Assessment of a program for monitoring antimicrobial purchase and resistance in Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica on pig farms in the Midwestern United States from May 2020... by Karyn A. Havas, Roy Edler, Laura Ruesch, Marlee Braun, Peter Ferm, Noelle R. Noyes, Laura B. Goodman, H. Morgan Scott, Joel Nerem, Taylor Spronk, Taylor Spronk, Scott A. Dee

“…For pig samples, more isolates exhibited MIC values at the high end of the tested range among E. coli and Salmonella isolates from wean-to-market (WTM) sites compared to breed-to-wean (BTW) sites for almost all antibiotic classes. …”
Get full text

Influence of non-thermal maturity factors on laser Raman spectroscopy of highly to overmature shale: a case study of Lower Paleozoic marine shale in southern Sichuan Basin by Hongfei ZHANG, Kun JIAO, Jiayu WANG, Ning XU, Lijun MA, Lanfeng LIU, Yunjun WU, Bin DENG, Juan WU, Yuehao YE, Quanzhong GUAN, Xiangxin WANGZHOU, Congke ZHANG

“…Current studies primarily focus on the response of Raman spectral parameters to thermal maturity variations, while research on the influence of non-thermal maturity factors, such as spectrum processing methods, sample pretreatment, and laser wavelength settings, on experimental accuracy remains relatively scarce and inconsistent. …”
Get full text

Readiness of health facilities to deliver family planning services and associated factors in urban east-central Uganda by Jacquellyn Nambi Ssanyu, Rornald Muhumuza Kananura, Leif Eriksson, Peter Waiswa, Mats Målqvist, Joan Nakayaga Kalyango

“…Additionally, staff refresher training was inadequate, particularly in PFP facilities (50.4%), and health worker knowledge, confidence and willingness to provide some methods, particularly long-acting options and natural family planning counselling, were low. …”
Get full text

Using a Co-Designed Implementation Enhancement Plan to Increase the Adoption of a Digital Fall Prevention Platform: A Non-Randomized Pre-Post Interventional Study by Delaforce A, Li J, Niven P, Maddock E, Grujovski M, Fahy MJ, Good NM, Jayasena R

“…The platform shows the potential to reduce falls among cognitively intact patients, but longer periods of observation and a larger sample are needed to confirm the effect. Aside from falls, a reduction in nurse response time is likely to improve patient care and experience.Plain language summary: This paper outlines methods to improve the implementation of falls prevention interventions using a co-designed implementation enhancement plan. …”
Get full text

Bank’s Credit Portfolio Optimization Using Actuarial Approach and Artificial Neural Networks by Saeed Bajalan, Saeid Fallahpour, Sara Raeesi

“…However, these methods often fail to fully capture the complexities inherent in credit interactions. …”
Get full text

Comparative microbial metagenomic analysis of drinking water plants and wastewater treatment plants in Istanbul by Mehmet Demirci, Cankut Çubuk, Ferhat Dasdemir, Abdulkerim Suat Saribas, Esra Billur Balcıoglu, Dogukan Ozbey, Dogu Yorulmaz, Tugba Olmez Hanci, Safak Basa, Bekir Sami Kocazeybek, Bekir Sami Kocazeybek

“…The aim of this study was to detect the microbiome profiles of waters from both DWTPs and WWTPs under the Istanbul Water and Sewerage Administration (ISKI), identify the antimicrobial resistance profiles in all these facilities, and observe the differences in the microbiome between the inlet and outlet of different WWTPs.MethodsA total of 52 samples were examined, comprising 18 samples from DWTPs and 34 samples from WWTPs. …”
Get full text

The implementation of Safety Management Systems in healthcare: a systematic review and international comparison by Zhivko Zhelev, Sian de Bell, Alison Bethel, Maria Clarke, Rob Anderson, Jo Thompson Coon

“…This could be linked to research on methods used to evaluate the impact of such programmes. …”
Get full text

