Clinical Research Network: JHCRN Infrastructure and Lessons Learned by Rahul Kashyap, Gayane Yenokyan, Robert Joyner, Melissa Gerstenhaber, Mary Alderfer, Erika Siegrist, Joan Moore, Channing J. Paller, Hanan Aboumatar, James J. Potter, Stanley Watkins Jr, John E. Niederhuber, Daniel E. Ford, Adrian Dobs

“…We report on the Johns Hopkins Clinical Research Network (JHCRN), established in 2009 as a multi‐disease research collaboration between the academic medical centers and community hospitals/health systems. …”
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Pre-IVF treatment with a GnRH antagonist in women with endometriosis (PREGNANT): study protocol for a prospective, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial by Hugh Taylor, Hao Huang, Lubna Pal, Heping Zhang, Howard J Li, Sandra Carson, Valerie Flores, Jared Robbins, Nanette F Santoro, James H Segars, David Seifer, Steven Young

“…Secondary outcomes include oocyte number, fertilisation rate, embryo morphology and implantation rates, as well as rates of known endometriosis-related obstetrical outcomes (pregnancy-induced hypertension, antepartum haemorrhage, caesarean delivery and preterm birth).Ethics and dissemination The PREGnant trial was approved by the Institutional Review Board at Johns Hopkins University. Results will be published in a peer-reviewed journal.Trial registration number NCT04173169.…”
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Effect of Attention Based Exercises in Balance Control and Fall Risk in Elderly Females - An Interventional Study by Arunima Sasidharan, L Gladson Jose

“…Outcome measures included Berg balance scale and John Hopkins Fall Risk Assessment Tool.Results Results after statistical analysis within and between groups indicated that Group A subjects highly benefitted from the attention focussed intervention provided to them for 12 weeks duration 36.37-47.26. …”
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Otolith Function in Young Skilled Football Players by Animesh Barman, Prajeesh Thomas, Shivaprakash Apoorva

“…The age-matched control group consisted of 11 healthy participants not involved in any physical activities regularly or as a hobby. Participants in both groups underwent cVEMP and oVEMP tests in both ears. …”
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Diversity, Structural, and Regeneration Analysis of Woody Species in the Afromontane Dry Forest of Harego, Northeastern Ethiopia by Belachew Bogale Worku, Emiru Birhane Hizkias, Seid Muhie Dawud

“…Rich and Prunus africana (Hook.f.) Kalkm. are vulnerable species. Fabaceae was the dominant family, and of the total species, 27 were shrubs, 19 were trees, and 4 were climbers. …”
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Patient experiences and discomfort associated with mid-palatal temporary skeletal anchorage devices by Aoife P. Barry, Vanessa Knode, Padhraig S. Fleming, Björn Ludwig

“…Pain experience; the use of analgesia; requirement for additional visits; impacts on hygiene, speech, eating, and hobbies; and social impacts were assessed. Reponses involved the use of a Visual Analogue Scale as well as binary information. …”
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Case studies in adaptation: centring equity in global health education during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond by Anna Pancheshnikov, C Nicholas Cuneo, Wilfredo R Matias, Rebeca Cázares-Adame, Abner Gamaliel Santos López, Ryan M Paxton, Chi Chiung Grace Chen

“…Case 2: Prevencasa, a community health organisation in Tijuana, Mexico, providing healthcare to local underserved communities, shifted its focus from hosting international trainees to developing a multidisciplinary training programme for Mexican healthcare professionals. Case 3: the Johns Hopkins Global Health Leadership Program adapted its curriculum into a hybrid online and in-person migrant health and human rights elective, collaborating with local organisations. …”
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The place of trainings in psychological support of personal transformations of police officers by N. Ye. Tverdokhliebova

“…The development of the value sphere of the personality of law enforcement officers helps to optimize their behavior and self-actuating in such spheres of life as occupation, family life, relationships, hobbies. The motivational component is one of the basic in the system of moral regulation of the activities and behavior of professionals and provides a positive attitude to the chosen kind of professional activity, the desire for self-actuating and achievements, moral and professional settings and interests. …”
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The REpeated ASSEssment of SurvivorS in intracerebral haemorrhage: protocol for a multicentre, prospective observational study by Daniel Woo, Richard Thompson, Carl D Langefeld, Nichol McBee, Daniel Hanley, Matthew L Flaherty, Lauren Sansing, Karen Lane, Lee A Gilkerson, Achala Vagal, Nathan Walborn, Wendy Ziai, Noeleen Ostapkovich, Kevin Triene, Timothy David Howard

“…If successful, the REASSESS study could demonstrate that reduction of ICH volume is a critical target to reduce the risk of progressive cognitive decline, establish targets for residual haematoma volume reduction and determine if greater residual haematoma volume leads to a long-term inflammatory state.Ethics and dissemination Approval of this study was obtained from the Johns Hopkins University Institutional Review Board (IRB00311985). …”
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Impact of sex on the adaptation of adult mice to long consumption of sweet-fat diet by N. M. Bazhan, T. V. Iakovleva, A. D. Dubinina, E. N. Makarova

“…For 10 weeks, male and female С57Bl mice were fed a standard laboratory chow (Control group) or a diet, which consisted of laboratory chow supplemented with sweet cookies, sunflower seeds and lard (SFD group). Weights of body, liver and fat depots, blood concentrations of hormones and metabolites, liver fat, and mRNA levels of genes involved in regulation of energy metabolism in the liver, perigonadal and subcutaneous white adipose tissue (pgWAT, scWAT) and brown adipose tissue (BAT) were measured. …”
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Financial Performance Evaluation Between Traditional Bank and Digital Bank During Digital Transformation: Evidence From Indonesia by Ahmad Jihan Tamami, Tony Irawan, Dikky Indrawan

