Medical Students “The Night Owls”: Cross-Sectional Analysis of the Sleep Habits of Medical Undergraduates of an Institute in Northern India by Navneet Kumar Kaushik, Anju Sharma

“…Literature suggests college students are an at-risk population for sleep deprivation; hence, the present research was undertaken to assess the sleep habits of medical student population. Materials and Methods: The present cross-sectional study was carried out on a convenient sample of apparently healthy medical students at an institute in Northern India. …”
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Assessing the effects of long-COVID on mental health in the United States: a population based study by Anusua Datta

“…Methods We utilize the Household Pulse Survey data, which provides the first population-based sample on the prevalence of long-COVID, beginning with its June 2022 wave. …”
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Deep learning health space model for ordered responses by Chanhee Lee, Taesung Park

“…Abstract Background As personalized medicine becomes more prevalent, the objective measurement and visualization of an individual’s health status are becoming increasingly crucial. …”
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Differential factors in the evaluation of the Palestinian administrative system of response to domestic violence by Naeem Salameh, Fayez Mahamid, Denise Ziya Berte

“…Methods The study sample included 608 adult respondents living in the West Bank of Palestine. …”
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Evaluation of COX-2 expression in renal cell carcinoma and its correlation with clinicopathological factors: a tissue microarray study by G.A.R Ashour, W Said

“…Patients and Methods: The present series consisted of tissue samples obtained from 47 patients (30 patients were males and 17 were females). …”
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TUBARIAL ORGAN-LIKE GLANDULAR TISSUE – A COMPARATIVE HISTOLOGY STUDY IN HUMANS AND CANINES by Bistra Blagova, Lyubomir Hristakiev, Lina Malinova

“…Almost similar findings were observed in the canine samples. Conclusion: The description of the "tubarial glands" in humans, and confirmed in another biological species, sparked a scientific interest which opened the door to further digging into the thrust area with more evidence from different studies. …”
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Students’ attitudes toward euthanasia and abortion: a cross-cultural study in three Mediterranean countries by Ivana Tutić Grokša, Ana Depope, Tijana Trako Poljak, Igor Eterović, Toni Buterin, Robert Doričić, Mariana Gensabella, Maria Laura Giacobello, Josip Guć, Eleni Kalokairinou, Željko Kaluđerović, Iva Rinčić, Ivana Zagorac, Miltiadis Vantsos, Amir Muzur

“…As part of the scientific research project EuroBioMed, we compared the attitudes of students from three Mediterranean countries towards abortion and euthanasia and examined them from the perspective of Mediterranean bioethics. Methods A pen-to-paper survey was conducted on a convenient sample of students (N = 1097) from five universities and four fields of study (Medicine, Law, Theology and Philosophy) in Croatia, Greece and Italy to investigate their attitudes towards abortion and euthanasia. …”
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The interplay of coping styles and optimism/pessimism in shaping mental health in long-term survivors of malignant melanoma: a register-based cohort study by Judith Hirschmiller, Tamara Schwinn, Sabine Fischbeck, Ana Nanette Tibubos, Jörg Wiltink, Rüdiger Zwerenz, Sylke R. Zeissig, Elmar Brähler, Manfred E. Beutel, Mareike Ernst

“…Methods The registry-based study included 689 survivors of malignant melanoma. …”
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Deep margin elevation: a systematic review by Z. S. Khabadze, I. V. Bagdasarova, E. S. Shilyaeva, A. P. Kotelnikova, D. A. Nazarova, Yu. A. Bakayev, S. M. Abdulkerimova

“…Portion of direct restoration placed only at the deep apical part of the cavity to elevate the margin to a more coronal and more adequate position for final cementation of indirect restoration.Materials and methods. …”
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Comparing the effects of smartphone-based and face-to-face education on the quality of life and coping skills among patients with multiple sclerosis: A randomized controlled trial by Elahe Baharian, Shahla Abolhassani, Arash Najimi, Fereshteh Ashtari

“…Face-to-face (F2F) education is effective and practical as it allows for more engagement and active learning. The use of mobile health technology to enhance health is now an excellent potential to establish a more efficient health system. …”
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Analysis of key volatile flavor substances in boiled spicy pork slices during different cooking and processing stages by YANG Qian, JIA Hongfeng, ZHANG Miao, HUANG Jia

“…The OAVs of nonanal, D-limonene, (E)-2-nonenal, and (E, E)-2,4-decadienal in some samples were more than 100, and the OAVs of camphene and linalool in some samples were more than 50. …”
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Deep-learning based colorectal cancer pathological analysis with hyperspectral light field microscopy by Hao Sheng, Yingying Zhang, Ruixuan Cong, Shuai Wang, Da Yang, Zhenglong Cui, Xuefei Huang, Rongshan Chen, Jiapeng Liu, Wei Ke, Weifeng Lv

