Relationship between sleep and myopia among primary and secondary school students with different durations of outdoor activities in Beijing: a cross-sectional survey by Jingshu ZHANG, Ting LI, Han YANG, Ran QIN, Hai ZHAO, Lu WANG, Bingjie SUN, Xin GUO

“…Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that after adjustment for gender, urban/rural residence, education level, parental myopia, daily after-school study time, daily TV viewing time, daily screen viewing time, and whether they turn off the light when viewing screens after dark, among participants who reported insufficient time spent outdoors, those with insufficient sleep had an increased risk of myopia (odds ratio = 1.10, 95% confidence interval: 1.03 – 1.18; P < 0.05) compared to those with sufficient sleep; subsequent gender stratification analysis showed that the risk of myopia was increased in male and all participants, but not in female participants. …”
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Evaluating the association of depressive symptoms on serum folate and erythrocyte folate levels based on the 2017–2020 NHANES database by Yunhong Yang, Huaqian Qi, Jiahao Zhang, Jie Jia, Yunsong Yang, Hong Zhao

“…Folic acid supplementation is recommended for patients with moderate or severe depression or for depressed patients who have developed unhealthy eating habits.…”
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Directions for improving the organizational framework for quality control of higher education in Ukraine by V. O. Neviadovskyi

“…It has been noted that a necessary step to improve the organizational framework for exercising control over the quality of education is interaction and coordination in the system of subjects of such control, since today these aspects of the organization and functioning of the mechanism for controlling the quality of higher education are rather superficially regulated and do not provide a clear understanding of how this interaction takes place, what is the place of coordination in it, and who it is carried out by. It has been proven that it is necessary to define the conceptual foundations of interaction and coordination of subjects of control over the quality of education and to develop an appropriate procedure on their basis, which should provide for the principles and objectives of interaction and coordination, forms and directions of its implementation, and subject composition. …”
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The impact of green human resource management practices on organisational sustainability through green knowledge sharing by Aimun Khawaja, Khalida N. Janjua

“…Practical/managerial implications: Managers in the textile sector can prioritise hiring individuals who value and possess skills in OS. They can implement training programmes that focus on sustainability practices like waste reduction and energy conservation. …”
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Peripheral blood age-sensitive immune markers in multiple sclerosis: relation to sex, cytomegalovirus status, and treatmentResearch in context by Haritha Desu, Renaud Balthazard, Audrey Daigneault, Sandra Da Cal, Wendy Klément, Jennifer Yu, Marie-Laure Clénet, Clara Margarido, Annie Levert, Canisius Fantodji, Olivier Tastet, Jean-Marc Girard, Pierre Duquette, Alexandre Prat, Gabrielle Macaron, Marie-Claude Rousseau, Nathalie Arbour, Catherine Larochelle

“…Finally, lower levels of IL-6, TNF, IL-10, and β-NGF were observed at baseline in PwMS who subsequently experienced clinical failure after DMTs initiation. …”
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Comparison of Polyetheretherketone (PEEK) Cage versus Iliac Bone Graft undergoing Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion (ACDF): A multicenter experience by Soban Sarwar Gondal, Saad Javed, Ali Tasaaduq Hussain Minhas, Rana Mohsin Khan, Yasir Shehzad, Nadeem Akhtar

“…Methods: In this cohort study, we included 70 (35 in each group) patients of symptomatic CSM having degenerative cervical disc disease who were planned for ACDF from Jan-2017 to Jan-2021 in Rawalpindi Medical University. …”
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Impact of Treatment on Rate of Biphasic Reaction in Children with Anaphylaxis by William Bonadio, Connor Welsh, Brad Pradarelli, Yunfai Ng

“…Children with anaphylaxis who exhibit symptomatic resolution four hours following initiation of therapy have a low risk for subsequently developing BPR. …”
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Association between Serum Adiponectin and Atrial Fibrillation: A Case-Control Study Stratified by Age and Gender by Tongjian Zhu, Zhuo Wang, Songyun Wang, Wei Hu, Hui Chen, Jing Xie, Meng Wang, Kezhong Ma, Hong Jiang

“…We performed a case-control study to evaluate the above association. Methods. AF patients who underwent 24-hour long-range 12-channel electrocardiogram examination at our center were included in this study, and people with normal sinus rhythm (NSR) were included as controls. …”
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The iGains4Gains model guides irrigation water conservation and allocation to enhance nexus gains across water, food, carbon emissions, and nature by Bruce Lankford, Nafn Amdar, Matthew McCartney, Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi

“…Second, with the insight that water conservation is a distributive/allocative act, we ask who between four paracommoners (the proprietor irrigation system, neighbouring irrigation systems, society, and nature) benefits hydrologically from changes in irrigation efficiency? …”
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ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction in the Presence of Septic Shock by Leah Ishmael, Joseph Zalocha

