The Paradox of Averroes by Nur S. Kirabaev

“…In medieval Arab-Muslim culture, the term "falsafa" referred to ancient philosophy and the teachings of thinkers like al-Farabi (870-950), Ibn Sina, and Ibn Rushd, who were influenced by ancient philosophical models. Unlike European medieval philosophy, a unique aspect of falsafa was that it was neither regarded as nor aspired to be a servant of religion. …”
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Bone Density, Geometry, and Mass by Peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography and Bone Turnover Markers in Children with Diabetes Mellitus Type 1 by Maciej Jaworski, Elżbieta Wierzbicka, Edyta Czekuć-Kryśkiewicz, Paweł Płudowski, Maria Kobylińska, Mieczysaw Szalecki

“…An additional information about growth, modelling, and remodelling processes can be gathered by the bone turnover marker measurement. …”
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Development and In Vitro Evaluation of Oral Capsules from Antiaris: A Convenient Substitute for Peripheral Neuropathy by Mary-Ann Archer, Doris Kumadoh, Samuel Nii-Bortier Gaizer, Adelaide Mensah, Jonathan Jato, Micheal Odoi Kyene, Susana Oteng Mintah, Genevieve Naana Yeboah, Paul kwesi Sodzi, Ofosua Adi-Dako

“…The flow properties of the granules as well as the quality assessment of the formulations such as dissolution, disintegration, uniformity of weight, and assay tests were evaluated using pharmacopoeial and nonpharmacopoeial methods. Appropriate models were used to investigate the difference factor (f1) and similarity factor (f2) of the dissolution profiles of the formulations and Antiaris. …”
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Luteolin Pretreatment Ameliorates Myocardial Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury by lncRNA-JPX/miR-146b Axis by Tongda Xu, Yuanyuan Zhang, Gege Liao, Haochen Xuan, Jie Yin, Jieli Bao, Yang Liu, Dongye Li

“…Methods. We established the models in vitro (HL-1 cells) and in vivo (C57BL/6J mice) to certify the protection mechanism of Lut pretreatment on myocardial I/R injury. …”
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A qualitative study to understand the facilitators of and barriers to retention in care to the national PMTCT Option B+ programme in Uganda. by Charity Kyomugisha-Nuwagaba, Rachel King, Rose Baryamutuma, Simon Muhumuza, Linda N Kisakye, William Bazeyo, Evelyn Akello

“…<h4>Conclusion</h4>Findings highlighting barriers covering personal, interpersonal, structural and community suggest that developing client-centered models addressing social and community barriers and provide more holistic services is key to retaining mother-infant pairs in care. …”
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A Systematic Review on the Performance Characteristics of Sustainable, Unfired Admixed Soil Blocks for Agricultural and Industrial Waste Management by Tarun Sharma, Sandeep Singh, Parteek Singh Thind, Jasgurpreet Singh Chohan, Raman Kumar, Shubham Sharma, Wojciech Kaplonek, Nima Khalilpoor, Alibek Issakhov

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Mechanistic Rationale and Clinical Efficacy of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in Chronic Neuropathic Pain: An Evidence-Based Narrative Review by Simone Schiavo, Julian DeBacker, Carine Djaiani, Anuj Bhatia, Marina Englesakis, Rita Katznelson

“…HBOT has been shown to have antinociceptive and analgesic effects in animal models of inflammatory, neuropathic, and chronic pain. …”
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hsa_circ_0008305 facilitates the malignant progression of hepatocellular carcinoma by regulating AKR1C3 expression and sponging miR-379-5p by Shenglan Huang, Kan Liu, Yongkan Xu, Hua Wang, Shumin Fu, Jianbing Wu

“…Further functional assays, including CCK8, EdU, colony formation assays, scratch-healing, transwell assays, and Xenograft tumor models were conducted to explore the biological functions of circPTK2. …”
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Healthcare and non-healthcare professionals’ knowledge about nutrition in older adults: a cross-sectional study by Marijana Matek Sarić, Tamara Sorić, Ana Sarić, Paula Smoje, Anamarija Rozić, Marina Matković, Sanja Zoranić, Marija Ljubičić

“…The associations between participants’ characteristics and knowledge about the importance of nutrition in disease prevention and treatment, the assessment of nutritional status in older adults, and clinical nutrition were analyzed using multiple linear regression models. Results Participants’ overall knowledge of nutrition guidelines for older adults was moderate in both groups, with healthcare professionals scoring a median of 7.0 (IQR = 1.0) and non-healthcare professionals scoring a median of 6.0 (IQR = 2.0). …”
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Exploring the Needs and Preferences of Users and Parents to Design a Mobile App to Deliver Mental Health Peer Support to Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes: Qualitative Study by Titilola I Yakubu, Poonamdeep Jhajj, Samantha Pawer, Nicholas C West, Shazhan Amed, Tricia S Tang, Matthias Görges

