Comparison of the risk of obesity in the FTO rs9939609 genotype in a multiethnic group in Asia systematic review and meta-analysis by Donna Pratiwi, Miko Sidartha, Elvan Wiyarta, Elvan Wiyarta, I Wayan Agustinus Harimawan, Ni Made Dwi Asti Lestari, Bonglee Kim, Nurpudji Astuti Taslim, Trina Ekawati Tallei, Fahrul Nurkolis, Rony Abdi Syahputra

“…AimThis study aims to examine the comparative risk of obesity in the FTO rs9939609 genotype in multiethnic groups in Asia, considering that obesity has become a global disease.Data synthesisData searches were carried out in several electronic databases: PubMed, Scopus, Google Scholar, ScienceDirect, ClinicalTrials.gov and NCBI. …”
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Serum Creatinine Level and APACHE-II Score within 24 h of Admission Are Effective for Predicting Persistent Organ Failure in Acute Pancreatitis by Jianhua Wan, Wenqing Shu, Wenhua He, Yin Zhu, Yong Zhu, Hao Zeng, Pi Liu, Liang Xia, Nonghua Lu

“…Our study included 2090 (35%) patients out of 6024 patients who were evaluated within 24 h of hospital admission. …”
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Emergence of Pituitary Adenoma in a Child during Surveillance: Clinical Challenges and the Family Members’ View in an AIP Mutation-Positive Family by Pedro Marques, Sayka Barry, Amy Ronaldson, Arla Ogilvie, Helen L. Storr, Peter J. Goadsby, Michael Powell, Mary N. Dang, Harvinder S. Chahal, Jane Evanson, Ajith V. Kumar, Joan Grieve, Márta Korbonits

“…A 12-year-old niece developed headache and her MRI showed a microadenoma, not seen on a pituitary MRI scan 3 years earlier. Discussion. Out of the 14 members harbouring germline AIP mutations in this kindred, 5 have pituitary adenoma. …”
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Bidirectional Mendelian Randomization Analysis to Study the Relationship Between Human Skin Microbiota and Radiation-Induced Skin Toxicity by Hui Chen, Xiaojie Xia, Kexin Shi, Tianyi Xie, Xinchen Sun, Zhipeng Xu, Xiaolin Ge

“…Mendelian Randomization (MR) analysis was leveraged to sort out the causal link between skin microbiota and radiation-induced skin toxicity. …”
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The Role of Lifestyle in the Prevention and Treatment of Insulin Resistance: A Review of Clinical and Intervention Studies by Daria Rybak, Olga Krupa, Kinga Furtak, Zofia Martyna Wójcik, Kuba Borys Romańczuk, Szymon Przemysław Stolarczyk, Paulina Dorota Pietrukaniec, Bartosz Omasta, Katarzyna Kamińska-Omasta, Magdalena Agata Czerska

“…The review also points out research gaps and emphasizes the necessity of long-term studies to refine lifestyle recommendations for diverse populations …”
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Editorial by Ann-Kristin Kölln, Antony Mason, Jörg Tremmel, Markus Rutsche, Maria Lenk

“…In addition, his analysis also points out that a highly homogenous network composition is a statistically significant predictor of joining a political party. …”
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La flore sauvage du boulevard Dr Henri-Henrot à Reims/Durocortorum : approche carpologique de l’environnement du site et des productions de denrées végétales by Véronique Matterne, Clémence Pagnoux

“…The index average measuring the sensitivity to nitrogen supply (Julve 1998; Jauzein, Nawrot 2011) is significant of rather rich or amended soils (average of 6 out of 9 for 105 taxa). Nevertheless, the significant variability in condition and setting should be highlighted, as the index includes all values from 1 to 9, a state also recorded for many rural sites of the Roman period in northern France (Zech-Matterne, Brun 2016). …”
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Le camp F de Lautagne à Valence (Drôme) : l’organisation interne et la vie quotidienne d’un camp militaire romain au milieu du ier s. av. J.-C. by Magalie Kielb Zaaraoui, Loïc Buffat, Michel Reddé, Yahya Zaaraoui

“…It is obvious that the Roman army performed a rigorous sorting of materials, laid out on one side or the other of the ditch, according to need. …”
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Le nivellement des aqueducs de Lyon et leurs aménagements de régulation et de ralentissement : analyse et mise en perspective by Laetitia Borau

“…With a network of aqueducts 222 km long, Lugdunum stands out from the cities of Roman Gaul for the scale of its water supply system. …”
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The Recognition and Management of Adverse Effects in Electroconvulsive Therapy: Findings From a Finnish Survey Study by Saara H. Huoponen, Katrin Sisa, Tom Saari, Markku Taittonen, Ulla Ahlmén‐Laiho

