Tumor necrosis serves as an important pathological characteristic of stage I–II colon cancer by Shuhui Dong, Jin Xu, Mingshan Li, Guangyi Xiong, Ruilin Wang

“…Conclusions: The current study confirmed the independent prognostic role of tumor necrosis from pathological review in early-stage colon cancer patients. This pathological criterion promises to help in identifying high-risk subgroup from early-stage colon cancer patients, who may benefit from strict follow-up and adjuvant therapy.…”
Get full text

Antecedents and service contact in an observational study of 242 suicide deaths in middle-aged men in England, Scotland and Wales, 2017 by Nav Kapur, Saied Ibrahim, Jane Graney

“…Of the 288 suicide deaths in middle-aged men randomly selected for review, we obtained data about antecedents on 242 (84%). …”
Get full text

Stiffness of a fire-damaged reinforced concrete column during unloading after high-intensity horizontal impact by A. G. Tamrazyan, V. I. Chernik

“…The low-cycle nature of seismic action leads to the necessity of developing hysteresis models, which would reflect the specific behaviour of the structure not only during loading but also during unloading and subsequent application of force in the opposite direction. A brief review of hysteresis models for reinforced concrete elements under low-cycle loading with emphasis on the stiffness properties during unloading is presented. …”
Get full text

Sustainable Urban Design Approach for Public Spaces Using an Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) by Ipek Yaralioglu, Can Kara

“…Qualitative data collection methods, including literature review, expert interviews, and the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), are employed to evaluate various sustainability criteria. …”
Get full text

Axial Spondyloarthritis in Black Americans: An Observational Study From Five Centers in Shelby County, Tennessee by Krishna Kommineni, Iman Abutineh, Cathy Chapman, Debendra Pattanaik, Mohamad Bittar

“…Methods This was a retrospective observational study in which electronic records of patients with axSpA were reviewed across five centers in Shelby County. Patients were identified using International Classification of Diseases codes. …”
Get full text

The Intra- and Inter-rater Reliability of an Arm Care Screening Tool in High School Baseball Coaches by Kyle A. Matsel, Stephanie N. Brown, Matt C. Hoch, Robert J. Butler, Philip M. Westgate, Terry R. Malone, Tim L. Uhl

“… # Study Design Methodological intra- and inter-rater reliability study # Methods Thirty-one male high school baseball players (15.9 years ± 1.06) were independently scored on the Arm Care Screen (ACS) by three examiners (two coaches, one physical therapist) in real-time and again seven days later by reviewing video recordings of each players’ initial screening performance. …”
Get full text

ABCC6 Gene Analysis in 20 Japanese Patients with Angioid Streaks Revealing Four Frequent and Two Novel Variants and Pseudodominant Inheritance by Satoshi Katagiri, Yuya Negishi, Kei Mizobuchi, Mitsuyoshi Urashima, Tadashi Nakano, Takaaki Hayashi

“…The medical records of 20 patients with AS from 18 unrelated Japanese families were retrospectively reviewed. Screening of the ABCC6 gene (exons 1 to 31) was performed using PCR-based Sanger sequencing. …”
Get full text

Designing and evaluating a patient decision aid for patients with locally advanced or locally recurrent rectal cancer: a national multicentre mixed methods study protocol by Martyn Evans, Hayley Anne Hutchings, Dean Anthony Harris, Deena Harji, Anwen Williams

“…Results will be published in open access peer-reviewed journals, presented in conferences and distributed through bowel research UK charity. …”
Get full text

Response to the SAMHSA Clinical Advisory: Considerations for Genetic Testing in the Assessment of Substance Use Disorder Risk by Green RP, Blum K, Lewandrowski KU, Gold MS, Lewandrowski AP, Thanos PK, Dennen CA, Baron D, Elman I, Sharafshah A, Modestino EJ, Badgaiyan RD

Get full text

The identity of the offender as an element of forensic characteristics of premeditated murder of a hostage or a kidnapped person by V. V. Kikinchuk, T. V. Bilyk

“…The content of such a criminal person’s typology in the system of forensic characteristics of crimes against human life and health is revealed. A review of modern definitions is made, the essence and concept of the person of the criminal who committed premeditated murder of the hostage or kidnapped person is analyzed, as well as its main features are analyzed and the typology of the person of the criminal who committed premeditated murder of the hostage or kidnapped person is developed. …”
Get full text

