The effects of kefir drink on liver aminotransferases and metabolic indicators in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: a randomized controlled trial by Farzaneh Mohammadi, Nadia Razmjooei, Mohammad Ali Mohsenpour, Mohammad Ali Nejati, Mohammad Hassan Eftekhari, Najmeh Hejazi

“…Results At last, seventy-two participants completed the study. No significant difference in changes in BP, anthropometric indices, and laboratory data (P > 0.05) except HDL-C (P = 0.02) and fat-free mass (P < 0.001) was observed between the two study groups. …”
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Exploring the Determinants of Antenatal Care Services Uptake: A Qualitative Study among Women in a Rural Community in Northern Ghana by Gilbert Ti-enkawol Nachinab, Charles Ampong Adjei, Florence Assibi Ziba, Richard Asamoah, Priscilla Adumoah Attafuah

“…The study findings showed that several factors hindered the use of ANC among our participants. The individual factors that were responsible for nonutilisation of ANC included financial constraints hindering registration with the national health insurance scheme, excuses of being busy, perception that pregnancy was not sickness and concentration on work. …”
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Prevalence of Primary Dysmenorrhoea and Its Impact on Academic Performance among Croatian Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic by Marta Horvat, Doroteja Pavan Jukić, Lovro Marinović, Dina Bursać, Rosana Ribić, Marijana Neuberg, Danijel Bursać

“…All data were collected by an anonymous self-assessed web‐based questionnaire. Due to voluntary participation in the study, 1210 responses were received, but 956 were left for analysis after exclusion criteria were applied. …”
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The influence of HARP (The Health Access for Refugees’ Project) on vaccine hesitancy in people seeking asylum and refugees in Northern England by Marie-Clare Balaam, Melanie Haith-Cooper

“…Semi-structured telephone interviews were undertaken with 10 participants, HARP clients (n = 1), HARP volunteers (n = 6, of whom 4 had been clients) and staff (n = 3). …”
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The Regulation between CD4+CXCR5+ Follicular Helper T (Tfh) Cells and CD19+CD24hiCD38hi Regulatory B (Breg) Cells in Gastric Cancer by Ying Zhang, Jun Wu, Haibo Zhang, Chen Wu

“…Tfh differentiation and CXCL13 were upregulated by cocultured B cells in vitro, while Tfh cells seem to not participate in Breg cell differentiation from B cells. …”
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Nature-based solutions for climate change adaptation and resilience in urban informal settlements: Insights from kibera, kenya and Villa 20, Argentina by Caroline Kibii, Flávia Guerra, Philip Bonera Bananayo, Simone Sandholz

“…Looking into NbS dimensions beyond environmental benefits can be particularly helpful to identify barriers, enablers but also transformative potentials, thereby supporting sustainable livelihoods, capacitation and participation of dwellers.…”
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The geographical factors affecting ICT diffusion process in the healthcare sector. A case study in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan by Tsutomu Nakamura

“…The city of Omura was the first place where participating facilities could access the system in the infrastructure-building phase, followed by Nagasaki and Kamigoto in the spatial-expansion phase, followed by Sasebo, Isahaya, and Shimabara when widespread dissemination was achieved to the entire prefecture. …”
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User satisfaction with referrals at a collaborative virtual reference service Virtual reference services, Reference services, Referrals, User satisfaction by Nahyun Kwon

“…Both sets of data were collected from an electronic archive of a southeastern state public library system that has participated in 24/7 Reference of the Metropolitan Cooperative Library System (MCLS). …”
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Potentiometric Sensor for Gadolinium(III) Ion Based on Zirconium(IV) Tungstophosphate as an Electroactive Material by Harish K. Sharma, Nadeem Sharma

“…For this membrane, effect of internal solution has been studied and the electrode was successfully used in partially non-aqueous media too. Fixed interference method and matched potential method has been used for determining selectivity coefficient with respect to alkali, alkaline earth, some transition and rare earth metal ions that are normally present along with Gd(III) in its ores. …”
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A Comparison of Impact of Chronic Periodontal Diseases and Nonsurgical Periodontal Therapy on Oral Health-Related Quality of Life by Khushboo Goel, Dharnidhar Baral

“…Matched for socioeconomic status, participants were recruited in two groups: moderate-to-severe chronic periodontitis (n=24, 43±46 years) and chronic gingivitis (n=25, 30±96 years). …”
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What impact has the NIHR Academic Clinical Fellowship (ACF) scheme had on clinical academic careers in England over the last 10 years? A retrospective study by James Neilson, David Jones, Sally Clough, James Fenton, Helen Harris-Joseph, Leesa Rayton, Caroline Magee, Lisa Ann Cotterill

“…This was performed using mixed methods including routine data collections of career destination, analysis of application rates to doctoral level fellowships and supplemented by survey information that captured the perceived benefits and challenges from previous ACFs and their current career activities.Participants 1239 NIHR ACFs who completed or left their posts between 2006 and March 2015.Results ACFs are perceived by the candidate population as attractive posts, with high numbers of applications leading to high fill rates. …”
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Competencia digital docente en el Ministerio de Educación Superior de Cuba by Alain Lamadrid Vallina

