Acceptance commitment therapy (ACT) for psychological distress associated with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD): protocol for a feasibility trial of the ACTforIBD programme by Richard Gearry, Matthew Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, Andrew McCombie, Peter Gibson, Simon Knowles, Lisa Olive, Antonina Mikocka-Walus, Subhadra Evans, Leanne Raven, Daniel Romano, Eric O, Madeleine Dober, Leesa van Niekerk, Susan Chesterman

“…The ACTforIBD programme is administered online with a 4-hour therapist involvement per participant only; if successful it can be widely implemented to improve the well-being of many individuals with IBD.Methods and analysis Our team have codesigned with consumers the ACTforIBD programme, an 8-week intervention of 1-hour sessions, with the first three sessions and the last session delivered one-to-one by a psychologist, and the other sessions self-directed online. …”
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The Effect Hydroquinone Extracted from Sonneratia caseolaris Fruit to Control Vibrio harveyi Artificial Infection on Tiger Shrimp, Penaeus monodon Fab. by . Arifuddin, . Sukenda, D. Dana

“…Two kinds of in vivo experiments were (1) hydroquinone was injected into shrimps muscle and a week later the shrimps were challenged with V. harveyi (2) the shrimps were challenged with V. harveyi and one day later hidroquinone was injected. …”
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Impact of mechanical ventilation on severe acute kidney injury in critically ill patients with and without COVID-19 – a multicentre propensity matched analysis by Fabian Perschinka, Timo Mayerhöfer, Teresa Engelbrecht, Alexandra Graf, Paul Zajic, Philipp Metnitz, Michael Joannidis

“…Results A total of 8,678 patients were included, of which 555 (12.8%) in the COVID-19 and 554 (12.8%) in the control group were treated with RRT. In the first week of ICU stay the COVID-19 patients showed a significantly lower probability for RRT initiation (day 1: p < 0.0001, day 2: p = 0.021). …”
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Telerehabilitation: A Practical Remote Alternative for Coaching and Monitoring Physical Kinetic Therapy in Patients with Mild and Moderate Disabling Parkinson’s Disease during the... by Aurelian Anghelescu

“…Each person attended ten sessions of motor telerehabilitation procedures (2 per week) lasting 50 minutes each during social distancing (October-December 2021). …”
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A Comparison of Cooling Techniques to Treat Cardiac Arrest Patients with Hypothermia by Anna Finley Caulfield, Shylaja Rachabattula, Irina Eyngorn, Scott A. Hamilton, Rajalakshmi Kalimuthu, Amie W. Hsia, Maarten G. Lansberg, Chitra Venkatasubramanian, J. J. Baumann, Marion S. Buckwalter, Monisha A. Kumar, James S. Castle, Christine A. C. Wijman

“…Performance of cooling techniques was compared by (1) number of hourly recordings in target temperature range, (2) time elapsed from the written order to initiate cooling and target temperature, and (3) adverse events during the first week. Results. Median time in target temperature range was 19 hours (interquartile range (IQR), 16–20) in the endovascular group versus. 10 hours (IQR, 7–15) in the surface group (P=.001). …”
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Highly Aggressive CD4-Positive Mast Cell Leukaemia (Leukaemic Variant) Associated with Isolated Trisomy 19 and Hemophagocytosis by Neoplastic Mast Cells: A Case Report with Challen... by Dina Sameh Soliman, Ahmad Al-Sabbagh, Feryal Ibrahim, Amna Gameil, Mohamed Yassin, Halima El-Omri

“…A 39-year-old male presented with acute onset of fever, abdominal pain, and generalized body aches of two-week duration. Peripheral blood smear showed circulating blasts (13%) with coarsely basophilic granulation. …”
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Modulation of Synovial Fluid-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells by Intra-Articular and Intraosseous Platelet Rich Plasma Administration by Emma Muiños-López, Diego Delgado, Pello Sánchez, Bruno Paiva, Eduardo Anitua, Nicolás Fiz, Beatriz Aizpurua, Jorge Guadilla, Sabino Padilla, Froilán Granero-Moltó, Felipe Prósper, Mikel Sánchez

“…SF was collected before and after one week of the infiltration. The presence in the SF of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), monocytes, and lymphocytes was determined and quantified by flow cytometry. …”
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Evaluating a targeted selective speech, language, and communication intervention at scale – Protocol for the Happy Talk cluster randomised controlled trial. [version 3; peer review... by Pauline Frizelle, Darren Dahly, Aoife O'Shea, Aileen Murphy, Cristina McKean

“…Method The Happy Talk trial is a large scale cluster randomised trial of a 12-week manualised intervention delivered in pre/school settings serving socially disadvantaged communities, in Ireland. …”
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Externally validated nomogram for predicting short-term pregnancy outcome of singleton pregnancies with fetal growth restriction (FGR) by Yang Li, Xiaohong Zhang, Junshu Xie, Fufen Yin, Mingrui Jin, Yujing Li, Xiuju Yin

“…Furthermore, the calibrations of the nomograms predicting the 28th and 34th TOP-free gestation week strongly corresponded to the actual survival outcome.Conclusion This prediction model may help clinicians in decision-making for singleton pregnancies with FGR, especially for patients with a single abnormal umbilical arterial flow or fetal anomaly, without induced labour indications for these abnormalities.…”
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Epilepsy Treatment Outcome and Its Predictors among Ambulatory Patients with Epilepsy at Mizan-Tepi University Teaching Hospital, Southwest Ethiopia by Ameha Zewudie, Yitagesu Mamo, Desalegn Feyissa, Mohammed Yimam, Gosaye Mekonen, Ahmed Abdela

