La importancia del deshielo del Ártico para México by Alondra Yazmin López Medina, Iván López, Mercedes Pardo

“…Para obtener los resultados, se realiza un análisis de carácter exploratorio, del cual se concluye que, a pesar de la repercusión tanto del deshielo del Ártico como del cambio climático en la crisis climática actual que afecta a todos los países, y específicamente a México, dentro de las agendas políticas de la nación, de la ciudadanía y de los medios de comunicación de masas son temas secundarios.…”
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Impact of Sacral Surface Therapeutic Electrical Stimulation on Early Recovery of Urinary Continence after Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy: A Pilot Study by Haruo Nakagawa, Yasuhiro Kaiho, Shunichi Namiki, Shigeto Ishidoya, Seiichi Saito, Yoichi Arai

“…A total of 35 consecutive patients who underwent radical prostatectomy by a single surgeon were enrolled in this study. Twenty early patients began pelvic floor muscle exercise (PME). …”
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Teacher reward challenges and student academic performance in selected secondary schools in Luwero district. by Auk, Timothy, Sekiwu, Denis, Edoru, John Michael

“…The findings were that the teachers and administrators enrolled, showed that teacher reward challenges like meager payment 77.3%, rewards not on merit 63.9%, no recognition 66.0%, inadequate funding for teachers reward 85.6, poor management of teacher reward systems 76.3% and salary delay 84.5% influences student academic performance. …”
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Evaluation of a peer support group programme for vulnerable host population and refugees living with diabetes and/or hypertension in Lebanon: a before-after study by Leah Anku Sanga, Carla Njeim, Éimhín Ansbro, Rima Kighsro Naimi, Ali Ibrahim, Benjamin Schmid, Jasmin Lilian Diab, Jytte Roswall, Tim Clayton, Lars Bruun Larsen, Pablo Perel

“…Results A total of 445 patients were approached for enrolment in wave 1, 259 (58%) consented, of whom 81 were enrolled. …”
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A prospective randomized controlled trial comparing biphasic cartilage repair implant with microfracture in small chondral lesions of knee: findings at five-year-follow-up by Yao-Yi Kuo, Si-Qi Chiu, Wen-Pei Chang, Chih-Yu Chen, Chih-Hwa Chen, Chen-Kun Liaw, Cheng-Aun Tan, Pei-Wei Weng

“…Methods This randomized controlled clinical trial enrolled patients with symptomatic knee chondral lesions smaller than 3 cm2. …”
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LIPS and PaO2/FiO2 Combined Plasma Biomarkers Predict Onset of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Patients of High Risks in SICU: A Prospective Exploratory Study by Ziyuan Shen, Zhongnan Yin, Senhao Wei, Zhukai Cong, Feng Zhao, Hua Zhang, Xi Zhu

“…We conducted a prospective, observational study from January 2020 to December 2023, which enrolled 263 patients of high risks in the SICU of Peking University Third Hospital consecutively; they were classified as ARDS and non-ARDS according to whether ARDS occurred after enrollment. …”
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Economía solidaria: estrategia alternativa para el desarrollo local by Erika Paulina Tapia Panch, Silvia Marcela Tapia Panchi, Jeanette Lorena Moscoso Córdova, Hermel David Ortíz Román

“…En el marco de estos programas, desde hace algunos años se promueve a nivel internacional la economía solidaria, dentro de la cual se ubican algunas formas de organización social como las cooperativas, las sociedades mutuales y las empresas sociales, las cuales favorecen el alcance de los objetivos propuestos dentro de las políticas de desarrollo local. …”
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Darker Skin Color Measured by Von Luschan Chromatic Scale and Increased Sunlight Exposure Time Are Independently Associated with Decreased Odds of Vitamin D Deficiency in Thai Ambu... by Nipith Charoenngam, Sutin Sriussadaporn

“…A total of 334 patients were enrolled. Data were expressed as mean ± SD. The mean serum 25(OH)D was 25.21 ± 10.06 ng/mL. …”
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Prediction Efficiency of Postoperative Acute Kidney Injury in Acute Stanford Type A Aortic Dissection Patients with Renal Resistive Index and Semiquantitative Color Doppler by Huai Qin, Yaqiong Li, Nan Zhang, Tiezhu Wang, Zhanming Fan

“…Methods. 84 AAAD patients received Sun’s surgical management, and 67 patients were enrolled. RRI and SQC Doppler grade were evaluated by ultrasonography, respectively, at 6 hours after surgery. …”
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Hemodiafiltration with endogenous reinfusion for uremic toxin removal in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis: a pilot study by Renhua Lu, Yan Fang, Wangshu Wu, Xiaojun Zeng, Tingting Liu, Yue Qian, Yuanyuan Xie, Yijun Zhou, Leyi Gu

“…Objective To delineate the efficacy and safety profile of hemodiafiltration with endogenous reinfusion (HFR) for uremic toxin removal in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis (MHD).Methods Patients who have been on MHD for a period of at least 3 months were enrolled. Each subject underwent one HFR and one hemodiafiltration (HDF) treatment. …”
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Sustainable Distance E-Learning for Enhanced Students Retention and Support: Faculty of Law National Open University of Nigeria in Focus by Erimma Gloria Orie

