The Evaluation of Serum KIM-1 in a Pediatric Cohort of Renal Transplantation—A Pilot Study by Paul Luchian Aldea, Roxana Andreea Turbuleasa-Jurje, Bogdan Bulata, Dan Delean, Florin Ioan Elec, Lorena Ciumarnean, Andreea Liana Bot (Rachisan)

“…The motivation of this study was to analyze a predictive biological marker in comparison with standard markers for the evaluation of renal function, with the aim of observing if there are statistically significant differences regarding the performance and promptness of its increase compared to the current monitoring methods in order to improve graft survival, quality of life, and overall patient prognosis. Patients and Methods: We included 21 patients who had their first kidney transplantation (8 females, 13 males), with a follow-up period from transplantation of 3.14 years, without prior immunization, having complete HLA typing and a negative cross-match test before transplantation. …”
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RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN LIPID PROFILE AND COMPLETE BLOOD CELL COUNT PARAMETERS by Yevhen Dzis, Oleksandra Tomashevska, Andriy Petrukh

“…Given that blood cells play an important role in both atherogenesis and lipid metabolism, the research aimed to assess the specifics of the relationship between the parameters of the blood lipid spectrum and the complete blood count (CBC). Materials and Methods. A total of 475 individuals (245 female and 230 male) were included in the study, who simultaneously underwent CBC and determination of lipid profile, namely: total cholesterol (TC), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), very low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (VLDL-C), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) and triglycerides (TG). …”
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Comprehensive coronary CT angiography in people living with HIV: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Binh T Nguyen, Edward Hulten, Venkatesh L Murthy, Tarin Phillips, Gregory M Blake, Jonathan A Aun, Lisa M Conte, Ritika Gadodia, Aakash Tuli, Sara L Robinson, Travis E Harrell

“…This systematic review and meta-analysis summarise and estimate pooled effect sizes for observational studies among PLWH using comprehensive coronary CT angiography (CTA).Design Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-analysis reporting guidelines were used.Data sources PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, CINAHL, Cochrane Clinical Trials and EBM were searched from inception to 23 February 2024.Eligibility criteria We included studies evaluating coronary atherosclerosis in adult PLWH with controls and CTA results for plaque prevalence, extent, severity and high-degree stenosis.Data extraction and synthesis Two independent reviewers used standardised methods to screen for relevance by title, abstract and full-text review. …”
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Sputum Smear Positive Pulmonary Tuberculosis Diagnostic Dropout Rate in Public Health Facilities, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia by Daniel Melese Desalegn, Kumera Terfa Kitila, Boja Dufera Taddese, Tinsae Kidanemariam Hailu, Tariku Takle Dinku, Kassahun Demisse Asferie, Hanna Mekonnen Balcha, Chalachew Sisay Gebeyehu, Girmay Medhin

“…Retrospective review of patient documents in 13 public health facilities’ TB laboratory in Addis Ababa was conducted from October 2011 to March 2016. …”
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Risk Factors Associated with Falls and Fractures Following Prescription of Opioids Among Privately Insured Patients with Osteoarthritis by Stuart Silverman, Patricia Schepman, J. Bradford Rice, Craig G. Beck, William Pajerowski, Alan G. White, Sheena Thakkar, Rebecca L. Robinson, Birol Emir

“…**Background:** While prior research has shown that patients with osteoarthritis (OA) who are prescribed opioids have higher rates of falls and fractures following drug initiation, there is a limited body of work establishing a comprehensive model of factors that influence the risk of falls or fractures among these patients. …”
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Nationwide representative serosurvey of third-grade school children to evaluate the hepatitis B vaccination impact in Kyrgyzstan, 2022 by Michael Brandl, Gulnara Zhumagulova, Gulbara Ishenapysova, Zuridin Nurmatov, Tatiana Enverovna Kuchuk, Nurzhan Zamirbekova, Gulsunai Sattarova, Saikal Temirbekova, Zhanara Bekenova, Martyna Gassowski, Liudmila Mosina, Antons Mozalevskis, Sandra Dudareva, Siddhartha Sankar Datta

