Cardiovascular Outcomes, Health-Promoting Behaviors, and Social Determinants: Structural Racism and the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System by Jaclyn K. Schwartz, Emily A. Kringle, Suzanne Perea Burns, Catherine R. Hoyt, Kelly M. Harris, Sami Tayeb

“…However, these groups often demonstrated equal or higher rates of engagement in health-promoting behaviors compared with White adults. …”
Get full text

Renal Function but Not Asymmetric Dimethylarginine Is Independently Associated with Retinopathy in Type 2 Diabetes by Katarzyna Krzyzanowska, Friedrich Mittermayer, Gerit H. Schernthaner, Simon Brunner, Johanna M. Brix, Stefan Aschauer, Florian Höllerl, Michael Wolzt, Guntram Schernthaner

“…We tested the hypothesis that ADMA is related to diabetic retinopathy (DR) independently of macrovascular disease. Methods. This cross-sectional study included 127 T2DM patients selected to achieve equal distributions of patients with and without macrovascular disease in the groups with and without DR. …”
Get full text

Bone and cartilage metaplasia in calcific aortic stenosis by Zorić Jelena, Vuković Miloš, Lovrenski Aleksandra, Samardžija Golub, Andrejić-Višnjić Bojana, Panjković Milana

“…Gender, age, smoking and body mass index (BMI) had the same distribution among patients with and without metaplasia. Metaplasia was equally prevalent among patients with moderate, severe and critical aortic stenosis. …”
Get full text

Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Distribution of Viral Pathogens Involved in Febrile Seizures by Eda Kepenekli, Gülser Esen Besli, Mahmut Firat Halici, Aytac Goktug, Gizem Dikencik-cuceloglu, Emel Ekşi Alp

“…Objective: To evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the distribution of viral pathogens responsible for febrile seizures (FS) in children.Materials and Methods: This multicenter study reviewed cases diagnosed as compatible with FS between March 2018 and March 2022. …”
Get full text

Comparison of Post-Consumption Attention Between Two Different Aroma Types of Baijiu Using the Stroop Task by Jie Li, Cheng Wang, Pei Sun, Shaohui Fan, Guoliang He, Yangyun Zheng, Haifeng Zhao, Deliang Wang

“…As attention reflects cognitive comfort after drinking, and consumers increasingly value mental clarity, there is a growing need for objective methods to quantify such post-consumption cognitive states. …”
Get full text

Could the Injury Severity Score be a new indicator for surgical treatment in patients with traumatic splenic injury? by HyeJeong Jeong, SungWon Jung, Tae Gil Heo, Pyong Wha Choi, Jae Il Kim, Sung Min Jung, Heungman Jun, Yong Chan Shin, Eunhae Um

“…Purpose The purpose of this study was to determine whether a higher Injury Severity Score (ISS) could serve as an indicator of splenectomy in patients with traumatic splenic lacerations. Methods A total of 256 cases of splenic laceration were collected from January 1, 2005 to December 31, 2018. …”
Get full text

Acetylsalicylic acid and vorapaxar are less active, while 4-methylcatechol is more active, in type 1 diabetic patients compared to healthy controls by Markéta Paclíková, Lukáš Konečný, Alejandro Carazo, Kateřina Matoušová, Lenka Kujovská Krčmová, Vladimír Blaha, Alena Šmahelová, Přemysl Mladěnka

“…On the other hand, 4-methylcatechol was equally or even more potent in T1D than in healthy controls. …”
Get full text

A Comparative Analysis of Fairness and Satisfaction in Multi-Agent Resource Allocation: Integrating Borda Count and K-Means Approaches with Distributive Justice Principles by Atef Gharbi, Mohamed Ayari, Nasser Albalawi, Yamen El Touati, Zeineb Klai

“…According to our findings, the BC method effectively prioritized the highest needs of the agents and resulted in higher satisfaction. …”
Get full text

Does Gender Impact Intensity of Care Provided to Older Medical Intensive Care Unit Patients? by Kathleen M. Akgün, Terrence E. Murphy, Katy L. B. Araujo, Peter H. Van Ness, Margaret Pisani

“…No documented studies evaluate whether men and women are treated equally in the medical intensive care unit (MICU). …”
Get full text

Is European current climate regulation strategy feasible? A comparative analysis of “Fit for 55” green transition package for V4 and LEU4 by Jacek Brożyna, Jintao Lu, Wadim Strielkowski

Get full text

Topical clindamycin for acne vulgaris: analysis of gastrointestinal events by Natalia M. Pelet del Toro, Andrew Strunk, Jashin J. Wu, Linda Stein Gold, James Q. Del Rosso, Robert T. Brodell, George Han

