Value of Anterior Band of the Inferior Glenohumeral Ligament Area as a Morphological Parameter of Adhesive Capsulitis by Yun-Sic Bang, Junbeom Park, Sun Young Lee, Jiyeon Park, Sukhee Park, Young Joo, Young Uk Kim, Yoon Kyung Lee

“…The optimal cut-off point of the IGHLT was 3.81 mm, with 74.1% sensitivity, 74.0% specificity, and AUC of 0.77 (95% CI, 0.68–0.86). …”
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A smartphone-guided secondary prevention digital health application reduces systolic blood pressure in patients with chronic coronary syndrome and insufficient blood pressure contr... by Philip Düsing, Stephan H. Schirmer, Sebastian Schäfer, Alexander Krogmann, Jan-Malte Sinning, Nikos Werner, Florian Bönner, Alexander Sedaghat, Cornelius Müller, Irina Eckardt, Georg Nickenig, Andreas Zietzer

“…From the original cohort, subgroups of patients with systolic BP ≥140 mmHg (n = 44), ≥130 mmHg (n = 89) and diastolic BP ≥90 mmHg (n = 28) were analyzed for BP reduction after 12 weeks.ResultsIn patients with systolic BP ≥140 mmHg, the intervention group showed a reduction in systolic BP by 15.5 mmHg (± 16.7 mmHg, p = 0.0001), which was greater compared to the control group (6.0 ± 13.0 mmHg, p = 0.058). …”
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Factors associated with cervical cancer screening among women of reproductive age in Moshi municipality, Kilimanjaro, Tanzania: a cross-sectional study by Sia E Msuya, Jeremiah John Hhera, Regina Dahaye, Witness Erasto Zakayo, Yohana Z Kazula, Seif Abdul, Redempta Mamseri

“…Women below the age of 30 years had 87% lower odds of screening for cervical cancer compared with those aged 30 years and above (OR 0.13; 95% CI 0.04, 0.43). …”
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Identification and validation of respiratory subphenotypes in patients with COVID-19 acute respiratory distress syndrome undergoing prone position by Mônica R. da Cruz, Pedro Azambuja, Kátia S. C. Torres, Fernanda Lima-Setta, André M. Japiassú, Denise M. Medeiros

“…Subphenotype B had also higher levels of the pro-inflammatory biomarker IL-6 (p = 0.017). Subphenotype B was independently associated with an increased risk of 60-day mortality (OR 1.89, 95% CI 1.51–2.36). …”
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Low-dose intranasal deferoxamine modulates memory, neuroinflammation, and the neuronal transcriptome in the streptozotocin rodent model of Alzheimer’s disease by Jared M. Fine, Jacob Kosyakovsky, Tate T. Bowe, Katherine A. Faltesek, Benjamin M. Stroebel, Juan E. Abrahante, Michael R. Kelly, Elizabeth A. Thompson, Claire M. Westby, Kiley M. Robertson, William H. Frey, Leah R. Hanson

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Exploring the association between caffeine intake and benign prostatic hyperplasia: results from the NHANES 2005–2008 by Fei Zhang, Fei Zhang, Fei Zhang, Andong Zhang, Andong Zhang, Andong Zhang, Junyue Tao, Junyue Tao, Junyue Tao, Meng Zhang, Meng Zhang, Meng Zhang, Chaozhao Liang, Chaozhao Liang, Chaozhao Liang

“…After fully adjusting for potential confounders, logistic regression analysis revealed that higher caffeine intake was associated with a greater risk of BPH (ORT3vs1 = 1.52, 95% CI: 1.01–2.27; p = 0.04). In addition, this relationship was consistently observed across different subgroups, including individuals with lower education levels, a poverty income ratio (PIR) of 1.5 to 3.5, former smokers, married/living with partner individuals, those with uric acid levels of 5.5 to 6.5 mg/dL, those with hypertension, and those without cardiovascular disease (CVD).ConclusionThis study is the first to find a positive correlation between caffeine intake and BPH, but further research is needed to determine the exact causal relationship between these factors.…”
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The Association of Pension Income with the Incidence of Type I Obesity among Retired Israelis by Yuval Arbel, Chaim Fialkoff, Amichai Kerner

“…For males older than 67, results show a rise in projected obesity with car ownership by 6.10% (p=0.0897) to 6.41% (p=0.0469) and a drop in projected obesity with academic degree status by 9.93% (p=0.0106) to 10.14% (p=0.0118) and immigration status from American-European countries by 7.67% (p=0.0821) to 8.99% (p=0.0398) and Asian-African countries by 11.63% (p=0.0245) to 11.99% (p=0.02). …”
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Fetal Growth Trajectories and Their Association with Maternal, Cord Blood, and 5-year Child Adipokines by H. C. Bartels, A. A. Geraghty, E. C. O’Brien, A. Kranidi, J. Mehegan, C. Yelverton, C. M. McDonnell, F. M. McAuliffe

