Symptoms of anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder 6 weeks and 6 months after ICU: Six out of 10 survivors affected by E van der Merwe, L Stroud, G Sharp, N van Vuuren, M Mosola, T Fodo, F Paruk

“…Six out of 10 patients experienced symptoms of anxiety, depression and PTSD, and more than half of those affected experienced co-occurrence of the conditions. A third of those affected developed these symptoms only beyond 6 weeks after hospital discharge. …”
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Conceptual Transformations of Public Diplomacy by M. M. Lebedeva

“…It is argued that under public diplomacy it is still advisable to understand such state communication with a foreign audience, which, firstly, is based on creating attractiveness, secondly, which is focused specifically on the political sphere, and thirdly, it involves dialogue. Comparative analysis of public policy in the field of international communication from different spheres will allow us to better understand the specifics and mechanisms that work in each of these areas. …”
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Prevalence and factors associated with severe fatigue 2 years into the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional population-based study in Geneva, Switzerland by Silvia Stringhini, Idris Guessous, C Martinez, A Flahault, S Hurst, N Vuilleumier, L Kaiser, K M Posfay-Barbe, O Zimmermann, S Stringhini, A Uppal, P Schaller, J Berthelot, D Pittet, H Baysson, Hélène Baysson, S Yerly, E Lorthe, Mayssam Nehme, Nick Pullen, María-Eugenia Zaballa, A Bal, Clément Romain Hugo Graindorge, Stephanie Schrempft, I Arm-Vernez, A S Azman, D Bachmann, J-F Balavoine, R P Barbe, A R Bouhet, G Bryand-Rumley, F Chappuis, P Collombet, S Coudurier-Boeuf, D S Courvoisier, C de Mestral, P D’ippolito, R Dubos, R Dumont, N El Merjani, N Francioli, C Graindorge, I Guessous, S Harnal, G Kathari, O Kherad, J Lamour, P Lescuyer, A G L’Huillier, A J Loizeau, S Mechoullam, L Metral-Boffod, M Nehme, N Noël, F Pennacchio, J Perez-Saez, G Poulain, C Pugin, N Pullen, V Richard, D Rochat, S Rouzinov, K Samir, H S Ramirez, E Satin, S Schrempft, C Semaani, S Testini, D Urrutia-Rivas, C Verolet, P Vetter, J Villers, G Violot, A Wisniak, M-E Zaballa

“…After further adjustment for depression, previous associations were maintained except for young age.Conclusions About one-third of the adult general population of Geneva experienced severe fatigue, 2 years into the COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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Safety of accessing brachial veins for large-bore upper extremity venous thrombectomy using ClotTriever Thrombectomy System by Luke A. Verst, Colvin Greenberg, David S. Shin, Matthew Abad-Santos, Eric J. Monroe, Mina S. Makary, Jeffrey Forris Beecham Chick

“…The mean follow-up interval to the second and third venous duplex ultrasounds were 124.3 ± 64-days and 225.1 ± 80.1 days, respectively. …”
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A prediction nomogram for residual after negative pressure aspiration for endogenic cesarean scar ectopic pregnancy: a retrospective study by Yan Lei, Na Zhang, Yu Liu, Xin Du

“…Results Predictive factors included in the nomogram included age (hazard ratio [HR]: 1.220, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.135—1.316), BMI (HR: 0.890, 95% CI: 0.796—0.986), intraoperative major hemorrhage (HR: 4.457, 95% CI: 1.610—12.292), maximum diameter of the gestational sac (HR: 1.572, 95% CI: 1.295, 1.914), and thickness of the remaining muscle layer of the lower uterine segment (HR: 1.572, 95% CI: 0.014, 0.430). …”
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Metagenomic analysis post thermal stress in buffalo sludge and tomato pomace anaerobic digestion: a case study by Maria Chiara La Mantia

“…Italy is the first producer of processed tomato es in the Mediterranean area and the third-largest producer in the world. Buffalo farming represents a relevant sector within Italian agriculture, and one of its main issues is manure management. …”
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Sex-specific differences in the efficacy of renal denervation in patients with resistant hypertension depending on visceral obesity and kidney function by Irina Zyubanova, Nadezhda Ryumshina, Victor Mordovin, Musheg Manukyan, Valeriya Lichikaki, Ekaterina Solonskaya, Anna Gusakova, Tatjana Suslova, Stanislav Pekarskiy, Simzhit Khunkhinova, Anastasia Popova, Veronika Rudenko, Alla Falkovskaya

“…After RDN, the size of adipose tissue in men remained unchanged, and in women, the PRAT thickness decreased from 2.36 ± 1.23 to 2.10 ± 1.17 cm (p = 0.002). …”
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A post-marketing pharmacovigilance study of triazole antifungals: adverse event data mining and analysis based on the FDA adverse event reporting system database by Yalan Tian, Min Jin, Hong Ning

“…Food and Drug Administration’s Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) database from the time the drugs were marketed up to the third quarter of 2023. Employ the Reporting Odds Ratio (ROR) and Proportional Reporting Ratio (PRR) methods for data mining. …”
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Basic Molecular Biology, Metabolic and Immunological Mechanisms of Fecal Microbiota Transplantation by O. V. Goloshchapov, A. V. Beynarovich, A. B. Chukhlovin, R. V. Klementeva, A. A. Shcherbakov, E. A. Bakin, I. K. Golubovskaya, N. D. Ventslovayte, O. S. Yudintseva, M. V. Gorchakova, V. E. Karev, M. A. Kucher, M. A. Suvorova, E. V. Svetkina, G. G. Rodionov, V. V. Gostev, S. V. Sidorenko, I. S. Moiseev, A. D. Kulagin

