Balance Dysfunction in Parkinson’s Disease: The Role of Posturography in Developing a Rehabilitation Program by Davide Ferrazzoli, Alfonso Fasano, Roberto Maestri, Rossana Bera, Grazia Palamara, Maria Felice Ghilardi, Gianni Pezzoli, Giuseppe Frazzitta

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COVID-19 – if the cure is worse than the disease. The Italian chaos by Giuseppe FERRARI

“…The lockdown in Italy has substantially reset in one go human needs that was unthinkable could be put under discussion before and this true especially for some part of the Italian population. …”

Maternal mortality in Malawi, 1977–2012 by Bejoy Nambiar, Iqbal Anwar, Tim Colbourn, Sonia Lewycka, Chisale Mhango, Ann Phoya

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Reasonable Scope of Kilometer Drilling in Lower Layer of Extrathick Coal Seam: A Case Study of Tingnan Coal Mine, China by Delong Zou, Xiang Zhang

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QUALITY EVALUATION OF THE TPP POWER GENERATING UNITS WEAR RECONDITIONING by E. M. Farhadzadeh, A. Z. Muradaliyev, Yu. Z. Farzaliyev

“…The study demonstrates the assessment criteria dependence on the character of reliability and economical efficiency of performance variation after the repair with increase or decrease of the technical-and-economic indexes in reference to their mean, minimum and maximum values before the repair. The cases ascribed to intolerable quality of the wear reconditioning are those with one or more technical-and-economic indexes that not only failed to improve their values but deteriorated, and at that they became the worst amongst observable values. …”
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Addressing Shortcomings in Contingency Standards of Care by Alexander Quan

“…To mitigate these ethical issues, I offer recommendations for reimagining resource allocation during contingency standards of care. …”
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Conscientious Objection Based on Patient Identity by John Dinelli

“…Even if legally permissible, I believe virtuous physicians do not consider patients’ sexual orientation or gender identity when deciding whether to treat them. …”
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Colonic Transendoscopic Enteral Tubing: Route for a Novel, Safe, and Convenient Delivery of Washed Microbiota Transplantation in Children by Min Zhong, Heena Buch, Quan Wen, Chuyan Long, Bota Cui, Faming Zhang

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About the national work of Saint Sava by Bodrožić Đuro

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Assessment Of Heavy Metals Concentration and Pollution Indices Of Surface Water In Enerhen River, Warri South LGA, Delta State, Nigeria by A. O. Egai, M. Paaru

“…Data obtained show that the result indicated the concentration of Zinc 0.065mg/l - 0.190mg/l, Pb (0.003mg/l -0.142mg/l), Cu (0.081mg/l - 0.213mg/l), Cd (0.02mg/l - 0.282mg/l, Cr (0.041mg/l - 0.171mg/l), Fe (0.162mg/l - 0.278mg/l) and Ni (0.104mg/l - 0.762mg/l)  comparison with WHO 2012 permissible limit the probed water sample falls within the allowable concentration of the standard except the  concentration of lead (Pb) in SW1, SW2, SW4 and SW5 which is a  concern because it exceeded the allowable limit, lead is considered toxic to human at higher concentrations . …”
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Retrospective analysis of trauma patients transported by dispatch monitored type B ambulances to Dhulikhel Hospital, Kavre, Nepal, 2019–2023 by Maxwell L. Mantych, Shiva Neupane, Machchendra Sapkota, Laura D. Cassidy, Sarah C. Young, Ronald Anguzu, Samjhana Basnet

“…Falls were significantly associated with female, pediatric, and geriatric patients (p < 0.05), while road traffic accidents predominated among males, particularly in adults aged 25–34 years (p < 0.05). …”
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Gap dynamics in the U.S. between urban areas in the current trend and in sustainable scenario by Haoyu Wang, Xiuyuan Zhang, Shihong Du, Yuyu Zhou, Donghai Wu, Qian Wang, Lubin Bai, Bo Liu, Shuping Xiong

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Do current maternal health staffing and bed occupancy benchmarks work in practice? Results from a simulation model by Giorgia Gon, Carolin Vegvari, Rebecca F Baggaley, Said Mohammed Ali, Salma Abdi Mahmoud, Farhat Jowhar