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The impact of dance on fitness: Physical and educational benefits for high school students by Tekla Fruzsina TÓTH, Puskás Andrea LENTÉNÉ

“…The results also highlight that many students participating in the dance program choose some kind of sports activity outside school as a hobby.…”
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Different patterns of neurogenic quadrilateral space syndrome: a case series of undefined posterior shoulder pain by Giuseppe Porcellini, Alberto Brigo, Michele Novi, Elisa De Santis, Silvia Di Giacomo, Andrea Giorgini, Gian Mario Micheloni, Rocco Bonfatti, Alessandro Donà, Luigi Tarallo

“…All patients underwent a detailed medical history collection, were interviewed about the sports and hobbies they engaged in, and received a comprehensive clinical examination of the neck and shoulder. …”
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Snack products from whole-grain red sorghum flour with paprika and cocoa powders by Janić-Hajnal Elizabet, Banjac Vojislav, Filipčev Bojana, Radić Bojana, Kos Jovana, Šimurina Olivera, Cvetković Biljana

“…It can be used for baking, extrusion, and different cereal-based products such as bread, cookies, pasta, expanded snacks, and breakfast cereals. …”
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Relapse-free survival is progressively shortened in a subset of Black patients with immune-mediated TTP treated in the rituximab era by Ayotola Fatola, Michael D. Evans, Jenna Brown, Elizabeth Davis, Andrew Johnson, Ana G. Antun, Andrew M. Farland, Ryan Woods, Ara Metjian, Yara A. Park, Gustaaf de Ridder, Briana Gibson, Raj S. Kasthuri, Darla K. Liles, Susan Eubanks, Frank Akwaa, Todd Clover, Lisa Baumann Kreuziger, J. Evan Sadler, Meera Sridharan, Ronald S. Go, Keith R. McCrae, Harsh Vardhan Upreti, Ming Y. Lim, Nicole K. Kocher, Radhika Gangaraju, X. Long Zheng, Jay S. Raval, Camila Masias, Spero R. Cataland, Marshall Mazepa, Shruti Chaturvedi

“…Separately, we evaluated overall RFS (composite of time to clinical relapse, ADAMTS13 relapse, or preemptive rituximab) in a prospective iTTP cohort from the Johns Hopkins University and the University of Minnesota. …”
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Single nucleotide polymorphism-based visual identification of Rhodiola crenulata using the loop-mediated isothermal amplification technique by Li Hao, Xin Shi, Shiyu Wen, Caiye Yang, Yaqi Chen, Samo Yue, Jiaqiang Chen, Kexin Luo, Bingliang Liu, Yanxia Sun, Yi Zhang

“…IntroductionRhodiola crenulata (Hook.f. & Thomson) H.Ohba, a member of the Crassulaceae family, is a traditional Chinese medicine recognized as the original source of Rhodiolae Crenulatae Radix et Rhizoma in the 2020 edition of the China Pharmacopoeia. …”
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Identification of <i>Tinomiscium petiolare</i> from Vietnam using the DNA barcode by B. B. Thinh, R. V. Doudkin, L. D. Chac, H. V. Chinh, Q. V. Hoi, N. T. Lien

“…Tinomiscium petiolare Hook.f. &amp; Thomson is a medicinal species of the family Menispermaceae. …”
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Le Japon et la promotion du sport en Côte d’Ivoire : le cas du judo (1988-2020) by N'dri Laurent KOUAKOU

“… Les relations entre le Japon et la Côte d’Ivoire sont multiformes. Hormis la coopération économique et sociale, les deux pays entretiennent des relations culturelles depuis 1987. …”
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轮状病毒感染中血清抗体对病毒多肽的反应性

“…建立人轮状病毒(HRV)电转印免疫印迹技术(electrotransfering immunoblotting,ETIB)分析了3个不同血清型别的HRV抗原与同型及异型豚鼠抗血清的ETIB反应。在此基础上,以HRV Wa,Yo,Hochi株为抗原,用ETIB法检测46例急性腹泻患儿,17例正常婴幼儿及30例脐带血血清中抗HRV各种多肽的抗体及其出现的动态。…”
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Types and cost of wellness services provided by a neighborhood-based academic nursing center by Hae-Ra Han, Hae-Ra Han, Yoon-Jae Lee, Yoon-Jae Lee, Jennifer J. Lee, Chun-An Sun, Ophelia Dapaah-Gyimah, Patty Wilson, Catherine Ling, Eric Slade, Eric Slade

“…BackgroundDespite increased insurance coverage since 2010, racial and ethnic minorities in the United States still receive less medical care than White counterparts. The Johns Hopkins School of Nursing’s Center for Community Programs, Innovation, and Scholarship (COMPASS Center) provides free wellness services, aiming to address healthcare disparities in the neighborhoods.ObjectiveTo delineate the types and cost of wellness services provided by the COMPASS Center.MethodsThe study employed a secondary analysis design, utilizing Qualtrics surveys to assess wellness service data from 2017 to 2022 at two main program sites—Wald center and House of Ruth, Maryland.ResultsThe analysis covered 2,194 encounters (826 at Wald center and 1,368 at House of Ruth, Maryland). …”
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