“…At 28 weeks’ gestation, maternal leptin levels were significantly higher in mothers with a fetus on a slower estimated abdominal circumference trajectory compared to fast (25616 [IQR: 11656.0 to 35341.0] vs. 14753.8 [IQR: 8565.4 to 24308.1], p<0.001) and maternal adiponectin levels were lower in fetuses on a slower estimated abdominal circumference trajectory compared to a fast trajectory (22.4 [IQR: 13.6 to 35.9] vs. 27.6 [IQR: 17.6 to 46.3], p=0.027). No associations were noted with inflammatory markers. …”
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Construction and validation of a prognostic model for NK/T-cell lymphoma based on random survival forest algorithm by HUANG Zhen, HUANG Zhen, WU Yazhou

“…Compared to the nomogram model, the NRI for the RSF model was 0.184 (95%CI: 0.098~0.267, P<0.01), and the IDI was 0.300 (95%CI: 0.241~0.359, P<0.01). …”
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Geospatial mapping to assess the distribution and determinants of zero dose vaccination status hot spots among children in Ethiopia using EDHS 2019: Spatial and geographical weight... by Muluken Chanie Agimas, Meron Asmamaw, Melese Kebede Hailu, Tigabu Kidie, Habtamu Wagnew Abuhay, Getaneh Awoke Yismaw, Nebiyu Mekonnen Derseh

“…<h4>Results</h4>The prevalence of zero-dose vaccination status among children aged 12-35 months old was 16.3% (95%CI, 15%-17.6%). The distribution of zero-dose vaccination status in Ethiopia was not randomly distributed across the area (Moran's I value = 0.4, p<0.001). …”
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Electrocardiography interpretation competency among pediatric and child health residents at Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia by Helen Mintesnot, Henok Tadele, Hayat Ahmed, Tamirat Moges, Etsegenet Gedlu

“…CHB diagnosis was associated with the use of C-ECG reports, p = 0.011. …”
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Application of Patient-Generated Health Data Among Older Adults With Cancer: Scoping Review by Yesol Kim, Geonah Kim, Hyeonmi Cho, Yeonju Kim, Mona Choi

“…More than half of the studies measured physical activity (69/123, 56.1%), followed by patient-reported outcomes (23/123, 18.7%), vital signs (13/123, 10.6%), and sleep (12/123, 9.8%). …”
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Effect of Task Oriented Training on Gross Motor Dysfunction for Children with Cerebral Palsy： A Meta-Analysis by LI Yang, CHEN Ying, ZHU Xiangyu, SHI Jiehong, FENG Yuan, WU Wenlei, FU Ruochen

“…Meta-analysis results showed that, compared with the control group, the GMFM scale standing score in the experimental group was higher [<italic>SMD</italic>=0.78, 95% <italic>CI</italic> (0.59, 0.98), <italic>P</italic>&lt;0.000 01], walking, running and jumping scores was higher [<italic>SMD</italic>=4.05, 95% <italic>CI</italic> (2.06, 6.05), <italic>P</italic>&lt;0.000 01], GMFM scale overall score was higher [<italic>SMD</italic>=10.23, 95% <italic>CI</italic> (7.00, 13.46), <italic>P</italic>&lt;0.000 01], PEDI score was higher [<italic>SMD</italic>=6.87, 95% <italic>CI</italic> (4.19, 9.54), <italic>P</italic>&lt;0.000 01], TUG test time was shorter [<italic>SMD</italic>=-3.17, 95% <italic>CI</italic> (-4.84, -1.49), <italic>P</italic>=0.000 2], and BBS score was higher [<italic>SMD</italic>=5.26, 95% <italic>CI</italic> (4.05, 6.46), <italic>P</italic>&lt;0.000 01].ConclusionTask oriented training can effectively improve the gross motor function (such as walking, running, jumping, etc.) of children with cerebral palsy, shorten the TUG test time, and improve their balance function and activities of daily living.…”
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Identification and Characterization of Genes Associated with Intestinal Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury and Oxidative Stress: A Bioinformatics and Experimental Approach Integrating Hig... by Xie Y, Yang M, Huang J, Jiang Z

“…Finally, siRNA was utilized to suppress the expression of HDAC3 in Caco2 cells, and the changes in oxidative stress levels before and after hypoxia-reoxygenation in Caco2 cells were observed.Results: A total of 277 OSRGs and 4 HIOSRGs were obtained. Concurrently, in vivo experimental results of IIRI in C57BL/6 mice, and the establishment of ROC curves, reflected the accuracy and specificity of HIOSRGs. …”
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Collagenolytic activity of conjunctival fluid in healthy people and patients with aseptic ulcer of the cornea of various etiologies by Brzheskaya I.V., Somov E.E

