FLIGHT HOURS AND BMI AGAINST TUC IN HYPOBARIC CHAMBER ALTITUDE 25.000 FEET by Zakiah Nada Nuralfilail, Pritha Maya Savitri, Niniek Hardini, Aulia Chairani, Andriyanto, Agus Budi Maryoto, Samsul A., Yaya Kardiana, Agus Cakrahaya

“…The sample for this research included active flight crew members from Lakespra dr. Saryanto 202 who met the inclusion criteria. Result: There were 53 research subjects, with the results showing that 48 subjects (90.6%) had a TUC <4 minutes, and 5 subjects had a TUC >4 minutes. …”
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Prevalence of Dental Caries and Its Associated Factors among Primary School Children in Ethiopia by Anguach Shitie, Rahel Addis, Abebe Tilahun, Wassie Negash

“…Pretested structured questionnaire and oral examinations were conducted by using the WHO criteria (DMFT) index to collect the data. The data were entered into Epi-Data 3.1 software, and analysis was carried out using SPSS version 23 and variables with P value ≤0.05 in the multivariable binary logistic analysis were considered as a cut-point to declare statistical significance. …”
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Rituximab (monoclonal anti-CD20 antibody) induced posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES): A case report and literature review by Praveen K. Sharma, MD, Sanjaykanth Balachandar, MBBS, Michael Antony Vikram, MBBS, Pujitha Duvooru Sukumar, MD

“…Here, we present a 23-year-old female patient with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and lupus nephritis who developed PRES following Rituximab (a monoclonal anti-CD-20 antibody) administration. …”
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Preliminary efficacy and safety analysis: 12-month results in 83 patients using a novel approach of widefield radiation therapy for extensive skin field cancerization with or witho... by Andrew E. Potter, Christopher Baker, Stephen Shumack, Robert Sinclair, Walter J. Curran, David Christie, Bradley Wong, Peter Foley, Peter O’Brien, Lynda Spelman

“…The frequency of Grade 3 acute skin toxicities was low.Conclusions Registry data demonstrate the potential for widefield RT to treat patients with significant skin pathology who have exhausted other therapies and require durable, minimally invasive treatment options. …”
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An Incarcerated Colon Inguinal Hernia That Perforated into the Scrotum and Exhibited an Air-Fluid Level by Seisuke Ota, Toshio Noguchi, Tomoya Takao, Takumi Sakamoto, Yuichiro Kanie, Ken-ichi Omae, Shunji Fujie, Yoshiaki Kanaya, Akinori Kasahara, Tadashi Matsumra

“…Here we report the case of a 79-year-old man who died after developing an incarcerated colon inguinal hernia that perforated the scrotum and exhibited an air-fluid level. …”
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The brain structure underlying the nonlinear association between early-life tobacco smoke exposure and the risk for cognitive decline and dementia in adulthood: a large prospective... by Changfu Lin, Fabin Lin, Kaitai Yang, Yuxuan Zhong, Yan Luo, Hanchen Chen, Wenjing Zhang, Xuanjie Chen, Qinyong Ye, Yuqi Zeng, Guoen Cai

“…Results This study of 291,113 UKB participants and 4,836 new dementia cases over a median 13.26-year follow-up found that in utero tobacco exposure led to significant cognitive decline in adulthood, but not a higher dementia risk. Those who began smoking in childhood or adolescence had significant cognitive decline and increased dementia risk. …”
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Law Studies by G. P. Tolstopiatenko

“…Quarterly magazine "Moscow Journal of International Law" has made significant contribution to the development of the MGIMO international law school. Y.M. Kolosov, who is the Honored Scientist of Russia and professor of international law, was the founder of the magazine. …”
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InsectChange: Comment by Gaume, Laurence, Desquilbet, Marion

“…We argue that the disparate and non-standardised units of measurement of insect density among studies may have detrimental consequences for users, as was the case for van Klink et al. (2020a, 2022) who log10(x+1)-transformed these heterogeneous data, compromising the comparison of temporal trends between datasets and the estimation of the overall trend. …”
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Open Partial Horizontal Laryngectomy as a Conservative Salvage Treatment for Laser-Recurrent Laryngeal Cancer: A Multi-Institutional Series by Erika Crosetti, Andrea Borello, Andy Bertolin, Izabela Costa Santos, Marco Fantini, Giulia Arrigoni, Ilaria Bertotto, Andrea Elio Sprio, Fernando Luiz Dias, Giuseppe Rizzotto, Giovanni Succo

“…This analysis includes 66 patients who underwent OPHL between 1995 and 2017, reporting favorable oncological outcomes with overall survival (OS) of 87.4%, disease-specific survival (DSS) of 93.4%, and disease-free survival (DFS) of 85.5%. …”
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Improving 10-year cardiovascular risk prediction in patients with type 2 diabetes with metabolomics by Ruijie Xie, Teresa Seum, Sha Sha, Kira Trares, Bernd Holleczek, Hermann Brenner, Ben Schöttker

