Epidemiological analysis of mental health morbidity in Tamil Nadu by Damodharan Dinakaran, Arpitha Krishna, Aravind Raj Elangovan, Senthil Amudhan, Selvi Muthuswamy, Chellamuthu Ramasubramanian, Palanimuthu T. Sivakumar, Girish N. Rao, Gopalkrishna Gururaj, Mathew Varghese, Vivek Benegal

“…The overall weighted prevalence of lifetime and current mental morbidity was 19.3% (95% CI: 19.0%–19.6%) and 11.8% (95% CI: 11.6%–12.0%) respectively. Participants who were men (largely contributed by substance-use disorders), aged 40–49 years, from rural areas, and from lower income quintile had higher prevalence of mental morbidity. …”
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Azurin a potent anticancer and antimicrobial agent isolated from a novel Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain by Nourhan A. Zaghloul, Mona K. Gouda, Yasser Elbahloul, Nancy M. El Halfawy

“…Furthermore, crude azurin protein was extracted, precipitated using 70% ammonium sulfate, dialyzed, and subjected to purification using carboxymethyl-Sephadex in affinity chromatography as a cheap method for purification. The partially purified azurin protein was characterized using polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. …”
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Human Papillomavirus, Human Immunodeficiency Virus, and Oral Microbiota Interplay in Nigerian Youth (HOMINY): A Prospective Cohort Study Protocol by Jia Liu, Esosa Osagie, Paul Akhigbe, Nosakhare Idemudia, Ozoemene Obuekwe, Ruxton Adebiyi, Nicolas Schlecht, Yana Bromberg, Fidelis E Eki-Udoko, Nosayaba Osazuwa-Peters, Modupe Oluseun Coker

“…This study aims to investigate oral HR-HPV susceptibility and persistence among children and adolescents living with HIV (CALHIV) and to understand the roles of perinatal HIV exposure, infection, antiretroviral treatment, and the oral microbiome.Methods and analysis This prospective cohort study is ongoing at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), Nigeria, involving mother-child pairs followed at 6-month intervals for 2 years. Participants include children aged 9–18 and their mothers aged 18 and above. …”
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Digital tool as speech and language therapy for patients with post-stroke aphasia by Gerardo Ruiz Ares, Marta Martin Alonso, Ricardo Rigual, Carlos Hervás Testal, Gabriel Torres Iglesias, Laura Casado Fernandez, Elena de Celis Ruiz, Jorge Rodríguez Pardo, Jenny Carvajal Muñoz, Laura González Martín, María Alonso de Leciñana, Blanca Fuentes

“…No adverse effects were reported, and all participants would recommend VerbalizAPP ® to other patients. …”
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Advanced Restriction Imaging and Reconstruction Technology for Prostate Magnetic Resonance Imaging (ART-Pro): A Study Protocol for a Multicenter, Multinational Trial Evaluating Bip... by Madison T. Baxter, Christopher C. Conlin, Aditya Bagrodia, Tristan Barrett, Hauke Bartsch, Anja Brau, Matthew Cooperberg, Anders M. Dale, Arnaud Guidon, Michael E. Hahn, Mukesh G. Harisinghani, Juan F. Javier-DesLoges, Sophia C. Kamran, Christopher J. Kane, Joshua M. Kuperman, Daniel J.A. Margolis, Paul M. Murphy, Nabih Nakrour, Michael A. Ohliger, Rebecca Rakow-Penner, Ahmed Shabaik, Jeffry P. Simko, Clare M. Tempany, Natasha Wehrli, Sean A. Woolen, Jingjing Zou, Tyler M. Seibert

