Antibiogram of Bacteria Isolated from Bloodstream Infection-Suspected Patients at the University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital in Northwest Ethiopia: A Retrospective... by Minichil Worku, Tigist Molla, Desie Kasew, Muluneh Assefa, Alene Geteneh, Melak Aynalem, Mucheye Gizachew, Sirak Biset

“…As a result, data on bacterial profile and their antibiogram are essential for strategies to contain drug resistance, improve the quality of patient care, and strengthen health systems. Methods. Retrospective data from bacteriological results of blood samples of BSI-suspected patients from 2018 to 2021 were collected using a data collection sheet. …”
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Tako‐Tsubo Cardiomyopathy in Severe Sepsis: Nationwide Trends, Predictors, and Outcomes by Saraschandra Vallabhajosyula, Abhishek J. Deshmukh, Kianoush Kashani, Abhiram Prasad, Ankit Sakhuja

“…Background There are limited data on the presentation of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TTC) in severe sepsis. Methods and Results This was a retrospective cohort study using the National Inpatient Sample database (2007–2013) of all adults with severe sepsis. …”
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Status and opportunities of machine learning applications in obstructive sleep apnea: A narrative review by Matheus Lima Diniz Araujo, Trevor Winger, Samer Ghosn, Carl Saab, Jaideep Srivastava, Louis Kazaglis, Piyush Mathur, Reena Mehra

“…Conclusion: Our findings highlight the need for more inclusive research approaches, starting with adequate data collection in terms of sample size and bias mitigation for better generalizability of machine learning models in OSA research. …”
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Aerobic bacteria study, clinical spectrum, and outcome of patients with community-acquired multidrug-resistant pathogens by Chandra Sekhar Talari Sree, Ravi Shankar Calerappa, Geethanjali Anke

“…Settings and Design: A single-center prospective cohort study for two years undertaken during the study period of March 2022 to 31 October 2023. Materials and Methods: All clinical samples of 402 patients diagnosed microbiologically as community-acquired infections were included. …”
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The effect of embodied learning on students’ learning performance: A meta-analysis by Zhiwei Liu, Haode Zuo, Yan Zhao, Yongjing Lu

“…It also seeks to explore variations based on moderators such as discipline, educational level, experiment period, sample size, region, learning approach, embodied level and type.MethodsA meta-analysis was conducted on 46 studies (66 effect sizes) published between 2010 and 2025. …”
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Perception of altered smile esthetics among Moroccan professionals and lay people by L. Ousehal, H. Aghoutan, S. Chemlali, I. Filali Anssari, N. Talic

“…Conclusions: In this sample, Moroccan dentists evaluate smile esthetic alterations more critically than Moroccan lay people. …”
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Storage and purification adaptations for the isolation of total RNA from the dura mater by Maria Rosana de Souza Ferreira, André Pukey Oliveira Galvão, Marcelo Moraes Valença, Danyelly Bruneska Gondim Martins

“…Objective To test stock reagents and purification kits, optimizing commercial kit protocols for RNA extraction from the dura mater. Methods Dura mater samples were obtained from eight Wistar rats and maintained in two different stabilizers. …”
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Eco-friendly electrospun fibers from marshmallow root mucilage and polyvinyl Alcohol: Enhanced performance for sustainable applications by Marzieh Rownaghi, Mahdi Keramat Jahromi, Ahmadreza Esfandiari, Mehrdad Niakousari

“…XRD analysis revealed enhanced crystallinity and a more ordered molecular structure in the 7:1 sample. …”
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Socio-economic position, area-level deprivation and gradients in cancer incidence: England and Wales, 1971–2016 by Robert A. Hiatt, Wei Xun, Eduardo J. Santiago-Rodríguez, Jitka Pikhartova, Nicola Shelton

“…Abstract Background Social gradients for cancer mortality and survival have been reported but are less clear for cancer incidence where social factors external to health care systems are likely to be of more etiologic importance. Methods We examined social gradients in cancer incidence using data from the Office for National Statistics Longitudinal Study (ONS-LS), which selects an approximately 1.1% representative sample of the population of England and Wales. …”
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Assessment of insomnia and sleep quality among medical students-benghazi university: A cross-sectional study by Rabha A El Sahly, Abdelnasir M Ahmed, Salah Eldin A. Amer, Khaled D Alsaeiti

“…More than half the sample (52.7%) were sleeping alone, 44.7% were sharing a room with a roommate, and 2.7% were married . …”
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Derived cannabinoid product availability among online vape shops by Nora Satybaldiyeva, Raquel Harati, Tomas Mejorado, Nicolas Morales, Gustavo Benitez, Shannon E. Ellis, Karen Ferran, Eric C. Leas

“…Objectives: To determine the proportion of online vape shops that offer derived cannabinoid products in a large metropolitan area (San Diego, California), measure their compliance with state hemp regulations, and estimate whether these shops receive more website traffic compared to those that offered nicotine or tobacco. …”
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Sensing the Changes in Stratum Corneum Using Fourier Transform Infrared Microspectroscopy and Hyperspectral Data Processing by Krzysztof Banas, Agnieszka M. Banas, Giorgia Pastorin, Ngai Mun Hong, Shikhar Gupta, Katarzyna Dziedzic-Kocurek, Mark B. H. Breese

