Characterization and Biofilm Inhibition of Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Isolates by Poonam Yadav, Sreska Shrestha, Deepak Basyal, Ananda Tiwari, Ranjit Sah, Anil Kumar Sah, Bishal Yadav, Mark Willcox, Shyam Kumar Mishra

“…This study aimed to characterize MDR A. baumannii isolates for their biofilm-forming capabilities and the presence of common biofilm-related genes at a tertiary care university hospital in Nepal. …”
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Single-cell RNA sequencing revealed PPARG promoted osteosarcoma progression: based on osteoclast proliferation by Lei Sun, Jinhao Zhang, Zhikai Xiahou, Zhenzhen Zhao, Yanchen Liang

“…BackgroundOsteosarcoma (OS) is one of the most common primary malignant bone tumors, primarily originating from mesenchymal tissue. …”
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Visible Goiter among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Clinic in Public Health Facilities of Debre Markos Town, East Gojjam, North West Ethiopia by Yihun Endalamaw, Haji Kedir, Tadesse Alemayehu

“…Visible goiter was more common in the age category between 15 and 19 years. …”
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Profile of postpartum patients with urinary retention at Koja Regional Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia by Suskhan Djusad, Alfa Putri Meutia, Surahman Hakim

“…ABSTRACT Objective: Postpartum urinary retention (PPUR) is a common voiding disorder, defined as the inability to void spontaneously within 6 hours after delivery with a residual bladder volume exceeding 200 mL. …”
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Missing The Forest For The Trees: A Lack Of Upper Extremity Physical Performance Testing In Sports Physical Therapy by Matthew L Gauthier, Casey A Unverzagt, Luciana De Michelis Mendonça, Amee L Seitz

“…# Background Despite shoulder and elbow injuries being common in athletics, return to sport and reinjury rates are less than ideal. …”
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The effect of cyclic rifaximin therapy on symptoms of diverticular disease from the perspective of the gastroenterology outpatient clinic: a “real-life” study by Andrzej Moniuszko, Grażyna Rydzewska

“…Introduction: Symptomatic uncomplicated diverticular disease of the colon (SUDD) is one of the most common diseases with which patients present to a gastroenterologist. …”
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Seizures Following Carotid Endarterectomy: A Comprehensive Meta-Analysis of 69,479 Patients and Evidence-Based Recommendations for Perioperative Care by Kruthajn Rajesh, Helen Shen, Sonu M. M. Bhaskar

“…Male predominance was noted among patients who experienced seizures, and hypertension was the most common comorbidity. Cerebral hyperperfusion syndrome was identified as a key contributing factor to postoperative seizures. …”
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Reasons, associated factors, and attitudes toward breastfeeding mothers’ use of complementary medicine products: a study from Türkiye by Demet Deniz Bilgin, Nalan Karabayir, Hatice Bilge Çetinkaya, Aybüke Kacir, Özlem Öçal, Mine Başibüyük, Övgü Büke

“…Educational level, employment status, and being a health worker were found to be factors associated with CMP use during breastfeeding, with those having university or higher education, being employed, or working in healthcare showing higher usage rates. The most common reasons for CMP use were “staying healthy” (60.2%) and “supporting immunity” (59.3%). …”
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Classifying tumour infiltrating lymphocytes in oral squamous cell carcinoma histopathology using joint learning framework by Barun Barua, Genevieve Chyrmang, Kangkana Bora, Gazi N. Ahmed, Lopamudra Kakoti, Manob Jyoti Saikia

“…Abstract Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is the most common form of oral cancer, with increasing global incidence and have poor prognosis. …”
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Application of machine learning algorithms in predicting new onset hypertension: a study based on the China Health and Nutrition Survey by Manhui Zhang, Xian Xia, Qiqi Wang, Yue Pan, Guanyi Zhang, Zhigang Wang

“…We tested and evaluated the performance of four traditional machine learning algorithms commonly used in epidemiological studies: Logistic Regression, Support Vector Machine, XGBoost, LightGBM, and two deep learning algorithms: TabNet and AMFormer model. …”
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A benchmark of deep learning approaches to predict lung cancer risk using national lung screening trial cohort by Yifan Jiang, Leyla Ebrahimpour, Philippe Després, Venkata SK. Manem

