Essential core competencies for scope of practice of paediatric oncology nurses in Latin America: a scoping review protocol by Luís Carlos Lopes-Júnior, Regina Aparecida Garcia Lima, Soad Fuentes-Alabi, Edmara Bazoni Soares Maia, Karina de Cássia Braga Ribeiro, Courtney E Sullivan, Monnie Abraham, Lorena Segovia Weber, Liliana Vásquez Ponce

“…MEDLINE/PubMed, Cochrane Library, Embase, CINAHL, Web of Science, Scopus, Science Direct and Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Literature, plus additional sources: The ProQuest Dissertation & Theses Global, The British Library, Google Scholar, medRXiv, ClinicalTrials.gov and WHO-ICTRP will be searched. …”
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Long-term Home Mechanical Ventilation of Children in İstanbul by Mürüvvet Yanaz, Füsun Ünal, Evrim Hepkaya, Hakan Yazan, Sinem Can Oksay, Ebru Köstereli, Cansu Yılmaz Yeğit, Azer Kılıç Başkan, Zeynep Reyhan Onay, Aynur Gulieva, Aslınur Soyyiğit, Mine Kalyoncu, Hanife Büşra Küçük, Yetkin Ayhan, Almala Pınar Ergenekon, Emine Atağ, Selçuk Uzuner, Nilay Baş İkizoğlu, Ayşe Ayzıt Kılınç, Pınar Ay, Ela Erdem Eralp, Sedat Öktem, Erkan Çakır, Saniye Girit, Zeynep Seda Uyan, Haluk Çokuğraş, Refika Ersu, Bülent Karadağ, Fazilet Karakoç

“…Most subjects in the NIV group (81.1%) received ventilation support only during sleep, whereas most subjects in the invasive ventilation group (55.7%) received continuous ventilator support (P < 0.001). In addition to ventilation support, 41.9% of the subjects in the invasive ventilation group and 28.6% in the NIV group received oxygen supplementation (P = 0.002). …”
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S6P mutation in Delta and Omicron variant spike protein significantly enhances the efficacy of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines by Yong-Sik Bong, David Brown, Ezra Chung, Neeti Ananthaswamy, Renxiang Chen, Renxiang Chen, Evan Lewoczko, William Sabbers, Athéna C. Patterson-Orazem, Zachary Dorsey, Yiqing Zou, Xue Yu, Jiening Liang, Jiaxi He, Steven Long, Dong Shen

“…The vaccine’s immunogenicity and protective efficacy were evaluated in preclinical models, including monovalent (RV-1730) and bivalent (RV-1731) formulations targeting the Delta and BA.1 variants. Additionally, the effectiveness of RV-1730 as a heterologous booster following primary vaccination with BNT162b2 (Pfizer-BioNTech) and mRNA-1273 (Moderna-NIAID) was assessed.ResultsRV-1730 elicited significantly stronger B and T cell responses and more durable neutralizing antibodies compared to S2P-based vaccines. …”
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Breeding Performances of the European Blackbird (Turdus merula) in Morocco: Habitat Selection, Breeding Phenology, and Breeding Success by Abderahim El Hassani, Ismail Mansouri, Wafae Squalli, Abdelbari El Agy, Amine Assouguem, Kenza Bouayad, Abdellah Markou, Mohamed Mounir, Hamid Achiban, Mohamed Dakki, Lahsen El Ghadraoui

“…Blackbird nests were cup-shaped with medium size dimensions and built from twigs, including dry leaves, stems, and roots walled by the mud. …”
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Effect of electroacupuncture on vascular remodeling in rats with cerebral ischemia by regulating irisin based on VEGF/Akt/eNOS signaling pathway by Lu Cao, Wenchao Ding, Yashuo Feng, Chong Guan, Li Liu, Hongyu Xie, Kewei Yu, Dongyan Xu, Lijuan Zhao, Xuan Sha, Xiaoman Deng, Santian Wu, Yangrui Wang, Yi Wu, Tingting Zhang, Nianhong Wang

“…Results: The number of FNDC5-positive neurons, fluorescence intensity, and irisin expression reached their maximum increase after 7 days of EA treatment. In addition, the EA group exhibited a significant reduction in cerebral infarct volume and impairment of neurobehavioral function, an increase in cerebral blood flow and microvascular diameter on the ischemic side, and significantly higher expression levels of FNDC5, brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), protein kinase B (Akt), and endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS). …”
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Human soft tissue sarcomas harbor an intratumoral viral microbiome which is linked with natural killer cell infiltrate and prognosis by William J Murphy, Robert J Canter, Nikhil Joshi, Sean J Judge, Morgan A Darrow, Steve W Thorpe, Alicia A Gingrich, Lauren M Perry, Sylvia M Cruz, Kara T Kleber, Louis B Jones, Ugur N Basmaci, Matthew L Settles, Blythe P Durbin-Johnson, Arta Monir Monjazeb, Janai Carr-Ascher, Jonathan A Eisen

