Digital Health Intervention (SANGYAN Podcast) to Enhance Knowledge Related to COVID-19 and Other Health Conditions: Protocol for an Implementation and Evaluation Study by Ashish Joshi, Surapaneni Krishna Mohan, Apurva Kumar Pandya, Ashoo Grover, Sofia Rani Saggu, Saravanavel Kalpana Revathi, Shruti Sharma

“…This study will provide new perspectives by implementing the SANGYAN podcast, which contains information about COVID-19 and other health conditions.  …”
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Analysis of risk factors for surgical site infection in spinal surgery patients and study of direct economic losses by Qiuxia Zuo, Kexin Zhao, Baoji Dong, Yuan Zhou, Xiao Wang, Adila Maimaiti, Ping Tian

“…The most prevalent bacteria identified as causing skin infections were Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis. About $1,688.50 in direct economic loss was attributable to SSI in patients undergoing spine surgery. …”
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Association Study between Folate Pathway Gene Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms and Gastric Cancer in Koreans by Jae-Young Yoo, Sook-Young Kim, Jung-Ah Hwang, Seung-Hyun Hong, Aesun Shin, Il Ju Choi, Yeon-Su Lee

“…A recent molecular biological study about the folate pathway gene revealed the correlation with a couple of cancer types. …”
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Meaningful Engagement as a Cornerstone for Implementing the Key Recommendations to Advance the Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights of Women Living With HIV Across Policy, Pra... by Zoë Osborne MPH, Muluba Habanyama, Brittany Cameron, Alexandra de Pokomandy MD, MSc, Brenda Gagnier, Elizabeth King MD, Jill Koebel MPH, Mona Loutfy MD, MPH, Carrie Martin BA, BSW, Renée Masching MSW, Manjulaa Narasimhan PhD, Valerie Nicholson, Neora Pick MD, Stephanie Smith, Shelly Tognazzini BA, Wangari Tharao PhD, Angela Kaida PhD

“…Meaningful engagement requires SRHR stakeholders to: actively dismantle power differentials; commit to engagement as an ongoing process; learn about regionally specific epidemiology and sociostructural forces that create and sustain vulnerability for HIV among women; invest in creating supportive infrastructure; and integrate Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion principles to call diverse groups into the conversation. …”
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Acute Febrile Illness Accompanied by 7th and 12th Cranial Nerve Palsy Due to Lyme Disease Following Travel to Rural Ecuador: A Case Report and Mini-Review by Teslin S. Sandstrom, Kumudhavalli Kavanoor Sridhar, Judith Joshi, Ali Aunas, Sheliza Halani, Andrea K. Boggild

“…The causative agent of Lyme disease, <i>Borrelia burgdorferi</i>, is endemic to Canada, the northeastern United States, northern California, and temperate European regions. …”
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Synthesis and Characterization of Conductive Polypyrrole: The Influence of the Oxidants and Monomer on the Electrical, Thermal, and Morphological Properties by Abdirahman Yussuf, Mohammad Al-Saleh, Salah Al-Enezi, Gils Abraham

“…However, FeCl3 has achieved better performance than N2H8S2O8, where it has achieved a lower resistivity of about 60 ohms at room temperature, which indicates higher conductivity of PPy samples with FeCl3 as an oxidant. …”
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Relationship between serum lipid level and colorectal cancer: a systemic review and meta-analysis by Shuai Lu, Zhenpeng Yang, Huazhen Tang, Xibo Sun, Benqiang Rao

“…Nevertheless, the heterogeneity brought about by comparative methods, demographic differences and pathological differences between the research subjects limits the effectiveness of the overall pooled results.…”
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Neuromodulation of risk and reward processing during decision making in individuals with general anxiety disorder (GAD) by Vahid Nejati, Jamal Amani Rad, Amir Hosein Hadian Rasanan

“…Moreover, for anodal dlPFC (F3)/cathodal vmPFC (Fp2), anodal vmPFC (Fp2)/cathodal dlPFC (F3), and anodal vmPFC (Fp2)/cathodal left shoulder stimulations we have observed an improvement in prior beliefs about the explosion. …”
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Baicalein Protects against Type 2 Diabetes via Promoting Islet β-Cell Function in Obese Diabetic Mice by Yu Fu, Jing Luo, Zhenquan Jia, Wei Zhen, Kequan Zhou, Elizabeth Gilbert, Dongmin Liu

“…These results demonstrate that baicalein may be a naturally occurring antidiabetic agent by directly modulating pancreatic β-cell function.…”
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Meta-analysis of COVID-19 prevalence during preoperative COVID-19 screening in asymptomatic patients by Menno R Vriens, Ellen de Bock, Mando D Filipe, Milan C Richir, Roger K J Simmermacher, A Christiaan Kroese

“…There remains uncertainty about the implementation of preoperative screening for COVID-19 in asymptomatic surgical patients. …”
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Effective breastfeeding technique and associated factors among lactating mothers in Gidan District, North-East, Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study by Eskedar Getie Mekonnen, Desale Bihonegn Asmamaw, Yohannes Ayanaw Habitu, Wubshet Debebe Negash, Dawit Zenamarkos Desta

