Chronic Atrophic Gastritis Presenting as Hemolytic Anemia due to Severe Vitamin B12 Deficiency by Amanda M. Woodford, Rabhea Chaudhry, Gabriella A. Conte, Varsha Gupta, Madhurima Anne

“…This case describes a 46-year-old male with no past medical history who presented with chest pain, fatigue, and progressive weakness, found to have hemolytic anemia, ultimately attributed to vitamin B12 deficiency. …”
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Understanding the unique role of community-based para-professionals delivering early childhood development in low-resource contexts: a Delphi study by Emma Claire Pearson, Maxwell Peprah Opoku

“…Abstract Background Community-based para-professionals are trained or untrained professionals who assist in the delivery of health-related care in communities where they live. …”
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Lipids and C-reactive protein predict anhedonia and reward circuit functional connectivity responses to anti-cytokine and dopaminergic therapies in patients with depression by Aditya Singh, Mandakh Bekhbat, David R. Goldsmith, Ngoc-Anh Le, Evanthia C. Wommack, Zhihao Li, Ebrahim Haroon, Jennifer C. Felger

“…To extend our previous findings on relationships between plasma lipids and antidepressant response to anti-cytokine therapy, we explored in secondary analyses whether lipid-related biomarkers similarly predicted change in anhedonia or functional connectivity (FC) in dopamine-rich corticostriatal reward circuitry in medically-stable, depressed patients with a range of inflammation levels (indexed by plasma C-reactive protein [CRP]) who were administered inflammation-targeted therapies. …”
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Academic and Socioсultural Adaptation of Students in Russian Universities by P. A. Ambarova, G. E. Zborovsky, V. S. Nikolskiy, N. V. Shabrova

“…The negative trend of decreasing student activity in the research field compared to the school period of study , as well as the preservation of a high proportion of those who are prone to academic fraud due to the lack of adaptive resources, is shown. …”
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IN THE WAKE OF PUGACHEV’S REBELLION: EXPERIENCE IN ORAL HISTORY by N. V. Shevtsov

“…The author of this article visited the places, where the events took place, and repeated the journey of A.S. Pushkin, who visited the region in 60years after Pugachev's Rebellion. …”
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The risk of malnutrition as a predictor of arrhythmia recurrence after catheter ablation in patients with paroxysmal non-valvular atrial Fibrillation and heart failure with preserv... by Zixi Zhang, Cancan Wang, Qiming Liu, Yichao Xiao, Jiabao Zhou, Keke Wu, Yunying Huang, Zeying Zhang, Shiping Liu, Qiuzhen Lin

“…<h4>Methods</h4>We conducted a retrospective analysis of 204 patients with paroxysmal non-valvular AF and HFpEF who underwent radiofrequency or cryoballoon ablation. …”
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Demonstration Exam in Continuing Entrepreneurial Education within the VET and HE Systems by O. A. Romanova, K. V. Anisimova

“…The data also included 4 in-depth semi-structured interviews with VET students who have successful experience in confirming the results of mastered entrepreneurial competencies. …”
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Characterisation of internal tremors and vibration symptoms by Harlan M Krumholz, Mitsuaki Sawano, Richa Sharma, Tianna Zhou, Dorothy Massey, Anna D Baker, Diana Berrent Güthe, Nick Güthe, Suzanne Pincus Shidlovsky, Liza Fisher, Connor B Grady, Cesar Caraballo

“…Objectives To describe the experiences of patients who have postacute sequelae SARS-CoV-2 infection with internal vibrations and tremors as a prominent component, we leveraged the efforts by Survivor Corps, a grassroots COVID-19 patient advocacy group, to gather information from individuals belonging to its Facebook group with a history of COVID-19 suffering from vibrations and tremors.Setting and design A narrative analysis was performed on 140 emails and 450 social media comments from 140 individuals collected as a response to a call to &gt;180 000 individuals participating in Survivor Corps between 15 July and 27 July 2021. …”
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Correlations between Left Ventricular and Left Atrial Function Assessed by Speckle Tracking Echocardiography in Patients with Treated Well-Controlled Arterial Hypertension by Beata Uziębło-Życzkowska, Paweł Krzesiński

“…LA contractile, conduit, and reservoir function, together with echocardiographic signs of LV diastolic function and LV global longitudinal strain (LV GLS), were assessed in 101 patients with treated, well-controlled AH who met the standard criteria of normal LV ejection fraction (LVEF) and normal LV diastolic function. …”
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Effects of Different Organic Fertilizers on Yield and Yield-Related Characteristics in Black Cumin (Nigella sativa L.) Cultivation Under the Ecological Conditions of Tokat, Türkiye... by Abdulkadir Acar, Yasin Bedrettin Karan

