Changes in muscle quality and biomarkers of neuromuscular junctions and muscle protein turnover following 12 weeks of resistance training in older men by Andrzej Mastalerz, Bizhan Hooshmand-Moghadam, Shadi Moazamigoudarzi, Fateme Golestani, Babak Hooshmand-Moghadam, Monika Johne, Krzysztof Maćkała, Katarzyna Lorenz, Ewelina Maculewicz

“…Thirty elderly men (age 66.23±0.57 years) were randomly divided into two groups: resistance training group (RT, n =15) and control group (CON, n =15). Participants in RT performed resistance training protocols with the intensity of 60% one-repetition maximum (3×/week, 4 sets of the six exercise circuits). …”
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Relationship between Shoulder Pain, Trunk and Lower Limb Pain in Overhead Athletes: A Systematic Review with Meta-analysis by Marine Leroux, Franck Lagniaux

“…Throwing movements require the participation of all components of the kinetic chain to reduce risk for shoulder overuse. …”
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Social Structure Analysis in Management of South Sumatra Inland Waters by Fevi Rahma Dwi Putri, Arif Satria, Rilus A. Kinseng, Taryono Taryono

“…The participants in this social landscape strived to accumulate capital to enhance their competitiveness within the L3S domain. …”
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SCRIVERE IN ITALIANO L2 IN PROSPETTIVA PRAGMATICA E FUNZIONALE: UN LABORATORIO PER APPRENDENTI DI LIVELLO AVANZATO. IL CASO DEL TIPO TESTUALE DESCRITTIVO by Fabiana Cupido

“…For this purpose, in the article the activities concerning descriptive text proposed to the participants are analysed as an example: firstly, the contribution presents the ways and the techniques employed to guide students  through an analysis of the distinctive features of descriptive text, using real texts provided as models; secondly, some cases of reuse of such features in texts written by the learners in the context of the laboratory are examined. …”
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Cohort profile: the East London Health and Care Partnership Data Repository: using novel integrated data to support commissioning and research by George Howard, Kamaldeep Bhui, Amy Ronaldson, Evangelos Chandakas, Qiongwen Kang, Katie Brennan, Aminat Akande, Irene Ebyarimpa, Eleanor Wyllie, Richard Fradgley, Mark Freestone

“…This paper describes the dataset in its current form, its representativeness and data completeness.Participants There were 351 749 and 344 511 members of the GP-registered population in the two boroughs, respectively, for the financial year 2017/2018. …”
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The Effect of the Addition of Core Exercises to Supervised Physiotherapy in Patients With Subacromial Impingement Syndrome by Héctor Gutiérrez-Espinoza, Guillermo Méndez-Rebolledo, Jonathan Zavala-González, Serghio Torreblanca-Vargas, Felipe Araya-Quintanilla

“… # Methods A total of 47 participants with SIS were recruited. All patients were treated with five weeks of supervised physiotherapy plus a core exercise program. …”
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Principles for increasing equity in WASH research: understanding barriers faced by LMIC WASH researchers by J'Anna-Mare Lue, Salamata Bah, Kaelah Grant, Justine Lee, Leila Nzekele, James B. Tidwell

“…Individuals, organisations and the entire WASH sector must examine how they participate in upholding inequitable systems of power to begin to dismantle the system through the intentional yielding of power and resources.…”
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Comparative efficacy of sleep positional therapy, oral appliance therapy, and CPAP in obstructive sleep apnea: a meta-analysis of mean changes in key outcomes by Yunjun Gao, Sixiang Zhu, Wenjun Li, Youqing Lai

“…This study aimed to compare the efficacy and safety of SPT with CPAP, oral appliance therapy (OAT), and placebo.MethodsNineteen randomized controlled trials (RCTs) with 1,231 participants were included. Data extraction focused on changes in key outcomes such as apnea-hypopnea index (AHI), total sleep time (TST), oxygen desaturation index (ODI), and sleep architecture from pre- to post-intervention. …”
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Web-based interventions for pregnant women with gestational diabetes mellitus: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol by Ping Xu, Wei Zhang, Xiaojuan Wang, Dan Dan Chen, Pingping Guo, Yin Jin, Zhenzhen Xiang, Minna Mao, Qiong Zheng, Suwen Feng

“…We will conduct a qualitative synthesis for studies that cannot be quantitatively synthesised.Ethics and dissemination Ethics approval is not required for this review as no human participants will be involved. The results will be disseminated via a peer-reviewed journal or an academic conference.PROSPERO registration number CRD42022296625.…”
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Drug-Coated Balloon-Only Strategy for De Novo Coronary Artery Disease: A Meta-analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials by Wenyi Zhang, Mingduo Zhang, Jinfan Tian, Min Zhang, Yuan Zhou, Xiantao Song

“…A total of eighteen trials with 3336 participants were included. Compared with drug-eluting stents, the DCB-only strategy was associated with a similar risk of major adverse cardiac events (risk ratio RR=0.90; 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.59 to 1.37, P=0.631) and a significant decrease in late lumen loss (standardized mean difference SMD=−0.29, 95% CI: −0.53 to −0.04, P=0.021). …”
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Advancing treatment choices: CDK4/6 inhibitor switching in HR+/HER2- metastatic breast cancer by Paola Zagami, Angela Esposito, Beatrice Taurelli Salimbeni, Pier Paolo Maria Berton Giachetti, Roberta Scafetta, Matteo Lambertini, Massimo Di Maio, Giuseppe Curigliano, Carmen Criscitiello, Saverio Cinieri

