Real-World Health Care Outcomes and Costs Among Patients With Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis in Spain by Jordi Antón, Estefania Moreno Ruzafa, Mireia Lopez Corbeto, Rosa Bou, Judith Sánchez Manubens, Sonia Carriquí Arenas, Joan Calzada Hernández, Violetta Bittermann, Carolina Estepa Guillén, Juan Mosquera Angarita, Lucía Rodríguez Díez, Estíbaliz Iglesias, Miguel Marti Masanet, Berta Lopez Montesinos, Maria I. González Fernández, Alfonso de Lossada, Carmen Peral, Mónica Valderrama, Noelia Llevat, María Montoro Álvarez, Immaculada Calvo Penadés

“…**Methods:** Children were enrolled in this 24-month observational, multicentric, cross-sectional, retrospective study (N = 107) if they had been treated with biologic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (bDMARDs), had participated in a previous study (ITACA), and continued to be followed up at pediatric rheumatology units at 3 tertiary Spanish hospitals. …”
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Evaluating maternal drug use disparities, risk factors and outcomes in Northeast Arkansas: a pre, during, and post-COVID-19 pandemic analysis by Enrique Gomez Pomar, Johnna Berryhill, Sudeepa Bhattacharyya

“…Conclusion Maternal substance use, predominantly THC, continues to increase, particularly following its legalization. …”
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China’s CBM exploration and production and associated technological advancements: A review and reflections by Jianping YE

“…Shallow CBM, acting as the “ballast stone” for the development of the CBM industry, is supposed to keep continued stable production and serve as the replacement for current CBM resources. …”
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Surveillance and characteristics of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus isolates in a Chinese tertiary hospital in Shenzhen, 2018 to 2024 by Hongwei Shen, Qiaomin Zhang, Shaobo Li, Tingting Huang, Wen Ma, Daming Wang, Peng Li

“…It is imperative that continuous surveillance be conducted in order to inform public health interventions.…”
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Antimicrobial Susceptibility of <i>Salmonella typhi</i> and <i>paratyphi</i> among Pediatric Population at Tertiary Care Center of North Delhi: A Retrospective Study by Shekhar Biswas, Sulagna Tripathy, Arvind Kumar, Sanjay Chattree

“…Background: Enteric fever continues to impact millions of children who lack adequate access to clean water and sanitation. …”
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Risk Factors for the Occurrence of Depressive Disorders in Pediatric Patients With Tuberculosis by Mihailov OM, Stavar Matei L, Tocu G, Ciubara A, Mihailov R

“…Oana Mariana Mihailov,1,2 Loredana Stavar Matei,2 George Tocu,3 Anamaria Ciubara,2 Raul Mihailov4 1Children Pneumology Department, Pneumophthisiology Hospital “Sfântul Spiridon” of Galati, Galați, 800198, Romania; 2Clinical Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, “Dun&abreve;rea de Jos” University of Galati, Galați, 800008, Romania; 3Pharmaceutical Science Department, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, “Dun&abreve;rea de Jos” University of Galati, Galați, 800008, Romania; 4Clinical Surgery department, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, “dun&abreve;rea de Jos” University of Galati, Galați, 800008, RomaniaCorrespondence: George Tocu, Pharmaceutical science department, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, “Dun&abreve;rea de Jos” University of Galati, Galați, 800008, Romania, Tel +40773819438, Email george.tocu@ugal.roBackground: Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the oldest and most persistent infectious diseases, continuing to pose a significant public health challenge worldwide. …”
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tPA‐GFP is a reliable probe for detecting compound exocytosis in human pancreatic β‐cells by Aishwarya A. Makam, Shruti Sharma, Prajwal Nagle, Nandhini M. Sundaram, Vidya Mangala Prasad, Nikhil R. Gandasi

“…Compound exocytosis represents a specialized form of secretion in which vesicles undergo homotypic fusion either before (multi‐vesicular exocytosis) or continuous fusion in a sequential manner from (sequential exocytosis) within the same site at the plasma membrane. …”
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Advances in the pilot point inverse method: Où En Sommes-Nous maintenant? by White, Jeremy, Lavenue, Marsh

“…While inversion research continues, only de Marsily’s PPM has achieved wide-spread adoption within the groundwater modeling community.The reasons for the popularity of the PPM are many but none more important than its adoption by John Doherty’s PEST inversion software in the early 2000s [Doherty, 2003]. …”
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Iron and folic acid supplementation compliance during pregnancy and its effect on post-pregnancy anaemia among reproductive-age women in East Africa by Melaku Tadege Engidaw, Patricia Lee, Faruk Ahmed

“…Background: Despite the government’s effort to reduce the prevalence of anaemia among reproductive-age women globally, it continues as a significant public health issue, especially in low- and middle-income countries. …”
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Protocol paper: randomized controlled trial of the smart online-to-offline model development for chronic diseases management through digital health in real world setting by Jae Eun Shin, Juho Choi, Heejung Lee, Suk-Won Lee, Juhwan Oh

“…The intervention includes personalized digital healthcare support, continuous data monitoring, and online education, with primary care provided by healthcare professionals. …”
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Dynamics of the Cadastre System: An Analysis of Challenges and Evaluation of Cadastre Implementation in Various Regions of Indonesia by Jonahar, Joyo Winoto, Hermanto Siregar, I Wayan Nuka Lantara

