Attitudes of polish medical students toward organ donation by Marzena Mikla, Anna Maria Cybulska, Antonio Rios, Mariusz Panczyk, Kamila Rachubińska, Artur Kotwas, Beata Karakiewicz, Elżbieta Grochans, Daria Schneider-Matyka

“…It was performed using a validated questionnaire of attitude toward organ donation and transplantation (ODT) [PCID-DTO RIOS: A questionnaire designed by the International Collaborative Organ Donation project about organ transplantation and donation].ResultsIt was shown that those who would not donate their family member’s organs for transplantation were far more likely to believe it was not their moral duty (p = 0.013) and to feel no solidarity with those in need (p = 0.000). …”
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Productive performance of buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis) in two production systems and two slaughter weights by René Rodríguez-Florentino, David Hernández-Sánchez, Efrén Ramírez-Bribiesca, María M. Crosby Galván, Miguel Á. Mata-Espinosa, Luis A. de la Cruz-Cruz

“…In conclusion, buffaloes raised in intensive systems show better daily weight gain. Feeding buffaloes with concentrated diets and slaughtering them at 600 kg LW is related to better weight gains, but the time to reach this weight is longer than 300 days. …”
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Effects of Substituting Soybean Meal With Winged Bean on Growth, Physiological Function and Flesh Quality of Indian Butter Catfish (Ompok bimaculatus) by Jaya Angom, Soibam Khogen Singh, Ayam Gangarani Devi, Pronob Das, Pradyut Biswas, Gusheinzed Waikhom, Soibam Ngasotter, Reshmi Debbarma, Sourabh Debbarma, Nitesh Kumar Yadav

“…Survival rates did not differ significantly among treatments (p>0.05). Feed utilization was most efficient in the 25% substitution group. …”
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Safety and Efficacy of Incorporating Actellic^® 300 CS into Soil Wall Plaster for Control of Malaria Vectors in Rural Northeastern Uganda by Tonny Jimmy Owalla, Emmanuel Okurut, Kenneth Ssaka, Gonsaga Apungia, Barbara Cemeri, Andrew Akileng, Basil Ojakol, Mark J. I. Paine, Hanafy M. Ismail, Thomas G. Egwang

“…HD4MC- and IRS-treated huts had a significantly reduced malaria vector density and feeding rate compared to control huts. There was no significant reduction in acetylcholinesterase activity at 1.5 and 24 h post exposure. …”
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Visceral adipose tissue area and proportion provide distinct reflections of cardiometabolic outcomes in weight loss; pooled analysis of MRI-assessed CENTRAL and DIRECT PLUS dietary... by Hadar Klein, Hila Zelicha, Anat Yaskolka Meir, Ehud Rinott, Gal Tsaban, Alon Kaplan, Yoash Chassidim, Yftach Gepner, Matthias Blüher, Uta Ceglarek, Berend Isermann, Michael Stumvoll, Ilan Shelef, Lu Qi, Jun Li, Frank B. Hu, Meir J. Stampfer, Iris Shai

“…Methods We integrated magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) measurements of VAT, deep-SAT, and superficial-SAT from two 18-month lifestyle weight loss clinical trials, CENTRAL and DIRECT PLUS (n = 572). …”
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Characteristics and Differences in the Antler Velvet Microbiota During Regeneration by Yongxiang Li, Yuhang Zhu, Bo Yang, Shaochen Yu, Songze Li, André-Denis G. Wright, Rui Du, Huazhe Si, Zhipeng Li

“…In this study, we analyzed the antler velvet microbiota of sika deer at 15 days (Half) and 30 days (Full) post-pedicle casting using 16S rRNA gene sequencing. …”
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Effect of tendu (Diospyros melanoxylon RoxB.) leaf vermicompost on growth and yield of French bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) by Dilip Kadam, Girish Pathade

“…The seeds of French bean were sown in cement pots containing soil alone (control), soil with various concentrations of vermicompost alone, soil with various concentrations of urea only and different admixtures of vermicompost and urea. …”
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Health service improvement using positive patient feedback: Systematic scoping review. by Rebecca Lloyd, James Munro, Kerry Evans, Amy Gaskin-Williams, Ada Hui, Mark Pearson, Mike Slade, Yasuhiro Kotera, Giskin Day, Joanne Loughlin-Ridley, Clare Enston, Stefan Rennick-Egglestone

“…These were categorised as (a) short-term emotional change for healthcare workers (including feeling motivated and improved psychological wellbeing); (b) work-home interactional change for healthcare workers (such as improved home-life relationships); (c) work-related change for healthcare workers (such as improved performance and staff retention). …”
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Clinical Rehabilitation Effect of Postoperative Lower-Limb Training on the Patients Undergoing OLIF Surgery: A Retrospective Study by Haoming Wang, Yachong Huo, Yachao Zhao, Botong Zhang, Dalong Yang, Sidong Yang, Wenyuan Ding

“…All participants got reexamined at the first postoperative week, the second postoperative week, the first postoperative month, and the third postoperative month (last follow-up). …”
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Biologically active substances of some species of the genus Lathyrus L. by A. E. Solovyeva, Т. V. Shelenga, M. O. Burlyaeva

