The Lived Experience of Adult Cancer Survivors After Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: A Qualitative Study From Saudi Arabia by Almutairi H, Aboshaiqah A, Alzahrani M, Almutairi AF, Salam M

“…Participants were asked about their daily activities, problems with coping, quality of life, and personal stress/worries about the future. Data collection was ceased when thematic saturation was reached. …”
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A deep learning model for assistive decision-making during robot-aided rehabilitation therapies based on therapists’ demonstrations by David Martínez-Pascual, José M. Catalán, Luís D. Lledó, Andrea Blanco-Ivorra, Nicolás García-Aracil

“…Furthermore, fine-tuning can be applied to personalize the assistance to each user and improve the accuracy of the method presented when deciding whether to assist with the rehabilitation robot.…”
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Exposure to Silica, Arsenic, and Chromium (VI) in Cement Workers: A Probability Health Risk Assessment by Noor Haziqah Kamaludin, Juliana Jalaludin, Shamsul Bahri Mohd Tamrin, Abdah Md Akim, Tri Martiana, Noeroel Widajati

“…A cross-sectional study was carried out among 123 cement workers. A personal air sampling pump was used to assess respirable cement dust exposure. …”
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Stigma towards mental illness in Asian nations and low-and-middle-income countries, and comparison with high-income countries: A literature review and practice implications by Mrugesh Vaishnav, Afzal Javed, Snehil Gupta, Vinay Kumar, Parth Vaishnav, Akash Kumar, Hakimullah Salih, Petros levounis, Bernardo NG, Samia Alkhoori, Cora Luguercho, Armen Soghoyan, Elizabeth Moore, Vinay Lakra, Martin Aigner, Johannes Wancata, Jamila Ismayilova, Md. Azizul Islam, Antonio Geraldo Da Silva, Gary Chaimowitz, Wang Xiaoping, Tarek Okasha, Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg, Thomas Schulze, Roger NG, SN Chiu, Chan Kit Wa (Sherry), Andi J Tanra, Yong Chon Park, Liliya Panteleeva, Marisol Taveras, Ramune Mazaliauskiene, Ahmad Hatim Bin Sulaiman, Thelma Sanchez, Chandra Prasad Sedain, Taiwo Lateef Sheikh, Lars Lien, Ghulam Rasool, Robert Buenaventura, Harish Chandra Gambheera, Kapila Ranasinghe, Norman Sartorius, Chawanun Charnsil, Amine Larnaout, Juliet Nakku, Zarif Ashurov

“…The magnitude of stigma and its negative influence is determined by socio-cultural factors and macro (mental health policies, programs) or micro-level factors (societal views, health sectors, or individuals’ attitudes towards mentally ill persons). Mental health stigma is associated with more serious psychological problems among the victims, reduced access to mental health care, poor adherence to treatment, and unfavorable outcomes. …”
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Delta Neutrophil Index in Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: An Innovation in Postoperative Mortality Assessment by Bilgiç A, Toprak B, Kaya H

“…Integrating DNI into routine clinical practice can provide a more personalized approach to care, enhancing survival and optimizing postoperative management.Keywords: delta neutrophil index, coronary artery bypass grafting, postoperative mortality, inflammatory markers…”
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Exploring the Use of Smartwatches and Activity Trackers for Health-Related Purposes for Children Aged 5 to 11 years: Systematic Review by Lauren Thompson, Sydney Charitos, Jon Bird, Paul Marshall, Amberly Brigden

“…The proliferation of wearables, such as smartwatches and activity trackers, that support the collection of and reflection on personal health data highlights an opportunity to consider novel approaches to supporting health in young children (aged 5-11 y). …”
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Quantifying the tumour vasculature environment from CD-31 immunohistochemistry images of breast cancer using deep learning based semantic segmentation by Tristan Whitmarsh, Wei Cope, Julia Carmona-Bozo, Roido Manavaki, Stephen-John Sammut, Ramona Woitek, Elena Provenzano, Emma L. Brown, Sarah E. Bohndiek, Ferdia A. Gallagher, Carlos Caldas, Fiona J. Gilbert, Florian Markowetz

