Development and study on properties of tea flower soap by ZHANG Dan, LU Ying, LI Bo, YU Huajun, TU Youying

“…The polyphenols and flavonoids from the tea flower have antibacterial, ant-i allergic, and UV resistant function, and can inhibit oxidase lipid peroxidation. …”
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Glucose Intolerance after a Recent History of Gestational Diabetes by Katrien Benhalima, Liesbeth Leuridan, Peggy Calewaert, Roland Devlieger, Johan Verhaeghe, Chantal Mathieu

“…Our aim was to evaluate the uptake of our current screening strategy postpartum and the risk factors for glucose intolerance in women with a recent history of gestational diabetes (GDM). …”
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Study on Fatigue Life of Fractured Rock Under Constant Amplitude Cyclic Loading by Run Li, Wenbin Jian, Rongtao Kang

“…The electro-hydraulic servo loading system was applied to make cyclic loading tests for fractured rock-like specimens. According to the results of the fatigue test, the power function model was used to fit and analyze the test data, and the fitting degree of the curve was determined by the correlation coefficient, and the result was fitted well. …”
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To study the prevalence of metabolic-associated fatty liver disease in a tertiary hospital in Bundelkhand region by Neha Rathore, Kuldeep Chandel, Ajeet Singh, Aniket Ashok Satale, Gaurav Singh

“…Participants underwent clinical evaluations, biochemical tests, and ultrasonography to diagnose MAFLD. Risk factors such as obesity, hypertension, diabetes, and dyslipidemia were analyzed. …”
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Warrick score in rheumatoid-arthritis interstitial lung disease: a promising tool for assessing the extent and progression of lung involvement by Duygu Temiz Karadag, Sevtap Dogan, Neslihan Gokcen, Oznur Sadioglu Cagdas, Ayten Yazici, Ayse Cefle

“…Associations between Warrick scores, pulmonary function tests, and patient characteristics were analyzed. …”
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Open-World Semi-Supervised Learning for fMRI Analysis to Diagnose Psychiatric Disease by Chang Hu, Yihong Dong, Shoubo Peng, Yuehan Wu

“…Due to the incomplete nature of cognitive testing data and human subjective biases, accurately diagnosing mental disease using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data poses a challenging task. …”
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Nuclear transmembrane protein 199 promotes immune escapes by up-regulating programmed death ligand 1 by Wulin You, Hue Luu, Meili Li, Zhiyu Chen, Fangchao Li, Yanfei Zhang, Mingsheng Cai, Tong-chuan He, Jingjing Li

“…Cut&Tag assay globally explores the nuclear-located TMEM199 functions and tests its influence on the immune checkpoint PD-L1 in vitro and in vivo. …”
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ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING PROCESS PARAMETER INFLUENCE ON MECHANICAL STRENGTH OF ADHESIVE JOINTS, PRELIMINARY ACTIVITIES by Mattia Frascio, Lorenzo Bergonzi, Michal Jilich, Fabrizio Moroni, Massimiliano Avalle, Alessandro Pirondi, Margherita Monti, Matteo Vettori

“…Wettability and morphology are relevant factors in bonded joints performance. Advantages of polymeric additive manufacturing are to allow a re-design of components with locally controlled properties and integrated functions. …”
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Screening tool for the identification of relative energy deficiency in Sport risk: validation of the low energy availability in female questionnaire - Italian version (LEAFQ-ITA) by Cinzia Ferraris, Lenycia de Cassya Lopes Neri, Anna Paola Amoroso, Francesca Bosio, Simona Fiorini, Monica Guglielmetti, Rossella Elena Nappi, Anna Tagliabue

“…The Parallel Analysis technique suggested the number of factors to be retained. McDonald’s Omega and Cronbach’s alpha were performed to test internal consistency.Results After two rounds, the LEAFQ-ITA maintained the same amount of items and gained the consensus of content validation specialists. …”
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Identifying the social determinants of marginalized women’s quality of sexual life based on the WHO approach: path analysis by Marzieh Bagherinia, Mahrokh Dolatian, Zoherh Mahmoodi, Giti Ozgoli, Hamid Alavi Majd, Arezoo Haseli

“…Results Based on the results of the path analysis and the presented model, among the structural factors of the socio-economic status (β = 0.46), among the intermediate factors is the self-esteem (β = 0.52) and among the contextual factors, duration of marriage (β=-0.22) had the strongest overall causal and significant relationship with the quality of sexual life in marginalized women. …”
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Assessment of sensory impairment in older adults with dementia by Nikol Gottfriedová, Martina Kovalová, Eva Mrázková, Ondřej Machaczka, Veronika Koutná, Vladimír Janout, Jana Janoutová