“…To evaluate our model’s general performance, we selected 253 out of 467 patients from a subset of the National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) who had CT scans without contrast, which are the most commonly used, and divided them into training and test cohorts. …”
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Sulfone-modified chitosan as selective adsorbent for the extraction of toxic Hg(II) metal ions by Youssef O Al-Ghamdi, Khalid A Alamry, Mahmoud A Hussein, Hadi M Marwani, Abdullah M Asiri

“…Sulfone-modified chitosan/5–20 derivatives were identified and characterized using common characterization techniques, including Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, field-emission scanning electron microscope, powder X-ray diffraction, and thermal behaviour. …”
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Screening Evaporative Dry Eyes Severity Using an Infrared Image by Qing Zhang, Yi Wu, Yilin Song, Guanghao Qin, Lanting Yang, Sumeet Singh Talwar, Tiezhu Lin, Gagan Deep Singh Talwar, Hongda Zhang, Ling Xu, Jonathan E Moore, Emmanuel Eric Pazo, Wei He

“…Dry eye disease (DED) is a multifactorial and one of the most common problems treated in an ophthalmic outpatient clinic. …”
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Curcumin encapsulated in PAMAM dendrimers for the therapeutic treatment of ischemic stroke in rats by Justin Stadler, Justin Stadler, Justin Stadler, Lucas G. Garmo, Lucas G. Garmo, Lucas G. Garmo, David Doyle, David Doyle, David Doyle, Chin-I. Cheng, Garrett Richardson, Garrett Richardson, Zain Waheed, Zain Waheed, Tim Tofan, Bhairavi Srinageshwar, Bhairavi Srinageshwar, Bhairavi Srinageshwar, Ajit Sharma, Robert B. Petersen, Gary L. Dunbar, Gary L. Dunbar, Gary L. Dunbar, Julien Rossignol, Julien Rossignol, Julien Rossignol

“…Polyamidoamine (PAMAM) dendrimers are nanomolecules commonly used in biomedical applications due to their ability to encapsulate small-molecules and improve their pharmacokinetic properties. …”
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The pneumococcal bacteriocin streptococcin B is produced as part of the early competence cascade and promotes intraspecies competition by J. D. Richardson, Emily Guo, Ryan M. Wyllie, Paul Jensen, Suzanne Dawid

“…In this work, we demonstrate that three-fourths of S. pneumoniae strains contain a highly conserved scb locus that encodes an active lactococcin 972-like bacteriocin called streptococcin B. …”
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Attendance of Patients with ophthalmological problems about Eye Protection from UV/blue Light Radiation from Sun light and Electronic Devices in Sulaimani City by Salah Qadir Mahmood, Muhammad Babakir-Mina, Salar Ibrahim Ali, Abdulrahman M. Ibrahem, Bakhtyar Kamal Talabany

“…Additionally, this study has discovered that sun protection measures are commonly inadequate among the participants and on a regular basis only a small portion of participants were used the sun protection requirements. …”
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Effective BCDNet-based breast cancer classification model using hybrid deep learning with VGG16-based optimal feature extraction by Meenakshi Devi P., Muna A., Yasser Ali, Sumanth V.

“…Also, ultrasound imaging is a non-invasive method commonly used for breast cancer screening. Hence, the paper presents a novel deep learning model, BCDNet, for classifying breast tumors as benign or malignant using ultrasound images. …”
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Agent based modelling of blood borne viruses: a scoping review by Seun Ale, Elizabeth Hunter, John D. Kelleher

“…However, these models do not capture the impact of individual and social factors that affect the spread of common blood-borne viruses (BBVs) such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), and hepatitis B virus (HBV). …”
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Triple Endobutton with Coracoacromial Ligament Transfer: A Modified Technique for Fixation of Acromioclavicular Joint Dislocation by Vikas Kesari, Jatin Prakash, Jyoti Garg, Divesh Jalan, Karan Maggo, Naval Bhatia

“…ACJ dislocations are common injuries that can lead to significant functional impairment and pain. …”
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Shoulder Pain in Competitive Swimmers: A Multi-Site Survey Study by Brian D. Stirling, Jonathan C. Sum, Lisa Baek, Lori A. Michener, Adam J. Barrack, Angela R. Tate

“…# Background There are 2.8 million youth competitive swimmers in the United States (US), and shoulder pain is the most common complaint among swimmers. # Purpose To determine prevalence of shoulder pain, disability, and dissatisfaction in youth competitive swimmers. …”
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