Prevalence of hypovitaminosis D in exclusive breastfed babies in first 6 months of life by Yasser A. Ahmed, Mohammed M.S. Younis, Abd E.A. Alsayed Ahmed, Esraa R.M. Ahmed

“…Vitamin D was found to be positively correlated with alkaline phosphatase and total calcium (r=0.336, P=0.001) in a significant way. Vitamin D and parathormone hormones were found to have a significant negative correlation (r=−0.559, P=0.001). …”
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Exploring the Relationship of Perivascular Adipose Tissue Inflammation and the Development of Vascular Pathologies by Afifah Zahirah Abd Rami, Adila A. Hamid, Nur Najmi Mohamad Anuar, Amilia Aminuddin, Azizah Ugusman

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Acute Kidney Injury in Pediatric Treated with Vancomycin and Piperacillin-Tazobactam in Tertiary Care Hospital by Mohammed Al Nuhait, Laila C. Abu Esba, Khalid Al Harbi, Meshary Al Meshary, Rami T. Bustami

“…Similar studies in pediatric patients are lacking. Method. We conducted a single center retrospective chart review of 248 pediatric patients receiving one of the following treatments: vancomycin alone 36 patients, vancomycin/PTZ 62 patients, vancomycin/ceftazidime 99 patients, and vancomycin/ceftriaxone 51 patients. …”
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IDENTIFICATION OF CHARACTERISTICS OF SCHIZOPHRENIA PATIENTS IN MENTAL HOSPITAL by Rindayati Rindayati, Abd Nasir, Yeri Kurniawan, Iswatun Iswatun, Susilo Harianto, Sofiatun Sofiatun, Firsca Nur Fadilah

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The Relationship between Selenium and T3 in Selenium Supplemented and Nonsupplemented Ewes and Their Lambs by Abd Elghany Hefnawy, Seham Youssef, P. Villalobos Aguilera, C. Valverde Rodríguez, J. L. Tórtora Pérez

“…Twenty pregnant ewes were selected and classified into two groups. The first group received subcutaneous selenium supplementation (0.1 mg of sodium selenite/kg BW) at the 8th and 5th weeks before birth and 1st week after birth while the other was control group without selenium injection. …”
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The implications of the ongoing war on Gaza for food sustainability by Abdo Hassoun, Ahmed Hamad, Dalal Iriqat, Mohammed Nijim, Yamina Bouchikh, Mohamed Buheji, Tahani Z. Aldahdouh

“…This work investigates the impact of the ongoing war on food security and food-related sustainable development goals (SDGs) from local, regional, and global perspectives. …”
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Have serum vitamin D and ferritin a role in predicting the prognosis of autoimmune hepatitis treatment in children? by Salma Nagi, Sania Ali Yehia, Yasmen Abdelaziz Elhagali, Shimaa Saad Elkholy, Basma Mahmoud Abd-Elaati

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High Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein Level in Children with Congenital Heart Disease: A Single Center Study by Faten Abd el-Aziz, Nevian Nabil Abbas, Hala Ashraf, Rehab Mohammed Elkady, Heba H. Zeid

“…Hs-CRP diagnostic value is not confounded by cyanosis or SpO2 in children with CHD. The Hs-CRP normal values for healthy children applies to those with CHD whether cyanotic or acyanotic. …”
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Zero-BertXGB: An Empirical Technique for Abstract Classification in Systematic Reviews by Mohammad Shariful Islam, Mohammad Abu Tareq Rony, Md Rasel Hossain, Samah Alshathri, Walid El-Shafai

“…Addressing this gap, this study employs GloVe for word embedding via matrix factorization, FastText for character n-gram representation, and Doc2Vec for capturing paragraph-level semantics. …”
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Highly Tunable, Nanomaterial‐Functionalized Structural Templating of Intracellular Protein Structures Within Biological Species by Dae‐Hyeon Song, Chang Woo Song, Seunghee H. Cho, Tae Yoon Kwon, Hoeyun Jung, Ki Hyun Park, Jiyun Kim, Junyoung Seo, Jaeyoung Yoo, Minjoon Kim, Gyu Rac Lee, Jisung Hwang, Hyuck Mo Lee, Jonghwa Shin, Jennifer H. Shin, Yeon Sik Jung, Jae‐Byum Chang

“…Protein‐derived plasmonic nanostructures created by CamBio can serve as precise quantitative tools for assessing target species is demonstrated. …”
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Prevalence of negative mental health status during COVID-19 pandemic among general population of seven Arab countries: A cross-sectional study of 28843 participants by Nada K. Abdelsattar, Aya Ghiath Alrawi, Mohamed Ibrahim Abdelraoof, Mohamed S. Zaazouee, Sarah Makram Elsayed, Abdullah M. Farhat, Mahmoud Abd El-Shafea, Ahmed K. Abdeltawab, Menna S. Ali, Alyaa K. Madeeh, Ahmed Assar, Manar H. Mohammed, Eman A. Abdullah, Khaled M. Ragab, Mohamed Abd-ElGawad, Mohamed Elsherif, Inas Abd El Rahim, Mahmoud A. Ebada

