Feasibility of cattle urine as nutrient medium for the microalgal biomass production by A. Suresh, S. Tamilvanan, K. Harini, H.V. Seventhi, R. Deepan Guna, R. Mahalakshmi, S. Suriyapriya, D. Sharmila, M. Thenmozhi

“…Therefore in this study, focused feasibility of cattle urine as a cheap source of nutrients for microalgal growth, because, it contains various minerals and economical which may support the growth of microalgae and reduce the medium cost. To check this, fresh cattle urine was collected, characterized, diluted and inoculated microalgae species <em>Oscillatoria</em>-SRA (Stagnant rainwater algae), <em>Oscillatoria</em>-CWA (Cooum waste algae), <em>Chlorella</em> and <em>Synecocystis</em> separately and incubated under fluorescent light with 8 hours light and 16 hours dark cycle. …”
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Safety, feasibility and initial efficacy of an app-facilitated telerehabilitation (AFTER) programme for COVID-19 survivors: a pilot randomised study by Kristine M Erlandson, Jacob John Capin, Amy Nordon-Craft, Sarah E Jolley, Jennifer E Stevens-Lapsley, Mary Morrow, Meghan Connors, Kristine Hare, Samantha MaWhinney, Michelle Rauzi, Sheryl Flynn

“…Objectives Determine the safety, feasibility and initial efficacy of a multicomponent telerehabilitation programme for COVID-19 survivors.Design Pilot randomised feasibility study.Setting In-home telerehabilitation.Participants 44 participants (21 female, mean age 52 years) discharged home following hospitalisation with COVID-19 (with and without intensive care unit (ICU) stay).Interventions Participants were block randomised 2:1 to receive 12 individual biobehaviourally informed, app-facilitated, multicomponent telerehabilitation sessions with a licenced physical therapist (n=29) or to a control group (n=15) consisting of education on exercise and COVID-19 recovery trajectory, physical activity and vitals monitoring, and weekly check-ins with study staff. Interventions were 100% remote and occurred over 12 weeks.Primary and secondary outcome measures The primary outcome was feasibility, including safety and session adherence. …”
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JinQi Jiangtang Tablet Regulates Gut Microbiota and Improve Insulin Sensitivity in Type 2 Diabetes Mice by Ying Cao, Guowang Yao, Yuanyuan Sheng, Li Yang, Zixuan Wang, Zhen Yang, Pengwei Zhuang, Yanjun Zhang

“…D-LA leakage experiment and PAS staining were used to check the function of the gut barrier. The levels of the inflammatory cytokines were determined by using an ELISA kit. …”
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An Emotion-Driven Vocal Biomarker-Based PTSD Screening Tool by Thomas F. Quatieri, Jing Wang, James R. Williamson, Richard DeLaura, Tanya Talkar, Nancy P. Solomon, Stefanie E. Kuchinsky, Megan Eitel, Tracey Brickell, Sara Lippa, Kristin J. Heaton, Douglas S. Brungart, Louis French, Rael Lange, Jeffrey Palmer, Hayley Reynolds

“…Our algorithm was tested on a subset of data from the DVBIC-TBICoE TBI Study, which contains PTSD Check List Civilian (PCL-C) assessment scores. <italic>Results:</italic> Speech from low-arousal and positive-valence regions provide the highest discrimination for PTSD. …”
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Prevalence and determinants of HIV testing-seeking behaviors among women of reproductive age in Tanzania: analysis of the 2022 Demographic and health survey by Jackson Micheal Asingwire, Isaac isiko, Kuli Faith Rombe, Aaron Mwesigwa, Emmanuel Asher Ikwara, Haron Olot, Lenz Nwachinemere Okoro, Manankong Jane Precious Izunwanne, Blessing Onyinyechi Agunwa, Abdul Aziiz Bwana, William Yiga Kalemba, Ebuka Louis Anyamene

“…Promote Open Communication on Sexual Health: Public health campaigns should encourage open discussions about sexual health within relationships, emphasizing condom negotiation and mutual health checks as preventive measures. Raise Awareness and Accessibility of HIV Prevention Tools: Expand education on PrEP and HIV self-test kits to improve familiarity and acceptance, which may empower individuals to proactively seek testing. …”
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Association and Interaction Analysis of Lipid Accumulation Product with Impaired Fasting Glucose Risk: A Cross-Sectional Survey by Jian Song, Xue Chen, Yuhong Jiang, Jing Mi, Yuyuan Zhang, Yingying Zhao, Xuesen Wu, Huaiquan Gao

