Evaluating Oculomotor Tests before and after Vestibular Rehabilitation in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease: A Pilot Pre-Post Study by Amirabas Abasi, Reza Hoseinabadi, Parvin Raji, Joseph H. Friedman, Mohammad-Reza Hadian

“…Materials and Methods. 11 idiopathic Parkinson’s patients voluntarily participated in this study based on inclusion criteria: central vestibular dysfunction and the Hoehn and Yahr scale scores less than or equal to 3. …”
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Personal factors of self-governance among security and defence sector personnel in Ukraine (on the example of the National Guard of Ukraine) by D. O. Slurdenko, O. H. Pavlova

“…The article is devoted to the study of personal factors of self-government of servicemen of the National Guard of Ukraine. …”
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Safety-Critical Oracles for Metamorphic Testing of Deep Learning LiDAR Point Cloud Object Detectors by Simon Speth, Maximilian Trien, Dominik Kufer, Alexander Pretschner

“…We address this by introducing novel egocentric test oracles based on traffic participants’ bounding boxes shifted into or out of the ego vehicle’s expected lane. …”
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Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome One Year after Delivery in Finnish Women at Increased Risk for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus during Pregnancy by Jatta Puhkala, Tarja I. Kinnunen, Tommi Vasankari, Katriina Kukkonen-Harjula, Jani Raitanen, Riitta Luoto

“…Of MeS components, 74% of participants had an increased waist circumference (≥80 cm). …”
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Pressure Load Characteristics of Explosions in an Adjacent Chamber by Chuan-hao Wang, Shu-shan Wang, Jing-xiao Zhang, Feng Ma

“…The results showed that when the main chamber was partially damaged by the explosion load, the adjacent chambers were not subjected to the shock wave load, and the quasistatic pressure load was less than that in the main chamber. …”
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Patients’ and caregivers’ perspectives on access to kidney replacement therapy in rural communities: systematic review of qualitative studies by Allison Tong, Stephen May, Jonathan Craig, Martin Howell, Talia Gutman, Rachel Chalmers, David J Tunnicliffe, Nicole Jane Scholes-Robertson, Amanda Baumgart, Victoria SInka

“…This study aims to describe the perspectives of patients and caregivers on access to KRT in rural communities to inform strategies to maximise access to quality care, and thereby reduce disadvantage, inequity and improve health outcomes.Setting 18 studies (n=593 participants) conducted across eight countries (Australia, Canada, the UK, New Zealand, Ghana, the USA, Tanzania and India).Results We identified five themes: uncertainty in navigating healthcare services (with subthemes of struggling to absorb information, without familiarity and exposure to options, grieving former roles and yearning for cultural safety); fearing separation from family and home (anguish of homesickness, unable to fulfil family roles and preserving sense of belonging in community); intense burden of travel and cost (poverty of time, exposure to risks and hazards, and taking a financial toll); making life-changing sacrifices; guilt and worry in receiving care (shame in taking resources from others, harbouring concerns for living donor, and coping and managing in isolation).Conclusion Patients with CKD in rural areas face profound and inequitable challenges of displacement, financial burden and separation from family in accessing KRT, which can have severe consequences on their well-being and outcomes. …”
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Eyecare practitioner perspectives and attitudes towards myopia and myopia management in the UK by Sophie Coverdale, Lindsay Rountree, Kathryn Webber, Matthew Cufflin, Edward Mallen, Alison Alderson, Neema Ghorbani-Mojarrad

“…An investigation into UK eyecare practitioners’ (ECPs) perceptions of myopia management was carried out to ascertain factors which may be limiting its implementation and uptake within clinical practice.Methods and analysis Online focus groups were held with UK ECPs. Participants were encouraged to discuss their knowledge of the available myopia management options, their perception of how myopia management is being delivered in the UK and any barriers limiting ECPs' prescribing of these management options in practice. …”
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Effect of stabilizer pressure biofeedback on post-thyroidectomy neck pain in postmenopausal women: a randomized controlled trial by Elham S Hassan, Afaf M. Botla, Marian Y. Abdou, Abdel Hamid A. Attalla, Khadra Mohamed Ali, Shreen Rashad Aboelmaged

“…Methods Thirty-six women aged 50–65 years with post-thyroidectomy neck pain were incorporated in this study. Participants were assigned randomly into two groups. …”
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“Social Elevator”: Research of Affirmative Action Program by E. A. Tarasova

“…Further research on the topic is required to separate the secondary effects of inequality, as well as to assess the actual social mobility of students participating in the program. The results can be useful in designing educational policy in the field of expanding access to higher education.…”
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Improving locomotor performance with motor imagery and tDCS in young adults by Hope E Gamwell-Muscarello, Alan R. Needle, Marco Meucci, Jared W. Skinner

