Involvement of the posterior limb of the internal capsule independently predicts the prognosis of patients with basal ganglia and thalamic hemorrhage by Sohan Gupta, Mengxuan Xiao, Na Liu, Na Liu, Yunxiao Zhao, Xiaolin Zhao, Yunqiang Huang, Yongming Wu, Zhenzhou Lin, Zhong Ji, Haihao Xu, Minzhen Zhu, Suyue Pan, Kaibin Huang

“…Basal ganglia hemorrhage and thalamic hemorrhage are the most common types of ICH, accounting for 50–70% of all ICH cases, leading to disability and death, and it involves the posterior limb of the internal capsule to varying degrees. …”
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Phenotypic Presentation of Children with Joint Hypermobility: Preclinical Signs by Mateus Marino Lamari, Neuseli Marino Lamari, Michael Peres de Medeiros, Gerardo Maria de Araújo Filho, Adriana Barbosa Santos, Matheus Gomes Giacomini, Vitor Roberto Pugliesi Marques, Eny Maria Goloni-Bertollo, Érika Cristina Pavarino

“…Results: The concave sitting position was the most common, followed by W, F, and S in decreasing order. …”
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State-of-the-art etiology and pathogenesis of dry eye by E.B. Tatarnikova, O.I. Krivosheina

“…Current tendency is accounted for by growing prevalence, no common conception of the development, and inadequate efficiency of available treatment for dry eye. …”
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Self-Centered Function of Adaptive Immunity in Regulation of Immune Responses and in Tolerance by Silvana Balzar

“…The search for common mechanisms underlying the pathogenesis of chronic inflammatory conditions has crystalized the concept of continuous dual resetting of the immune repertoire (CDR) as a basic principle of the immune system function. …”
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Development and validation of the “Adjustment Disorder Scale for Medically Ill Patients - ETAM” by Juan Pablo Zapata-Ospina, Natalia Rodríguez, Ayda Margarita Rodríguez, Jenny García-Valencia, Mercedes Jiménez-Benítez, Nicolás Martínez-Ramos, Diana Restrepo Bernal, Ana Lucía Gallego, Carolina Gómez, Luis Fernando Tabares, Carlos Cardeño-Castro, Daniel Camilo Aguirre-Acevedo

“…BackgroundAdjustment disorder (AD) is common among medically ill patients, yet current evaluation methods do not address the specific characteristics in this population. …”
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Creative-Motivated Citizen Science After-School STEAM Programme for Motivating Actions Related to the Oceanic Microplastics Problem by Tomomi Sayuda, Haruyuki Kinoshita, Fumitoshi Kato, Miles Pennington

“…During our programme progression, we observed familial engagement between local children and parents, which has not commonly been studied in the context of CS programmes. …”
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Understanding how and why audits work: protocol for a realist review of audit programmes to improve hospital care by Rijk Gans, Kees Ahaus, Lisanne Hut-Mossel, Gera Welker

“…Introduction Many types of audits are commonly used in hospital care to promote quality improvements. …”
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Psychological Status of Medical Staff in Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospitals during the Omicron Pandemic Outbreak in China by Shuting Bao, Bangwu Chen, Ying Hu, Chee Shin Lee, Qi Wu, Menglin Zhou, Mengkai Du, Shuqi Zhu, Biao Xie, Jiuqiong Hu, Zhaoxia Liang

“…Anxiety disorder, depression, and insomnia were common among obstetrics and gynecology medical staff during the outbreak of omicron pandemic. …”
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Maintaining Fat-Free Mass and Muscle Mass during obesity therapy with Incretin-Mimetic Drugs by Dariusz Popiela, Karina Urbańska, Łukasz Stojak, Mateusz Grego, Filip Kwiatkowski, Mateusz Baczewski, Katarzyna Grego, Witold Czyż

“…The analysis included articles concerning FFM and MM loss in the most common obesity treatment therapies and articles that provided information about the impact of exercise and nutrition combined with IMDs in obesity treatment and proper weight maintenance. …”
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Modified MobileNetV2 transfer learning model to detect road potholes by Neha Tanwar, Anil V. Turukmane

