Building on and tailoring to: Adapting a cancer caregiver psychoeducational intervention for rural settings by Erin E. Kent, Kelly R. Tan, Zev M. Nakamura, Jesse Kovacs, Mindy Gellin, Allison Deal, Eliza M. Park, Maija Reblin

“…Discussion Challenges to establishing successful psychosocial oncology interventions may be improved through participant‐centered approaches and implementation science. Additional systemic challenges, including lack of systematic documentation of caregivers, persist and may especially disadvantage under‐represented and underserved groups, such as rural dwellers. …”
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Effect of Xingnao Kaiqiao Acupuncture combined with EEG Biomimetic Electrical Stimulation on Evoked Potential of Patients with Persistent Vegetative State by Lixia DENG, Jiquan LIU, Liangxiang ZHANG, Xiao LV, Xing CHEN, Yigang FENG, Yingying NI

“…All groups were given routine treatment, including basic management, hyperbaric oxygen therapy and drug treatment etc. In addition, the Acupuncture group received Xingnao Kaiqiao acupuncture, the refreshement treatment, at which the main acupoints were Shuigou, bilateral Neiguan, bilateral Sanyinjiao, and the auxiliary acupoints were Jiquan, Chize and Weizhong acupoints, once a day, the Bionic electricity group received the treatment of EEG bionic electrical stimulation, the main electrode were placed at GB 12 and BL 10, each treatment was for a continuous 99 min followed by a rest of 30 min, followed by another 99 min, once a day, the Combined group received Xingnao Kaiqiao acupuncture combined with EEG bionic electrical stimulation, once a day. …”
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Prevalence and correlates of symptoms of depression, anxiety, and psychological distress among women of reproductive age with delayed conception in urban and peri-urban low to mid-... by Barsha Gadapani Pathak, Gitau Mburu, Ndema Habib, Rita Kabra, Aiysha Malik, James Kiarie, Ranadip Chowdhury, Neeta Dhabhai, Sarmila Mazumder

“…Over half (54.31%) of participants had psychological distress, of whom 38.10% were experiencing mild distress, 10.59% moderate distress, and 5.62% severe distress. Additionally,16.07% of participants reported symptoms of anxiety and 20% reported symptoms of depression. …”
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Smoking habits, awareness and support needs for cessation among people with multiple sclerosis in Australia: findings from an online survey by Roshan das Nair, Ron Borland, Claudia H Marck, Isabelle Weld-Blundell, Lisa Grech, Sarah L White

“…Almost 60% of the current smokers wanted additional cessation information specific to MS (n=41, 59.4%), and 45.5% said this information would motivate them to quit smoking (n=30).Conclusions Our convenience sample, which may not be representative, indicated an urgent need for regular evidence-based smoking cessation supports for people with MS. …”
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Prediction of drought-flood prone zones in inland mountainous regions under climate change with assessment and enhancement strategies for disaster resilience in high-standard farml... by Yongheng Shen, Qingxia Guo, Zhenghao Liu, Yanli Shen, Yikun Jia, Yuehan Wei

“…This study uses a coupled model of particle swarm optimization (PSO), long short-term memory (LSTM), and graph attention network (GAT) integrating historical data to predict drought- and flood-prone areas in 2035 in Heshun County, Shanxi Province, a typical small-scale inland mountainous region of China. Additionally, the study assesses cropland resilience using the TOPSIS method, and based on the spatial distribution of drought and flood disasters, proposes a Flood-Drought-Resilience Analysis (FDRA) framework, further formulating a site selection strategy for future High Standard Farmland (HSF) projects. …”
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Making Maoshan Great Again: Religious Rhetoric and Popular Mobilisation from Late Qing to Republican China (1864–1937) by Qijun Zheng

“…Austin’s speech act theory, this study reconceptualizes these textual innovations as a form of “text acts”, arguing that Maoshan texts did not merely transmit religious doctrine but actively shaped pilgrimages and devotional practices through their illocutionary and perlocutionary force. …”
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ILN-YOLOv8: A Lightweight Image Recognition Model for Crimped Wire Connectors by Xiaojian Zhou, Jicheng Kan, Nur Fatin Liyana Mohd Rosely, Xu Duan, Jiajing Cai, Zihan Zhou

“…Next, the improved Selective Boundary Aggregation(SBA) module replaces the Concat module in the Neck, enhancing the fusion of deep and shallow features. Additionally, the Efficient Local Attention(ELA) attention mechanism is introduced into the Cryptographic Service Provider(CSP) bottleneck with 2 convolutions(C2F) module in the Backbone, improving feature localization accuracy without increasing network complexity. …”
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The Optimum Dietary Phenylalanine Requirement of Hybrid Grouper (Epinephelusfuscoguttatus ♀ × Epinepheluslanceolatus ♂) Juveniles: Effects on Growth Performance, Gut Micromorpholog... by Pinxian Yang, Haijiao Wang, Lei Ma, Haoran Yin, Zhanying Zhu, Cong Liu, Wei Huang, Zhiyu Zhou, Xiaoyi Wu, Sehrish Taj

“…A total of seven isoenergetic (340 kcal per 100 g of dry matter), isonitrogenous, and isolipidic diets were made, containing 8.2 (Phe 8.2), 9.2 (Phe 9.2), 10.1 (Phe 10.1), 11.2 (Phe 11.2), 13.3 (Phe 13.3), 15.2 (Phe 15.2), and 17.3 g/kg (Phe 17.3), respectively. …”
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Alternatives to Traditional Physical Science Laboratory Experiences: A Review by Mercy Ogunsola-bandele, Dietmar Kennepohl

