Addressing the Teen Mom Situation in Thailand: A Systematic Review on Challenges, Initiatives and Recommendations for Improvement by Jukkrit Wungrath, Phinphot Phrommasen, Wanchalerm Ritthimon

“…Teenage pregnancy in Thailand poses significant public health challenges with implications for societal welfare and economic development. …”
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Malignant epithelial cell marker–driven risk signature enables precise stratification in esophageal cancer by Hao Zhang, Hao Zhang, Shizhao Cheng, Shizhao Cheng, Yijun Xu, Yijun Xu

“…Single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) provides new perspectives on the cellular makeup and conditions in tumor tissues, with promising implications for functional classification and personalized therapeutic strategies in esophageal cancer.MethodsIn this study, we integrated scRNA-seq data with bulk RNA-seq profiles from esophageal cancer tissues to construct a comprehensive cellular atlas, focusing on the transcriptional characteristics of epithelial cells. …”
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Night shift work and prostate cancer: a large cohort study from UK Biobank and Mendelian randomisation study by Qing Yuan, Tao Song, Yingzi Yang, Guorong Yang, Kaikai Lv, Yangyang Wu

“…Objective The global concern regarding the health implications of night shift work has escalated. Nevertheless, variations exist in the observed association between night shift work and prostate cancer (PCa). …”
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Safety or speed? Assessing alternative vascular access for angiography after resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA) in severe pelvic trauma patients by Ling-wei Kuo, Chih-Yuan Fu, Chien-Hung Liao, Chi-Hsun Hsieh, Chi-Tung Cheng, Yu-Tung Wu, Yau-Ren Chang, Szu An Chen, Jen Fu Huang

“…We excluded patients with Abbreviated Injury Scores (AIS) ≥3 in systems other than the pelvis, those who underwent TAE prior to REBOA, and cases of suboptimal REBOA insertion.We collected demographic data, injury characteristics, details of the REBOA and TAE procedures, information on complications, and data on patient survival. …”
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Deep learning of the particulate and mineral-associated organic carbon fractions using a compositional transform and mid-infrared spectroscopy by Mingxi Zhang, Zefang Shen, Lewis Walden, Farid Sepanta, Zhongkui Luo, Lei Gao, Oscar Serrano, Raphael A. Viscarra Rossel

“…We need soil organic carbon (SOC) and the SOC fractions, the particulate and mineral-associated organic carbon (POC, MAOC), to understand SOC dynamics. They have implications for soil management, carbon sequestration and climate change mitigation. …”
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Men who have sex with men perceiving that sex with women carries the greatest risk of HIV acquisition: results from a mixed‐methods systematic review in sub‐Saharan Africa by Marion Fiorentino, Marie Dos Santos, August Eubanks, Nathan Yanwou, Christian Laurent, Perrine Roux, Bruno Spire

“…This synthesis aimed to summarize existing data about HIV knowledge and perceived HIV acquisition risk regarding sex with men and with women in MSM in SSA. …”
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Impact of Renin-Angiotensin System Inhibitors on Disease Characteristics in Patients with Localized Prostate Cancer Treated with Radical Prostatectomy: A European Association of Ur... by Nastasiia Artamonova, Mona Kafka, Laura Faiss, David Avetisyan, Ignacio Puche Sanz, Giulia La Bombarda, Gennaio Iacono, Fabio Zattoni, Eberhard Steiner, Caroline D’Elia, Armin Pycha, Michael Ladurner, Samed Jagodic, Giorgio Gandaglia, Isabel Heidegger

“…Conclusions and clinical implications: Our findings indicate that RASi therapy does not have a significant effect on the biological aggressiveness of PCa. …”
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Durability of Active Surveillance for Localized Renal Masses: 3-year Outcomes in the Michigan Urological Surgery Improvement Collaborative by Yuzhi Wang, Samantha Wilder, Monica Van Til, Mackenzie Gammons, Mahin Mirza, Sabrina L. Noyes, Mohammad Jafri, Brian Seifman, Khurshid R. Ghani, Alice Semerjian, Craig G. Rogers, Brian R. Lane

“…Limitations include the study’s retrospective review of prospectively enrolled data limiting conclusions beyond 3 yr of follow-up. …”
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Excess ⁴⁰Ar in Alkali Feldspar and ^206,207Pb in Apatite Caused by Fluid-Induced Recrystallisation in a Semi-Closed Environment in Proterozoic (Meta)Granites o... by Daniil Popov, Richard Spikings, André Navin Paul, Maria Ovtcharova, Massimo Chiaradia, Martin Kutzschbach, Alexey Ulianov, Gary O’Sullivan, David Chew, Kalin Kouzmanov, Eszter Badenszki, J. Stephen Daly, Joshua H. F. L. Davies

“…We further identify and discuss potential implications for noble gas geochronology of groundwaters and fission track dating of apatite.…”
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Effect of psychological skills training on reaction time and strategic thinking in competitive badminton- a systematic review by Eval Edmizal, Donie Donie, Eri Barlian, Wilda Welis, Tjung Hauw Sin, Umar Umar, Padli Padli, Mottakin Ahmed, Jeki Haryanto, Piyush Bhatnagar

“…Data from each study that met the criteria were analyzed and synthesized to evaluate the consistency of the findings and provide a comprehensive picture of the effects of psychological skills training. …”
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Analysis of maternal and child health spillover effects in PEPFAR countries by Allyala Nandakumar, Jennifer Kates, Gary Gaumer, William H Crown, Yiqun Luan, Dhwani Hariharan, Monica Jordan, Clare L Hurley

