HANDEL’S OPERAS IN THE CONTEXT OF CONTEMPORARY DIRECTING: ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF FILM COMPOSITION PRINCIPLES IN OPERA PERFORMANCES / HÄNDELS OPERN IM KONTEXT MODERNER REGIE: ZUR... by KONSON GRIGORI R., KONSON IRINA A.

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What factors are associated with informal carers’ psychological morbidity during end-of-life home care? A systematic review and thematic synthesis of observational quantitative stu... by Tracey Shield, Kerin Bayliss, Alexander Hodkinson, Maria Panagioti, Alison Wearden, Jackie Flynn, Christine Rowland, Penny Bee, Morag Farquhar, Danielle Harris, Gunn Grande

“…Newcastle–Ottawa Quality Assessment Scale was used. Thematic analysis with box score presentation, and meta-analysis were done where data permitted. …”
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The Effects of COVID-19 on Financial Distress and Tax Avoidance by Farshad Sabz Alipour, Ali Naderi, Zahra Oryaie, Arash Kazemi

“…In response to these uncertainties, managers are compelled to develop various strategies, with tax avoidance emerging as a preferred method for generating internal cash flows. …”
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Intratracheal instillation of RSV is superior to intranasal inoculation as a model method inducing critical immune cell infiltration by Yinglin Lin, Yao Xiao, Bin Peng, Mengyuan Xie, Zesen Mai, Mingzhen Lin, Shanshan Miao, Xinru Yang, Wei Li, Yi Wang, Zhaoyu Liu, Wenxia Yao

“…Appropriate experimental animal models and modeling methods are essential for studying RSV pathogenesis and developing therapeutic and preventive agents. In this study, we introduced intratracheal instillation (ITS) method into mouse model of RSV infection and compared it with the conventional intranasal inoculation (INO) method; data showed that ITS method resulted in more efficient viral replication and more severe pathological changes than INO method. …”
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Child Health in the Peruvian Amazon: Prevalence and Factors Associated with Referred Morbidity and Health Care Access in the City of Iñapari by Maria Gabriela Silva Guimarães, Athos Muniz Braña, Humberto Oliart-Guzmán, Fernando Luiz Cunha Castelo Branco, Breno Matos Delfino, Thasciany Moraes Pereira, Saulo Augusto Silva Mantovani, Antonio Camargo Martins, Ana Paula Santos, José Alcântara Filgueira-Júnior, Alanderson Alves Ramalho, Andreia da Silva Guimarães, Cristieli Sérgio de Menezes Oliveira, Thiago Santos de Araújo, Carlos Hermógenes Manrique de Lara Estrada, Nancy Arróspide, Mônica da Silva-Nunes

“…Children under 5 years of age are more susceptible to developing morbidities such as diarrhea, respiratory infections, anemia, and malnutrition. …”
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Context, implementation and mechanisms of impact of a stepped-care WHO psychological intervention for migrants with psychological distress by Beatrice Compri, Giulia Turrini, Marianna Purgato, Richard Bryant, Paula Cristobal, Josep Maria Haro, Raffael Kalisch, Vincent Lorant, David McDaid, Kerry R. McGreevy, Roberto Mediavilla, Michela Nosè, A-La Park, Papoula Petri-Romão, Aurélia Roversi, Marit Sijbrandij, Andrea Tortelli, Anke Witteveen, Corrado Barbui

“…Post-trial qualitative data were collected through individual interviews with intervention participants (n = 10) and stakeholders (n = 10), as well as a focus group with intervention providers (n = 8). …”
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Vergence Eye Movements: From Basic Science to Clinical Application by Wolfgang Jaschinski, Rudolf Groner

