Oral health knowledge, attitude and practices of Bangladeshi female sex workers toward their 7-to-17-years old children: a cross-sectional study by Afia Mahmuda Khan, Sumaiya Zabin Eusufzai, Taseef Hasan Farook, Mehnaj Sharmin, Sabrin Shohid, Lameea Shahed, Tabassum Zerin, Diptendu Kumar Chanda, Sheikh Jamal Hossain, Mohammad Delwer Hossain Hawlader

“…This study aimed to assess the knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) of female sex workers (FSWs) regarding their school-going children’s oral health, as well as the oral health status of these children in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Materials and methods A cross-sectional study was conducted from March 2023 to February 2024 with a sample of 180 FSW mothers/institutional caregivers and their school-going children between ages 7 to 17. …”
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Sterile syringe availability in Georgia pharmacies remained rare, despite policy change permitting sales by Courtney R. Yarbrough, Nora Jaquemet, Siara I. Sitar, Maggie J. Mataczynski, Vega Walke, Natalie D. Crawford, Henry N. Young, Justine W. Welsh

“…We examine sterile syringes sales practices in Georgia pharmacies to PWID following a recent policy change and pharmacists’ cited reasons for these practices. Methods We conducted a telephone survey from October 2020 through May 2021 of one pharmacist (staff or manager) per pharmacy in a sample of Georgia retail pharmacies stratified by urbanicity. …”
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Exploring the self-perceived causes of eating disorders among Chinese social media users with self-reported eating disorders by Jinbo He, Yuchen Zhang, Zhiyuan Liu, Wesley R. Barnhart, Shuqi Cui, Shi’ting Chen, Yuru Fu, Feng Ji, Jason M. Nagata, Shaojing Sun

“…Methods We extracted and analyzed data through content analysis. …”
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ASSOCIATION OF HIGH LIPOPROTEIN(a) LEVELS WITH CORONARY ARTERY PATENCY DURING THE FIRST YEAR AFTER PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTIONS by M. V. Ezhov, M. S. Safarova, Yu. G. Matchin, D. I. Soboleva, O. I. Afanasyeva, S. N. Pokrovsky

“…Functionalclasses III and IV angina have been registered in 337 (67 %) patients; history of one myocardial infarction (MI) was noted in 234 (47 %) cases, 171 (34 %) had experienced 2 or more MIs. Blood samples for lipid and Lp(a) measurements were taken in all the patients. …”
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Immunogenic cell death-related genes as prognostic biomarkers and therapeutic insights in uterine corpus endometrial carcinoma: an integrative bioinformatics analysis by Tianfei Yi, Zhenglun Yang, Peng Shen, Yan Huang

“…While ICD systems have been widely adopted in oncological research, their specific utilization for Uterine Corpus Endometrial Carcinoma (UCEC) investigations has received comparatively little attention.MethodsThe ICD score was assessed using single-sample gene set enrichment analysis (ssGSEA). …”
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Decoding multiple myeloma: single-cell insights into tumor heterogeneity, immune dynamics, and disease progression by Zhenzhen Zhao, Zhijie Zhao, Zhiheng Lin, Lu Fan, Zhikai Xiahou, Yujiang Dong, Weiying Bao

“…Despite therapeutic progress, disease heterogeneity and resistance highlight the need for new strategies targeting the tumor microenvironment and neuroimmune axis.MethodsThis investigation exploited single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) to analyze MM and high-risk smoldering multiple myeloma (SMMh) samples, identifying 11 distinct cell types. …”
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Exploring the impact of pregnancy on cognitive function: a comparative study in a low-income setting by Syed Aman Ali, Muhammad Sualeh, Ghana Raza, Mohammad Sabeeh ul haq, Laiba Hissan, Duaa Zafar, Muhammad Adnan, Syed Kauser Ali

