Does the public health education affect health inequality among the migrant population in China? by Lanyan Cheng, Deshui Zhou, Zangyi Liao

“…In this context, the present study systematically investigated the impact of public health education on health inequalities among the migrant population and explored the underlying mechanisms through which it exerts its influence. Methods Based on data from the China Migrants Dynamic Survey, this study employed the Recentred Influence Function regression method—a two-dimensional decomposition technique—combined with Instrumental Variable approaches to examine how public health education influences health inequality and to explore the underlying mechanisms. …”
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Effect of progesterone on Smad signaling and TGF-β/Smad-regulated genes in lung epithelial cells. by Steffen Kunzmann, Barbara Ottensmeier, Christian P Speer, Markus Fehrholz

“…The effect of endogenous progesterone and/or exogenous pre- or postnatal progesterone application on lung function of preterm infants is poorly defined. While prenatal progesterone substitution may prevent preterm birth, in vitro and in vivo data suggest a benefit of postnatal progesterone replacement on the incidence and severity of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD). …”
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Prevalence of Chronic Kidney Disease among Diagnosed and Undiagnosed Hypertensive Individuals in the General Population of the Northern Region of Senegal by Modou Ndongo, Amadou Diop Dia, Audrey Geoffroy, Mor Diaw, Awa Ba Diop, Bamba Gaye, Sidy Mohamed Seck

“…However, a significant portion of individuals with HBP are undiagnosed, and their kidney function is even less known. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence and associated factors of CKD among three sub-groups of blood pressure status (normotensive, diagnosed hypertension, and undiagnosed hypertension) individuals. …”
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Isolation and Identification of Alkaloid Genes from the Biomass of <i>Fritillaria taipaiensis</i> P.Y. Li by Nong Zhou, Chun-Mei Mei, Fu-Gui Chen, Yu-Wei Zhao, Ming-Guo Ma, Wei-Dong Li

“…This finding can be used for subsequent gene function verification and molecular regulatory network analysis. …”
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Exploring the adsorption desulfurization efficiency using RSM and ANN methodologies by Mahyar Mansouri, Mohsen Shayanmehr, Ahad Ghaemi

“…While RSM highlighted significant trends, its limitations in capturing complex nonlinear interactions led to the adoption of ANN for more accurate predictions. The Radial Basis Function (RBF) and Multilayer Perceptron (MLP) models were developed among various ANN architectures. …”
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Prevalence of traditional cardiovascular risk factors in high-risk Kyrgyzstan population as compared to Indians − An Indo-Kyrgyz cardiometabolic study by Kamal Sharma, Shilpi Mohan, S. A. Hossain, Stuti Shah, Ashwati Konat, Komal Shah, Shubh Mehta, Jonsi Jayantkumar Tavethia, Jeel Narendra Sarvaiya, Saumya Joshi, Karan Shah, Dhruv Rakeshkumar Patel, Shlok Patel

“…The Kyrgyzstan cohort also demonstrated better left ventricular systolic function compared to the Indian cohort. Discussion: Our study highlights significant differences in the prevalence of traditional CVRFs between high-risk populations in Kyrgyzstan and India. …”
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Were there any missing mediators between visual impairment and anxiety symptoms? Results from Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey by Wen Yao, Yuan Cao, Yuan Tian, Yuanyuan Liu, Xin Hua, Fang Chen

“…Visual impairment was assessed through self-reported visual function, while anxiety symptoms were measured using the 7-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder scale (GAD-7). …”
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Transformation of Public Administration in the Digital Era by А. A. Likhtin

“…As a method of interview analysis, the content analysis of the interview was used using the software ATLAS.ti 9 (http://atlasti.com). …”
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Evolution of joint power across the lifespan during walking by Bernard X. W. Liew, Rachel Senden, David Rugamer, Kenneth Meijer, Qichang Mei, Kim Duffy, Kevin Netto, Matthew Taylor

“…Setting This was a pooled analysis of the individual participant joint power data from six datasets, resulting in a sample size of 629 participants, between the ages of three to 91 years old. …”
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Assessment of the quality of life of patients with achalasia of the cardia after videoendoscopic Heller cardiomyotomy with Dor fundoplication by E. A. Tseymakh, V. A. Gankov, G. I. Bagdasaryan, A. R. Andreasyan, S. A. Maslikova

“…In the pre- and postoperative periods, the results of fluoroscopy of the esophagus and stomach, manometry of the esophagus and the esophageal-gastric junction were studied, and three questionnaires were used (Eckhardt scale, GIQLI questionnaire and SF-36).Results. Analysis of the data obtained showed that the clinical manifestations of the disease in the postoperative period decreased in all patients with stages 2–4 of AC, the results in patients with stage 2 were better than in patients with stages 3 and 4 (p &lt; 0.05). …”
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Prevalence and factors associated with hyperuricemia among people living with HIV in Uganda: a cross-sectional study at a tertiary hospital in Uganda by Jeremiah Mutinye Kwesiga, Reagan Nkonge, Brenda Namanda, Martin Nabwana, Joseph Baruch Baluku