“…These findings suggest that our method could have substantial implications for improving prognostic assessments and personalizing therapeutic strategies in breast cancer treatment.…”
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Cost-effectiveness of leveraging existing HIV primary health systems and community health workers for hypertension screening and treatment in Africa: An individual-based modeling s... by Matthew D Hickey, James Ayieko, Jane Kabami, Asiphas Owaraganise, Elijah Kakande, Sabina Ogachi, Colette I Aoko, Erick M Wafula, Norton Sang, Helen Sunday, Paul Revill, Loveleen Bansi-Matharu, Starley B Shade, Gabriel Chamie, Laura B Balzer, Maya L Petersen, Diane V Havlir, Moses R Kamya, Andrew N Phillips

“…We evaluated 2 policies compared to current hypertension treatment: (1) expansion of HIV primary care clinics into chronic care clinics that provide hypertension treatment for all persons regardless of HIV status (chronic care clinic or CCC policy); and (2) CCC plus population-level hypertension screening of adults ≥40 years of age by community health workers (CHW policy). …”
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Engagement and Follower Growth: Social Media Strategies of Swiss Athletes at the Paris Olympics by Larssyn Staley, Florian Droux

“…Discussion/Conclusion These results suggest that athletes should prioritize engagement-driving posts over frequency and that photos can be just as valuable as reels if they capture the right moments highlighting celebratory moments and personal growth. Additionally, athletic performance does not guarantee follower growth, increasing post-performance engagement is crucial. …”
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Impact of Initial Heart Rate, Diastolic Pressure, and Pulse Pressure on Prognostic Outcomes in Heart Failure Patients with Mildly Reduced Ejection Fraction by Hu H, Liu Z, Zeng J, Jiang M

“…These findings provide valuable insights for risk stratification and may guide personalized management of HFmrEF patients.Keywords: heart failure with mildly reduced ejection fraction (HFmrEF), initial heart rate, diastolic pressure, pulse pressure, decision tree classification…”
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Identification and validation of respiratory subphenotypes in patients with COVID-19 acute respiratory distress syndrome undergoing prone position by Mônica R. da Cruz, Pedro Azambuja, Kátia S. C. Torres, Fernanda Lima-Setta, André M. Japiassú, Denise M. Medeiros

“…The findings suggest potential implications for better patient stratification, risk assessment, and treatment personalization. Future research is warranted to explore the utility of these novel subphenotypes for guiding targeted therapeutic strategies in COVID-19 ARDS.…”
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Unlocking the Potential of Receptor-Based Approaches in Diabetes Treatment by Mohsina Patwekar, Faheem Patwekar, J. Pavan Kumar, P. Dharani Prasad, Nazia Malik, A. Venkata Badarinath, Prashanth Parupathi, Konatham Teja Kumar Reddy, Selvaraja Elumalai, Zainul Abedeen Ab Samad

“…In the future, these medications are expected to be improved through the use of combination therapy and personalized, precision medicine. Gene therapies show promise as novel strategies to address genetic defects and provide potential treatments. …”
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Clinical analysis and case series report on autoimmune glial fibrillary acidic protein astrocytopathy presenting with autonomic dysfunction by Xiao Ke Wu, Guojie Zhai, Jin Ru Zhang, Hua Ping Du, Lan Hu, Shu Ye Yu, Hai Lun Hang, Sirui Han, Yanlin Zhang, Yuan Xu

“…These findings aim to establish a foundation for personalized diagnosis and treatment strategies in such patients.MethodWe performed a retrospective data analysis from three cases of GFAP-A involvement in autonomic nerves from the Ninth People’s Hospital of Suzhou and the Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University from 2020 to 2023. …”
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Pengenalan Aktivitas Manusia Menggunakan Sensor Akselerometer dan Giroskop pada Smatphone dengan Metode K-Nearest Neighbor by Zainal Arifien, Fitra Abdurrahman Bachtiar, Novanto Yudistira

