Nursing and Midwifery Students’ Satisfaction with Their Clinical Rotation Experience: The Role of the Clinical Learning Environment by Alhassan Basour Adam, Andrew Adjei Druye, Akwasi Kumi-Kyereme, Wahab Osman, Afizu Alhassan

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The Effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Schema Therapy on Anxiety , Quality of life and Frustration Tolerance of Patients with Multiple Sclerosis by Niloofar Jafarian, Ali Rezaie, Fatemeh Izadi

“…Method: This study employed a quasi-experimental pre-test-post-test design with a control group. The statistical population consisted of individuals with multiple sclerosis in Shahrekord. …”
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Association of Metabolic Syndrome with the Adiponectin to Homeostasis Model Assessment of Insulin Resistance Ratio by Yu-Song Ding, Shu-Xia Guo, Ru-Lin Ma, Shu-Gang Li, Heng Guo, Jing-Yu Zhang, Mei Zhang, Jia-Ming Liu, Jia He, Yi-zhong Yan, Wen-Jie Zhang, Lie-Gang Liu

“…Our results show that A/H ratio may be a better diagnostic marker for MetS than either HOMA-IR or adiponectin alone, and it may serve as an important biomarker to determine an increased risk for MetS in healthy middle-aged population.…”
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Trends in scientific output on the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community research: A bibliometric analysis of the literature by David AN, Kavita BATRA

“…This paper aims to explore and outline a future research direction in LGBT issues through tracing our historical understanding of this population from an aspect of scientific research. Methods: LGBT-related peer-reviewed documents were retrieved from the PubMed database and the study period was set from the inception to 2021. …”
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Breaking the shield of solid tumors: a combined approach for enhanced efficacy of CAR-T cells by Marat Khaliulin, Aygul Valiullina, Alexey Petukhov, Youyong Yuan, Sheila Spada, Emil Bulatov

“…However, the effectiveness of the combined approach against solid tumors depends on several factors, including the type of tumor, dosage, population of CAR-T cells, and individual characteristics of the body. …”
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Similar Conditions With Opposite Effects: Predation‐Risk Effects on Prey Abundance Are Highly Contingent by Scott D. Peacor, Clayton E. Cressler, Kevin L. Pangle, Alexandra V. Rafalski, Chao Song, Earl E. Werner

“…Therefore, any differences in the magnitude and direction of risk effects among experiments would indicate that risk effects on prey population abundance are strongly influenced by context in natural communities. …”
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Association between Parathyroid Hormone Levels and Inflammatory Markers among US Adults by Shih-Ping Cheng, Chien-Liang Liu, Tsang-Pai Liu, Yi-Chiung Hsu, Jie-Jen Lee

“…These nationally representative data indicate that serum PTH levels are independently associated with several inflammatory markers in the US population. The casual relationship between PTH levels and inflammation remains to be elucidated.…”
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Evaluation and Measurement of Health-Related Quality of Life for Individuals with Diabetes Mellitus by Health Utilities Index Mark 3 (HUI3) System by Frank Mo, Howard Morrison, Bernard C.K. Choi, Lianne Vardy

“…The study was based on the Canadian National Population Survey (NPHS) longitudinal data, from 1994—1995 to 2002—2003. …”
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Despite antiretroviral therapy (ART) rollout, most cases of tuberculosis among people with HIV in Adama, Ethiopia, occur before ART initiation by Patrik Bristedt, Meseker Fentie, Per Björkman, Anton Reepalu

“…Most TB cases occurred in ART-naïve persons, illustrating late HIV diagnosis in this population.…”
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Colon Cancer Genetic and Epigenetic Changes, Etiopathogenesis, Risk Factors, Treatment: Literature Review by Gabrielė Ūbaitė, Aurelija Remeikaitė, Justas Žilinskas

“…The main reasons are ageing population, increased consumption of processed food, obesity, genetic predispositions. …”
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Forms of Realizing the Right to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly by М. A. Sambor