“…Design: We conducted a cross-sectional study among PLWH receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) at the HIV clinic at Kiruddu National Referral Hospital in Kampala, Uganda. Methods: Data were collected using a structured questionnaire, anthropometric and blood pressure measurements, and analysis of fasting blood glucose, blood lipids, glycated hemoglobin, and serum uric acid of blood samples from participants. …”
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Blood microcirculation under conditions of a translational model of alcohol cardiomyopathy in rats by S. A. Kryzhanovskii, I. B. Tsorin, E. O. Ionova, S. A. Simonenko, M. B. Vititnova

“…After 24 weeks of alcoholization in animals, the size and inotropic function of the heart were assessed using echocardiography. …”
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HBV Infection-Related PDZK1 Plays an Oncogenic Role by Regulating the PI3K-Akt Pathway and Fatty Acid Metabolism and Enhances Immunosuppression by Xin Chen, Xiaodong Wang, Feng Zhu, Chao Qian, Fanggui Xu, Xin Huang, Wenjie Zhang, Beicheng Sun

“…Few studies have been conducted concerning the HBV infection-related genes and their function. Methods. We compared differentially expressed genes (DGEs) in HBV-positive and -negative tumor samples and conducted a Spearman correlation study between the DGEs and HBV titers within The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA). …”
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Letter and Word Processing in Developmental Dyslexia: Evidence from a Two-Alternative Forced Choice Task by Daniela Traficante, Pierluigi Zoccolotti, Chiara Valeria Marinelli

“…Conclusions: The present data indicate that children with dyslexia suffer from an early deficit in making perceptual operations that require the conjunction analysis of a set of letters. …”
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An integrated population pharmacokinetic model of febuxostat in pediatric patients with hyperuricemia including gout and adult population of healthy subjects and patients with rena... by Ryutaro Iwama, Kimie Nishida, Daisuke Ishii, Takeshi Iijima

“…Abstract The study objective was to validate febuxostat dosage and administration in pediatric patients with hyperuricemia including gout, using an integrated population pharmacokinetic (PopPK) analysis in the Japanese population. Integrated PopPK analysis of febuxostat used a nonlinear mixed‐effects modeling (NONMEM) program on plasma febuxostat concentration data for 2611 samples from Japanese pediatric patients with hyperuricemia including gout (n = 29) and from adult subjects who are healthy or have renal dysfunction (n = 113). …”
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Integrated network toxicology, machine learning and molecular docking reveal the mechanism of benzopyrene-induced periodontitis by Wen Wenjie, Li Rui, Zhuo Pengpeng, Deng Chao, Zhang Donglin

“…Results We identified 11 potential targets associated with BaP-induced periodontitis, primarily involved in cellular response to lipopolysaccharide, endoplasmic reticulum function, and cytokine activity, particularly in IL-17 and TNF signaling pathways. …”
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Selective reinnervation for correction of unilateral paralysis of larynx in thyroidal surgery by V. О. Palamarchuk, О. А. Тоvkai, V. V. Voitenko, N. V. Solomennikova

“…Visual inspection of the larynx was conducted (fibrolaryngoscopy with archiving of the data) in preoperative and postoperative periods, аs well as in 2, 4, 6, 12, 18 and 24 mo postoperatively, spectral vocal analysis, estimation of vocal quality in accordance to the VHI-30 sсale reporting, using questionnaires ЕАТ-10 for determination of the dysphagia degree. …”
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Clinicopathological Characteristics and Kidney Outcomes in Biopsy-Confirmed Acute Interstitial Nephritis by Jing Miao, Charat Thongprayoon, Pajaree Krisanapan, Alessia Buglioni, Iasmina M. Craici, Wisit Cheungpasitporn

“…Demographic, clinical, laboratory, and pathological data were collected. The primary outcome was kidney function recovery within the first 6 months. …”
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Small-scale variations in spider and springtail assemblages between termite mounds and the surrounding grassland matrix by Hannelene Badenhorst, Charles Richard Haddad, Charlene Janion-Scheepers

“….), whereas the springtail fauna was dominated by Brachystomellidae (n = 56 521, 1 species), Bourletiellidae (n = 49 573, 7 species), Sminthurididae (n = 44 491, 3 species), Isotomidae (n = 32 288, 1 species) and Entomobryidae (n = 26 216, 7 species). Indicator analysis showed that the spiders Zelotes sclateri Tucker, 1923, Heliocapensis termitophagus (Wesołowska &amp;amp; Haddad, 2002) and Scytodes elizabethae Purcell, 1904 are associated with abandoned mounds, but no springtails showed an association based on the IndVal analysis of the eight microhabitats (lumped data), even though the undescribed Cyphoderus sp. were mostly collected inside active mounds. …”
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Clinical and genetic features of a family with multinodular goiter harboring a DICER1 c.2035 A >G variant by Man-Li Guo, Xu Hu, Hong Zhu, Ling-Guang Luo, Shao-Gang Ma

“…Results The proband and four family members were diagnosed with MNG and had undergone thyroidectomy, one of whom was pathologically diagnosed with papillary thyroid microcarcinoma. Thyroid function tests of all family members were normal. Exome sequence analysis identified a heterozygous variant, NM_177438.3:c.2035 A > G (NP_803187.1:p.Ile679Val), in exon 12 of the DICER1 gene in the proband and six family members. …”
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