Public Understanding and Expectations of Digital Health Evidence Generation: Focus Group Study by Paulina Bondaronek, Jingfeng Li, Henry W W Potts

“…The perspectives of the general public, who are direct stakeholders, are notably underrepresented in discussions on digital health evidence generation. …”
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Participation in a pre-registration student interprofessional education (IPE) society: influence on subsequent professional practice by Christine Hirsch, Emily Audet, Emily Audet, Ekrahh Dawood, Freya Beardmore, Nafeesa Hussain, Wing Chi Wong, Robert J. Barry, Sharon Buckley

“…To inform institutional decisions about establishing and maintaining a student IPE society, we have investigated the perceptions of early career health professionals who were KASE members during their pre-registration training.MethodsKASE alumni working as early career health professionals were invited to participate in the study. …”
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Protocolized approach saves the limb in peripheral arterial injury: A decade experience by Pratyusha Priyadarshini, Supreet Kaur, Komal Gupta, Abhinav Kumar, Junaid Alam, Dinesh Bagaria, Narender Choudhary, Amit Gupta, Sushma Sagar, Biplab Mishra, Subodh Kumar

“…The majority (88.6%) of patients who required primary or secondary amputations had blunt trauma. …”
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Examining the association between child development and parental mental health after preterm birth-related stress: a systematic review of the literature and meta-analysis protocol by Lotte Haverman, Cornelieke S H Aarnoudse-Moens, Joost G Daams, Gerbrich E van den Bosch, Kirsten S Muller, Celina E Henke

“…Yet, NICU admission is not only stressful for the infant but can also have a long-lasting negative impact on parental mental health, who may worry about their child. Parental mental health problems might affect child development through parental behaviour and the parent–infant relationship. …”
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OmoiwsiV Qew PROBLEMOS RABINISTINIAME IRHELENISTINIAME JUDAIZME by Kristina Gudelytė

“…OmoiwsiV Qew PROBLEMS IN RABBINISTIC AND HELLENISTIC JUDAISMS Audrius Dzikevičius Summary OmoiwsiV Qew(imitatio dei) - one of the most popular religious-philosophical categories, which allows to compare the similarities and differences between Greek and Jewish cultures, because it includes such basics as God, man and being. Both Greeks and Jews have their parallel moments in historical sources, but monotheistic conception was the point of departure for development in two different ways. …”
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Association between sleep duration and hypertension in southwest China: a population-based cross-sectional study by Yu Guo, Liming Li, Zhengming Chen, Qiang Sun, Pei Pei, Xianping Wu, Ningmei Zhang, Xiaofang Chen, Guojin Luo, John S Ji, Xiaoyu Chang, Xiaofang Chen*

“…While there have been studies on various diet and lifestyle risk factors, we do not know whether sleep duration has an association to blood pressure in southwest China. …”
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Behavior of SD-OCT Detectable Hyperreflective Foci in Diabetic Macular Edema Patients after Therapy with Anti-VEGF Agents and Dexamethasone Implants by Anne Rübsam, Laura Wernecke, Saskia Rau, Dominika Pohlmann, Bert Müller, Oliver Zeitz, Antonia M. Joussen

“…A prospective, observational study on 59 eyes of 51 DME patients who were treated with antivascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) therapy (VEGF group, n=40 eyes) or dexamethasone implant (DEX group, n=19). …”
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Factors associated with acute respiratory infection and healthcare-seeking behaviour among primary caregivers in Bangladesh: a study based on MICS 2019 by Md Fuad Al Fidah, Syeda Sumaiya Efa, Ali Amin Nabin

“…The proportion of U5 children who are treated with antibiotics requires attention. …”
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Deciphering the role of IL17RA in psoriasis and chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis: shared pathways and distinct manifestations by Ayat Kadhi, Ayat Kadhi, Ayat Kadhi, Edward Eid, Michel J. Massaad, Inaam El-Rassy, Dana Maria Khoury, Yutaka Shimomura, Nelly Rubeiz, Mazen Kurban, Mazen Kurban, Mazen Kurban, Georges Nemer, Georges Nemer

“…Consequently, the immunogenetic foundations underlying these conditions have remained enigmatic.MethodsIn this study, we analyzed the case of a 5-year-old female born to consanguineous parents who presented with concomitant psoriasis and CMC phenotypes. …”
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Related studies on measuring the normal values of optic nerve sheath diameter in healthy Chinese adults based on CT scans by Lei Han, Ning Su, Chao Wu, Jiamin Yang, Xiaolin Liu

“…The data of healthy adults who underwent head scan in Baotou Central Hospital from March 2022 to May 2023 were retrospectively collected. …”
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Urban-rural difference in adverse outcomes of pulmonary tuberculosis in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis-diabetes mellitus comorbidity by FANG Zijian, LI Qingchun，XIE Li，SONG Xu，DAI Ruoqi，WU Yifei，JIA Qingjun，CHENG Qinglin

