Predictors of glycemic control among type 1 pediatric diabetes patients—Northeast Ethiopia by Hiwot Adege, Gedefaw Getnet, Abyou Seyfu Ambaye, Mekuanint Terefe Kassa, Bedilu Linger Endalifer

“…Bivariate and multivariate analyses were done to identify the factors affecting glycemic control.ResultAmong 203 patients with type 1 diabetes, the average age was 8.72 ± 4.25 years, with the largest group of participants being over 10 years old (77 patients, 37%). …”
Get full text

Gains and pains: a qualitative study on the implications of value-based health care for professionals by Veerle van Engen, Igna Bonfrer, Fabio Mieris, Malou Ensink, Anne Stiggelbout, Kees Ahaus, Martina Buljac-Samardzic

“…This study aims to qualitatively examine the implications of VBHC for healthcare professionals’ motivation, job strain, and ongoing participation in VBHC. In addition, it explores how these outcomes are regulated at both the individual and organizational levels. …”
Get full text

Increased serum soluble PD-l1 levels in patients with advanced stages of chronic kidney disease by Ayaka Hayashi, Ayaka Hayashi, Hiroto Ishihara, Mayuko Kawabe, Kazuhiko Kato, Kazuhiko Kato, Akio Nakashima, Akio Nakashima, Izumi Yamamoto, Teppei Sakano, Teppei Sakano, Hiroe Kobashi, Makoto Morita, Makoto Morita, Takashi Yokoo, Mitsuyoshi Urashima

“…The association of serum soluble programed death-ligand 1 (sPD-L1) levels and chronic kidney disease (CKD) progression is unknown.MethodsTo compare serum sPD-L1 levels among healthy individuals and patients with various CKD stages, including those undergoing dialysis, a secondary analysis was performed using clinical data and residual serum samples from four distinct cohorts, each prospectively collected for different research purposes: The Vaccine Cohort (2021–2022), the Cancer Cohort (2010–2018), the Dialysis Initiation Cohort (2023–2024), and the Dialysis Maintenance Cohort (2011–2015) included patients on stable maintenance dialysis.ResultsThe study analyzed serum sPD-L1 levels in 2,829 participants (mean age, 54.2 years; male, 54.2%) across the four cohorts. …”
Get full text

GENDER CONFLICTS OF STUDENTS by H. F. Moskalyk, M. O. Bulach

“…Student age has the most favourable conditions for psychological, biological and social development; however, there are reasons why such natural advantages over other social groups can be completely or partially levelled. One of them is the presence of conflicts in the life of a student, a special group, among which there are women. …”
Get full text

Clinical trials since 2020 of rapid anti-suicidal ideation effects of ketamine and its enantiomers: a systematic review by Sumra Sajid, J. John Mann, Michael F. Grunebaum

“…After screening, 14 RCTs met the inclusion criteria which required clinically significant SIB among participants, ketamine or one of its enantiomers as an anti-SIB treatment, and SIB as an outcome. …”
Get full text

Early Treatment with Empagliflozin and GABA Improves β-Cell Mass and Glucose Tolerance in Streptozotocin-Treated Mice by Caroline Daems, Sophie Welsch, Hasnae Boughaleb, Juliette Vanderroost, Annie Robert, Etienne Sokal, Philippe A. Lysy

“…We hypothesized that glucotoxicity could contribute to β-cell mass destruction through participation in islet inflammation. We evaluated the potential of empagliflozin (EMPA) and GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid) to protect β-cell mass against glucotoxicity and to increase β-cell mass after diagnosis of T1D. …”
Get full text

Seizure prevalence in children aged up to 3 years: a longitudinal population-based cohort study in Japan by Kandai Nozu, Masahiro Nishiyama, Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Yusuke Ishida, Kazumi Tomioka, Hiroki Takeda, Noriyuki Nishimura, Hiroki Mishina, Kazumoto Iijima, Hiroaki Nagase

“…Objective To investigate the prevalence of seizures/febrile seizures in children up to 3 years of age and examine the effects of gestational age at birth on the risk for febrile seizures.Design Retrospective longitudinal population-based cohort study.Setting Kobe City public health center, Kobe, Japan, from 2010 to 2018.Participants Children who underwent a medical check-up at 3 years of age.Methods Information regarding seizures was collected from the parents of 96 014 children. …”
Get full text

Análisis de la edafo-climotoposecuencia y su influencia en la distribución de los suelos de la subcuenca del río Mira-Ecuador by I. Chalco, R. Haro, L. Andrade, N. Díaz, D. Reyes, W. Villarreal, E. Gómez, D. Díaz, F. Yerovi

“…En conclusión, se determinó que la distribución de los suelos se ve influenciada por el clima representado por los regímenes de temperatura del suelo (isofrígido, isomésico, isotérmico e isohipertérmico) y los regímenes de humedad del suelo (perúdico, údico y ústico) sobre el material de partida (ceniza volcánica).…”
Get full text

Mental health and psychosocial support strategies in highly contagious emerging disease outbreaks of substantial public concern: A systematic scoping review. by Angela M Kunzler, Jutta Stoffers-Winterling, Marlene Stoll, Alexander L Mancini, Sophie Lehmann, Manpreet Blessin, Donya Gilan, Isabella Helmreich, Frank Hufert, Klaus Lieb

“…Across all studies, there was positive qualitative feedback from participants and facilitators. We identified seven ongoing studies mostly using online- and mobile-based deliveries.…”
Get full text

Real-Life State of Anti-Hepatitis B Virus Drug Choice in Child-Bearing Age Male Patients and Effect on Fertility and Fetal Safety by Zhao X. Hu, Yi N. Ye, Wei G. Wu, Xu J. Liang, Qi W. Wu, Ao Zhang, Xing R. Zheng, Zhi L. Gao, Liang Peng, Chan Xie

