Implementing a rapid cascade training model to enhance laboratory response during the Sudan virus disease outbreak in Uganda, 2022 by Roggers Michael Eilu, Morgan Otita, Daniel Kiiza, Benson Musinguzi, Gerald Aluma, Ronald Ocatre, Claire Nankoma, Andrew Kwiringira, Paddy Mutungi Tukamuhebwa, Dathan Byonanebye, Maureen Kesande, Boneventure Brian Kawere, Ibrahim Mugerwa, Ritah Namusoosa, Atek Kagirita, Thomas Nsibambi, Judith Nanyondo, Amy Boore, Suzan Nabadda, Francis Kakooza, Mohammed Lamorde

“…It boosts laboratory personnel’s confidence in handling high-risk pathogen samples and enhances sample quality. The quick increase in trained laboratory staff in the intervention areas led to more personnel available for quality sample management, reduced fatigue among the initially small team, and consequently, a shorter turnaround time.…”
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Prolonged grief and posttraumatic stress in parents who lost a child in a road traffic accident: A latent class analysis by I. van Dijk, P.A. Boelen, J. de Keijser, L. Reitsma, L.I.M. Lenferink

“…Mothers and those with more self-directed anger were more likely to present with the first symptom pattern. …”
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Mental toughness of youth futsal athletes cimahi city by Arief Anugrah Sendhika Prayoga, Komarudin Komarudin, Mochamad Yamin Saputra, Geraldi Novian

“…Purpose: to determine the mental toughness of teenage futsal athletes in cimahi city. Methods: This research uses descriptive methods with a quantitative approach. …”
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Investigation of dental health and salivary microbiota characteristics of children with visual impairment in Guangzhou, China by Qiong feng, Wengyan Huang, Xuedan Zhao, Ting Sheng, Bo Peng, Si Meng, Weijia Liu, Lihong Ge, Lijing Wang, Janak Lal Pathak, Qianzhou Jiang, Rong Lin, Sujuan Zeng

“…Saliva samples from 20 children with VS and 20 with HS were analysed for oral microbiota. …”
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Machine learning-assisted assessment of extracellular vesicles can monitor cellular rejection after heart transplant by Jacopo Burrello, Stefano Panella, Ilaria Barison, Chiara Castellani, Alessio Burrello, Lorenzo Airale, Jessica Goi, Veronica Dusi, Roberto Frigerio, Gino Gerosa, Chiara Tessari, Nicola Pradegan, Giuseppe Toscano, Giovanni Pedrazzini, Mattia Corianò, Francesco Tona, Sara Bolis, Alessandro Gori, Marina Cretich, Marny Fedrigo, Annalisa Angelini, Lucio Barile

“…This approach holds the potential to reduce reliance on biopsies and tailor immunosuppressive strategies more precisely.…”
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Serum glial fibrillary acidic protein in acute stroke: feasibility to determine stroke-type, timeline and tissue-impact by Julien F. Paul, Julien F. Paul, Julien F. Paul, Célina Ducroux, Célina Ducroux, Célina Ducroux, Célina Ducroux, Pamela Correia, Pamela Correia, Pamela Correia, Audrey Daigneault, Catherine Larochelle, Catherine Larochelle, Catherine Larochelle, Christian Stapf, Christian Stapf, Christian Stapf, Laura C. Gioia, Laura C. Gioia, Laura C. Gioia

“…The aim of this pilot study was to determine the feasibility of biomarker acquisition in suspected acute stroke, using modern ultrasensitive immunoassay techniques, and explore their potential usefulness for stroke diagnosis and management.MethodsIn 62 patients with suspected acute stroke, blood samples were prospectively obtained upon arrival and prior to neuroimaging. …”
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Study of the Effectiveness of Drugs Based on Molecular Complexes of Adenosine-polymer on the Model of Thermal Burn by E. D. Semivelichenko, A. A. Ermolaeva, V. V. Ponomarenko, A. V. Novoselov, G. A. Plisko, D. Yu. Ivkin, V. G. Antonov, V. E. Karev, I. A. Titovich, A. V. Eremin

“…In modern pharmacology, more and more widely used molecular complexes (MC) based on donor-acceptor or, on weaker, intermolecular interactions, to stabilize dosage forms in the composition of pharmaceutical substances or their targeted delivery. …”
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Improvement of alexithymia in patients treated in mental health services for personality disorders: a longitudinal, observational study by Hanna Sayar, Theresa Wilberg, Theresa Wilberg, Ingeborg Ulltveit-Moe Eikenæs, Andreas Ekberg, Andreas Ekberg, Kai Leitemo, Katharina Teresa Enehaug Morken, Katharina Teresa Enehaug Morken, Eileen Oftedal, Eileen Oftedal, Siri Omvik, Dag Anders Ulvestad, Dag Anders Ulvestad, Geir Pedersen, Elfrida Hartveit Kvarstein, Elfrida Hartveit Kvarstein

