Knowledge, attitude and practice regarding screening and managing diabetic microvascular complications among general practitioners of community health centres: a cross-sectional st... by Hua Yang, Jian Gao, Ying Yu, Cuiling Huang, Chengdian Lan, Zhangyan Chen

“…Male (β=−2.419, p=0.012), shorter practice duration (β=−1.033, p=0.031), practice in rural area (β=3.230, p=0.001), not attending training in diabetic microvascular complications (β=−6.346, p<0.001), not managing diabetic patients (β=−4.503, p<0.001), less number of diabetes patients under management (β=−0.007, p=0.035), less number of screening instruments based on self-report of GP (β=−1.681, p<0.001), lower knowledge score (β=−0.190, p<0.001) and lower attitude score (β=−0.414, p<0.001) were associated with lower practice score of GPs. …”
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Phosphorus transitions driven by cyclone biparjoy linked middle east North Africa (MENA) and Indian Thar Desert dust storm pathways in Asia’s largest grassland by Rupak Dey, Seema B. Sharma, Mahesh G. Thakkar, Ranjit Kumar Sarangi, Abhiroop Chowdhury, Aliya Naz

“…However, the TP values were 45.81 ± SE = 1.73, 60.95 ± SE = 1.39 and 61.98 ± SE = 1.40, respectively. …”
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Caracterización de pacientes con enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva crónica en la unidad de cuidados intensivos by Alberto García Gómez, Narciso Ramírez Cruz, Yaqueline Agüero Carbonell, Alexis Hernández Torres, Yusel Massó Vicet, Yamilka Martínez Llano

“…La media del valor del APACHE II fue superior en los fallecidos (21,0 vs. 15,2). El 81,3 % de los pacientes recibió ventilación mecánica, y al 17,3 % se le realizó traqueostomía. …”
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High-performance UWB Vivaldi antenna on FR4: A cost-effective solution for wearable technologies by Sahar Saleh, Tale Saeidi, Nick Timmons, Bader Alali, Faroq Razzaz, Ayman A. Althuwayb

“…The proposed design achieves an 18.81 % size reduction (38.3 mm × 27.06 mm × 0.8 mm), a 36.16 % bandwidth (BW) increase, and a 16.63 % gain improvement compared to a VTSA using a Rogers RO4003C substrate (42.9 mm × 28.28 mm × 0.813 mm). …”
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Online target normal sheath acceleration proton beam stabilization at 1 Hz in ultra-intense laser–matter interaction by Jose Luis Henares, Michael Ehret, Jon Apiñaniz, Carlos Salgado-López, José Antonio Pérez-Hernández, María Luisa Berlanga, Ana María Cives Fernández, Evgeny Filippov, Enrique García-García, Rubén Hernández Martín, Diego De Luis, Pilar Puyuelo-Valdes, Isabel Rodríguez-Pérez, María Dolores Rodríguez Frías, Iuliana-Mariana Vladisavlevici, Giancarlo Gatti

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The clinical evaluation of the triglyceride-glucose index as a risk factor for coronary artery disease and severity of coronary artery stenosis in patients with chronic kidney dise... by Dan Liu, Xiaoyang Guan, Ruoxin Chen, Ci Song, Shanhu Qiu, Shengchun Xu, Jingyuan Cao, Hong Liu

“…Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that a higher TyG index was an independent risk factor for CAD in CKD patients after adjusting for related confounding factors (OR = 2.865, 95% CI 1.681–4.885, p < 0.001). Patients in the CAD group were divided into three groups according to the Gensini integral quantile level. …”
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Predictive accuracy of the Violence Risk Assessment Checklist for Youth in acute institutions: A prospective naturalistic multicenter study by Anniken Lucia Willumsen Laake, John Olav Roaldset, Tonje Lossius Husum, Stål Kapstø Bjørkly, Carina Chudiakow Gustavsen, Sara Teresia Grenabo, Øyvind Lockertsen

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Does the Systemic Immune Inflammation Index and Plasma Atherogenic Index Predict Poor Prognosis in Patients Undergoing Mitral Balloon Valvuloplasty? by Nergiz Aydın, Sefa Tatar, Ahmet Taha Şahin, Yakup Alsancak

“…Results: A total of 103 patients (75 females) with a mean age of 41.81±14.83 years were enrolled in the study. At admission, the SII was calculated as 8.49±6.27, PAI as 0.45±0.25, and the mitral valve area (MVA) as 1.16±0.19 cm2. …”
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OCT Biometry (B-OCT): A New Method for Measuring Ocular Axial Dimensions by Bartosz L. Sikorski, Pawel Suchon

“…The mean AXL measurement difference in healthy eyes was −0.001 ± 0.016 mm (the 95% LoA ranged from −0.034 to 0.031); mean ACD difference was 0.000 ± 0.024 mm (95% LoA, −0.047 to 0.047); mean LT difference was −0.002 ± 0.024 mm (95% LoA, −0.050 to 0.046); and mean CCT difference  was −0.8 ± 5.1 μm (95% LoA, −10.81 to 9.26). The mean AXL measurement difference in cataractous eyes was −0.003 ± 0.022 mm (95% LoA, −0.046 to 0.039); mean ACD difference was 0.003 ± 0.029 mm (95% LoA, −0.054 to 0.059); mean LT difference was −0.002 ± 0.025 (95% LoA, −0.051 to 0.048); and mean CCT difference was 2.7 ± 6.4 μm (95% LoA, −9.80 to 15.7). …”
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On liability for stalking in the context of the Istanbul convention implementation by Dudorov O., Dudorova K.