“…Studying biologically active substances (BAS) in green matter of different Lathyrus varieties is needed to search for accessions with as high nutritional value as possible that can serve as sources of BAS.Materials and methods. …”
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ECG-LM: Understanding Electrocardiogram with a Large Language Model by Kai Yang, Massimo Hong, Jiahuan Zhang, Yizhen Luo, Suyuan Zhao, Ou Zhang, Xiaomao Yu, Jiawen Zhou, Liuqing Yang, Ping Zhang, Mu Qiao, Zaiqing Nie

“…Results: ECG-LM outperforms existing few-shot and zero-shot solutions in cardiovascular disease detection across all 3 tasks (diagnostic, rhythm, and form) while also demonstrating strong potential in ECG-related question answering. …”
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Spatio‐Temporal Changes in Effective Population Size in an Expanding Metapopulation of Eurasian Otters by Nia Evelyn Thomas, Elizabeth A. Chadwick, Michael W. Bruford, Frank Hailer

“…Notably, total Ne summed across regions was small and well below the Ne = 500 size deemed necessary for long‐term population viability (sum of river basin district groups: 170.6, 95% C.I.: 102.1–348.3). …”
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Using the modified frailty index as a predictor of complications in adults undergoing transforaminal interbody lumbar fusion by Momin M. Mohis, Simon G. Ammanuel, Cuong P. Luu, James A. Stadler

“…Rates of superficial and deep surgical site infection, organ space infection, wound dehiscence, reintubation, renal insufficiency, urinary tract infection, stroke, cardiac arrest, DVT, sepsis, and septic shock were not significantly different. …”
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Donor site healing response to low-level laser therapy following skin graft surgery by Mahmoud Salah Salem, Haidy Nady Ashem, Salah Mohamed Abdelghani, Noha Mohamed Kamel

“…Introduction Skin grafting is an essential reconstructive technique for the healing of deep and extensive burns. Donor site problems are common complications after skin graft surgery. …”
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Benefits of Virgin Coconut Oil in Diet to Colossoma macropomum (Cuvier, 1818) by Márcia Valéria Silva do Couto, Natalino da Costa Sousa, Higo Andrade Abe, Joel Artur Rodrigues Dias, Carlos Alberto Martins Cordeiro, Peterson Emmanuel Guimarães Paixão, Thays Brito Reis Santos, Fernanda dos Santos Cunha, Juliana Oliveira Meneses, Ricardo Marques Nogueira Filho, Carol Nunes Costa Bomfim, Cláucia Aparecida Honorato, Bruno Trindade Cardoso, Rodrigo Yudi Fujimoto

“…Monthly, we evaluated the tambaqui growth performance, weight and biomass gain, specific growth ratio, apparent feeding conversion, relative condition factor, fish weight uniformity, and final survival. …”
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A long‐term study on food choices and nutritional goals of a leaf‐eating primate by Patrick Lauer, Colin A. Chapman, Patrick Omeja, Jessica M. Rothman, Urs Kalbitzer

“…Then, we used long‐term data collected between 2006 and 2016 on the feeding behavior and ecology of red colobus to determine the consumption frequencies of different foods and their food preferences. …”
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Modulation Instability and Dynamical Analysis of New Abundant Closed-Form Solutions of the Modified Korteweg–de Vries–Zakharov–Kuznetsov Model With Truncated M-Fractional Derivativ... by Md. Shafiqul Islam, Md. Mamunur Roshid, Mahtab Uddin, Ashek Ahmed

“…The mKdV-ZK equation can be used to describe the behavior of ion-acoustic waves in plasma and the propagation of surface waves in deep water with nonlinear and dispersive effects in fluid dynamics. …”
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JWST-TST DREAMS: A Precise Water Abundance for Hot Jupiter WASP-17b from the NIRISS SOSS Transmission Spectrum by Dana R. Louie, Elijah Mullens, Lili Alderson, Ana Glidden, Nikole K. Lewis, Hannah R. Wakeford, Natasha E. Batalha, Knicole D. Colón, Amélie Gressier, Douglas Long, Michael Radica, Néstor Espinoza, Jayesh Goyal, Ryan J. MacDonald, Erin M. May, Sara Seager, Kevin B. Stevenson, Jeff A. Valenti, Natalie H. Allen, Caleb I. Cañas, Ryan C. Challener, David Grant, Jingcheng Huang, Zifan Lin, Daniel Valentine, Mark Clampin, Marshall Perrin, Laurent Pueyo, Roeland P. van der Marel, C. Matt Mountain

“…Our transmission spectrum shows multiple H _2 O absorption features and a flatter slope towards the optical than seen in previous HST observations. We analyze our spectrum using both PICASO + Virga forward models and free retrievals. …”
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Short dentin etching with universal adhesives: effect on bond strength and gingival margin adaptation by Hoda Saleh Ismail, Hanan Ahmed Nabil Soliman

“…This study explores short dentin etching’s potential in mitigating over-etching issues in deep proximal dentin/cementum margins, an aspect not previously investigated. …”
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The implementation and side effect management of immune checkpoint inhibitors in gynecologic oncology: a JAGO/NOGGO survey by Maximilian Riedel, Helene Herrmann, Thomas Bartl, Anna-Maria Rossner, Anna Tatzber, Chiara Flethe, Dario Zocholl, Barbara Schmalfeldt, Jalid Sehouli, Klaus Pietzner

“…A total of n = 16 (7.4%) reported at least one death of a patient due to irAEs. Feeling “unconfident” or “very unconfident” about managing irAEs was reported by 35.6% (n = 78). …”
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