Call to Action: Lead Pharmacy into the Next Decade by Gregory Zumach, Kerry K Fierke, Gardner Lepp, Bridget McGugan, Marta Brooks, Anthony Olson, Andrew Bartlett, Nilushi Karunaratne, Betty Exintaris

“…Findings We reached out to leaders across a variety of pharmacy work and practice settings to understand the importance of leadership today and the importance for leadership in pharmacy. Responses were common across pharmacy professionals in all settings; nearly every response mentioned that leadership is important to help motivate a team toward a shared goal or vision and to be a role model. …”
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RETRACTED: Postoperative Pulmonary Complications in Patients With Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Implantation—Implications for Physiotherapists by Peng-Ming Yu, Peng-Ming Yu, Yu-Qiang Wang, Ze-Ruxing Luo, Raymond C. C. Tsang, Oystein Tronstad, Oystein Tronstad, Jun Shi, Ying-Qiang Guo, Alice Y. M. Jones

“…Despite a 3-day prehabilitation protocol and standard post-operative physiotherapy, PPCs were common among patients after TTVI and significantly impacted on hospital and short-term recovery and outcomes. …”
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Dexmedetomidine versus Dexamethasone as Perineural Adjuvants in Supraclavicular Brachial Plexus Block: An Interventional Study by Charmi Hitenbhai Shah, Jinesh Pareshbhai Kothari, Nilesh Vrajmohan Shah, Rajsi Rajan Shah, Sara Mary Thomas

“…Introduction: Supraclavicular block is a common regional anaesthetic technique for upper limb surgeries. …”
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Prevalence of Myocardial Infarction With Obstructive and Non-Obstructive Coronary Arteries in a Middle-Aged Population With Chronic Airflow Limitation: A Cross-Sectional Study by Sundh J, Ekström M, Blomberg A, Lindberg E, Malinovschi A, Olin AC, Sköld CM, Torén K, Wollmer P, Östgren CJ, Jernberg T

“…MI-CAD was defined as a self-reported MI with coronary computed tomography angiography findings of previous revascularization or at least one significant coronary stenosis (> 50%), and MINOCA as self-reported MI with no previous revascularization and no significant coronary stenosis.Results: In total, 1735 (8.3%) of 20,882 included participants had CAL. MI-CAD was more common than MINOCA both in people with (2.8 vs 0.6%) and without CAL (1.2 vs 0.3%). …”
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Plaider la « bonne gouvernance sécuritaire » au Maroc : Domestiquer les savoirs de réforme en régime de contrainte consensuelle by Irene Lizzola

“…The regime, in search of relegitimization, endorses the rhetoric of co-production of public policies, to be guaranteed by the involvement of the “civil society”.The confrontation between the actors is based on a consensus which results in common alignment on the legalistic and managerial treatment of security reform. …”
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Mark loss can strongly bias estimates of demographic rates in multi-state models: a case study with simulated and empirical datasets by Touzalin, Frédéric, Petit, Eric J., Cam, Emmanuelle, Stagier, Claire, Teeling, Emma C., Puechmaille, Sébastien J.

“…To fill this knowledge gap, we employed a wide range of simulation scenarios that reflect commonly encountered real case studies, drawing inspiration from the survival rates of 700 vertebrate species. …”
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Differentiating Liver Metastases from Primary Liver Cancer: A Retrospective Study of Imaging and Pathological Features in Patients with Histopathological Confirmation by Laura Andreea Ghenciu, Mirela Loredana Grigoras, Luminioara Maria Rosu, Sorin Lucian Bolintineanu, Laurentiu Sima, Octavian Cretu

“…Vascular invasion was more common in primary liver cancer (45.5% vs. 11.1%, <i>p</i> = 0.01). …”
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Prospective Evaluation of Results of Surgical Treatment of Patients with Idiopathic Macular Hole by Phacovitrectomy and Combined Cataract and Vitrectomy Surgery by Kinga Tochman-Kanty, Monika Jasielska, Jerzy Mackiewicz

“…There were no statistically significant differences between phacovitrectomy and the combined procedure in terms of the improvement achieved in the values of distance visual acuity parameters, near vision and retinal sensitivity in the macula 12 months after trans pars plana vitrectomy. A common feature of patients with worse results on individual variables was a longer duration of the disease and a larger size of the hole prior vitrectomy.…”
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New insights into the immunomodulatory potential of sialic acid on monocyte-derived dendritic cells by Zélia Silva, João Amorim Rabaça, Vanessa Luz, Rita Adubeiro Lourenço, Mariolina Salio, Alexandra Couto Oliveira, Pedro Bule, Sebastian Springer, Paula Alexandra Videira

“…Our investigation juxtaposes this novel approach with the conventional cytokine-based maturation regimen commonly employed in clinical settings. Notably, C. perfringens sialidase remarkably increased MHC-I levels compared to other sialidases having different specificities, supporting the idea that higher MHC-I is due to the cleavage of specific sialoglycans on cell surface proteins. …”
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Hubungan Tindakan Pemberantasan Sarang Nyamuk (PSN) dengan Keberadaan Jentik Vektor Chikungunya di Kampung Taratak Paneh Kota Padang by Mutia Dwi Putri, Adrial Adrial, Lili Irawati

“…</p><p><strong>Kata kunci:</strong> PSN, jentik, vektor chikungunya</p><p> </p><p><strong><em>Abstract</em></strong></p><p>Taratak Paneh is the most common area of Chikungunya cases in 2012 (45 cases).The spreading of Chikungunya is influenced by environmental factor and practice of breading place eradication. …”
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Advances in machine learning applications to resource technology for organic solid waste by Hongzhi MA, Yichan LIU, Jihua ZHAO, Fan FEI, Ming GAO, Qunhui WANG