“…The authors propose mathematical models of calibration as part of the analysis of the experimental data. Yaramothu, Jaswal & Alvarez (2019) measured vergence velocity and latency for step responses and found that eccentric circles with 6° eccentricity resulted in a faster response latency than a cross at central fixation. …”
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Perceived training needs by tutors of family and community medicine and nursing of specialized health training: a qualitative descriptive study by Sofía Berlanga-Fernández, Sofía Berlanga-Fernández, Miriam Rodríguez-Monforte, Miriam Rodríguez-Monforte, Rosa M. Pérez-Cañaveras, Alicia Valer-Martínez, Alicia Valer-Martínez, Silvia Copetti-Fanlo, Silvia Copetti-Fanlo, Pere J. Simonet-Aineto, Pere J. Simonet-Aineto, Flores Vizcaya-Moreno, Flores Vizcaya-Moreno, Rosa Villafáfila-Ferrero, Rosa Villafáfila-Ferrero

“…The sample consisted of active clinician tutors of specialized health training of family and community nursing and medicine, this being the main inclusion criterion, regardless of the number of years of experience as a tutor. Data were analyzed following a content analysis method.ResultsFour focus groups were held with 25 participants: 32% nursing tutors (8) and 68% tutors of medicine (17). …”
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Construction of a register-based severity index for anorexia nervosa in Denmark: Association with overall and cause-specific mortality by Janne Tidselbak Larsen, Hannah Chatwin, Zi-Ping Zhang, Loa Clausen, Cynthia Marie Bulik, Laura Marie Thornton, Nadia Micali, Liselotte Vogdrup Petersen, Zeynep Yilmaz

“… Abstract Background Considering the high likelihood of chronicity, it is imperative to understand the risk factors and outcomes associated with severe anorexia nervosa (AN), for which Danish registers provide a unique opportunity. We developed a measure of AN severity adapted from clinical literature for use in register-based research. …”
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Photoaging smartphone app promoting poster campaign to reduce smoking prevalence in secondary schools: the Smokerface Randomized Trial: design and baseline characteristics by Michael Kreuter, Fabian N Fries, Titus J Brinker, Ute Mons, David A Groneberg, Anil Batra, Werner Seeger, Felix Herth, Julia Holzapfel, Tanja G Baudson, Katharina Sies, Lena Jakob, Hannah Maria Baumert, Marlene Heckl, Ana Cirac, Janina L Suhre, Verena Mathes, Hannah Spielmann, Nancy Rigotti, Tobias Raupach, Henning Gall, Claudia Bauer, Pat Marek, Chase H Harrison, Lava Taha, Andreas Owczarek, Felix J Hofmann, Roger Thomas

“…We took advantage of the widespread availability of mobile phones and adolescents’ interest in appearance to develop a free photoaging app which is promoted via a poster campaign in secondary schools. …”
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Hospitalized patients and stimulant use-associated heart failure: importance of ejection fraction and related risk factors by Akshat Agrawal, Brooke Scardino, Diensn G. Xing, Md. Shenuarin Bhuiyan, Md. Shenuarin Bhuiyan, Rick A. Bevins, Kalgi Modi, Tarek Helmy, Steven A. Conrad, Steven A. Conrad, Nicholas E. Goeders, Md Mostafizur Rahman Bhuiyan, John A. Vanchiere, John A. Vanchiere, A. Wayne Orr, A. Wayne Orr, Christopher G. Kevil, Christopher G. Kevil, Mohammad Alfrad Nobel Bhuiyan, Mohammad Alfrad Nobel Bhuiyan, Mohammad Alfrad Nobel Bhuiyan

“…Our study hypothesizes that stimulant users have a higher odds of developing HFrEF than HFpEF. Our study also compares demographic and comorbidities between the HF subtypes.MethodsNational Inpatient Sample data from 2008 to 2020 were used to identify hospital admissions among stimulant users with HF. …”
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Multicenter validation of an RNA-based assay to predict anti-PD-1 disease control in patients with recurrent or metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: the PREDAPT study by Howard L McLeod, A Dimitrios Colevas, Georges Azzi, Kevin C Flanagan, Douglas Adkins, Jessica Ley, Ezra E W Cohen, James Wade, Jon Earls, Jeffrey Hiken, Rachel L Wellinghoff, Michelle M Ponder, William H Westra, Vera Vavinskaya, Leisa Sutton, Ida Deichaite, Orlan K Macdonald, Karim Welaya, Andrew W Pippas, Jennifer Slim, Bruce Bank, Xingwei Sui, Steven E Kossman, Todd D Shenkenberg, Warren L Alexander, Katharine A Price, David N Messina, Jarret I Glasscock, Eric J Duncavage