Subjects: “…Hepatitis B…”
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The Theme and Effective Factors in the Transformation and Development of «Swastika» Motif in Iranian Art from Ancient to Seljuk Period by Mohamad Motevalli, Khashayar Ghazizadeh, Morteza Afshari

“…In Iran, this motif was depicted on pottery for the first time since the fifth millennium B.C., and its continued use can be seen until the beginning of the Islamic period. …”
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Unilateral biportal endoscopic decompression combined with percutaneous pedicle screw fixation offers new treatment option for thoracolumbar burst fractures with secondary spinal s... by Guangchao Bai, Xiaowen Qiu, Guojun Wei, Xiaowei Jing, Qingfeng Hu

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Influencing factors of parenting stress in parents of children with autism spectrum disorder by YIN Peipei, XING Yipei, JI Yue, ZENG Shuting, LIANG Fengjing, CEN Chaoqun

“…Methods A total of 302 families with young children with ASD who received inpatient interventions at the Child Developmental and Behavioral Center of the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University from May 2022 to February 2024 and their parents were recruited to complete the questionnaires， which included Socioeconomic Status Scale （SES）， Parenting Stress Index-Short Form （PSI-SF）， Social Responsiveness Scale-Second Edition （SRS-2） and Adaptive Behavior Assessment System-Second Edition （ABAS-Ⅱ） of the children. …”
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Knowledge of mothers on diaper dermatitis management and associated factors in Ethiopia by Atoma Negera, Midekso Sento, Gemechu Tola

“…The output of logistic regression shows that being a 7–12 month-old child (aOR = 4.03; 95% Cl (1.41–11.50)), being a male child (aOR = 2.16; 95% Cl (1.14–4.06)), and being firstborn (aOR = 5.95; 95% Cl (1.39, 25.53)) variables had a significant association with knowledge of mothers. …”
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Comparison of Ziziphus jujube Mill. Syrup versus polyethylene glycol in children with functional constipation: a randomized clinical trial by Fatemeh Keihanian, Shohreh Maleknejad, Amin Saeidinia, Soheil Soltanipour, Amir Pirooz

“…Eligible patients were randomized into two groups: PEG group; 1–5 cc/kg/day (40% w/v solution without electrolytes; average dose: 0.2–1 g/kg), and ZS group; 1–5 cc/kg/day (average dose: 5–25 mg/kg). …”
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Persistent organochlorine pesticides and cardiometabolic outcomes among middle-aged Latina women in a California agricultural community: The CHAMACOS Maternal Cognition Study by Marcella Warner, Stephen Rauch, Brenda Eskenazi, Lucia Calderon, Robert B. Gunier, Katherine Kogut, Nina Holland, Weihong Guo, Julianna Deardorff, Jacqueline M. Torres

“…We included 468 women who had concentrations of organochlorine pesticides measured in serum collected in 2009–2011 and complete follow-up data in 2022–2024 (blood draw, anthropometry, personal interview). …”
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Socio-demographic and clinical determinants of self-care in adults with type 2 diabetes: a multicenter cross-sectional study in Zhejiang province, China by Xuefen Lan, Xiaozhen Ji, Xiaojia Zheng, Xiaoyu Ding, Hongyi Mou, Shunfei Lu, Bin Ye

“…Methods In this multicenter cross-sectional study, we enrolled 495 Chinese adults with type 2 diabetes from the outpatient departments of three tertiary hospitals in Zhejiang province, China. …”
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Potentially inappropriate prescribing in hospitalised children: a retrospective, cross-sectional study at a tertiary children’s hospital in China by Linan Zeng, Lingli Zhang, Dan Yu, Huiqing Wang, Liang Huang, Siyu Li, Guo Cheng, Zhi-Jun Jia