“…Despite its formal establishment, the system continues to face substantial challenges across various regions. …”
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Evaluation of Treatment Patterns and Maintenance Dose Titration Among Patients With Crohn’s Disease Initiating Biologics With 3 Years of Follow-Up by Ruizhi Zhao, Zhijie Ding, Parul Gupta, Laurence Gozalo, Robert Bruette, Victor M. Johnson, Keshia Maughn, Yihang Liu, Sumesh Kachroo

“…Commercially insured patients with continuous capture for at least 12 months before and at least 36 months after biologics initiation were selected. …”
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Factors accounting for limited sexual reproduction in a long-lived unisexual plant species by Irene Bisang, Flavien Collart, Flavien Collart, Alain Vanderpoorten, Lars Hedenäs

“…In bryophytes, wherein fertilization involves a continuous film of water between male and female sexual organs, reproduction in unisexual species involves the sympatric distribution of male and female sex-expressing individuals. …”
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Assessing molecular changes underlying isopropylated phenyl phosphate (IPP)-induced larval sensorimotor response deficits in zebrafish by Sunil Sharma, Alfredo Rojas, Abhishek Gour, Rosemaria Serradimigni, Connor Leong, Abhisheak Sharma, Subham Dasgupta

“…Isopropylated phenyl phosphates (IPP) are an additive organophosphate flame retardant (OPFR) that has been extensively used in furniture, electronics, automobiles, plastics, and children’s products to slow down the spread of fire but its continued leaching leads to toxicity concerns. Toxicological information on this important legacy contaminant is limiting. …”
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The Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic on Female Patients Seeking or Undergoing Fertility Treatment in a Single In Vitro Fertilisation Clinic in Greece: An International,... by Konstantina Pappa, Emmanouil M. Xydias, Apostolos C. Ziogas, Kanelina Bimba, Elias Tsakos, Efstratios Kolibianakis

“…This highlights the need for continuation of ART care, with the appropriate protective measures, during the pandemic, as well as during similar times of crisis in the future.…”
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Changing Attitudes Towards Research Through a Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience by Keith Brazendale, Michael Rovito, Jeanette Garcia

“…Findings from this study demonstrate the potential of a CURE at reducing anxiety, lowering perceived difficulty, enhancing overall impressions, and students’ overall attitudes toward research and research-based education. Continued consideration and evaluation of how and what is delivered in CUREs to students is required to advance the pedagogy of research methods. …”
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The Growth and Yield of Shallots and Melons Based on the Interseasonal Windbreaks Cropping System in Anticipation of Climate Change by Saparso, Sudarmaji Arief, Bachtiar Musthafa Muhammad, Tamad

“…The demand for these two commodities are increased continuously, but the land for agriculture purpose is limited. …”
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Passive infusion of an S2-Stem broadly neutralizing antibody protects against SARS-CoV-2 infection and lower airway inflammation in rhesus macaques. by Christopher T Edwards, Kirti A Karunakaran, Elijah Garcia, Nathan Beutler, Matthew Gagne, Nadia Golden, Hadj Aoued, Kathryn L Pellegrini, Matthew R Burnett, Christopher Cole Honeycutt, Stacey A Lapp, Thang Ton, Mark C Lin, Amanda Metz, Andrei Bombin, Kelly Goff, Sarah E Scheuermann, Amelia Wilkes, Jennifer S Wood, Stephanie Ehnert, Stacey Weissman, Elizabeth H Curran, Melissa Roy, Evan Dessasau, Mirko Paiardini, Amit A Upadhyay, Ian N Moore, Nicholas J Maness, Daniel C Douek, Anne Piantadosi, Raiees Andrabi, Thomas R Rogers, Dennis R Burton, Steven E Bosinger

“…The continued evolution of SARS-CoV-2 variants capable of subverting vaccine and infection-induced immunity suggests the advantage of a broadly protective vaccine against betacoronaviruses (β-CoVs). …”
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Smoking as a risk factor for lung cancer in women and men: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Sanne A E Peters, Mark Woodward, Paul Mitchell, Rachel R Huxley, Gemma Taylor, Linda M O’Keeffe

“…However, these data may underestimate the true risks of lung cancer among women, as the smoking epidemic has not yet reached full maturity in women. Continued efforts to measure the sex-specific association of smoking and lung cancer are required.…”
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Need to clamp indwelling urinary catheters before removal after different durations: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Xiaoyan Fan, Sumin Ma, Jiayi Gu

“…Objective This meta-analysis aimed to evaluate the effect of bladder training by clamping on bladder urethral function in patients with indwelling urinary catheters used for different durations.Design Systematic review and meta-analysis.Data sources The UpToDate, Cochrane Library, OVID, PubMed, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, CINAHL and Embase were screened from 1 January 2000 to 28 February 2022.Eligibility criteria for selecting studies Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) or quasi-experimental designs comparing the efficacy of bladder training in patients with an indwelling urinary catheter by clamping or free drainage before urinary catheter removal were published in English or Chinese.Data extraction and synthesis Two reviewers independently extracted the data and assessed the quality of studies. Continuous variables were analysed using mean difference and standardised mean difference (SMD) values with a 95% CI. …”
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