Escherichia coli in septic arthritis: prevalence and antibiotics susceptibility patterns by Masroora Ali Khan, Muhammad Kamran Taj, Zahid Khan, Imran Taj, Muhammad Naeem, Saima Azam

“…This study aimed to assess the occurrence and antibiotic resistance patterns of E. coli in SA patients in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted from March 2021 to December 2023. 220 samples were collected from SA patients from tertiary care hospitals. …”
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Prevalence, incidence and modifiable factors for subtypes of mild cognitive impairment: results from the Longitudinal Ageing Study in China by Wei Chen, Yuanyuan Liu, Xulai Zhang, Juan Li, Ying Liu, ChenCheng Zhang, Shifu Xiao, Tao Wang, Yong Lu, Huali Wang, Yiru Fang, Yuping Wang, Feng Yan, Ning Su, Haining He, Yanchen Shi, Minjie Zhu, Muni Tang, Feng Bao, Yefeng Yuan, Xiaoyun Zuo, Lijuan Cui, Wenyuan Wu

“…The continued lack of understanding of the various subtypes of MCI impedes the implementation of effective measures to reduce the risk of advancing to more severe cognitive diseases.Aims To estimate the prevalence and incidence rates of two MCI subtypes—amnestic MCI (aMCI) and vascular cognitive impairment without dementia (VCIND)—and to determine modifiable factors for them among older individuals in a multiregional Chinese cohort.Method This 1-year longitudinal study surveyed a random sample of participants aged≥60 years from a large, community-dwelling cohort in China. …”
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Immunomodulatory effects of atorvastatin on peripheral blood mononuclear cells infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Solima Sabeel, Solima Sabeel, Solima Sabeel, Bongani Motaung, Bongani Motaung, Mumin Ozturk, Mumin Ozturk, Trevor S. Mafu, Robert J. Wilkinson, Robert J. Wilkinson, Robert J. Wilkinson, Friedrich Thienemann, Friedrich Thienemann, Friedrich Thienemann, Reto Guler, Reto Guler, Reto Guler

“…Here, we investigated the ex vivo efficacy of atorvastatin in inducing immunomodulatory activities (phagosome maturation, autophagy, and apoptosis) and enhancing the mycobacterial killing capacity in Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb)-infected peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs).MethodBlood samples from healthy donors were collected for PBMC isolation. …”
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Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy for rapid Streptococcus pneumoniae serotyping in a tertiary care general hospital by Miriam Campos-Ruiz, Miriam Campos-Ruiz, Jun Hao Wang-Wang, Jun Hao Wang-Wang, Antoni E. Bordoy, Antoni E. Bordoy, Beatriz Rodríguez-Ponga, Beatriz Rodríguez-Ponga, Natalia Pagan, Jessica Hidalgo, María Dolores Quesada, María Dolores Quesada, María Dolores Quesada, Montserrat Giménez, Montserrat Giménez, Pere-Joan Cardona, Pere-Joan Cardona, Pere-Joan Cardona, Pere-Joan Cardona

“…Certain serotypes are more strongly associated with severe illness and antimicrobial resistance. …”
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Multiplex-PCR Detection of <i>Clostridium tyrobutyricum</i>, <i>Clostridium butyricum</i>, and <i>Clostridium sporogenes</i> in Raw Milk for Cheesemaking by Irene Floris, Francesca Martucci, Angelo Romano, Giuseppina Marello, Carmela Ligotti, Daniela Manila Bianchi

“…Protocol no. 2 detected multiple targets in eight samples, indicating that more than one microorganism was present. …”
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Viral DNA in submandibular gland tissue with an inflammatory disorder by Noora Keski-Säntti, Elin Waltimo, Antti Mäkitie, Jaana Hagström, Maria Söderlund-Venermo, Timo Atula, Caj Haglund, Saku T. Sinkkonen, Maria Jauhiainen

“…B19V DNA was more prevalent within the IgG4-negative samples (5/19; 26%) than the IgG4-positive ones (4/29; 14%). …”
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Informatics-driven unsupervised learning of comorbidity clusters for COVID-19 reinfection risk: A finite mixture modeling approach by Grant B. Morgan, Andreas Stamatis, Chelsea C. Yager, Ali Boolani

“…Overall, patients with more extensive cardiometabolic or pulmonary conditions were more likely to experience repeated infection. …”
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Acute flaccid paralysis surveillance data analysis, Sana’a City, Yemen, 2012-2021: A retrospective descriptive analysis by Lamya Abdo Al Aroomi, Labiba Saeed Anam, Mutahar Ahmed AL Qassimi, Faten Hamid Ezzadeen

