Acute Effect of Different Stretching Protocols on Fexibility, Yoyo IR-1 and RepeatedSprint Ability Performance by Fahri Safa Çınarlı, Yalçın Aydın, Muhammed Emin Kafkas, Özgür Eken, Armağan Şahin Kafkas

“…The purpose of this study was to examine the acute effect of different stretching protocols on flexibility, Yo-Yo IR-1 and repeated sprint performance. The sample group of this study consists of 15 male (age: 21.80±1.37 years, stature: 1.77±.032 cm, body mass: 69.09±6.65 kg, body mass index (BMI) 21.94±2.01 (kg/m2), body fat ratio (BFR) 10.87±3.98 (%)) who were doing regular exercise at least 3 years. …”
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Triglyceride lowering in patients with different severities of hypertriglyceridaemia-associated acute pancreatitis: secondary analysis of a multicentre, prospective cohort study by Xiaoling Li, Lin Gao, Xiang Luo, Wenjian Mao, Lu Ke, Xiaoyan Lai, Lingyan Fu, Yaolu Liu

“…In the subgroup of HTG-AP patients with organ failure at enrolment, compared with patients with TG>5.65 mmol/L on day 3, patients who reached the target had significantly lower presence of organ failure at day 14 (7.8% vs 22%, p=0.039) and lower incidence of infected pancreatic necrosis within 60 days (3.1% vs 11.9%, p=0.049). …”
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A child with Chronic Nonbacterial Osteomyelitis and celiac disease: accidental association or two different aspects of the same condition? by Grazia Bossi, Maria Sole Prevedoni Gorone, Luca Lungarotti, Francesco Pelillo, Amelia Mascolo, Matteo Naso, Daniele Veraldi, Francesca Olivero, Costanza Chirico, Maria Vittoria Marino, Cristina Dutto, Gian Luigi Marseglia

“…Although the association with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) has been reported in the literature, cases of CNO in celiac patients have never been described before. …”
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Prevalence of Undernutrition and Associated Factors among Pregnant Women in a Public General Hospital, Tigray, Northern Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study Design by Ebud Ayele, Guesh Gebreayezgi, Teklewoini Mariye, Degena Bahrey, Gebrekiros Aregawi, Gebregziabher Kidanemariam

“…In this study, occupation, history of having malaria during pregnancy, wanted type pregnancy, coffee intake during pregnancy, and hemoglobin < 11 g/dl were factors significantly associated with undernutrition in pregnant mothers. So, healthcare providers, policymakers, and other stakeholders should give special focus on these factors.…”
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Suicide Ideation among Outpatients with Alcohol Use Disorder by Wen-Yu Hsu, Ting-Gang Chang, Cheng-Chen Chang, Nan-Ying Chiu, Chieh-Hsin Lin, Hsien-Yuan Lane

“…This retrospective study reviewed the medical records of individuals with AUD who participated in an alcohol treatment program in central Taiwan during 2019–2020. …”
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Measured Resection as Gap Balance Method in Mobile‐Bearing Medial Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Qian Liu, Jianhua Ren, Wenhui Zhang, Tangzhao Liang, Zhe Wang, Siwei Xie, Yuhang Li, Jianfeng Hou, Kun Wang, Ronghan He

“…This study aimed to propose and evaluate a novel “measured resection” method for gap balance in MB‐UKA. Methods This prospective study included 49 consecutive patients (52 knees) who underwent MB‐UKA from February 1, 2023, to September 1, 2023. …”
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Population pharmacokinetics of iruplinalkib in healthy volunteers and patients with solid tumors by Guihong Yang, Yimei Wang, Huimin Zhao, Ziyi Jiang, Shansong Zheng, Mingjing Ge, Meimei Si, Xiaoyan Kang

“…Iruplinalkib plasma concentrations were best described by a two‐compartment model with first‐order absorption and first‐order elimination. …”
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Intraoperative support of patients with infective endocarditis complicated by acute heart failure by H.B. Koltunova

“…The study included clinical data of 72 patients with IE complicated by preoperative AHF who underwent cardiac surgery at the State Institution “Amosov National Institute of Cardiovascular Surgery of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine” from January 1, 2019, to December 30, 2022. …”
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Chemical Composition Characteristics and Source Apportionment of PM2.5 in Ceramic Industrial Base during Winter by Xiang Tu, Xiaozhen Fang, Hansun Fang, Changlin Ye, Zugen Liu, Xuehui Jia, Dan He, Jinliang Wang, Hong Huang, Changwei Zou, Chenglong Yu

“…Water-soluble ions and total carbon contributed about 48.7% and 13.9% of the PM2.5 mass, respectively. In addition, the SO42−/NO3− ratio in the ambient PM2.5 during the sampling period was 1.16, indicating that it was the result of primarily emissions from stationary sources. …”
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Unlocking barriers and strategies of halal certification for micro and small enterprises in Indonesia: Analytic network process approach by Muhammad Anwar Fathoni, Prima Dwi Priyatno, Faizi, Fadhli Suko Wiryanto, Widarto Rachbini, Suryani

“…This study would not have been possible without their generous funding and commitment to advancing research in Indonesia. We also extend our appreciation to all the respondents and participants who contributed valuable insights and data for this study, as well as to the institutions involved for their support and collaboration.…”
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Development and external validation of a dynamic nomogram for predicting the risk of functional outcome after 90 days in patients with acute intracerebral hemorrhage by Shaojie Li, Hongjian Li, Jiani Chen, Baofang Wu, Jiayin Wang, Chaocan Hong, Changhu Yan, Weizhi Qiu, Yasong Li, Hongzhi Gao

