Civil servants' activity regulation in Lithuania 1918-1940 by Jolanta Palidauskaitė, Milda Petrokaitė

“… The focus of the article is the legal regulation of civil servants' activity in Lithuania during the period 1918-1940. …”
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Spectrum of thyroid disorders among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus by Md Rakibul Hasan, Raisa Siddika, Sayma Akther Mou, Md Shahed Morshed

“…This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License(CC BY 4.0).…”
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Evolocumab safety and efficacy in hypercholesteremia patients with or without diabetes: a retrospective real-world analysis by Sultan Ibrahim Alraddadi, Hind Almodaimegh, Abdullah Kharbosh, Hadeel Alharbi, Ahmed Ibrahim Fathelrahman, Mona Yaser Alsheikh, Lama Alfehaid

“…All patients who had been on maximally tolerated statin and ezetimibe therapy for at least 4 months before starting evolocumab were included. The included participants were then divided into diabetic and non-diabetic groups and assessed for evolocumab’s efficacy and safety. …”
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Determining the relationship between the speed of motion of large permanent magnets and the trajectory of implants in magnetic stereotaxic systems by Ц. Ханькунь, О. Г. Аврунін

“…This means that we can control the distance and steering angle of the implant more accurately, which makes the study of the magnetic stereotaxic system further, and lays a theoretical foundation and provides a large amount of experimental data for the implant to be able to reach the diseased site located in the deep structure of the brain tissue along complex pathways in neurosurgical interventions with the participation of the magnetic stereotaxic system.…”
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Reliability and Validity of a Chinese Version of Adaptive Cognitive Evaluation Tool in College Students by Yu Z, Wang Y, Li Y, Feng W

“…Despite its importance, traditional cognitive assessment tools face limitations, including high labor costs and human error, underscoring an urgent need for cost-effective, precise tools to assess cognitive functions.Objective: This study aims to address this gap by evaluating the reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the Adaptive Cognitive Evaluation (ACE) tool among college students, thereby contributing to the advancement of cognitive research and disease management strategies in China.Methods: We collected data from 150 participants (72 males, 78 females) with an average age of 20.97 ± 3.36 years. …”
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La bibliothèque dans Buffy contre les vampires : grimoires et merveilles by Vanessa Bertho

“…Leur influence dans les épisodes est indéniable, participant à l’atmosphère néogothique générale. Parmi eux, la bibliothèque revêt un aspect tout particulier. …”
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Translation and Validation of the Sinhalese Version of the Brief Medication Questionnaire in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus by P. Ranasinghe, R. Jayawardena, P. Katulanda, G. R. Constantine, V. Ramanayake, P. Galappatthy

“…Mean duration of diabetes in the participants was 13.4 ± 7.8 years. Mean HbA1c was 8.3 ± 1.7%, with poor glycaemic control (HbA1c ≥ 8.5%) identified in 41.8%. …”
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Prevalence of Intestinal Schistosomiasis and Associated Factors among School Children in Wondo District, Ethiopia by Mustafa Geleto Ansha, Kemal Ahmed Kuti, Ephrem Girma

“…A total of 298 study participants were involved in this study resulting in a response rate of 96.4% (298/309). …”
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Application of the academic evaluation by oral defense in training of nurses in the operating room (答辩式考核在手术室进修护士培训中的应用) by LI Wenjing (李文静), HU Juanjuan (胡娟娟), LIU Juan (刘娟), ZHAO Jing (赵晶)

“…Methods A total of 36 nurses participating in the clinical training in the Department of Operating Room from January 2017 to June 2018 were selected as the control group, and 40 nurses from July 2018 to December 2019 were selected as the observation group. …”
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Penggunaan Asthma Control Test (ACT) secara Mandiri oleh Pasien untuk Mendeteksi Perubahan Tingkat Kontrol Asmanya by Yessy Susanty Sabri, Yusrizal Chan

“…Djamil Hospital Padang and were willing to participate in the study.Effective use of ACT independently by the patient as a tool to detect changes in the level of asthma control is quite effective in which the assessment level of asthma control between patient and the doctor is equal with the value 78.1%. …”
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Changes over a decade in psychotropic prescribing for people with intellectual disabilities: prospective cohort study by Paula McSkimming, Angela Henderson, Sally-Ann Cooper, Deborah Kinnear, Colin McCowan, Linda Allan, Alasdair McIntosh