“…Background Despite advances in cancer care and detection, >65% of patients with squamous cell cancer of the head and neck (HNSCC) will develop recurrent and/or metastatic disease. The prognosis for these patients is poor with a 5-year overall survival of 39%. …”
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Vitamin K‐dependent gamma‐carboxyglutamic acid protein 1 promotes pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma progression through stabilizing oncoprotein KRAS and tyrosine kinase receptor EGF... by Zheng Wu, Qing Ye, Shan Zhang, Li‐Peng Hu, Xiao‐Qi Wang, Lin‐Li Yao, Lei Zhu, Shu‐Yu Xiao, Zong‐Hao Duan, Xue‐Li Zhang, Shu‐Heng Jiang, Zhi‐Gang Zhang, De‐Jun Liu, Dong‐Xue Li, Xiao‐Mei Yang

“…The molecular function of transmembrane proline‐rich Gla proteins (PRRGs) remains unexplored. Methods Analysis of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) datasets, including transcription profiles, clinical data, and tissue microarrays, was conducted to evaluate PRRG1 expression and its clinical relevance. …”
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Electrocardiogram-Based Artificial Intelligence to Identify Coronary Artery Disease by Shinwan Kany, MD, MSc, Samuel F. Friedman, PhD, Mostafa Al-Alusi, MD, Shaan Khurshid, MD, MPH, Joel T. Rämö, MD, PhD, Daniel Pipilas, MD, James P. Pirruccello, MD, Christopher Reeder, PhD, Anthony A. Philippakis, MD, PhD, Jennifer E. Ho, MD, Mahnaz Maddah, PhD, Patrick T. Ellinor, MD, PhD, Akl C. Fahed, MD, MPH

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Vitamin D binding protein and receptor prevalence in a large population with periodontitis: single nucleotide polymorphism and transcriptomic profiling by Ziyan Nie, Xiaopan Hu, Peinan Hu, Peiqiang Li, Haijing Zhou, Xiaodong Xie

“…Then, we analyzed transcriptome sequencing datas of gingival tissues from two single-cell transcriptome sequencing studies to identify differential expression profiles. …”
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Association of metabolic score for insulin resistance with incident metabolic syndrome: a cohort study in middle-aged and older adult Chinese population by Qiuling Zhang, Yushuang Wei, Yushuang Wei, Shengzhu Huang, YeMei Mo, Boteng Yan, Boteng Yan, Xihui Jin, Xihui Jin, Mingjie Xu, Mingjie Xu, Xiaoyou Mai, Xiaoyou Mai, Chaoyan Tang, Haiyun Lan, Rongrong Liu, Mingli Li, Zengnan Mo, Zengnan Mo, Wenchao Xie

“…The adjusted multivariable Cox regression analysis indicated an elevated 15% risk of developing MetS for 1-SD increment of MetS-IR [hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals: 1.16 (1.13–1.18)]. …”
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Determinantes para uma Educação Física Inclusiva: perceção de um conjunto de professores especialistas em inclusão (Determinants for an Inclusive Physical Education: perception of... by Antonino Manuel Almeida Pereira, Tadeu Ferreira de Sousa Celestino, Esperança do Rosário Jales Ribeiro