“…Results: During the ten years’ period, a total of 593 cases of AFP were reported in Sana’a City; none of which was confirmed as poliomyelitis. 56% of AFP cases were males, and 60% aged five years or younger. More than half (61%) of cases had received 4 doses or more of OPV. …”
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Bringing it all together: science priorities for improved understanding of Earth system change and to support international climate policy by C. G. Jones, F. Adloff, B. B. B. Booth, P. M. Cox, V. Eyring, V. Eyring, P. Friedlingstein, P. Friedlingstein, K. Frieler, H. T. Hewitt, H. A. Jeffery, S. Joussaume, T. Koenigk, T. Koenigk, B. N. Lawrence, E. O'Rourke, M. J. Roberts, B. M. Sanderson, R. Séférian, S. Somot, P. L. Vidale, D. van Vuuren, D. van Vuuren, M. Acosta, M. Bentsen, M. Bentsen, R. Bernardello, R. Betts, R. Betts, E. Blockley, J. Boé, T. Bracegirdle, P. Braconnot, V. Brovkin, C. Buontempo, F. Doblas-Reyes, F. Doblas-Reyes, M. Donat, I. Epicoco, I. Epicoco, P. Falloon, P. Falloon, S. Fiore, T. Frölicher, T. Frölicher, N. S. Fučkar, N. S. Fučkar, M. J. Gidden, H. F. Goessling, R. G. Graversen, S. Gualdi, J. M. Gutiérrez, T. Ilyina, T. Ilyina, T. Ilyina, D. Jacob, C. D. Jones, C. D. Jones, M. Juckes, M. Juckes, E. Kendon, E. Kendon, E. Kjellström, R. Knutti, J. Lowe, J. Lowe, M. Mizielinski, P. Nassisi, M. Obersteiner, P. Regnier, R. Roehrig, D. Salas y Mélia, C.-F. Schleussner, M. Schulz, E. Scoccimarro, L. Terray, H. Thiemann, R. A. Wood, S. Yang, S. Zaehle

“…Conversely, there is a need to develop methods that enable potential societal responses to projected Earth system change to be incorporated into scenario development.…”
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Enteritisin Apostichopus japonicus in Cage Culture Areas in the Fujian Dongwuyang Bay: Pathogenic Characteristics and Bacterial Community Structure by Jinjin WANG, Yingeng WANG, Bin LI, Xiaojun RONG, Meijie LIAO, Jianlong GE, Qiang HUANG, Lu WANG, Guojun SHI

“…The relative abundance of Vibriococcaceae was 34.99% and a mixed diet led to the highest environmental sample abundance. Principal co-ordinates analysis (PCoA) and unweighted pair-group method with arithmetic mean (UPGMA) cluster analyses indicated that the samples of each group were well grouped, and the microbiota types of the mixed diet were similar to that of the intestinal flora. …”
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Drug testing after use: what insights can be gained from a harm reduction perspective on visitors of the drugs information and monitoring system (DIMS) in the Netherlands? by Stefania Schiavone, Nadia Robert Petronella Wilhelmina Hutten, Maria Bove, Maria Grazia Morgese, Luigia Trabace, Laura Alexandra Smit-Rigter

“…Positive mental effects were less likely to be experienced when the detected drug content did not match the expected content, while negative mental effects were more likely. Moreover, visitors consuming their sample at a party/festival were more likely to experience positive mental and physical effects and less likely to experience negative mental and physical effects compared to people consuming their sample at home. …”
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Voice analysis and deep learning for detecting mental disorders in pregnant women: a cross-sectional study by Hikaru Ooba, Jota Maki, Hisashi Masuyama

“…Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted among 204 pregnant women, from whom voice samples were collected during their one-month postpartum checkup. …”
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What racial disparities exist in the prevalence of perinatal bipolar disorder in California? by Mercy Eigbike, Mercy Eigbike, Rebecca J. Baer, Rebecca J. Baer, Rebecca J. Baer, Nichole Nidey, Nancy Byatt, Xavier R. Ramirez, Hsiang Huang, Crystal T. Clark, Avareena Schools-Cropper, Scott P. Oltman, Scott P. Oltman, Scott P. Oltman, Laura L. Jelliffe-Pawlowski, Laura L. Jelliffe-Pawlowski, Laura L. Jelliffe-Pawlowski, Laura L. Jelliffe-Pawlowski, Kelli K. Ryckman, Karen M. Tabb, Karen M. Tabb

