Novel Antibiotic Combinations of Diverse Subclasses for Effective Suppression of Extensively Drug-Resistant Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) by Shumyila Nasir, Muhammad Sufyan Vohra, Danish Gul, Umm E Swaiba, Maira Aleem, Khalid Mehmood, Saadia Andleeb

“…Time-Kill kinetics of these combinations were then analyzed to find collateral bactericidal combinations which were then tested on other randomly selected MRSA isolates. Among the top 5 combinations including levofloxacin-ceftazidime; amoxicillin/clavulanic acid-tobramycin; amoxicillin/clavulanic acid-cephradine; amoxicillin/clavulanic acid-ofloxacin; and piperacillin/tazobactam-tobramycin, three combinations were found to be collaterally effective. …”
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Endoplasmic Reticulum Chaperon Tauroursodeoxycholic Acid Attenuates Aldosterone-Infused Renal Injury by Honglei Guo, Hongmei Li, Lilu Ling, Yong Gu, Wei Ding

“…C57BL/6J mice were randomized to receive treatment for 4 weeks as follows: vehicle infusion, Aldo infusion, vehicle infusion plus tauroursodeoxycholic acid (TUDCA), and Aldo infusion plus TUDCA. …”
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Comparison of the Effects of Maternal Supportive Care and Acupressure (BL32 Acupoint) on Pregnant Women’s Pain Intensity and Delivery Outcome by Marzieh Akbarzadeh, Zahra Masoudi, Mohammad Javad Hadianfard, Maryam Kasraeian, Najaf Zare

“…In this experimental study, 150 pregnant women were randomly divided into supportive care, acupressure, and control groups. …”
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Implications of a twelve-week aerobic exercise on functional work capacity in HIV positive clients on antiretroviral therapy by Mwebaze Nicholas, Mshilla Maghanga, Edward Ojuka, Constance A.n. Nsibambi

“…An experimental study was conducted among HIV positive clients who had been on treatment for at least 12 months prior to the study. Volunteers were randomly assigned to a control group (Group 1), where no treatment was administered, and an experimental group (Group 2), where a twelve-week moderate intensity aerobic exercise was administered. …”
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Improving Cognitive Function after Traumatic Brain Injury: A Clinical Trial on the Potential Use of the Semi-Immersive Virtual Reality by Rosaria De Luca, Maria Grazia Maggio, Giuseppa Maresca, Desiree Latella, Antonino Cannavò, Francesca Sciarrone, Emanuele Lo Voi, Maria Accorinti, Placido Bramanti, Rocco Salvatore Calabrò

“…One hundred patients with TBI were enrolled in this study and randomized into either the Traditional Cognitive Rehabilitation Group (TCRG: n=50) or the Virtual Reality Training Group (VRTG: n=50). …”
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Development and validation of a prognostic nomogram model in primary cutaneous and subcutaneous soft tissue angiosarcoma by Jinqian Mao, Jin Hu, Yunfei Chen, Yiqing Li, Xiaoqin Run

“…Survival analyses were performed to explore the prognosis of patients and the effects of different treatment methods. All data were randomly allocated into a training set and a testing set to develop and validate the nomogram model.Results The findings showed that age, sex, grade, tumor size, multiple primary malignant tumors, stage, primary site surgery (PSS), radiotherapy (RT), and chemotherapy (CT) were correlated with prognosis (p < .05). …”
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Efficacy of PDD-guided tumor excision combined with photodynamic therapy in cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma by Nan Yang, Yunchuan Yang, Wanqi Zhang, Xinying Li, Hao Jiang, Huiling Kou, Junbo Zhang, Yuanyuan Wang, Liuchang Tan, Yuangang Lu

“…Methods: This study involved 23 cSCC patients, randomly assigned to the PDD group (n = 11) and the non-PDD group (n = 12). …”
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Effect of Fiber Content and Water Absorption Behaviour on the Mechanical Properties of Screw Pine Fiber-reinforced Vinyl Ester Composites by Venkatarajan SUBBARAYALU, Subbu CHINNARAMAN, Athijayamani AYYANAR, Rajamuneeswaran SUBBAIYARAJA

“…This study examines how water exposure affects the mechanical properties of randomly oriented screw pine fiber reinforced vinyl ester composites. …”
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The Morphofunctional Effect of the Transplantation of Bone Marrow Stromal Cells and Predegenerated Peripheral Nerve in Chronic Paraplegic Rat Model via Spinal Cord Transection by Vinnitsa Buzoianu-Anguiano, Sandra Orozco-Suárez, Elisa García-Vences, Sara Caballero-Chacón, Gabriel Guizar-Sahagún, Luis Chavez-Sanchez, Israel Grijalva

“…Four weeks later they were randomly assigned to traumatic spinal cord injury (TSCI) without treatment, TSCI + Fibrin Glue (FG), TSCI + FG + PPN, and TSCI + FG + PPN + BMSCs. …”
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Detection of Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus and Streptococcus thermophilus in Inactivated Fermented Milk Using Fluorescence Quantitative Loop-Mediated Isothermal Ampli... by Shuaikang Zhou, Lianxia Hu, Yuling Xue, Dong Zhang, Baokuo Song, Mengyang Wang, Qingbin Yuan, Yibing Ning, Shijie Wang