“…Methods:Patients with PTB-DM who were admitted and discharged from 14 designated tuberculosis hospitals in Hangzhou City from 2018 to 2022 were selected. …”
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Orthopantomography Detection of Atheroma Plaques and Its Relationship with Periodontal Disease and Missing Teeth by Rodrigo Quevedo García, Sara Arnaiz Díez, Esteban Pérez Pevida, María Lourdes Del Río Solá

“…Orthopantomographs of 1,254 patients over 18 years of age from Clínica Arlanza in Lerma, Burgos, were examined between 2017 and 2021. A Planmeca ProOne® orthopantomograph (68 kV, 7 mA, and 10 sg) was used. …”
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RELATIONSHIP OF SELF-REGULATION AND PERSONAL PROFESSIONAL PERSPECTIVE OF STUDENTS by D. P. Zavodchikov, P. O. Manyakova

“…The materials of the publication can be useful for teachers and lecturers of professional education and experts who are engaged in professional orientation work and psycho-pedagogical support for students of higher education institutions and colleges.…”
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Age‐related longitudinal change in cardiac structure and function in adults at increased cardiovascular risk by Fei Fei Gong, Jennifer M. Coller, Michele McGrady, Umberto Boffa, Louise Shiel, Danny Liew, Simon Stewart, Alice J. Owen, Henry Krum, Christopher M. Reid, David L. Prior, Duncan J. Campbell

“…Methods and results CVD risk factors were recorded in 3065 participants who underwent a baseline echocardiographic examination, of whom 2358 attended a follow‐up examination 3.8 [median, inter‐quartile range (IQR) 3.5, 4.2] years later. …”
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Association of CYP2C9∗3 and CYP2C8∗3 Non-Functional Alleles with Ibuprofen-Induced Upper Gastrointestinal Toxicity in a Saudi Patient by Amina M. Bagher

“…Individuals carrying the CYP2C9∗3 or CYP2C8∗3 non-functional alleles have reduced enzyme activities resulting in elevated ibuprofen plasma concentrations and half-life. We presented a case of a 31-year-old Saudi female patient with a history of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who had taken ibuprofen at 600 mg twice daily for eight weeks. …”
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Comparison between Rocuronium and Atracurium Effect on Blood Pressure during General Anaesthesia in Baghdad Hospital by Adel Amen Hama, Noor Faris Hoobi, Sara Emad Majeed

“…The study recruited 50 adult patients, divided in to two groups the rocuronium drug groups which included 25 patients and atracurium drug group which included 25 patients, age ranged from (18-60 years) of both sexes who were (ASAI and ASAII) patients undergoing (elective surgeries) in Baghdad education hospital during the period from (October 2019 to March 2020). …”
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Association between exposure to ambient air pollutants and metabolic syndrome in the vicinity of the Taklamakan Desert by Zhe Wang, Weidong Ji, Yushan Wang, Lin Li, Kai Wang, Hongze Liu, Yining Yang, Yi Zhou

“…A 10 μg/m³ increase in concentration was associated with the following respective odds ratios: PM1 (1.341, 95 % CI: 1.331, 1.351), PM2.5 (1.036, 95 % CI: 1.034, 1.037), PM10 (1.006, 95 % CI: 1.005, 1.007), O3 (1.385, 95 % CI: 1.374, 1.396), and CO (1.015,95 %, CI: 1.0147, 1.016). …”
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The Obesity Paradox Revisited: Is Obesity Still a Protective Factor for Patients With High Comorbidity Burden or High-Complexity Procedures? by Hyo Jin Son, BSc, Denise W. Gee, MD, David Gomez, MD, PhD, James J. Jung, MD, PhD

“…Then, we investigated the subgroups stratified by procedural complexity and comorbidity burden using a modified Charlson Comorbidity Index (mCCI) and mortality probability. …”
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Nucleotide variation in Foxp3 gene and prognosis of bladder cancer: a case-control study by Qin Li, Yan Zhang, Yan Zhang, Min Su, Yaping Song, Yanyun Wang, Bin Zhou, Lin Zhang

“…SPSS and online SNPstats software were used to determine the disparities between groups.ResultsFor the rs3761548 C/A polymorphism, patients with the CA/AA genotype showed a notable decrease in the case group (22.1% versus 34.8%, P = 0.003, OR = 0.61, 95%CI = 0.44-0.85), and the heterozygous CA genotype presented a distinctly lower risk for BC (P = 0.0003, OR = 0.43, 95%CI = 0.26-0.70). Notably, individuals who were homozygous for the AA genotype demonstrated a markedly lower overall survival (OS) rate compared to those with the CC/CA genotypes (P = 0.03, OR = 5.89, 95%CI = 1.23-28.15), after adjusting for factors such as age, gender, smoking status, tumor grade, metastasis, and clinical stage. …”
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Application of Chain Nursing Process in the Nursing of Elderly Inpatients with Implantable Venous Infusion Port by Juan Hu, Li Zhou, Juanying Ding

“…After intervention, the scores of GAD-7 and AIS in the two groups were reduced compared with those before intervention, and the above scores in the study group were lower than those in the routine group (P<0.05). …”
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