“…Introduction For improving and optimising drug use in children, we previously developed a tool (including a series of criteria for identifying potentially inappropriate prescribing in children) by literature review and the two-round Delphi technique to prevent inappropriate medication prescriptions at the prescribing stage.Objective To assess the prevalence of potentially inappropriate prescription (PIP) among hospitalised children and explore risk factors associated with PIP.Design A retrospective cross-sectional study.Setting A tertiary children’s hospital in China.Participants Hospitalised children with complete medical records who received drug treatment and discharged from 1 January to 31 December 2021.Outcome measures We evaluated the medication prescriptions by using a series of previously developed criteria for detecting the prevalence of PIP in hospitalised children and used logistic regression to explore the risk factors (including sex, age, number of drugs, number of comorbidities, days of hospitalisation and admission departments) for PIP in children.Results A total of 87 555 medication prescriptions for 16 995 hospitalised children were analysed, and 19 722 PIPs were detected. …”
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Sociodemographic Risk Factors for Mental Health Disorders Among School Children in Umuahia, South-East Nigeria by Ikechukwu F. Ogbonna, Chizoba F. Achor, Joseph Ezeogu

“…Also, children residing with widowed caregivers were five times more likely to have MHD than children residing with caregivers who belonged to another marital status (aOR = 5.19, 95% CI = 1.45–18.61, P = 0.012), and those residing with non-biological caregivers were four times more likely to have MHD than those residing with biological caregivers (aOR = 3.50, 95% CI = 1.55–7.74, P = 0.002). …”
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Laser Induced Spectroscopy (LIBS) Technology and Environmental Risk Index (RI) to Detect Microplastics in Drinking Water in Baghdad, Iraq by Estabraq Mohammed Ati, Shahla Hussien Hano, Rana Fadhil abbas, Reyam Naji Ajmi and Abdalkader Saeed Latif

“…Drinking water contamination by microplastic particles is a global concern that is becoming increasingly common due to consumer abuse, and we use laser fractionation spectroscopy to examine what microplastic particles in water packaging can do. …”
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The Modulation of Laser Refractive Surgery on Sensory Eye Dominance of Anisometropia by Hongting Liu, Qi Chen, Fangfang Lan, Yan Luo, Enwei Lin, Wuqiang Luo, Ming Kong, Jiangxia Wang, Fengju Zhang

“…The second part of the study included 40 subjects with nonanisometropic myopia and 40 subjects with anisometropic myopia who received the femtosecond laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis (Fs-LASIK). …”
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Penerapan Algoritme Nearest Centroid Neighbor Classifier Based on K Local Means Using Harmonic Mean Distance (LMKHNCN) Untuk Klasifikasi Hasil Kinerja Pegawai Negeri Sipil by Adam Syarif Hidayatullah, Fitra Abdurrachman Bachtiar, Imam Cholissodin

“…This can cause not optimal work result, so it necessary to early identification of employees who have performance below average performance so that can be evaluated and minimize not optimal result. …”
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Determination of Factors Affecting Sleep Quality in Postoperative Patients and Improvement of Correctible Causes by Ayşegül Özgök, Gökçe Selçuk Sert, Dilek Öztürk Kazancı

“…Patients who had postoperative major abdominal surgery and major cardiovascular surgery were included in our study. …”
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Predictors of exclusive breastfeeding practice among migrant and non-migrant mothers in urban China: results from a cross-sectional survey by Chen Zhao, Jie Wang, Jia Li, Yifan Duan, Ye Bi, Jianqiang Lai, Jin Fang, Zhenyu Yang

“…Objective To explore and compare the predictors for exclusive breast feeding (EBF) among migrant and non-migrant mothers in China.Design A large-scale cross-sectional study.Setting 12 counties/districts were covered in China.Participants A total number of 10 408 mothers were recruited, of whom 3571 mothers of infants aged 0–5 months in urban China were used for analysis.Outcome The practice of EBF was calculated based on the foods and drinks consumed in the last 24 hours, as recommended by WHO.Results Around 30% of Chinese mothers with infants aged 0–5 months practised EBF in urban areas, with no significant difference between migrant and non-migrant mothers (p=0.433). …”
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