“…Thus, they guarantee the rights, freedoms and interests of the rest of the population.…”
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Global, regional, and national burden of low back pain for adults aged 55 and older 1990–2021: an analysis for the global burden of disease study 2021 by Shangbo Xu, Jiaxin Chen, Chicheng Wang, Ye Lin, Weipeng Huang, Haoyue Zhou, Weibiao Ji, Yangbo Chen

“…The age-standardized prevalence rate was 18,282.8 per 100,000 population, marking a 10.4% decrease since 1990. The age-standardized incidence and YLD rates had decreased by 9.4% and 11.0%, respectively. …”
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Urban vs Suburban: Is the Door-to-Balloon Time Affected by Geographic, Socioeconomic, or Racial Differences? A Tale of Two Campuses by Marc Zughaib, Patrick Ters, Robby Singh, Marcel Zughaib

“…We aimed this study to investigate any differences between DTB times of our two campuses (urban versus suburban population) as well as any differences in the components that comprise DTB times. …”
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Cobalamin and Folic Acid Status in Relation to the Etiopathogenesis of Pancytopenia in Adults at a Tertiary Care Centre in North India by M. Premkumar, N. Gupta, T. Singh, T. Velpandian

“…Results. The study population consisted of 92 males and 48 females with a mean age of 32.8 years. …”
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Combining Microarray Technology and Molecular Epidemiology to Identify Genes Associated with Invasive Group B Streptococcus by Lixin Zhang, Usha Reddi, Usha Srinivasan, Sheng Li, Stephanie M. Borchardt, Parvathy Pillai, Puja Mehta, Anne N. Styka, Joan DeBusscher, Carl F. Marrs, Betsy Foxman

“…Three representative commensal and one invasive GBS isolates were selected as tester strains from a population-based collection. We used microarray-based comparative genomic hybridization to identify open reading frames (ORFs) present in two sequenced invasive strains, but absent or divergent in tester strains. …”
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A scoping review of conventional and laser acupuncture as a modality of treatment for migraine by Chizoba ANYIMUKWU, Vinayak K. NAHAR, Sunita KAPUR, Manoj SHARMA

Oral Health Status of the Elderly at Tonga, West Region, Cameroon by Yotat Michele Lolita, Agbor Ashu Michael, Ntumba Hubert, Djachechi Florence, Bolenge Jacques

“…The most represented age range was 65–74 years (60.1%); 86 (47.3%) and elders above 65 constituted 1.8% of the total population. More than a third 117 (41.4%) had visible dental plaque, 117 (48,6%) had periodontal pockets >4 mm, 153 (54,1%) had teeth with total crown destruction, 70 (38.3%) had not lost a tooth, 23 (12.6%) had lost 1 tooth, 19 (10.4%) have lost at least 2 teeth, 100 (55.7%) were partially edentulous at the maxilla and 98 (53.6%) at the mandible, 2 (1.1%) were completely edentulous at the maxilla and 3 (1.6%) at the mandible, and 3.8% had removable dentures. …”
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A Real-Time Safe Navigation Proposal for Mobile Robots in Unknown Environments Using Meta-Heuristics by Micael Balza, Mateus A. Goldbarg, Sergio N. Silva, Lucileide M. D. Silva, Marcelo A. C. Fernandes

“…This work presents the MetaHeuristic Real-Time Safe Navigation (MHRTSN) strategy, which combines potential fields with population-based meta-heuristics to optimize trajectory planning and navigation in such environments. …”
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Development of Vegetative Propagation Strategies for Balanites aegyptiaca in the Sahel, Niger by Moussa Massaoudou, Rabiou Habou, Zounon Christian Serge Félix, Abasse Tougiani, Patrick Van Damme

“…Forests have always been a source of wood, food, and medicine for the rural populations of the Sahel. Anthropogenic and animal pressures often lead to low tree recruitment rates and seedling survival. …”
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Increasing the MSMEs performance through cutting edge innovation capability by Muhammad Yamin Siregar, Warsani Purnama Sari, Ahmad Prayudi, Alfifto

“…Design/methodology/approach – This study’s population consists of all 84,758 MSMEs in North Sumatera. …”
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