Training Technologies as Means for Forming the Professional Identity of Police Officers during Professional Genesis by O. Y. Shlomin

“…It is noted that the developed and worked out program of comprehensive training to optimize the professional genesis of the employees of preventive units of the National Police consists of three modules and allows participants to solve problems (professional and life) situations during training exercises. …”
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Assessing Psychosocial Burden in Psoriasis Patients Using the PRISM-RII Tool: A Comprehensive Evaluation by Elif Afacan Yıldırım, Muhterem Polat, Yusuf Ezel Yıldırım

“…Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted with 190 psoriasis patients recruited from a university hospital's dermatology treatment center. Participants completed the PRISM-RII Psoriasis Internalized Stigma Scale (PISS), Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), and Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI). …”
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Empowering recovery: a remote spirometry system and mobile app for monitoring and promoting pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with rib fracture by Ling-wei Kuo, Chih-Yuan Fu, Chien-An Liao, Chien-Hung Liao, Chi-Tung Cheng, Tai-Horng Young, Shih-Ching Kang, Szu-An Chen, Yu-San Tee

“…We categorized the participants into two age groups: those older and those younger than 65 years. …”
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What are the barriers to the diagnosis and management of chronic respiratory disease in sub-Saharan Africa? A qualitative study with healthcare workers, national and regional polic... by Angela Obasi, Rachel Tolhurst, Kingsley Rex Chikaphupha, Miriam Taegtmeyer, Kevin Mortimer, Louis Niessen, Maia Lesosky, Jahangir Khan, William Worodria, Jamie Rylance, Lindsay Zurba, Imelda Bates, Stellah G Mpagama, Elizabeth Henry Shayo, Rose Oronje, Emmanuel Addo-Yobo, Brian Allwood, Hastings Banda, Amsalu Binegdie, Adegoke Falade, Bertrand Mbatchou, Beatrice Mutayoba, Nyanda Elias Ntinginya, Heather Zar, Eliya Zulu, Helen Meme, Uzochukwu Egere, Asma Elsony, Martha Chinouya, S Bertel Squire, Stephen Mulupi, Irene Ayakaka, Nicole Kozak, Elhafiz Abdalla, Rashid Osman

“…This study aimed to explore the perspectives of healthcare workers and other health policy stakeholders on the barriers to effective diagnosis and management of CRD in Kenya, Malawi, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda.Study design Qualitative descriptive study.Settings Primary, secondary and tertiary health facilities, government agencies and civil society organisations in five sub-Saharan African countries.Participants We purposively selected 60 national and district-level policy stakeholders, and 49 healthcare workers, based on their roles in policy decision-making or health provision, and conducted key informant interviews and in-depth interviews, respectively, between 2018 and 2019. …”
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Normative and Legal Regulation and Procedure for Bringing Officials to Liability for the Violation of the Right to Public Information’s Access by V. S. Vitkova

“…The article focuses on the violation of the right to public information’s access as a constituent of the constitutional right of a person and citizen to information. …”
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Precision of body composition estimation from commercial bioelectrical impedance analysis devices in male Mexican soccer players by Manuel A. Vázquez-Bautista, Enrique Castilla-Arias, Alejandrina Bautista-Jacobo, Perla E. Medina-Corral, Fernanda Delgado-Gaytán

“…Methodology: A quantitative, comparative, correlational longitudinal cohort study was conducted including 31 male soccer players. Participants underwent three assessments across two consecutive laboratory visits: two measurements during the first visit (technical error) and one during the second (biological error). …”
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All-Trans Retinoic Acid Inhibits Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cell Commitment to Adipocytes via Upregulating FRA1 Signaling by Linjun Xie, Liying Zou, Jie Chen, Youxue Liu

“…The results supported the conclusion that atRA inhibits BMSC adipogenesis partially through the RARG-FRA1-PPARG2 or the CEBPA axis or both. …”
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Unsupervised and Semisupervised Machine Learning Frameworks for Multiclass Tool Wear Recognition by Maryam Assafo, Peter Langendoerfer

“…To address these issues, we propose different unsupervised and semisupervised five-class tool wear recognition frameworks to handle fully unlabeled and partially labeled data, respectively. The underlying methods include Laplacian score, sparse autoencoder (SAE), stacked SAE (SSAE), self-organizing map, Softmax, support vector machine, and random forest. …”
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Therapy of genomic unstable solid tumours (WHO grade 3/4）in clinical stage III/IV using individualised neoantigen tumour peptides-INP trial (individualised neoantigen tumour peptid... by Ling Wang, Xia Chen, Juan Zhao, Jiaxi Tang, Wanyan Tang, Bin Liao, Weiqi Nian

“…Patients with genomic unstable advanced solid malignancies are eligible for study participations. 20 patients will be included in the trial. …”
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Development and validation of a patient experience assessment questionnaire for evaluating hospital care in Iran by Faezeh Nezamdoost, Ali Vafaei Najar, Marziye Zarqi, Jamshid Jamali, Seyed Saeed Tabatabaei, Elaheh Hooshmand

