Safety and Intranasal Retention of a Broad-Spectrum Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Monoclonal Antibody SA55 Nasal Spray in Healthy Volunteers: A Phase I Clinical Trial by Chaoying Hu, Yibo Zhou, Xing Meng, Jianhua Li, Jinxia Chen, Zhifang Ying, Xiaoliang Sunney Xie, Yaling Hu, Yunlong Cao, Ronghua Jin

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Non-communicable airway disease and air pollution in three African Countries: Benin, Cameroon and The Gambia by B. Awokola, H. Lawin, O. Johnson, A. Humphrey, D. Nzogo, L. Zubar, G. Okello, S. Semple, E. Awokola, G. Amusa, N. Mohammed, C. Jewell, A. Erhart, K. Mortimer, G. Devereux, B.H. Mbatchou-Ngahane

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Spectrum and Clinical Characteristics of Renal Diseases in Ghanaian Adults: A 13-Year Retrospective Study by Perditer Okyere, Isaac Okyere, Richard Kobina Dadzie Ephraim, Joseph Attakorah, Charlotte Osafo, Bernard Arhin, Sarah Bachelle, Albert Abaka-Yawson

“…In this study, we assessed the spectrum and clinical characteristics of Ghanaians with renal diseases at the nephrology unit of Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), Kumasi. …”
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Two-step-7-Pink Rule: A Practical Tool for the Dermoscopic Evaluation of Fully Amelanotic Skin Lesions by Riccardo Pampena, Stefano Migliorati, Giovanni Paolino, Michela Lai, Nicola Lippolis, Stefania Guida, Stefania Borsari, Sebastiano Pellerone, Sofia Maria Di Ciaccio, Elvira Moscarella, Giovanni Pellacani, Giuseppe Argenziano, Caterina Longo

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A novel platform for engineered AAV-based vaccines by Sabrina Babutzka, Miranda Gehrke, Anastasia Papadopoulou, Maria Diedrichs-Möhring, Maria Giannaki, Lena Hennis, Bastian Föhr, Cale Kooyman, Andreas Osterman, Evangelia Yannaki, Gerhild Wildner, Hermann Ammer, Stylianos Michalakis

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Characteristics of the First Italian Older Adults Vaccinated with an Adjuvanted Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Vaccine by Alexander Domnich, Andrea Orsi, Piero Luigi Lai, Elvira Massaro, Carlo-Simone Trombetta, Julieta Pastorino, Charlott Roihl, Marianna Pianta, Giancarlo Icardi, Donatella Panatto

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Enrichment of electrotrophic microorganisms from contrasting shallow-sea hydrothermal environments in bioelectrochemical reactors by Antoine Carissimo, Victoria Comes, Alenica Heussner, Anne-Hélène Prime, Roy E. Price, Gaël Erauso, Pierre-Pol Liebgott, Sven Kerzenmacher, Guillaume Pillot

“…Bioelectrochemical reactors can be used to investigate such electrotrophic diversity by providing an electrode as an electron donor.MethodsHere, a total of 60 different reactors were set up and inoculated with either a microbial community coming from the shallow, acidic (ca. pH 5.5) and hot (ca. 120°C) hydrothermal system of Panarea, Aeolian islands, Italy, or the shallow, alkaline (pH 11) and mild (40°C) hydrothermal system of Prony Bay, New Caledonia.ResultsWith the alkaline sample, no electrical current increase was seen in any of the 15 reactors operated for 6 days under Prony hydrothermal conditions (pH 10, 30–75°C). …”
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Genetic profiling of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii from a tertiary care center in Malaysia by Aisyah Syakirah Shahari, Navindra Kumari Palanisamy, Fadzilah Mohd Nor

“…A total of 128 MDR A. baumannii isolates were collected from patients admitted to various wards (intensive care unit [ICU], neonatal intensive care unit, coronary care unit, high dependency ward [HDW], and general wards). …”
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Inflammatory Cytokine Profile Associated with Metabolic Syndrome in Adult Patients with Type 1 Diabetes by Aldo Ferreira-Hermosillo, Mario Molina-Ayala, Claudia Ramírez-Rentería, Guadalupe Vargas, Baldomero Gonzalez, Armando Isibasi, Irma Archundia-Riveros, Victoria Mendoza

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ANALISIS DESKRIPTIF BERBASIS MODEL MENTAL FISIKA TERHADAP PEMAHAMAN KOGNITIF MAHASISWA PADA KONSEP KINEMATIKA PARTIKEL DAN GERAK PARABOLA by Nyoman Rohadi, Iwan Setiawan

“…ABSTRAK   Artikel ini menguraikan hasil analisis deskriptif berbasis model mental fisika terhadap pemahaman kognitif mahasiswa semester pertama tahun ajaran 2019/2020 prodi pendidikan fisika JPMIPA FKIP UNIB Universitas Bengkulu pada konsep kinematika partikel dan gerak parabola. …”
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Trends in the use and dual use of factory-made combustible cigarettes, other tobacco products and electronic cigarettes: Results from South African Social Attitudes Surveys during... by Catherine O. Egbe, Siphesihle Gwambe, Mukhethwa Londani, Olufemi Erinoso, Olalekan A. Ayo-Yusuf

