Blastocystis and Giardia duodenalis infection in a male prison in Spain by Carla Muñoz-Antoli, Jacklyn Comas, María José Irisarri-Gutiérrez, Lucrecia Acosta, José Guillermo Esteban, Rafael Toledo

“…Methods: Detection of intestinal parasites was achieved in 471 male prison inmates by standard microscopic procedures on their stool samples. …”
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Associations between Scattering Screens and Interstellar Medium Filaments by Ashley M. Stock, Marten H. van Kerkwijk

“…Estimating the significance of the amount of aligned emission (in standard deviations over the mean), the probability of finding as much observed aligned emission by chance is larger, at 1.7%, but still indicative of a real correlation. …”
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Rectal cancer with severe distal spreading by A. A. Nevolskikh, T. P. Berezovskaya, N. A. Gorban, L. M. Kondrashova, L. N. Titova

“…At repeated investigation after chemoradiotherapy course on a background of significant regression of tumor, development of metastasis in rectovaginal septum was revealed, located 5 cm from the lower pole of neoplasm, that required abdominal-perineal extirpation of rectum instead of initially planned organ-preserving resection. Contrary to the standard opinion on the extremely unfavorable prognosis in patients with severe spread of tumor beyond macroscopicly visible edges, the patient was followed-up for over 3 years without signs of relapse and distant secondaries.Conclusion. …”
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What does good care look like to people living with congenital heart disease in the 21st century? Qualitative online, asynchronous discussion forums by Christina Pagel, Jo Wray, Sonya Crowe, Louise Coats, Fiona Kennedy, Adrian H Chester

“…Although examples of excellent care were provided it is evident that, from the perspective of patients and parents/carers, some National Health Service Standards for people with CHD were not being met.…”
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Designing the trajectories of variant teaching of the basics of artificial intelligence in the school course of computer science taking into account the possibilities of project-re... by Sergey D. Karakozov, Nadezhda N. Samylkina

“…Theoretical methods of research were used: analysis of scientific publications on the subject of artificial intelligence and data analysis, analysis and comparison of materials of foreign educational standards of different levels of education, review of domestic practices of implementation of the results of pedagogical research on the methodology of teaching computer science on the basis of integrative methodological approach. …”
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Antenatal Ultrasound Findings in Fetus with Down Syndrome by Mehmet Serdar KÜTÜK, Mahmut Tuncay ÖZGÜN, Mehmet Dolanbay, Gülsüm Uysal, Aslı Uzak, Elif Kulengir, Semih Uludağ, Mustafa Başbuğ

“…Therefore, invasive prenatal testing should be standard of care in the presence of abnormal serum screening for Down syndrome and/or in pregnant women of advanced maternal age. …”
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Small cell lung cancer with EML4-ALK fusion: report of a case responding to ALK TKI and literature review by Mingyue Wang, Hongzhi Liu, Ruixin Zhang, Runyu Li, Xiaoyu Qin, Fangling Ning, Lijun Tian

“…However, in small cell lung cancer (SCLC), ALK rearrangement is extremely rare and there is no standard treatment protocol. By reviewing the literature, we summarized the previously reported cases of ALK-positive SCLC, and discussed the significance of molecular detection. …”
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Development of cell lines with increased susceptibility to diverse adeno-associated viral vectors to enable in vitro potency assays by James Zengel, Emma S. Esterman, Anitha Ponnuswami, Nicholas R. Wall, Jan E. Carette

“…The strongly enhanced susceptibility of these cell lines to transduction by a variety of divergent AAV vectors could facilitate the development of standardized in vitro quantitative assays for AAV-based gene therapy products.…”
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Shivering Management in Spinal Anesthesia: Evaluating the Role of Ketamine: A Narrative Review by Siavash Sangi, Mehrdad Mesbah Kiaei, Shahnam Sedigh Maroufi, Maryam Aligholizadeh, Parisa Moradimajd, Azam Saei

“…Ketamine, regardless of dosage, can be effective in reducing shivering after spinal anesthesia based on the mentioned criteria. Standardized research with precise methods to determine optimal dosages and ensure safety is necessary. …”
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Deep immunophenotypic dissection and clinical impact of T cells in the follicular lymphoma microenvironment by Sary El Daker, David Qualls, Andriy Derkach, Samida Beqaj, Leonardo Boiocchi, Venkatraman Seshan, Jeeyeon Baik, Menglei Zhu, Gilles Salles, Ahmet Dogan, Mikhail Roshal, Pallavi Galera

“…We analyzed the T-cell composition of a large, well-annotated follicular hyperplasia (FH; n=43) cohort utilizing standardized high dimensionality flow cytometry (>150,000 cells analyzed/sample) and a novel reproducible analytical pipeline leading to identification of even minor T-cell subsets. …”
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Practical Recommendations of Scientific Society for the Study of Human Microbiome and Russian Gastroenterological Association (RGA) for Probiotics in Treatment and Prevention of Ga... by V. T. Ivashkin, I. V. Mayev, D. I. Abdulganieva, S. A. Alekseenko, N. Yu. Ivashkina, N. V. Korochanskaya, S. N. Mammaev, E. A. Poluektova, A. S. Trukhmanov, Yu. P. Uspensky, V. V. Tsukanov, O. S. Shifrin, O. Yu. Zolnikova, K. V. Ivashkin, T. L. Lapina, R. V. Maslennikov, A. I. Ulyanin

