Call for Papers: Constitutions and Intergenerational Justice by IF and FRFG

“… The Intergenerational Justice Review (IGJR) has been published by the Stuttgart-based think tank Foundation for the Rights of Future Generations (FRFG) since 2002. The 2012 edition was published in cooperation with the London-based Intergenerational Foundation (IF), and likewise the 2015 edition. …”
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Designing the entrepreneurial government model in attracting and selecting public sector human resources by Atieh sarayani, Vahid Pourshahabi, Nourmohammad yaghobi, Amin reza kamaliyan

“…Therefore, how to select human resources in the organization is of particular importance (Farhi Bozanjani et al, 2012), and recruiting competent human resources that can perform properly towards the strategic goals of the organization is one of the most important duties of managers (Khaefelahi et al, 2014). …”
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Identifying and Evaluating the Components of Human Resource Competence in the Era of Digital Transformation by Mahdieh Abidi, Rashid Zolfaghari Zafarani, Masoud Haghighi

“…The statistical population in the qualitative section includes 20 experts and specialists who are knowledgeable about the research topic and specialists in Iran Mobile Communications Company (Part I) selected by purposeful sampling; and in the quantitative part it includes 2112 personnel of Iran Mobile Communications Company (Part I) in Tehran, 325 people were selected as a sample through Cochran's formula. …”
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The analysis of risk factors for diabetic kidney disease progression: a single-centre and cross-sectional experiment in Shanghai by Shan Huang, Juan Du, Nan Zhao, Wen Liu, Fan Hu, Xiaoxu Ge, Xiaohong Jiang, Wenfang Peng, Lisha Shen, Lili Xia

“…Subgroup analysis revealed that in patients with a short duration of diabetes (<8 years), WBC (OR=1.306, p<0.001, 95% CI 1.157 to 1.475) and TG (OR=1.188, p=0.033, 95% CI 1.014 to 1.393) were risk factors for DKD,fT3 (OR=0.544, p=0.002, 95% CI 0.367 to 0.804) was a protective factor for DKD; whereas for patients with disease course more than 8 years, age (OR=1.026, Pp=0.012, 95%CI=95% CI[ 1.006– to 1.048]) was identified as the only risk factor for DKD and fT3 (OR=0.036, Pp=0.017, 95%CI=95% CI[ 0.439– to 0.922]) was a protective factor for DKD.Conclusion The focus of attention should especially be on patients with a prolonged course of T2DM, and those with comorbid hypertension and hypertriglyceridaemia waist phenotype. …”
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Development of a nomogram for predicting pancreatic portal hypertension in patients with acute pancreatitis: a retrospective study by Yong Lv, Hui Luo, Yingjie Zhang, Xiangping Wang, Yanglin Pan, Yunling Li, Qiaoyu Su, Xianchen Zhan, Linhui Zhang, Xiaoyu Kang, Shuhui Liang, Gui Ren

“…In the validation set, the AUC at both time points was 0.812.Conclusion In summary, we identified BMI, moderately severe or severe AP, diabetes, acute fluid accumulation, and necrosis as risk factors for AP-related PPH. …”
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Compatibility of pronounced detachment with improved confinement on HL-2A tokamak by Ting Wu, Min Xu, Zhuo Wang, Lin Nie, Zhanhui Wang, Jinming Gao, Yihang Chen, Yiren Zhu, Yi Zhang, Liang Liu, Dong Li, Kai Zhang, Rui Ke, Xiaoxue He, Zengceng Yang, Xin Yu, Na Wu, Zhihui Huang, Kaiyang Yi, Weice Wang, Longwen Yan, Yonggao Li, Ting Long, Renxu Wang, Wenjing Tian, Zhe Wang, Laizhong Cai, Yi Yu

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Absence of Standard Modifiable Risk Factors in Middle Eastern Patients with Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease. The Jordan Absence of Standard Modifiable Risk Factors (SMuRF-Le... by Hammoudeh AJ, Aldalal’ah M, Smadi EA, Alrishoud D, Alomari A, Alkhawaldeh M, Rizik A, Okour MF, Araydah M

