“I always wondered if my baby is able to feel my love for them” -  Development and pilot testing of two behavioural feedback strategies designed to improve maternal self-efficacy [... by Rebecca M Pearson, Shane A Norris, Alessandra Prioreschi, Antonia Smith, Deborah M James, Kirsten L Rennie

“…Most mothers had two or more children, and lived in informal housing (such as shacks and small, temporary prefabricated structures) with only outdoor toilet facilities available. …”
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Immunoenhancing effects of Gynostemma Pentaphyllum Extract on mucosal immunity against porcine epidemic diarrhea virus by Yanxiang Zhang, Ruihan Tang, Ruihan Tang, Yuanqing Liu, Zhihui Hao, Zhihui Hao, Zhihui Hao, Kai Fan, Shanshan Xie, Bo Tang, Shuaiyu Wang, Shuaiyu Wang, Shuaiyu Wang

“…Fourteen days post booster immunization, spleen samples were collected to assess splenic lymphocyte proliferation activity. …”
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Structure of anxiety and stress as factors of COVID-19 vaccine acceptance by M. Y. Sorokin, N. B. Lutova, G. E. Mazo, N. G. Neznanov, E. D. Kasyanov, G. V. Rukavishnikov, O. V. Makarevich, M. А. Khobeys

“…Men, comparing to women, were more positive in vaccine acceptance.Conclusion. The anxiety distress is an important factor in the rational attitude to coronavirus infection vaccine.…”
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Severe gastrointestinal involvements in patients with adult dermatomyositis with anti-NXP2 antibody by Zhiwei Chen, Xiaodong Wang, Shuang Ye, Qi Feng, Qiong Fu, Jie Chen, Liyang Gu, Jie Fan, Yuting Dai, Yakai Fu, Mingshi Gao

“…NXP2+DM with GI involvements presented with more extramuscular systemic manifestations such as interstitial lung disease and subcutaneous calcinosis. …”
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The Outcome of Hospitalized Children with COVID-19 in a Referral Center in Yazd, Iran by Zahra Nafei, Nasrin Behniafard, Mehran Karimi, Mehrdad Shakiba, Abdolhamid Jafari, farzad Ferdosian, Fakhrosadat Azarpeykan, Farimah Shamsi, Alireza Emarati

“…Children aged 1-59 months accounted for more than half of the sample (53.2%). The most common symptoms reported were fever (85.1%), respiratory problems (47.9%), and gastrointestinal symptoms (46.8%). …”
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Predictors of Length-of-Stay Among Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Patients Using a Supervised Machine Learning Algorithm by Gregory L. Judson, MD, Jeff Luck, PhD, Skye Lawrence, BA, Rakan Khaki, MPH, Harsh Agrawal, MD, Krishan Soni, MD, Kirsten Tolstrup, MD, Vijayadithyan Jaganathan, MD, Vaikom S. Mahadevan, MD

“…The predictive power of both the SLOS (sensitivity 0.81, specificity 0.70, area under the curve [AUC] 0.82) and LLOS (sensitivity 0.45, specificity 0.94, AUC 0.85) ML models were more robust than the standard multivariable model (SLOS AUC 0.65, LLOS AUC 0.65). …”
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Prevalence of anti-Trypanosoma cruzi and anti-Leishmania infantum antibodies in domestic dogs from Tremedal, Bahia: insights from the Oxente Chagas Bahia Project by Tycha Bianca Sabaini Pavan, Larissa Carvalho Medrado Vasconcelos, Isabela Machado Serrano, Denis Augusto Argolo Campos, Ângelo Antônio Oliveira Silva, Randrin Queiroz Viana Ferreira, Daniel Dias Sampaio, Isadora Cristina de Siqueira, Fred Luciano Neves Santos