“…Therefore, this study aimed to establish a clear link between cognitive function and pregnancy. Methods A cross-sectional comparative study was conducted at a tertiary care hospital in Karachi, Pakistan with a sample size of 160 participants, divided into two groups of 83 pregnant (aged 25.63 ± 4.22) and 77 nonpregnant women (aged 27.79 ± 3.89). …”
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Hispanic Patients Undergoing Spinal Fusion for Neuromuscular Scoliosis Sustain Health Inequalities by Armando S. Martinez, David Momtaz, Travis Kotzur, Alexandra McLennan, Abdullah Ghali, Farhan Ahmad, Ebubechi Adindu, Alan C. Santiago-Rodriquez, Ali Seifi, Brian Smith

“…Our study aims to identify and describe those demographic factors associated with poor outcomes after spinal fusion with instrumentation in neuromuscular scoliosis to reduce health disparities and improve postoperative outcomes. Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted using Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project data from 2016 to 2020, encompassing a random sample of 20% of procedures in the United States. …”
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COVID‐19 and coworker conflict among emergency medical service clinicians by Gennaro Di Tosto, Halia Melnyk, Jonathan R. Powell, Eben Kenah, Christopher B. Gage, Ashish R. Panchal, Ann Scheck McAlearney

“…Our objective was to evaluate whether changes in the EMS environment during the COVID‐19 pandemic were associated with increased workplace conflict. Methods This evaluation was a cross‐sectional analysis of a random sample of 19,497 national certified EMS clinicians who were selected to receive an electronic survey in April 2022. …”
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Distribution of government health financing benefits among women who delivered in public institutions in Bangladesh: a nationally representative cross-sectional studyResearch in co... by Md. Abdur Rafi, Urby Saraf Anika, Dewan Tasnia Azad, Shafiun Nahin Shimul, Mohammad Jahid Hasan, Md. Golam Hossain

“…The objective of this study was to investigate the distribution of public health financing benefits among women who delivered in public facilities in Bangladesh. Methods: This study was conducted based on the data from the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey (BDHS) 2022, which includes a sample of 3360 women (age 15–49 years) who had a history of institutional delivery during two years preceding the survey. …”
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Adherence to iron-folic acid supplementation and its associated factors among pregnant women in Kenya: A multilevel data analysis of the 2022 Kenyan Demographic and Health Survey. by Gebrie Getu Alemu, Dagnew Getnet Adugna, Amare Mesfin, Muluken Chanie Agimas, Lemlem Daniel Baffa, Habtamu Wagnew Abuhay, Mekuriaw Nibret Aweke, Tewodros Getaneh Alemu, Nebebe Demis Baykemagn

“…Weighted samples of 8,460 participants were used in the analysis. …”
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Arterial stiffness measured by pulse wave velocity correlated with cognitive decline in hypertensive individuals: a systematic review by Botagoz Aimagambetova, Taylor Ariko, Stacy Merritt, Tatjana Rundek

“…The aim of this review is to explore the clinical importance of arterial stiffness for cognitive function in older adults with hypertension. Methods The systematic review was reported following the PRISMA 2020 guidelines and Cochrane protocol and was registered in NIHR PROSPERO. …”
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Effect of Qingjin Huatan decoction on pulmonary function and inflammatory mediators in stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Xuqin Du, Yan Li, Jiansen Wang, Youqin Jiang, Yaji Liu, Dingrong Zhang, Qi Wu, Shouhong Long

“…More rigorously designed, high-quality, multicenter trials are needed to confirm these results.…”
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Applications and Challenges of Advanced Molecular Diagnostics in Clinical Microbiology and Epidemiology: A Literature Review by Ujwala Damineni, Amulya Varshini Banka, Sri Ram Charan Gundapaneni, Neha Narayan, Yethindra Vityala

