Anti-Inflammatory Activities of Some Plants of Genus Alpinia: Insights from In Vitro, In Vivo, and Human Studies by Yuliawati KM, Febriyanti RM, Sumiwi SA, Levita J

“…The articles were searched on the PubMed database using ‘Alpinia AND anti-inflammatory activity’ as the keywords, filtered to articles published from 2020 to 2024 and free full-text. Of the approximately 248 members of the genus Alpinia plants, the most commonly studied for their anti-inflammatory activities are A. galanga, A. officinarum, A. zerumbet, and A. oxyphylla. …”
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An illustrated key for identification of colour aberrations in alcids with a revision of nomenclature used by K. Cieślińska, P. Bodson, E. Gruber, K. Piening, M. Syposz, K. Wojczulanis-Jakubas, D. Jakubas

“…To illustrate particular aberrations, we used our own photographs and conducted searches for similar images online and in published papers. In total, we collected 82 cases of unusually coloured individuals of nine alcid species. …”
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Cardiopulmonary fitness in children/adolescents with chronic kidney disease and the impact of exercise training: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational study and ra... by Fan Zhang, Yan Bai, Liuyan Huang, Yifei Zhong

“…Background This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to evaluate differences in cardiopulmonary fitness between healthy controls and children/adolescents with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and the effects of exercise training.Methods PubMed, Embase, Scopus and Web of Science were searched for published studies from reception to 14 June 2023, and updated search on 15 October 2023. …”
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Lidocaine Infusion for the Management of Postoperative Pain and Delirium (LIMPP): protocol for a randomised control trial by Matthias Behrends, Marc Alan Buren, Alekos Theologis, Ariadne Zuraek, Aaron J Clark, Jacqueline M Leung

“…The results of this study will be published in a peer-review journal and presented at national conferences as poster or oral presentations. …”
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Pretreatment attrition after rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis diagnosis with Xpert MTB/RIF or ultra in high TB burden countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Tom Decroo, Palmer Masumbe Netongo, Tinne Gils, Christelle Geneviève Jouego

“…No systematic review has quantified the proportion of pretreatment attrition in RR-TB patients diagnosed with Xpert in high TB burden countries.Pretreatment attrition for RR-TB represents the gap between patients diagnosed and those who effectively started anti-TB treatment regardless of the reasons (which include pretreatment mortality (death of a diagnosed RR-TB patient before starting adequate treatment) and/or pretreatment loss to follow-up (PTLFU) (drop-out of a diagnosed RR-TB patient before initiation of anti-TB treatment).Methods In this systematic review and meta-analysis, we queried EMBASE, PubMed and Web of science to retrieve studies published between 2011 and 22 July 2024, that described pretreatment attrition for RR-TB using Xpert in high TB burden countries. …”
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Study of possible intrauterine infection of goat fetus with caprine arthritis-encephalitis virus by V. Yu. Koptev, N. A. Shkil, N. Yu. Balybina, T. N. Belenkova

“…There are two routes of the CAE virus spread: vertical (lactogenic), when colostrum or milk from a seropositive goat serves as a transmission factor; and horizontal – from a diseased animal to a healthy one in case of crowded housing, feeding from common drinkers and feeders, as well as during mating. The published data on the possibility of the intrauterine virus transmission from mother to fetus are diametrically different. …”
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In-Hospital Macro-, Meso-, and Micro-Drivers and Interventions for Antibiotic Use and Resistance: A Rapid Evidence Synthesis of Data from Canada and Other OECD Countries by Rosa Stalteri Mastrangelo, Anisa Hajizadeh, Thomas Piggott, Mark Loeb, Michael Wilson, Luis Enrique Colunga Lozano, Yetiani Roldan, Hussein El-Khechen, Anna Miroshnychenko, Priya Thomas, Holger J. Schünemann, Robby Nieuwlaat

“…A total of 70 studies were (a) from OCED countries and summarized evidence of potential sociocultural antimicrobial resistance and use barriers or facilitators and/or interventions addressing these challenges; (b) systematic reviews with 50% of included studies that are situated in secondary and tertiary settings; and (c) published in Canada’s two official languages, English and French. …”
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Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapy for Acute Myocardial Infarction: Protocol for a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Michael Vincent DiCaro, Brianna Yee, KaChon Lei, Kavita Batra, Buddhadeb Dawn

“…ConclusionsThis systematic review and meta-analysis will summarize the best available updated evidence from published randomized controlled trials on the effects of MSC therapy for the treatment of acute MI. …”
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Adjunctive Therapies to Cerclage for the Prevention of Preterm Birth: A Systematic Review by Emily A. DeFranco, Amy Miyoshi Valent, Tondra Newman, Jodi Regan, Jessica Smith, Louis J. Muglia

“…The aim of this paper is to provide a thorough summary of published studies that have assessed the efficacy of adjunctive therapies used in addition to cervical cerclage as a preventive measure for preterm birth. …”
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Allelic and epigenetic DNA variation in relation to F1 heterosis manifestation in F1 hybrids of Capsicum annuum L. by M. N. Shapturenko, S. V. Vakula, L. A. Tarutina, T. V. Nikitinskaya, T. V. Pechkovskaya, L. A. Mishin, L. V. Khotyleva

“…Therefore, the genetic diversity information is viewed as a tool for selection of promising cross-combinations, but results published by different researchers are inconsistent. …”
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Investigating the Effectiveness of Serious Games in Educating Neonatal Resuscitation: A Systematic Review by Parisa Farshid, Kayvan Mirnia, Peyman Rezaei-Hachesu, Elham Maserat, Taha Samad-Soltani