“…This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of alexithymia among patients in specialized PD mental health services, differences according to PD severity and PD type, and the longitudinal course of alexithymia during treatment.MethodsThe study included 1,019 patients treated in specialized PD treatment units, with 70% of them with personality difficulties above the PD diagnostic threshold [borderline PD, 31%; avoidant PD, 39%; PD not otherwise specified (PD-NOS), 15%; other PDs, 15%; and more than one PD, 24%]. …”
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Generalized Propensity Score Matching with Multilevel Treatment Options by Onur Baser

“… # Objectives This article reviews PSM and illustrates their use when there are more than two treatment choices, which is very common in health services research…”
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Scmaskgan: masked multi-scale CNN and attention-enhanced GAN for scRNA-seq dropout imputation by You Wu, Li Xu, Xiaohong Cong, Hanxiao Li, Yanli Li

“…Additionally, cell-type labels are incorporated as constraints to guide the methods in learning more accurate cellular features. …”
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The study of the pharmacological activity of thick extract from the leaves of Corylus avellana on the model of peripheral vascular thrombophlebitis in rabbit ear by L. M. Maloshtan, A. S. Kalenichenko

“…Histological studies were carried out in accordance with standardized methods of light microscopy for the more detailed assessment of the pathological process intensity in the wall of the vein and its correction study by medication compared with the control group. …”
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Iron status and anaemia of chronic disease in HIV-infected African women in Mangaung, Bloemfontein by Corinna M. Walsh, Zorada Hattingh, Frederick J. Veldman, Christina J. Bester

“…The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of HIV status on iron status, more specifically to investigate the nutritional health of women between 25 and 44 years of age. …”
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The Possibilities of Modern Ultrasound Scanning in Uveal Melanoma Extrascleral Growth Detection by A. G. Amiryan, S. V. Saakyan, G. P. Zakharova, A. Yu. Tsygankov

“…To determine the possibilities of modern ultrasound methods in the detection of uveal melanoma (UM) extrascleral growth (EG).Patients and methods. …”
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Classifying detrital zircon U-Pb age distributions using automated machine learning by Jack W. Fekete, Glenn R. Sharman, Xiao Huang

“…We propose that machine learning (ML) can more efficiently classify a sample by its source using detrital zircon U-Pb age distributions. …”
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Studying the Physicochemical and Biological Properties of Hydrogels Based on Laponite and Modified Chitosan through the Substitution of the Amino Group by Maryam Nezadi, Hamid Keshvari, Fatemeh Shokrolahi, Parvin Shokrollahi

“…However, the higher percentage of cell viability in the QCS3 sample makes it more suitable for biological applications. …”
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Ames Assay Transferred from the Microtiter Plate to the Planar Assay Format by Katharina Schmidtmann, Johanna Lemme, Gertrud E. Morlock

“…It thus would provide a more selective detection of mutagens in complex mixtures and allow testing of large sample volumes or concentrated samples without matrix interference.…”
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Metabolic pathways mediating insulin resistance and gestational diabetes mellitus discovered by high-dimensional systematic Mendelian randomization by Wei Chen, Mingjuan Luo, Jingyi Guo, Suna Wang, Dandan Yan, Xiaohui Feng, Yunting Huang, Tao Zeng, Li Shen, Rong Zhang, Jing Yan, Cheng Hu, Weituo Zhang, Xiangtian Yu

“…Conclusions These results indicated that targeting specific metabolic pathways through dietary intervention is worth exploring as a possible GDM prevention approach, and hdsMR is more efficient in finding causal mediating metabolic pathways than traditional MR methods.…”
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How aromatic dissolved organic matter differs in competitiveness against organic micropollutant adsorption by Qi Wang, Oliver J. Lechtenfeld, Luuk C. Rietveld, Jonas Schuster, Mathias Ernst, Roberta Hofman-Caris, Jan Kaesler, Chunmiao Wang, Min Yang, Jianwei Yu, Frederik Zietzschmann

“…Although the aromaticity-related metrics, such as UV254, of low MW DOM were proposed to correlate with DOM competitiveness, the method suffers from limitations in understanding the interplay of polarity and aromaticity in determining DOM competitiveness. …”
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The association between sleep disturbances and tooth loss among post-stroke patients by Eliana Lottenberg VAGO, Cristina FRANGE, Giuliano DA PAZ OLIVEIRA, Maria Ligia JULIANO, Marco Antônio MACHADO, Fernando Morgadinho Santos COELHO

“…Half of our sample had lost between 9 and 31 teeth, and more than 25% had edentulism. …”
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Usage of complementary and alternative medicine in women with urinary incontinence at a hospital in Turkey by İlknur Gökşin, Güler Duru Aşiret, Cemile Kütmeç Yılmaz

“…The study sample consisted of female patients that were aged 18 and above. …”
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