“…Summary: 5D hyperspectral light field (H-LF) integrates multi-angular and multi-spectral observation, offering a comprehensive opportunity to capture more detailed information from biological samples. …”
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The attitudes of medical students towards rare diseases: A cross-sectional study by Medić Branislava, Divac Nevena, Stopić Bojan, Savić-Vujović Katarina, Glišić Andreja, Cerovac Nataša, Stojanović Radan, Srebro Dragana, Prostran Milica

“…We aimed to assess knowledge and attitudes of the 3rd and 6th year medical students towards the treatment of rare diseases in Serbia. Methods. In this cross-sectional study, two samples of students were questioned for a survey: 350/446 (78.48%) students of the 3rd year, and 242/517 (46.81%) students of the 6th year. …”
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Changes in grocery shopping behaviour among low-income households during the COVID-19 pandemic by Angela CB Trude, Caitlin M Lowery, Gabriela M Vedovato, Shahmir H Ali, Josephine M Dudzik

“…Design: In this mixed-methods study, participants completed a survey on online grocery shopping, and a purposefully sampled subset participated in focus groups or in-depth interviews between November 2020 and March 2021. …”
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How Has the Age-Related Process of Overweight or Obesity Development Changed over Time? Co-ordinated Analyses of Individual Participant Data from Five United Kingdom Birth Cohorts. by William Johnson, Leah Li, Diana Kuh, Rebecca Hardy

“…Utilizing longitudinal data in the United Kingdom birth cohort studies, we investigated shifts over the past nearly 70 years in the distribution of body mass index (BMI) and development of overweight or obesity across childhood and adulthood.<h4>Methods and findings</h4>The sample comprised 56,632 participants with 273,843 BMI observations in the 1946 Medical Research Council National Survey of Health and Development (NSHD; ages 2-64 years), 1958 National Child Development Study (NCDS; 7-50), 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS; 10-42), 1991 Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC; 7-18), or 2001 Millennium Cohort Study (MCS; 3-11). …”
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Lactobacillus acidophilus alleviate Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium-induced murine inflammatory/oxidative responses via the p62-Keap1-Nrf2 signaling pathway and cecal micro... by Haihua Li, Xinyi Ma, Zhiyuan Shang, Xuejiao Liu, Jiayun Qiao

“…Typhimurium) infection can cause inflammation and oxidative stress in the body, leading to gastroenteritis, fever and other diseases in humans and animals. More and more studies have emphasized the broad prospects of probiotics in improving inflammation and oxidative stress, but the ability and mechanism of Lactobacillus acidophilus (LA) to alleviate the inflammatory/oxidative reaction caused by pathogens are still unclear.Methods and resultsIn this study, we treated the mice with LA for 14 days, infected them with S. …”
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Clinical inertia and treatment intensification among patients with type ii diabetes mellitus at Debre Tabor comprehensive specialized hospital, Ethiopia: an institutional-based cro... by Samuel Berihun Dagnew, Samuel Agegnew Wondm, Getachew Yitayew Tarekegn, Abebe Tarekegn Kassaw, Tilaye Arega Moges

“…Age, glycemic control, medication non-adherence, treatment fee, and number of medications were found to be strongly correlated with clinical inertia. More precise knowledge of the clinical inertia and the associated therapies is necessary to tackle this issue more effectively.…”
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Similar biogeographic patterns of abundant and rare bacterial communities are driven by distinct assembly mechanisms in grassland soils by Sihao Zhu, Bai Yue, Kun Liu, Ning Zhao

“…However, how community assembly mechanisms regulate biogeographic patterns in rare and abundant bacterial communities remains unclear. Methods Soil samples of 16 grassland habitats across the Inner Mongolian Plateau and Qinghai‐Tibet Plateau (QTP) transects were collected to investigate the variation of β‐diversity in rare taxa (RT) and abundant taxa (AT). …”
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Clinical and hemodynamic characteristics of patients with intermediate coronary lesions selected for elective percutaneous coronary intervention by M.V. Stan, К.О. Mikhaliev, A.V. Khokhlov, O.J. Zharinov, B.M. Todurov

“…The enrolled sample included 74 (60.2 %) patients with an assessment of ICA-derived fractional flow reserve (FFR). …”
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Comprehensive analysis of a-and b-thalassemia genotypes and hematologic phenotypes by Heng Wang, Hai Huang, Yaping Chen, Xie Dan, Bangquan An, Shengwen Huang

“…However, there are few large-sample studies on the correlation between genotypes and phenotypes in Guizhou Province. …”
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