Mutational analysis of ATP7B gene and the genotype-phenotype correlation in patients with Wilson's disease in Serbia by Tomić Aleksandra, Dobričić Valerija, Novaković Ivana, Svetel Marina, Pekmezović Tatjana, Kresojević Nikola, Potrebić Aleksandra, Kostić Vladimir S.

“…Our research showed that genetic diagnosis of WD can be done in 80% of cases by analysis of 5 most common mutations in our population, which facilitate diagnosis significantly. …”
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Implementation evaluation of multiple complex early years interventions: an evaluation framework and study protocol by Nimarta Dharni, Josie Dickerson, Kathryn Willan, Sara Ahern, Abigail Dunn, Dea Nielsen, Eleonora Uphoff, Rosemary R C McEachan, Maria Bryant

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Survey on self-reported psychotropic drug prescribing practices of eating disorder psychiatrists for the treatment of young people with anorexia nervosa by Ian C K Wong, Maedeh Y Beykloo, Dasha Nicholls, Mima Simic, Ruth Brauer, Elizabeth Mills

“…Olanzapine was reported as the most commonly prescribed medication for AN by 38% of the respondents, followed by fluoxetine (29%) and sertraline (10%). …”
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National mapping of schistosomiasis, soil-transmitted helminthiasis and anaemia in Yemen: Towards better national control and elimination. by Nur Alia Johari, Dhekra Amin Annuzaili, Hani Farouk El-Talabawy, Maryam Ba-Break, Abdulsalam M Al-Mekhlafi, Samira Al-Eryani, Abdulhakim Ali Alkohlani, Albis Francesco Gabrielli, Riadh Ben-Ismail, Sami Alhaidari, Adel Muaydh, Rasheed Alshami, Magid Al Gunaid, Alaa Hamed, Nehad Kamel, Karen Palacio, Fiona Fleming, Michael Duncan French

“…Infection with Trichuris trichiura was the second most common STH (44.9% of districts infected) after A. lumbricoides (68.1%). …”
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Generalized Fatigue: Why Post-Polio Syndrome Should Be Included as A Differential Diagnosis by Hira Saleem, Maria Bilal, Abdul Rafeh Awan

“…Additionally, inflammatory and autoimmune causes have also been hypothesized.1 Among the symptoms, fatigue, muscle weakness with atrophy and motor dysfunction are the most common ones to be reported in PPS, associated with significant morbidity in patients. 2 Owing to the non availability of diagnostic tests for this condition, PPS remains a diagnosis of exclusion with factors such as a confirmation of previous polio infection and subsequent resolution characterized by neurologic stability for more than 15 years, abrupt onset of neurologic symptoms with persistence for one year, and exclusion of other possible attributable medical conditions established as essential parts of its diagnostic criteria. 3 The management of the condition is mainly based on physical therapy, and previous researches based on the use of drugs such as pyridostigmine, steroids, and IV immunoglobulins have shown limited efficacy in the improvement of the prognosis and condition of PPS patients.2 As of today, Pakistan remains among the three countries where the transmission of polio virus is prevalent, with the majority of outcomes in the past twenty years attributed to areas in the northern transmission zone bordering eastern Afghanistan, such as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Federally Administered Tribal Areas, and those in the southern transmission zone including southern Punjab, northern Sindh and Karachi.4 According to the Pakistan Polio Eradication Programme, 354 cases of polio virus have been reported in Pakistan from 2015-2024, with the highest number of infections occurring in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. …”
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Health-seeking behaviour and its determinants of health of Under–5 Children living in urban slums of Chennai, India 2018 by Parasuraman Ganeshkumar, Pattabi Kamaraj, S Mageswari, K Gayathri, Srilekha Gajendran, S Karthigai Selvi, H Magesh Rajan, M Balusamy, R Vijayaprabha

“…We suggest policymakers improve interventions on early care-seeking of common childhood illnesses in the urban health programme.…”
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Mapping and Modelling the Geographical Distribution and Environmental Limits of Podoconiosis in Ethiopia. by Kebede Deribe, Jorge Cano, Melanie J Newport, Nick Golding, Rachel L Pullan, Heven Sime, Abeba Gebretsadik, Ashenafi Assefa, Amha Kebede, Asrat Hailu, Maria P Rebollo, Oumer Shafi, Moses J Bockarie, Abraham Aseffa, Simon I Hay, Richard Reithinger, Fikre Enquselassie, Gail Davey, Simon J Brooker

“…The resultant maps can be used to guide programme planning and implementation and estimate disease burden in Ethiopia. …”
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Emerging lessons from experiences at transitions in care among hospitalised patients with cancer with postdischarge frequent emergency department use: a qualitative study using lin... by Robyn Tamblyn, Siyana Kurteva, Nabil Nassar

“…Using health administrative claims from the provincial universal healthcare programme, frequent ED (FED) users were identified as patients who had a ≥4 ED visits in the year following hospital discharge. …”
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Acute bacterial meningitis among children under 5 years of age in Oman: a retrospective study during 2000-2005 by Nihar Dash, Debadatta Panigrahi, Saleh Al Khusaiby, Salah Al Awaidy, Shyam Bawikar