“…This study explores a range of commonly used ML models, including artificial neural network (ANN), support vector machine (SVM), decision tree, random forest, and extreme gradient boosting (XGBoost). …”
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The miR-1269a/PCDHGA9/CXCR4/β-catenin pathway promotes colorectal cancer invasion and metastasis by Haitao Mei, Qingshan Luo, Junyong Weng, Jialing Hao, Jinfeng Cai, Runkai Zhou, Ce Bian, Yingzi Ye, Shengzheng Luo, Yugang Wen

“…Abstract Background Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer worldwide and the second leading cause of cancer-related death. …”
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Impaired creatinine-based estimated glomerular filtration rate in Thai individuals switching to dolutegravir: illustrating the role of cystatin C testing to aid clinical decision m... by Carlo Sacdalan, Curtis Austin, Aswathy Varma, Suteeraporn Pinyakorn, Eugène Kroon, Donn J. Colby, Phillip Chan, Orlanda Goh, Krittaporn Pornpaisakul, Jintana Intasan, Tassanee Luekasemsuk, Merlin L. Robb, Nitiya Chomchey, Nittaya Phanuphak, Jintanat Ananworanich, Sandhya Vasan, Denise Hsu, the SEARCH 010/RV254 study group

“…Conclusions Persistent eGFRcre decrease to < 90 ml/min/1.73 m2 after switch to DTG was common in this Thai population. eGFRcystC was helpful to identify individuals with clinically significant decrease in kidney function and obviate unnecessary ART modifications. …”
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Comparison of retinal vascular abnormalities in the fellow eyes of children with Coats’ disease and normal subjects using ultra-widefield fundus fluorescein angiography by Shenshen Yan, Haixia Ji, Yuzhu Liu, Haicheng She, Haiying Zhou

“…Results: Among the 190 eyes of 95 patients with unilateral Coats’ disease, 83 (87.4%) were male, and the median age was 9.00 (7.00, 12.25) years (4–18 years). 93 (97.9%) fellow eyes had peripheral capillary telangiectasia that most commonly located in the temporal periphery. 59 (62.1%) fellow eyes had microaneurysms and 19 (20.0%) had vascular leakage; 29 (30.5%) fellow eyes had peripheral vascular tortuosity and 86 (90.5%) eyes had peripheral right-angle vessels. …”
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Land use variation impacts on trace elements in the tissues and health risks of a commercial fish by N.D. Takarina, O.M. Chuan, T.G. Pin, I. Femnisya, A. Fathinah, A.N.B. Ramadhan, R. Hermawan, A. Adiwibowo

“…Considering fish is consumable, heavy metal levels in fish can lead to health risks. One of the common edible fish in Southeast Asia is Pennahia argentata. …”
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How many people in the Netherlands live with a hip, knee, or shoulder replacement?: prevalence estimates using data from the Dutch Arthroplasty Register (LROI) and Statistics Nethe... by Mirthe H. W. van Veghel, Liza N. van Steenbergen, Maaike G. J. Gademan, Wilbert B. van den Hout, B. W. Schreurs, Gerjon Hannink

“…For hip, knee, and shoulder arthroplasties, these were 436,000 (95% CI 433,000 to 438,000), 383,000 (95% CI 380,000 to 386,000), and 34,000 (95% CI 33,000 to 36,000) people, corresponding to 4.7% (95% CI 4.6 to 4.7), 4.1% (95% CI 4.1 to 4.1), and 0.4% (95% CI 0.3 to 0.4) of the Dutch population, respectively. The most common age group living with at least one joint replacement was the ≥ 80-year age group, representing 38% (95% CI 37 to 38) of the Dutch population aged ≥ 80 years. …”
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Impact of Bone-Modifying Agents on Post-Bone Metastasis Survival Across Cancer Types by Hironari Tamiya, Kazumi Nishino, Yuji Kato, Reina Nakahashi-Kato, Yurika Kosuga-Tsujimoto, Shota Kinoshita, Rie Suzuki, Makiyo Watanabe, Toru Wakamatsu, Shigeki Kakunaga, Satoshi Takenaka

“…Bone-modifying agents (BMA) are commonly used for the prevention or treatment of skeletal-related events (SRE) in patients with bone metastasis; however, whether or not treatment with BMA improves survival remains unclear. …”
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Limited Diagnostic Value of miRNAs in Early Trauma-Induced Liver Injury: Only miRNA-122 Emerges as a Late-Phase Marker by Jason-Alexander Hörauf, Amit Singh, Maika Voth, Hamed Moheimani, Cora Rebecca Schindler, Borna Relja, Liudmila Leppik, Ingo Marzi, Dirk Henrich

“…<b>Background/Objectives</b>: Liver injury is common after abdominal trauma. However, the established biomarkers of liver injury, such as alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST), lack accuracy. …”
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Development and Evaluation of an Immunochromatographic Strip and a Magnetic Chemiluminescence Immunoassay for Detection of <i>Porcine Circovirus Type 2</i> Antigen by Sirui Tao, Yu Duan, Yinhe Zha, Xiaxia Tong, Yulong He, Huapeng Feng, Jianhong Shu

“…To date, immunoperoxidase monolayer assay (IPMA), indirect immunofluorescent assay (IFA), and enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) are the most commonly diagnostic methods for detecting PCV2 antigens. …”
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Single-cell profiling of SLC family transporters: uncovering the role of SLC7A1 in osteosarcoma by Yan Liao, Junkai Chen, Hao Yao, Ting Zheng, Jian Tu, Weidong Chen, ZeHao Guo, Yutong Zou, Lili Wen, Xianbiao Xie

“…Abstract Background Osteosarcoma is the most common malignant bone tumor in children and adolescents, characterized by high disability and mortality rates. …”
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