Using a digital health intervention “INTERCEPT” to improve secondary prevention in coronary heart disease (CHD) patients: protocol for a mixed methods non-randomised feasibility st... by Catriona Jennings, Irene Gibson, Marissa Corcoran, John William McEvoy, Lis Neubeck, Lisa Hynes, Faisal Sharif, David Wood, Andrew W Murphy, Molly Byrne

“…INTERCEPT is designed to support and motivate patients to set goals, self-monitor lifestyle and medical risk factors, and manage their medications, with the health care professional portal enabling monitoring and communication with patients. …”
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Decrease in platelet count in patients with AKI and its association with major adverse kidney events by Ramón Medina-González, Jose J. Zaragoza, Eduardo M. Hernández-Barajas, Juarez Correa-de Leon, Rolando Claure-Del Granado, Armando Vazquez-Rangel, Liliana M. Pineda-Segura, Martha K. Franco-Garcia, Gael Chávez-Alonso, Juan A. Gómez-Fregoso, Francisco G. Rodríguez-García, Guillermo Navarro-Blackaller, Luz Alcantar-Vallin, Alejandro Martínez Gallardo-González, Gabriela J. Abundis-Mora, Guillermo García-García, Jonathan S. Chávez-Iñiguez

“…Our results are useful for generating hypotheses and motivating us to continue studying this association with a more robust design.…”
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Impact of #PCOSweightloss: A global X hashtag analysis study of weight loss narratives in the PCOS community by Munaza Afaq, Kumar Vashisht, Areen Al-Dhoon, Divya Abraham, Atanas G. Atanasov, Maima Matin, Zara Arshad, Rahul Kashyap, Faisal A. Nawaz

“…The hashtag #PCOSweightloss has become a pivotal forum on the platform X, where individuals exchange experiences, share information, and motivate each other concerning weight loss strategies connected with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS). …”
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Neuron-Specific Glycine Metabolism Links Transfer RNA Epitranscriptomic Regulation to Complex Behaviors by Jennifer Blaze, Viviana Dolores Evans, Jessica Abigail Feria Pliego, Petr Unichenko, Behnam Javidfar, Soeren Heissel, Hanan Alwaseem, Zachary Pennington, Denise Cai, Henrik Molina, Christian Henneberger, Schahram Akbarian

“…Changes in extracellular glycine levels were monitored by an optical glycine Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) sensor in the hippocampus, and behavioral phenotyping included cognition, anxiety-like behavior, and behavioral despair. Results: Increased motivated escape behaviors were specifically observed in mice with neuron-specific ablation of Gldc, resulting in an excess in cortical glycine levels comparable to a similar phenotype in mice after deletion of neuronal Nsun2. …”
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Delirium Management Quality Improvement Project to Improve Awareness and Screening in a Medical ICU by Hirsh Makhija, Kyle Digrande, Omar Awan, Russell G. Buhr, Rajan Saggar, Victoria Ramirez, Rainbow Tarumoto, Janelle M. Fine, Atul Malhotra, Dale M. Needham, Jennifer L. Martin, Biren B. Kamdar

“…Subsequent engagement by health system leadership motivated the development of an electronic health record dataset to evaluate unit-level outcomes, including CAM-ICU documentation and benzodiazepine administration. …”
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Second order slip micropolar MHD hybrid nanofluid flow over a stretching surface with uniform heat source and activation energy: Numerical computational approach by Syed Arshad Abas, Hakeem Ullah, Mehreen Fiza, Ali Akgul, Aasim Ullah Jan, Magda Abd El-Rahman, Seham M. Al-Mekhlafi

“…Recent advancements have highlighted the potential of hybrid nanofluids in further improving thermal and flow characteristics. Novelty: Motivated by these developments, this study investigates the heat and mass transfer characteristics of a micropolar hybrid nanofluid comprising titanium dioxide (TiO2) and silver (Ag) nanoparticles suspended in water. …”
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Classifying problematic gaming using a latent profile approach based on personality traits in Chinese young adolescent by Jingyue Hao, Zhenjiang Liao, Qiuping Huang, Xinxin Chen, Shuhong Lin, Yongyan Shi, Yifan Li, Yin Tang, Xuhao Wang, Hongxian Shen

“…Notably, the low-risk group reported forming the fewest new online friendships, despite sharing similar social motivations with the other groups. Conclusion Traits such as low neuroticism and high conscientiousness serve as protective factors against gaming addiction, while being unmarried or an only child provides additional safeguards. …”
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Dataset of microscale atmospheric flow and pollutant concentration large-eddy simulations for varying mesoscale meteorological forcing in an idealized urban environmentZenodo by Eliott Lumet, Thomas Jaravel, Mélanie C. Rochoux

“…This significant computational effort and associated carbon footprint motivates the sharing of the data generated.The added value of the PPMLES dataset is twofold. …”
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VANDAL BEHAVIOUR OF ADOLESCENTS AS A LEGAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEM by O. V. Gurova

“…The contradictions in the psychological theory, educational practice and consciousness of society were revealed: between the widespread occurrence of acts of vandal behaviour and the limited methods and means to prevent it; between the mass involvement of adolescents in vandalism and the lack of specialised age-based programmes to correct vandal behaviour; between the prevalence of unauthorized graphic activity of schoolchildren and other forms of vandal behaviour in the educational environment and the reluctance of teachers and administration of educational institutions to recognise this as a noteworthy problem; between the social significance of determination of lawful and effective punishment (in terms of prevention) and insufficient attention to personal reasons that encourage a person to commit or not to commit vandal acts; between common scientific interest in the individual psychological and socio-typological features of adolescents committing vandalism and inadequate attention to the socio-psychological motivational determinants, initiating and forming the readiness to commit vandal actions. …”
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Feasibility of implementing family-integrated newborn care for hospitalised preterm and low birthweight infants in newborn care units of Ethiopia: a mixed-methods design by Hege Langli Ersdal, Araya Abrha Medhanyie, Damen Haile Mariam, Siren Rettedal, Znabu Hadush Kahsay