“…Although Haemophilus influenzae 76 (22%) was the most common pathogen identified during the study period, the incidence of meningitis due to Haemophilus influenzae has been dramatically reduced since the introduction of conjugate Hib vaccination in Oman in October 2001. …”
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Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial with clinical, neurophysiological, laboratory and radiological outcome for surgical versus non-surgical treatment for lumbar spinal... by Karl Michaëlsson, Konstantinos Pazarlis, Anna Punga, Nikos Schizas, Bengt Sandén, Peter Försth

“…Introduction Symptomatic lumbar spinal stenosis is the most common indication for spinal surgery. However, more than one-third of the patients undergoing surgery for lumbar stenosis report dissatisfaction with the results. …”
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Azithromycin treatment response as a probe to attribute bacterial etiologies of diarrhea using molecular diagnostics: a reanalysis of the Antibiotics for Children with Severe Diarr... by Jennifer Cornick, Jennifer Cornick, Sarah Elwood, James Platts-Mills, Patricia Pavlinac, Patricia Pavlinac, Karim Premji Manji, Christopher R. Sudfeld, Christopher P. Duggan, Christopher P. Duggan, Queen Dube, Naor Bar-Zeev, Karen Kotloff, Karen Kotloff, Samba O. Sow, Sunil Sazawal, Benson Singa, Benson Singa, Judd L. Walson, Judd L. Walson, Farah Naz Qamar, Tahmeed Ahmed, Ayesha De Costa, Elizabeth T. Rogawski McQuade

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The Assessment of Utility and the Role of Rural Entrepreneurship Ecosystem in West Azerbaijan Province by ali Gholami, Fatemeh Moohamadzadeh

“…Studied by government agencies and organizations, there are specific programs in rural areas supporting entrepreneurs in the field of financial and technical assistance. …”
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Agent‐based versus correlative models of species distributions: Evaluation of predictive performance with real and simulated data by Jukka Sirén, Panu Somervuo, Otso Ovaskainen

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Growth Performance of Layang (Scad) Fish (Decapterus russelli, Ruppell 1830) Caught from Tomini Bay, Indonesia by Abdul Hafidz Olii, Elena Wonneberger, Nuralim Pasisingi

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What can the global movement to end child marriage learn from the implementation of other multi-sectoral initiatives? by Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli, Claudia Lo Forte, Marina Plesons, Matilda Branson

“…Over 30 countries have developed, or are developing, national policies/programmes towards this goal. However, many are struggling to operationalise these policies/programmes, particularly at subnational levels. …”
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Ten simple rules for making training materials FAIR. by Leyla Garcia, Bérénice Batut, Melissa L Burke, Mateusz Kuzak, Fotis Psomopoulos, Ricardo Arcila, Teresa K Attwood, Niall Beard, Denise Carvalho-Silva, Alexandros C Dimopoulos, Victoria Dominguez Del Angel, Michel Dumontier, Kim T Gurwitz, Roland Krause, Peter McQuilton, Loredana Le Pera, Sarah L Morgan, Päivi Rauste, Allegra Via, Pascal Kahlem, Gabriella Rustici, Celia W G van Gelder, Patricia M Palagi

“…To meet this demand, some training programs are being expanded, and new ones are being developed. …”
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Protecting opinion freedom and its expression in the Islamic government with preventive measures by Seyyed Mohammad Mostafa Hosseini Kashani

“…Situational prevention is one of the common and classic forms of crime prevention that has existed in human societies for a long time and it includes measures that emphasize the root causes of crime to influence the environment and to make the environmental conditions around people healthy, and some, based on Islamic teachings, have interpreted it as Daf' al Munkar (repelling evil) and Sadd Zarayi' (blocking means of committing a prohibited conduct) and they try to reduce the activity of possible criminals with development programs and policies in various ways in order to protect the freedom of opinion and expression. …”
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Detection of in silico SSR Markers Specific to Uzun and Kırmızı Cultivars in Pistachio by Harun Karcı

“…Genetic diversity and clustering analyzes were performed with UPGMA (Unweighted Pair Group Method with Arithmetic Average) and STRUCTURE 2.3.4 programs using the scored SSR loci. Genetic relationship and population structure of genotypes were defined using common and distinct polymorphic PCR fragments. …”
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Clinicopathological presentation of cervical cancer in Bhopal by Rubal Jain, Rajendra Kumar Nigam, Reeni Malik, Pramila Jain

“…National level cervical cancer program is immediate need of the hour and should include human papilloma virus vaccine, awareness, and screening programs as well as treatment assistance for low socioeconomic strata.…”
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Genetics of primary congenital hypothyroidism: three decades of discoveries and persisting etiological challenges by Athanasia Stoupa, Aurore Carré, Michel Polak, Gabor Szinnai, Nadia Schoenmakers

“…Primary congenital hypothyroidism (CH) is the most common neonatal endocrine disorder, and may be etiologically subdivided into thyroid dysgenesis, referring to abnormal thyroid development, and dyshormonogenesis, where a defective thyroid hormone biosynthesis pathway results in inadequate hormone production despite a structurally intact gland. …”
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