The Factors Affectıng The Effıcıency Of Contınuous Ambulatory Perıtoneal Dıalysıs In Chıldren by Deniz Ökdemir, Nilgün Çakar, Irfan Oğuz Şahin

“…Dialysis fill volume, intraperitoneal pressure and ultrafiltration (UF) are important variables that determine dialysis efficiency. We aimed to investigate the factors affecting dialysis efficiency and to determine necessities to develop a more effective dialysis program. …”
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“Service” versus “Education” in Anesthesiology: Domain Classification of Activities Based on Perceptions from Learners and Teachers by Li J, Lin HM, Yanez ND, He Z, Treggiari MM, Kurup V

“…Learning climate factors (fatigue, excessive caseload, etc) adversely affects the perception of educational value in learners more significantly than in teachers.Conclusion: There is disparity in the perception of educational value for various training activities between learners and teachers. …”
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Genetic landscape of Romanian children with inborn errors of immunity via gene panels, exome, and genome sequencing by Cristina-Loredana Pantea, Mihaela Bataneant, Cristian G. Zimbru, Bogdan Dragulescu, Catalin Vasile Munteanu, Adela Chirita-Emandi

“…NGS gene panels were used in 43/92 (46.7%) patients, WES in 29 (31.5%), while WGS in 20 (21.7%). Twelve patients had more than one genetic test. Most frequent genes with Disease-causing variants identified were: JAGN1(5 patients) and AIRE(3). …”
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Detection of pulmonary tuberculosis through mobile X-ray based active case-finding in Pakistan: a retrospective analysis from programmatic screening of 1 214 289 individuals from 2... by Andrew Copas, Hanif Esmail, Jacob Creswell, Saira Khowaja, Aamir Khan, Syed Mohammad Asad Zaidi

“…Yield of TB detected from screening was highly variable between regions of Pakistan, ranging from 70 to 678 per 100 000 B+ and 76 to 1136 per 100 000 for AF–TB. …”
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Personalized Predictions for Changes in Knee Pain Among Patients With Osteoarthritis Participating in Supervised Exercise and Education: Prognostic Model Study by Mahdie Rafiei, Supratim Das, Mohammad Bakhtiari, Ewa Maria Roos, Søren T Skou, Dorte T Grønne, Jan Baumbach, Linda Baumbach

“…To refine the number of variables, we evaluated the variable importance and applied clinical reasoning. …”
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The impact of environmental tax reform on industrial green development: evidence from China by Zhaoyang Lu, Diao Gou, Lanqin Yang, Ziyue Wu, Hailong Feng

“…According to mechanism testing, the policy effect is communicated through a decrease in the degree of resource misallocation and more investment in green innovation. These findings are robust across alternative model specifications and variable definitions.DiscussionThis study offers new insights into how environmental tax policies contribute to sustainable industrial transformation. …”
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Treatment of wrist stiffness through posture orthosis and active exercise: A case report by Paolo Boccolari, Mario Lando, Lucia Zingarello, Leonardo Monzani Vecchi, Roberto Tedeschi, Danilo Donati

“…Introduction: Wrist fractures, particularly the distal radius, can result in significant stiffness and hand dysfunction if not mobilized early. The variable immobilization period post-fracture depends on fracture type, location, stability, and surgical intervention. …”
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Mean field limits of co-evolutionary signed heterogeneous networks by Marios Antonios Gkogkas, Christian Kuehn, Chuang Xu

“…In reality, network connections are far more dynamic. Connections among individuals receive feedback from nearby individuals and make changes to better adapt to the world. …”
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Expanding a Health Technology Solution to Address Therapist Challenges in Implementing Homework With Adult Clients: Mixed Methods Study by Brian E Bunnell, Kaitlyn R Schuler, Julia Ivanova, Lea Flynn, Janelle F Barrera, Jasmine Niazi, Dylan Turner, Brandon M Welch

“… BackgroundHomework is implemented with variable effectiveness in real-world therapy settings, indicating a need for innovative solutions to homework challenges. …”
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Investigating the Thermal Runaway Characteristics of the Prismatic Lithium Iron Phosphate Battery Under a Coupled Charge Rate and Ambient Temperature by Jikai Tian, Zhenxiong Wang, Lingrui Kong, Fengyang Xu, Xin Dong, Jun Shen

“…These findings collectively demonstrate the imperative for next-generation battery management systems integrating real-time ambient temperature compensation with adaptive C-rate control, fundamentally advancing beyond conventional single-variable thermal regulation strategies. Intelligent adaptation is critical for mitigating thermal runaway risks in LFP battery operations.…”
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Robustly measuring multimorbidity using disparate linked datasets by Regina Prigge, Kelly J. Fleetwood, Caroline A. Jackson, Stewart W. Mercer, Paul AT Kelly, Cathie Sudlow, John D. Norrie, Daniel R. Morales, Daniel J. Smith, Bruce Guthrie

