The anticancer properties, cell-cycle cytotoxicity and apoptosis of cissus rotundifolia, trema orientalis, and buddleja polystachya with ocular applications by Ali Hendi Alghamdi, Aimun A.E. Ahmed, Mahadi bashir, Haidar abdalgadir, Asaad khalid, Ashraf N. Abdalla, Mohamed E. elzubier, Riyad almaimani, Bassem refaat, Khalid alzahrani, Saleh MS. alghamdi, Sheraz gul

“…Methods: In this study, MTT assays with MCF7 (human breast adenocarcinoma), HT29 (human colorectal adenocarcinoma) and HepG2 (human liver adenocarcinoma) were used. In addition to MRC5 (normal human foetal lung fibroblast) was carried out for preliminary activity screening and selectivity. …”
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Abortion-related complications in Brazil: results from the World Health Organization Multi-country Survey on Abortion (MCS-A) by Nelio Neves Veiga Junior, Luiz Francisco Cintra Baccaro, Adriana Mendonça da Silva Alexandrino, Alexandre Volta Andrade do Nascimento, Camila Tereza Camilo Clerot, Cintya Andreia do Nascimento Santos, Claudia Lucrécia de Matos Silva, Claudio Lucio de Medeiros Albuquerque, Débora Paulo Santos, Demétrio Antonio Gonçalves da S. Gomes, Édson Cunha de Araújo Junior, Elizabete das Chagas Vilanova, Georgina Costa Teixeira, Graciete Helena Nascimento dos Santos, Guilherme Augusto Guerra Avelar, Iara Elce Lopes Barros, Jaqueline Polon Abboud, Jeane Cristina Antas Lins, Joanne Thalita Pereira Silva, Kelma H. Aguiar de Lucena, Lara Wanderley Paes Barbosa, Lia Ferreira Caixeta Barreto de Siqueira, Luciana de Melo Freitas Carneiro, Lucila Nagata, Márcia de Oliveira Pereira Lúcio, Maria Cleane Rodrigues da Silva, Maria da Conceição Ribeiro Simões, Maria Fernanda da Mota Magalhães, Mariana Viana Almeida, Michelle Regina Faria Lira, Nádia Martins de Paula Souza, Rafael Martins Papa, Rafael Ribeiro Matos, Renata Porto Pinheiro, Roberta Souza dos Anjos, Suelen Miranda de Jesus, Tedy Roger Flores Ynturias, Valéria Cristina Gonçalves, Viviane Resende de Abreu Caetano

“…Among 1,683 women included, 82.5% had mild complications, 13.6% had moderate complications, 3.2% had potentially life-threatening conditions (PLTC) and 0.7% had severe maternal outcomes (SMO). …”
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Healthy lifestyle before and during pregnancy to prevent childhood obesity: study protocol for a parallel group randomised trial — the PRE-STORK trial by Tina Vilsbøll, Signe S Torekov, Julie Lyng Forman, Romain Barrès, Andreas Andersen, Filip K Knop, Signe Foghsgaard, Klaus Bønnelykke, Thomas Bergholt, Karoline Kragelund Nielsen, Christina Anne Vinter, Majken Lillholm Pico, Louise Groth Grunnet, Nina Kornerup, Julie Hagstrøm Danielsen, Ronni Eg Sahl, Mette Yun Johansen, Louise Kelstrup, Nida Ghauri, Emilie Grønlund, Lærke Lund

“…Introduction The global prevalence of people living with overweight has tripled since 1975 and more than 40% of Danish women enter pregnancy being overweight. …”
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Ten pressure points in primary care during COVID-19: findings from an international narrative review by Sally Hall Dykgraaf, Anne Parkinson, Michael Wright, William C. W. Wong, Jane Desborough, Lauren Ball, Elizabeth Sturgiss, Garang M. Dut, Katelyn Barnes, Danielle Butler, Steph Davis, Kirsty Douglas, Candan Kendir, Danielle Martin, Robert Marten, Katherine Rouleau, Shannon Barkley, Lucas de Toca, Michael Kidd