“…Results from two retrospective medical record studies of patients with AV indicated that physicians prescribe topical clindamycin equally to patients with or without inflammatory bowel disease history, and that rates of pseudomembranous colitis in these patients were low. …”
Get full text

Optimizing Energy Efficiency in UPA-Assisted SWIPT Massive MIMO Systems Over Rician Fading Channels by Mohammad Hassan Adeli, Dariush Abbasi-Moghadam, Hossein Fotouhi, S. Mohammad Razavizadeh

“…The Results also indicate a considerably higher growth rate on EE by increasing the number of antennas and Rician factors compared to the two other methods.…”
Get full text

Efficacy of adding ketamine to levobupivacaine in paravertebral block on acute and chronic pain in thoracotomy: a randomized controlled double-blinded trial by Saad Ahmed Moharam, Amgad Elshikh, Mohamed Abdelbadie, Ahmed Mohamed Ibrahim, Mostafa Mohamed Khedr Shaheen, Mohammed Said ElSharkawy

“…Patients were equally randomized into 2 groups: group K: received TPVB + 1 mL ketamine (50 mg). …”
Get full text

Bilateral Variability of Quadriceps Angle and Impact of Height on it in Female Population of Uttarakhand by Chanchal Sharma, Sadakat Ali, Rubina Victor, Brijesh Thakur

“…The left and right legs are not always equal. Females tend to have a larger angle than men due to a broader pelvis. …”
Get full text

Neurological and psychological aspects of scleroderma of the face and neck in children by M. S. Pavlova, L. G. Khachatryan, M. K. Osminina, N. A. Geppe, N. S. Podchernyaeva, V. M. Trepilets, M. D. Bogdanova, E. V. Kasanave, E. N. Tjurina, M. D. Velikoretskaya

“…The list of mandatory examination methods for scleroderma of the face and neck should include brain MRI, EEG and psychological examination.…”
Get full text

Efficacy of 2‐Mercaptoethane Sulfonate Sodium (MESNA) in the Prevention of Pancreatitis After Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography: A Randomized Open Label Trial by Amir Sadeghi, Hesamoddin Samar, Mohammad Abbasinazari, Parvaneh Mohammadi, Ali Abazarikia, Shadi Ziaie

“…The present clinical trial evaluated whether adding intravenous mesna to rectal indomethacin could prevent or alleviate PEP. Methods An open‐labeled clinical trial was done on 698 participants undergoing endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). …”
Get full text

Community Urinary Tract Infections: Guideline Adjustment by Carina Lopes Cunha, Andreia M. Costa, Maria João Brandão, Hugo Lopes, Isabel Neves, Valquíria Alves

“…The most frequently isolated agent in both sexes was Escherichia coli (64.89%), and its sensitivity to fosfomycin is over 98% in all age groups, and equal to or less than 75% to amoxicillin-clavulanic acid. …”
Get full text

Irisin: An influential perspective on the protective effect of metformin on aortic and cardiac aging in rats by Ozgur Baris, Gulcin Gacar, Burak Acar, Feride Ipek Komsuoglu Celikyurt, Yusufhan Yazir, Tijen Utkan

“…The subjects were equally distributed among four intervention groups: young control group (24 months). …”
Get full text

Pegylated Interferon-α Modulates Liver Concentrations of Activin-A and Its Related Proteins in Normal Wistar Rat by Bassem Refaat, Adel Galal El-Shemi, Ahmed Mohamed Ashshi, Elaf Wael Mahamid, Noha Mohammed Al-Qadi

“…To measure the expression of activin βA-subunit, activin IIA and IIB receptors, Smad4, Smad7, and follistatin in the liver and the liver and serum concentrations of mature activin-A and follistatin in normal rat following treatment with pegylated interferon-α (Peg-INF-α) and ribavirin (RBV). Materials and Methods. 40 male Wistar rats were divided equally into 4 groups: “control,” “Peg-only” receiving 4 injections of Peg-INF-α (6 µg/rat/week), “RBV-only” receiving ribavirin (4 mg/rat/day) orally, and “Peg & RBV” group receiving both drugs. …”
Get full text

Facial Expression Overrides Lumbopelvic Kinematics for Clinical Judgements about Low Back Pain Intensity by A. Courbalay, T. Deroche, M. Descarreaux, E. Prigent, J. O'Shaughnessy, M.-A. Amorim

“…Results showed that experienced clinicians relied equally on FEI and LK to estimate pain, whereas novice clinicians mostly relied on FEI. …”
Get full text