Perceptions of Cardiovascular Healthcare Professionals Regarding Clinical Trials: A Survey-Based Study from the Middle East by Zainab Atiyah Dakhil, Hasan Ali Farhan, Mohammed Dheyaa Marsool, Mohammed Saad Qasim, Michele Peters, Jose Leal

“…The most common barriers to respondents’ participation in trials were lack of electronic health records (52.2% of those surveyed) and time (51.4%), followed by the requirement of additional follow-up visits or investigations (34.1%). …”
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The Impact of Linguistic Signals on Cognitive Change in Support Seekers in Online Mental Health Communities: Text Analysis and Empirical Study by Min Li, Dongxiao Gu, Rui Li, Yadi Gu, Hu Liu, Kaixiang Su, Xiaoyu Wang, Gongrang Zhang

“…The findings have significance for support providers. Additionally, our study offers pointers for managing and designing online communities for mental health.…”
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Factors influencing breast milk donation to a human milk bank in Iran: implications for policymakers and planners by Leila Doshmangir, Maryam Naghshi, Kamal Gholipour, Ayat Ahmadi, Hosein Azizi, Vladimir Sergeevich Gordeev

“…Logistic regression analysis was performed to examine the relationships between breast milk donation and these factors. Additionally, qualitative data were collected through face-to-face interviews with HMB senior staff and mothers. …”
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A thermo-responsive chitosan-based injectable hydrogel for delivery of curcumin-loaded polycaprolactone microspheres to articular cartilage: in-vitro and in-vivo assessments by Farnoosh Kalantarnia, Sasan Maleki, Amir Shamloo, Kazem Akbarnataj, Sayed Navid Tavoosi

“…The degradation rate of ∼55 % over 30 days was tailored to match the timeline of cartilage repair. Additionally, polycaprolactone microspheres, prepared by solid/oil/water method, were used to enhance the bio-availability of curcumin and its sustained delivery. …”
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Barlow Twins deep neural network for advanced 1D drug–target interaction prediction by Maximilian G. Schuh, Davide Boldini, Annkathrin I. Bohne, Stephan A. Sieber

“…In addition, we further benchmark new baselines against existing methods. …”
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Elevated risk of possible sarcopenia and weak muscle strength with higher dietary inflammatory index in Iranian breast cancer survivors: a cross-sectional study by Kianaz Shirinyfard Pilehrood, Gholamreza Askari, Mehran Sharifi, Mehdi Kargarfard, Sahar Saraf-Bank

“…In addition, a decreasing linear trend was observed between higher DII score and 0.059 and 0.349- units lower in appendicular skeletal muscle mass index and hand grip strength variables in the crude Model (P-value < 0.05). …”
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Challenges faced by community health volunteers in offering sexual and reproductive health care services to young women during the COVID-19 pandemic in Khwisero and Nairobi in Keny... by Mariam F. Yusuf, Mariam F. Yusuf, Mariam F. Yusuf, Washington Onyango-Ouma, Jacinta Victoria S. Muinde, Cynthia Khamala Wangamati

“…The challenges included distrust by the community as a result of the interaction between anti-COVID-19 measures and other past and present health interventions such as vaccines for other diseases, insufficient personal protective gear and equipment (PPEs), limited human and financial resources to address community needs, limited and poor training on response to misinformation that led to vaccine hesitancy, and mental strain from stigma and burnout.ConclusionDuring pandemics, governments should provide adequate personal protective gear and financial and human resources for CHVs' work as they deliver SRH services to the community under risky conditions. In addition, CHVs must be trained to address misinformation about relevant medical interventions during epidemics and pandemics and provided with psychosocial support to mitigate the impact of psychological distress.…”
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Quantitative Changes in Vascular and Neural Fibers Induced by Subretinal Fluid Excluding the Peripapillary Region in Patients with Chronic Central Serous Chorioretinopathy by Esra Kızıldağ Özbay, Şenol Sabancı, Mehmet Fatih Küçük, Muhammet Kazım Erol

“…<b>Results:</b> Patients with persistent SRF exhibited significant increases in RNFL thickness in the inferior and nasal quadrants compared to healthy controls (<i>p</i> = 0.003 and <i>p</i> = 0.014, respectively). Additionally, RPC vessel density in the small vessel disc area (%) was significantly lower in the persistent SRF group compared to controls (<i>p</i> = 0.021). …”
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Arsenic and Antimony in Hydrothermal Plumes from the Eastern Manus Basin, Papua New Guinea by Zhigang Zeng, Xiaoyuan Wang, Haiyan Qi, Bowen Zhu

“…As and Sb with Mn showed a positive correlation (R2>0.8, p<0.05), and the distributions of As and Sb within the hydrothermal plume are not controlled by particle adsorption or biogeochemical cycles, suggesting that As and Sb, like Mn, can be used to detect and describe the characteristics of hydrothermal plumes in seawater environment. In addition, anomalous layer with As/Sb ratio lower than those of ambient seawater at the same temperature is found in the eastern Manus basin, suggesting that the As/Sb ratio may also act as an effective tracer reflecting the effect of hydrothermal activity on As and Sb in the seawater column.…”
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Genome sequence and evaluation of safety and probiotic potential of Lacticaseibacillus paracasei LC86 and Lacticaseibacillus casei LC89 by Ting Chen, Yunjiao Zhao, Yunjiao Zhao, Yixuan Fan, Yao Dong, Zhonghui Gai

