Assessment of depression in patients admitted with acute coronary syndrome: a double-blind study by Ela Giladi, Sapir Tzadok, Tamar Shitrit, Ilya Losin, Ziad Arow, Ranin Hilu, Sharon Reisfeld, Yoav Arnson, Abid Assali, David Pereg

“…Compared to the PHQ9 questionnaire, the medical team’s assessment of depression demonstrated a reasonable specificity of 84% and low sensitivity of 32%. Negative and positive predictive values were 82.6% and 35.8%, respectively. …”
Get full text

Monitoring of immune activation using biochemical changes in a porcine model of cardiac arrest by Anton Amann, Bernhard Widner, Josef Rieder, Herwig Antretter, Georg Hoffmann, Viktoria Mayr, Hans-Ulrich Strohmenger, Dietmar Fuchs

“…The average kynurenine-per-tryptophan quotient in serum was 21.7Ī 8.4 nmol/μmol, and that in plasma was 20.7Ī 9.5 nmol/μmol (n = 7), which corresponds well to normal values in humans. …”
Get full text

Crystallite size and phase purity in Pb1-xSrxTiO3 ferroelectric perovskites for biomedical applications via controlled sintering by Rahmat Doni Widodo, Samsudin Anis, Deni Fajar Fitriyana, Maykel Manawan, Joni Sah, Aji Santiko, Rizalman Bin Mamat, Abdulfatah Abdu Yusuf, Muhammad Imam Ammarullah

Get full text

The role of TRECs/KRECs as immune indicators that reflect immunophenotypes and predict the risk of infection in systemic autoimmune diseases by Takuji Itakura, Hirokazu Sasaki, Tadashi Hosoya, Natsuka Umezawa, Tetsuya Saito, Hideyuki Iwai, Hisanori Hasegawa, Hiroyuki Sato, Akihiro Hirakawa, Kohsuke Imai, Tomohiro Morio, Naoki Kimura, Shinsuke Yasuda

Get full text

Comparison of combined suprascapular and axillary nerve pulsed radiofrequency and nerve block for the treatment of primary frozen shoulder: a prospective cohort study by Yue Wu, Jiangyou Huang, Weibo Zhang, Suming Tian, Gang Chen

Get full text

Integrated analysis of transcriptome, sRNAome, and degradome involved in the drought-response of maize Zhengdan958 by Yang Shuqiong, Liu Jiafei, Cao Lingling, Chen Jibao, Duan Pengfei

“…Tissue-specific expression profile and regulatory network analysis revealed that miR528a/b-Zm00001d021850, miR408a/b-Zm00001d020794, and miR164e-Zm00001d003414 might be essential in root-specific drought stress response of maize Zhengdan958 seedlings. …”
Get full text

Prognostic value of remnant-like particle cholesterol in ischemic heart failure patients following percutaneous coronary intervention by Xin Huang, Tienan Sun, Biyang Zhang, Meishi Ma, Zheng Chen, Zehao Zhao, Shutong Dong, Yujie Zhou

“…The multivariate Cox regression demonstrated RLP-C was an independent risk factor for MACE, whether assessed as a continuous variable[hazard ratio (HR), 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.50, 1.15-1.98, p = 0.003] or categorized into tertiles[HR, 95% CI: 2.57, 2.03-3.26, p < 0.001, tertile 3 vs tertile 1]. …”
Get full text

Temporal backscatter characterisation of ratoon rice crops based on Sentinel-1 intensity data by Vidya Nahdhiyatul Fikriyah, Roshanak Darvishzadeh, Alice Laborte, Jitender Rathore, Andrew Nelson

Get full text

Perceptions, practices, and experiences of asthma patients and community pharmacists on short-acting beta-2 agonists inhaler use: A qualitative study by Rabia Hussain, Zhe Chi Loh, Bayan Faisal Ababneh, Jaya Muneswarao, Siew Chin Ong, Bandana Saini, Anees ur-Rehman, Vibhu Paudyal

Get full text

Interactive effects of atmospheric oxidising pollutants and heat waves on the risk of residential mortality by Nan Ren, Huimin Huang, Baoying Liu, Chuancheng Wu, Jianjun Xiang, Quan Zhou, Shuling Kang, Xiaoyang Zhang, Yu Jiang

“…Furthermore, an interaction between atmospheric oxidising pollutants and heat waves may have occurred: the larger effects in the longest cumulative lag time on residential mortality per 10 µg/m3 increase in O3, NO2 and Ox during heat waves compared to non-heat waves were [−3.81% (95% CI: −14.82, 8.63)]; [−0.45% (95% CI: −2.67, 1.81)]; [67.90% (95% CI: 11.55, 152.71)]; 16.37% (95% CI: 2.43, 32.20)]; [−3.00% (95% CI: −20.80, 18.79)]; [−0.30% (95% CI: −3.53, 3.04)]. …”
Get full text