“…However, its practicality (0.53), integration (0.52) and adaptability (0.50) could be generally constrained mainly by the poor organisational infrastructure related to NCU space and infection prevention measures. Addressing motivational, attitudinal and competency gaps of NCU HCPs, along with organisational capacity, would be required.…”
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Digital Health Program to Support Family Caregivers of Children Undergoing Growth Hormone Therapy: Qualitative Feasibility Study by Alba Jiménez-Díaz, Maitena Pierantonelli, Patricia Morte Coscolín, Amaia Salinas-Uhalte, Silvia Quer-Palomas, Octavio Rivera-Romero, Rocío Herrero, Luis Fernández-Luque, Rosa Baños, Ricardo C Berrios, Antonio de Arriba

“…The ACDP is a mobile-based digital intervention focused on promoting the overall well-being of family caregivers which provides access to personalized education, motivational mobile-based messages, and mental well-being exercises such as mindfulness or respiratory exercises. …”
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Implementing Internet-Delivered Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression and Anxiety in Adults: Systematic Review by Daniel Duffy, Derek Richards, Garrett Hisler, Ladislav Timulak

“…In total, 3 subdomains were identified under the second domain: (1) the management of iCBT in the workplace, detailing the importance of managing the iCBT service, related staff, and their motivations for using it; (2) the practice of iCBT in the workplace, describing the therapeutic aspects of iCBT provision, such as the provision of support, the background of supporters, and screening procedures; and (3) contextual considerations, detailing the impact of governmental legislation on therapy conducted over the internet, the lack of an iCBT workforce as a limiting factor, and the cost estimates associated with iCBT provision. …”
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Experiencia de vida colectiva de jóvenes y enseñanza social de la iglesia: mirada psicosocial by Ángela María Zapata, Felix Rafael Berrout

“…To demonstrate the results and discussion, we chose the metaphor “taut rope” that can recognize three voltages: motivations, needs/interests, and methodologies or modes of action of both, the Catholic Church and the collective action of young people. …”
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Artificial Intelligence–Powered Training Database for Clinical Thinking: App Development Study by Heng Wang, Danni Zheng, Mengying Wang, Hong Ji, Jiangli Han, Yan Wang, Ning Shen, Jie Qiao

“…The app enabled medical students’ learning to become more active and self-motivated, with a variety of formats, and provided real-time feedback through assessments on the platform. …”
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Fixed timed artificial insemination in buffalo heifers with fresh and frozen-thawed semen in Argentina by José Luis Konrad, Alexis Bandeo, Natalia Vallejos, Pablo Ponce, Jesús Alfredo Berdugo, Pablo Maldonado-Vargas

“…The fertility of frozen-thawed semen was lower than that of frozen- thawed semen, without being significant, which should motivate veterinarians and breeders to cryopreserve semen from breeding stock. …”
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Smoking habits, awareness and support needs for cessation among people with multiple sclerosis in Australia: findings from an online survey by Roshan das Nair, Ron Borland, Claudia H Marck, Isabelle Weld-Blundell, Lisa Grech, Sarah L White

“…Almost 60% of the current smokers wanted additional cessation information specific to MS (n=41, 59.4%), and 45.5% said this information would motivate them to quit smoking (n=30).Conclusions Our convenience sample, which may not be representative, indicated an urgent need for regular evidence-based smoking cessation supports for people with MS. …”
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Effectiveness of nicotine salt vapes, cytisine, and a combination of these products, for smoking cessation in New Zealand: protocol for a three-arm, pragmatic, community-based rand... by Natalie Walker, Amanda Calder, Joanne Barnes, George Laking, Varsha Parag, Chris Bullen

“…Eligible participants will be people who smoke daily (N = 800, 90% power) from throughout New Zealand, who are: aged ≥ 18 years, motivated to quit in the next two weeks, able to provide online consent, willing to use e-cigarettes and/or cytisine, and have daily access to a mobile phone. …”
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Poly-Systemic Analysis of Military Students’ Discipline by L. Ya. Dorfman, A. V. Dubrovsky, A. P. Andrunik, E. A. Tsariev, V. N. Lyadov

“…The structure of discipline included the following indicators: “obedience from childhood”, “self-restraint”, “social motives”, “orientation to result”, “acceptance of self-responsibility” and “consciousness”. …”
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Adaptation of the five-factor BFI-10 personality screening questionnaire and testing of its diagnostic properties on the example of drug users by О. О. Serdiuk, В. О. Bazyma

“…The large number of questions from the most common and cited in the scientific literature questionnaires of the "Big Five" makes them unsuitable for surveys of large samples of poorly motivated respondents. It is described the process of adaptation, validation and diagnostic properties of the five-factor BFI-10 Express Diagnostic Screening Questionnaire, which contains only 10 questions and has shown high reliability in large comparative cross-cultural studies using a web methodology. …”
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Incidence Rate of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus after Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of 170,139 Women by Zhuyu Li, Yunjiu Cheng, Dongyu Wang, Haitian Chen, Hanqing Chen, Wai-kit Ming, Zilian Wang

“…The findings of very high incidence of T2DM after GDM add an important insight into the trajectory of the development of T2DM in the long-term postpartum periods, which could provide evidence for consultant and might motivate more women with GDM to screen for T2DM. This trial is registered with PROSPERO identifier CRD42019128980.…”
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