Assessment of fluoride bio-accessibility in early childhood diets by Jelena Kronic, Ralph M. Duckworth, Claudio Angione, Steven M. Levy, Fatemeh Vida Zohoori

“…This study aimed to measure fluoride bio-accessibility of the dietary sources commonly consumed by children below four years of age.MethodsA total of 103 food and meal samples were purchased, prepared, and analyzed for fluoride content, subjected to a standardized static in vitro digestion procedure and subsequent determination of fluoride concentration of resultant mixtures necessary for the final fluoride bio-accessibility calculation. …”
Get full text

SLC6A4 5HTTLPR Polymorphism Affects Insulin Secretion in Patients with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome by Barbara Šenk, Katja Goričar, Nika Aleksandra Kravos, Mojca Jensterle Sever, Andrej Janež, Vita Dolžan

“…Oral glucose tolerance test was performed only in PCOS patients and basal- and glucose-stimulated blood glucose and insulin levels were measured. All the subjects were genotyped for 5HTR1A rs6295, 5HTR1B rs13212041, and SLC6A4 5HTTLPR polymorphisms in the serotonin system. …”
Get full text

Measuring anti-transgender stigma in low-income and middle-income countries: a scoping review protocol by Clare Barrington, Jennifer Toller Erausquin, Amanda E Tanner, Tamar Goldenberg, Sulianie Mertus, Mohammed Sheikh Eldin Jibriel

“…A narrative summary of findings will be conducted.Ethics and dissemination As a scoping review (no direct interaction with participants), this study is exempt from human subjects oversight. Understanding context-specific ways to measure anti-trans stigma is urgently needed to support trans health globally. …”
Get full text

Responses of potato root architecture and physiological indexes to drought stress at different growth stages by LI Jiaxin, ZHANG Tianci, REN Xiaoyue, LI Sixuan, CHEN Yanyun

“…The roots of potatoes subjected to drought stress exhibited heightened vigor, MDA, proline, and soluble sugar levels compared to the control, with these values increasing as the duration of drought prolonged. …”
Get full text

What is the current state of precision rehabilitation? Protocol for a scoping study with a consultation phase by Annie Pouliot-Laforte, Evemie Dubé, Dahlia Kairy, Danielle E Levac

“…Convergent mixed-methods data analyses will combine quantitative and qualitative datasets to highlight similarities and differences between the current literature on the subject and the understanding of stakeholders.Ethics and dissemination Ethical approval has been obtained from the Research Ethics Board of the Sainte-Justine University Health Centre (no. 2024–6324). …”
Get full text

Improved symptomatic, functional, and fluoroscopic outcomes following serial “series of three” double-balloon dilation for cricopharyngeus muscle dysfunction by Derrick R. Randall, Lisa M. Evangelista, Maggie A. Kuhn, Peter C. Belafsky

“…The purpose of this study was to evaluate subjective, functional and objective improvement in swallowing after three serial dilations for CPMD. …”
Get full text

Classifying tumour infiltrating lymphocytes in oral squamous cell carcinoma histopathology using joint learning framework by Barun Barua, Genevieve Chyrmang, Kangkana Bora, Gazi N. Ahmed, Lopamudra Kakoti, Manob Jyoti Saikia

“…However, current methods for TILs quantification are based on subjective visual assessments, leading to inter-observer variability and inconsistent diagnostic reproducibility. …”
Get full text

Conspiracy theories and COVID-19: Coping mechanism or cognitive dissonance? A longitudinal study by Livio TARCHI, Francesco CHIRICO, Eleonora ROSSI, Emanuele CASSIOLI, Kavita BATRA, Pietro CRESCENZO, Amelia RIZZO, Giovanni CASTELLINI, Valdo RICCA

“…At T0, 336 individuals were recruited (from April to June 2020) and pseudo-anonymized, 270 retained at T1 (from October to December 2020). Subjects were evaluated by psychometric valid tools, such as Brief Symptoms Inventory (BSI), and Impact of Event Scale (IES). …”
Get full text

Association between non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and progression of abdominal aortic aneurysm: a multicenter study by Ximing Wang, Jingxiang Sun, Na Chang, Menghan Liu, Shuai Zhang

“…Methods Patients with AAA and age- and sex-matched healthy subjects who underwent abdominal CTA and non-enhanced CT examination between January 2015 and January 2023 from four hospitals were retrospectively analyzed. …”
Get full text

Epidemiology of Brucellosis in Small Ruminants of Rural and Peri-Urban Areas of Multan, Pakistan by Mian Muhammad Awais, Bakhtawar Khadim, Masood Akhtar, Muhammad Irfan Anwar, Gohar Khadim, Abdul Sammad Ali Khan Shirwany, Halil Selcuk Biricik, Abdul Razzaq, Muhammad Sibtain Bhatti