“…Medium medication adherence (adjusted odds ratio (AOR) = 5.4; 95% CI = 1.52–19.23; p=0.009), poor medication adherence (AOR = 8.16; 95% CI = 3.04–21.90; p=0.001), head injury before seizure occurrence (AOR = 4.9; 95% CI = 1.25–19.27; p=0.02), and seizure attacks ≥4 episodes/week before AEDs initiation (AOR = 8.52; % CI = 2.41–13.45; p=0.001) were the predictors of uncontrolled seizure. …”
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Dietary Choline Deprivation Exacerbates Kidney Injury in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetes in Adult Rats by Ahmed W. Al-Humadi, Carel W. le Roux, Neil G. Docherty, Werd Al-Najim, Martin Tze Wah Kueh, Andreas C. Lazaris, Charis Liapi

“…Rats were euthanized at week 5 of the study. Biochemical tests, renal histopathology, immunohistochemistry of the kidney injury molecule-1 (KIM-1), and vascular endothelial growth factor-A (VEGF-A) expression were assessed. …”
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Effect of COVID-19 Lockdown on Alcohol Consumption Among the Youths in Kampala, Uganda. A Cross-Sectional Study by Namiiro AM, Audo R, Nannungi CD, Pitua I, Kiberu D, Talemwa P, Mujuni E, Lwesabula A, Ageimo P, Khaukha AZ, Kuol MJ, Egaru L, Koire M, Ssewante N

“…Frequent was defined as six or more drinks a week.Results: We enrolled 381 participants in the study with a mean age of 26± 4.6 years. …”
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Using a co-design approach to develop a Preventative Online Mental Health Program for Youth (POMHPY): a quality improvement project by Elnaz Moghimi, Kimberly Belfry, Sarah Farr, Shavon Stafford, Arina Bogdan, Megan Brush, Christopher Canning, Soyeon Kim

“…Conclusions The findings highlight the value of co-design and PAR-informed approaches in developing youth-targeted online wellbeing programs, providing actionable insights for iterative improvements and future pilot testing. The resulting 6-week program, led by youth facilitators, will focus on teaching mental, social, and physical wellness strategies and skills through various evidence-based, interactive activities.…”
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A Randomized Controlled Trial of Conbercept Pretreatment before Vitrectomy in Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy by Xiaochun Yang, Jianbiao Xu, Ruili Wang, Yan Mei, Huo Lei, Jun Liu, Ting Zhang, Haiyan Zhao

“…Patients that received pretreatment of conbercept had much better BCVA at 3 days, 1 week, and 1 month after surgery than control group. …”
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Habits Related to Strength Training of Brazilian Recreational Runners by Wagner K. A. Santos, Lucas D. M. Forte, Alexandre S. Silva, Hallisson V. de O. Rufino, Lucas de F. Vieira, João M. F. Lima Silva, Mabliny Thuany, Reginaldo Gonçalves, Ytalo M. Soares

“…Traditional strength training (TST) was the predominant type of ST included (78.5%), with most participants performing 2–4 sets and 8–12 repetitions per set at a frequency of 3–4 sessions per week. The importance of ST was primarily attributed to performance improvement (85%). …”
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Evidence of development of underutilised crops and their ecosystem services in Europe: a systematic mapping approach by Todd Jenkins, Sofie Landschoot, Kevin Dewitte, Geert Haesaert, John Reade, Nicola Randall

“…Within sub-topics related to specific ecosystem services, desirable traits, disease, weed and pest control all ranked highly, whilst invertebrate diversity and nitrogen fixation ranked lowest. …”
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Expediated modeling of burn events results (EMBER): A screening-level dataset of 2023 ozone fire impacts in the USzenodo by Heather Simon, James Beidler, Kirk R. Baker, Barron H. Henderson, Loren Fox, Chris Misenis, Patrick Campbell, Jeff Vukovich, Norm Possiel, Alison Eyth

“…For emissions, these simulations utilized representative monthly and day-of-week anthropogenic emissions from a recent year and preliminary day-specific 2023 fire emissions derived using BlueSky pipeline. …”
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Use of virtual reality to remotely train healthcare professionals in paediatric emergency tracheostomy skills: protocol for a multi-centre, non-inferiority educational intervention... by Jonathan R. Abbas, Noorulanne Younis, Emily Johnstone, Azita Rajai, Rachel Isba, Antony Payton, Brendan A. McGrath, Neil Tolley, Iain A. Bruce

“…A group of 69 healthcare staff and students will have one week to use the educational intervention as often as necessary to learn paediatric emergency tracheostomy skills. …”
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Evaluation of the diagnostic accuracy of two point-of-care tests for COVID-19 when used in symptomatic patients in community settings in the UK primary care COVID diagnostic accura... by Brian D Nicholson, Philip J Turner, Thomas R Fanshawe, Alice J Williams, Gayatri Amirthalingam, Sharon Tonner, Maria Zambon, Richard Body, Kerrie Davies, Rafael Perera, Simon de Lusignan, Gail N Hayward, F D Richard Hobbs, RAPTOR-C19 Study Group and the CONDOR Steering Committee

“…Tests should not be expected to reliably detect disease more than a week after symptom onset, when viral load may be reduced.…”
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Nursing of a patient with radiotherapy- and chemotherapy-induced adverse reactions treated with aruricualr acupoint pressing combined with meridian acupoint Tuina (耳穴贴压联合经穴推拿治疗放化疗后... by JIN Yi (金艺), MIN Tingyan (闵婷燕)

“…This paper summarizes the nursing experience of a patient with radiotherapy- and chemotherapy-induced adverse reactions treated with aruricualr acupoint pressing combined with acupoint Tuina. After 1 week of outpatient chemo-radiotherapy, the patient developed various adverse effects including common problems including bone marrow suppression, nausea and loss of appetite. …”
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