“…ObjectiveThis study aimed to explore the mental health needs of adolescents with T1D, determine their preferred modalities for app-based mental health support, and identify desirable design features for peer-delivered mental health support modeled on an app designed for adults with T1D. …”
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Aging towards walkable futures: insights from a multidisciplinary workshop held in Barcelona, Spain by Enric Vall-Garcia, Laura Delgado-Ortiz, Lisa Alcock, Laura Coll-Planas, José Augusto García-Navarro, Susanne Iwarsson, Josep Maria Jansà, Carl-Philipp Jansen, Sarah Koch, Simon Schwartz, Merja Rantakokko, Adelaida Sarukhan, Willeke van Staalduinen, Lynn Rochester, Judith Garcia-Aymerich

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Associations between biomarkers of inflammation and depressive symptoms—potential differences between diabetes types and symptom clusters of depression by Christian Herder, Anna Zhu, Andreas Schmitt, Maria C. Spagnuolo, Bernhard Kulzer, Michael Roden, Norbert Hermanns, Dominic Ehrmann

“…Associations between biomarkers and depressive symptom scores and clusters (cognitive-affective, somatic, anhedonia) were estimated with multivariable linear regression models. Nine biomarkers were positively associated with depressive symptoms in the total sample (CCL11/eotaxin, CCL25, CDCP1, FGF-21, IL-8, IL-10RB, IL-18, MMP-10, TNFRSF9; all p < 0.05) without interaction by diabetes type. …”
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Angiotensin Inhibition Reduces the Risk of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage in Patients With Hypertension by Mohammad Hossein Abbasi, Colleen M. Brensinger, Emily K. Acton, Christopher G. Favilla, Jan‐Karl Burkhardt, Scott E. Kasner

“…Cox proportional hazard regression models were used to compare the time to SAH by type of antihypertensive treatment. …”
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Sex-specific trends in smoking prevalence over seven years in different Austrian populations: results of a time-series cross-sectional analysis by Thomas Ernst Dorner, Alexandra Kautzky-Willer, Helmut Brath

“…ORs for daily smoking in subgroups, presented as results of logistic regression models, adjusted for sociodemographic variables and presence of chronic diseases.Results Prevalence of daily cigarette smoking was 26.0% for men in both years, and increased from 19.1% to 22.0% (p&lt;0.001) in women from 2007 to 2014. …”
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Novel genes involved in vascular dysfunction of the middle temporal gyrus in Alzheimer’s disease: transcriptomics combined with machine learning analysis by Meiling Wang, Aojie He, Yubing Kang, Zhaojun Wang, Yahui He, Kahleong Lim, Chengwu Zhang, Li Lu

“…Alzheimer’s disease mouse models demonstrated consistent altered expression of these genes in the middle temporal gyrus. …”
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Dephrasal adjectives in Polish – A case of syntax-inside-morphology by Joanna Kolbusz-Buda

“…Lieber and Scalise’s (2007) Firewall Theory, which belongs to the current of the so-called mixed models of word-formation advanced in the recent years by, for instance, Ackema and Neeleman 2004 and Pafel 2017, allowing for a limited intermodular interaction between morphological and syntactic domains. …”
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Estimating health state utilities for aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase deficiency (AADCd) in the United States by Berrin Monteleone, Katie Forster, Gin Nie Chua, Rongrong Zhang, Andrew Lloyd, Paul Castellano, Ioannis Tomazos

“…Mean TTO scores were calculated for each health state, and regression models were used to estimate disutility associated with use of feeding tube. …”
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The Reception and Dissemination of European Music Theories in Brazil. Riemann, Schenker, and Schoenberg by Carlos de Lemos Almada, Guilherme Sauerbronn de Barros, Rodolfo Coelho de Souza, Cristina Capparelli Gerling, Ilza Nogueira

“…Mostly dedicated to Brazilian musical contexts, theoretical-analytical studies developed in Brazil have creatively deployed imported theoretical models for pedagogical, analytical, or compositional purposes. …”
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Knowledge and Use of Caries Detection Methods among Dental Students and Dental Practitioners in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia by Waseem Radwan, Abeer A. AlNasser, Hesah Aloqab, Khalid Al-Saggaf, Nora A. Almuhtab, Bothinah Alnasyan

“…The responses were correlated with demographic and educational variables. Regression models were used to predict associations. Results. 42.3% and 32.7% use sharp explorers in diagnosing caries always and most of the time, respectively. …”
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Molecular genetic and morphological characteristics of Micractinium thermotolerans and M. inermum (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta) from pyroclastic deposits of the Kamchatka Peninsu... by R. Z. Sushchenko, V. Yu. Nikulin, V. B. Bagmet, A. Yu. Nikulin

“…No differences were found when comparing the helical domain models of ITS1 and ITS2 in M. thermotolerans. Strain VCA-72 occupied a basal position in the M. inermum clade. …”
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