“…Panel data and difference-in-differences estimators (DID) were used to estimate the impact of the PEPFAR programme from inception in 2004 to 2018 using a comparison group of 67 LMICs. …”
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Vitamin D as a Key Mediator Between C-reactive Protein to Albumin Ratio and Congestive Heart Failure in an Elderly Population: An Innovative Exploration Using the NHANES Database by Yufeng Wei, Zhaofeng Zhang

“…However, whether vitamin D modulates the CAR-CHF relationship remains unclear. Using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), this study aimed to investigate the mediating role of vitamin D in the association between CAR and CHF among older adults, with implications for cardiovascular disease prevention. …”
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Association of Appendicular Skeletal Muscle Mass Index and Insulin Resistance With Mortality in Multi‐Nationwide Cohorts by Shinje Moon, Jong Wook Choi, Jung Hwan Park, Dong Sun Kim, Youhern Ahn, Yeongmin Kim, Sung Hye Kong, Chang‐Myung Oh

“…The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between skeletal muscle mass and insulin resistance and its impact on mortality and cardiovascular disease risk using large‐scale national data from Korea and the United States. Methods We analysed data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999–2006 and 2011–2018 and the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) 2008–2011, with mortality follow‐up through to 2019. …”
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Epidemiological profiles and outcomes of healthcare workers hospitalized for COVID-19 in five Sub-Saharan African countries: a cohort study [version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 2 a... by Tamba Mina Millimouno, Laura Merson, Alexandre Delamou, Shermarke Hassan, Timire Collins, Jerry-Jonas Mbasha, Ibrahima Kaba, Karifa Kourouma, Fassou Mathias Grovogui, Ibrahim Franklyn Kamara

“…Further research is required to fully comprehend the implications of these findings.…”
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Proteomic analysis of plasma unravels dynamic pathways and potential biomarkers indicating disease stages following Mtb infection by Zonglei Zhou, Jie Tian, Yuying He, Haiyan Xiong, Weibing Wang

“…Therefore, this study employed four-dimensional data-independent acquisition to quantify the expression level of plasma proteins from healthy controls (HC), LTBI, and ATB, with 15 participants in each group. …”
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Organising general practice for care homes: a multi-method study by Barbara Hanratty, Rachel Stocker, David Sinclair, Katie Brittain, Karen Spilsbury, Daniel Stow, Louise Robinson, Fiona E Matthews

“…Analysis of primary care data from 103,732 care home residents produced complementary findings. …”
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Co-exposure to polystyrene nanoplastics and glyphosate exacerbates NETs-mediated pyroptosis by activating the NLRP3 inflammasome in mouse liver by Huan Zeng, Jingyi Qi, Qiyi Chen, Ruowei Zhang, Chen Guo, Jinghua Zhao, Huimei Liang, Junlong Sun, Wei Wang, Houhui Song

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Assessing the ability to quantify the decrease in NO_<i>x</i> anthropogenic emissions in 2019 compared to 2005 using OMI and TROPOMI satellite observations by A. Fortems-Cheiney, A. Fortems-Cheiney, G. Broquet, E. Potier, E. Potier, A. Berchet, I. Pison, A. Martinez, R. Plauchu, R. Abeed, A. Sicsik-Paré, G. Dufour, A. Coman, D. Savas, G. Siour, H. Eskes, H. A. C. Denier van der Gon, S. N. C. Dellaert

“…We first characterize the level of consistency between retrievals from OMI-QA4ECV and from the more recent reprocessing of the TROPOMI data, called TROPOMI-RPRO-v02.04, and the implications of the possible inconsistencies for inversions. …”
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Ureteroscopy for Urolithiasis in Pregnancy: Outcomes of a Multicentre Study on Behalf of the European Association of Urology Section of Endourology by Patrick Juliebø-Jones, Vineet Gauhar, Smita De, Øyvind Ulvik, Yiloren Tanidir, Nebil Akdogan, Cemil Aydin, Pablo Contreras, Maria Florencia Frascheri, Javier Pizzarello, Deepak Ragoori, Lazaros Tzelves, Peder Gjengstø, Mathias Sørstrand Æsøy, Albert El Hajj, Elsayed Desouky, Alejandro Bautista-Perez-Gavilan, Vigen Malkhasyan, Olivier Traxer, Christian Beisland, Bhaskar K. Somani

“…Follow-up data on stone-free rate (SFR) and pregnancy outcomes were also obtained. …”
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Deep learning uncovers histological patterns of YAP1/TEAD activity related to disease aggressiveness in cancer patients by Benoit Schmauch, Vincent Cabeli, Omar Darwiche Domingues, Jean-Eudes Le Douget, Alexandra Hardy, Reda Belbahri, Charles Maussion, Alberto Romagnoni, Markus Eckstein, Florian Fuchs, Aurélie Swalduz, Sylvie Lantuejoul, Hugo Crochet, François Ghiringhelli, Valentin Derangere, Caroline Truntzer, Harvey Pass, Andre L. Moreira, Luis Chiriboga, Yuanning Zheng, Michael Ozawa, Brooke E. Howitt, Olivier Gevaert, Nicolas Girard, Elton Rexhepaj, Iris Valtingojer, Laurent Debussche, Emanuele de Rinaldis, Frank Nestle, Emmanuel Spanakis, Valeria R. Fantin, Eric Y. Durand, Marion Classe, Katharina Von Loga, Elodie Pronier, Matteo Cesaroni

“…Recent works have highlighted the role of YAP1/TEAD activity in several cancers and its potential therapeutic implications. Therefore, identifying patients with a dysregulated Hippo pathway is key to enhancing treatment impact. …”
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