Perceptions on Diet and Dietary Modifications during Postpartum Period Aiming at Attenuating Progression of GDM to DM: A Qualitative Study of Mothers and Health Care Workers by Thamudi D. Sundarapperuma, Champa J. Wijesinghe, Priyadarshika Hettiarachchi, Sudharshani Wasalathanthri

“…Finally, the matrix was reviewed intensely and themes were generated. Results. …”
Get full text

Pulmonary cavernous hemangioma: a case report by Wei Li, Xingxing Zheng, Hongzhe Tian, Yu Xi, Yuhao Liu

“…Case presentation We reported a rare PCH case, reviewed the clinical features, imaging findings, histopathological features, and treatment options of PCH based on relevant literature, and gained a further understanding of PCH.…”
Get full text

Investigating the benefits and challenges of including bereaved women in research: a multifaceted perinatal audit in a socially disadvantaged French district by Jennifer Zeitlin, Priscille Sauvegrain

“…A psychological support for the three midwife-investigators was set-up, in the form of a support group.Setting The 11 maternity hospitals in the district.Participants 218 women (227 deaths).Analyses Data come from medical records, maternal interviews, the reviews of the audit’s expert panel and written narratives of their experiences provided by the midwife-investigators. …”
Get full text

Immunopathology of Airway Surface Liquid Dehydration Disease by Brandon W. Lewis, Sonika Patial, Yogesh Saini

“…High morbidity and mortality among mucoobstructive disease patients, high economic and health burden, and lack of scientific understanding of the progression of mucoobstruction warrants in-depth investigation of the cause of mucoobstruction in mucoobstructive disease models. In this review, we will summarize published literature on the Scnn1b-Tg+ mouse and analyze various unanswered questions on the initiation and progression of mucobstruction and bacterial infections.…”
Get full text

Chronic Inflammation as a Link between Periodontitis and Carcinogenesis by Anilei Hoare, Cristopher Soto, Victoria Rojas-Celis, Denisse Bravo

“…Interestingly, carcinogenesis associated with periodontal species has been observed in both the oral cavity and in extra oral sites. In this review, several studies were summarized showing a strong association between orodigestive cancers and poor oral health, presence of periodontitis-associated bacteria, tooth loss, and clinical signs of periodontitis. …”
Get full text

From Llama to language: prompt-engineering allows general-purpose artificial intelligence to rate narratives like expert psychologists by Barry Dauphin, Caleb Siefert

“…Experts generated prompt inputs by engaging in a detailed review of SCORS-G training materials. Prompts were then improved using an systematic process in which experts worked with Llama-2-70b to refine prompts. …”
Get full text

Wastewater-based epidemiology for novel Coronavirus detection in wastewater by G. Saini, P. Deepak

“…An alternative approach that circumvents individual testing is the wastewater-based epidemiology. A state-of-the-art review of this method is provided in context of its utility for COVID-19 detection. …”
Get full text

Efficacy of ARB/HCTZ Combination Therapy in Uncontrolled Hypertensive Patients Compared with ARB Monotherapy: A Meta-Analysis by Linlin Ma, Keyang Zheng, Jiafu Yan, Wenli Cheng

“…To evaluate the efficacy of combination of angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) with hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) compared to ARB alone in patients with uncontrolled hypertension via a systematic review and meta-analysis. Methods. We searched databases till July 2019 using relevant search terms. …”
Get full text

Stratégies organisationnelles pour fournir des services d’enseignement des langues étrangères aux adultes de plus de 45 ans by Iryna Rudnyeva

“…The methods included literature review on databases such as Google Scholar, JSTOR, and ERIC; comparative analysis of educational policy documents; case studies and reports from different nations; meta- analysis; field observations; and others typical to the field of comparative education and general education. …”
Get full text

The sexual and reproductive health needs and preferences of youths in sub-Saharan Africa: A meta-synthesis. by Victoria Kalu Uka, Helen White, Debbie M Smith

“…Understanding service needs and preferences of sub-Saharan African youths aged 10-24 years is critical for improving access and SRH outcomes and the focus of this systematic review of qualitative research. Four databases were searched with key words to identify relevant studies, supplemented by citation search, with an update in June 2023. …”
Get full text