Impact of smoking cessation, coffee and bread consumption on the intestinal microbial composition among Saudis: A cross-sectional study. by Steve Harakeh, Emmanouil Angelakis, Timokratis Karamitros, Dipankar Bachar, Suhad Bahijri, Ghada Ajabnoor, Sulaiman M Alfadul, Suha A Farraj, Turki Al Amri, Ahmed Al-Hejin, Abdalla Ahmed, Ahmed A Mirza, Raoult Didier, Esam I Azhar

“…At the species level, the gut microbiota of people who consumed coffee was dominated by Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron followed by Phascolarctobacterium faecium and Eubacterium rectale. …”
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Urgent restraining and restrictive orders as special response forms for domestic violence: international experience and national practice by K. B. Levchenko, M. M. Lehenka

“…The authors have also analyzed the content of the restrictive order regarding the abuser as established by the court procedure as a mean of temporal restriction of the rights or the assignment of duties to a person who committed domestic violence aimed at ensuring the safety of the victim. …”
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Evaluation of the Diagnostic Performance of Physical Examination Combined with Transvaginal Ultrasonography in Patients with Endometriosis by Talha Tiryaki, Tolga Karacan, Seyma Yesiralioglu, Eser Ozyurek, Huseyin Kiyak, Engin Oral

“…Conclusion: The diagnostic performance of transvaginal ultrasonography in combination with physical examination in patients with asymptomatic endometriosis cannot reach the diagnostic accuracy of physical examination combined with transvaginal ultrasonography in patients with endometriosis who present with symptoms. …”
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The role of Shock Index and its derivatives in predicting mortality in patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding by Mehmet Seyfettin Saribas, Ali Aygun, Furkan Kara, Adem Koksal, Ibrahim Caltekin

“…In the study, patients diagnosed with UGIB who presented to the Emergency Department (ED) between 2022 and 2024 were analyzed retrospectively. …”
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Impact of ELKa, the Electronic Device for Prandial Insulin Dose Calculation, on Metabolic Control in Children and Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus: A Randomized Controlled... by Agnieszka Kowalska, Katarzyna Piechowiak, Anna Ramotowska, Agnieszka Szypowska

“…A randomized, parallel, open-label clinical trial involved 106 patients aged <18 years with T1DM, HbA1C≤10%, undergoing intensive insulin therapy, allocated to the intervention group, who used the ELKa (n=53), or the control group (n=53), who used conventional calculation methods. …”
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Individual characteristics influencing the general population’s level of knowledge of end-of-life practices: a cross-sectional study by Diane Tapp, Gina Bravo, Catherine Filion, Vincent Couture, Sophie Dupéré, Marianne Beaulieu, Audrey Chouinard, Pauline Roos, Marie-Pierre Gagnon, Anouk Bérubé, Ariane Plaisance

“…The questionnaire also assessed participants’ individual characteristics such as their experience as caregivers for someone who received palliative care, their perception of health, and their financial situation. …”
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Diagnostic Validation for Participants in the Washington State Parkinson Disease Registry by Hojoong M. Kim, James B. Leverenz, Daniel J. Burdick, Sindhu Srivatsal, Jennifer Pate, Shu-Ching Hu, Steven P. Millard, Marie Y. Davis, Ali Samii, Cyrus P. Zabetian

“…We randomly selected and attempted to contact 168 of the 1,278 actively enrolled WPDR participants. Those who responded were invited to undergo an interview and neurological examination performed by a PD specialist. …”
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Myocardial functional recovery following durable ventricular assist device in children by Bhavikkumar Langanecha, Osami Honjo, Alyssa Power, Oshri Zaulan, Christoph Haller, Kristen George, Linda Fazari, Andrea Maurich, David Chiasson, Aamir Jeewa

“…Material and Methods: Retrospective, single-center study of pediatric patients who were supported with durable VADs, both intracorporeal continuous flow devices (CFD) and paracorporeal pulsatile flow devices (PFD), between 2004 and 2022. …”
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Pathways to motherhood: A single-center retrospective study on fertility preservation and reproductive outcomes in patients with breast cancer by Chao-Ying Chen, Yu-Chiao Yi, Hwa-Fen Guu, Ya-Fang Chen, Hsiao-Fan Kung, Jui-Chun Chang, Li-Yu Chen, Chih-Chiang Hung, Ming-Jer Chen

“…Methods: This retrospective review evaluated 42 patients with breast cancer who underwent fertility preservation at our center from January 2012 to December 2022. …”
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Clinicopathologic Characteristics and Long-Term Outcome of Gastric Cancer Patients with Family History: Seven-Year Follow-Up Study for Korean Health Check-Up Subjects by Jooyoung Lee, Su Jin Chung, Ji Min Choi, Yoo Min Han, Joo Sung Kim