“…Reasons for not receiving antivirals in 150 patients were “did not meet criteria for antiviral therapy,” fertility, and financial. Furthermore, 900 participants received antivirals (85.71%, 900/1050), including 792 patients with children and 15.15% (120/792) took anti-HBV treatment when preparing for pregnancy. …”
Get full text

Bases de datos para Refining music tempo for an ergogenic effect on stationary cycling exercise by Jorge Alberto Aburto Corona, Luis Fernando Aragón-Vargas

“…Using individually selected preferred music in a carefully controlled environment, participants improved their spontaneous cycling performance only when the music had a fast tempo of 140 bpm.…”
Get full text

Improper lung volume-dose parameters are risk factors for acute fatal radiation pneumonitis among esophageal cancer patients receiving chemoradiotherapy: a case-control study by Ruinuo Jia, Liuyan Li, Xiaoyi Liu, Junqian Zhang, Shuoguo Li, Ziqi Wang, Jingxia Li, Bingyi Xu, Manxi Sheng, Lei Ni, Danni Yang, Shegan Gao, Shegan Gao, Shegan Gao

“…However, acute fatal radiation pneumonitis (AFRP) is one of the most harmful complications and it is still controversial which factors pose a greater risk.AimThis case-control study aims to investigate the relationship between AFRP and lung volume-dose parameters in patients with esophageal cancer undergoing DCRT.MethodsCases are patients who died of AFRP after DCRT, whereas controls are patients who did not develop RP. Participants were enrolled using the International Classification of Diseases Codes Searching and then verified by medical record review. …”
Get full text

The Falcon Test: An Observer Agreement Study in Subjects With and Without Anterior Knee Pain by Michael T. Cibulka, Payton Wunderlich, Hayden Klockenga, Andrew Reed, John Sandman

“… # Method Fifty-three participants with and without anterior knee pain were enrolled. …”
Get full text

Impact of Out-of-pocket Costs on Varenicline Utilization and Persistence by Aaron Galaznik, Katherine Cappell, Leslie Montejano, Geoffrey Makinson, Kelly H. Zou, Gregory Lenhart

“…**Methods:** De-identified claims data in the MarketScan® Commercial Claims and Encounters Database were analyzed retrospectively. Participants were all patients at least 18 years of age continuously enrolled in plans during 2009. …”
Get full text

The reproductive function of women with infertility after suffering COVID-19 infection by I.S. Golovchak

“…Informed consents of the women were obtained for participation in this study. The author declares no conflicts of interest.…”
Get full text

Associations between serum cytokine levels and postmenopausal depression in postmenopausal women with and without menopause hormone therapy by Ketan Chu, Xi Lin, Saisai Li, Linjuan Ma, Yizhou Huang, Fan Wu, Mengna Shou, Nazaré Alva Galang Cabarrabang, Yibing Lan, Jianhong Zhou

“…Results According to the HAMD score, 39.36% of the participants in the POST group and 14.29% in the POST + MHT group were considered to have depression. …”
Get full text

Use of large language models as artificial intelligence tools in academic research and publishing among global clinical researchers by Tanisha Mishra, Edward Sutanto, Rini Rossanti, Nayana Pant, Anum Ashraf, Akshay Raut, Germaine Uwabareze, Ajayi Oluwatomiwa, Bushra Zeeshan

“…Majority (57.5%) of these participants practiced in an academic setting with a median of 7 (2,18) PubMed Indexed published articles. 198 respondents (87.6%) were aware of LLMs and those who were aware had higher number of publications (p < 0.001). 18.7% of the respondents who were aware (n = 37) had previously used LLMs in publications especially for grammatical errors and formatting (64.9%); however, most (40.5%) did not acknowledge its use in their papers. 50.8% of aware respondents (n = 95) predicted an overall positive future impact of LLMs while 32.6% were unsure of its scope. 52% of aware respondents (n = 102) believed that LLMs would have a major impact in areas such as grammatical errors and formatting (66.3%), revision and editing (57.2%), writing (57.2%) and literature review (54.2%). 58.1% of aware respondents were opined that journals should allow for use of AI in research and 78.3% believed that regulations should be put in place to avoid its abuse. …”
Get full text

Impact of gut microbial diversity on egg production performance in chickens by Liping Wu, Tao Zhang, Zhihua Luo, Huiyuan Xiao, Di Wang, Cailong Wu, Xinyan Fang, Jiawei Li, Jing Zhou, Junjie Miao, Hongli Tan, Yanan Wang, Qing Liu, Jianhua Huang

“…The low and medium production groups partially overlapped on the principal coordinates analysis plot, whereas the high-production group was distinctly separate. …”
Get full text

The Life Experiences of Loss and Grieving for Indonesian Wives Who Had Lost Their Husbands Because of a Critical Illness: A Case Study by Priambodo AP, Hidayati NO, Nuraeni A

“…The child is an essential factor in the grieving process, as it keeps participants engaged in the world even when faced with the immediate effects of grief.Keywords: critical illness, grieving, life expériences, loss, widow…”
Get full text

Methodological issues of retrospective surveys for measuring mortality of highly clustered diseases: case study of the 2014–16 Ebola outbreak in Bo District, Sierra Leone by Grazia Caleo, Kamalini Lokuge, Katina Kardamanidis, Jane Greig, Jaroslava Belava, Emer Kilbride, Alhaji Sayui Turay, Gbessay Saffa, Ronald Kremer, Francesco Grandesso, Kostas Danis, Armand Sprecher, Gian Luca Di Tanna, Holly Baker, Helen A. Weiss

“…Results Overall 980 households and 6,522 individuals participated in both surveys. A total of 64 deaths were reported, of which 20 were attributed to EVD. …”
Get full text