“…Analysis was conducted on the data obtained from a community-based cross-sectional survey in Chinese population, and all the participants enrolled were required to complete a face-to-face questionnaire survey and related health checks. Then, for the purpose of comparing predictive values between LAP and conventional obesity indices for IFG, relevant analysis was carried out on the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve. …”
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Characterization of cellular immune system at different ages in water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) by Maria C. Scata’, Giovanna De Matteis, Francesco Grandoni, Gabriele Di Vuolo, Giovanna Cappelli, Domenico Vecchio

“…In Italy, buffalo farming constitutes an important livestock resource to produce typical mozzarella cheese. In this study, to characterize the myeloid and lymphoid cells in peripheral blood of buffalo, we assessed three flow cytometric multicolor panels of antibodies: panel 1, with anti CD3, CD4, CD8α and TCR-δ mAbs; panel 2, with anti CD79a and CD21 mAbs; panel 3 with anti CD172a, CD14, CD16, CD335 mAbs. …”
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Analisis Kualitas Website Balai Besar Taman Nasional Gunung Gede Pangranggo (BBTNGGP) menggunakan Metode Webqual 4.0 by Muhammad Syahid Qadhafi, Atit Pertiwi

“…Such as limited payment methods for ordering Conservation Area Entry Permits (SIMAKSI) online, less attractive website appearance, less efficient quality of information where visitors register online by taking tickets and health checks offline, quality of interaction services between national park managers and visitors who have not been maximized. …”
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First microscopic and molecular identification of Cryptosporidium spp. in fat sand rats (Psammomys obesus) in Egypt and their potential zoonotic implications by Sara Abdel-Aal Mohamed, Fatma A. S. Anwar, Ahmed Gareh, Marwa M. I. Ghallab, Remigio Martínez, Asmaa Aboelabbas Gouda, Fatemah Enad Alajmi, Hind Alzaylaee, Ignacio García-Bocanegra, Ignacio García-Bocanegra, Ehab Kotb Elmahallawy, Ehab Kotb Elmahallawy

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Human Leucocyte Antigen Class II Risk and Protective Alleles in Women with Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia by Olga Plisko, Jana Žodžika, Irina Jermakova, Inta Liepniece-Karele, Jeļena Eglīte, Dace Rezeberga

“…The aim of the study was to assess an association between HLA-DQA1*; DQB1*; DRB1* allele’s genetic variants between women with cervical precancerous lesions and healthy controls in Latvia.Materials and methods: From January until April 2017 we enrolled 84 consecutive patients referred for colposcopy to Riga East University Hospital (Latvia) due to abnormal cervical cytology results. 57 women who came for a regular check-up and had normal cytology smears were included in the control group. …”
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Role of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Detecting Myocardial Viability in Patients with Chronic Ischaemic Heart Disease: A Prospective Observational Study by Subhosree Dey, Parul Dutta, Bornali Dutta, Baloy Jyoti Talukdar, Sushant Agarwal, Dhiraj Baruah

“…A Pearson’s correlation test was done to check the correlation between various parameters. …”
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Hepatokine leukocyte cell‐derived chemotaxin 2 as a biomarker of insulin resistance, liver enzymes, and metabolic dysfunction‐associated steatotic liver disease in the general popu... by Keita Suzuki, Hiromasa Tsujiguchi, Akinori Hara, Yumie Takeshita, Hisanori Goto, Yujiro Nakano, Reina Yamamoto, Hiroaki Takayama, Atsushi Tajima, Tatsuya Yamashita, Masao Honda, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Toshinari Takamura

“…Higher LECT2 levels positively correlated with homeostatic model assessment for insulin resistance (HOMA‐IR) values and negatively correlated with the quantitative insulin sensitivity check index (QUICKI) among all participants (HOMA‐IR; non‐standardized β (B) = 6.38, P < 0.01: QUICKI; B = −161, P < 0.01). …”
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Relationship Between Short‐Term Outcomes and PD‐L1 Expression Based on Combined Positive Score and Tumor Proportion Score in Recurrent or Metastatic Head and Neck Cancers Treated W... by Akihiro Ohara, Taisuke Mori, Mai Itoyama, Kazuki Yokoyama, Shun Yamamoto, Ken Kato, Yoshitaka Honma

“…Conversely, nivolumab is utilized for platinum‐pretreated R/M‐HNSCC regardless of the positive tumor proportion score (TPS) following the results of the CheckMate‐141; however, its subgroup analysis indicated that TPS‐positive population tended to have a relatively high overall response rate and progression‐free survival (PFS). …”
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Transprofessional education in the student discourse: Demand, expectations, risks by A. N. Pinchuk, S. G. Karepova, D. A. Tikhomirov