“…This study, conducted as part of the Oxente Chagas Bahia Project, aimed to assess the seroprevalence of anti-T. cruzi and anti-L. infantum antibodies in domestic dogs from Tremedal, Bahia, Brazil. Methods Serum samples from 17 dogs were analyzed using indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) (using recombinant antigens (IBMP-8.1, IBMP-8.2, IBMP-8.3, IBMP-8.4) for T. cruzi and the TR DPP® rapid test and ELISA for L. infantum. …”
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Thematic analysis of COVID-19's impacts on transitions among emerging adults by Keely H. Bieniak, Helen Bedree, Nicole Geanous, Rachel Neff Greenley, Steven A. Miller, Joanna Buscemi, Susan T. Tran

“…Interestingly, positive effects were also reported, including allocating more time for hobbies and spending quality time with loved ones. …”
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Mental states and temperaments contributing to suicidal crisis in psychiatric inpatients: a cross-sectional and validation study by Marco Innamorati, Denise Erbuto, Elena Rogante, Salvatore Sarubbi, Maria Anna Trocchia, Mariarosaria Cifrodelli, Monica Migliorati, Anna Comparelli, Isabella Berardelli, Maurizio Pompili

“…The SCES is a valid and reliable measure that could capture such mental states. More studies are necessary to confirm and expand our results in independent samples.…”
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Association of eating out of home and type 2 diabetes mellitus in Chinese urban workers: A nationwide study by Fangyan Chen, Sitong Wan, Jinjuan Hao, Ke Sun, Annan Liu, Ling Zhu, Shuyan Wang, Jingjing He, Ping Zeng

“…Conclusion This study showed that a frequency of EOH (≥5 times/week) was associated with a frequency‐dependent increase in the odds of T2DM urban workers in China. More nutrition promotion is needed to improve the eating behavior of Chinese urban workers to reduce T2DM risk.…”
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Biomarkers of Oxidative Stress, Inflammation, and Brain Damage in Mexican Women over 60 Years of Age with Obesity by Armando Luna-López, Julián de Jesús Lira-Rotstein, Raúl Librado-Osorio, Roberto Santín-Márquez, Óscar Rosas-Carrasco, Mina Königsberg

“…Methods: A total of 156 women over 60 years of age (89 obese and 67 non-obese) were selected from the FraDySMex-2019 Cohort study samples. …”
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Impact of short-term aircraft noise on cardiovascular disease risk in the area surrounding London Heathrow airport: the RISTANCO epidemiological study by Xiangpu Gong, Nicole Itzkowitz, Calvin Jephcote, Kathryn Adams, Glory O Atilola, John Gulliver, Marta Blangiardo, Anna Hansell

“…Finally, we assessed whether areas prone to changing aircraft noise patterns (i.e. with relief periods from aircraft noise) affected the increased risk of cardiovascular disease in areas with higher noise in the evenings and found the higher risks were only seen in areas with more constant noise levels. More research is needed to investigate potential health benefits of relief periods with lower noise. …”
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APOKASC-3: The Third Joint Spectroscopic and Asteroseismic Catalog for Evolved Stars in the Kepler Fields by Marc H. Pinsonneault, Joel C. Zinn, Jamie Tayar, Aldo Serenelli, Rafael A. García, Savita Mathur, Mathieu Vrard, Yvonne P. Elsworth, Benoit Mosser, Dennis Stello, Keaton J. Bell, Lisa Bugnet, Enrico Corsaro, Patrick Gaulme, Saskia Hekker, Marc Hon, Daniel Huber, Thomas Kallinger, Kaili Cao, Jennifer A. Johnson, Bastien Liagre, Rachel A. Patton, Ângela R. G. Santos, Sarbani Basu, Paul G. Beck, Timothy C. Beers, William J. Chaplin, Katia Cunha, Peter M. Frinchaboy, Léo Girardi, Diego Godoy-Rivera, Jon A. Holtzman, Henrik Jönsson, Szabolcs Mészáros, Claudia Reyes, Hans-Walter Rix, Matthew Shetrone, Verne V. Smith, Taylor Spoo, Keivan G. Stassun, Ji Wang

