Anemia in Children with Congenital Heart Disease: A Finding from Low-Resource Setting Hospitals by Henok Kumsa, Rediet Woldesenbet, Feven Mulugeta, Rajalakshmi Murugan, Tamirat Moges

“…Recent hemoglobin results that are avaliable in the medical charts of children were used to diagnose anemia. The data were analyzed using SPSS version 25. …”
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Does macrolide use confer risk of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest compared with penicillin V? A Danish national case-crossover and case–time–control study by Lars Køber, Freddy Lippert, Charlotte Andersson, Peter E Weeke, Gunnar H Gislason, Frederik Boetius Hertz, Aksel Jensen, Jenny D Knudsen, Magnus Arpi, Christian Torp–Pedersen

“…From nationwide registries, we identified all OHCAs in Denmark from 2001 to 2010 and use of antibiotics.Ethics The present study was approved by the Danish Data Protection Agency (Danish Data Protection Agency (ref.no. 2007-58-0015, local ref.no. …”
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Nebulized aminoglycosides for ventilator-associated pneumonia: Methodological considerations and lessons from experimental studies by Jean-Jacques Rouby, Jing Xia, Jayesh Dhanani, Gianluigi Li Bassi, Antoine Monsel, Antoni Torres, Kostoula Arvaniti, Mona Assefi, Matteo Bassetti, Stijn Blot, Matthieu Boisson, Adrien Bouglé, Jean-Michel Constantin, Jayesh Dhanani, George Dimopoulos, Jonathan Dugernier, Pauline Dureau, Stephan Ehrmann, Timothy Felton, Marin Kollef, Antonia Koutsoukou, Anna Kyriakoudi, Pierre-François Laterre, Marc Leone, Victoria Lepère, Gianluigi Li Bassi, Xuelian Liao, Shakti Bedanta Mishra, Olivier Mimoz, Antoine Monsel, Girish B Nair, Michael Niederman, Lucy B Palmer, Jose Manuel Pereira, Konstantinos Pontikis, Garyphalia Poulakou, Jérôme Pugin, Chuanyun Qian, Jie-ming Qu, Jordi Rello, Jason Roberts, Jean-Jacques Rouby, Christina Routsi, Gerald C. Smaldone, Antoni Torres, Melda Türkoğlu, Tobias Welte, Michel Wolff, Xia Jing, Li Yang, Ting Yang, Ying-gang Zhu

“…In animals receiving nebulized aminoglycosides, epithelial lining fluid concentrations grossly overestimate lung interstitial fluid concentrations because of the bronchial contamination of the distal tip of the bronchoscope during the bronchoalveolar procedures. Lung microdialysis is the only technique able to accurately assess lung pharmacokinetics in animals with inoculation pneumonia treated by nebulized aminoglycosides. …”
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Geology of the Tabakoto gold deposit, Kédougou-Kéniéba Inlier, West African Craton, Mali by Diallo Mahamadou, Salvi Stefano, Baratoux Lenka, Béziat Didier, Vanderhaeghe Olivier, Labou Ibrahima, Baratoux David, Ly Saïdou

“…The Tabakoto deposit is characterized by multiple overlapping stages of magmatic dike intrusions and hydrothermal alteration during distinct regional-scale deformation events. …”
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The acceptability of a novel seismocardiography device for measuring VO2 max in a workplace setting: a mixed methods approach by Anouska M Carter, Liam Humphreys, Alison Beswick, Sue Kesterton, Alex Bugg, Katharine Platts

“…This study aimed to determine the comparative acceptability of using a novel seismocardiography device to measure cardiorespiratory fitness via VO2 max during a workplace health check. …”
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Childhood contact with social services, self-harm and suicidal or self-harm ideation in young adulthood: a population-wide record-linkage study by S. McKenna, D. O’Reilly, E. Ross, A. Maguire

“…Results There were 253,495 individuals born 1985–1993 with full data, alive and resident in Northern Ireland during 2012–2015 (ages 18–30 years). Of all young adults that presented to EDs with self-harm or ideation, 40.9% had contact with social services in childhood. …”
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Vegetation optical depth as a key predictor for fire risk escalation by Dinuka Kankanige, Yi Y. Liu, Ashish Sharma

“…Satellite retrievals of vegetation dynamics can enhance the fire risk prediction when used as indicators of fuel water status and fuel load. …”
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Acute effects of loaded whole body vibration schemes on countermovement jump, speed and agility by Edin Uå½ıäœanın, Fuad Babajıä†, Haris Pojskıä†, Jeffrey Pagaduan, Mario Tomljanovıä†, Melika Muratovıä†

“…The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of loaded whole body static squat exercise during whole body vibration and non-vibration schemes on countermovement jump (CMJ), speed and agility. …”
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Trimetazidine: Activating AMPK Signal to Ameliorate Coronary Microcirculation Dysfunction after Myocardial Infarction by Xiaolong Qu, Pan Yang, Li Jiao, Yuehui Yin