“…Of the whole group, 214 (3.9%) were SMuRF-less, 3014 (54.4%) had 1– 2 SMuRFs and 2312 (41.7%) had 3– 4 SMuRFs. Compared with the SMuRFs groups, SMuRF-less group were younger, more likely to be men, and had lower prevalence of obesity, physical inactivity, metabolic syndrome, heart failure and chronic kidney disease. …”
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Is dry needling an effective treatment for tennis elbow? A literature review by Filip Grabowski, Natalia Rulewska, Dagmara Neska, Jakub Siemko, Jakub Chodkowski, Dominika Prystacka-Szar, Justyna Stadler-Szajda, Adrianna Czyżnikiewicz, Wenancjusz Stołowski, Magdalena Bujak, Magdalena Waśniowska

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Subcutaneous implantation of tooth germ stem cells over the masseter muscle in mice: An in vivo pilot study by Nosrat Nourbakhsh, Ghazaleh Baniebrahimi, Sahar Talebi, Ardeshir Talebi, Mohammad Hossein Nasr Esfahani, Bijan Movahedian, Maziar Manshayi, Navid Naghdi, Fatemeh Ejeian, Elahe Masaeli, Seyed Ali Mosaddad

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Control of Ectoparasitic Monogenean Infestation on GIFT Tilapia (Oreochromis sp.) using Salt Addition by Yani Hadiroseyani, L.S. Harti, Sri Nuryati

“…Konsentrasi 24 g/l merupakan konsentrasi garam yang paling cepat untuk mengurangi serangan parasit tersebut pada ikan dibandingkan konsentrasi 12 dan 0 g/l. Bahkan dapat membebaskan ikan dari infeksi parasit tersebut dalam waktu hari 6 hari. …”
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Mid- to long-term clinical outcomes of modified technique skip-level titanium plate fixation in cervical laminoplasty compared to continuous fixation by Shuo Feng, QiRui Zhu, Yang Sun, ZiYao Ding, Zhe Zhuang, Heng-Heng Yu, Ma-Ji Sun, Feng Yuan

“…Methods A retrospective analysis of 125 patients (62 men, 63 women, average age 60.9 ± 10.4 years) with multilevel cervical spondylotic myelopathy who had cervical laminoplasty with Arch titanium plate fixation from January 2012 to March 2024 in our hospital was done. Patients were stratified into two cohorts based on the fixation technique: Group A (n = 64): Modified technique of skip-level titanium plate fixation (Arch titanium plates at C4 and C6 levels combined with adjacent spinous process suture suspension)Group B (n = 61): Continuous plating (Arch titanium plates applied sequentially from C3 to C7).The comparative analysis focused on perioperative parameters (operative duration, intraoperative blood loss, length of hospital stay), economic factors (hospital costs), and various clinical indicators. …”
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Artisanal and farmer bread making practices differently shape fungal species community composition in French sourdoughs by Michel, Elisa, Masson, Estelle, Bubbendorf, Sandrine, Lapicque, Léocadie, Nidelet, Thibault, Segond, Diego, Guézenec, Stéphane, Marlin, Thérèse, Devillers, Hugo, Rué, Olivier, Onno, Bernard, Legrand, Judith, Sicard, Delphine

“…We used an interdisciplinary participatory research approach including bakers, psycho-sociologists and microbiologists to analyze French bread making practices and describe fungal communities in naturally fermented sourdough of 27 bakers and 12 farmer bakers. Bread making practices were classified in two groups: the farmer-like practice group and the artisanal-like practice group. …”
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Intravenous nicardipine and labetalol use in hypertensive patients with signs or symptoms suggestive of end-organ damage in the emergency department: a subgroup analysis of the CLU... by Brian Hiestand, Phillip Levy, W Frank Peacock, Brigitte M Baumann, Richard M Nowak, Amy Hsu, Joseph Varon, Chad M Cannon, David M Cline, Pierre Borczuk, Abhinav Chandra, Deborah B Diercks, Preeti Jois, Brian Kaminski, Jon W Schrock

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Kinerja probiotik Bacillus sp. pada pendederan benih ikan lele Clarias sp. yang diinfeksi Aeromonas hydrophila by , Sukenda, Muhammad Mufthi Rafsyanzani, , Rahman, Dendi Hidayatullah

