Three-dimensional quantitative temporomandibular joint changes in skeletal class I malocclusion treated with extraction and non-extraction protocols: a comparative study of fixed o... by Majedh Abdo Ali Al-Somairi, Bowen Zheng, Xaiofeng Yang, Yongxin Zhang, Maged S. Alhammadi, Hao xu, Najah Alhashimi, Bushra Sufyan Almaqrami, Naseem Ali Al –Worafi, Enas Senan Alyafrusee, Barakat Al-Tayar, Yi Liu

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Comparison of OCT Angiography Parameters after Administration of Intravitreal Brolucizumab versus Ranibizumab in Exudative Age-related Macular Degeneration by Sanjitha Vilma Moses, Aadithreya Varman, Dinesh Balakumar, Arulmozhi Varman

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Metabolic Syndrome Is Associated With Poor Prognosis in Patients With Breast Cancer Receiving Neoadjuvant Therapy by Youzhao Ma, Jingyang Zhang, Dechuang Jiao, Xiuchun Chen, Zhenzhen Liu

“…No significant differences were noted in DFS (p = 0.270) or OS (p = 0.078) between the two groups in postmenopausal women. …”
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Transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation for hypertension complicated by anxiety or sleep disorders: A pilot randomized controlled trial by Xue-Ying Bao, Cun-Zhi Liu, Zi-Tong Qian, Lu Wang, Jian-Feng Tu, Bin-Yan Li, Xiao Wang, Fang Wan, Zhi-Han Li, Zhao-Yi Liu, Liang-Xiao Ma, Li-Qiong Wang

“…The change in office systolic blood pressure from baseline to week four was −2.8 ± 13.6 mm Hg, −6.4 ± 10.0 mm Hg, and −7.2 ± 11.2 mm Hg, respectively, in the 10 Hz TEAS, 2 Hz TEAS, and routine treatment groups (P = 0.332). …”
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Impact of COVID-19 on metabolic parameters in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus by Motahare Shabestari, Forouzan Salari, Reyhaneh Azizi, Akram Ghadiri-Anari, Nasim Namiranian

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Bridging the Gap Between Machine Learning and Medicine: A Critical Evaluation of the Dworak Regression Grade in Rectal Cancer by Camille Raets, Chaimae El Aisati, Amir L. Rifi, Mark De Ridder, Koen Putman, Johan De Mey, Alexandra Sermeus, Kurt Barbe

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The Timing of Infarction Pain in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction after Previous Revascularization by Predrag M. Mitrovic, Branislav Stefanovic, Zorana Vasiljevic, Mina Radovanovic, Nebojsa Radovanovic, Gordana Krljanac, Dubravka Rajic, Predrag Erceg, Vladan Vukcevic, Ivana Nedeljkovic, Miodrag Ostojic

“…Circadian variation of onset of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) has been noted in many studies, but there are no data about subgroups of patients with previous coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). …”
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A Scoping Review of Existing Policy Instruments to Tackle Overweight and Obesity in India: Recommendations for a Social and Behaviour Change Communication Strategy [version 2; peer... by Lopamudra Tripathy, Suparna Ghosh-Jerath, Neena Bhatia, Kathryn Backholer, Kavita Chauhan, Nishibha Thapliyal, Deepika Bahl, Shalini Bassi, Monika Arora, Seema Chandra, Preetu Mishra

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First-Trimester Threatened Abortion: Can Red Blood Cell Distribution Width-Standard Deviation Predict Miscarriage? by Sebnem Karagun, Yusuf Dal, Hamza Yildiz, Sefanur Gamze Karaca, Ahmet Zeki Nessar, Ayhan Coskun

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Dyslipidemia Impacts Cardiometabolic Health and CVD Risk in a Relatively Young Otherwise Healthy Population by Jillian M. Lang, Elena S. Shostak, William K. Quinn, Valerie D. Chervinskaya, Elisa Fioraso, Everett Smith, Christopher J. Kotarsky, Justin A. DeBlauw, Jennifer L. Lloyd, Stephen J. Ives

“…Ten‐year CVD risk was significantly different between groups, with an average risk of 0.8% in the normal lipids group and a risk of 5.4% in the dyslipidemia group (p < 0.001, Cohen's d = 1.260). …”
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Demographics and Haematological Parameters in Patients with Type II Diabetes Mellitus in Uttar Pradesh – A Comparative study by Priyanka Singh, Pradakhshana Vijay, Shaleen Chandra, Sanjay Kumar Singh, Diksha Singh, Priya Devi

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Professional elevators to the Russian political elite by N. A. Yushkina

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Biochemical and antioxidant responses of common carp (Cyprinus carpio) exposed to sublethal concentrations of the antiepileptic and analgesic drug gabapentin by J Blahova, P Mikula, P Marsalek, Z Svobodova

“…In addition, a significant increase in the ferric-reducing power of the plasma was noted in all treated groups. Numerous changes in antioxidant enzymes, superoxide dismutase, catalase, glutathione-S-transferase, as well as lipid peroxidation, were observed especially in the caudal kidney in the group exposed to 100 μg/l. …”
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Outcome of therapy in biopsy proven lupus nephritis with cyclophosphamide or mycophenolate: Registry data from a South Indian tertiary care center by Keerthi Talari, Rajendra Varaprasad Irlapati, Megha Uppin, Liza Rajasekhar

“…Response at the end of induction was noted. Differences between groups were analyzed using Chi-square test. …”
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Analgesic Effects of Preincision Ketamine on Postspinal Caesarean Delivery in Uganda’s Tertiary Hospital: A Randomized Clinical Trial by Richard Mwase, Tonny Stone Luggya, John Mark Kasumba, Humphrey Wanzira, Andrew Kintu, Joesph V. B. Tindimwebwa, Daniel Obua

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Annual Zoledronic Acid for the Treatment of Osteoporosis: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Asif Hussain, Sushil Kumar Saini, Jaydeep Patel, Chandra Prakash Pal, Hemant Singh Chahar, Rohit Yadav

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Case report: Clonal evolution analysis of a rare case of meningioma lung metastases identifies actionable alterations in matched longitudinal tumour samples by Nicola Cosgrove, Orla M. Fitzpatrick, Orla M. Fitzpatrick, Liam Grogan, Liam Grogan, Bryan T. Hennessy, Bryan T. Hennessy, Simon J. Furney, Sinead Toomey

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Forensic characteristics of the offender who committed a criminal offence under Article 206-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine by S. V. Stetsenko

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Durvalumab and tremelimumab in patients with advanced rare cancer: a multi-centre, non-blinded, open-label phase II basket trialResearch in context by Abha A. Gupta, Anna Tinker, Derek Jonker, Rahma Jamal, Hal Hirte, Eric W. Winquist, Quincy Chu, Christian Kollmannsberger, Ralph Wong, Thierry Alcindor, Torsten O. Nielsen, Ming Tsao, Tricia R. Cottrell, Diane Provencher, John Hilton, Monika K. Krzyżanowska, Christine Elser, Sebastien Hotte, Joana Sederias, Siwei Zhang, Wei Tu, Janet Dancey

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Differences of type of foods consumed by households in urban and rural West Java, Indonesia by Annisa Nurhidayati Vieta, Riyadi Hadi

“…Dietary diversity is a critical indicator of food and nutrition security, with a minimum consumption of four food groups shown to lower the risk of malnutrition and related health issues. …”
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