Predicting Burn Mortality Using a Simple Novel Prediction Model by Sneha Sharma, Raman Tandon

“…Demographic data, total burn surface area (TBSA), results of complete blood count, kidney function test, and arterial blood gas analysis were collected. …”
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Validation of the European Oncology toolkit for the self-assessment of Quality of Life (EUonQoL-Kit) in cancer patients and survivors: study protocol of a pan European survey by G. Apolone, M. Costantini, L. Caselli, N. Bos, A. Caraceni, G. Ciliberto, N. Couespel, M. Ferrer, M. Groenvold, S. Kaasa, C. Lombardo, R. Pietrobon, G. Pravettoni, A. Sirven, H. Vachon, G. Velikova, O. Garin, A. Gilbert, A. Machiavelli, C. Marzorati, R. Miceli, M. Pe, MA. Petersen, A. Tanzilli, F. van Schelven, C. Dantas, I Minnée-van Braak, L. Pinnavaia, C. Brunelli

“…Psychometric analyses will encompass exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses (measurement model and structural validity), Cronbach's alpha (internal consistency), intraclass correlation coefficient (test–retest reliability), Pearson/Spearman correlation (concurrent validity), comparison of group scores (construct validity), and Differential Item Functioning (cross-country item equivalence). …”
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Clinical scale to assess of bronchial obstruction severity at preschoolers by E. M. Kamaltynova, I. A. Deev, O. S. Fedorova, N. V. Nikolaeva, M. I. Polevshchikova

“…Lung function tests for preschoolers are limited. Clinical respiratory scales may be useful in the evaluation of preschooler. …”
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Metabolic Comorbidities Among Relatives of Type 2 Diabetes Patients Stratified by Weight: Implications for Prevention and Care by García-Ulloa AC, Pérez-Peralta L, Lugo-Bautista K, Martínez-Sánchez VA, Mehta R, Hernández-Jiménez S

“…Prediabetes (39.4%), dyslipidemia (67.2%), and abnormal liver function tests (32.2%) were prevalent. Higher levels of triglycerides and LDL cholesterol were associated with increased risk for comorbid conditions. …”
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Brown adipose tissue-derived extracellular vesicles regulate hepatocyte mitochondrial activity to alleviate high-fat diet-induced jawbone osteoporosis in mice by Kai Zhang, Kai Zhang, Sha Zhang, Sha Zhang, Sha Zhang, Guorong Deng, Guangxiang He, Guangxiang He, Yuan Yuan, Yu Fu, Yihan Liu, Zhen Gong, Liang Kong, Chenxi Zheng

“…Biochemical assay and metabolic cage testing showed a lower systemic lipid content level along with improved fat utilization and thermogenesis capacity in BEV-treated mice. …”
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Study protocol for the Bio-HEAT study: Investigating the Biological pathways from HEAT exposure to preterm birth and other adverse maternal and child health outcomes in South Afric... by Lebohang Radebe, Nicholas B. Brink, Clive Gray, Marié Landsberg, Robyn Hetem, G Justus Hofmeyr, Phelelani T. Mpangase, Sibusisiwe Makhanya, Michael Urban, Shane Norris, Amy Wise, Valerie Vannevel, Karl-Gunter Technau, Matthew F. Chersich, Renate Strehlau, Ijeoma Solarin, Kimberly Mc Alpine, Darshnika Pemi Lakhoo, Admire Chikandiwa, Howard Chang, Margaret M. Brennan