“…Sampling for the face validity stage included 30 randomly selected patients, while construct validity was assessed with a sample of 340 participants, of which 300 provided complete and valid data. …”
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Brain function abnormalities and inflammation in HIV-positive men who have sex with men with depressive disorders by Yang Zhang, Yang Zhang, Yihui He, Yihui He, Yuan Fang, Yuan Fang, Miaotian Cai, Guangqiang Sun, Guangqiang Sun, Rui Wang, Rui Wang, Jiaxin Zhen, Jiaxin Zhen, Yulin Zhang, Zhen Li, Zhen Li, Yundong Ma, Yundong Ma, Tong Zhang, Tong Zhang

“…However, there is currently a lack of investigation into the neurological, inflammatory, endocrine, and immune aspects of HIV-associated depressive disorders (HADD).MethodsThe study involved 33 HIV-positive men who have sex with men with depressive disorders (HADD group) and 47 without neuropsychiatric disorders (HIV control group). Participants underwent resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) scans and assessments of peripheral blood. …”
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The Observance of Patient Rights in the Emergency Departments of Hospitals in Golestan Province, Iran by Asieh Soleimani, Zahra Kashaninia, Shima Haghani

“…Materials & Methods In this descriptive cross-sectional study, 185 nurses and 370 clients referred to the EDs of five hospitals in Golestan province participated. A demographic checklist and a questionnaire for measuring the attitudes towards the observance based on the Patients’ Rights Charter were used for data collection. …”
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Improving sensory integration in Chinese children with moderate sensory integration challenges through engaging basketball training by Sha Ge, Xuepeng Guo, Bo Y. Jiang, Alberto Cordova, Jianmin Guan, John Q. Zhang, Wan X. Yao

“…The Control group exclusively participated in traditional SIT for all sessions. In contrast, the Experimental group engaged in traditional SIT for two sessions per week and Basketball training for the remaining two sessions weekly. …”
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The Impact of Cementing Techniques on Implant Longevity in Relation to Keel Length in Persona and NexGen Knee Arthroplasty: A Comprehensive Study by Arash Sharafat Vaziri, MD, Mohammad Naghi Tahmasebi, MD, Hoseinali Hadi, MD, Sina Javidmehr, MD, Sohrab Keyhani, MD, Zahra Vahdati, MD, Hossein Nematian, MD, Yalda Farahmand, MD

“…Background: The aim of this study was to investigate the efficacy of our modified cementing technique in reducing the rate of aseptic tibial loosening focusing on its relationship with keel length. Methods: Every participant who underwent primary total knee arthroplasty (TKA) between August 2014 and September 2022 with a minimum of 4-year follow-up using 1 of 3 implants were included: Persona + conventional cementing technique; Persona + modified cementing technique; and NexGen LPS-Flex. …”
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The Effect of Shoting Techniques on Accuracy Rates in Infrastructure Basketball Players by Ömer Pamuk, Fatih Kılınç

“…Material Method; 15 male basketball players training in the infrastructure voluntarily participated in the research. In our research, two groups were formed as High Shot Rate and Low Shot Rate. …”
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Association between weekend catch-up sleep and chronic kidney disease: insights from NHANES 2017–2020 by Sheng Chen, Ting Zhang, Hongjun Gao, Jianqiang Zhang

“…To evaluate CKD risk across various WCS durations, participants were categorized into four groups based on WCS length: < 1 h (reference group), ≥ 1 h and < 2 h, ≥ 2 h and < 3 h, and ≥ 3 h.Results In the fully adjusted multivariate logistic regression model, the odds ratio (OR) of CKD to WCS response was 0.86 (95% CI = 0.61-1.22; p = 0.31). …”
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Exploring the Role of Mindfulness in University Students’ Academic Well-being: Mediating Role of Emotional Resilience by Rohollah Saranjam, Saba Rasouli Amlashi

“…SEM analysis showed that emotional resilience partially mediated the relationship between mindfulness and academic well-being, with a significant indirect effect (β = 0.26, 95% CI = [0.15, 0.38]). …”
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Measurement of pressure dependent variations in local pulse wave velocity within a cardiac cycle from forward travelling pulse waves by Rahul Manoj, Kiran V. Raj, P. M. Nabeel, Mohanasankar Sivaprakasam, Jayaraj Joseph

“…An in-vivo study of 60 participants (24 female), was conducted to compare inter- and intra-cycle variations in PWV obtained from measured and forward pulse waves. …”
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Prone versus prone-flexed position in percutaneous nephrolithotomy: A randomized controlled trial by Diaa-Eldin Taha, Ali Ibrahim, Ahmed Zeid, Eslam Shokry, Tarek Abdelbaky, Hossam Nabeeh

“…The pyelocaliceal perforation occurred in 15 (8%) and 11 (6.4%) participants, respectively. In the prone and flexed prone postures, postoperative bleeding occurred in 15 (7.9%) and 9 (5.4%) patients, respectively (P = 1.0). …”
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Association between lymphocyte to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio and insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome in US adults: results from NHANES 2007–2018 by Junwei Guo, Kelibinuer Mutailipu, Xin Wen, Jiajing Yin, Hui You, Shen Qu, Haibing Chen, Le Bu

“…However, the association between LHR and MetS was more pronounced in female participants. Restricted cubic spline analyses revealed nonlinear associations between LHR and both IR and MetS. …”
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