“…Methods: This systematic review followed the preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analysis guidelines and utilized a comprehensive search strategy across multiple databases (PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, Embase, Cochrane and ProQuest) using keywords and MeSH terms related to neonatal resuscitation and SGs. Studies published in English up to July 25, 2024, focusing on SGs for neonatal resuscitation training were included. …”
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Generating evidence on screening, diagnosis and management of non-communicable diseases during pregnancy; a scoping review of current gap and practice in India with a comparison of... by Theophilus Lakiang, Sonali Abner Daniel, Kauma Kurian C, Minashree Horo, Shumayla Shumayla, Sunil Mehra

“…<h4>Methods</h4>Electronic search in PubMed and Google Scholar, reference snowballing, and review of current guidelines and protocols were done between January 2010 to October 2019. Published studies reporting Screening, diagnosis, and management of these conditions were included. …”
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Bibliometric analysis of rhein in the treatment of tumors by Lan Jiang, Lan Jiang, Lan Jiang, Qian Huang, Zhongquan Shi, Yi Yang

“…However, a comprehensive bibliometric review of this field has not yet been published.ObjectiveThis study aims to investigate and evaluate the current research trends and directions about the antitumor properties of rhein using bibliometric analysis.MethodsThe literature related to rhein in cancer treatment from 2003 to 2023 was retrieved from the Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC) database, and the annual number of publications, main authors, major institutions, keyword clustering, and keyword bursts were visually analyzed using CiteSpace 6.3.R1 software. …”
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Maximal mouth opening in infants and toddlers with spinal muscular atrophy: a prospective controlled study by Jana Zang, Deike Weiss, Charlotte Dumitrascu, Julia Glinzer, Marie Wegner, Anna Strube, Jonas Denecke, Almut Niessen, Christina Pflug

“…Due to bulbar dysfunction, maximum mouth opening (MMO) is suspected to be reduced in children with SMA. However, no published MMO values exist for SMA children younger than 24 months. …”
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Microfragmented Adipose Tissue Injection (MFAT) May Be a Solution to the Rationing of Total Knee Replacement: A Prospective, Gender-Bias Mitigated, Reproducible Analysis at Two Yea... by Nima Heidari, Tiffanie-Marie Borg, Stefano Olgiati, Mark Slevin, Alessandro Danovi, Brady Fish, Adrian Wilson, Ali Noorani

“…We identified all patients with KOA Kellgren-Lawrence grade 3 and 4 in our dataset of patients treated with a single injection of MFAT and applied published OKS thresholds for referral for TKR to separate them into 3 cohorts according to their functional impairment. 220 patients (95 females, 125 males) with KOA were given one MFAT injection. …”
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Charting current evidence on the health and non-health benefits and equity impacts of pandemic/epidemic individual-level economic relief programmes: a scoping review protocol by Beate Sander, Ashley Farrell, Gebremedhin Beedemariam Gebretekle, Adeteju Ogunbameru, Adrianna Perryman

“…Findings of our review will be disseminated to health stakeholders at policy meetings and conferences; published in a peer-review scientific journal; and disseminated on various social media platforms.…”
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Management of Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation for High-Risk AML following SARS-CoV-2 Associated Pancytopenia with Marked Bone Marrow Biopsy Alterations by Maria Kaparou, Zbigniew Rudzki, Hannah Giles, Vidhya Murthy, Swathy Srinath, Rebecca Lloyd, Maria Zahid Ahmed, Beena Salhan, Saleena Chauhan, Bhuvan Kishore, Richard Lovell, Claire Horgan, Shankara Paneesha, Evgenia Xenou, Anand Lokare, Joanne Ewing, Hansini Dassanayake, Emmanouil Nikolousis, Alexandros Kanellopoulos

“…This study is notable because there are no published data describing the bone marrow biopsy changes observed in patients with haematological malignancies and SARS-CoV-2 infection. …”
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A literature review of recent advances in gastric cancer treatment: exploring the cross-talk between targeted therapies by Reza Panahizadeh, Padideh Panahi, Vahid Asghariazar, Shima Makaremi, Ghasem Noorkhajavi, Elham Safarzadeh

“…The selection criteria included peer-reviewed articles published primarily within the last 10 years, with a focus on studies that provided insights into targeted therapies and their mechanisms of action, clinical efficacy, and safety profiles. …”
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Glimepiride monotherapy versus combination of glimepiride and linagliptin therapy in patients with HNF1A-diabetes: a protocol for a randomised, double-blinded, placebo-controlled t... by Torben Hansen, Tina Vilsbøll, Filip Krag Knop, Alexander Sidelmann Christensen, Heidi Storgaard, Sofie Hædersdal

“…Positive, negative and inconclusive results will be published at scientific conferences and as one or more scientific manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals with authorship in accordance with the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors’ recommendations.Trial registration number 2017-000204-15.…”
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ADAPTATION OF INTERPERSONAL COUNSELLING FOR ADOLESCENTS (IPC-A) FOR FINNISH STUDENT WELFARE SERVICES – RETROSPECTIVE EVALUATION BY USING AN EXPANDED FRAMEWORK FOR REPORTING ADAPTAT... by NOORA SEILO, KRISTIINA MÄMMI, OUTI LINNARANTA

“…Materials and methods:Information about the IPC-A adaptation was collected iteratively: 1) from the published reports and articles, 2) by comparing UK and Finnish IPC-A manuals, and 3) by interviewing key stakeholders involved. …”
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