“…All participants underwent conventional pure-tone audiometry and a screening version of the Hearing Handicap Inventory for Adults, the Odorized Markers Test of olfactory function and the Ishihara color vision test. …”
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Growth‐Associated Protein 43 Levels in the Cerebrospinal Fluid Correspond to the Cerebral Blood Flow Alterations in Alzheimer's Dementia Continuum: An Original Study by Neda Songhori, Maryam Shamsi Goushky, Mohammad Mehdi Khaleghi, Marzieh Mojerloo, Mohammad Sadeghi, Mehrdad Mozafar, Zahra Babaie Aghdam, Maryam Ghajar, Yalda Kianifar, Farough Karimzadeh, Farbod Khosravi, Mahsa Mayeli

“…The cognitive status of 42 participants was evaluated using ADNI composite scores. Independent t‐tests and Mann‐Whitney tests were used for the comparison of continuous variables between groups, and multiple linear regression analysis with adjustments for confounding factors was used to assess the relationship between GAP‐43 and CBF values. …”
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Letter to the Editor on “From Concept to Clinic: Living Labs and Regulatory Sandboxes for Health System Digitalization and the Integration of Innovative Devices Into Clinica... by Rebecca Mathias, Anett Schonfelder, Cindy Welzel, Stephen Gilbert

“…Digital health and AI-enabled technologies hold the promise of addressing gaps in healthcare, but balancing rapid market access with the need for safe, functional, and user-centered solutions remains a challenge <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref1">[1]</xref>, <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref2">[2]</xref>. …”
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Accuracy of self-reported foot strike pattern detection among endurance runners by Heather K. Vincent, Kyle Coffey, Aiden Villasuso, Kevin R. Vincent, Sharareh Sharififar, Lydia Pezzullo, Ryan M. Nixon

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Depression is not the only cause of cognitive impairment in chronic migraine by N. V. Latysheva, E. G. Filatova, D. V. Osipova

“…All patients filled in the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and Sheehan Disability Scale. Cognitive function was assessed with the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), Digital Symbol Substitution Test (DSST), Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test (RAVLT), and the Perceived Deficits Questionnaire (PDQ-20).Results. …”
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Impact of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus on Health-Related Quality of Life in Colombian Patients: A Cross-Sectional Analytical Study by Fonseca-Zuluaga PA, Pérez-Ocampo J, Velásquez-Franco CJ, Hernandez JC, Higuita-Gutiérrez LF

“…SLE significantly impacts the domains of HRQL related to physical function, body pain, social function, emotional role, and general health. …”
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Prevalence of mild cognitive impairment among former elite athletes without a history of sport-related concussions compared to the general older population: a protocol for a cross-... by Jingjing Ren, Qing Zhao, Haojie Li, Shuo Luan, Jiahui Cong, Hanzhi He, Jiaying Xu, Jinghua Qian

“…While past research has established a connection between sport-related concussions (SRCs) and later cognitive decline, less attention has been given to the cognitive function of former athletes who have not experienced SRCs. …”
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Antiphospholipid syndrome presenting as isolated renal vein thrombosis: a case report and review of the literature by Khemchand N. Moorani, Saima Kashif

“…Initial investigations for ureteric colic and acute pyelonephritis were negative, but revealed thrombocytopenia on complete blood count, mild proteinuria, hematuria on urinalysis, and normal kidney and liver function tests, along with normal prothrombin and activated partial thromboplastin times. …”
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Development of an electromechanical handbike prototype attachable to conventional wheelchairs by Sergio A. Ardila Gómez, Deisy Y. Rodríguez Sarmiento, Jhon J. Quiñones, Álvaro J. Romero Herrera, Daniel A. Vargas Rivera

“…Using the V-model methodology for mechatronic systems, the design process included functional specification, Computer-Aided Design (CAD) modeling, structural simulation, and physical prototyping. …”
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Review of a monograph by L. I. Broslavskiy “Technical regulation and standardization of goods quality and environment safety. Laws and realities in Russia, the USA and the European... by A. S. Panova

“…Broslavskiy devoted to the study of technical regulation and standardization of quality and safety of products and the environment in the Russian Federation, the United States and the European Union.Methods: dialectical approach to cognition of social phenomena, which allows analyzing them in historical development and functioning in the context of a set of objective and subjective factors, which determined the choice of the following research methods: formal-legal, comparative-legal, etc.Results: the main approaches presented in the reviewed monograph are evaluated, concerning the legal nature of technical regulation and standardization, the system of documentation on standardization, the practice of technical regulation and standardization in the Russian Federation, the United States of America and the European Union.Scientific novelty: for the first time, the provisions, presented in the monograph, were estimated, namely: the provisions on the legal nature of standardization; on the coordination of technical regulation and standardization, normative acts and law-enforcement practice in the sphere of technical regulation and standardization of Russia, the United States of America and the European Union; the author’s proposals aimed at improvement of the Russian Law No. 184-FZ “On technical regulation” of 27.12.2002 and No. 162-FZ “On standardization in the Russian Federation” of 29.06.2015. …”
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