“…For this purpose, sera samples (n = 392) of small ruminants were collected and subjected to preliminary screening using commercially available RBPT reagents followed by serodetection of brucellosis using multispecies i-ELISA kit (ID.vet, France). …”
Get full text

Care for post-COVID-19 condition in Germany from the perspectives of patients, informal caregivers and general practitioners: Study protocol for a mixed methods study. by Melanie Brinkmann, Maike Stolz, Annika Herr, Christoph Herrmann-Lingen, Imke Koch, Christiane Müller, Frank Müller, Uta Sekanina, Jona Theodor Stahmeyer, Martina de Zwaan, Christian Krauth, Nils Schneider

“…Interview and focus group data will be subjected to qualitative content analysis. A health economic analysis will be used to determine the costs of PCC to health care payers, patients and society. …”
Get full text

ASSESSING LONG-TERM (3-YEAR) MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF RECYCLED AGGREGATE CONCRETE CONTAINING ZEOLITE AND SILICA FUME by M. Aghili Lotf, A. M. Ramezanianpour, M. Y. Chamani

“…Using recycled concrete aggregate as a sustainable solution has been the subject of much research in recent years. The use of recycled aggregate has led to a reduction in the quality of concrete, according to various studies. …”
Get full text

Multimodal smoking cessation treatment combining repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation, cognitive behavioral therapy, and nicotine replacement in veterans with posttraumatic... by Jonathan R Young, Carri S Polick, Andrew M Michael, Moritz Dannhauer, Jeffrey T Galla, Mariah K Evans, Addison Troutman, Angela C Kirby, Michelle F Dennis, Claire W Papanikolas, Zhi-De Deng, Scott D Moore, Eric A Dedert, Merideth A Addicott, Lawrence G Appelbaum, Jean C Beckham

“…Thus, we propose a feasibility phase II randomized controlled trial (RCT) to study a form of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) called intermittent theta burst stimulation (iTBS). iTBS has the advantage of allowing for a patterned form of stimulation delivery that we will administer at 90% of the subject's resting motor threshold (rMT) applied over a region in the right post-central gyrus most functionally connected to the right posterior insula. …”
Get full text

A Pilot Study on the Freelisting Method Among Adolescents with Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: Feasibility, Acceptability and Study Findings by Sabrina Gmuca, Dori Abel, Mackenzie McGill, Daneka Stryker, Eda Akpek, Whitney Eriksen, Pamela F. Weiss, Peter F. Cronholm

“…<b>Methods</b>: This was a mixed-methods cross-sectional single-center study of patients 12–18 years old, diagnosed with CMP. Twenty-seven subjects participated in an interview which included the freelisting exercise, probing questions, Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale 10-item, and semi-structured interview. …”
Get full text

A META-ANALYSIS: THE UTILIZATION OF NEGATIVE PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY IN DIABETIC FOOT ULCERS by Ni Putu Gita Raditya Sanjiwani, I Putu Krisna Murti

“…Results: In the present investigation, a total of 291 articles were first subjected to screening. The analysis ultimately included nine relevant literatures after the screening process. …”
Get full text

Low handgrip strength with asymmetry is associated with elevated all-cause mortality risk in older Chinese adults with abdominal obesity. by Ling Wei, Binyou Wang, Yilin Wang

“…<h4>Results</h4>A total of 5186 subjects aged 60 years or older were enrolled, 50.6% of whom were male. …”
Get full text

Common Risk Factors of Myocardial Infarction and Some Socio Demographic Characteristics in Sulaimani City by Bayan Omar Sharif, Samir Y. Lafi

“…Hypertension accounted (61.2%), dyslipidemia (39.4%), and diabetes (20%) of the subjects. A positive first-degree history of classical MI risk factor of the participants was (54.5%, 39.2% and 28.4%) for hypertension, heart attack and diabetes, respectively. (98.2%) of the selected patients no eating fish. (56.4%, 58.8%) of them were not eating daily fruit and vegetable respectively.  …”
Get full text

Рrospects for the development of retreat tourism in Ukraine by Irina Shamara, Hanna Haponenko, Olena Yevtushenko, Tymur Vygovskyi

“…The prospects for the development of retreat tourism in Ukraine and aspects of the positive impact of retreat tourism on human psychological health are revealed. The subject of the study is the analysis of the current state, problems and prospects of the development of retro-tourism in Ukraine. …”
Get full text

The Idea of Education: Development or Service Delivery? by V. E. Ljovkin, A. O. Ljovkina, E. L. Docenko, L. M. Volosnikova

“…The concepts of “service” and “education” are characterised according to a set of the following criteria: a subject of activity, its nature, a recipient role, specificity of the methods of activity, its result (or its goal) and quality assessment. …”
Get full text

Local self-government powers: on content and correlation with related concepts by M. A. Sambor

“…The exercise of powers by local self-government bodies is impossible without understanding the essence and content of powers, their correlation with the subjects of exercise – the relevant officials of local self-government bodies. …”
Get full text