“…The representation of the results of a quantitative study is based on a statistical analysis of the survey data using nonparametric methods to check the relationship between variables. The qualitative analysis of the essay texts was carried out within the framework of historical discourse analysis, which required the use of a three-dimensional analytical apparatus that allowed the authors to reveal the linguistic and constructive features of the construction of texts identify argumentation strategies and fix personal meanings in the content of the essay.Results and scientific novelty. …”
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Developing an automatic treatment record review system for quality assurance of patient treatment delivery in radiation therapy by Peng Huang, Yingjie Xu, Fukui Huan, Yanxin Zhang, Min Ma, Kuo Men, Jianrong Dai

“…Conclusion TRRS is not only efficient in processing a large amount of treatment records on a daily basis but also effective in finding more anomalies than those of physics weekly check. The application of the TRRS could significantly reduce the workload of the review physicists and let them focus on more important works related to patient safety.…”
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Probiotics supplementation for management of type II diabetes risk factors in adults with polycystic ovarian syndrome: a meta-analysis of randomized clinical trial by Chengcheng Zhang, Yingyue Sheng, Jinchi Jiang, Yuzheng Xue, Leilei Yu, Fengwei Tian, Jianxin Zhao, Hao Zhang, Jian Jin, Qixiao Zhai

“…An analysis of pooled extracted data revealed that supplementation with probiotics significantly decreased fasting blood glucose (FBG, n = 7; standardized mean difference (SMD) = −0.40; 95 % confidence interval (CI): −2.02, −0.02; P = 0.04) and insulin levels (n = 6; SMD = −0.57; 95 % CI: −0.89, −0.25; P = 0.0004) and the homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance (n = 7; SMD = −0.64; 95 % CI: −0.96, −0.31; P = 0.0001) while increasing the quantitative insulin sensitivity check index (QUICKI, n = 5; SMD = 0.58; 95 % CI: 0.08, 1.09; P = 0.02) in patients with PCOS. …”
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Identification of Health Needs in Ukrainian Refugees Seen in a Primary Care Facility in Tenerife, Spain by Willian-Jesús Martín-Dorta, Cristo-Manuel Marrero-González, Eva-Lourdes Díaz-Hernández, Pedro-Ruymán Brito-Brito, Domingo-Ángel Fernández-Gutiérrez, Oxana-Migalievna Rebryk-De Colichón, Ana-Isabel Martín-García, Estrella Pavés-Lorenzo, María-Candelaria Rodríguez-Santos, Juan-Francisco García-Cabrera, Janet Núnez-Marrero, Alfonso-Miguel García-Hernández

“…The main reasons for consultation were routine health check-ups and control blood tests. The NANDA-I nursing diagnoses indicated a need for psycho-emotional care, with the most prevalent being Risk for Relocation Stress Syndrome (27.1%); Interrupted Family Processes, Disturbed sleep pattern, Risk for Impaired Resilience (13.6% each); and Anxiety (11.9%). …”
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Sistem Informasi Geografis Pemetaan Data Terpadu Kesejahteraan Sosial di Kabupaten Garut by Dede Kurniadi, Asri Mulyani, Marshal Firmansyah, Nia Abania

“…In addition to this, the results of the BlackBox testing assessment show that the test results have met all the results expected by users on functional requirements, with these results expected to make it easier for the public to find information and check the registered status in DTKS, one of which is through the data search feature based on NIK (Citizenship Identification Number). …”
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Longitudinal omics data and preclinical treatment suggest the proteasome inhibitor carfilzomib as therapy for ibrutinib-resistant CLL by Lavinia Arseni, Gianluca Sigismondo, Haniyeh Yazdanparast, Johanne U. Hermansen, Norman Mack, Sibylle Ohl, Verena Kalter, Murat Iskar, Mathias Kalxdorf, Dennis Friedel, Mandy Rettel, Yashna Paul, Ingo Ringshausen, Eric Eldering, Julie Dubois, Arnon P. Kater, Marc Zapatka, Philipp M. Roessner, Eugen Tausch, Stephan Stilgenbauer, Sascha Dietrich, Mikhail M. Savitski, Sigrid S. Skånland, Jeroen Krijgsveld, Peter Lichter, Martina Seiffert

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Volumetric trans-scale imaging of massive quantity of heterogeneous cell populations in centimeter-wide tissue and embryo by Taro Ichimura, Taishi Kakizuka, Yoshitsugu Taniguchi, Satoshi Ejima, Yuki Sato, Keiko Itano, Kaoru Seiriki, Hitoshi Hashimoto, Ko Sugawara, Hiroya Itoga, Shuichi Onami, Takeharu Nagai

“…Our results demonstrate the potential of this technique in accelerating production of comprehensive reference maps of all cells in organisms and tissues, which contributes to understanding developmental processes, brain functions, and pathogenesis of disease, as well as high-throughput quality check of tissues used for transplantation medicine.…”
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