“…Abstract Background Existing cardiovascular risk prediction models still have room for improvement in patients with type 2 diabetes who represent a high-risk population. This study evaluated whether adding metabolomic biomarkers could enhance the 10-year prediction of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) in these patients. …”
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Requirements for evidence-based management competency in healthcare: a scoping review by Elyas Sanaeifar, Elyas Sanaeifar, Elaheh Houshmand, Elaheh Houshmand, Javad Moghri, Javad Moghri, Marjan Vejdani, Seyed Saeed Tabatabaee, Seyed Saeed Tabatabaee

“…BackgroundIdentifying the essential skills and qualifications for evidence-based managers in healthcare is crucial for decision-makers who aim to select competent managers and design effective training programs. …”
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What behavior is important behavior? A systematic review of how wild and zoo-housed animals differ in their time-activity budgets by Robert Kelly, Marianne Freeman, Paul Rose, Paul Rose

“…Overall, complete positive behavioral flexibility was suggested in Testudines (potentially a result from temperature variation to maintain homeostasis), completely migratory species who are exposed to heterogenous landscapes when traveling long distances, and for a specific primate, the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) potentially to improve resource access due to their terrestrial nature. …”
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Efficacy and Safety of Emergent Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation in Patients with Acute Decompensated Aortic Stenosis: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Ruochen Shao, Junli Li, Tianyi Qu, Xiaoying Fu, Yanbiao Liao, Mao Chen

“…The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to investigate the efficacy and safety of emergent transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) in patients with decompensated aortic stenosis (AS) by comparing the clinical outcomes with the patients who had received the elective TAVI. Methods. By searching PubMed, EMBASE, and Cochrane databases, we obtained the studies comparing the clinical outcomes of emergent TAVI and elective TAVI. …”
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Sociodemographic Profile of Severely Malnourished Children Admitted to a Nutritional Rehabilitation Centre in One of the Districts of Maharashtra: A Cross-sectional Study by Pratik Borkar, Rohan Sangam, Shalini Rawat, Ravindra Kembali

“…Method: The study was observational cross sectional study conducted in a Nutritional Rehabilitation Centre (NRC) of a District Hospital of Thane in Maharashtra among the under five children of age group 6 to 60 months who were admitted in NRC and were presently staying in Thane block were included in the study. …”
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Commitment, partnerships and operational research: three priorities for 11 EMR countries to achieve TB elimination by M. van den Boom, K. Bennani, G. B. Migliori, L. D’Ambrosio, R. Centis, A. Parvez Sayed, H. Y. Atta, Y. Hutin

“…BACKGROUND: In 2022, 11 of 22 Member States of the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) had an estimated TB incidence of <20 cases per 100,000 population. …”
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Diagnostic performance of optical spectral transmission compared to magnetic resonance imaging in patients with inflammatory arthritis by Konstantinos Triantafyllias, Mohammed Alhaddad, Andreas Schwarting, Veronika Balaklytska, Xenofon Baraliakos

“…Methods Data from patients who underwent MRI and OST for suspected IA were analyzed. …”
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Feeding Behavior of Mice under Different Food Allocation Regimens by Hiroshi Ueno, Shunsuke Suemitsu, Shinji Murakami, Naoya Kitamura, Kenta Wani, Yu Takahashi, Yosuke Matsumoto, Motoi Okamoto, Takeshi Ishihara

“…To test differences based on food quantity, one mouse received chocolate chips while the other received nothing. Mice who received nothing spent more time on the other side of the reward throughout the experiment. …”
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Provincial Administration and Local Nobility in Courland in the Middle of the 19th Century by N. A. Mogilevskii

“…The special position of the Courland nobility eventually led to a clash with the governor P.A. Valuev, who, acting within the framework of general imperial legislation, tried to establish general imperial orders in the province. …”
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Prevalence of Self-Reported Symptoms of Sexually Transmitted Infection among Establishment-Based Female Sex Workers in Ethiopia by Shewangizaw Hailemariam, Aderajew Nigusse, Alemi Kebede

“…Hence, health education programs should address the issue of inconsistent condom use with nonpaying clients, alcohol consumption before sex, and knowledge of STIs, with a particular emphasis on those female sex workers who stayed longer in the business.…”
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Effect of Zolpidem in the Aftermath of Traumatic Brain Injury: An MEG Study by Praveen Sripad, Jessica Rosenberg, Frank Boers, Christian P. Filss, Norbert Galldiks, Karl-Josef Langen, Ralf Clauss, N. Jon Shah, Jürgen Dammers

“…In this case study, we use magnetoencephalography (MEG) to investigate a fully conscious, ex-coma patient who suffered from neurological difficulties for a few years due to traumatic brain injury. …”
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