“…Background: Previous studies documented a narrow scope of knowledge about the negative mental health status during the lockdown following the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in Arab countries. Aim: We aimed to assess the association between negative mental health status and the COVID-19 pandemic and determine the different factors affecting mental health among the general population of seven Arab countries. …”
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Predictive Factors for Failure of Noninvasive Ventilation in Adult Intensive Care Unit: A Retrospective Clinical Study by Qimin Chen, Ming Liu, Bo Liu, Wei Li, Daixiu Gao, Lulu Xie, Yu Wu, Liang Li, Ying Liu, Ying Wang, Tang Yan, Yuanyi Liu, Yumei Cheng, Xu Liu, Feng Shen

“…Conclusion. IBW, HR-MAX, RR-MIN, and T-MAX were associated with NIV failure in patients with ARF. …”
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Exploring the underlying mechanisms behind poor faecal integrity in yellowtail kingfish (Seriola lalandi): The role of dietary starch level and amylase supplementation by Peter Horstmann Zuther, Roel M. Maas, Tijmen Blok, Jeroen Kals, Marit A.J. Nederlof, Satya Prakash, Henk A. Schols, Thomas W.O. Staessen, Yaqing Zhang, Fotini Kokou, Johan W. Schrama

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A study on the exploration of mild cognitive impairment in Parkinson’s disease based on decision-making cognitive computing by Shouqiang Huang, Kai Li, Kai Li, Chen Wang, Jiakang Liu, Shuwu Li, Yuting Tu, Bo Wang, Huangqin Feng, Qin Yu, Hongzhou Lin, Yuzhe Xu, Jinghang Wu, Ting Zhang, Tong Chen

“…Through difference comparison and stepwise regression analysis, two digital decision-making biomarkers, total decision time and performance average acceleration, were screened, and their joint area under curve for the ability to discriminate between PD-MCI and PD-NC was 0.909, and for the ability to discriminate between PD-MCI and NC was 0.942. …”
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Yishenyangsui granule for degenerative cervical myelopathy: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial with long-term follow-up by He Yin, Xin Chen, Zhiwei Liu, Zhiwei Liu, Bo Xu, Zhefeng Jin, Yan Liu, Baoyu Qi, Bin Tang, Ping Wang, Fanping Xu, Xu Wei, Jie Yu, Liguo Zhu, Liguo Zhu

“…The participants have improved long-term outcomes.Clinical Trials Registrationhttps://www.chictr.org.cn/indexEN.html, identifier ChiCTR-INR-16009723.…”
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Four-dimensional flow magnetic resonance imaging for noninvasive diagnosis of clinically significant portal hypertension and high-risk gastroesophageal varices in patients with cir... by Jiachen Ji, Yi Xiang, Jinghui Dong, Hanyu Jiang, Tianyi Xia, Yunduo Li, Mengmeng Zhang, Changchun Liu, Xijun Gong, Bo Jin, Wen Shen, Gangfeng Zhu, Jianming Cai, Rui Li, Xiaolong Qi

“…The diagnostic efficacy was evaluated using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves. Results: Eighty-two participants were enrolled (71 patients diagnosed with liver cirrhosis and 11 healthy individuals serving as controls). …”
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Experimental and Computational Analysis of Surgical Mask Effectiveness Against COVID-19 in Indoor Environment by Chin Yan Suen, Helen Hoi Ling Kwok, Yuk Hang Tsui, Ka Hei Lui, Hong Hang Leung, Ka Wo Lam, Karen Pik Shuen Hung, Joseph Kai Cho Kwan, Kin Fai Ho

“…The UVC irradiation shows exposure to 450 µW cm−2 for 10 minutes can effectively eliminate all S. aureus on the mask materials. …”
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L-Theanine Extends the Lifespan of <i>Caenorhabditis elegans</i> by Reducing the End Products of Advanced Glycosylation by Zhihang Huang, Haiming Jing, Yan Pan, Hongxia Cai, Wenjing Zhang, Jingyuan Zhu, Nan Zhang, Dan Wu, Wentao Xu, Hexiang Qiu, Huihui Bao, Guojun Li, Junyu Ning, Bo Xian, Shan Gao

“…Through an AGE-level analysis, we observed that L-theanine, when administered during early adulthood, notably extended the lifespan of <i>Caenorhabditis elegans</i> under both normal and high-glucose-induced stress conditions. …”
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Evaluation of the Therapeutic Effect of Traditional Chinese Medicine on Osteoarthritis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Lin Wang, Xiao-Fei Zhang, Xue Zhang, Dong-Yan Guo, Yu-Wei Duan, Zhi-Chao Wang, Li-Shan Pei, Han Ru, Jiang-Xue Cheng, Ya-Jun Shi, Jun-Bo Zou

“…The quality of qualified research was also assessed. We have made a detailed record of the results of the measurement. …”
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Exogenous diethyl aminoethyl hexanoate alleviates the damage caused by low-temperature stress in Phaseolus vulgaris L. seedlings through photosynthetic and antioxidant systems by Yu Bai, Qiya Dai, Yanheng He, Li Yan, Jianpo Niu, Xuan Wang, Yongdong Xie, Xuena Yu, Wen Tang, Huanxiu Li, Zhi Huang, Bo Sun, Guochao Sun, Xun Wang, Yi Tang

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