“…This case describes a 54-year-old female who presented with septic shock secondary to pyelonephritis and Escherichia coli bacteremia. …”
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Surgical treatment of Hallux Rigidus – arthrodesis or resection arthroplasty? Retrospective observational study by Dovydas Rapolis, Matas Urmanavičius, Aleksas Makulavičius, Valentinas Uvarovas

“…A retrospective observational study was conducted on 41 patients who were followed up for 2–4 years after surgery. …”
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The Role of von Willebrand Factor Antigen in Predicting Survival of Patients with HBV-Related Cirrhosis by Youmin Pan, Renyong Guo, Yan Lv, Dawei Cui, Jue Xie

“…During a median follow-up interval of 30.23 months, 124 patients (54.4%) reached the endpoint of this study. Patients who died or underwent liver transplantation had elevated levels of MELD and vWF-Ag. …”
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Body Mass Index Trajectories during 6–18 Years Old and the Risk of Hypertension in Young Adult: A Longitudinal Study in Chinese Population by Haoyue Teng, Jia Hu, Wenxin Ge, Qiling Dai, Ji Liu, Chengqi Xiao, Jieyun Yin, Xiaoyan Zhu

“…Based on the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS), a total of 1,872 participants who received ≥2 measurements of BMI during 6–18 years and had assessment of blood pressure (BP) in young adulthood were included. …”
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Observational pilot study of switching from entecavir to tenofovir alafenamide in patients with chronic hepatitis B by Takuya Matsubara, Satoru Hagiwara, Naoshi Nishida, Naoya Omaru, Akihiro Yoshida, Tomoki Yamamoto, Yoriaki Komeda, Mamoru Takenaka, Masatoshi Kudo

“…Abstract This study evaluated the long-term efficacy and safety of the widely used drugs entecavir (ETV) and tenofovir alafenamide (TAF), as well as the incidence of HCC.A nonrandomized, prospective, observational analysis included 77 patients with chronic hepatitis B who were assigned to continue ETV or switch TAF. …”
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Lessons Learned from Experimental Human Model of Zinc Deficiency by Ananda S. Prasad

“…We never found a zinc-deficient dwarf who survived beyond the age of 25 y. In an experimental model of human mild zinc deficiency, we reported decreased thymulin (a thymopoietic hormone) activity in Th1 cells, decreased mRNAs of IL-2 and IFN-gamma genes, and decreased activity of natural killer cells (NK) and T cytotoxic T cells. …”
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Ekologia rodziny w kontekście współczesnego społeczeństwa by Wojciech Bołoz

“…All these factors lead to individualization of life, the process of individualization changes the members of the society into self efficient atoms, individuals who reject social life and its limits and only look after themselves, focus on their own development and destiny though many can’t tackle the situation and lose. …”
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Health simulation masterclass in Morocco: First edition of training of trainers by Majdouline Obtel, T Yahaya Maijimaa, Mohamed El Mouhajir, Brahim Lekehal, Lahcen Belyamani

“…The facilitators (n = 29) were professors and doctors who were national and international experts in health simulation; most came from Rabat (n = 19), followed by Casablanca (3). …”
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Circulating Tumor DNA Detection for Recurrence Monitoring of Stage I Non‐Small Cell Lung Cancer Treated With Microwave Ablation by Lin Cheng, Sheng Xu, Yu‐feng Wang, Sheng‐wei Li, Bin Li, Xiao‐Guang Li

“…Risk stratification indicated that patients with persistent ctDNA had worse clinical outcomes compared to those who never had detectable ctDNA (p = 0.004). Conclusion Our findings suggest that ctDNA monitoring can assist in predicting clinical outcomes in stage I NSCLC treated with microwave ablation. …”
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A Comparison of the Celiacomesenteric Trunk in the Caribbean with Global Prevalence Calculated by a Systematic Review by Shamir O. Cawich, Maurice Fortune, Rahul Deshpande, Michael Gardner, Neil Pearce, Peter Johnson, Vijay Naraynsingh

“…In this study, we evaluated all consecutive patients who had multiphase contrast-enhanced CT scans at two major referral centres in the Caribbean from August 30, 2017, to September 1, 2019. …”
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The Effort to Rationalize Antibiotic Use in Indonesian Hospitals: Practice and Its Implication by Selma Siahaan, Rukmini Rukmini, Betty Roosihermiatie, Pramita Andarwati, Rini S. Handayani, Ingan U. Tarigan, Tita Rosita, Rustika Rustika, Yuslely Usman, Lusi Kristiana

“…Informants at the hospitals were hospital directors, chairmen of the AMR-CP team, chairmen of the medical committee, persons in charge of the microbiology laboratory, clinicians, nurses, clinical pharmacists, and those program managers at the provincial health offices who are responsible for administering antibiotics. …”
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