“…This study was conducted on asymptomatic healthy individuals who underwent upper gastrointestinal endoscopy for the purpose of GC screening. …”
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Signaling, Constraining and Coercing in US sanctions policy towards Russia in the context of the Ukraine crisis by O. I. Rebro

“…The deficiency of such an approach is accentuated by the comparison with the European Union who paid a higher price for its sanctions and, despite a popular in Russia notion of a unified “West”, not only resisted the will of the US, but acted as a deterrent for its actions.…”
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Using Facebook to tell stories of premature ageing and sexual and reproductive healthcare across the life course for women with cerebral palsy in the UK and USA by Julie Taylor, Sonali Shah, C Bradbury-Jones

“…Objective To enhance understanding of the bodily and lifestyle effects of ageing with cerebral palsy (CP) for women, with a particular focus on experiences with sexual and reproductive healthcare (SRH) services in the UK and North America.Design A qualitative study underpinned by feminist disability theory and drawing on digital ethnographies to capture health and healthcare experiences for women with CP.Setting A global community of 140 women with CP, who are members of the closed international Facebook group, Women Ageing with Cerebral Palsy (WACP).Participants Forty-five members of WACP who were based in the UK and North America. …”
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Benefits of Kangaroo Mother Care for the “Larger” Low Birth Weight Infant (&gt; 2000g) by Maria UP (SR. Lias) Urakkattil, Suman Rao P N, Pragya Dubey, Swarnarekha Bhat

“…Kangaroo Mother Care KMC combining skin-to-skin contact and exclusive breastfeeding is effective in LBW infants. The 2022 WHO recommendations expanded KMC to infants up to 2500 g prompting this study to assess its impact particularly on ldquolargerrdquo LBW infants.Methodology This was an observational study carried out in a South Indian tertiary care hospital included infants 750-2500 g clinically stable for KMC. …”
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Forty years of HIV infection and AIDS in Taiwan: Reflection on the past and looking toward the future by Sung-Hsi Huang, Hsun-Yin Huang, Stephane Wen-Wei Ku, Po-Hsien Kuo, Kuan-Yin Lin, Guan-Jhou Chen, Chia-Chi Lee, Yen-Fang Huang, Chien-Ching Hung

“…Unprotected sex, particularly among men who have sex with men, continues to be the leading risk for HIV transmission after implementation of harm reduction program to control an outbreak of HIV infection among people who inject drugs that occurred in 2003–2007. …”
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Utilization of Oncotype DX in an Inner City Population: Race or Place? by Amber A. Guth, Susan Fineberg, Kezhen Fei, Rebeca Franco, Nina A. Bickell

“…As Oncotype DX can reduce overuse of chemotherapy, it is imperative to expand testing to those who could benefit from yet experience underuse of this test, namely, women treated at safety net hospitals. …”
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Health Literacy Level and Quality of Life among Post-Partum Mothers by Maria Ulfah, Anny Fauziah

“…The population of this study was all postpartum mothers who gave birth in June – July 2023 in the Bandung Community Health Center area, Tegal City. …”
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An individual-level probabilistic model and solution for control of infectious diseases by Ye Xia

“…In particular, we are able to provide more precise results for a disease that has two classes of infected individuals – the individuals who will remain asymptomatic throughout and the individuals who will eventually become symptomatic. …”
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Outcome of post‐prostatectomy stress urinary incontinence surgery in men with preoperative idiopathic detrusor overactivity by Nikita R. Bhatt, Simona Ippoliti, Arjun Nambiar, Cristian Ilie, Ruth Doherty, Lee Smith

“…Overall 69% patients had a successful outcome after SUI surgery while 26% (132/499) failed while 34% (32/95) patients who had proven DO preoperatively failed SUI surgery. …”
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The Relationship Between Children's Health Status and Stunting in Toddlers at Mamboro Health Center, Palu by Ketut Suarayasa, Miranti Miranti, Bertin Ayu Wandira

“…Children who have experienced infectious diseases have a 1.9 times higher risk of becoming stunted (OR = 1.944). …”
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The foundational influence of early spiritual experiences on adulthood by M. O'Sullivan

“…The latter highlight that researchers in spirituality need to pay more attention to what is happening at a spiritual level in childhood and to the hermeneutical lens it provides for interpreting the lives of adults, including themselves, who once were children. They will also illustrate the role religious socialisation plays in spiritual experiences in childhood. …”
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