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Outcomes of patients after successful left ventricular assist device explantation: a EUROMACS study by Christiaan F.J. Antonides, Felix Schoenrath, Theo M.M.H. deBy, Rahatullah Muslem, Kevin Veen, Yunus C. Yalcin, Ivan Netuka, Jan Gummert, Evgenij V. Potapov, Bart Meyns, Mustafa Özbaran, David Schibilsky, Kadir Caliskan, the EUROMACS investigators

“…Compared with those who did not experience myocardial recovery, the explanted patients were younger (44 vs. 56 years, P < 0.001), had a shorter duration of cardiac disease (P < 0.001), and were less likely to have ischaemic cardiomyopathy (9% vs. 41.8%, P < 0.001). …”
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Antioxidant, Physiochemical, and Sensory Properties of Functional Marshmallow Produced from Honey, Strawberry Concentrates, and Hibiscus Extract by Maher M. Al-Dabbas, Etaf G. Abu Samaan, Sehar Iqbal, Hani J. Hamad, Rawan Al-Jaloudi, Mohammad Shahein, Bha’a Aldin Al-Nawasrah, Abdalrahman Al-Zabt, Doa`a Al-Refaie, Nisreen Shehadeh, Mahmoud Abughoush

“…The results for sensory analysis show that all modified marshmallows received higher consumer acceptance in overall liking, appearance, softness, elasticity, lightness, and flavor compared to the control. …”
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The growth of eel fed with different protein level and protein-energy ratio by Fitria Nawir, Nur Bambang Priyo Utomo, Tatag Budiardi

“…The result showed  that different protein level and energy protein ratio was significantly affected  growth performance (feed consumption, specific growth rate, feed efficiency, protein retention, and lipid retention), protein and fat of whole body eels at confident limit of 5%. In contrary, there was no significant different on the survival rate, hepatosomatic index, ash content, and nitrogen free extract of the body eel. …”
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Single-cell profiling reveals a reduced epithelial defense system, decreased immune responses and the immune regulatory roles of different fibroblast subpopulations in chronic atro... by Lin Lin, Tingxuan Huang, Lizhi Li, Yang Lin, Feng Chen, Ziyi Zheng, Jie Zhou, Yizhe Wang, Weihao You, Yujie Duan, Yawen An, Shiwei He, Weimin Ye

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Investigating variability of craft microbreweries spent grains for classification and incorporation into precision diet formulation through multivariate analyses by Arturo Macias Franco, Aghata E.M. Silva, Tio Brody, Graham Holton, Macy Rockwell, Nelcino F. De Paula, Leilson R. Bezerra, Mozart A. Fonseca

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A 4-Week Mobile App–Based Telerehabilitation Program vs Conventional In-Person Rehabilitation in Older Adults With Sarcopenia: Randomized Controlled Trial by Lu Zhang, Ying Ge, Wowa Zhao, Xuan Shu, Lin Kang, Qiumei Wang, Ying Liu

“…Offline assessments of body composition, grip strength, and balance using the 30-Second Arm Curl Test (30SACT), 30-Second Sitting-to-Rising Test (30SSRT), quadriceps femoris extension peak torque (EPT) and extension total power (ETP), Berg Balance Scale (BBS), Timed Up-and-Go Test (TUGT), 6-Minute Walk Test (6MWT), and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL) scale, were conducted before and after the intervention. …”
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Large language models for pretreatment education in pediatric radiation oncology: A comparative evaluation study by Dominik Wawrzuta, Aleksandra Napieralska, Katarzyna Ludwikowska, Laimonas Jaruševičius, Anastasija Trofimoviča-Krasnorucka, Gints Rausis, Agata Szulc, Katarzyna Pędziwiatr, Kateřina Poláchová, Justyna Klejdysz, Marzanna Chojnacka

“…GPT-3.5 models should be used cautiously, as they are more likely to produce inadequate answers to patient questions.…”
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Occurrence of Alternaria Toxins, Ochratoxin A and Aflatoxins B1 in Green Arabic Coffee (Coffea arabica) in Saudi Arabia: Risk Assessment on HepG-2 Cell Line and Male Albino Rats by Ahmed Hashim Almusallam, Ahmed Mahmoud Ismail