“…This study sought to examine racial differences in the odds of having a bipolar disorder diagnosis in perinatal women across self-reported racial groups in a large sample in California, USA.MethodThis cross-sectional study uses data from 3,831,593 women who had singleton live births in California, USA from 2011 to 2019 existing in a linked dataset which included hospital discharge records and birth certificates. …”
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Progress towards the UNAIDS 2030 HIV prevention target in New South Wales, Australia: a population-based studyResearch in context by Phillip Keen, Steven J. Nigro, Curtis Chan, Benjamin R. Bavinton, Htein Linn Aung, Martin Holt, Rebecca Guy, Janaki Amin, Timothy R. Broady, Jane Costello, Anthony D. Kelleher, Carla Treloar, Rick Varma, Matthew Vaughan, Valerie Delpech, Andrew E. Grulich

“…We report progress towards this goal in gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (GBM) in New South Wales (NSW), Australia. Methods: We report HIV notification data for people newly diagnosed by exposure category, with a focus on GBM who comprised more than three-quarters of diagnoses. …”
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Construction and Application of Monitoring System for Green Tarpaulin Cover Net in Mega Cities by Yang SUN, Dawei GAO, Haoye JIANG, Wanguang DU

“…There is still a gap in research in this field both domestically and internationally, and there is an urgent need for a scientific and systematic monitoring system to support the effective promotion of the special work of “net uncovering for greening”.MethodsTaking the special work of “net uncovering for greening” in Beijing as an example, this research combines the technical means of remote sensing interpretation and deep learning with the U-Net model to train the samples of tarpaulin cover. …”
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Engineering a low-cost, non-invasive corrosion monitoring system. by Negash, D.

“…In recent years, a multitude of Non-De- structive Testing (NDT) methods to detect early corrosion in rebar have been developed. …”
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Non-Invasive Prenatal Screening for Down Syndrome: A Review of Mass-Spectrometry-Based Approaches by Răzvan Lucian Jurca, Ioana-Ecaterina Pralea, Maria Iacobescu, Iulia Rus, Cristina-Adela Iuga, Florin Stamatian

“…Recently, there has been a noticeable shift towards using less invasive biological sample types (e.g., maternal serum, plasma, and urine) reflecting a growing interest in non-invasive methods for prenatal screening. …”
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Experimental Research on Progressive Damage Mechanism for Water Immersed Coal Under Cyclic Loading and Unloading by WANG Fangtian, TANG Tiankuo, ZHANG Cun, DOU Fengjin, WEI Xueqian, SUN Nuan, CHENG Jiazhang

“…Under the same load, the damage degree of saturated coal samples was higher, resulting in the further development of internal microfissures and the generation of more acoustic emission signals, which partially counteracted the weakening effect of water on the acoustic emission signals. …”
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PLASMOpred: A Machine Learning-Based Web Application for Predicting Antimalarial Small Molecules Targeting the Apical Membrane Antigen 1–Rhoptry Neck Protein 2 Invasion Complex by Eugene Lamptey, Jessica Oparebea, Gabriel Anyaele, Belinda Ofosu, George Hanson, Patrick O. Sakyi, Odame Agyapong, Dominic S. Y. Amuzu, Whelton A. Miller, Samuel K. Kwofie, Henrietta Esi Mensah-Brown

“…<b>Objective:</b> Falciparum malaria is a major global health concern, affecting more than half of the world’s population and causing over half a million deaths annually. …”
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No-Test Screening Protocols May Disproportionately Exclude Structurally Oppressed Communities Who Could Benefit from Accessing Medication Abortion by M. Antonia Biggs, Lauren Ralph, Katherine Ehrenreich, Shelly Kaller, Kelly Blanchard, Deb Hauser, Nathalie Kapp, Tammi Kromenaker, Ghazaleh Moayedi, Jamila Perritt, Elizabeth Raymond, Kari White, Daniel Grossman

“…In adjusted analyses, ineligibility using no-test criteria was significantly greater among people ages 15–19 (86.8% [105/121] vs. 71.5% for full sample, p < 0.001) and experiencing food or housing insecurity (75.8% [525/690] vs. 67.2%[464/693], p < 0.01); people ages 20–24 were more likely to screen false positive (56.1% [263/469] vs. 51.4% for full sample [713/1,386], p = 0.03). …”
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