Isolation and characterization of Bacillus sp. HSY32 and its toxin gene for potential biological control of plant parasitic nematode by Peiyu Yan, Shakil Ahmad, Zhixia Xu, He Jia, Renyue Zhang, Jingwen Song, Nazia Manzar, Abhijeet Shankar Kashyap, Wenfei Zhang

“…Further studies are required to enhance the production and application of these biocontrol agents in agriculture, paving the way for more sustainable and eco-friendly methods to control PPNs. …”
Get full text

Bridges to treatment satisfaction: the roles of trauma, social support, race and ethnicity among perinatal women receiving behavioural activation therapy by Maya Zaidan, Andrea S. Lawson, Nicole Andrejek, Kate Walsh, Cindy-Lee Dennis, Samantha Meltzer-Brody, Richard K. Silver, Alison M. Stuebe, Simone N. Vigod, Daisy R. Singla

“…The aims of this study are to examine the relations between PTS symptoms, perceived social support, and race and ethnicity, and treatment satisfaction among perinatal women receiving behavioural activation (BA) psychotherapy. Methods This is a mixed-methods study of the Scaling Up Maternal Mental healthcare by Increasing access to Treatment (SUMMIT) trial—a large, multi-site, non-inferiority trial for perinatal women with depressive and anxiety symptoms (NCT04153864). …”
Get full text

Suicide Risk Screening in Jails: Protocol for a Pilot Study Leveraging the Mental Health Research Network Algorithm and Health Care Data by Erin B Comartin, Grant Victor, Athena Kheibari, Brian K Ahmedani, Bethany Hedden-Clayton, Richard N Jones, Ted R Miller, Jennifer E Johnson, Lauren M Weinstock, Sheryl Kubiak

“…This validation uses complete claims data on a sample of approximately 6000 individuals booked into 2 diverse jails in a midwestern state. …”
Get full text

Effect of microbubble as local drug delivery system in endodontic management - An In-Vitro study by V. Shyam Ganesh, K. Vijay Venkatesh, D. Sihivahanan, Pradeep Kumar Yadalam, Deepti Shrivastava, Kumar Chandan Srivastava

“…Furthermore, they are more suitable for focusing on particular body regions and are safer and non-invasive. …”
Get full text

Amniotic fluid microbiota and metabolism with non-syndromic congenital heart defects: a multi-omics analysis by Wenli Xu, Lu Li, Hong Kang, Meixian Wang, Yanqun Liu, Guicun Wang, Ping Yu, Juan Liang, Zhen Liu

“…The 16 S rDNA gene sequencing and metabolomics methods were employed to assess 51 amniotic fluid samples. …”
Get full text

A novel comprehensive strategy for research on wine-processed mechanism of corni fructus guided by variation in the chemical components and network analysis by Shilin Sun, Yuping Chen, Yu Zhang, Yukun Niu, Mengxin Yang, Xinming Jia, Yiqin song, Qingwei Dong, Xin Qi, Jiahui Ma, Qian Zhang, Yiran Jin, Yingfeng Du

“…Furthermore, chemometric analysis was applied to investigate the chemical characteristics in the samples with different processing methods. The possible molecular mechanism differences were unraveled by network pharmacology. …”
Get full text

Sustainable authentication of molasses' botanical origin using infrared spectroscopy: Accuracy and greenness evaluation of spectral techniques by Macarena Rojas-Rioseco, Mecit Öztop, Cristian A. Fuentes, Martin Bravo, Ivan Smajlovic, Margarita Smajlovic, Karol Kołodziejski, Danuta Kruk, Víctor Muñoz, Rosario del P. Castillo

“…FT-IR spectroscopy achieved the highest classification accuracy (0 % error) and revealed that beet molasses exhibiting higher protein content, whereas cane molasses contained more fructose. However, FT-IR scored the lowest in terms of greenness due to higher energy demands and sample handling in comparison with the other techniques. …”
Get full text

Implementation of health warnings on alcoholic beverages in Spain by Luis Sordo, Jarileen Padilla-Cruz, Marina Bosque-Prous, Ainara Díaz-Geada, Gregorio Barrio, Aina Lafon-Guasch, Judit Rogés, Iñaki Galán