“…In the third APOKASC catalog, we present data for the complete sample of 15,808 evolved stars with APOGEE spectroscopic parameters and Kepler asteroseismology. …”
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Stress in individuals with noncommunicable diseases: ESSE-RF and ESSE-RF2 data by L. I. Gomanova, Yu. A. Balanova, S. A. Shalnova, O. E. Ivlev, V. A. Kutsenko, S. E. Evstifeeva, A. E. Imaeva, A. V. Kapustina, N. S. Karamnova, M. B. Kotova, S. A. Maksimov, G. A. Muromtseva, O. B. Shvabskaya, E. B. Yarovaya, A. V. Kontsevaya, O. M. Drapkina

“…To determine the level and prevalence of stress in individuals with noncommunicable diseases (NCDs).Material and methods. Representative samples of the population aged 25-64 years from 17 regions of the Russian Federation (n=27950) were included, examined within the ESSE-RF and ESSE-RF2 studies. …”
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Numerical simulation and experimental study of the temperature field of AlCoCrFeNi2.1 by selective laser melting by Congcong YUE, Ruixiang ZHANG, Wanting SUN, Dongzhou JIA, Ying FU, Xiangqing KONG

“…Numerical simulation methods offer a more effective, economical, and accurate alternative by reducing the need for experiments. …”
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Alterations in the Salivary Microbiome and Metabolism in Patients With Carotid Atherosclerosis from Rural Northeast China by Yahong Wu, Liying Xing, Lijie Lu, Shuang Liu, Dan Zhao, Li Lin, Songlin Wang, Chen Li, Yaping Pan

“…We aimed to evaluate the characteristic changes of salivary microbiome and metabolome in patients with carotid atherosclerosis (CAS) and periodontitis. Methods and Results The subjects were obtained from a cross‐sectional study that included 1933 participants aged 40 years or older from rural northeast China. …”
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Variational Approaches for Drug-Disease-Gene Links in Periodontal Inflammation by Pradeep Kumar Yadalam, Prabhu Manickam Natarajan, Musab Hamed Saeed, Carlos M. Ardila

“…The VQC model achieved a precision of 78%, with Class 1 samples showing improved recall and a balanced F1 score. …”
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Cognitive behavioral therapy for ADHD predominantly inattentive presentation: randomized controlled trial of two psychological treatments by Elinor Eskilsson Strålin, Lisa B. Thorell, Tobias Lundgren, Sven Bölte, Sven Bölte, Sven Bölte, Benjamin Bohman

“…Future research with larger samples and long-term follow-ups is recommended to validate and expand upon these results.…”
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Development of a multiple urinary biomarker model to predict the tubulointerstitial fibrosis area in patients with primary IgA Nephropathy by Jorge González Rodríguez, Jose Manuel Valdivielso, Elías Jatem Escalante, Mercè Borràs Sans, Alicia García Carrasco, Jacqueline Del Carpio Salas, Andrea Muijsenberg Alcalá, Miquel Pinyol Ribas, Elena Ostos Roldán, Alfons Segarra Medrano, Maria Luisa Martín Conde

“…However, it´s uncertain which biomarker or combination of biomarkers provides a more accurate estimation of renal interstitial fibrosis Surface. …”
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Factors associated with non-adherence to clinic visits among patients with severe mental illness enrolled in the SMILE study in Uganda by Richard Stephen Mpango, Wilber Ssembajjwe, Godfrey Zari Rukundo, Philip Amanyire, Carol Birungi, Allan Kalungi, Rwamahe Rutakumwa, Jonah Ibanda, Christine Tusiime, Kenneth D. Gadow, Vikram Patel, Moffat Nyirenda, Eugene Kinyanda

“…This study investigated the factors associated with non-adherence to clinic visits in Uganda, using appointment attendance as a proxy for clinic adherence. Methods This cohort study took place at Butabika National Referral Mental Hospital and Masaka Regional Referral Hospital from January to March 2018. …”
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