“…AMPK pathway inhibitor compound C was used for further mechanism validation. …”
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Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Patients with Corneal Ectasia at Multiple Medical Centers in Saudi Arabia: A Hospital-based Study by Waleed Alghamdi, Sulaiman Aldakhil, Saif Hassan Alrasheed, Kareem Allinjawi, Mustafa Abdu, Raghda F. Mutwaly, Khaled Al Rashah, Hani M. Ghazal, Ghassan H. Radwan, Naveen Kumar Challa

“…This high rate of bilaterality of diseases during diagnosis may be due to misdiagnosis in the initial stages, which highlights the importance of community and eye care professionals’ awareness of comprehensive eye examinations and regular follow-up, including corneal topography assessments of both eyes.…”
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Response of Runoff and Sediment Yield from Maize Slope Farmland in Karst Areas to Slope Gradient by WU Guangqin, DAI Quanhou, WANG Yong, DING Pengwei, YAO Yiwen

“…[Methods] Taking the karst maize slope in Guizhou Province as the research object, the artificial simulated rainfall test method was used to investigate the effects of different slopes (5°, 10°, 15°, 20°, 25°) on the runoff and sediment yield patterns of various hydrological pathways under the same rainfall intensity (60 mm/h). …”
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Relationship between the location of the popliteal artery and the tibial osteotomy plane in patients with medial and lateral unicompartmental knee arthroplasty: A retrospective ana... by Kubo Tatsuya, Takahashi Tsuneari, Kimura Yuya, Ajiki Takashi, Yasuda Eri, Takeshita Katsushi

“…The distance2 was 11.1 (4.9) mm in group M and 2.6 (3.5) mm in group L (P < 0.001). Conclusion: During lateral UKA, the PA was often located behind the tibial osteotomy plane and close to the posterior tibial cortex. …”
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Eco-friendly synthesis of silver nanoparticles: Enhancing optimization reaction, characterization, and antimicrobial properties with Lantana camara from geothermal area by Pati Kemala, Rinaldi Idroes, Khairan Khairan, Muliadi Ramli, Binawati Ginting, Zuchra Helwani, Rifki Aulia, Ghazi Mauer Idroes, Muhammad Yusuf, Rustam Efendi

“…Reaction optimization was performed using response surface methodology (RSM), employing a central composite design (CCD) approach. …”
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Prehospital video triage of suspected stroke patients in Greater Manchester: pilot project report by Christopher Ashton, Adrian R Parry-Jones, Lisa Brunton, Ibrahim Alghamdi, David A Jenkins

“…Interviews were analysed using a thematic approach.Results Out of 46 PHVT calls during the pilot, eight (18%) were diverted to local emergency department, 1 (2%) was left at their usual residence and 37 (80%) were transported to Salford Royal Hospital. …”
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Genomic assessment of targets implicated in Rhipicephalus microplus acaricide resistance. by Christina Meiring, Michel Labuschagne

“…Nevertheless, by utilizing a representative group of isolates, we determined that several historical mutations were present in both resistant and susceptible isolates. …”
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Interrelationships between social exclusion, mental health and wellbeing in adolescents: insights from a national Youth Survey by K. Filia, S. M. Teo, N. Brennan, T. Freeburn, D. Baker, V. Browne, A. Watson, J. Menssink, A. Prasad, E. Killackey, P. D. McGorry, S. M. Cotton, C. X. Gao

“…Abstract Aims Adolescence is a critical developmental phase during which young people are vulnerable to the experiences of mental ill-health and social exclusion (consisting of various domains including education and employment, housing, finances and social supports and relationships). …”
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Enhanced Learning Behaviors and Ability Knowledge Tracing by Fanglan Ma, Changsheng Zhu, Peng Lei, Peiwen Yuan

“…Knowledge tracing (KT) aims to understand the evolution of students’ knowledge states during learning using machine learning techniques. …”
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Inactivation of SARS-CoV-2 virus in saliva using a guanidium based transport medium suitable for RT-PCR diagnostic assays. by Sukalyani Banik, Kaheerman Saibire, Shraddha Suryavanshi, Glenn Johns, Soumitesh Chakravorty, Robert Kwiatkowski, David Alland, Padmapriya P Banada

“…<h4>Background</h4>Upper respiratory samples used to test for SARS-CoV-2 virus may be infectious and present a hazard during transport and testing. …”
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Rhythm and Movement for Self-Regulation (RAMSR) intervention for preschool self-regulation development in disadvantaged communities: a clustered randomised controlled trial study p... by Kate E Williams, Sally Savage, Rebecca Eager

“…Follow-up: end of intervention using child assessments and teacher report; 12 months postbaseline using school teacher reports following school transition. …”
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Plasma Iron Levels at Early Breast Cancer Diagnosis Are Associated With Development of Secondary Metastases: A Single-Center Retrospective Cohort Study by Jasmine De Troy, Sarah-Maria Fendt, Sigrid Hatse, Patrick Neven, Ann Smeets, Annouschka Laenen, Hans Wildiers

“…Although most early-stage patients are cured, 20% to 30% develop metastases, significantly reducing survival rates. …”
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