“…Human activity recognition is one of the important technologies for monitoring a person's dynamism so that it can be utilized in various ways. …”
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Predictive value of MMP-2, MMP-9, TIMP-1 in surgical treatment of localized renal cell cancer by A. I. Tarasenko, A. N. Rossolovskiy, O. L. Berezinets, D. A. Durnov, E. B. Popyhova, V. M. Popkov

“…Dynamic monitoring of the level of markers of oncogenesis in patients with RCC allows a personalized approach to the choice of the scope and method of surgical treatment of RCC.…”
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The analysis of the notions of Russian school principals about digital transformation by A. A. Deryabin, I. E. Boytsov, A. A. Popov, P. D. Rabinovich, K. E. Zavedensky, I. S. Tsarkov

“…Consequently, the provision of educational achievements and students’ personal development are largely not perceived by principles of Russian schools as a priority management task.Scientific novelty of the present research lies in the attempt to answer the question of how systematically the digital transformation of the principle is perceived, to apply DigCompOrg to the assessment of these categories by the European Framework of technologically competent educational organisations, as well as to use natural language processing methods to process text answers to open-ended questions of the questionnaire, which made it possible to obtain results on a large sample with wide geographical coverage.Practical significance. …”
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IDH-mutant gliomas in children and adolescents - from biology to clinical trials by Louise Evans, Sarah Trinder, Sarah Trinder, Andrew Dodgshun, Andrew Dodgshun, David D. Eisenstat, David D. Eisenstat, David D. Eisenstat, James R. Whittle, James R. Whittle, James R. Whittle, Jordan R. Hansford, Jordan R. Hansford, Jordan R. Hansford, Santosh Valvi, Santosh Valvi, Santosh Valvi

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Hubungan Kejadian Anemia dengan Penyakit Ginjal Kronik pada Pasien yang Dirawat di Bagian Ilmu Penyakit Dalam RSUP dr M Djamil Padang Tahun 2010. by Rahmat Hidayat, Syaiful Azmi, Dian Pertiwi3 Pertiwi

“…Djamil hospital  with  samples of the entire medical record is 67 persons chronic kidney disease patients in 2010. The result found the incidence of anemia in chronic kidney disease patients was 98.5%, with an average hemoglobin level at 7.3 g/dl and mean glomerular filtration rate was 8.81 ml /min/1.73m2. …”
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Reflections of Foster Youth Engaging in the Co-Design of Digital Mental Health Technology: Duoethnography Study by Ifunanya Ezimora, Tylia Lundberg, Dylan Miars, Jeruel Trujeque, Ashley Papias, Margareth V Del Cid, Johanna B Folk, Marina Tolou-Shams

“…MethodsA duoethnography study was conducted over a 1-month period with the 4 transition-aged former foster youth co-designers of FostrSpace via written reflections and a single in-person roundtable discussion. Reflections were coded and analyzed via reflexive thematic analysis. …”
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Effect of home environment on neuropsychiatric development in preterm infants discharged from NICU at 18 months corrected age by Yuan Tian, Chuncao Zhang, Li Shen, Haifeng Jiang, Feng Liu, Jinjin Chen, Xia Hong

“…Multiple logistic regression analyses showed that compared with infants in supportive home environments, infants with moderate/unsupportive home environments had significantly elevated risks of development delay: 2.162-fold for global (odds ratio (OR) 2.162, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.274 to 3.665, p=0.004), 2.193-fold for fine motor (OR 2.193, 95% CI 1.161 to 4.140, p=0.016), 2.249-fold for language (OR 2.249, 95% CI 1.336 to 3.786, p=0.002) and 2.042-fold for personal-social (OR 2.042, 95% CI 1.149 to 3.628, p=0.015).Conclusions A supportive home environment is a crucial protective factor for the neuropsychological development of preterm infants. …”
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