“…Our data suggest that the STS tumor microbiome has prognostic significance with viral relative abundance associated with NK infiltration and oncologic outcome. Additional studies are warranted to further assess the clinical impact of these findings.…”
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Study for Improving Maternal Pregnancy And Child ouTcomes (IMPACT): a study protocol for a Swedish prospective multicentre cohort study by Anders Larsson, Henrik Imberg, Marius Kublickas, Anna-Karin Wikström, Peter Lindgren, Lina Bergman, Bo Jacobsson, Anna Sandström, Stefan Hansson, Peter Conner, Ylva Carlsson

“…Blood samples are collected and stored in a biobank. Additional predictors and pregnancy outcomes are retrieved from the Swedish Pregnancy Register. …”
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Purinergic Signaling Pathway in Human Olfactory Neuronal Precursor Cells by Héctor Solís-Chagoyán, Edgar Flores-Soto, Marcela Valdés-Tovar, Montserrat G. Cercós, Eduardo Calixto, Luis M. Montaño, Carlos Barajas-López, Bettina Sommer, Arnoldo Aquino-Gálvez, Citlali Trueta, Gloria A. Benítez-King

“…The clonal culture was enriched with SOX2 and OCT3/4 transcription factors; additionally, the proportion of nestin-immunopositive cells, the proliferation capability, and functionality of differentiated progeny remained unaltered through the long-term clonal culture. hONPC expressed P2X receptor subtypes 1, 3-5, and 7, as well as P2Y2, 4, 6, and 11; ATP induced both exocytosis and a transient [Ca2+]i increase predominantly by activation of metabotropic P2Y receptors. …”
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Arbovirus exposure and subclinical myocardial dysfunction in an Indigenous population in Northeast Brazil: a cross-sectional study by Jandir Mendonça Nicacio, Carlos Dornels Freire de Souza, Ricardo Khouri, Vanessa Cardoso Pereira, Rodrigo Feliciano do Carmo, Pedro Vinícius Amorim de Medeiros Patriota, Sávio Luiz Pereira Nunes, Jeová Cordeiro de Morais Júnior, Manoel Barral-Netto, João Augusto Costa Lima, Anderson da Costa Armstrong

“…We assessed the seroprevalence of dengue, chikungunya, and Zika viruses in the Fulni-ô Indigenous community, the less urbanized and most traditional group. Additionally, we explored the relationship between these viruses and subclinical heart disease, assessed by speckle-tracking echocardiography-derived GLS. …”
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Activity-based chemical proteomics reveals caffeic acid ameliorates pentylenetetrazol-induced seizures by covalently targeting aconitate decarboxylase 1 by Guanjun Li, Ling Huang, Di Gu, Peili Wang, Letai Yi, Wenhua Kuang, Ying Zhang, Junzhe Zhang, Dandan Liu, Qiaoli Shi, Huan Tang, Jichao Sun, Guohua Zeng, Xin Peng, Jigang Wang

“…Methods In this study, we established pentylenetetrazol-induced acute and kindling models of seizures. Additionally, a BV2 microglial cellular inflammation model was established by lipopolysaccharide stimulation. …”
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Sessile Serrated Lesions: Searching for the True Prevalence and Risk Factors in China by Bing-Yue Yao, Li Zhang, Chuan-Xia Wu, Liang Zheng, Ben-Song Duan, Qin-Wei Xu, Jing-Jing Lian, Hai-Bin Zhang, Yu Wang, Jia Cao

“…However, the SSL detection rate remains debatable and lacks a definitive consensus. Additionally, understanding the influencing factors in SSL development is limited. …”
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Laser Vaporization of Intracoronary Thrombus and Identifying Plaque Morphology in ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction as Assessed by Optical Coherence Tomography by Yuki Yamanaka, Yoshihisa Shimada, Daisuke Tonomura, Kazunori Terashita, Tatsuya Suzuki, Kentaro Yano, Satoshi Nishiura, Masataka Yoshida, Takao Tsuchida, Hitoshi Fukumoto

“…Plaque rupture was identified by OCT in only 22 cases (23.9%) after MT, but was distinguishable in 36 additional cases after ELCA (total: 58 cases; 63.0%). …”
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Cochlear implantation in vestibular schwannoma: A game changer? A narrative review by Luis Lassaletta, Miryam Calvino, Isabel Sánchez-Cuadrado, José Manuel Morales-Puebla, Javier Gavilán

“…The variability of the outcomes still precludes routine CI in VS with normal contralateral hearing. In addition to VS undergoing surgical resection and CI placement, some observed and irradiated VS cases also benefit from a CI. …”
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Relationship Between Perilesional Skin Condition and Survival in Terminally Ill Patients with Pressure Ulcers by María Isabel Pastor-Orduña, Federico Palomar-Llatas, David Palomar-Albert, María Teresa Murillo-Llorente, Ignacio Ventura, Francisco Tomás-Aguirre, Marcelino Pérez-Bermejo