“…Abstract Background Measurement of multimorbidity, the co-occurrence of two or more conditions in the same individual, is highly variable which limits the consistency and reproducibility of research. …”
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Modeling of soil salinity in Rheris Oasis (Southeastern of Morocco) using satellite spectral indices by Ait Lahssaine Ismail, Kabiri Lahcen, Messaoudi Badre, El Hafyani Mohammed, Essafraoui Badre, Kadiri Abdelhakim, El Ouali Mohamed, Canas Kurz Edgardo, Hellriegel Ulrich, Kretzschmar Helen Alice, Hoinkis Jan

“…The spatio-temporal distribution of saline soils in Rheris Oasis is very variable. The monthly variations are more important than the annual ones.…”
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Assessment of Functional Capacity of Immune System in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis using QuantiFERON Monitor by Zbysek Pavelek, Ondrej Soucek, Jan Krejsek, Ilona Sejkorova, Oldrich Vysata, Blanka Klimová, Francesco Angelucci, Pavel Stourac, Martin Valis, Marek Peterka, Lukáš Sobisek, Michal Novotny

“…We hypothesized that IFN-γ levels would be lower in those subjects who are relatively more immunosuppressed and higher in those with normal or activated immune function. …”
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Rationale and design of the CardioMEMS Post‐Market Multinational Clinical Study: COAST by Martin R. Cowie, Pascal deGroote, Scott McKenzie, Marie‐Elena Brett, Philip B. Adamson, the CardioMEMS Post‐Market Study Investigators

“…The results may support the more widespread implementation of this novel clinical management approach.…”
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Damask Rose Aromatherapy and the Anxiety of Endoscopic Candidate Patients: A Clinical Trial by Maryam Mirzaee Jirdehi, Arezoo Monfared, Fariborz Mansour Ghanaei, Ehsan Kazemnezhad Leili

“…So it seems that the hospitalization variable did not affect post-intervention anxiety. …”
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Not just money: what mothers value in conditional cash transfer programs in India by David Bishai, Krishna D Rao, Shivani Kachwaha, Avril Kaplan

“…Mothers who had low utilisation of health services, and those from poor households, valued the cash transfer and the health benefit significantly more than others.Conclusion Both cash transfers and the perceived health benefit from services are highly valued, particularly by infrequent service users. …”
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Novel, in-natural-infection subdominant HIV-1 CD8+ T-cell epitopes revealed in human recipients of conserved-region T-cell vaccines. by Nicola Borthwick, Zhansong Lin, Tomohiro Akahoshi, Anuska Llano, Sandra Silva-Arrieta, Tina Ahmed, Lucy Dorrell, Christian Brander, Hayato Murakoshi, Masafumi Takiguchi, Tomáš Hanke

“…In HIV-1-positive patients, CD8+ T-cell responses predominantly recognize immunodominant, but hypervariable and therefore less protective epitopes. The less variable, more protective epitopes in conserved regions are typically subdominant. …”
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Association Between Early Exposure to General Anesthesia and Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Case Control Study by Abbas Sedighinejad, Maryam Kousha, Soheil Soltanipour, Erfan Vakili, Novin Naderi, Gelareh Biazar, Mahin Tayefeh Ashrafiyeh

“…Accordingly, children with a history of receiving anesthesia were 1.47 times more likely to develop autism. Conclusion: Early exposure to general anesthesia might be a risk factor for later development of autism. …”
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Diagnostic potential of monocyte subsets, TNF-α, and IL-6 in pediatric celiac disease: A case-control study by Naglaa Makram Farag, Noura Elbakry, Mahmoud Mousa, Mohamed S. Hemeda, Zamzam Hassan Mohamed

“…Results: Monocytes are more prevalent in CD patients than in controls. In the case group, the average level of monocyte CD14+/CD16+ and CD14–/CD16+ was much higher than in the control group of CD patients (P-value <0.001). …”
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Years of life lost due to diseases of the digestive system in Poland according to socioeconomic factors: a cross-sectional study by Paulina Paciej-Gołębiowska, Małgorzata Pikala, Irena Maniecka-Bryła

“…For each socioeconomic variable, the rate ratio (RR) was calculated as the quotient of YLLs in the less privileged group to the more privileged group.Results Among the categories of marital status, the smallest YLL values (per 10 000) were recorded among singles (men: 100.63 years in 2002, 121.10 years in 2011; women: 26.99, 33.33, respectively), and the most among divorced men (657.87, 689.32) and widowed women (173.97, 169.46). …”
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