Citizen Worry and Adherence in Response to Government Restrictions in Switzerland During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Repeated Cross-Sectional Online Surveys by Vanessa Kraege, Céline Dumans-Louis, Céline Maglieri, Séverine Bochatay, Marie-Anne Durand, Antoine Garnier, Kevin Selby, Christian von Plessen

“…On visual analog scales from 0 to 100, participants reported worry, self-adherence to pandemic restrictions, and their perceived adherence to others. …”
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Therapeutic Potential of Social Chatbots in Alleviating Loneliness and Social Anxiety: Quasi-Experimental Mixed Methods Study by Myungsung Kim, Seonmi Lee, Sieun Kim, Jeong-in Heo, Sangil Lee, Yu-Bin Shin, Chul-Hyun Cho, Dooyoung Jung

“…ResultsA total of 176 participants (88 males, average age=22.6 (SD 2.92)) took part in the study. …”
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Sex differences in the peripheral levels of cytokines during 12-month antipsychotic treatment in a drug-naïve schizophrenia spectrum cohort by I. Ratke, A. Torsvik, C.A. Bartz-Johannessen, F. Fathian, I. Joa, S.M. Klæbo Reitan, E.M. Løberg, M. Rettenbacher, S. Skrede, V.M. Steen, E. Johnsen, R.A. Kroken

“…Funding: The Research Council of Norway, the Western Norway Regional Health Trust, and the participating hospitals and universities provided funding for this study.…”
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The Undocumented Experience by Izah Tahir

“…I had good grades, I participated in clubs, I volunteered at a nursing home. …”
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Association of Serum Ferritin Levels With Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Overweight/Obese US Populations: A Population-Based Study From the NHANES by Zhang Y, Zhou P, Xu C, Su H, Li R, Sun L, Yang Y

“…Yang Zhang,1,* Pinglang Zhou,2,* Chuan Xu,3,* Hua Su,1 Rendong Li,1 Longhua Sun,2 Yihan Yang1 1Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, Jiangxi Institute of Respiratory Diseases, The Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, Jiangxi Medical College, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330006, People’s Republic of China; 2The Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, Jiangxi Medical College, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330006, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Jiangxi Medical College, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330006, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Yihan Yang, Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, Jiangxi Institute of Respiratory Diseases, The Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, Jiangxi Medical College, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330006, People’s Republic of China, Email yangyihan@email.ncu.edu.cn Longhua Sun, The Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, Jiangxi Medical College, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330006, People’s Republic of China, Email ndyfy05715@ncu.edu.cnObjective: To investigate the relationship between serum ferritin levels and OSA in overweight/obese individuals and assess the association between ferritin levels and all-cause mortality in overweight/obese female OSA patients.Methods: Cross-sectional (n = 4,809) and prospective (n = 832) data from overweight/obese adults from the 2005– 2008, and 2015-March 2020 NHANES cycles were analyzed. Participants were categorized into quartiles (Q1-Q4) based on their ln-transformed serum ferritin levels. …”
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Users’ Perspectives of Direct-to-Consumer Telemedicine Services: Survey Study by Kate Churruca, Darran Foo, Andrew Turner, Emily Crameri, Maree Saba, Samantha Spanos, Matthew Vickers, Jeffrey Braithwaite, Louise A Ellis

“…The most frequently cited reasons for using DTC telemedicine were related to convenience (97/121, 80.2%) and flexibility (71/121, 58.7%), while approximately a third of the sample selected that it was difficult to see traditional health care provider in their preferred time frame (44/121, 36.4%) and that the use of DTC telemedicine allowed them to gain access to services otherwise unavailable through traditional health care (39/121, 32.2%). Most participants felt “more in control” (106/128, 82.9%) and “in charge” of their health concern (102/130, 78.5%) when using DTC telemedicine services, in addition to having “more correct knowledge” (92/128, 71.9%) and “feeling better informed as a patient” (94/131, 71.8%). …”
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Association of sodium–glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors with mortality across the spectrum of myocardial infarction: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Michele Maremmani, Ramin Ebrahimi, Marco Centola, Felice Achilli, Valentina Capone, Eduardo Bossone, Christian Templin, Davide Di Vece

“…The diagram shows early and delayed treatment trial subgroups, presenting the number of participants, the percentage receiving SGLT2 inhibitors, and the respective HRs for mortality. …”
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Analyzing power errors in the optical pumping system of atomic spin comagnetometers by Jiale QUAN, Ye LIU, Longyan MA, Wenfeng FAN, Wei QUAN

“…However, when the power error frequency is lower than the electron Larmor frequency, the response amplitude decreases because of the slower response time of the noble gas atoms, which partially suppresses the impact of the power error. …”
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ART Regimen and Other Sociodemographics Do Not Affect Cytokine Expression in HIV Patients in Ghana by Samuel Essien-Baidoo, Dorcas Obiri-Yeboah, Yeboah Kwaku Opoku, Elvis Ayamga, Kevin Hodi Zie, Daniel Attoh, Evans Obboh, Anna Hayfron Benjamin, Justice Afrifa

“…The mean age of the participants was (45.54 ± 0.7846) years with a greater proportion (84.5%) between 31 and 60 years. …”
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INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL LEGAL MECHANISMS OF JUDICIAL LIABILITY IN THE CONDITIONS OF ECONOMIC GLOBALISATION OF MODERN SOCIETY by Konul Akhundova