“…These findings support the implementation of therapeutic interventions based on a structured perilesional tissue assessment to improve quality of life and prolong survival in terminally ill patients. In addition, a positive correlation was found between Barthel Score and survival, suggesting that patients with greater functional independence have a longer life expectancy. …”
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Factorial invariance of the generalized anxiety disorder scale (GAD-7) in Latin America and the Caribbean by Norman López, Norman López, Juan-Carlos Coronado, Daniela Ripoll-Córdoba, Nicole Caldichoury, César Quispe-Ayala, Breiner Morales-Asencio, Raúl Quincho-Apumayta, Cesar Castellanos, Juan Martínez, Juan Cárdenas-Valverde, Luis Mario Castellanos-Alvarenga, David Salazar, Irina Flores-Poma, Jorge Herrera-Pino, Wendy Bada, Yuliana Flórez, Karen Alcos-Flores, Boris Zurita-Cueva, Elsa Muñoz Romero, Cristian Romo, Regulo Antezana, Claudio Avila Saldaña, Pascual A. Gargiulo

“…The model fit indices were adequate (RMSEA = 0.062; CFI = 0.997; TLI = 0.995; SRMR = 0.017; p &lt; 0.001), and the factor loadings for each item were satisfactory (&gt; 0.70). Additionally, the factor structure showed measurement invariance between genders and countries, with adequate fit indices at all levels (configural, metric, scalar, and strict), suggesting that the measurements are equivalent in both contexts. …”
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Advanced TiO2-polypyrrole nanostructures enhance glucose detection accuracy with cutting-edge non-enzymatic electrochemical capabilities by Ashima Thakur, Sweety Pal, Usha Sharma, Ajit Sharma, Meenakshi Choudhary, Mukesh C. Joshi, Herma Dina Setiabudi, Prabal Pratap Singh, Atheesha Singh, Sudheesh K. Shukla

“…The developed non-enzymatic glucose detection sensor demonstrated sensitivity of 678.57 μAmM−1cm2 with linear range of 0 mM to 5.5 mM The enhanced performance is attributed to the synergistic effects of both the metallic as well as polymer moieties in the nanocomposite, where polypyrrole provides an outstanding conductive network for an efficient electron transfer, while TiO2 offers an active Centre for oxidation of glucose molecule. Additionally, TiO2-PPy the sensor confirmed the excellent stability and reproducibility, along with strong potential for practical application in real sample analysis. …”
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Association between SPISE and NAFLD in patients with type 2 diabetes by Hongyan Zhao, Hongyan Zhao, Baolan Ji, Xin Wang, Shuwei Shi, Shuwei Shi, Jie Sheng, Jie Sheng, Xuan Ma, Xuan Ma, Bo Ban, Guanqi Gao

“…SPISE was calculated based on high density lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDL-c), triglycerides (TG), and body mass index (BMI). Participants were categorized into NAFLD and non-NAFLD groups based on the results of ultrasonographic diagnosis. …”
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Modeling factors related to earthquake preparedness: a structural equation modeling approach by Azadeh Fatehpanah, Elham Maraghi, Anthony Coetzer-Liversage, Mahmood Karimy, Amir H. Pakpour, Majed Maripour, Nematollah Jaafarzadeh Haghighi Fard, Marzieh Araban

“…Results Results show that attitudes toward disaster preparedness, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control significantly (< 0.05) influenced residents’ disaster preparedness intentions. Additionally, there was good model fit of the TPB in explaining earthquake preparedness behavior. …”
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Holistic health and social care outreach for people experiencing homelessness with recent non-fatal overdose in Glasgow, Scotland: the Pharmacist and third sector Homeless charity... by Vibhu Paudyal, Nicola Greenlaw, Frances S Mair, Kate Stock, Andrew McPherson, Andrea E Williamson, Richard Lowrie, Donogh Maguire, Steven Ross, James Roy Robertson, Alison Boyle, Clare Duncan, Rebecca Blair, Cian Lombard, Fiona Hughes, Jane Moir, Ailsa Scott, Frank Reilly, Laura Sills, Jennifer Hislop, Stephen Wishart, David Brannan, Rebekah Ramage

“…PHOENIx teams develop therapeutic relationships to address health (physical health, mental health and problem drug use) and social care (housing, welfare benefits and social prescribing) in addition to UC. UC comprised building-based primary and secondary health, social and third sector services.Outcomes Primary: progression criteria: recruitment (≥100 participants in 4 months); ≥80% of participants with data collected at baseline, 6 and 9 months; ≥60% of participants retained in the trial at each follow-up period (6 and 9 months); ≥60% of participants receiving the intervention weekly; any reduction in the rate of presentation to ED and overdoses, at 6- or 9-month follow-up. …”
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Management of sleep apnoea syndrome (SAS) in patients with vasovagal syncope (VVS): a protocol for the VVS-SAS cohort study by Jean Louis Pepin, Nicolas Molinari, Frédéric Gagnadoux, Carey Meredith Suehs, Frédéric Roche, Vincent Puel, Isabelle Godard, Georgios Papaioannou, Philippe Gosse, Fabrice Thoin, Jean Claude Deharo, Naïma Zarqane

“…To this effect, syncope rates prior to the treatment of SAS will be compared with those occurring after the initiation of the latter. In addition, yearly assessments will collect data for echocardiography, polysomnography, Holter monitoring, table tilt tests, multiple sleep latency tests, SAS management parameters and questionnaires describing fatigue, depression and quality-of-life. …”
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