“…Se estudiaron un grupo de marcos existentes y finalmente se selección como punto de partida el Marco Europeo de Competencia Digital del profesorado (DigCompEdu). …”
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Correlates of disappointment in a relationship of generations X, Y, Z: behavioural inhibition/activation system and sense of coherence by Monika Baryła-Matejczuk, Małgorzata Artymiak, Marta Pawelec

“…Material and methods 595 people participated in the research, including 102 born between 1960 and 1975; 273 born between 1976 and 1996, and 220 born between 1997 and 2012. …”
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Standard reference values of the postural control in healthy young female adults in Germany: an observational study by David A Groneberg, Daniela Ohlendorf, Charlotte Doerry, Vanessa Fisch, Sebastian Schamberger, Christina Erbe, Eileen M Wanke

“…Our aim is to measure standard values for the postural control of young healthy women.Design Observational study.Setting Institute of Occupational Medicine, Social Medicine and Environmental Medicine, Goethe-University Frankfurt/Main.Participants 106 healthy German female subjects aged between 21 and 30 years (25±2.7 years) were measured. …”
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Providing incentives for the microelectronics industry as a part of achieving technological sovereignty by V. V. Degtyareva

“…It is impossible to universally finance a wide range of projects, so the author of the article recognizes expediency of considering prioritization according to certain criteria, such as size of the industry, participation in value chains, efficiency, and operability of the industry at the moment. …”
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Are Anesthesiology Providers Good Guessers? Heart Rate and Oxygen Saturation Estimation in a Simulation Setting by Efrain Riveros Perez, Enoe Jimenez, Camila Albo, Yashi Sanghvi, Nianlan Yang, Alexander Rocuts

“…Two baseline scenarios with and without waveform visual aid, and two scenarios with variation of heart rate and/or oxygen saturation were used to assess the accuracy of the estimation made by the participants. Results. When the accurate threshold for the heart rate was set at less than 5 beats per minute, the providers only had a correct estimation at two baseline settings with visual aids (p=0.22 and 0.2237). …”
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Hypertriglyceridemic Waist Phenotype in Adolescents Aged 15 to 18 Years by Caridad Hernández Gutiérrez, Elodia Rivas Alpízar, Teresita Rodríguez Izaguirre, Alain Francisco Morejón Giraldoni

“…<br /><strong>Results:</strong> frequency of the phenotype was determined in 15.1 % of the participants with a slight predominance of the 18 age group (16.3 %) and female sex (8.6 %). …”
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Pervasive systemic disparities: medical-related gaslighting, trauma, and distrust among LGBTQ+ people in the United States by Dustin Z. Nowaskie, Dehandra Blackwood, Frank Garcia

“…Research and data from nationwide samples in the United States regarding medical-related stigma experienced by LGBTQ+ people are scant.MethodsA cross-sectional survey was distributed online to a national sample of United States residents. Participants answered questions about their healthcare, including experiences with medical-related gaslighting, trauma, and trust.ResultsCompared to cisgender and heterosexual people (n = 857), LGBTQ+ people (n = 815) reported significantly higher rates of medical-related gaslighting (46.5% vs. 26.5%, ORs 1.75–2.80) and trauma (18% vs. 8.9%, ORs 1.63–2.66). …”
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TEACHER PERSPECTIVES ON AI-DRIVEN GAMIFICATION: IMPACT ON STUDENT MOTIVATION, ENGAGEMENT, AND LEARNING OUTCOMES by Abdullah Alenezi

“…Moreover, the study reveals a resounding consensus among teachers regarding the positive impact of AI-driven gamification on student motivation, participation, and learning experiences. Teachers emphasize how AI-driven gamification can turn ordinary learning into enjoyable and meaningful journeys, offering students autonomy and real-time feedback. …”
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Brain health in Norwegian female former top-level football players: a protocol for a longitudinal cohort study by Thor Einar Andersen, Roald Bahr, Emilie Isager Howe, Peter Filipcik, John Bjørneboe, Geir Selbaek, Sara Christina Dahlén, Stian Kirkerud Sandmo, Lena Bache-Mathisen, Einar August Høgestøl, Truls Straume-Næsheim, Lars T Westlye

“…This study aims to investigate the effect of head impacts on brain health in female former top-level football players.Methods and analysis This is a prospective cohort study, enroling female former football players and top-level athletes from sports without an inherent risk of RHI. All participants are born in 1980 or earlier. We plan to perform follow-up assessments at least three times over 20 years.The protocol includes neurocognitive assessments, self-reported neurocognitive outcomes, neurological examination, advanced brain MRI, and fluid biomarkers.Ethics and dissemination The study has been approved by the South-East Regional Ethics Committee for Medical Research in Norway (2023/178330) and the Norwegian Agency for Shared Services in Education and Research (SIKT). …”
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