“…ART-Pro will be conducted in two stages and will include a total of 500 patients referred for multiparametric prostate MRI with a clinical suspicion of prostate cancer at the participating sites. ART-Pro-1 will evaluate bpMRI, mpMRI, and RSIrs on the accuracy of expert radiologists’ detection of csPCa and will evaluate RSIrs as a stand-alone, quantitative, objective biomarker. …”
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C1q Levels: A Reliable Biomarker for Differentiating Active and Latent Tuberculosis Infection by Sepideh Darougar, Afshin Moniri, Parvaneh Baghaei, Esmaeil Mortaz, Makan Sadr, Arad Moniri, Majid Marjani, Payam Tabarsi

“…Methods: This prospective cross-sectional study was conducted from January 2017 to February 2018, involving HIV-negative adults aged 18 and older attending TB clinics. Participants were categorized based on clinical symptoms, imaging results, and laboratory tests into active or latent TB. …”
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How mothers with severe emotion dysregulation use DBT skills in parenting contexts: observational coding of skills use in a DBT skills training group by Yoel Everett, Olivia A. Frigoletto, Jacqueline R. O’Brien, Amy L. Byrd, Stephanie D. Stepp, Maureen Zalewski

“…Methods This study used clinician-rated observational coding of skill use examples that were provided by mothers with severe emotion dysregulation (n = 16) who participated in a standard 48-week DBT Skills Training (DBT-ST) program in the context of a larger randomized controlled trial (NCT03060902). …”
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Randomized controlled trial comparing quadratus Lumborum Block and Surgical Site Infiltration in Total Abdominal Hysterectomy: Efficacy Analysis by Sangeeta Dhanger, R L Jayavani, Bhavani Vaidiyanathan, Idhuyya Joseph Rajesh

“…However, due to incomplete data, 2 patients from the QLB group were excluded, resulting in 58 participants in the final analysis. The primary outcomes measured were the time to first request for analgesia and total morphine consumption within the first 24 h postoperatively. …”
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Effect of Inhaled Prostaglandin E2 on Methacholine and Leukotriene D4 Airway Responsiveness in Asthmatic Subjects by Wil Hm Stevens, Cheryl P VanderHeyden, Paul M O'Byrne

“…These results suggest that PGE2 partially attenuates LTD4-induced bronchoconstriction; however, the magnitude of the effect is unlikely to account for its attenuation of exercise and allergen-induced bronchoconstriction.…”
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Experiences and practices of people categorised as being ‘at risk’ based on age during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study in the UK and Germany by Susannah Mayhew, Stephanie Drössler, Katharina Wabnitz

“…Design Interview-based qualitative study.Setting UK and Germany, July–August 2020.Participants 11 individuals from Germany and eight from the UK were recruited purposively. …”
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Associations between skeletal muscle phenotype, positional role, and on‐ice performance in elite male ice hockey players by Jeppe F. Vigh‐Larsen, Hallur Thorsteinsson, Martin Thomassen, Jeppe Panduro, Bjørn Fristrup, Morten B. Randers, Jens L. Olesen, Peter Krustrup, Kristian Overgaard, Lars Nybo, Magni Mohr

“…Sixteen players (10 forwards, six defensemen) participated in a game with activity tracking. Resting thigh muscle biopsies were analyzed for metabolic enzyme activity and protein expression linked to performance. …”
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Barriers to Low-Vision Rehabilitation Services for Visually Impaired Patients in a Multidisciplinary Ophthalmology Outpatient Practice by Karima S. Khimani, Carissa R. Battle, Lauren Malaya, Aaleena Zaidi, Mary Schmitz-Brown, Huey-Ming Tzeng, Praveena K. Gupta

“…Patients who received LVR referrals to attend at least one LVR service visit from the eligible subjects were contacted for participation in phone interviews regarding their LVR experience. …”
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Acute effect of resistance, aerobic and combined exercise circuits on blood pressure of hypertensive women by Elizabeth Carpio Rivera, Andrea Solera Herrera