“…The use of FM, roll-your-own (RYO) cigarettes, cigars, waterpipe, smokeless tobacco (SLT), any combustible tobacco products (CTP), any tobacco product (ATP) use, and e-cigarettes was investigated. …”
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Robotic Assistance in Simultaneous Bilateral Medial Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty: A Retrospective Cohort Study of 126 Knees Demonstrating Enhanced Radiographic Accuracy and C... by Valentina Rossi, MD, Constant Foissey, MD, Andreas Fontalis, MD, MSc, MRCS, Gabriel Gaggiotti, MD, Stefano Gaggiotti, MD, Elvire Servien, MD, PhD, Sébastien Lustig, MD, PhD

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The Pro12Ala Polymorphism of PPAR-γ Gene Is Associated with Sepsis Disease Severity and Outcome in Chinese Han Population by Guoda Ma, Haiyang Wang, Guixi Mo, Lili Cui, You Li, Yiming Shao, Xin Liu, Yuliu Xie, Jia Li, Jiawu Fu, Hua Tao, Bin Zhao, Liangqing Zhang, Keshen Li

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Taxifolin increased semen quality of Duroc boars by improving gut microbes and blood metabolites by Yexun Zhou, Yexun Zhou, Liang Chen, Hui Han, Hui Han, Bohui Xiong, Ruqing Zhong, Yue Jiang, Lei Liu, Haiqing Sun, Jiajian Tan, Xiaowei Cheng, Martine Schroyen, Yang Gao, Yong Zhao, Hongfu Zhang

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High-Density Lipoprotein Reduction Differentially Modulates to Classical and Nonclassical Monocyte Subpopulations in Metabolic Syndrome Patients and in LPS-Stimulated Primary Human... by Johanna L. Grün, Aaron N. Manjarrez-Reyna, Angélica Y. Gómez-Arauz, Sonia Leon-Cabrera, Felix Rückert, José M. Fragoso, Nallely Bueno-Hernández, Sergio Islas-Andrade, Guillermo Meléndez-Mier, Galileo Escobedo

“…Our main goal was to examine monocyte subpopulations in metabolic syndrome patients, while also identifying the risk factors that could directly influence these cells. Eighty-six subjects were divided into metabolic syndrome patients and controls. …”
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Paradoxical dominant negative activity of an immunodeficiency-associated activating PIK3R1 variant by Patsy R Tomlinson, Rachel G Knox, Olga Perisic, Helen Su, Gemma V Brierley, Roger L Williams, Robert K Semple

“…PIK3R1 encodes three regulatory subunits of class IA phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K), each associating with any of three catalytic subunits, namely p110α, p110β, or p110δ. …”
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Health benefits of pedestrian and cyclist commuting: evidence from the Scottish Longitudinal Study by Paul Kelly, David Walsh, Bruce Whyte, Zhiqiang Feng, Chris Dibben, Graham Baker, Ruth Dundas, Evangelia Demou, Catherine Friel

“…Pedestrian commuting was associated with lower risk of any hospitalisation (HR 0.91, 95% CI 0.88 to 0.93), lower risk of CVD hospitalisation (HR 0.90, 95% CI 0.84 to 0.96) and of having a CVD prescription (HR 0.90, 95% CI 0.87 to 0.93), and lower risk of a mental health prescription (HR 0.93, 95% CI 0.90 to 0.97).Conclusion Active commuters were less likely to suffer from a range of negative physical and mental health outcomes than non-active commuters. …”
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Haptoglobin Gene Polymorphism among Sickle Cell Patients in West Cameroon: Hematological and Clinical Implications by Christian Bernard Kengne Fotsing, Constant Anatole Pieme, Prosper Cabral Biapa Nya, Jean Paul Chedjou, Samuel Ashusong, Gisele Njindam, Jocelyn Tony Nengom, Georges Teto, Carine Nguemeni, Wilfred Fon Mbacham, Donatien Gatsing

“…The distribution of the haptoglobin genotypes did not reveal any significant difference across hematological parameters and clinical manifestations of disease severity in SCP and controls. …”
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Transforming 5G Mega-Constellation Communications: A Self-Organized Network Architecture Perspective by Marius Corici, Marius Caus, Xavier Artiga, Alessandro Guidotti, Benjamin Barth, Tomaso de Cola, Justin Tallon, Hemant Zope, Daniele Tarchi, Fanny Parzysz, David Naseh, Swapnil Sadashiv Shinde

“…This architecture is designed to align seamlessly with 5G service requirements, while also accommodating the unique topological and infrastructural constraints of mega-constellations. …”
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The perceived workload of first-line healthcare professionals during neonatal resuscitation by Hai-Bo Huang, Kui Sang, Ming Zhou, Lin Yi, Jiang-Qin Liu, Chuan-Zhong Yang, Brenda H.Y. Law, Georg M. Schmölzer, Po-Yin Cheung

“…Methods: In a prospectively designed, cellphone-based surveillance, perceived workload and stress of MDs and nurses/midwives during neonatal resuscitation was evaluated using a modified multi-dimensional NASA-TLX survey in three tertiary Neonatal Intensive Care Units in China. The NASA-TLX data on mental, physical, temporal demand, performance, effort, and frustration were independently rated by participants and collated to a composite score of all dimensions. …”
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