“…The research involved a double-blind, randomized, controlled trial with three groups: MIActive, MISham, and Control. Participants engaged in a cognitively demanding obstacle course, with time and prefrontal activation (ΔO2Hb and ΔHHb) measured across three-time points (Baseline, Post-test, 1-week follow-up). …”
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Implementation barriers and facilitators of Moyo foetal heart rate monitor during labour in public hospitals in Nepal by Ashish KC, Mikaela Rönnbäck, Urja Humgain, Omkar Basnet, Pratiksha Bhattarai, Anna Axelin

“…Methods The study adopted a qualitative study design in four hospitals in Nepal where Moyo was implemented for HRM. The study participants were labour room nurses and convenience sampling was used to select them. …”
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Anxiety During Employment-Seeking for Autistic Adults by Tamara Hildebrandt, Kate Simpson, Dawn Adams

“…The third theme, The “vicious cycle” of anxiety and employment-seeking behaviours, explores participants’ ongoing experience of anxiety on their employment-seeking behaviours. …”
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An Effect of Ursodeoxycholic Acid on Inflammation, Steatosis and Liver Fibrosis and Atherogenesis Factors in Patients with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Results of the USPEH S... by M. V. Mayevskaya, M. Yu. Nadinskaia, V. D. Lunkov, I. Yu. Pirogova, E. V. Chesnokov, Kh. B. Kodzoeva, V. T. Ivashkin

“…Against the background of UDCA administration, there was no progression of liver fibrosis. None of the participants in the observational programme reached a normal body mass by the end of the program; therefore, the attained positive changes should be attributed directly to the effects of UDCA.…”
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Incidence Of Helicobacter Pylori Infection in Association With ABO Blood Groups by Amina Zehra, Maimoona Sabir, Sumaira Sarwar, Afsheen Ishfaq, Kishmain Ahmad, Afshan Saleem

“… Objective: The study aimed to investigate the association between ABO blood groups and helicobacter infection. Method: 150 participants, including 93 females and 57 males between the age group of 18-60 years, were involved in the study. …”
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Proximal Sessile Serrated Adenomas Are More Prevalent in Caucasians, and Gastroenterologists Are Better Than Nongastroenterologists at Their Detection by Malav P. Parikh, Sujit Muthukuru, Yash Jobanputra, Kushal Naha, Niyati M. Gupta, Vaibhav Wadhwa, Rocio Lopez, Prashanthi N. Thota, Madhusudhan R. Sanaka

“…Detection rates based on patient gender, race, colonoscopy timing, fellow participation, bowel preparation quality, and specialty of the endoscopist were calculated. t-tests were used to compare detection rates and a multivariate-adjusted analysis was performed. …”
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Unified blended learning environment: the Kazakhstani context by S. M. Bakhisheva, E. V. Tikhonyuk, Z. G. Mukhtar, R. S. Kinzhekova, A. M. Kemeshova

“…The first stage involved conducting surveys with participants in the educational process to identify the challenges they encountered while working in a digital educational environment and explore potential solutions. …”
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Pattern of edible oil consumption and practice of reuse: A health concern by Ajeet Saoji, Prachi Saoji, Shilpa Hajare, Pranita Dharmadhikari

“…Result: A total of 172 families of third year MBBS students participated in the study which comprised of 672 family members. …”
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Immediate efficacy of auricular acupuncture combined with active exercise in the treatment of acute lumbar sprains in 10 minutes: Protocol of a randomized controlled trial. by Xin Tang, Qifu Li, Gaoyangzi Huang, Xianmei Pei, Ziwen Chen, Ya Huang, Siwen Zhao, Taipin Guo, Zili Liu

“…The secondary outcomes include changes in pain intensity at other time points (2, 5 minutes), changes in lumbar range of motion (ROM) at different time points, blinded assessment, treatment effect expectancy scale evaluation, and treatment satisfaction scale evaluation. All participants will be included in the analysis according to the intention-to-treat principle.…”
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The impact of price and image warnings on the social perception of gifting cigarettes in China by Guang Xu, Yibin Shi, Kecheng Du, Gang Wang, Liyun Wu

“…The total sample size of this study is 1035. Four groups of participants were presented with representative cigarettes categorized into high- , medium-, and low-priced products, along with different prices (normal and double) or external packaging imagery (normal and pictorial HWL versions). …”
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Muscle architecture of the medial gastrocnemius during growth by Yasuyoshi Mogi

“…The years from the age at peak height velocity were estimated for each participant, and used as the maturity index. A simple regression analysis was performed for the two variables in the full age range, as well as separately for the 5 − 12 years and 12 − 19 years subgroups. …”
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