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Structural Vulnerability Factors and Gestational Weight Gain:  A Scoping Review on the Extent, Range, and Nature of the Literature by Labonté, Jocelyne M, Dumas, Alex, Clark, Emily, Savard, Claudia, Fournier, Karine, O’Connor, Sarah, Morisset, Anne-Sophie, Fontaine-Bisson, Bénédicte

“…Results: Of the 157 included articles, the eight SVFs most commonly studied in association with GWG were race/ethnicity (n=91 articles), age (n=87), parity (n=48), education (n=44), income (n=39), marital status (n=28), immigration (n=19), and abuse (n=12). Substantial heterogeneity across study contexts, methodologies, populations, and findings was identified. …”
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Effect of comorbidity classes on survival of patients with gastrointestinal tract cancer by Linna Gao, Tian Yao, Shaohua Ge, Jiuwei Cui, Wei Li, Zengqing Guo, Hongxia Xu, Min Weng, Suyi Li, Qinghua Yao, Wen Hu, Lan Zhou, Junqiang Chen, Xianghua Wu, Qingchuan Zhao, Hongli Li, Hanping Shi, Yi Ba, He Huang, The Investigation on Nutrition Status and its Clinical Outcome of Common Cancers (INSCOC) Group

“…Methods In a multicenter prospective observational study from 2012 to 2021, we grouped the comorbidities of patients with GTC by latent class analysis, obtaining two comorbidity classes. …”
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Arthralgia and Extraintestinal Manifestations in Crohn’s Disease Elevate the Risk of IBD-Related Arthritis over Sacroiliitis by Ivan Giovannini, Nicola Cabas, Marco Marino, Annarita Tullio, Ilaria Tinazzi, Angela Variola, Carmelo Cicciò, Fabro Cinzia, Berretti Debora, Chiara Zuiani, Rossano Girometti, Luca Quartuccio, Alen Zabotti, Lorenzo Cereser

“…Sacroiliitis detected on MRE was not associated with an increased risk of IBD-related arthritis (odds ratio [OR] = 2.12 [95% confidence interval (CI) 0.36, 12.53, p = 0.408]). …”
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Evaluation of Medical Care for Diabetic and Hypertensive Patients in Primary Care in Mexico: Observational Retrospective Study by Agustin Lara-Esqueda, Sergio A. Zaizar-Fregoso, Violeta M. Madrigal-Perez, Mario Ramirez-Flores, Daniel A. Montes-Galindo, Margarita L. Martinez-Fierro, Iram P. Rodriguez-Sanchez, José Guzman-Esquivel, Carmen Meza-Robles, Gabriel Ceja-Espiritu, Pablo A. Kuri-Morales, Josuel Delgado-Enciso, Armando Barriguete-Melendez, Hector R. Galvan-Salazar, Carlos E. Barajas-Saucedo, Elvin Guillermo-Espinosa, Agustin D. Lara-Basulto, Jesus F. Gonzalez-Roldan, Ivan Delgado-Enciso

“…Methods. 45,498 patients were included from 2012 to 2015. All information was taken from the electronic medical record database. …”
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经尿道钬激光开窗治疗儿童重复肾合并输尿管囊肿 by 张殷, 潮敏, 沈剑, 蒋加斌, 张晔, 方向, 张开平, 张贤生

“…目的探讨经尿道钬激光开窗作为儿童重复肾合并输尿管末端囊肿的初始治疗方案的疗效。方法回顾性分析2016年1月至2020年12月手术治疗的35例重复肾伴有输尿管末端囊肿的患儿的临床资料。根据初始治疗方案的不同分为A、B两组。…”
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The additional impact of metabolic syndrome on left ventricular deformation and myocardial energetic efficiency impairment in ischemia with nonobstructive coronary arteries patient... by Chen-Yan Min, Yue Gao, Yuan Li, Yi-Ning Jiang, Ying-Kun Guo, Hua-Yan Xu, Rong Xu, Xi Liu, Li-Ting Shen, Zhi-Gang Yang

“…After multivariable adjustment, MetS was found to be an independent factor of decreased LVSVI (β = −0.231, p = 0.012), MEEI (β = −0.262, p = 0.009), and LV GLPS (β = −0.266, p = 0.002) in INOCA patients. …”
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