“…Results Our survey reached 19 out of 26 units in Finland, with 17 units completing the full questionnaire. …”
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Clinico-pathological profile of patients with HIV and tuberculosis co-infection by Cheryl Sarah Philipose, Sinchana KM, Haritha Haridas, John Ramapuram, Sharada Rai

“…Material and methods The present 5-year retrospective study was carried out in the Department of Pathology at a tertiary care hospital in South India. …”
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The potential of fungi-bacterial biofilm, compost, and LOF compared with chemical fertilization in supporting the growth of pakcoi (Brassica rapa var chinensis) by Rosariastuti Retno, Rosada Hanifati, Sutami, Irawan Evi, Nugraha Setyo, Simamarta Rumella, Haryuni

“…Data analysis was carried out with ANOVA and continued with DMRT. The results showed that the 50% NPK + 50% biofilm biofertilizer treatment can increase plant height, leaf width, and fresh weight of pakchoi plants compared to the control, while the number of leaves with 100% LOF was 16,69% higher than the control. …”
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Spectroscopic (FT-IR and FT-Raman) and quantum chemical study on monomer and dimer of benznidazole from DFT and molecular docking approaches by Tirth Raj Paneru, Manoj Kumar Chaudhary, Poonam Tandon, Bhawani Datt Joshi, Beatriz Pinheiro Bezerra, Alejandro Pedro Ayala

“…A one-dimensional potential energy surface scan was carried out across flexible bonds to find the minimum energy structure. …”
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Arsenic Uptake in Durum Wheat (<i>Triticum durum</i> Desf.) as Influenced by Soil Tillage Practices and Fertilization Sources in Mediterranean Environment by Ilenia Bravo, Mariam Atait, Ilenia Colamatteo, Roberto Mancinelli, Mohamed Allam, Patrizia Papetti, Emanuele Radicetti

“…The current study was carried out through a 7-year experiment with the aim of evaluating the As uptake by different parts of the durum wheat plant. …”
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Fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase 1 is a potential biomarker affecting the malignant phenotype and aerobic glycolysis in glioblastoma by Weihong Lu, Guozheng Huang, Yihan Yu, Xia Zhai, Xiangfeng Zhou

“…After measuring the expression of FBP1 in normal glial cell line HEB and GBM cells, cell counting kit-8 (CCK-8), 5-ethynyl-2-deoxyuridine (EdU), colony formation, transwell, and wound healing assay were carried out to examine the effects of silencing FBP1 on the proliferation and invasion of GBM cells. …”
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Updating Labor Legislation in the Context of Introducing Independent Forms of Work: Telecommuting and Work from Home by A. L. Klymenko

“…The preconditions and directions of improving legal regulation of telecommuting have been studied. The author has found out the specifics of the legal nature of the concepts of “work from home” and “telecommuting” in terms of the approach to the possibilities of various forms of labor organization and labor relations regarding the events related to the pandemic (COVID-19) and consequences for the Ukrainian labor market. …”
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Hospitalizations for bronchiolitis among infants before and after the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: an area-based study of the Emilia-Romagna Region, Italy by Elisa Ballardini, Marco Manfrini, Silvia Fattori, Elena Pellacani, Branislava Ćosić, Giancarlo Gargano, Alberto Berardi

“…Weighted t-testing and Z-testing was carried out. Results in the study period, 2–4% of infants were admitted for bronchiolitis (10% of all admissions under 1 year) and 59% of them were aged less than 90 days. …”
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COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Impact on Perinatal Outcomes between Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Women by Inas Babic, Faten Alsomali, Sana Aljuhani, Sahar Baeissa, Inam Alhabib, Ebtisam AlAhmari, Magdy Omer, Khalid Alkhalifa

“…The primary outcomes were composite adverse fetal, neonatal, and maternal outcomes and their comparison between study groups. Results. Out of 209 included COVID-19 positive pregnant women, 62 (30%) presented with one or more infection-related symptoms. …”
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Attempt to save Friendship, or What the Liberator of Prague Did in Czechoslovakia in May 1968 by I. A. Permyakov, S. G. Antonenko

“…The so-called "intelligence surveillance", which is mentioned in the Czech press, was carried out by them in a completely open way of meeting and exchanging views with colleagues, speaking at rallies, and communicating with workers. …”
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Optimising patient engagement for assessing total joint arthroplasty outcomes – a randomised controlled trial by Wyatt Tyndall, Nebojsa Kuljic, Michael Thatcher, Michaela Nickol, Johannes M. van der Merwe

“…Results Higher response rates were observed with monetary incentives (P = 0.056), larger amounts of money offered (P = 0.3839) for filling out the questionnaire, and if the surgeon’s details were on the cover letter or questionnaire (P = 0.632). …”
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