“…This study aimed to develop a practical nomogram for risk prediction of poor prognosis after 90 days in patients with intracerebral hemorrhage.MethodsA retrospective study was conducted on 638 patients with intracerebral hemorrhage in the Second Hospital of Fujian Medical University, China, who were divided into a training set (n = 446) and a test set (n = 192) by random splitting. …”
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How far back do we need to look to capture diagnoses in electronic health records?... by Tom Marshall, Elizabeth Sapey, Miles D Witham, Steve Harris, Rachel Cooper, Chris Plummer, Felicity Evison, James Wason, Heather J Cordell, Suzy Gallier, Fiona E Matthews, Ewan Pearson, Avan A Sayer, Mervyn Singer, Joanne Field, Mohammed Osman, Sian Robinson, Victoria Bartle, Thomas Scharf, Jadene Lewis, Rominique Doal, Peta le Roux, Ray Holding, Paolo Missier

“…This study aimed to ascertain how far back in time electronic hospital records need to be interrogated to capture long-term condition diagnoses.Design Retrospective observational study of routinely collected hospital electronic health record data.Setting Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (UK)-linked data held by the PIONEER acute care data hub.Participants Patients whose first recorded admission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation (n=560) or acute stroke (n=2142) was between January and December 2018 and who had a minimum of 10 years of data prior to the index date.Outcome measures We identified the most common International Classification of Diseases version 10-coded diagnoses received by patients with COPD and acute stroke separately. …”
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Case of successful treatment of a patient with ischemictracheoesophageal and tracheopleural fistulas after a mckeown hybrid esophagectomy by E. A. Kruglov, Yu. A. Pobedinseva, E. V. Filimonov, A. A. Ilin, Yu. A. Kolotilov, I. N. Yablokov, I. V. Chervonogorodskij, V. M. Unguryan

“…It should be noted that this method of treatment may be ineffective in patients who need pressure support during ventilation.…”
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Psychometric properties of self-reported financial toxicity measures in cancer survivors: a systematic review by Yan Hu, Zheng Zhu, Weijie Xing, Lucylynn Lizarondo, Jian Peng, Huan Wen, Yanling Sun, Winnie K W So

“…Objective The aim of this systematic review was to summarise the psychometric properties of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) measuring financial toxicity (FT) in cancer survivors.Design This systematic review was conducted according to the guidance of the Consensus-Based Standards for the Selection of Health Measurement Instruments (COSMIN) methodology.Data sources Comprehensive searches were performed in PubMed, MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, PsycINFO, Web of Science, ProQuest and Cochrane Library from database inception to February 2022.Eligibility criteria for selecting studies We included studies that reported any PROMs for measuring FT in cancer survivors who were ≥18 years old. …”
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Improved Analgesic Effect of Paravertebral Blocks before and after Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery: A Prospective, Double-Blinded, Randomized Controlled Trial by Lihua Chu, Xiaolin Zhang, Yaping Lu, Guohao Xie, Shengwen Song, Xiangming Fang, Baoli Cheng

“…Despite being less invasive, patients who underwent video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) suffered considerable postoperative pain. …”
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Status survey of uncrossmatched type O suspended RBCs in patients with emergency transfusion by PENG Zhuoyue, XU Shilan, YANG Xinxin, CHEN Chunxia, TAN Bin

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From Science to Utopia: Marcuse and Critical Utopianism by L. A. Agamalova

“…Since the 1970s—against the backdrop of the failures of May 68, the self-exposures of the USSR, and the decline of the workers’ movement, as well as in accordance with the immanent history of the logic of the history of philosophy itself—the concept of utopia has been running through new areas of meaning and is extremely dialectical in two modes: temporal and ontological. The first transforms utopia from never-being into “past”, the second provides two inversions, considering it as 1) a dystopia, the other of utopia, which is declared to be the hidden truth of utopia; and — when it is fundamentally possible according to its own concept — 2) as impossible, in connection with which utopia and its concept return to the discourse as a kind of empty place around which modern pessimism circles, correctly believing that the future is unimaginable. …”
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Hartmann’s Procedure Versus Intersphincteric Abdominoperineal Excision in Patients with Rectal Cancer: Report from the Swedish Colorectal Cancer Registry (SCRCR) by Viktor Åkerlund, MD, Maziar Nikberg, MD, PhD, Philippe Wagner, PhD, Abbas Chabok, MD, PhD

“…Rectal cancer patients with a tumor height >5 cm, registered in the Swedish Colorectal Cancer Registry who received HP or iAPE electively in 2017–2020 were included, (HP, n = 696; iAPE, n = 314). …”
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Is ultrasound-guided radiofrequency ablation a reliable treatment option for unifocal T1aN0M0 papillary thyroid carcinoma in the isthmus: a retrospective comparative study based on... by Gongli Zhou, Dong Xu, Beibei Zhang, Ruiqing Su, Ke Xu, Xuefeng Zhang, Feng Li, Wei Zhao, Tingting Cai

“…No disease progression was found in the two groups. The PTCI group had no complications, whereas the PTCL group had a total of 7 complications (1.88%).Conclusions Ultrasound-guided RFA is reliable for unifocal T1aN0M0 PTCI. …”
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Outcomes in Catheter Ablation of Sustained Ventricular Tachycardia in Myocarditis Compared with Ischemic Heart Disease by Sheng Su, Le Li, Xi Peng, Likun Zhou, Zhuxin Zhang, Yulong Xiong, Zhenhao Zhang, Mengtong Xu, Yan Yao

“…Results: This study included 109 patients with IHD and 20 patients with myocarditis who underwent CA for sustained VT, from February 2017 to March 2023. …”
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