“…In epidemiology and surveillance, molecular approaches have advanced more rapidly than in clinical use and are recognised for their superior discrimination. …”
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Views of democracy and society and support for political violence in the USA: findings from a nationally representative survey by Garen J. Wintemute, Sonia L. Robinson, Andrew Crawford, Daniel Tancredi, Julia P. Schleimer, Elizabeth A. Tomsich, Paul M. Reeping, Aaron B. Shev, Veronica A. Pear

“…Little is known about the prevalence of beliefs that might lead to political violence, about support for and personal willingness to engage in political violence, and about how those measures vary with individual characteristics, lethality of violence, political objectives that violence might advance, or specific populations as targets. Methods This cross-sectional US nationally representative survey was conducted on May 13 to June 2, 2022, of adult members of the Ipsos KnowledgePanel. …”
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PROBLEMS IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF ANCA-ASSOCIATED SYSTEMIC VASCULITIS: IN THE FOCUS OF ANCA-NEGATIVE PAUCI-IMMUNE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS by T. V. Beketova, N. F. Frolova, E. S. Stolyarevich, M. Yu. Volkov, O. N. Kotenko, E. N. Aleksandrova

“…Based on their own experience, the authors present the clinical and morphological characteristics of patients with ANCA-negative  pauci-immune GN and analyze the data available in the literature.Subjects and methods. This retrospective study included 8 patients with ANCA-negative  pauci-immune GN,  who were followed up at two Russian centers (the Center of Nephrology and the Center of Rheumatology) in 2011 to 2015. …”
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Identification of Carbapenemase within Class 1 Integron Structure in Intrinsically Colistin-resistant Enterobacteriaceae by Negin Bolourchi1, Omid Azizi2, Mahdi Rohani1, Soha Seyyedi Abhari1, Armaghan Soltani Shirazi1, Farzad Badmasti1, 3

“…Here, we characterized carbapenemase resistance genes and their carriage within class 1 integron structures in clinical intrinsically colistin-resistant Enterobacteriaceae. Methods: Clinical samples were collected from six general hospitals in Tehran and Torbat-e-Heydarieh, Iran, from 2018 to 2020. …”
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Protective factors for suicidal ideation and suicide attempts in adolescence: a longitudinal population-based cohort study examining sex differences by Victoria Bakken, Stian Lydersen, Norbert Skokauskas, Anne Mari Sund, Jannike Kaasbøll

“…This study investigated the associations between protective factors in early adolescence and the subsequent outcomes of SI and SA a year later, while also examining sex differences in these associations. Methods This study utilized data from a representative sample at two timepoints, T1 (N = 2464, 50.8% females, mean age = 13.7, SD = 0.6) in 1998 and T2 (N = 2432, 50.4% females, mean age = 14.9, SD = 0.6) one year later, collected as part of the longitudinal Youth and Mental Health Study (YAMHS) in Norway. …”
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Impact of fear of coronavirus disease 2019 on attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder traits associated with depressive symptoms, functional impairment, and low self-esteem in uni... by Tomoko Suzuki, Toshiyuki Ohtani, Michiko Nakazato, Ariuntuul Garidkhuu, Basilua Andre Muzembo, Shunya Ikeda

“…The current study aimed to examine whether the association between ADHD traits and outcomes was partially mediated by fear of COVID-19 using mediation analysis. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in a sample of university students in medical-related faculties (n = 1,166). …”
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Digital, Personalized Clinical Trials Among Older Adults, Lessons Learned From the COVID-19 Pandemic, and Directions for the Future: Aggregated Feasibility Data From Three Trials A... by Lindsay Arader, Danielle Miller, Alexandra Perrin, Frank Vicari, Ciaran P Friel, Elizabeth A Vrany, Ashley M Goodwin, Mark Butler

“…ObjectiveThis study discusses 3 digital, remote, and personalized intervention trials implemented during the pandemic to increase physical activity (2 trials) or to reduce back pain (1 trial). MethodsWe identified measures used for all 3 trials including Fitbit activity monitor use and self-reported participant satisfaction. …”
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