Parents’ Educational Background and Child’s Learned Skills Are More Predictive for a Positive School Career than Earlier Parenting Behavior or Child’s Mental Health—Results from an... by Beate Muschalla, Ann-Katrin Job, Wolfgang Schulz

“…<b>Background/Objectives</b>: Developmental research has shown that mental health and functioning is determined by social background and child and family characteristics. …”
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Serum electrolytes levels in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a cross-sectional study by Shridhar Reshma, Sushith Sushith, Mangalore Balakrishna Prathima, D'Sa Janice, Gopal R Madan, Pragathi Gowda, Kiran PK Kumar, Mohandas Rai, Bhuvanesh Sukhlal Kalal

“…Of 148 diagnosed T2DM cases, 74 were had RBS level &gt;300mg/dL (group-1) and 74 had RBS&nbsp;level &le;300mg/dL (group-2). …”
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Activity tracking devices in pregnancy: Understanding the participant experience in a longitudinal birth cohort by Ashley Redding, Dionne Coates, Andrea E. Cassidy-Bushrow, Jennifer K. Straughen, Sara Santarossa

“…Results: The majority of focus group participants identified as Black, were between 20 and 29 years of age, and had positive feelings about the Fitbit, finding it usable and functional. …”
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Heart rate variability in patients with chronic rheumatic heart disease by V. S. Petrov

“…The patients with CRHD had lower values of the ANS tone in comparison with patients with other acquired heart valve disease. …”
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The Impact of Trachomatous Trichiasis on Quality of Life: A Case Control Study. by Esmael Habtamu, Tariku Wondie, Sintayehu Aweke, Zerihun Tadesse, Mulat Zerihun, Zebideru Zewudie, Wondimu Gebeyehu, Kelly Callahan, Paul M Emerson, Hannah Kuper, Robin L Bailey, David C W Mabey, Saul N Rajak, Sarah Polack, Helen A Weiss, Matthew J Burton

“…Comparisons were made using linear regression adjusted for age, sex and socioeconomic status. Trichiasis cases had substantially lower VRQoL than controls on all subscales (overall eyesight, visual symptom, general functioning and psychosocial, p<0.0001), even in the sub-group with normal vision (p<0.0001). …”
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Unusual presentation of a patient with partial anomalous pulmonary venous connections without a septal defect: a case report and literature review by Pouya Ebrahimi, Mohammad Hossein Mandegar, Mehrdad Jafari Fesharaki, Negar Ghasemloo, Pedram Ramezani, Tooba Akbari, Fatemeh Naderi

“…Case Presentation The patient was a 58-year-old woman who presented with chest pain and dyspnea, New York Heart Association Functional Class (NYHA FC) II, which had started 2 years before. …”
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Health-Related Quality of Life Among Patients Who Have Survived an Episode of Sepsis in the United States: A Systematic Review by Sanjukta Basu, Ziyan J. Wei, Atara Laor, Liga Bennetts, Nina Ahmad, Antoine C. El Khoury, Jeroen Geurtsen, Maureen P. Neary

“…Studies examined the effects of sepsis on the following outcomes of interest: HRQoL (4 studies), physical functioning (5 studies), cognitive status (3 studies), and psychological well-being (3 studies). …”
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Recurrence of atrial fibrillation and late cardiovascular events in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation after restoration of sinus rhythm by U.P. Chernyaha-Royko, N.S. Pavlyk, M.S. Sorokivskyy, A.V. Aker, O.J. Zharinov

“…Patients with and without events had no significant differences in age, gender, weight, risk factors, HM ECG data and background pathology. …”
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Comparison of thrombodynamic methods and routine hemostasis tests in the evaluation of hypercoagulable syndrome in chronic glomerulonephritis by Natalia V. Chebotareva, Evgenia A. Kharionovskaya, Evgenia A. Biryukova, Svetlana A. Berns, Tatiana A. Vuimo

“…The study included 94 patients with active CGN who were not receiving anticoagulant therapy; 63 (80.3%) patients had NS, and 31 (19.7%) had active CGN without NS. …”
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The effect of physical exercise on circulating neurotrophic factors in healthy aged subjects: A meta-analysis and meta-regression by Samira Behrad, Seyed Ashkan Tabibzadeh Dezfuli, Reza Yazdani, Saeed Hayati, Sanaz Mirzayan Shanjani

“…Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), and insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) may help the brain resist both functional and structural neurodegeneration, which is critical for maintaining cognitive and neurological health in older adults. …”
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Validation of the Turkish version of the knee Osteoarthritis outcome score -child questionnaire by Ahmet Onur Akpolat, Onur Gultekin, Halil Ibrahim Arikan, Ahmet Eren Sen, Bekir Eray Kilinc