“…The most pronounced activity was characterized by a conjunctival fluid of patients with systemic diseases: it was the highest in patients with Sjörgen syndrome — 852.3±22.7 KE/ml (4.4 times higher than normal) and slightly lower (815.7±21.9 KE/ml) in patients with Stevens-Johnson syndrome. …”
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Interstep Variations of Stairways and Associations of High-Contrast Striping and Fall-Related Events: Observational Study by Sara A Harper, Chayston Brown, Shandon L Poulsen, Tyson S Barrett, Christopher J Dakin

“…A total of 10,000 samples (observations) of 20 fall-related events were drawn with 0.25 probability from each condition to determine the probability of observing a distribution with the constraints outlined by the hypotheses by a computerized Monte Carlo simulation. ResultsIn total, 11,137 individual stair user observations had 20 fall-related events. …”
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Serum calcium and its relationship with immunoglobulin G (IgG) levels in prepartum buffaloes from the Venezuelan humid tropics by Juan Pablo Uzcátegui-Varela, Anacelmira Urbina Andueza, Janeth Caamaño Carrero

“…According to the results obtained, primiparous B. bubalis females close to parturition presented serum Ca2+ levels (8.03±0.25 mg/dL) similar to multiparous buffaloes (8.07±0.7 mg/dL) adjusted to the reference range (6.05-11.98 mg/dL) for water buffaloes. …”
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Identifying Community-Built Environment’s Effect on Physical Activity and Depressive Symptoms Trajectories Among Middle-aged and Older Adults: Chinese National Longitudinal Study by Kaili Zhang, Bowen Huang, Prasanna Divigalpitiya

“…Latent growth curve modeling was applied to analyze 3 waves of the cohort data (2015, 2018, and 2020) to explore the differential effects of PA on depressive symptoms and the role of the CBE. ResultsIn the 2015 and 2018 waves, higher low-intensity leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) was associated with lower depressive symptoms (β=–.025, P=.01 and β=–.027, P=.005, respectively). …”
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Risk factors for malignancy in pediatric subacute/chronic focal craniocervical lymphadenopathy by Yishai Haimi-Cohen, Yishai Haimi-Cohen, Yishai Haimi-Cohen, Eyal Elron, Eyal Elron, Lital Oz-Alcalay, Lama Hejly, Roy Hod, Roy Hod, Liat Ashkenazi-Hoffnung, Liat Ashkenazi-Hoffnung, Liat Ashkenazi-Hoffnung

“…Multivariate analysis showed associations with malignancy of older age and larger lymph nodes; the respective odds ratios were 1.649 (95%CI: 1.197–2.349, p = 0.004) for every 3 years and 2.080 (95%CI: 1.292–3.330, p = 0.002) for every one centimeter.ConclusionsOlder age and increased nodal size can help identify children with focal craniocervical lymphadenopathy who are at increased risk for malignancy and for whom surgical intervention should be strongly considered.…”
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Results of sea buckthorn breeding in the Southern Urals by A. A. Vasiliev, F. M. Gasimov, V. S. Ilyin

“…Among them, 1 accession was of the intensive type: 18-42-41 (70,4 ц/га; bi = 1,51; Si 2 = 4,9); 9 cultivars combined environmental plasticity and stability: ‘Yantarnoye ozherelye’ (7.74 t/ha; bi = 0,89; Si 2 = 8,5), 18-41-27n (7.17 t/ha; bi = 1.09; Si 2 = 3.1), ‘Chelyabinskaya’ (7.07 t/ha; bi = 0.98; Si 2 = 7.1), 18-42-40n (7.07 t/ha; bi = 1.01; Si 2 = 12.0), ‘Koster’ (7.04 t/ha; bi = 1.06; Si 2 = 8.9), ‘Damskiye palchiki’ (6.88 t/ha; bi = 0.72; Si 2 = 1.1), ‘Karotinnaya’ (6.85 t/ha; bi = 0.92; Si 2 = 6.1), 18-6-22 (6.78 t/ha; bi = 0.83; Si 2 = 7.7), and 18-6-18n (6.75 t/ha; bi = 0.86; Si 2 = 3.9); and 6 accessions were of the neutral type: ‘Lisichka’ (6.91 t/ha; bi = 0.51; Si 2 = 15.9), 18-2-38 (6.78 t/ha; bi = 0.49; Si 2 = 3,6), ‘Fantaziya’ (6.69 t/ha; bi = 0.69; Si 2 = 0.7), ‘Solnyshko’ (6.66 t/ha; bi = 0.69; Si 2 = 3.0), ‘Ryzhik’ (6.46 t/ha; bi = 0.63; Si 2 = 3.6), and 18-40-27 (6.40 t/ha; bi = 0.52; Si 2 = 4.4). …”
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