“…Additionally, the exploration of spectral filtering methods enhances the precision of the analysis, paving the way for more refined and reliable investigations of skin structure and behavior in future research.…”
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Evaluating the Microstructure and Bioaccessibility of Bioactive Compounds and Antioxidant Activity After the Dehydration of Red Cabbage by Nicol Mejias, Antonio Vega-Galvez, Alexis Pasten, Elsa Uribe, Ana Andrés, Sara Muñoz-Pina, Kateryna Khvostenko, Purificación García-Segovia

“…Specifically, the bioaccessibility of TPC in IRD-dried samples was remarkably higher than that of FD- and LTVD-dried samples, although the latter two proved more TAC and TGC bioaccessible, respectively. …”
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COVID-19 and smoking in Russia: how are hospitalizations, course, and outcomes of coronavirus infection related to tobacco use? by M. G. Gambaryan, M. G. Chashchin, A. V. Kontsevaya, A. Yu. Gorshkov, O. M. Drapkina

“…To study the relationship between the level of hospitalizations, se­vere course, and mortality from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) with the smoking prevalence in Russia for 2020-2021.Material and methods. The article analyzes data on the number of peop­le hospitalized with COVID-19, transferred to the intensive care unit (ICU), and died from COVID-19 in 2020-2021 by age and sex groups in 85 Russian regions from the Federal COVID-19 Registry, as well as data on smoking status, socio-­demographic characteristics of the sample for 2020-2021 in 85 Russian regions from the Sample Monitoring of the Po­pulation Health sample of the Federal State Statistics Service for the cor­responding years. …”
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Scaling a Brief Digital Well-Being Intervention (the Big Joy Project) and Sociodemographic Moderators: Single-Group Pre-Post Study by Darwin A Guevarra, Yoobin Park, Xuhai Xu, Jin Liou, Jolene Smith, Peggy Callahan, Emiliana Simon-Thomas, Elissa S Epel

“…There was a clear dose-response pattern across outcomes: participants who engaged in more daily practices showed greater improvements. …”
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Correlates of post-COVID-19 pandemic worry and preventive practices in older adults in Florida by Mirza M. Baig, Lilah M. Besser, Magdalena I. Tolea, Michael J. Kleiman, Lun-Ching Chang, Deirdre M. O’Shea, Stephanie Chrisphonte, Lisa K. Wiese, James E. Galvin

“…Black and Hispanic participants, as well as vaccinated individuals, were more likely to mask in public, while women and Black and Hispanic participants were more likely to practice social distancing.DiscussionPost-COVID-19 pandemic worry and preventive practices were correlated with demographics, vaccination status, and trust in health authorities. …”
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Mechanical properties and energy evolution of outburst coal seams under different load regimes by Zhang Tianjun, Wu Jiaokun, Wang Gang, Chen Yong, Ding Hong, Ma Hongyu, Yang Jie

“…To reveal the mechanical characteristics and energy evolution of outburst coal seam, uniaxial and triaxial compression tests were carried out on outburst coal seam samples under different loading methods. The experimental results show that the elastic characteristics become more obvious with the increase of loading rate, the peak strain increases, the elastic modulus is linearly related with the loading rate，and the overall degree of fragmentation increases with the increase of loading rate, which is consistent with the severity of macroscopic coal failure. …”
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Co-Colonization of Non-<i>difficile</i> Clostridial Species in Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea Caused by <i>Clostridioides difficile</i> by Daniel Salas-Treviño, Samantha Flores-Treviño, Carlos Cisneros-Rendón, Cristian Valdemar Domínguez-Rivera, Adrián Camacho-Ortiz

“…According to our results, CDI + NDC patients received more days of antibiotic therapy, took more days to reduce diarrhea, had a significant increase in the number of days to suppress diarrhea, and previous hospitalizations were more frequently reported. …”
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Effect of high intakes of protein-only and carbohydrate-only on plasma metabolites and hormones, in addition to nitrogen excretion by Matthieu Clauss, Claire Puissant, Nasser Ezzatkhah Bastani, Lotte L. K. Nielsen, Bjørn Steen Skålhegg, Per Bendix Jeppesen, Jørgen Jensen

“…Plasma GLP-1 increased more in PRO than in CHO (drink effect, p&lt;0.001), whereas plasma GIP increased more in CHO than in PRO (drink effect, p&lt;0.001). …”
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Comparing Synchronous and Asynchronous Remotely Delivered Lifestyle Interventions: Protocol for a Randomized Noninferiority Trial by Sherry Pagoto, Ran Xu, Richard Bannor, Christie Idiong, Jared Goetz, Denise Fernandes

“…ConclusionsIf hypotheses are confirmed, this work will provide evidence that asynchronously delivered remote interventions are as efficacious as synchronously delivered ones and more sustainable such that people will engage in them longer and retain more weight loss for less cost. …”
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