“…Nine trained persons (aged 53.22 ± 4.67 years), hypertensive but medicated with enalapril, participated in four training treatments, each carried out on different days under a randomized repeated measures design: (1) A: aerobic training condition (steps training); (2) R: resistance training condition (machine training) (3) AR: aerobic and resistance training condition (alternating aerobic and resistance training every 30 seconds) (4) C: control condition (30 minutes resting). …”
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Comparative genomics reveals low levels of inter- and intraspecies diversity in the causal agents of dwarf and common bunt of wheat and hint at conspecificity of Tilletia caries an... by Somayyeh Sedaghatjoo, Bagdevi Mishra, Monika K. Forster, Yvonne Becker, Jens Keilwagen, Berta Killermann, Marco Thines, Petr Karlovsky, Wolfgang Maier

“…The three closely related fungal species differ in their teliospore morphology and partially in their physiology and infection biology. …”
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Enhancing patient engagement: the influence of an in-consult patient decision aid on shared decision-making for lung tumour radiation – protocol for the randomised trial ‘SDM Lung... by Karina Dahl Steffensen, Signe Timm, Torben Frøstrup Hansen, Thomas Leth Fink, Charlotte Kristiansen, Torben Schjødt Hansen, Rune Slot Thing

“…Secondary outcomes are patient-reported outcomes, quality of life and side effects following treatment.Ethics and dissemination All patients give informed consent to participate. According to Danish legislation, ethical approval is not required for this study as studies using questionnaires, observations or other non-biological studies are not considered interventions according to the Committee Act. …”
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Exploring Career Barriers Faced by Female Doctors Due to Gender Bias: A Qualitative Analysis by Anam Zahra, Tayyaba Azhar, Hajra Talat

“…Female doctors who had experienced delayed promotions or held leadership positions, and male doctors with experience supervising or working alongside female colleagues, participated in semi-structured interviews. An interview guide, informed by key themes from existing literature on gender studies in the medical field, directed discussions on career advancement barriers, strategies to overcome them, and the roles of male doctors in supporting female colleagues. …”
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Migration of primordial germline cells is negatively regulated by surrounding somatic cells during early embryogenesis in Drosophila melanogaster by N. V. Dorogova, A. S. Khruscheva, Iu. A. Galimova, D. Yu. Oshchepkov, D. E. Maslov, E. D. Shvedkina, K. A. Akhmetova, S. A. Fedorova

“…The surrounding cells or cell matrix not only form a substrate for movement, but can also participate in the spatio-temporal regulation of the migration. …”
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Nationwide observational study of incidence, management and outcome of spontaneous coronary artery dissection: a report from the Swedish Coronary Angiography and Angioplasty regist... by Per Tornvall, Eva Swahn, Dimitrios Venetsanos, Troels Yndigegn, Sofia Sederholm Lawesson, Lena Jonasson, Nina Johnston, Henrik Wilander, Christos Pagonis, Christian Dworeck, Thomas Kellerth

“…The incidence of SCAD as well as the management and outcome of these patients is not well described.Design A nationwide observational study.Participants and setting All patients with SCAD registered in the Swedish Coronary Angiography and Angioplasty Register from 2015 to 2017 were included. …”
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Association of FMO3 Variants with Blood Pressure in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study by Tyler S. Bryant, Priya Duggal, Bing Yu, Alanna C. Morrison, Tariq Shafi, Georg Ehret, Nora Franceschini, Eric Boerwinkle, Josef Coresh, Adrienne Tin

“…These associations were not significant with additional samples: E158K in a meta-analysis of SBP of African ancestry (N=30,841, p=0.43) that included ARIC participants and the two low frequency variants in an independent ancestry-specific exome sequencing study of blood pressure (rs200985584, p=0.94; rs75904274, p=0.81). …”
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Towards the Universal Health Coverage in Ghana: An exploratory, cross-sectional study on the National Health Insurance Scheme by Richard Boateng, Alfred E Yawson

“…Method: A cross-sectional survey was conducted in 2017 on 300 adult participants, who were recruited by a convenience random sampling from subscribers of the formal and informal sectors, living in Accra, Ghana. …”
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