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Ground vibration effect evaluation due to blasting operations by Mohammad Forrukh Hossain Khan, Md. Jafar Hossain, Mohammad Tofayal Ahmed, Minhaj Uddin Monir, Md. Aliur Rahman, Tania Sultana Sweety, Faysal Ahamed Akash, Shaik Muntasir Shovon

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Non-Immersive Virtual Reality Exercise Can Increase Exercise in Older Adults Living in the Community and in Long-Term Care: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Sheehy L, Bharadwaj L, Nissen KA, Estey JL

“…Outcomes were measured before the intervention, immediately after, and 1 month later. …”
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Multiple and complex eye injuries in children by G.Sh. Arzhimatova, O.V. Karaseva, E.A. Koroleva, G.M. Chernakova

“…</p> <p> <b>Patients and Methods: </b>this study included 403 children aged 1 month to 18 years with eye injuries associated with multiple or complex injuries of varying severity on the day before hospital admission. …”
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Long-term trends and patterns in ultra-processed food consumption among Korean adults from 1998 to 2022 by Hyeseung Lee, Yesol Yim, Yerin Cho, Jiyeon Oh, Soeun Kim, Yejun Son, Hyesu Jo, Seohyun Hong, Masoud Rahmati, Hanseul Cho, Jiyoung Hwang, Dong Keon Yon

“…The proportion of energy intake from ultra-processed foods among Korean adults steadily increased from 17.41% in 1998–2005 to 26.71% in 2016–2019 (mean difference: 9.30% [95% CI, 8.62–9.98%]), but declined for the first time during the pandemic, falling to 25.33% (mean difference: -1.39% [95% CI, -2.18% to -0.59%]). …”
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Real-world experience with TTFields in glioma patients with emphasis on therapy usage by Claudius Jelgersma, Joan Alsolivany, Gülsüm Akkas, David Wasilewski, David Wasilewski, Bastian Gastl, Martin Misch, David Capper, David Capper, David Kaul, David Kaul, Lars Bullinger, Lars Bullinger, Peter Vajkoczy, Julia Onken, Julia Onken, Julia Onken

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Effect and safety analysis of auricular acupoint pressing therapy at different frequencies on insomnia and constipation (不同治疗频次耳穴压豆干预失眠和便秘的效果及安全性分析)... by LIU Hongbo (刘泓博), JIN Xianglan (金香兰), SONG Jiale (宋佳乐), LI Jiaji (李佳霁), LIU Yanna (刘燕娜), WANG Xuesong (王雪送), GUO Jingrui (郭经睿), HU Shirong (胡世荣)

“…方法 选取2023年1月—2024年6月医院住院治疗的失眠和便秘的患者为研究对象。应用随机数字表法将患者分为对照组(耳穴压豆每日连续治疗)(n=100)、观察A组(耳穴压豆连续治疗5 d, 暂停2 d)(n=100)、观察B组(耳穴压豆连续治疗3 d, 暂停1 d)(n=100)。…”
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The anti-circumsporozoite antibody response to repeated, seasonal booster doses of the malaria vaccine RTS,S/AS01E by M. Sanni Ali, Lisa Stockdale, Issaka Sagara, Issaka Zongo, Rakiswendé Serge Yerbanga, Almahamoudou Mahamar, Frédéric Nikièma, Amadou Tapily, Frédéric Sompougdou, Modibo Diarra, Duncan Bellamy, Samuel Provstgaard-Morys, Charles Zoungrana, Djibrilla Issiaka, Alassane Haro, Koualy Sanogo, Abdoul Aziz Sienou, Mahamadou Kaya, Seydou Traore, Oumar M. Dicko, Youssouf Kone, Hama Yalcouye, Ismaila Thera, Kalifa Diarra, Paul Snell, Opokua Ofori-Anyinam, Chris Ockenhouse, Cynthia Lee, Katie Ewer, Halidou Tinto, Abdoulaye Djimde, Jean-Bosco Ouedraogo, Alassane Dicko, Daniel Chandramohan, Brian Greenwood

“…Anti-CSP antibody titres were measured in sera obtained from a randomly selected subset of children enrolled in this trial collected before and one month after three priming and four annual booster doses of vaccine using the GSK ELISA developed at the University of Ghent and, in a subset of these samples, by a multiplex assay developed at the University of Oxford. …”
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