute On Addictions, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA; 10Department of Molecular Biology, Adelson School of Medicine, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel; 11Stanford University, Psychiatric /Public Mental Health & Population Sciences Palo Alto, Stanford, CA, USA; 12Department of Orthopaedics, Fundación Universitaria Sanitas, Bogotá D.C., Colombia&ast;These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Kenneth Blum, Email drd2gene@gmail.comAbstract: Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) and Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) are prevalent comorbidities related to a greater likelihood of poor treatment outcomes and prolonged treatment for Reward Deficiency Syndrome (RDS) behaviors. …”
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The ArcB kinase sensor participates in the phagocyte-mediated stress response in Salmonella Typhimurium by Coral Pardo-Esté, Coral Pardo-Esté, Francisca Urbina, Nicolas Aviles, Nicolas Pacheco, Alan Briones, Carolina Cabezas, Vicente Rojas, Valentina Pavez, Yoelvis Sulbaran-Bracho, Yoelvis Sulbaran-Bracho, Alejandro A. Hidalgo, Juan Castro-Severyn, Juan Castro-Severyn, Claudia P. Saavedra

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