Incisor Molar Hypomineralization and Quality of Life: A Population-Based Study with Brazilian Schoolchildren by Liege Helena Freitas Fernandes, Isla Camila C. Laureano, Lunna Farias, Natália M. Andrade, Franklin Delano Soares Forte, Catarina Ribeiro Barros Alencar, Alessandro Leite Cavalcanti

“…Cluster analysis was carried out to dichotomize the negative impact into greater and lesser impact. …”
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Causal Model of Aggression based on Personality Traits, Early Maladaptive Schema and Aggression: Mediating Role of Emotion Regulation Strategies by Shila Mohseni, Majid Barzegar, Azarmidokht Rezaei, Hossein Baghooli

“…Four questionnaires were utilized to collect data: Young's Early Maladaptive Schemas Short Form (SQ-SF), the Five Factor Model of Personality (NEO), the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ), and the Aggression Questionnaire (AQ). …”
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Study on the Key Influential Factors on Water Huff-n-Puff in Ultralow-Permeability Reservoir by Xiaoyan Wang, Kun Xie, Jie Zhang, Yong Zhang, Yang Zhang, Wei Wang, Xi Yan, Fengxiang Zhao

“…Besides, oil wells also face the problems of short stable or no production period, rapid decline rate, and extremely low development degree. …”
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Hyperspectral imaging in living and deceased donor kidney transplantation by Rasmus Wrigge, Robert Sucher, Fabian Haak, Hans-Jonas Meyer, Julia Unruh, Hans-Michael Hau, Matthias Mehdorn, Hans-Michael Tautenhahn, Daniel Seehofer, Uwe Scheuermann

“…Conclusion HSI is a useful tool for predicting DGF in living and deceased KT and may assist in estimating short-term allograft function. However, further studies with expanded cohorts are needed to evaluate the association between HSI and long-term graft outcomes.…”
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Guidance for otolaryngology health care workers performing aerosol generating medical procedures during the COVID-19 pandemic by Marc J. W. Lammers, Jane Lea, Brian D. Westerberg

“…If local prevalence is favourable and patients are asymptomatic and test negative for SARS-CoV-2, Level 1 PPE can be used during short duration AGMPs, with limited risk of infected aerosol spread. …”
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UV-fs-LA-ICP-MS Analysis of CO2-Rich Fluid Inclusions in a Frozen State: Example from the Dahu Au-Mo Deposit, Xiaoqinling Region, Central China by Wei Jian, Moritz Albrecht, Bernd Lehmann, Jingwen Mao, Ingo Horn, Yanhe Li, Huishou Ye, Zongyan Li, Guanguan Fang, Yongsheng Xue

“…Transient signals of CO2-rich fluid inclusions obtained in this study typically had one or multiple peaks lasting for more than 15 seconds, without an initial short signal spike as obtained by ns-LA-ICP-MS analysis of CO2-rich fluid inclusions at room temperature.…”
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Aetiology of chronic liver disease is a valuable factor for stratifying adverse outcomes of acute decompensation: prospective observational study by Jung Hee Kim, Sung-Eun Kim, Do Seon Song, Hee Yeon Kim, Eileen L. Yoon, Ji Won Park, Tae Hyung Kim, Young-Kul Jung, Ki Tae Suk, Hyung Joon Yim, Jung Hyun Kwon, Sung Won Lee, Seong Hee Kang, Moon Young Kim, Soung Won Jeong, Jae-Young Jang, Jeong Ju Yoo, Sang Gyune Kim, Young-Joo Jin, Gab Jin Cheon, Byung Seok Kim, Yeon Seok Seo, Hyoungsu Kim, Dong Hyun Sinn, Woo Jin Chung, Hwi Young Kim, Han Ah Lee, Seung Woo Nam, In Hee Kim, Ji Hoon Kim, Hee Bok Chae, Joo Hyun Sohn, Ju Yeon Cho, Yoon Jun Kim, Jin Mo Yang, Jung Gil Park, Won Kim, Hyun Chin Cho, Dong Joon Kim

“…The difference in aetiology was a significant factor for 28-day adverse outcomes in multivariate analysis even in a high MELD score (≥15), which indicated poor baseline liver function and prognosis (p < 0.001).Conclusion The aetiology of CLD constitutes a pivotal determinant influencing both short- and long-term adverse outcomes of AD in CLD, even among individuals presenting with elevated MELD scores. …”
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Comparison of Option Pricing with Stochastic Volatility in Heston and Heston Nandi Model by Mohammad Reza Haddadi, Hossein Nasrollahi

“…Conclusion The findings of this research indicate that, in both the short, medium, and long terms, the Heston-Nandi model yields prices that closely align with market prices and exhibits lower error rates. …”
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Genomic Characterization of Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae from Clinical and Epidemiological Human Samples by Alexander Tristancho-Baró, Laura Eva Franco-Fobe, Monica Pilar Ariza, Ana Milagro, Ana Isabel López-Calleja, Blanca Fortuño, Concepción López, Miriam Latorre-Millán, Laura Clusa, Rosa Martínez, Carmen Torres, Antonio Rezusta

“…<b>Results</b>: Between 2021 and 2023, 0.4% out of 38,145 Enterobacteriaceae isolates were CPE. …”
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Scoping review of the applications of peptide microarrays on the fight against human infections. by Arthur Vengesai, Maritha Kasambala, Hamlet Mutandadzi, Tariro L Mduluza-Jokonya, Takafira Mduluza, Thajasvarie Naicker