“…This finding reveals that the use of organic fertilizer in black cumin cultivation is an important alternative for farmers who want to both increase yield and prefer a natural production method.…”
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A Pilot Study Investigating the Expression Levels of Pluripotency-Associated Genes in Rectal Swab Samples for Colorectal Polyp and Cancer Diagnosis and Prognosis by Ryan Wai-Yan Sin, Dominic Chi-Chung Foo, Deepak Narayanan Iyer, May Sau-Yee Fan, Xue Li, Oswens Siu-Hung Lo, Wai-Lun Law, Lui Ng

“…Further analysis showed that higher c-MYC and CXCR4 level was detected in normal subjects who developed polyps after 5-6 years, in comparison with subjects with no lesion developed, and the AUC of the c-MYC and CXCR4 panel increased to 0.88 (p<0.001), with sensitivity and specificity of 84.4% and 92.3%, respectively, when these patients were included in the polyp group. …”
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Screening and prognostic roles of renal volumetry and scintigraphy in the assessment of living kidney transplant donors, considering the early recovery of the residual renal functi... by Shunta Hori, Mitsuru Tomizawa, Kuniaki Inoue, Tatsuo Yoneda, Kenta Onishi, Yosuke Morizawa, Daisuke Gotoh, Yasushi Nakai, Makito Miyake, Kazumasa Torimoto, Nobumichi Tanaka, Kiyohide Fujimoto

“…Methods We retrospectively reviewed the medical charts of 175 consecutive LKDs who underwent donor nephrectomy (DN) at our institution between 2006 and 2022. …”
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Thyrotoxicosis due to Gestational Trophoblastic Disease: Unmet Needs in the Management of Gestational Thyrotoxicosis by Kalyan Mansukhbhai Shekhda, Vladislav Zlatkin, Bernard Khoo, Eleni Armeni

“…In this report, we present two cases (Patient 1: 43 years, Patient 2: 31 years) who came to emergency department following a history of vaginal spotting, palpitations, and hyperemesis. …”
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Comparing short‐term outcome after implantation of the HeartWare® HVAD® and the Abbott® HeartMate 3® by Rene Schramm, Armin Zittermann, Michiel Morshuis, Michael Schoenbrodt, Ellen vonRoessing, Vera vonDossow, Andreas Koster, Henrik Fox, Kavous Hakim‐Meibodi, Jan F. Gummert

“…Methods and results We retrospectively analysed preoperative and post‐operative patient data of all 106 patients, who received a HeartMate 3 (HM3) at our centre between 2014 and 2018. …”
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Examining general, physical, and mental health disparities between transgender and cisgender adults in the U.S. by Sunday Azagba, Galappaththige S. R. de Silva, Todd Ebling

“…Conclusions The study highlights significant health disparities faced by transgender individuals, who report poorer general, mental, and physical health. …”
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Association between Hyperreflective Foci on Spectral-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography and Early Recurrence of Diabetic Macular Edema after Intravitreal Dexamethasone Implantatio... by Kyung Tae Kim, Dong Yoon Kim, Ju Byung Chae

“…Medical records of patients with refractory DME to bevacizumab, who underwent intravitreal DEX implantation and 12-month follow-up, were reviewed. …”
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Teaching accounting principles using augmented reality and artificial intelligence-generated IsiZulu language translations by Abejide Ade-Ibijola, Aneetha Sukhari, Solomon Sunday Oyelere

“…The prevalence of English as the medium of instruction in higher education, is a challenge for students who speak English as a second language. In South Africa, and Africa as a whole, the majority of the population speak in their mother tongue as a first language, which is problematic for students enrolled at English medium universities. …”
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The Effects of Emotional Schema Therapy on Social Health and Attitude Towards Social Harms Among Female Students by Fatemeh Eskandari, Milad Abedi ghlich ghashlaghi

“…The focus of this research was on female students who were enrolled at Honarestans in Shahin Shahr during 2022. …”
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Intracranial CT findings in traumatic brain injury: A retrospective, cross-sectional study among Igbo population in Nigeria by Angel-Mary Anakwue, Felicitas Ugochinyere Idigo, Uloma Benedicta Nwogu, Sylvester Osita Ogbu, Anthony Nnamani, Kennedy Joseph, Camillus Chukwuemeka Ugwoke

“…Method: In this retrospective, cross-sectional study, a sample of 287 patients, who were consecutively referred to the CT Unit of the Radiology Department of Federal Medical Centre in Umuahia, Nigeria, between January 2015 and December 2016, on account of trauma to the head was reviewed. …”
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Multi-dimensional outcomes following extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation by Tharusan Thevathasan, Vanessa Wahl, Joshua Boettel, Megan Kenny, Julia Paul, Sophie Selzer, Abdulla Al Harbi, Eva-Maria Dorsch, Heinrich Audebert, Matthias Rose, Christoph Paul Klapproth, Sonia Lech, Katharina Schmitt, Steffen Desch, Ulf Landmesser, Ralf Westenfeld, Fabian Voss, Carsten Skurk

“…Results: This study included 33 ECPR survivors, who were predominantly male (70%) with a mean age of 55 years. …”
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