Targeted nanoliposomes for precision rheumatoid arthritis therapy: a review on mechanisms and in vivo potential by Rushikesh Girase, Nayan A. Gujarathi, Amey Sukhia, Sri Sai Nikitha Kota, Tulshidas S. Patil, Abhijeet A. Aher, Yogeeta O. Agrawal, Shreesh Ojha, Charu Sharma, Sameer N. Goyal

Get full text

Exploring the significance of medical humanities in shaping internship performance: insights from curriculum categories by Chao Ting Chen, Anna Y.Q. Huang, Po-Hsun Hou, Ji-Yang Lin, His-Han Chen, Shiau-Shian Huang, Stephen J. H. Yang

“…This study aimed to determine the influence of MH curricula on internship performance.Methods The academic records of 1364 medical students across 8 years of admission cohorts were analyzed. …”
Get full text

Serum drug levels and anti-drug antibodies in the context of dose tapering by interval prolongation of adalimumab, etanercept and ustekinumab in psoriasis patients: results of the... by Selma Atalay, Sophie E. Berends, Hans M. M. Groenewoud, Ron A. A. Mathot, David M. Njoo, Johannes M. Mommers, Paul M. Ossenkoppele, Marjolein I. A. Koetsier, Maartje A. Berends, Annick de Vries, Peter C. M. van de Kerkhof, Alfons A. den Broeder, Elke M. G. J. de Jong, Juul M. P. A. van den Reek

“…Association of baseline characteristics with successful tapering was investigated with log-binomial regression analysis.Results In total, 118 patients were included. In adalimumab-treated patients, no significant difference in the proportion of patients with relevant ADA levels in DR vs. …”
Get full text

Ghanaian women’s experience of intimate partner violence (IPV) during group antenatal care: a brief report from a cluster randomised controlled trial by Samia J. Abdelnabi, Michelle L. Munro-Kramer, Cheryl A. Moyer, John E.O. Williams, Jody R. Lori

“…Data were collected at baseline and at 11–14 months postpartum (post). Survey measures captured reported experiences of violence, self-efficacy, and safety. …”
Get full text

Development and validation of a prediction model for all-cause mortality in maintenance dialysis patients: a multicenter retrospective cohort study by Jingcan Wu, Xuehong Li, Hong Zhang, Lin Lin, Man Li, Gangyi Chen, Cheng Wang

Get full text

How does the medicines retail sector ensure continued access to medicines during public health emergencies? Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda by Eleanor Hutchinson, Sunday Mundua, Jessica Myers, Sian E. Clarke, Kristian Schultz Hansen, Chrispus Mayora, Freddie Ssengooba, Freddy Eric Kitutu

“…A household survey focusing on household dynamics and treatment seeking during COVID-19 was conducted in both districts (n = 1680).Results At the national level, attempts were made to involve the MRS in policy and technical advice but this was not sustained. …”
Get full text

Hyperadaptor; Temperature-insensitive tensile properties of Ni-based high-entropy alloy a wide temperature range by Hyojin Park, Sujung Son, Soung Yeoul Ahn, Hyojeong Ha, Rae Eon Kim, Jae Heung Lee, Hyo Moon Joo, Jung Gi Kim, Hyoung Seop Kim

Get full text

Prevalence and associated factors for poor mental health among young migrants in Sweden: a cross-sectional study by Sara Causevic, Anna Mia Ekström, Nicola Orsini, Anna Kagesten, Susanne Strömdahl, Mariano Salazar

“…Participants reporting poor mental health were more likely to be female (AOR:1.63, 95% CI:1.18–2.25), to have lived in Sweden more than three years (AOR:2.16, 95% CI:1.17–3.97), to engage in any sexual risk behaviour (AOR:1.99, 95% CI:1.25–3.17), and to live alone (AOR:1.95, 95% CI:1.25–3.03) or with friends they already knew (AOR:1.60, 95% CI:1.37–4.91). …”
Get full text

Engineered ipilimumab variants that bind human and mouse CTLA-4 by Brett Robison, SJ Diong, Anusha Kumar, Thomas M. Moon, Olin Chang, Bryant Chau, Christine Bee, Ishita Barman, Arvind Rajpal, Alan J. Korman, Sean West, Pavel Strop, Peter S. Lee

Get full text

Artificial intelligence assisted risk prediction in organ transplantation: a UK Live-Donor Kidney Transplant Outcome Prediction tool by Hatem Ali, Arun Shroff, Tibor Fülöp, Miklos Z. Molnar, Adnan Sharif, Bernard Burke, Sunil Shroff, David Briggs, Nithya Krishnan

Get full text