“…Road damage often includes potholes, cracks, lane degradation, and surface shading. Potholes are a common problem in pavements. Detecting them is crucial for maintaining infrastructure and ensuring public safety. …”
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Efficacy of a Novel Bioactive Glass-Polymer Composite for Enamel Remineralization following Erosive Challenge by Farnoosh Fallahzadeh, Soolmaz Heidari, Farhood Najafi, Maryam Hajihasani, Nooshin Noshiri, Neda F. Nazari

“…Dental caries is the most common cause of tooth loss. However, it can be stopped by enhancing remineralization. …”
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Carbapenem-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections at a Tertiary Health Care Center in Nepal: An Observational Study by Dimpi Konwar, Navin Kumar Chaudhary, Poonam Yadav

“…The results revealed a significant proportion of infections resistant to commonly used antibiotics, highlighting an alarming trend in antibiotic resistance. …”
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Exploring physician approaches to conflict resolution in end-of-life decisions in the adult intensive care unit: protocol for a systematic review of qualitative research by Richard Huxtable, Harleen Kaur Johal, Giles Birchley

“…In the context of end-of-life (EOL) decision-making (ie, the withdrawal or withholding of life-sustaining treatment), conflict commonly occurs when a consensus cannot be reached between the healthcare team and the patient’s family on the ‘best interests’ of the critically ill, incapacitated patient. …”
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Orientia, Rickettsia, and the microbiome in rodent attached chiggers in North Carolina, USA. by Elise A Richardson, Reuben Garshong, Kaiying Chen, Dac Crossley, Bryan S Mclean, Gideon Wasserberg, Charles S Apperson, R Michael Roe, Loganathan Ponnusamy

“…In this investigation, chiggers were collected in the wild from two locally common rodent host species (i.e., Sigmodon hispidus and Peromyscus leucopus) in three different ecoregions of North Carolina (NC), United States to investigate the composition of their bacterial communities, including potential pathogens. …”
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Characterising the scale-up and performance of antiretroviral therapy programmes in sub-Saharan Africa: an observational study using growth curves by Benjamin Bigelow, Stéphane Verguet

“…Growth curves are a class of mathematical models that can parameterise dynamic phenomena and estimate rates of change summarising these phenomena; however, they are not commonly used in global health. We sought to characterise the changes over time in antiretroviral therapy (ART) coverage in sub-Saharan Africa using growth curve models.Design This was a retrospective observational study. …”
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Trichoscopic Analysis of Healthy Indian Males for Standardization of the Measurable Parameters: An Observational, Cross-sectional Study by Amina Asfiya, Malcolm Pinto, Manjunath Mala Shenoy, Spandana P Hegde, Atul Rajeendran, Fathima Shafi

“…The scalp vasculature varied with the area examined, the most common pattern being the pin-point type. Limitations: It was a hospital-based study with a relatively small sample size. …”
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The virome composition of respiratory tract changes in school-aged children with Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection by Dianqi Zhang, Yang Cao, Biao Dai, Teng Zhang, Xing Jin, Qingyue Lan, Chaoying Qian, Yumin He, Yi Jiang

“…Abstract Background Mycoplasma pneumoniae (MP) is a common pathogen for respiratory infections in children. …”
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Seroprevalence and Potential Risk Factors of Toxocariasis among General Population in Southwest Iran: Implications on the One Health Approach by Masoud Foroutan, Aida Vafae Eslahi, Shahrzad Soltani, Naser Kamyari, Ehsan Moradi-Joo, Jean-Francois Magnaval, Milad Badri

“…Toxocariasis is one of the most common zoonotic diseases distributed worldwide. This study aimed to estimate the seroprevalence of anti-Toxocara immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies and the associated risk factors among general populations living in urban and rural areas of Abadan and Khorramshahr cities in Khuzestan Province, Southwest Iran. …”
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Multi-modal investigation reveals pathogenic features of diverse DDX3X missense mutations. by Federica Mosti, Mariah L Hoye, Carla F Escobar-Tomlienovich, Debra L Silver

“…We observe notable overlap amongst severe mutations, suggesting common mechanisms underlying altered cell fate and survival. …”
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Linking the Historical Sample of the Netherlands with the USA Censuses, 1850–1940 by Diogo Paiva, Francisco Anguita, Kees Mandemakers

“…The Historical Sample of the Netherlands (HSN) contains about 85,500 persons born in the Netherlands between 1812 and 1922. …”
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