Effectiveness of menstrual hygiene management training to enhance knowledge, attitude, and practice among adolescents in Sindhupalchowk, Nepal. by Swastika Shrestha, Saki Thapa, Bikram Bucha, Safal Kunwar, Bigyan Subedi, Aishwarya Rani Singh, Durga Datta Chapagain, Raghu Dhital, Maxine Caws

“…Higher attitude scores were significantly associated with Hindu religion while lower attitude scores were associated with a mother in an informal occupation.…”
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Analysis of egg quality and growth-related factors during embryogenic development of olive flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) fed different broodstock diets by Ji-Sung Moon, Minji Seong, Si-Chan Kim, Josel Cadangin, Ji-Hye Lee, Eun-Seo Lee, Bong-Seung Seo, Haham Kim, Su-Jin Park, Jukyoung Kim, Jinho Lee, Seunghyung Lee, Youn-Hee Choi

“…In contrast, higher egg diameter, oil globule diameter, hatching rate, and lower malformation rate were observed in the MP group compared to the EP group. …”
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Analysis of Risk Factors for Infection in Orthopedic Trauma Patients by Gi Ho Moon, Jae-Woo Cho, Beom Soo Kim, Do Hyun Yeo, Jong-Keon Oh

“…We analyzed age, sex, open fracture criteria based on Gustilo-Aderson classification 3b, anatomical location (upper extremity or lower extremity) of fracture, diabetes, smoking, ISS. …”
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Clinical Efficacy of Subhypothermia in the Treatment of Neonatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy Combined with Myocardial Damage by XiaoPing Dang, XiaoJian Hu, Xun Jiang, WeiGuo Chen, YuanCui Meng, Qi Pan, Fen Yang

“…After treatment, the serum levels of S-100β protein, Tau protein, NSE, CK, CK-MB, LDH, ɑ-HBDH, Myo, CT-1, cTnI, ROS, IL-1β, IL-8, and TNF-ɑ were reduced in both groups, and the study group was lower than the control group (P<0.05). The serum levels of SOD and GSH-Px were higher in both groups after treatment than before treatment and were higher in the study group than in the control group (P<0.05). …”
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Diffusion MRI-based analysis of functional alterations of the glymphatic system in children with non-lesional epilepsy by Bixia Wu, Gengbiao Zhang, Yanting Wang, Hongyi Zheng, Hui Tan, Wenbin Zheng

“…Results: The NLE group had significantly lower ALPS indexes in the left (ALPS-L, F = 4.415, p = 0.038) and right (ALPS-R, F = 12.673, p = 0.001) cerebral hemispheres compared to the HC group. …”
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Laboratory analysis to determine the accurate characteristics of urban food waste by A. Charkhestani, D. Yousefi Kebria

“…However, the models developed based on ultimate analysis, including Dulong, Steuer, and Scheurer-Kestner, had a lower accuracy (with higher heating value of 1.4 to 5 MJ/kg). …”
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Geographic and socioeconomic variation of sodium and potassium intake in Italy: results from the MINISAL-GIRCSI programme by Simona Giampaoli, Francesco P Cappuccio, Chen Ji, Luigi Palmieri, Diego Vanuzzo, Chiara Donfrancesco, Renato Ippolito, Pasquale Strazzullo

“…Those in occupation V (low-skill workers) showed a 3% lower potassium excretion compared with those in occupation I. …”
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Enhancing climate resilience: A data-driven north rift weather prediction system for real-time forecasting and agricultural decision support by John W. Makokha, Peter W. Barasa, Geoffrey W. Khamala

“…The analysis also reveals that climatic factors particularly temperature (minimum and maximum) and precipitation play a critical role in shaping these trends, with high temperatures after 2000 associated with reduced NDVI, while regions with higher precipitation show healthier vegetation and lower BSI. The successful development of the NRWPS model provides significant opportunities for informing land management strategies, conservation efforts, and agricultural practices, enabling data-driven decision-making. …”
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Harnessing genetic diversity in cotton for enhanced resilience against salt stress by using agro-physiological characters by Muhammad Mubashar Zafar, Aqsa Ijaz, Zunaira Anwar, Muhammad Shahid Iqbal, Saba Zafar, Mishal Subhan, Mahmoud F. Seleiman, Bushra A. Alhammad, Maha Aljabri, Fei Qiao, Abbas Shoukat, Amir Shakeel, Sezai Ercisli, Arfan Ali, Abdul Razzaq, Xuefei Jiang