“…Heat exposure and environmental factors will be tracked using personal, community and facility-level temperature monitors and geospatial data. …”
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TRANSCENDENT (Transforming Research by Assessing Neuroinformatics across the Spectrum of Concussion by Embedding iNterdisciplinary Data-collection to Enable Novel Treatments): prot... by Charlotte Anderson, Nick Reed, Andrée-Anne Ledoux, Roger Zemek, Keith Yeates, Carolyn Emery, Pamela Fuselli, Isabelle J Gagnon, Kathryn J Schneider, Sharon Johnston, David R Howell, Richard Webster, Peter Tanuseputro, Andrew R Mayer, Miriam H Beauchamp, Rebecca Robillard, Christina L Master, Kristine Dalton, Khaled El Emam, John Leddy, Noah Silverberg, Jennifer Dawson, Martin H Osmond, Stephanie Cowle, Christopher Giza, Monica Lamoureux, Nicholas Barrowman, Kitty Chen, Daniel J Corwin, Erin Fox, Lisa M Albrecht, Araba Chintoh, Achelle Cortel-LeBlanc, Miguel Cortel-LeBlanc, Andrew Dodd, Steven Hicks, Stephen Alexander Kutcher, Carlos Lalonde, Rebekah C Mannix, Ivan Terekhov, Cheryl Lea Wellington

“…The TRANSCENDENT Concussion Research Program aims to address patient- and clinician-identified research priorities, through the integration of clinical data from patients of all ages and injury mechanisms, patient-reported outcomes and objective biomarkers across factors of intersectionality. Seeking guidance from our Community Advisory Committee will ensure meaningful patient partnership and research findings that are relevant to the wider concussion community.Methods and analysis This prospective observational cohort study will recruit 5500 participants over 5 years from three 360 Concussion Care clinic locations across Ontario, Canada, with a subset of participants enrolling in specific objective assessments including testing of autonomic function, exercise tolerance, vision, advanced neuroimaging and fluid biomarkers. …”
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Persistent symptoms and clinical findings in adults with post-acute sequelae of COVID-19/post-COVID-19 syndrome in the second year after acute infection: A population-based, nested... by Raphael S Peter, Alexandra Nieters, Siri Göpel, Uta Merle, Jürgen M Steinacker, Peter Deibert, Birgit Friedmann-Bette, Andreas Nieß, Barbara Müller, Claudia Schilling, Gunnar Erz, Roland Giesen, Veronika Götz, Karsten Keller, Philipp Maier, Lynn Matits, Sylvia Parthé, Martin Rehm, Jana Schellenberg, Ulrike Schempf, Mengyu Zhu, Hans-Georg Kräusslich, Dietrich Rothenbacher, Winfried V Kern, EPILOC Phase 2 Study Group

“…We wanted to describe clinical characteristics and diagnostic findings among patients with PCS persisting for >1 year and assessed risk factors for PCS persistence versus improvement.<h4>Methods and findings</h4>This nested population-based case-control study included subjects with PCS aged 18-65 years with (n = 982) and age- and sex-matched control subjects without PCS (n = 576) according to an earlier population-based questionnaire study (6-12 months after acute infection, phase 1) consenting to provide follow-up information and to undergo comprehensive outpatient assessment, including neurocognitive, cardiopulmonary exercise, and laboratory testing in four university health centres in southwestern Germany (phase 2, another 8.5 months [median, range 3-14 months] after phase 1). …”
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The effectiveness of the education provided through the educational-therapeutic model of codependency injury based on the perception of lived experiences on the self-efficacy of ad... by mahdi Dehghanharati, Kazem Barzegar Bafrooei, Marieh Dehghanmanshadi

“…Background: Adolescents need an optimal level of self-efficacy in order to function optimally in different dimensions of their lives. …”
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Ultrasound diagnostic adenomyosis by A. V. Pomortsev, K. A. Lobanov, A. G. Zubakhin, T. B. Makukhina

“…The control group consisted of 22 patients with male factor infertility. For differential evaluation of ultrasound markers of adenomyosis and endomyometritis discriminate function analysis was used. …”
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Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation to Maximize Hip Abductor Strength and Reduce Fall Risk in Older Veterans: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial by Ben Friedman, Brock A Beamer, Jeffrey Beans, Vicki Gray, Gad Alon, Alice Ryan, Leslie I Katzel, John D Sorkin, Odessa Addison

“…ObjectiveThis study aims to test the hypothesis that adding neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) to a multimodality balance intervention (MMBI) will yield greater reductions in fall risk and improvements in muscle and mobility function compared with MMBI alone. …”
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How Do Different Treatments of Catchment Area Affect the Station Level Demand Modeling of Urban Rail Transit? by Hongtai Yang, Xuan Li, Chaojing Li, Jinghai Huo, Yugang Liu