“…The institution has 455,837 students as at April 2016 enrolled and has graduated 12000 students since re-launched in 2002 and in 2017 alone graduated 12000 students, the highest in any year since its relaunch in 2002. …”
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USO DE SUBPRODUCTOS DE CAÑA PANELERA COMO SUPLEMENTO ALIMENTICIO PARA GANADO BOVINO Y PARA EVITAR LA CONTAMINACIÓN AMBIENTAL by F Pachón, G Tovar, N Urbina, N Martínez

“…El presente artículo se enmarca dentro de la caracterización del sistema de producción bovina del municipio de Utica (Cundinamarca) y dentro de los problemas más importantes que lo afectan. …”
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Apolipoprotein A-V Is a Novel Diagnostic and Prognostic Predictor in Pediatric Patients with Sepsis: A Prospective Pilot Study in PICU by Chunxia Wang, Yun Cui, Huijie Miao, Xi Xiong, Jiaying Dou, Lujing Shao, Xiaomeng Tang, Yucai Zhang

“…A total of 101 patients with sepsis were enrolled in this study. The PICU mortality rate was 10.9% (11/101). …”
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The Effect of Coronary Artery Disease on the Prognosis of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: A Multi-Center Cohort Study by Guoqing Hou, Qian Liao, Huihui Ma, Yan Shu, Shengzhi Zeng, Yongmei Zhou, Liangjun Luo, Gang Zhao, Tao He, Mingjiang Liu, Jianhong Tao, Wei Hua, Xiaoping Li

“…The total number of patients enrolled was 2167, and the mean follow-up period was 6.4 years (interquartile range 2.8–9.5 years). …”
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Oncolytic virus OH2 extends survival in patients with PD-1 pretreated melanoma: phase Ia/Ib trial results and biomarker insights by Juan Li, Xuan Wang, Li Zhou, Jun Guo, Lu Si, Bixia Tang, Chuanliang Cui, Xiaoting Wei, Xinan Sheng, Siming Li, Zhihong Chi, Lili Mao, Bin Lian, Xieqiao Yan, Yan Kong, Caili Li, Xiangyong Gu, Binlei Liu, Hui Tian, Han Hu

“…NCT04386967 is the clinical trial identifier.Results All 44 patients were enrolled. OH2 was well tolerated without serious adverse events (AEs) or deaths reported. …”
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Phase I study of efineptakin alfa (NT-I7) for the treatment of Kaposi sarcoma by Leonard D’Amico, Martin Cheever, Steven P Fling, Anna Wright, Kathryn Lurain, Ramya Ramaswami, Irene Ekwede, Thomas S Uldrick, Robert Yarchoan, Judith C Kaiser, Angela Shaulov Kask, Manoj P Menon, Paul Couey, Eli Burnham, Allysson Angeldekao, Byung Ha Lee, Li-Lian Kwok, Chia-Ching Jackie Wang

“…The study was closed to accrual after enrolment of the second participant on DL2 due to termination of study funding. …”
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Representativeness of the dabigatran, apixaban and rivaroxaban clinical trial populations to real-world atrial fibrillation patients in the United Kingdom: a cross-sectional analys... by Gregory Y H Lip, Sally Lee, Brigitta U Monz, Andreas Clemens, Martina Brueckmann

“…Using the CHADS2 method of risk stratification, for the population at intermediate or high risk of stroke and eligible for anticoagulation treatment (CHADS2 ≥1; n=71 493 (85%)), the proportion eligible for inclusion into RE-LY was 74% (95% CI 73.7% to 74.3%; n=52 783), compared with 72% (95% CI 71.7% to 72.3%; n=51 415) for ARISTOTLE and 56% (95% CI 55.6% to 56.4%; n=39 892) for ROCKET-AF.Conclusions Patients enrolled within RE-LY and ARISTOTLE were more reflective of the ‘real-world’ AF population in the UK, in contrast with patients enrolled within ROCKET-AF who were a more narrowly defined group of patients at higher risk of stroke. …”
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A randomized, placebo-controlled, cross-over trial of ketamine in Rett syndrome by Kathleen Campbell, Jeffrey L. Neul, David N. Lieberman, Elizabeth Berry-Kravis, Tim A. Benke, Cary Fu, Alan Percy, Bernhard Suter, David Morris, Randall L. Carpenter, Eric D. Marsh, Jana von Hehn

“…Results Twenty-three participants enrolled (11 in Cohort 1, 12 in Cohort 2) from 3/12/2019–11/22/2021. …”
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Understanding the experiences of young, urban, Indigenous mothers-to-be in British Columbia, Canada by Nicole L. A. Catherine, Jennifer Leason, Namaste Marsden, Brittany Barker, Ange Cullen, Ashley Simpson, Brandi Anne Berry, Erik Mohns, Donna Yung, Yufei Zheng, Harriet MacMillan, Charlotte Waddell

“…This study therefore aimed to describe the experiences of young, urban, Indigenous mothers-to-be who enrolled in a larger BC early prevention trial designed to reach families experiencing socioeconomic disadvantage. …”
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Sociodemographic Risk Factors for Mental Health Disorders Among School Children in Umuahia, South-East Nigeria by Ikechukwu F. Ogbonna, Chizoba F. Achor, Joseph Ezeogu

“…Results: Forty-five (11.7%) of the 384 children enrolled had MHD. The sociodemographic risk factors for MHD were the children’s age, sex, and socioeconomic status (SES) of their caregivers, and their caregivers’ marital status and categories (P < 0.05). …”
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