“…The genotypes CCB-17, CCB-18, CCB-19, CCB-20, CCB-21, CCB-22, Hatf-3, Badar-1, Eagle-2, Eagle-4, CCB-23, CCB-24, CCB-25, CCB-26 and CCB-28 exhibited lower values for agro-physiological and fiber quality character respectively, signifying their sensitivity to salt stress. …”
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Short communication: The importance of random effects in detecting purging of inbreeding depression: A model comparison in Pannon White rabbits by I. Nagy, I. Curik, A.T. Nguyen, J. Farkas, Gy. Kövér

“…In contrast, the reduced KAL model (AUC-ROC = 0.5730, AUC-PR = 0.9553) and the reduced IP model (AUC-ROC = 0.5686, AUC-PR = 0.9546), which did not include random dam effects, had significantly lower AUC values. Based on our empirical results using the receiver ROC and PR curves, it could be concluded that the inclusion of random dam effects significantly increased the predictive power of the KAL and IP approaches. …”
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The expression of BHLHE22 in endometrial carcinoma: Associations with mismatch repair protein expression status, tumor-infiltrating immune cells, programmed death-ligand 1 and clin... by Lin-Yu Chen, Hsing-Yu Chen, Hung-Cheng Lai, Shiou-Fu Lin, Kuo-Chang Wen, Darmawi, Phui-Ly Liew

“…Results: Twenty-nine of 109 cases (26.6 %) had high BHLHE22 expression, which was associated with higher tumoral CD8, higher stromal CD68 and lower progesterone receptor (PR). Survival analysis of the TCGA dataset showed better overall survival in subgroups with high BHLHE22/high CD8, high BHLHE22/low M2 macrophage, and high BHLHE22/low myeloid-derived suppressor cell. …”
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Healthcare Resource Utilization Among Patients With Agitation in Alzheimer Dementia by Christie Teigland, Zulkarnain Pulungan, David Bruhn, Steve Hwang

“…Patients with agitation in Alzheimer dementia were more likely than those without agitation in Alzheimer dementia to have lower socioeconomic status (dual eligibility for Medicaid, 45.0% vs 41.7%, respectively) or be disabled (10.5% vs 9.4%). …”
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Exploring the Prognostic Role of Trop-2, CD47, and CD163 Expression Levels on Survival Outcomes in Patients with Triple-Negative Breast Cancer by Ramazan Oguz Yüceer, Sedanur Aydın, Iclal Gelir, Tulay Koc, Ersin Tuncer, Mahmut Ucar

“…High CD47 expression (44.6%) was correlated with advanced stage (<i>p</i> = 0.044), whereas high CD163 expression (45.7%) was associated with advanced stage (<i>p</i> = 0.021), absence of comorbidities (<i>p</i> = 0.022), and lower pT stage (<i>p</i> = 0.023). Moderate positive correlations were found between Trop-2 and CD47 (<i>p</i> = 0.022), Trop-2 and CD163 (<i>p</i> = 0.037), and CD47 and CD163 (<i>p</i> < 0.001), respectively. …”
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Economic impact of medication non-adherence by disease groups: a systematic review by Victoria Garcia-Cardenas, Rachelle Louise Cutler, Fernando Fernandez-Llimos, Michael Frommer, Charlie Benrimoj

“…Wide-scoping cost variations were reported, with lower levels of adherence generally associated with higher total costs. …”
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Impact of gut microbial diversity on egg production performance in chickens by Liping Wu, Tao Zhang, Zhihua Luo, Huiyuan Xiao, Di Wang, Cailong Wu, Xinyan Fang, Jiawei Li, Jing Zhou, Junjie Miao, Hongli Tan, Yanan Wang, Qing Liu, Jianhua Huang