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The Prevalence of Star-forming Clumps as a Function of Environmental Overdensity in Local Galaxies by Dominic Adams, Hugh Dickinson, Lucy Fortson, Kameswara Mantha, Vihang Mehta, Jürgen Popp, Claudia Scarlata, Chris Lintott, Brooke Simmons, Mike Walmsley

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Longitud léxica y frecuencia de uso en el español contemporáneo: un análisis estadístico de corpus by Inmaculada Martínez Martínez, Hiroto Ueda

“…Se revisan los análisis previos, basados exclusivamente en el cómputo de caracteres (Takefuta 1981; Yoshioka 1996), y también aquellos estudios que consideran la sílaba como unidad de medida de longitud (Herdan 1956; Gómez Guinovart 1999). …”
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Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices (KAP) of Human Populations towards Malaria Control in Four Ecoepidemiological Settings in Cameroon by Nelly Armanda Kala Chouakeu, Laura Gilberine Ngingahi, Roland Bamou, Abdou Talipouo, Carmen Sandra Ngadjeu, Marie Paul Audrey Mayi, Edmond Kopya, Parfait Awono-Ambene, Timoléon Tchuinkam, Christophe Antonio Nkondjio

“…Data recorded were analysed using SPSS v. 20 and MedCalc v14.8.1. A total of 739 households were surveyed. The majority of participants had a secondary level of education (48.71%). …”
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Rotifer Brachionus rotundiformis enriched with taurine for survival and growth of larval milkfish Chanos chanos by Muhammad Ariful Aimma, Dedi Jusadi, Muhammad Agus Suprayudi, Alimuddin Alimuddin, I Nyoman Adiasmara Giri, Talita Shofa Adestia

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Hypomagnesemia, insulin secretion and action in patients without diabetes, 1 year after kidney transplantation by Rasmus K. Carlsen, Anders Åsberg, Anders Åsberg, My Svensson, My Svensson, Kåre I. Birkeland, Kåre I. Birkeland, Hanne S. Jørgensen, Hanne S. Jørgensen, Iain Bressendorff, Hanne L. Gulseth, Hanne L. Gulseth, Karsten Midtvedt, Espen Nordheim, Espen Nordheim, Trond G. Jenssen

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Los olvidados: Non-BRCA variants associated with Hereditary breast cancer in Mexican population by Dione Aguilar, María Lourdes Garza-Rodríguez, Carolina Elizabeth Muñiz-Garza, Fernando Alcorta Nuñez, Cynthia Mayte Villarreal-Garza, Oscar Vidal-Gutiérrez, Diana Cristina Pérez-Ibave, Carlos Horacio Burciaga-Flores

“…For the data analysis of qualitative and quantitative variants, JASP statistical software (version 0.18.1) was used, taking p < 0.05 as a significant result. …”
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Requerimiento Nutrimental de Tomate Tipo Saladette Cosechado a dos Racimos by Gelacio Alejo-Santiago, Omar A. Rivas-Mencias, Circe-Aidín Aburto-González, Cecilia Rocío Juárez-Rosete, Ana Luisa Sánchez-Monteón

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Bentonita como adsorbente de arsénico y plomo en el tracto digestivo de bovinos: estudio in vitro by Marco Tulio Fuentes-de María Torres, Jacinto Efrén Ramírez-Bribiesca, Numa Pompilio Castro-González, María Magdalena Crosby-Galván, René Pinto-Ruiz, David Hernández-Sánchez

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Association between workplace violence from patients and the mental health status of healthcare workers in Zhuhai China: a cross-sectional study by Ying Zheng, Xuping Li, Yajun Sun, Yajun Sun, Chun Mao, Chun Mao, Jiaju Huang, Jiaju Huang, Jingya Li, Guangchuan Zhang, Guangchuan Zhang, Ning Wei, Ning Wei, Xiaohui Wang, Xiaohui Wang, Yongyong Teng, Yongyong Teng

“…There is a significant association between verbal violence and insomnia (OR = 1.780, 95% CI: 1.591–1.990), depression (OR = 1.823, 95% CI: 1.640–2.026), and anxiety (OR = 1.831, 95% CI: 1.606–2.087), as well as physical violence (insomnia: OR = 1.220, 95% CI: 1.002–1.481; depression: OR = 1.274, 95% CI: 1.052–1.540; anxiety: OR = 1.316, 95% CI: 1.058–1.630). …”
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Improving tropical cyclone rapid intensification forecasts with satellite measurements of sea surface salinity and calibrated machine learning by Ryan Eusebi, Hui Su, Longtao Wu, Pingping Rong, Karthik Balaguru, Ruby Leung, Yong-Sang Choi, Pak Wai Chan, Jianping Gan, Mark DeMaria, Galina Chirokova

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