Lifestyle risk factors for overweight and obesity among rural Indian adults: a community-based prospective cohort study by Rajesh Kumar Rai, Sabri Bromage, Jan-Walter De Neve, Anamitra Barik

“…From 2017–2018 to 2022–2023, the prevalence of overweight/obesity increased from 15.2% (95% CI: 14.1%–16.4%) to 21.0% (95% CI: 19.7%–22.3%) among men and from 24.1% (95% CI: 22.9%–25.2%) to 33.8% (95% CI: 32.5%–35.1%) among women. …”
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Game mechanics in eHealth interventions promoting self-management in young people with chronic diseases: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analyses from the eHealth Junio... by Sanne L Nijhof, Elise van de Putte, Fernando Estévez-López, Wichor M Bramer, Lisa Levelt, Job van ’t Veer, Micah M Hrehovcsik, Valentijn Visch, Manon H. J. Hillegers, Remco C Veltkamp

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Environmental pollution evaluation and spatiotemporal distribution of different forms of phosphorus in a phosphate mining area in Western Hubei, China by Lei Kou, Junwei Zhang, Liyue Huang, Guanyu Chen, Shupeng Jiang, Ding Han, Dayuan Jiang

“…The total phosphorus in surface water was strongly correlated with particulate phosphorus, and the correlation coefficient was 0.984. The main sources of phosphorus in surface water were exogenous input. …”
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Optimizing Risk-based Stock Return Prediction in Tehran Stock Exchange industries: A Data Envelopment Analysis by Hamidreza Akhbari, Heydar Mohammadzadeh Salteh, Rasoul Baradaran Hassanzadeh, Mehdi Zeynali

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Systemic delivery of AAV5, AAV8, and AAV9 packaging a C5-12-microdystrophin-FLAG expression cassette in non-human primates by Mengping Liu, Erica Cook, Yanshan Dai, Erich Ehlert, Francois du Plessis, Jacek Lubelski, Bogdan G. Sleczka, Petia Shipkova, Zhuyin Li, Joshua Gamse, David Gordon, Leonard P. Adam, Paul C. Levesque, Glen B. Banks

“…Thus, a systemic dose of ∼1.18 × 1014 vector genomes/kg AAV8 is predicted to be safe and efficacious for treating Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) but has significant room for improvement.…”
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The design and rationale of the cardiac REHABilitation to improve metabolic health in Hypertrophic CardioMyopathy (REHAB-HCM) Study by Matthew Cheung, Nathaniel Moulson, Jinelle C. Gelinas, Ali Daraei, Sarah M. Bradwell, Carolyn Taylor, Neil D. Eves, Graeme J. Koelwyn, Thomas M. Roston

“…Participants: Patients aged 18–80 years old diagnosed with HCM and metabolic syndrome, defined by the American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology guidelines, and the National Cholesterol Education Adult Treatment Panel III (NCEP-ATP III) criteria. …”
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Prediksi Detak Jantung Berbasis LSTM pada Raspberry Pi untuk Pemantauan Kesehatan Portabel by Ahmad Foresta Azhar Zen, Eko Sakti Pramukantoro, Kasyful Amron, Viera Wardhani, Putri Annisa Kamila

“…The implementation of inference on the Raspberry Pi also demonstrates good performance, with an average inference time of 4.82 seconds for processing 100 data points and a memory usage of 134.8MB. …”
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ABO-incompatible liver transplantation – exploring utilitarian solutions to restricted access and organ shortages: A single-centre experience from Johannesburg, South Africa by E U Wessels, J Loveland, H Maher, P Gaylard, B Bobat, A D Mahomed, D Parbhoo, M R Beretta, C Hajinicolaou, P Walabh, S Berkenfeld, D Demopoulos, S Rambarran, B Ströbele, F van der Schyff, J Fabian, L Brannigan

“…Comparable recipient and graft survival estimates were noted: one-, three- and five-year recipient survival in the ABOi group was 77% (95% confidence interval (CI) 44 - 92), 58% (95% CI 17 - 84) and 58% (95% CI 17 - 84) respectively. There were significantly increased relative risks of relook surgery for the ABOi group compared with the ABOc group, both overall (relative risk (RR) 1.74; 95% CI 1.10 - 2.75) and at 90 days (RR 2.28; 95% CI 1.27 - 4.11); and also, for pre-discharge bloodstream infection (BSI), (RR 1.84; 95% CI 1.11 - 3.06). …”
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Health and associated economic benefits of reduced air pollution and increased physical activity from climate change policies in the UK by Heather Walton, David Dajnak, Mike Holland, Dimitris Evangelopoulos, Dylan Wood, Christian Brand, Nosha Assareh, Gregor Stewart, Andrew Beddows, Shawn YC Lee, Daniela Fecht, Yunzhe Liu, Bethan Davies, Anna Goodman, Tuan Vu, Sean Beevers

“…Total yearly monetised benefits for BNZP vs BAU summed to 2154 (air pollution/active travel) were £153 (122 to 184) billion (core); 278 (228 to 334) billion (+outcomes with weaker evidence).Adding the effects of air pollution reductions on disease incidence, with effects of air pollution and physical activity on mortality, increases the monetised benefits that may justify Net Zero policies in cost-benefit analysis.…”
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Parejas heterosexuales serodiscordantes en Chiapas, México. La influencia del género en la expresión de la agencia/Heterosexual HIV-Discordant Couples in Chiapas, Mexico. The Influ... by Francisco Chong-Villareal, Teresa Margarita Torres-López