“…FQ-LAMP was used to analyse 40 inactivated fermented milk samples from six randomly selected brands. The logarithmic concentration of S. thermophilus in all products was between 7.482 and 8.936. …”
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Integrated Pest Management of Wireworms in Potatoes: Use of Tolerant Varieties to Implement Damage Prevention by Furlan Lorenzo, Bona Stefano, Benvegnù Isadora, Cacitti Valentina, Govoni Fausto, Parisi Bruno

“…In the field trials, the varieties were planted in 4.8 × 9–12 m plots in a randomized-block layout with at least three replications. …”
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Tempol Attenuates Neuropathic Pain by Inhibiting Nitric Oxide Production by Donglin Jia, Huan Wang, Bin Han, Liping Zhang, Jianrong Guo

“…Methodology. Fifty rats were randomly assigned into sham, spinal nerve ligation, and three treatment groups with different doses of Tempol (100, 200, and 300 mg/kg, respectively), with 10 rats in each group. …”
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Can a Positive Allosteric Modulation of GABAergic Receptors Improve Motor Symptoms in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease? The Potential Role of Zolpidem in the Treatment of Parkinso... by Antonio Daniele, Francesco Panza, Antonio Greco, Giancarlo Logroscino, Davide Seripa

“…Since a high density of zolpidem binding sites is in the two main output structures of the basal ganglia which are abnormally overactive in PD (internal globus pallidus, GPi, and substantia nigra pars reticulata, SNr), it was hypothesized that in PD patients zolpidem may induce through GABAA receptors an inhibition of GPi and SNr (and, possibly, of the subthalamic nucleus also), resulting in an increased activity of motor cortical areas (such as supplementary motor area), which may give rise to improvement of motor symptoms of PD. Randomized clinical trials are needed in order to assess the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of zolpidem in treating motor symptoms of PD.…”
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Low-Level Laser Therapy for Temporomandibular Disorders: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis by Gang-Zhu Xu, Jie Jia, Lin Jin, Jia-Heng Li, Zhan-Yue Wang, Dong-Yuan Cao

“…We systematically reviewed randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of the effect of low-level laser therapy (LLLT) versus placebo in patients with temporomandibular disorder (TMD). …”
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Using an inferior decoy alternative to nudge COVID-19 vaccination by Aikaterini Grimani, Sandro T. Stoffel, Christian von Wagner, Falko F. Sniehotta, Ivo Vlaev

“…Participants aged 18–33 years, residing in England, and initially not intending to get vaccinated, completed three online experiments. Participants were randomly assigned to either a control or an experimental condition in each experiment. …”
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Development of BRS-Pontal beans growing with treated domestic wastewater in protected environment by Raimundo Gomes Filho, Silvaneide Silva, Clayton Carvalho, Gregorio Faccioli, Tatiana Nunes, Simone Feitosa, Leonaria Carvalho

“…Method The experiment was carried out in a protected environment using an experimental design arranged in randomized blocks with a 3 x 4 factorial scheme, in which the bean crop was submitted to different concentrations of 0, 50 and 100% of the treated domestic wastewater and four irrigation levels corresponding to 50%, 75%, 100% and 125% of crop evapotranspiration and four replications. …”
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Differential Impact of Stress Reduction Programs upon Ambulatory Blood Pressure among African American Adolescents: Influences of Endothelin-1 Gene and Chronic Stress Exposure by Mathew J. Gregoski, Vernon A. Barnes, Martha S. Tingen, Yanbin Dong, Haidong Zhu, Frank A. Treiber

“…Following genotyping, completion of questionnaire battery, and 24-hour ABP monitoring, participants were randomized to health education control (HEC), life skills training (LST), or breathing awareness meditation (BAM). …”
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Serum drug levels and anti-drug antibodies in the context of dose tapering by interval prolongation of adalimumab, etanercept and ustekinumab in psoriasis patients: results of the... by Selma Atalay, Sophie E. Berends, Hans M. M. Groenewoud, Ron A. A. Mathot, David M. Njoo, Johannes M. Mommers, Paul M. Ossenkoppele, Marjolein I. A. Koetsier, Maartje A. Berends, Annick de Vries, Peter C. M. van de Kerkhof, Alfons A. den Broeder, Elke M. G. J. de Jong, Juul M. P. A. van den Reek

“…However, fear for increased anti-drug antibody (ADA) formation due to interval prolongation of biologics is an important barrier.Objective To investigate the course of serum drug concentrations, ADA levels, and predictors for successful dose reduction of adalimumab, ustekinumab, and etanercept for psoriasis.Methods Patients were randomized to dose reduction (DR) or usual care (UC) and followed for one year. …”
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Health Tourism: Conceptual Framework and Insights from the Case of a Spanish Mature Destination by Antonio Padilla-Meléndez, Ana-Rosa Del-Águila-Obra

“…Empirical data from a web and telephone based questionnaire conducted on a randomly selected sample of health tourism establishments of a selfdeveloped data set, and some personal interviews, have been analysed to describe health tourism in the Costa del Sol, a mature Mediterranean destination in the south of Spain. …”
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Availability of Antimalarial Drugs and Evaluation of the Attitude and Practices for the Treatment of Uncomplicated Malaria in Bangui, Central African Republic by Alexandre Manirakiza, Siméon Pierre Njuimo, Alain Le Faou, Denis Malvy, Pascal Millet

“…Availability of drugs was recorded in all drugs wholesalers (n=3), all pharmacies in health facilities (n=14), private drugstores (n=15), and in 60 non-official drug shops randomly chosen in the city. Despite a limited efficacy at the time of the survey, chloroquine remained widely available in the official and nonofficial markets. …”
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