“…This review also provides a short overview of peptide microarray synthesis.<h4>Methods</h4>Electronic databases were systematically searched to identify relevant studies. …”
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Uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision among men with sexually transmitted infections in Lilongwe, Malawi: a protocol for a pre-interventional and post-interventional study by Mina C Hosseinipour, Mitch M Matoga, Sara Jewett, Charles Chasela

“…The intervention includes transport reimbursement (R), intensified health education (I) and short messaging service (SMS)/telephonic tracing (Te) (RITe). …”
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Health-related Quality of Life and Exercise Capacity in Double Lung Transplant Recipients With Baseline Lung Allograft Dysfunction by Alisha Rullay, BSc, Karina Kaur, BSc, Jennifer Holman, PT, Laura C. van den Bosch, MD, Justin G. Weinkauf, MD, Jayan Nagendran, MD, PhD, Rhea A. Varughese, MD, Alim S. Hirji, MD, Dale C. Lien, MD, Jason C. Weatherald, MD, Kieran M. Halloran, MD

“…We analyzed patients who underwent lung transplants in our program from 2004 to 2018 who completed 1-y 36-item Short Form (SF-36) questionnaire and 6MWD testing. …”
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S100A13-driven interaction between pancreatic adenocarcinoma cells and cancer-associated fibroblasts promotes tumor progression through calcium signaling by Liuyuan Xia, Xin Guo, Dong Lu, Yixin Jiang, Xiaohui Liang, Yiwen Shen, Jiayi Lin, Lijun Zhang, Hongzhuan Chen, Jinmei Jin, Xin Luan, Weidong Zhang

“…Stable S100A13 knockdown CAFs were generated using a short hairpin RNA system. Cellular viability and apoptosis rates were evaluated through CCK-8 and flow cytometry tests, respectively. …”
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Not all is lost: resilience of microbiome samples to freezer failures and long-term storage by M. Fabiola Pulido Barriga, James W. J. Randolph, Sydney I. Glassman

“…Notably, fungi exhibited greater resilience to short-term thawing compared to bacteria, which showed sensitivity to both thawing and long-term freezing. …”
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Frontal Plane Knee Kinematics and Kinetics During Gait in Children and Youth with Achondroplasia—Correspondence with Static X-Ray Images and Relevance to Symptoms by Matthias Hösl, Antonia Thamm, Faik Kamel Afifi, Sean Nader

“…<b>Background</b>: Frontal knee malalignments are hallmarks of Achondroplasia (ACH), along with disproportional short stature. Typically, X-rays are used to assess them, but 3D gait analysis (3DGA) may additionally be used to evaluate dynamic knee function. …”
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Effect of Heating at Various Temperatures for 30 Minutes on Pathogenicity of White Spot Syndrome Virus (WSSV) in Tiger Prawn (Penaeus monodon Fabr.) by D. Priatni, M. Alifuddin, D. Djokosetiyanto

“… White spot syndrome virus (WSSV) is a strong pathogenic virus which spread very rapidly and can cause tiger shrimp mass mortality within a short period.  …”
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Correlation between depressive symptoms and cognitive function in middle-aged and elderly population in China: an analysis of CHARLS baseline data by Yuchao SUN, Jing FENG, Zihui LEI, Ge QU, Xinyan LI, Yong GAN

“…MethodsData on 17 705, 2 834, and 574 individuals aged ≥ 45 years were extracted from the 2011, 2013, and 2015 China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) enrollment surveys, which used the 10-item Center for the Epidemiological Studies of Depression Short Form (CES-D-10) to identify participants′ depression symptoms. …”
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Tumor Deposits as an Adverse Prognostic Indicator in Stage III Colon Cancer: A Multicenter Database Study by Jeeyou Kim, MD, Dong Woon Lee, MD, Ji Won Park, MD, PhD, Seung-Bum Ryoo, MD, PhD, Heung-Kwon Oh, MD, PhD, Rumi Shin, MD, PhD, Jin Sun Choi, MD, Min Jung Kim, MD, Sung-Chan Park, MD, Duck-Woo Kim, MD, PhD, Seung Chul Heo, MD, PhD, Sung-Bum Kang, MD, PhD, Seung-Yong Jeong, MD, PhD, Kyu Joo Park, MD, PhD, Jae Hwan Oh, MD, PhD, On Behalf of the Seoul Colorectal Research Group (SECOG)

“…Methods:. 4212 patients with primary colon cancer who underwent surgical resection in the Seoul Colorectal Group (2010–2020) and 93,057 patients from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results*Stat database (2000–2017) were included in this study. …”
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Prevalence and Severity of Menopausal Symptoms and the Quality of Life in Middle-aged Women: A Study from Sri Lanka by Nirmala Rathnayake, Janaka Lenora, Gayani Alwis, Sarath Lekamwasam

“…The QOL was evaluated using the short form 36 survey under eight domains. Further, sociodemographic status, gynaecologic factors, physical activity pattern (walking, moderate, and vigorous), body mass index, and waist to hip ratio were also evaluated. …”
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Nurses' experiences and preferences around shift patterns: A scoping review. by Ourega-Zoé Ejebu, Chiara Dall'Ora, Peter Griffiths

“…Days off work tend to mitigate the adverse effects of working (short, long, early or night) shifts. How shift work and patterns impact on experiences and preferences seems to also vary according to nurses' personal characteristics and circumstances (e.g. age, caring responsibilities, years of experience).…”
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