“…A 40-year-old female patient diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome, with a history of two unsuccessful allo-HSCTs due to graft failure, underwent the third haploidentical HSCT (haplo-HSCT) from her father as ‘salvage’ therapy. …”
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Reversal of Myopic Correction for Patients Intolerant to LASIK by Amr A. Gab-Alla

“…The mean ablation depth was 34.10 ± 7.36 μm (range 20 to 46 μm), and the mean of the central corneal thickness 12 months after reversal treatment was 510.2 ± 14.4 μm (range 515 to 487 μm). …”
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Determination of Modelling Error Statistics for Cold-Formed Steel Columns by R. P. Rokade, K. Balaji Rao, B. Palani

“…., ASCE 10-15 (2015) standard provides stringent criteria for maximum width to thickness ratio for stiffened and unstiffened elements. …”
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Urolithiasis complicated by chronic obstructive pyelonephritis in patients with concomitant diseases of the cardiovascular system by R. V. Royuk, S. K. Yarovoy, R. A. Khomov

“…Of the 19 patients with purulent-destructive pyelonephritis on the background of nephrolithiasis, more than a third (7 people - 36.8 %) had concomitant CHD, and of the 7 patients with this terrible complication that developed on the background of concomitant CHD, more than half (4 people - 57.1 %) had CHF of varying severity. …”
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Ocular Biometry OCR: a machine learning algorithm leveraging optical character recognition to extract intra ocular lens biometry measurements by Anish Salvi, Leo Arnal, Kevin Ly, Gabriel Ferreira, Sophia Y. Wang, Sophia Y. Wang, Curtis Langlotz, Curtis Langlotz, Vinit Mahajan, Vinit Mahajan, Chase A. Ludwig, Chase A. Ludwig

“…Given close relationships between ocular structure and ophthalmic disease, ocular biometry measurements (including axial length, lens thickness, anterior chamber depth, and keratometry values) may be leveraged as features in the prediction of eye diseases. …”
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Spinal neuromodulation using ultra low frequency waveform inhibits sensory signaling to the thalamus and preferentially reduces aberrant firing of thalamic neurons in a model of ne... by Martyn G. Jones, Martyn G. Jones, Liam A. Matthews, Liam A. Matthews, Scott Lempka, Scott Lempka, Scott Lempka, Nishant Verma, James P. Harris, Stephen B. McMahon

“…Second, ongoing activity of thalamic neurons increases dramatically in the early stages following neuropathic injury. Third, this novel form of neuromodulation preferentially attenuates pathological thalamic activity in this neuropathic model compared to normal activity in naïve and sham-operated animals. …”
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EASTERN SPIRITUAL TRADITIONS THROUGH THE LENS OF MODERN SCIENTIFIC WORLDVIEW by Tetiana V. Danylova

“…They are products of thinking, that is, they are the map rather than the territory. …”
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High Detection Rates for Prostate-specific Membrane Antigen–avid Prostate Cancer Recurrence at Low Prostate-specific Antigen levels on Extended Axial Field-of-view Positron Emissio... by Sarah Thomas, Jason Callahan, Paul Conway, Daniel Moon, Hugh Morgan, Johanna Ingbritsen, Melissa Munro, Robert E. Ware, Phil Dundee, Rodney J. Hicks

“…However, more than one-third of these patients had disease exclusively outside the prostate bed, with implications for the efficacy and morbidity of current salvage radiotherapy approaches. …”
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Study on the foam production characteristics of air self-suction foam generator by jet by Caiyuan Lu, Yuxin Wu, Di Zhu, Yuntao Liang

“…These factors influence FER, range (L), foam stacking thickness ( $$\sigma$$ ), and unfoamed liquid separation rate (γ, Foam solution not involved in the foaming process.), but the magnitude of their effect varies. …”
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The growing season of broccoli in the southern region of Dagestan by E. G. Gadjimustapaeva

“…Transplanting of the seedlings was carried out in the third 10-day period of July. The planting scheme was 70x40 cm; the plot area for one accession was 8.4 m2. …”
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A patient-derived HCC spheroid system to model the tumor microenvironment and treatment response by Emilie Crouchet, Nuno Almeida, Sarah C. Durand, Marie Parnot, Marine A. Oudot, Fabio Giannone, Cloé Gadenne, Natascha Roehlen, Antonio Saviano, Emanuele Felli, Patrick Pessaux, Hong Tuan Duong, Hideki Ohdan, Hiroshi Aikata, Kazuaki Chayama, Thomas F. Baumert, Catherine Schuster

“…Background & Aims: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the third-leading and fastest rising cause of cancer-related death worldwide. …”
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Estimating the Need for Sedation in Patients with Dental Anxiety and Medical Complexities Reporting to Tertiary Care Dental Hospital Using the IOSN Tool by Beenish Abbas, Ayesha Maqsood, Syeda Rabia Rahat Geelani, Madeeha Sattar, Majida Rahim, Zohaib Khurshid

“…Section 2 is based on Modified Dental Anxiety Scale which is a questionnaire comprising of five questions ranging from “not anxious” to “extremely anxious.” The third section was based on using the IOSN tool comprising three components: MDAS (Modified Dental Anxiety Scale) rank score, Systemic Health (ASA status) rank score, and treatment complexity rank scores. …”
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