“…Data were submitted to the content analysis technique. …”
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Association of Dipeptidyl Peptidase-4 Inhibitors with Glaucoma Risk in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Nationwide Cohort Study by Yi-An Lu, MD, Peng-Tai Tien, MD, PhD, Yih-Dih Cheng, PhD, Yow-Wen Hsieh, PhD, Der-Yang Cho, MD, Shang-Feng Tsai, MD, PhD, Chien-Hsiang Weng, MD, MPH, Heng-Jun Lin, Hui-Ju Lin, MD, PhD, I-Jong Wang, MD, PhD, Chien-Chih Chou, MD, PhD

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Pharmacological and structural characterization of vibostolimab, a novel anti-TIGIT blocking antibody for cancer immunotherapy by Hongmei Wang, Maribel Beaumont, Wendy Blumenschein, Laurence Fayadat-Dilman, Mingmei Cai, Jing Yuan, Douglas Wilson, Thierry O Fischmann, Jeanne Baker, Tanya Keenan, Daniel Malashock, Eunseon Ahn, Komal Pradhan, Jeffery Grein, Srishti Chakravorty, Soheila Bahmanjah, David Ban, Ellen Chien, Mark Hsieh, Todd Mayhood, Janica C Wong, Mark A McCoy, Sybil M G Williams, Wolfgang Seghezzi, Jin-Hwan Han

“…Biacore-based binding data indicate that both vibostolimab and tiragolumab bind on TIGIT with comparable binding affinity (KD), but different binding kinetics characterized by faster on and off rates, which may contribute to enhanced T-cell activation with vibostolimab, as evidenced by greater IL-2 production in an in vitro cell-based assay. …”
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Non-invasive biopsy diagnosis of diabetic kidney disease via deep learning applied to retinal images: a population-based study by Ziyao Meng, MEng, Zhouyu Guan, MD, Shujie Yu, MBBS, Yilan Wu, BSc, Yaoning Zhao, BSc, Jie Shen, PhD, Cynthia Ciwei Lim, MMed, Tingli Chen, MD, Dawei Yang, PhD, An Ran Ran, PhD, Feng He, MSc, Haslina Hamzah, BSc, Sarkaaj Singh, MSc, Anis Syazwani Abd Raof, MSc, Jian Wen Samuel Lee-Boey, MBBS, ProfMBBS Soo-Kun Lim, MBBS, ProfMD Xufang Sun, MBBS, Shuwang Ge, MD, ProfMD Gang Xu, MD, Prof Hua Su, MD, Yang Cheng, MD, Feng Lu, PhD, ProfPhD Xiaofei Liao, PhD, ProfPhD Hai Jin, PhD, Chenxin Deng, MMed, Lei Ruan, MD, ProfMD Cuntai Zhang, MD, Chan Wu, MD, ProfMD Rongping Dai, MD, Yixiao Jin, MSc, Wenxiao Wang, PhD, Tingyao Li, BSc, Ruhan Liu, PhD, Jiajia Li, PhD, Jia Shu, BEng, Yuwei Lu, MBBS, Xiangning Wang, MD, Qiang Wu, MD, Yiming Qin, BEng, Jin Tang, MD, Xiaohua Sheng, MD, Qiong Jiao, MD, ProfPhD Xiaokang Yang, MD, ProfPhD Minyi Guo, MD, Gareth J McKay, PhD, ProfPhD Ruth E Hogg, PhD, Gerald Liew, MBBS, Evelyn Yi Lyn Chee, PhD, ProfPhD Wynne Hsu, PhD, ProfPhD Mong Li Lee, PhD, Simon Szeto, MBChB, ProfMD Andrea O Y Luk, MBChB, ProfMD Juliana C N Chan, MBChB, Carol Y Cheung, PhD, Gavin Siew Wei Tan, FRCSEd, Yih-Chung Tham, PhD, ProfMD PhD Ching-Yu Cheng, PhD, Charumathi Sabanayagam, MD PhD, ProfPhD Lee-Ling Lim, MD PhD, ProfMD PhD Weiping Jia, MD PhD, ProfMD PhD Huating Li, MD PhD, Bin Sheng, Prof, Tien Yin Wong, Prof

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