“…Probiotics can be registered in the Russian Federation as biologically active food additives (BAFA) or as pharmaceutical products (drugs) in accordance with the microbiological standards and legislative requirements of the Russian Federation. …”
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Accelerated dynamic light sheet microscopy: unifying time-varying patterned illumination and low-rank and sparsity constrained reconstruction by Marco Tobia Vitali, Alessia Candeo, Andrea Farina, Paolo Pozzi, Alessia Brix, Andrea Bassi, Teresa M Correia

“…This method was applied to the volumetric imaging of embryonic zebrafish hearts, achieving an improvement in imaging speed of 4-fold compared to standard LSFM and a 2-fold improvement compared to traditional compressed sensing approaches, while preserving reconstruction accuracy and enabling the visualization of fast dynamic events with a resolution of a few tens of milliseconds. …”
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Fixation of A Closed Displaced Midshaft Clavicle Fracture by Intramedullary K-Wire: A Case Report by Devuandre Naziat, David Haryadi

“…Discussion: There is no universally agreed gold standard for clavicle fracture fixation. The majority of midshaft clavicle fractures with a displaced fragment can be successfully repaired without surgery. …”
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Toxicity of Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in elutriates prepared with estuarine and freshwater sediments by Paige M. Krupa, Guilherme R. Lotufo, Jonna Boyda, Nicolas L. Melby, Ashley N. Kimble

“…We then conducted acute toxicity tests of the elutriates with species standardly used in dredging evaluations: the sheepshead minnow (Cyprinodon variegatus), the fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas), the water flea (Ceriodaphnia dubia), and the Mysid shrimp (Americamysis bahia). …”
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Safety of Dupilumab Therapy for Atopic Dermatitis during Pregnancy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis by Verónica Sánchez-García, Eva de-Miguel-Balsa, José-Manuel Ramos-Rincón, Isabel Belinchón-Romero

“…Fifteen observational studies involving 115 pregnant women with a mean age of 33.46 years (standard deviation [SD] 3.02 were included). All studies evaluated dupilumab. …”
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Nature deficit and technology overuse in childhood. A correlational study by gender of its influence on sustainable identity construction in childhood by Sara Serrate González, Judit Alonso del Casar, Carmen Patino Alonso, José Manuel Muñoz Rodríguez

“…The statistical analysis involved calculating descriptive measures such as means, standard deviations, medians, and interquartile ranges (IR). …”
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Survey of Indoor Air Pollution Health Literacy among Community-dwelling Adults in Taiwan by Jia-Ling Wu, Yu-Han Huang, Yi-Chin Huang, Chien-Cheng Jung, Pei-Chen Lee, Ming-Yeng Lin, Wen-Hsuan Hou, Chung-Yi Li

“…The weighted sample size was 616 subjects aged between 20 and 88 years old (mean: 45.8 years, standard deviation: 18.1). Generally, adult residents of Taiwan showed only a moderate level of overall IAPHL, with the highest and lowest matric-specific score for “understanding” and “appraisi ng,” respectively. …”
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Comparing apples with apples: A proposed taxonomy for "Community Health Workers" and other front-line health workers for international comparisons. by Stephen Hodgins, Uta Lehmann, Henry Perry, Nicholas Leydon, Kerry Scott, Smisha Agarwal, Hannah Marcus, Rajani Ved, Elijah Olivas, Madeleine Ballard, Dickson Mbewe, Margaret Odera, Sherlie Petit Homme, Benard Otieno, Pasipano Wutete, Angeline Chikumba, Prossy Muyingo, John Kyakuha, Emmanuel Harcourt, Morseda Chowdhury, David Musoke, Thadee Niyoyitungira, Abimbola Olaniran, John Koku-Awoonor Williams, Lívia Milena Barbosa de Deus E Méllo, Romário Correia Dos Santos, Isabela Cardoso de Matos Pinto, Ram Shrestha, Salim Sadruddin, Melanie Morrow, Eric Sarriot, Maryse Kok, Bhanu Pratap

“…Building on ILO and WHO classifications and standards, a further clarification of terms and a taxonomy is proposed, with the intention of contributing to clearer communication and shared understanding and, ultimately, sounder community health policy, program planning, and implementation; and more substantial progress towards Universal Health Coverage.…”
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Determinants Affecting Family Commitment and Capability in Preventing Stunting in Children Under Two Years by Taufiqurrahman Taufiqurrahman, Nur Hatijah, Ani Intiyati

“…Despite a decline in national prevalence, East Java recorded a stunting prevalence of 32.7%, exceeding national standards and those set by the World Health Organization (WHO). …”
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An Active Inference Model of the Optimism Bias by Elizabeth L. Fisher, Christopher J. Whyte, Jakob Hohwy

“…Our model and the simulations it affords provide a computational basis for understanding how optimism bias may emerge, how it may be expressed in standard tasks used to assess optimism, and how it affects agents’ decision-making and actions; in combination, this provides a basis for future research on optimism as a mental health intervention.…”
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