“…Conclusion The Turkish KOOS-Child questionnaire exhibits excellent reliability and validity, serving as a practical tool for assessing pediatric knee health, particularly in capturing pain and functional limitations.…”
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Nutritional status, psychological status and quality of life of adolescents in selected childcare institutions in the Galle district of Sri Lanka by LTK De Zilva, Eric De Zoysa

“…The majority of the participants had mild to extremely severe depression (n = 224, 70%), and half of the participants experienced anxiety (n = 166, 51.9%). …”
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Correlations between Steady-State Pattern Electroretinogram and Humphrey Visual Field Analyzer Global Indices and Their Associations with Retinal Ganglion Cell Layer-Inner Plexifor... by Andrew Tirsi, Vasiliki Gliagias, Daniel Zhu, Benny Wong, Rohun Gupta, Sung Chul Park, Stephen Obstbaum, Celso Tello

“…The purpose of this study was to investigate the utility of steady state pattern electroretinogram (ss-PERG) in detecting retinal ganglion cell (RGC) dysfunction in glaucoma suspects (GS) who had normal 24-2 Humphrey Visual Fields (HFA). Materials and Methods. …”
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Effectiveness of interactive voice response-call for life mHealth tool on adherence to anti-retroviral therapy among young people living with HIV: A randomized trial in Uganda. by Agnes Bwanika Naggirinya, David B Meya, Maria Sarah Nabaggala, Grace Banturaki, Agnes Kiragga, Joseph Rujumba, Peter Waiswa, Rosalind Parkes-Ratanshi

“…<h4>Results</h4>A total of 206 participants were recruited and randomized; the mean age was 22.5(SD±1.9) years and 81% (167/206) were female. The intervention had 78.6% (81/103), females, while the standard of care had 83.5% (86/103). …”
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Proteomics mapping of cord blood identifies haptoglobin "switch-on" pattern as biomarker of early-onset neonatal sepsis in preterm newborns. by Catalin S Buhimschi, Vineet Bhandari, Antonette T Dulay, Unzila A Nayeri, Sonya S Abdel-Razeq, Christian M Pettker, Stephen Thung, Guomao Zhao, Yiping W Han, Matthew Bizzarro, Irina A Buhimschi

“…We sought to explore the cord blood proteome and identify biomarkers and functional protein networks characterizing EONS in preterm newborns.…”
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6-Methoxyflavone inhibits glycolytic energy metabolism in HeLa cells by Chaihong Zhang, Lihong Chen

“…Results TMT and PRM proteomics, as well as untargeted and targeted metabolomics results, showed that 6-methoxyflavone downregulated the expression levels of glycolysis-related proteins and metabolites in HeLa cells, and that the structures and functions of glycolysis-related genes and proteins in the cytoplasm underwent changes. 6-Methoxyflavone had a good affinity for nine glycolysis-related proteins, all of which had non-covalent interaction sites. …”
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KETERKAITAN KEASLIAN (AUTHENTICITY) OBJEK WISATA TERHADAP KETERIKATAN TEMPAT (PLACE ATTACHMENT) PENGUNJUNG by Syam Rachma Marcillia

“…The result showed that the Keraton had a higher number of visitors than the Monjali. …”
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A phase II study of neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by organ preservation in patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer by Chinna Babu Dracham, Narendra Kumar, Santosh Kumar, Arun Elangovan, Budhi Singh Yadav, Ravimohan S. Mavuduru, Anupam Lal, Pramod K. Gupta, Rakesh Kapoor

“…Five (12.5%) patients who had PR <50%, SD, or PD underwent RC. All patients who received radiation showed CR after 6 weeks. …”
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Assessment of the Quality of Smartphone-Based Applications and Games for Teaching Medical Terminology Using the Mobile Application Rating Scale (MARS) by Seyyedeh Fatemeh Mousavi Baigi, Reyhaneh Norouzi Aval, Masoumeh Sarbaz, Khalil Kimiafar

“…Aesthetics (mean: 2.56) and mental quality of the program (mean: 2.58) had the lowest scores. Two applications offered data privacy, and four had privacy statements. …”
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Comparative clinical and economic analysis of the use of symptomatic slow-acting drugs containing glucosamine sulfate in patients with Stage II gonarthrosis during outpatient care by I. V. Sarvilina, Yu. S. Prokofyeva

“…The patients of both groups had a cycle of therapy with a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (nimesulide) at a dose of 100 mg twice daily for 15 days.Results and discussion. …”
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