“…Longitudinal cohort study with detailed health assessments at T1 and record linkage to T2 prescribing data.Setting General community.Participants 1190 adults with intellectual disabilities in T1 compared with 3906 adults with intellectual disabilities in T2. 545/1190 adults with intellectual disabilities in T1 were alive and their records linked to T2 prescribing data.Main outcome measures Encashed regular and as-required psychotropic prescriptions.Results 50.7% (603/1190) of adults in T1 and 48.2% (1881/3906) in T2 were prescribed at least one psychotropic; antipsychotics: 24.5% (292/1190) in T1 and 16.7% (653/3906) in T2; antidepressants: 11.2% (133/1190) in T1 and 19.1% (746/3906) in T2. 21.2% (62/292) prescribed antipsychotics in T1 had psychosis or bipolar disorder, 33.2% (97/292) had no mental ill health or problem behaviours, 20.6% (60/292) had problem behaviours but no psychosis or bipolar disorder. …”
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Advanced Neuromuscular Training Differentially Changes Performance on Visuomotor Reaction Tests and Single-leg Hop Tests in Patients with ACL Reconstruction by Terese Chmielewski, Michael Obermeier, Adam Meierbachtol, Asher Jenkins, Michael Stuart, Robby Sikka, Marc Tompkins

“…# Background Advanced neuromuscular training prepares patients with anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) for sport participation. Return-to-sport testing often includes single-leg hop tests, yet combining motor and cognitive tasks (i.e., dual-task) might reveal neurocognitive reliance…”
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Assessing intrinsic capacity for person‐centred HIV care: a cross‐sectional study in ageing populations in Malaysia and Hong Kong by Reena Rajasuriar, Syaza Hisham, John Son Lim, Jean Yi Cheong, Wen Ying Ho, Siew Hwei Yap, Nurul Syuhada Zulhaimi, Malinee Neelamegam, Catherine Cheung, Vivian Wong, Ruhana Che Yusof, Kejal Hasmukharay, Shahrul Bahyah Kamaruzzaman, Sharifah Faridah Syed Omar, Meng Li Chong, Pui Li Wong, Grace Chung‐Yan Lui

“…However, to date, its utility within the context of HIV has not been assessed. Methods Participants included 200 PWH attending out‐patient care (2021−2023) in Universiti Malaya Medical Centre, Malaysia and 101 community controls aged 35 years and above. …”
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Travailler en FLE avec des étudiants exilés : une occasion de sortir des sentiers battus ? by Chantal Dompmartin-Normand, Tepey Sarai Matos Aldana

“…De l’autre, un refus de participer, qui paradoxalement est l’occasion d’une expression personnelle fine, dont l’effet est probablement réparateur. …”
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Cardiovascular Development and the Colonizing Cardiac Neural Crest Lineage by Paige Snider, Michael Olaopa, Anthony B. Firulli, Simon J. Conway

“…Once the migratory cardiac neural crest subpopulation finally reaches the heart, they have traditionally been thought to participate in septation of the common outflow tract into separate aortic and pulmonary arteries. …”
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Synergistic effect of mulch and nitrogen management on growth and essential oil yield of Salvia sclarea L. by Diksha Dhiman, Sakshi Vishvamitera, Sidharth Baghla, Sanatsujat Singh, Dinesh Kumar, Ashok Kumar, Ramesh Chauhan

“…Therefore, a two-year study was conducted to examine the synergistic effects of mulch and reducing inorganic fertilizers and partially substituting organic amendments on essential oil (EO) yield and its composition, and soil properties in Salvia sclarea, an industrially important crop. …”
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Utilization of donor CLL-1 CAR-T cells for the treatment of relapsed of acute myeloid leukemia following allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation by Meng Zhang, Meng Zhang, Xiaomei Zhang, Xiaomei Zhang, Jiaxi Wang, Wenyi Lu, Xia Xiao, Hairong Lyu, Xiaoyuan He, Yedi Pu, Juanxia Meng, Cuicui Lyu, Xinping Cao, Mingfeng Zhao, Mingfeng Zhao

“…However, 2 patients withdrew from the study due to rapid disease progression. 12 participants received donor-derived CLL-1 CAR-T cells and were categorized into 3 groups based on the dosage of infused CAR-T cells dose (Group A:0.5×106/kg, Group B:1×106/kg, Group C:1.5×106/kg). …”
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The effect of post-exercise heat exposure (passive heat acclimation) on endurance exercise performance: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Thomas P. J. Solomon, Matthew J. Laye

“…Results Ten studies (199 participants: 156 male, 43 female, age 20–32 years) were included. …”
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Could Infectious Agents Play a Role in the Onset of Age-related Macular Degeneration? A Scoping Review by Petra P. Larsen, MD, PhD, Virginie Dinet, PhD, Cécile Delcourt, PhD, Catherine Helmer, MD, PhD, Morgane Linard, MD, PhD

“…In total, 40 articles were included, among which 30 on human data, 9 animal studies, 6 in vitro experiments, and 1 hypothesis paper (sometimes with several data types in the same article). …”
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Altered expression profile of plasma exosomal microRNAs in exclusive electronic cigarette adult users by Dongmei Li, Zidian Xie, Sadiya Bi Shaikh, Irfan Rahman

“…Subgroup analysis of White participants only identified four miRNAs (hsa-miR-100-5p, hsa-miR-125b-5p, hsa-miR-200b-3p, and hsa-miR-99a-5p) that were also upregulated in e-cigarette users with one miRNA hsa-miR-200b-3p remaining statistical significance after controlling for the FDR at 5%. …”
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