“…Direct demand modeling is a useful tool to estimate the demand of urban rail transit stations and to determine factors that significantly influence such demand. …”
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Severe rhabdomyolysis and acute renal failure in an adolescent with hypothyroidism by Elif Comak, Mustafa Koyun, Bahar Kiliçarslan-Akkaya, Iffet Bircan, Sema Akman

“…After L-thyroxine therapy, thyroid function tests normalized, muscle strength improved, serum muscle enzyme levels returned to normal levels, and renal function tests recovered. …”
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Physiology and Pathophysiology of Marathon Running: A narrative Review by Lorin Braschler, Pantelis T. Nikolaidis, Mabliny Thuany, Daniela Chlíbková, Thomas Rosemann, Katja Weiss, Matthias Wilhelm, Beat Knechtle

“…As such, it improves cardiovascular risk factors, leads to favorable cardiac adaptations, enhances lung function, and improves quality of life in chronic kidney disease patients. …”
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Determining the relationship between hormonal background characteristics and signs of female sexual dysfunction in women with and without endometriosis in the prediction of gestati... by L.M. Semeniuk, V.I. Pankiv, Ye.S. Kozachuk, O.I. Kryzhanovska

“…Overcoming infertility in young women is recognized as one of the most important tasks of modern medicine. Among the factors that reduce female fertility, endometriosis remains relevant. …”
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The Comparison Between Plyometrics and Aerobic Exercises toward Medical Students of Diponegoro University by Iin Atika Situngkir, Endang Ambarwati, Endang Kumaidah, Sumardi Widodo

“…ABSTRACT Introduction: Sedentary life style had become one of factors causing health problem for someone in general. …”
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Intelligent Environmental Health Risk Assessment System for the Elderly in Cold Regions Based on Artificial Intelligence Integrated Development Environment by Tianheng ZHANG, Yao FU, Jian GAO, Huanran XUE

“…A systematic testing is conducted following a standardized protocol consisting of preparation, environmental exposure, and recovery assessment phases. …”
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Causes and MEchanisms foR non-atopic Asthma in Children (CAMERA) study: rationale and protocol by Mary Njoroge, Gabriela Pimentel Pinheiro, Cinthia Vila Nova Santana, Hajar Ali, Stephanie Hobbs, Santiago Mena-Bucheli, Natalia Romero-Sandoval, Steven Robertson, Charlotte E. Rutter, Donna Davoren, Collin Brooks, Jeroen Douwes, Philip J. Cooper, Harriet Mpairwe, Camila A. Figueiredo, Alvaro A. Cruz, Mauricio L. Barreto, Neil Pearce, Lucy Pembrey, the CAMERA study group

“…Abstract Background The Causes And MEchanisms foR non-atopic Asthma in children (CAMERA) study was designed to investigate risk factors and mechanisms of non-atopic asthma in children and young adults in Brazil, Ecuador, Uganda, and New Zealand. …”
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Persisting thrombomodulin resistance at 3 months after liver transplantation in children with cirrhosis by Marie-Astrid van Dievoet, Clara David, Audrey Dieu, Cedric Hermans, Thierry Pirotte, Jonathan Douxfils, Ton Lisman, Xavier Stephenne

“…Objectives: We aimed to assess the coagulation cascade, with both measurement of individual factors and a global hemostasis assay, before living donor liver transplantation and to investigate its recovery 3 months after transplantation, when liver function has normalized. …”
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Analyzing the Asymmetric Effect of Macroeconomic Variables on Food Prices in Iran by R. Heydari, E. Javdan, M. Shabanzadeh Khoshrody

“…Therefore, in accordance with Shin et al. (2014), the NARDL model used in this study is developed to examine the asymmetric effect of domestic macroeconomic factors (for example, money supply) as follows:   In the above relationship, each of the macroeconomic factors (including the money supply, GDP per capita, exchange rate, and trade openness) is separated into the sum of positive and negative components. …”
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