Impacts of stigma and discrimination on people with obesity who smoke cigarettes by Liza A. Kolbasov, Arryn A. Guy, Cara M. Murphy

“…Participants (N = 63; predominantly women (81.0 %), White (63.5 %) or Black/African American (31.7 %), and heterosexual (85.7 %) with 50 % having a yearly income below $50,000) completed the measures of stigma (i.e., Weight Bias Internalization Scale and Internalized Stigma of Smoking Inventory), discrimination (i.e., Everyday Discrimination Scale), and symptoms of depression, weight, smoking, nicotine dependence, and concerns about gaining weight while quitting smoking were measured. …”
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A rare case of temporal arteritis in a young Indian male by Debaditya Roy, Susmita Rakshit, Azeez Pasha, Abhishek Patil

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Estimation of All-Sky Gridded Diurnal Near-Surface Air Temperatures at Regional Scale From FY-4B Measurements by Ronghan Xu, Xin Wang, Yonghong Hu, Lin Chen, Suling Ren, Guangzhen Cao, Di Xian, Eston Ranson Mogha

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Effect of Acarbose on Long-Term Prognosis in Acute Coronary Syndromes Patients with Newly Diagnosed Impaired Glucose Tolerance by Peng Yun, Ai-ming Du, Xue-jun Chen, Jing-cheng Liu, Hu Xiao

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STORAGE OF PIGLET KIDNEYS AT SUBNORMAL TEMPERATURES FOR PRIMARY TRYPSINIZED CELL MONOLAYER PREPARATION by B. L. Manin, N. V. Koropova, V. A. Starikov, I. V. Vologina

“…The organ was placed in a wide-neck vessel at medium/air phase ratio of 1:1 and the vessel was covered by a Petri dish to optimize medium chemical homeostasis and stored at temperature of –1 to +4 °C up to 6 days avoiding medium and organ crystallization. …”
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Evaluation of Waste Anesthetic Gas in the Postanesthesia Care Unit within the Patient Breathing Zone by Kenneth N. Hiller, Alfonso V. Altamirano, Chunyan Cai, Stephanie F. Tran, George W. Williams

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Invasive Aspergillosis in a Patient with Stage III (or 3a or 3b) Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Treated with Durvalumab by Ashish Gupta, Aung Tun, Katy Ticona, Aam Baqui, Elizabeth Guevara

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Laparoendoscopic Rendezvous for Concomitant Cholecystocholedocholithiasis: A Successful Modality Even in the Most Difficult Presentations Including Pregnancy by Bader Hamza Shirah, Zaher Abdulaziz Mikwar, Akram Neyaz Ahmad, Yaser Mohammed Dahlan

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Efficacy and safety of anti-thrombotic therapy after surgical mitral valve repair: a scoping review by Jian Ye, Jenny Chen, Hazal Ece Babadagli, Ricky Turgeon, Erica HZ Wang

“…Using a predefined collection form, two authors independently extracted data on study characteristics and results were summarised narratively into themes based on the PICO elements.Results Of 1296 screened references, we included 11 studies (10 cohort and one non-inferiority RCT). All studies compared vitamin K antagonist (VKA) to an anti-platelet, direct oral anti-coagulant or no anti-thrombotic therapy for median duration of 90 days. …”
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The Health-Related Quality of Life of Patients Waiting for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Is Worse Than an Age- and Sex-Matched Population: Increasing Time on Waiting Li... by Siddharth Sripada, Harrison Loader, Man Hei Marcus Kam, Arslan Khaliq Raja, Joshua Haggart, Thomas Fawcett, Cameron Peattie, Samuel Molyneux, Nicholas Clement

“…Thirty-three (49%) patients felt their health, in general, was somewhat or much worse compared to one year ago. There was a correlation between IKDC and EQ-5D scores (r = 0.540, p<0.001). …”
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Exercise Therapy for Management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Superior Efficacy of Activity Monitors over Pedometers by Masaaki Miyauchi, Masao Toyoda, Noriko Kaneyama, Han Miyatake, Eitaro Tanaka, Moritsugu Kimura, Tomoya Umezono, Masafumi Fukagawa

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Comparative evaluation of table egg quality of local and pure breed laying hens in response to storage period length by Metin PETEK, Tuğba KAHRAMAN

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Optimizing Non-Thermal Magnetic Field to Minimize Weight Loss and Tissue Degradation: Identifying Possible Enzyme Inhibition Mechanisms by Chao-Kai Chang, Prakoso Adi, Rizka Mulyani, Chun-Fu Lin, Ratna Sari Listyaningrum, Shella Permatasari Santoso, Mohsen Gavahian, Chang-Wei Hsieh

“…The optimal treatment conditions—2 mT, 50 Hz, and 10 min—achieved the most significant inhibition of weight loss (4.22%) and maintained tissue integrity for up to 21 days. Optimized MF significantly suppressed enzyme activity, with PE activity reduced by 1.5 times, PG by 2.8 times, and Cx by 2.5 times. …”
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Relationships between physical fitness and match running demands during a futsal congested-weeks training camp by Francisco González-Fernández, Halil Ceylan, Rui Miguel Silva, Filipe Clemente, Pedro Bezerra, Yung-Sheng Chen

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Cervical prolapse during labor: A case report by Adugnaw Bogale Worku, Molla Asnake Kebede, Abebe Agegn Wudineh, Adefris Getachew Techane, Mekuanint Dessie Lakew, Chuchu Arega Zeleke

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Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Chronic Kidney Disease: A Case Report by Dela Hangri Jalmas, Fauzar Fauzar, Roza Kurniati, Deka Viotra, Harnavi Harun, Vesri Yoga, Alexander Kam

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Agranulocytosis Associated with Topiramate: A Case Report and Review of Published Cases by Saroj Lohani, Niranjan Tachamo, Salik Nazir, Anthony Donato

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A Very Rare Complication of Hepatitis A Infection: Acute Myocarditis—A Case Report with Literature Review by Olivia Allen, Ahmed Edhi, Adam Hafeez, Alexandra Halalau

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Liquid Chromatographic–Mass Spectrometric Determination of Ezetimibe in Human Plasma With Validation Approach by Ahmed A. Alobaida

“…For both free and total EZ, standardization curves for the concentration range were linear (r2 > 0.99) through a range of 0.1–15.0 and 1.0–150.0 ng/mL, respectively. Precision and accuracy procedures conducted inside and between days yielded results that fell within acceptable bounds. …”
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Effects of shrimp chitosan based edible coating on the shelf life of selected vegetables in context of attaining SDGs by Munir Ibn Mahin, Md. Harun-Ar Rashid, Abdul Rabbi Mredul

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