“…The purpose of the present article is to determine the specific features of international and national legal mechanisms of judicial liability in the context of economic globalisation in modern societies. …”
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Leveraging Administrative Health Databases to Address Health Challenges in Farming Populations: Scoping Review and Bibliometric Analysis (1975-2024) by Pascal Petit, Nicolas Vuillerme

“…Fifty (16.9%) of 296 studies involved >1 million participants. Although a broad range of exposure proxies were used, most studies (254/296, 85.8%) relied on broad proxies, which failed to capture the specifics of farming tasks. …”
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Prevalence and molecular characterization of human bocavirus-1 in children and adults with influenza-like illness from Kunming, Southwest China by Yanhong Sun, Lili Jiang, Yaoyao Chen, Zhaosheng Liu, Meiling Zhang, Xiaonan Zhao, Xiaoyu Han, Lifen Zhang, Xiaoqing Fu, Jienan Zhou

“…Among the 168 HBoV-positive participants, 165 (98.2%) were children under 18 years, while 3 (1.8%) were adults. …”
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Exosomes Derived from Apelin-Pretreated Mesenchymal Stem Cells Ameliorate Sepsis-Induced Myocardial Dysfunction by Alleviating Cardiomyocyte Pyroptosis via Delivery of miR-34a-5p by Li T, Zhao Y, Cao Z, Shen Y, Chen J, Huang X, Shao Z, Zeng Y, Chen Q, Yan X, Li X, Zhang Y, Hu B

“…These cardioprotective effects were partially abrogated by downregulation of miR-34a-5p in Apelin-MSC-EXOs.Conclusion: Our study revealed miR-34a-5p as a key component of Apelin-MSC-EXOs that protected against SMD via mediation of the HMGB1/AMPK signaling pathway. …”
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Projeto de extensão universitária ‘SaúHDe renal’: Efeitos na qualidade de vida e na aptidão física by Jordana Letícia Buratti, Thaís Severo Dutra, Moane Marchesan Krug, Clara Suemi da Costa Rosa, Paulo Ricardo Moreira, Robelius De-Bortoli, Rodrigo de Rosso Krug

“…EG patients who had more effective participation in the TF obtained better scores in the resistance of lower/upper limbs, in the flexibility and improvements in domains of the QOL, functional capacity, vitality, social aspects, and limitation due to emotional aspects when compared to the CG. …”
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Short-term effects of combined environmental factors on respiratory disease mortality in Qingdao city: A time-series investigation. by Xin Zhang, Zijian Xi, Min Yang, Xiuqin Zhang, Ruikai Wu, Shuang Li, Lu Pan, Yuan Fang, Peng Lv, Yan Ma, Haiping Duan, Bingling Wang, Kunzheng Lv

“…The effect value of particulate matter (PM) also increased with a longer cumulative lag time. …”
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Identification of the optimal candidates to benefit from surgery and chemotherapy among elderly female breast cancer patients with bone metastases by Yuchen Hu, Junfeng Tang, Xiaofeng Liu, Yusheng Sun, Baojun Gong, Qing Gao

“…This study encompassed 2257 elderly female breast cancer patients with bone metastases, divided into 1581 participants for the training cohort and 676 for the validation cohort. …”
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Construction of the mathematical model of the strength of post-consumer wood made blockboard of different designs by Serhiy Gayda, Lyubomyr Medvid

“…Secondly, according to the principles of the circular economy, the issue of processing post-consumer wood (PCW) as an additional resource of wood, which has already lost its consumer characteristics in products, and which, with proper processing, minimizes the negative impact on the environment, has become more relevant than ever. Thirdly, this partially solves the problems related to the increase of wood residues and waste, the accumulation of used wood in landfills, as well as environmental problems. …”
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Assessment of a youth climate empowerment program: Climate READY by R. L. Wellman, A. Henderson, R. Coleman, C. Hill, B. T. Davey

“…<p>This article presents an in-depth assessment of a youth, climate empowerment program, called Climate READY – Climate Resilience Education and Action for Dedicated Youth. …”
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« Pas de retour à nos maisons sans satisfaction de nos revendications ». Le Hirak du Rif en actes face au Makhzen by Ahmed Chapi

“…Protesters felt mutually obliged to continue protesting despite the risks, making it difficult to "step back". Our article focuses on the activists in the city of Al Hoceima, which was the epicenter of the protests. …”
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Effect of JumpstartMD, a Commercial Low-Calorie Low-Carbohydrate Physician-Supervised Weight Loss Program, on 22,407 Adults by Sean Bourke, John Magaña Morton, Paul Williams

“…Completer and last observation carried forward (LOCF) of clinic-measured weight loss (kg) in 18,769 female and 3638 male JumpstartMD participants. Results. Completers lost (mean ± SE) 8.7 ± 0.04 kg, 9.5 ± 0.04% with 44.5 ± 0.5% achieving ≥10% weight loss at 3 months (mo, N = 14,999 completers); 11.8 ± 0.1 kg, 12.6 ± 0.1% with 66.4 ± 0.6% achieving ≥10% weight loss at 6 mo (N = 11,805); and 11.5 ± 0.2 kg, 12.0 ± 0.2% with 57.6 ± 0.9% achieving ≥10% weight loss at 12 mo (N = 8514). …”
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