“…., no face-to-face contact and some additional costs) outlined in the articles is presented. …”
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Seven Immune-Related Genes’ Prognostic Value and Correlation with Treatment Outcome in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma by Rui Mu, Yuehong Shen, Chuanbin Guo, Xinyun Zhang, Hongyu Yang, Huijun Yang

“…Meanwhile, the RS had the largest contribution to survival of these patients based on the predictive nomogram. In addition, the low-risk HNSCC patients exhibited significantly enriched immune cells, along with an association with high chemosensitivity. …”
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Some haematological parameters in partridges (allectoris gracea) bred in konya by Ercan Keskin, Ramazan Çöl, Tufan Keçeci, Hüdai İpek, Feyyaz Önder

“…Ihe red blood cell count of the chicks was higher amount when compared to the same values of young partridges. In addition, while the basophil percentage of adults was higher, the monocyte percentage was lower than other groups. …”
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Gap analysis of maternity service quality and associated factors at a maternity hospital in northwest Iran: a cross-sectional survey using SERVQUAL and HEALTHQUAL questionnaires by Parnian Rahimi, Farzaneh Miri, Alireza Hajizadeh, Azadeh Anbari, Jafar Sadegh Tabrizi, Edris Kakemam

“…Similarly, according to the HEALTHQUAL questionnaire, the overall score for expectation and perception were 3.66 and 4.53, respectively, and the overall gap in service quality was − 0.87. In addition, the results indicated that the highest gap was observed for the Effectiveness and Assurance dimensions with gap scores of − 1.20 and − 0.69, respectively. …”
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Interleukin-6 as a Pan-Cancer Prognostic Inflammatory Biomarker: A Population-Based Study and Comprehensive Bioinformatics Analysis by Xie H, Wei L, Ruan G, Zhang H, Shi H

“…The IL-6 expression is closely associated with prognosis, ICP, TMB, and MSI. In addition, it is also strongly correlated with tumor-infiltrating cells. …”
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Assessment of heart rate deceleration capacity, heart rate deceleration runs, heart rate acceleration capacity, and lipoprotein-related phospholipase A2 as predictors in individual... by Yaping Wang, Mingyan Liu, Yaping Liu, Xiaowei Tang, Xiangming Tang

“…Furthermore, the risk stratification (high- and moderate-) of DC, DRs, and AC in VD and AD groups was increased, while the low-risk was simultaneously decreased. In addition, DC and DRs were positively while AC and Lp-PLA2 were negatively correlated with MMSE scores. …”
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Vitamin D supplementation during intensive care unit stay is associated with improved outcomes in critically Ill patients with sepsis: a cohort study by Caifeng Li, Ke Zhao, Qian Ren, Lin Chen, Ying Zhang, Guolin Wang, Keliang Xie

“…Subgroup analyses showed consistent benefits regardless of the baseline vitamin D status (deficiency: HR, 0.70; 95% CI, 0.33-1.50; p = 0.36; insufficiency: HR, 0.10; 95% CI, 0.03-0.34; p < 0.001; sufficiency: HR, 0.33; 95% CI, 0.12-0.88; p = 0.03). Additionally, vitamin D supplementation was associated with decreased ICU mortality (OR, 0.37; 95% CI, 0.29-0.48; p < 0.001) and reduced in-hospital mortality (OR, 0.57; 95% CI, 0.48-0.68; p < 0.001). …”
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Mortality Predictors using Chest Computed Tomography Findings in COVID-19 Patients by Ali Yavuz Uzun, Yılmaz Üçüncü, Nur Hürsoy, Fatma Beyazal Çeliker, Zihni Yazıcı

“…Conclusion: Total lung volume and intrathoracic main vascular sizes can be obtained from CT images using computer applications, and these measurements can provide an idea of the mortality rate in COVID-19 patients. In addition, comorbidity status and laboratory blood parameters can be used as prognostic markers.…”
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The correlations between demographic factors, self-efficacy, and quality of life among Indonesian patients with ischemic stroke: A cross-sectional study by Nabila Azzahra, Fitria Handayani, Wahyu Hidayati

“…The duration of stroke experienced by respondents also had a significant impact, with an odds ratio (OR) of 1.908 (95% CI = 0.980–3.715; p = 0.025). …”
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The predicted value for venous thromboembolism based on a modified model of caprini combined with fasting blood glucose and D-dimer: a retrospective study by Ping Wang, Yusi Yang, Lin Zheng, Xiaotong Qi, Sheng Yan, Honglin Dong

“…D-dimer and FBG have a significant increase in the predictive effect for predicting DVT in terms of NRI (59.98% improvement, P < 0.001) and IDI (9.55% improvement, P < 0.001), showing the best net benefit for predicting DVT when the threshold probability was between 27 and 91%. …”
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Less Regional Rhetoric, More Diversity. Urbanised Alps in the Interest of Cohesive Societies by Manfred Perlik

“…Social innovations, which are particularly important for sparsely populated regions, only arise if there is an open mind towards external knowledge in addition to regional self-confidence. This is the only way to defend structures and ways of life worth preserving against the majority of the population living outside the Alps. …”
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Management of Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Novel Approaches to the Pharmacology of Gut Motility by Carmelo Scarpignato, Iva Pelosini

“…Unfortunately, no single drug has proven to be effective in treating IBS symptom complex. In addition, the use of some medications has often been associated with unpleasant side effects. …”
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