“…High egg-producing chickens exhibit a higher abundance of specific bacterial taxa, such as Firmicutes and Proteobacteria, which are linked to enhanced nutrient absorption and metabolic efficiency. Conversely, lower and medium egg-producing chickens display greater microbial diversity, suggesting a more complex but less efficient gut ecosystem. …”
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Modeling the tropical fish community related to land uses and environmental determinants by N. Takarina, O. Chuan, M. Afifudin, L. Tristan, I. Arif, A. Adiwibowo

“…Akaike’s information criterion was assigned to model the relationship between environmental factors and the fish community.FINDINGS: Coasts characterized by anthropogenic disturbances and the absence of mangrove cover have a lower potential of hydrogen (pH) and reduced fish diversity by up to 53.91%. …”
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The Prevalence of Hypertension in the Population without Awareness of the Disease: Data from a Rural Town of Shandong Province, China by Maoti Wei, Li Dong, Fenghua Wang, Kai Cui, Jiamin Yu, Delong Ma, Ning Yang, Yuming Li

“…Age, BMI, total cholesterol, triglyceride, and drinking rate were positively correlated with the prevalence of hypertension, that is, the higher the level of these factors, the higher the prevalence of hypertension; on the contrary, LDL and smoking rate might be negatively correlated with the prevalence of hypertension, which means, the higher the prevalence of hypertension, the lower the level of these two indicators. Binary and multinominal logistic results showed that age, BMI, and drinking had stronger effects on the higher blood pressure level. …”
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Effects of 24-hour urine-output trajectories on the risk of acute kidney injury in critically ill patients with cirrhosis: a retrospective cohort analysis by Jia Wang, Dongdong Niu, Xiaolin Li, Yumei Zhao, Enlin Ye, Jiasheng Huang, Suru Yue, Xuefei Hou, Jiayuan Wu

“…The CIF curves demonstrated that patients with continuously low urine output (Class 2), a rapid decline in urine output after initially high levels (Class 3), and urine output that decreased slowly and then stabilized at a lower level (Class 4) were at higher risk for AKI than those with consistently moderate urine output (Class 1). …”
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Predictive factors for the diagnosis of coeliac disease in children and young people in primary care: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Christian E Farrier, Marta Wanat, Anthony Harnden, Amy Paterson, Nia Roberts, Defne Saatci, Jennifer Hirst

“…The final three were associated with lower risk of CD diagnosis.<h4>Discussion</h4>This is the first systematic review and meta-analysis of predictive factors for CD in children. …”
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The association of physical activity and carotid intima-media-thickness in adolescents—data of the prospective early vascular ageing-tyrol cohort study by Bernhard Winder, Bernhard Winder, Bernhard Winder, Sophia J. Kiechl, Sophia J. Kiechl, Benoît Bernar, Benoît Bernar, Nina Gande, Anna Staudt, Anna K. Stock, Anna K. Stock, Christoph Hochmayr, Ralf Geiger, Andrea Griesmacher, Stefan Kiechl, Stefan Kiechl, Ursula Kiechl-Kohlendorfer, Michael Knoflach, Michael Knoflach, the Early Vascular Ageing (EVA)-Tyrol Study Group, Carmen Reiter, Christina Schreiner Julia Klingenschmid, Julia Marxer, Martina Kothmayer, Maximilian Pircher, Manuela Bock-Bartl, Mandy Asare, Maximilian Bohl, Raimund Pechlaner

“…Using cfPWV in a multivariate model an inverse correlation with the BS (p = 0.023) was observed, but not for minutes sports per day (p = 0.554).ConclusionIn our large community-based cohort of adolescents, PA was associated with an increased cIMT but shows a trend towards lower aortic stiffness measured by cfPWV. We hypothesize that the association of PA with increased cIMT is not caused by early atherosclerotic vessel wall changes but is rather a physiologic adaptive process of the vessel wall. …”
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