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Relationship between dietary intake and growth and development in Chinese pupils by Wen Fang, Ye Fu, Qin Li, Menghan Cheng, Miao Zhang, Yu Lu

“…Among all pupils, meat intake was positively correlated with chest circumference (β = 0.420, 95% CI: 0.119, 0.721) and negatively correlated with standing long jump(β = −1.991, 95% CI: −3.902, −0.080); milk intake was positively correlated with waist circumference (β = 0.470, 95% CI: 0.007, 0.932); soybean intake was negatively correlated with body fat rate (β = −0.583, 95% CI: −1.125, −0.042), fat weight (β = −0.262, 95% CI: −0.517, −0.006), and waist circumference (β = −0.607, 95% CI: −1.050, −0.164); and vegetable intake was negatively correlated with height (β = −0.290, 95% CI: −0.496, −0.084), and positively correlated with stature-sitting height index and waist circumference (p < 0.05). …”
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Investigating the Asymmetric Relationship between Investor Sentiments and Fluctuations in the Overall Index via the Markov Switching Method by keyvan Shahab Lavasani, Leila Shabani Rezvani, Mohammad Ebrahim Samavi

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The Possibility or Impossibility of Stock Price Prediction: Evidence from the Petrochemical Industry by Masoud Alizadeh Chamazkoti, Mehdi Fathabadi, Mahmod Mahmodzadeh, Saleh Ghavidel Doostkouei

“…MethodsTo test the random walk hypothesis, in the first stage, augmented Dickey-Fuller (ADF) unit root tests were conducted using the approaches proposed by Dolado et al. (1990) and Hamilton (1994), along with the Zivot and Andrews (ZA) unit root test incorporating an endogenous structural break. …”
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Machine Learning Diagnostic Model for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Based on Liquid–Liquid Phase Separation and Ferroptosis-Related Genes by Wenchao Chen, Ting Zhu, Xiaofan Pu, Linlin Zhao, Senhao Zhou, Xin Zhong, Suihan Wang, Tianyu Lin

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Factors associated with early hospital readmission for acute decompensation of cirrhosis - prospective cohort study by Tamara Liana Zocche, Cláudia Maccali, Fernanda Cristina de Augustinho, Elayne Cristina de Morais Rateke, Camila Matiollo, Ariane Borgonovo Rayes, Dariana Carla Maggi, Esther Buzaglo Dantas-Corrêa, Leonardo de Lucca Schiavon, Janaina Luz Narciso-Schiavon

“…In the logistic regression analysis, CLIF-SOFA variables (odds ratio [OR] 1.137, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.003–1.289, p=0.045) and several complications present in the initial hospitalization (OR 1.503, 95% CI 1.074–2.105, p=0.018) independent of early readmission. …”
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Predicting Iran Cooperative Development Bank's Profit/Loss: Two-stage Collective Learning by Seyed Bagher Fattahi, Seyed Mozafar Mirbargkar, Ebrahim Chirani, Mohammadreza Vatanparast

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Insights into simulation-based learning: student and faculty experiences in a PharmD program in Saudi Arabia by Reem Binsuwaidan, Najla A. Altwaijry, Alnada A. Ibrahim, Rawan A. Alghamdi, Razan Bin Humaid, Alaa A. AlSharif, Alaa A. AlHubaishi, Elshaymaa I. Elmongy, Lina I. Alnajjar, Ghadah H. Alshehri

“…The average scores calculated for the intern surveys were positive across the same domains: perceived learning outcome acquisition (4.29 ± 0.584), preparedness (4.11 ± 0.239), and general perception (4.18 ± 0.742). …”
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Clinical and molecular analysis of JCPyV and BKPyV infection and associated risk of urothelial carcinoma development in the upper tract by Chun-Nun Chao, Chi-Feng Hung, Wei‑Hong Lai, Chun-Liang Tung, Wan-Yun Yeh, Kai-Wu Yang, Meilin Wang, Ya-Yan Lai, Pei-Lain Chen, Cheng-Huang Shen

“…The OR of UTUC was higher by 10.34-fold in patients with mutant p53 and by 10.37-fold in those with simultaneous LT and mutant p53 expression. …”
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Factors associated with early hospital readmission for acute decompensation of cirrhosis - prospective cohort study by Tamara Liana Zocche, Cláudia Maccali, Fernanda Cristina de Augustinho, Elayne Cristina de Morais Rateke, Camila Matiollo, Ariane Borgonovo Rayes, Dariana Carla Maggi, Esther Buzaglo Dantas-Corrêa, Leonardo de Lucca Schiavon, Janaina Luz Narciso-Schiavon

“…In the logistic regression analysis, CLIF-SOFA variables (odds ratio [OR] 1.137, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.003–1.289, p=0.045) and several complications present in the initial hospitalization (OR 1.503, 95% CI 1.074–2.105, p=0.018) independent of early readmission. …”
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