“…Results: The survey showed that 48 % of participants were not surprised regarding AIFA's decision, with 76 % of respondents believing that this opportunity would significantly influence their treatment choices, enhancing AEs management for patients. …”
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Nonlinear association between depressive symptoms and homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance: a cross-sectional analysis in the American population by Chunqi Jiang, Bo Wang, Yinuo Qu, Jun Wang, Xin Zhang

“…Then, we constructed a two-piece linear regression model and performed a recursive algorithm to calculate the inflection point.ResultsThe study included 20,282 participants in the United States. In the regression model adjusted for all confounding variables, the odds ratio (OR) for the correlation between depressive symptom and the Homeostasis Model Assessment of Insulin Resistance (HOMA-IR) was 1.01 (95% CI: 1.00, 1.01). …”
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The association of dietary approaches to stop hypertension measured by the food frequency questionnaire with metabolic syndrome and some inflammatory biomarkers in adolescents with... by Maryam Behrooz, Alireza Ostadrahimi, Samaneh Hajjarzadeh, Mirhadi Mousavi, Afshin Ghalegolab Behbahani, Siamak Shiva

“…Methods A total of 90 adolescents with obesity and 90 adolescents with normal weight, participated in the study. Data from a validated 168-item semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire were used to calculate the DASH score. …”
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Mortality and readmission following hip fracture surgery: a retrospective study comparing conventional and fast-track care by Kristin Haugan, Lars G Johnsen, Trude Basso, Olav A Foss

“…Objective To compare the efficacies of two pathways—conventional and fast-track care—in patients with hip fracture.Design Retrospective single-centre study.Setting University hospital in middle Norway.Participants 1820 patients aged ≥65 years with hip fracture (intracapsular, intertrochanteric or subtrochanteric).Interventions 788 patients were treated according to conventional care from April 2008 to September 2011, and 1032 patients were treated according to fast-track care from October 2011 to December 2013.Primary and secondary outcome Primary: mortality and readmission to hospital, within 365 days follow-up. …”
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Protocol of the Nurses’ Mental Health Study (NMHS): a nationwide hospital multicentre prospective cohort study by Jiaxin Yang, Chongmei Huang, Shuiyuan Xiao, Xuting Li, Meng Ning, Zengyu Chen, Yusheng Tian, Qiang Yu, Yamin Chen, Ya-Min Li

“…Baseline data collection will be implemented through online questionnaires after obtaining informed consent from each participant. Variables including sociodemographic information, work-related factors, health status, lifestyle habits, objective experiences, family and social relations, current affairs opinions and overall evaluation will be collected. …”
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Reduction effect of oral pravastatin on the acute phase response to intravenous zoledronic acid: protocol for a real-world prospective, placebo-controlled trial by Qi Liu, Min Zhang, Liyuan Tao, Chunli Song, Haiyan Li, Gengyu Han, Runting Li, Dongwei Fan, Guohong Du, Dongyang Liu

“…The aim of this study is to determine the reduction effect of oral pravastatin on APR and investigate the possible mechanisms underlying the effect in vivo.Methods and analysis This will be a single-centre, placebo-controlled trial. Female participants will be allocated at a 1:1 ratio to receive either oral pravastatin or a placebo at 1-hour predose and 24 and 48 hours post-administration of ZA. …”
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The relationship between work disability and subsequent suicide or self-harm: A scoping review. by Alex Collie, Shannon Elise Gray

“…Work disability occurs when an injury or illness limits the ability of a worker to participate in employment. While evidence suggests that people with work disability are at increased risk of suicide and intentional self-harm, this relationship has not been the subject of systematic review. …”
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Proseal laryngeal mask airway and endotracheal intubation in lower abdominal gynecological surgeries for perioperative gastric volume assessment and assessing postoperative recover... by Ranjay Mahaseth, Bhavna Gupta, Gaurav Jain, Anupama Bahadur, Deepak Singla, Debendra K. Tripathy

“…A total of 72 ASA I and II participants were included in two groups: endotracheal tube (ETT) (Group E) and PLMA (Group P). …”
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Influence of team emotional intelligence on the performance of construction design teams by Fatima Bello, Ahmed Doko Ibrahim, Yahaya Makarfi Ibrahim, Kulomri Jipato Adogbo, Baba Adama Kolo

“…The content analysis revealed that team norms improved with participation in multiple projects. This suggests that TEI contributes significantly to the performance of the construction design teams. …”
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Relationships between blood concentrations of cadmium, lead, mercury, selenium, and manganese and the risk of chronic kidney disease: a cross-sectional study based on NHANES 2011–2... by Shenghua Yao, Dan Xu

“…Results A total of 15,450 participants were included. With regard to blood lead concentrations, the odds ratio (OR) for CKD in Q4 relative to Q1 was 1.36 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.20–1.61), indicating an increased oc-currence of CKD in Q4. …”
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