“…This indicates that the mixture of AFB1, ALT-Ts and OTA had an enhanced toxic consequence against treated HepG-2 cell line and rats. Our results indicated the synergistic effect of the combined different mycotoxins against HepG-2 human liver cancer cells and male albino rats. …”
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Predictors of Colorectal Cancer Screening and Screening Modalities among Patients seen at Federally Qualified Health Centers Funded by the United States Health Resources and Servic... by Megan R.M. Aaronson, Nadereh Pourat, Connie Lu, Jayraan Badiee, Helen Yu-Lefler, Benjamin Picillo, Hank Hoang, Folasade P. May

“…Selected factors associated with any CRC screening included having five or more health center visits in the past year (aOR = 1.66, 95 %CI = 1.07–2.56), being insured (Medicaid aOR = 2.25, 95 %CI = 1.44–3.54; other insurance aOR = 2.69, 95 %CI = 1.51–4.82), living within 30  minutes of the health center (aOR = 1.93, 95 %CI = 1.15–3.25), having multiple comorbidities (aOR = 1.72, 95 %CI = 1.13–2.63), using telehealth (aOR = 1.52, 95 %CI = 1.02–2.27), and having a flu shot last year (aOR = 1.77, 95 %CI = 1.29–2.45). …”
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The anti-PD-L1/CTLA-4 bispecific antibody KN046 plus lenvatinib in advanced unresectable or metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma: a phase II trial by Da Xu, Hongwei Wang, Quan Bao, Kemin Jin, Ming Liu, Wei Liu, Xiaoluan Yan, Lijun Wang, Yanqiao Zhang, Guangyu Wang, Yue Ma, Zhigang Ma, Chunhui Zhang, Jiebing Tang, Sha Wang, Jiaohui Pang, Ting Xu, Kun Wang, Baocai Xing

“…The primary endpoints were safety, tolerability, dose-limiting toxicity (DLT), and objective response rate (ORR) according to RECIST v1.1. …”
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Identification of sex linked molecular markers in Indonesian giant freshwater prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii by Novi Megawati, Alimuddin, Ratu Siti Aliah

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Relationship between regional relative theta power and amyloid deposition in mild cognitive impairment: an exploratory study by Jaesub Park, Jaesub Park, Woo Jung Kim, Woo Jung Kim, Han Wool Jung, Han Wool Jung, Jae-Jin Kim, Jae-Jin Kim, Jin Young Park, Jin Young Park, Jin Young Park

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Artificial intelligence-based prediction of second stage duration in labor: a multicenter retrospective cohort analysisResearch in context by Xiaoqing Huang, Xiaodan Di, Suiwen Lin, Minrong Yao, Suijin Zheng, Shuyi Liu, Wayan Lau, Zhixin Ye, Zilian Wang, Bin Liu

“…Singleton vaginal deliveries with term live birth in a cephalic position were included. …”
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Knowledge, attitudes and practices of intensive care unit physicians towards the management of acute respiratory distress syndrome in China: a cross-sectional survey by Jing Qian, Yinglin Wu, Xiaoqin Zhao, Zhidan Qin, Yongyi Meng, Mingjing Yin, Hanchun Wen, Juntao Hu, Zhanhong Tang

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Socio-economic inequalities in minimum dietary diversity among Ethiopian children aged 6–23 months: a decomposition analysis by Nigusu Worku, Amare Mesfin Workie, Lamrot Yohannes, Mihret Getnet, Mihret Getnet, Wubshet Debebe Negash, Wubshet Debebe Negash, Adina Yeshambel Belay, Lakew Asmare, Hiwot Tadesse Alemu, Demiss Mulatu Geberu, Melak Jejaw, Kaleb Assegid Demissie, Misganaw Guadie Tiruneh, Asebe Hagos

“…BackgroundGlobally, inappropriate feeding practices account for more than two-thirds of all cases of child mortality during the first 2 years of a child’s life. For a long time, Ethiopia has suffered from the double burden of malnutrition: overnutrition and undernutrition both pose significant challenges, particularly for children. …”
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Effect of chemoradiotherapy on the dynamics of circulating lymphocyte subsets in patients with non-metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma by Lilan Yi, Lilan Yi, Yinfang Gu, Yinfang Gu, Longhua Guo, Longhua Guo, Xiaofang Zou, Xiaofang Zou, Guowu Wu, Guowu Wu

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