“…Study design: Cross-sectional study conducted in Madrid, Spain, between March and April 2023. Methods: A convenience sample was designed by selecting four supermarket chains with a 40 % share of food distribution and two specialized alcohol stores. …”
Get full text

Comprehensive clinical and metabolomics profiling of COVID-19 Mexican patients across three epidemiological waves by David Alejandro García-López, Joel Monárrez-Espino, Juan Carlos Borrego-Moreno, Jiamin Zheng, Rupasri Mandal, Claudia Torres-Calzada, Juan José Oropeza-Valdez, Alanne Tenório Nunes, Sergio Hugo Sánchez Rodríguez, Jesús Adrián López, Blanca Estela Calzada Rodríguez, David S. Wishart, Yamilé López-Hernández, Yamilé López-Hernández

“…IntroductionAs of mid-2024, COVID-19 has affected over 676 million people worldwide, leading to more than 6.8 million deaths. Numerous studies have documented metabolic changes occurring during both the acute phase of the disease and the recovery phase, which, in some cases, contribute to the development of long COVID syndrome.Aims and methodsIn this study, we aimed to evaluate clinical, laboratory, and comprehensive metabolomic data from hospitalized COVID-19 patients during the second, third and fourth waves (Alpha, Delta, and Omicron). …”
Get full text

APPLICATION OF INTEGRAL EVALUATION SCALES IN PATIENTS WITH WIDESPREAD PURULENT PERITONITIS by Ярослав Миронович Лещишин, Андрей Игоревич Баранов, Константин Владимирович Потехин, Сергей Александрович Ярощук, Юрий Викторович Валуйских

“…An objective assessment of the severity of the patient's condition allows for a comparative study of their results and, equally important, a more objective prediction of treatment outcomes. …”
Get full text

Performance of molecular inversion probe DR23K and Paragon MAD4HatTeR Amplicon sequencing panels for detection of Plasmodium falciparum mutations associated with antimalarial drug... by Thomas Katairo, Victor Asua, Bienvenu Nsengimaana, Stephen Tukwasibwe, Francis D. Semakuba, Innocent Wiringilimaana, Brian A. Kagurusi, Caroline Mwubaha, Jackie Nakasaanya, Shreeya Garg, Shahiid Kiyaga, Monica Mbabazi, Kisakye D. Kabbale, Alisen Ayitewala, Samuel L. Nsobya, Moses R. Kamya, Isaac Ssewanyana, Jeffrey A. Bailey, Andrés Aranda-Díaz, Philip J. Rosenthal, Bryan Greenhouse, Jessica Briggs, Melissa D. Conrad

“…DR23K had < 50% sensitivity at 10 and 100 parasites/μL. In field samples, which commonly contain polyclonal infections, high concordance was observed between the two methods for all SNPs (94%, 1848/1969) and polymorphic SNPs (88%, 898/1019). …”
Get full text

Clinical characteristics and efficiency of antidepressant therapy of mood disorders with comorbid alcohol use disorder by O. V. Roshchina, A. I. Rozin, E. D. Schastnyy, N. A. Bokhan

“…In the study, we applied clinical-psychopathologic, clinical-dynamic, and statistical methods with Pearson’s χ2 test, Mann – Whitney U-test (for comparison of independent samples), Kruskal – Wallis test (for more than two independent samples), and Wilcoxon test (for comparison of dependent samples). …”
Get full text

Sheep challenged with sheep-derived type II Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis: the first experimental model of paratuberculosis in China by Meng-Yuan Li, Wei-Kang Meng, Wei Ma, Yu-Lin Ding, Bo Yang, Wei-Hong Zhao, Hasi Bayaer, Alateng Bagen, Rui-Bin Chen, Siqin Tunala, Rong Zhang, Chen-Guang Du, Li Zhao, Yong-Hong Liu

“…Currently, early PTB diagnosis requires a combination of multiple sample types and detection methods.…”
Get full text