“…We tested various properties of the two strains, included tolerance, cell adhesion, hemolytic activity, catalase activity, gelatin hydrolysis, arginine hydrolysis ability, bile salt hydrolysis capacity, mucin degradation, bioamine, D-/L-lactic acid production and antibiotic susceptibility, to confirm the safety of LC86 and LC89 both in vitro and in vivo. Additionally, we studied the acute toxicity of LC86 and LC89 in mice through a 14-day oral gavage experiment.ResultsThe two strains selected were identified as Lacticaseibacillus paracasei and Lacticaseibacillus casei. …”
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Rapid and simple detection of Candida albicans using closed dumbbell-mediated isothermal amplification by Yanli Zhang, Xuhan Chen, Yeling Zhong, Fei Guo, Guifang Ouyang, Rui Mao

“…IntroductionCandida albicans, a human fungal pathogen, multiplies to invade body cells and causes fungal diseases in the condition of insufficient body's immune function. …”
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Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis; a distinctive presentation with myocarditis and autoimmune haemolytic anaemia: case report by Doaa Abdulwahab Mohammed Ayish, Fatma Ayish, Asayel Khamjan, Amal. H. Mohamed, Nagla Abdalghani, Osama Albasheer

“…The pathophysiological mechanism of cardiac involvement in EGPA warrants consideration of immunosuppressive therapy in addition to standard heart failure treatment.…”
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Effect of Preservation Methods on Physicochemical Quality, Phenolic Content, and Antioxidant Activity of Stevia Leaves by Nadia Hidar, Abdelhamid Noufid, Ayoub Mourjan, El Mustapha El Adnany, Safa Mghazli, Mohammed Mouhib, Abderrahim Jaouad, Mostafa Mahrouz

“…The effect of freeze-drying and gamma irradiation at 0.5, 1, and 2 kGy on the physicochemical composition (moisture, fat, ash, mineral, and chlorophyll contents), microstructure, total phenolic content, and antioxidant capacity of stevia leaves was investigated in the present study. …”
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Comprehensive Metabolomic Profiling in Adults with X-Linked Hypophosphatemia: A Case-Control Study by Luis Carlos López-Romero, José Jesús Broseta, Marta Roca-Marugán, Noemí Máñez Ramírez, Julio Hernández-Jaras

“…Enrichment analysis identified disturbances in key metabolic pathways, including phosphatidylethanolamine biosynthesis, sphingolipid metabolism, and phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis. Additionally, pathways related to cysteine metabolism, glycolysis, and pyruvate metabolism. …”
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Field Measurements of Building Air-Conditioning Heat Rejection and the Thermal Environment in Urban Areas by Kang Mu, Qiong Suo, Fangliang Ding, Changwei Jiang, Xiaofeng Zhang, Jing Ye

“…Despite this, studies examining the spatiotemporal effects of air-conditioning heat rejection at a block scale remain limited. Additionally, comparative studies on the role of building areas with air-conditioning systems versus natural underlying surfaces in the urban thermal environment are relatively scarce. …”
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A multi-level meta-analysis of the relationship between decision-making during birth and postpartum mental health by Louisa Arnold, Marie Völkel, Jenny Rosendahl, Michael Rost

“…Implications for practice concern establishing numerous antenatal care contacts as a standard to enhance birth preparedness for both birthing individuals and providers. Additionally, measuring the experience of intrapartum decision-making as an indicator of quality of care as a default to monitor, analyse, and improve decision-making and to facilitate accountability systems.…”
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Nitrogen and phosphorus absorption capability in environmental culture by Taiwan gravestone Anadonta woodiana Lea by Yuni Puji Hastuti, Kukuh Nirmala, Tyas Setioaji

“…On the density of ten gravestones, the body weight decreased until to 3.3%, while in the density of 15 gravestones decreased until to 2.5% on day 30. …”
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Impact of the Westerly Jet on Rainfall/Runoff in the Source Region of the Yangtze River during the Flood Season by Xin Lai, Yuanfa Gong, Sixian Cen, Hui Tian, Heng Zhang

“…When the intensity of the WJ over the key region is greater (less) than normal, the jet position moves northward (southward), and the easterly (westerly) wind anomalies over the region to the west of the SRYR become unfavorable (favorable) to the transport of water vapor from high-latitude regions to the SRYR. In addition, the southerly wind over the equatorial region cannot (can) easily advance northward, which is unfavorable (favorable) to the northward transport of water vapor from the low-latitude ocean. …”
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Downregulation of VRK1 Inhibits Progression of Lung Squamous Cell Carcinoma through DNA Damage by Ning Du, Boxiang Zhang, Yunfeng Zhang

“…The effect of VRK1 downregulation on DNA damage response (DDR) was examined by immunofluorescence staining and western blot assays and further validated by in vivo experiments. …”
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Unveiling the potential anticancer activity of Spirulina maxima extract-nanoemulsion through in vitro and in vivo studies by Mohammed Yasser Hussein, Merna Nasr, Veronia Emad, Julie Maged, Portia George, Amina Emad, Abeer Mahmoud Badr, Mehrez E. El-Naggar, Sayeda M. Abdo, Jihan Hussein

“…Histopathological examination showed that SMNEC3-treated groups had almost normal liver architecture. Additionally, SMNE downregulated oncogenic miR-221-3p and miR-222-3p, activating cancer suppression genes p27 and PTEN. …”
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