“…Individual scores of three variables about breast feeding, namely positioning, attachment and suckling, were computed to generate the outcome variable, that is, breastfeeding technique. …”
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Disability and pain after lumbar surgery-group-based trajectory analysis. by Konsta Koivunen, Jari Arokoski, Sara Widbom-Kolhanen, Katri Pernaa, Juhani Juhola, Mikhail Saltychev

“…<h4>Background and aims</h4>Previous studies in lumbar spine surgery have mainly studied functioning and pain by comparing average scores from Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) at different time points. Less is known about these changes in different subgroups. It is self-evident that, while most patients may demonstrate trajectories of these changes close to the average one, some groups may follow more or less different trends. …”
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Pollution Characterization, Meteorological Effects, and Sources of Carbon Aerosols in PM2.5 in Urban Xiangtan during Winter by Lizhi He, Zhenghui Xiao, Cheng Xie, Yangfei Ou, Sisi Wang

“…The winter average level of secondary organic carbon (SOC) was 6.8 ± 5.1 µg m‒3 using the lowest OC/EC value (OC/EC)min, accounting for about 66% of the OC, indicating that SOC is the main source of OC in winter PM2.5 in Xiangtan. …”
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A Drug-Induced Acute Pancreatitis Retrospective Study by Ann-Lorie Gagnon, Alexandre Lavoie, Marie-Pier Frigon, Alban Michaud-Herbst, Karine Tremblay

“…Drugs are considered a relatively rare and understudied cause of acute pancreatitis (AP). The lack of convincing and conclusive data on drug-induced AP (DIAP) complicates the diagnosis as well as the identification of the causative drug. …”
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Recurrent Helicobacter cinaedi bacteremia cured with long-term oral minocycline treatment in a patient undergoing hemodialysis: a case report and literature review by Yutaka Kakizoe, Yasunobu Iwata, Terumasa Nakagawa, Yoshikazu Miyasato, Teruhiko Mizumoto, Yuichiro Izumi, Takashige Kuwabara, Masataka Adachi, Hideki Yokoi, Masashi Mukoyama

“…First reported in 1984 as the causative agent of proctitis in a homosexual man, it causes bacteremia, cellulitis, and infections in many organs and tissues, particularly in immunocompromised patients. …”
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Shionone Inhibits Glomerular Fibirosis by Suppressing NLRP3 Related Inflammasome though SESN2-NRF2/HO-1 Pathway by Tian Xiao, Hanzhen Zhao, Yucong Wang, Mengyin Chen, Cong Wang, Chen Qiao

“…Conclusion In summary, our findings suggest that SH serves as a promising therapeutic agent for the treatment of DN-related glomerular fibrosis. …”
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Prevalence and spectrum of haemoglobinopathies in females of reproductive age group- A first tertiary care center experience in Punjab, North India by Vikram Narang, Anshul Jain, Sumit Grover, Ankita Soni, Monika Narang, Ashima Taneja

“…Educating the carrier females about the potential risk and various screening methods may help in controlling the disease.…”
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Integrating Analytical Procedures in Routine Practices of Centralized Antiblastic Compounding Units for Valorization of Residual Compounded Drugs by Rita Patrizia Aquino, Giovanni Falcone, Paola Russo, Fabrizio Dal Piaz, Giulia Auriemma, Ferdinando Maria de Francesco, Stefania Cascone, Eduardo Nava, Pasquale Del Gaudio

“…Background/Objectives: Although extemporaneous formulations of anticancer drug products for personalized therapy are produced according to Good Hospital Pharmacy Manufacturing Practice, the lack of knowledge about drug stability under clinical conditions limits the second-time use of these highly costly medications in clinical practice. …”
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Comparative, cross-sectional study of the format, content and timing of medication safety letters issued in Canada, the USA and the UK by Jeremy M Grimshaw, Margaret C Watson, Lise M Bjerre, Matthew Hogel, Cody D Black, Simon Parlow, David de Launay, Donald R Mattison

“…Only 13 (62%) of the 21 letters issued in all three countries were released within 6 months of each other.Conclusions Significant discrepancies in both the subject and timing of medication safety letters issued by health authorities in three countries (Canada, the USA and the UK) where medical practice is otherwise comparable, raising questions about why, how and when medication problems are identified and communicated to healthcare providers by the authorities. …”
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Proportion of Ophthalmic Self-Medication and Associated Factors among Adult Ophthalmic Patients Attending Borumeda Hospital, Dessie, Northeast Ethiopia by Nebiyat Feleke Adimassu, Zemed Guchma Woldetsadik, Haile Woretaw Alemu

“…Age-group 29–42 years (AOR: 2.19, 95% CI: 1.06–4.52), absence of health insurance (AOR: 4.29; 2.35–7.84), more than 10 kilometer traveling distance to get eye services (AOR: 3.11; 1.58–6.12), previous experience of ocular illness (AOR: 2.62, 95% CI: 1.53–4.48), family or friend experience of ocular illness (AOR: 2.65, 95%CI: 1.43–4.92), availability of ophthalmic medicine bottle/tube at home (AOR: 4.59, 95% CI: 2.36–8.92), and poor knowledge about hazards of self-medication (AOR: 6.22; 3.26–11.85) were significantly associated with ophthalmic self-medication. …”
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