Students’ attitudes toward euthanasia and abortion: a cross-cultural study in three Mediterranean countries by Ivana Tutić Grokša, Ana Depope, Tijana Trako Poljak, Igor Eterović, Toni Buterin, Robert Doričić, Mariana Gensabella, Maria Laura Giacobello, Josip Guć, Eleni Kalokairinou, Željko Kaluđerović, Iva Rinčić, Ivana Zagorac, Miltiadis Vantsos, Amir Muzur

“…As part of the scientific research project EuroBioMed, we compared the attitudes of students from three Mediterranean countries towards abortion and euthanasia and examined them from the perspective of Mediterranean bioethics. Methods A pen-to-paper survey was conducted on a convenient sample of students (N = 1097) from five universities and four fields of study (Medicine, Law, Theology and Philosophy) in Croatia, Greece and Italy to investigate their attitudes towards abortion and euthanasia. …”
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The interplay of coping styles and optimism/pessimism in shaping mental health in long-term survivors of malignant melanoma: a register-based cohort study by Judith Hirschmiller, Tamara Schwinn, Sabine Fischbeck, Ana Nanette Tibubos, Jörg Wiltink, Rüdiger Zwerenz, Sylke R. Zeissig, Elmar Brähler, Manfred E. Beutel, Mareike Ernst

“…Methods The registry-based study included 689 survivors of malignant melanoma. …”
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Sputum colour charts to guide antibiotic self-treatment of acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: the Colour-COPD RCT by Eleni Gkini, Rachel L Adams, Daniella Spittle, Paul Ellis, Katherine Allsopp, Sanya Saleem, Matthew McKenna, Nick le Mesurier, Nicola Gale, Sarah Tearne, Peymane Adab, Rachel E Jordan, Nawar Diar Bakerly, Alice M Turner

“…Sputum was more likely to be purulent in subjects with bronchiectasis, independent of disease state (stable vs. exacerbation) or whether the sample was positive for a potentially pathogenic bacterium, suggesting that colour alone cannot be used to guide antibiotic use. …”
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Estimating Macrofracture Toughness of Sandstone Based on Nanoindentation by Zilong Zhou, Boxiang Lei, Xin Cai, Yichao Rui

“…Also, it is proved that our method can provide more accurate upscaling results compared to other methods.…”
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PO52 | Comprehensive assessment of variables affecting spontaneous platelet aggregation

“…To this end, we collected blood samples in different anticoagulants and measured SPA using both the traditional LTA and the more sensitive Optical Density Fluctuations Aggregometer (ODFA), capable of detecting small aggregates of 2-3 platelets. …”
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Quantum natural stochastic pairwise coordinate descent by Mohammad Aamir Sohail, Mohsen Heidari, S. Sandeep Pradhan

“…Quantum natural gradient descent (QNGD) is a more efficient method that incorporates the geometry of the state space via a quantum information metric. …”
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Laboratory Diagnosis of Human Adenovirus associated with Respiratory Tract Infection in children by Suad H. AL-Bashar, Amin Suliman Badawy, Belal Abdul-Rahman Mohammed

“…This study aimed at detecting HADV infections among hospitalized children under 10 years old with respiratory tract infections in Salahaldin Governorate, in addition to compare different diagnostic methods for the detection of this virus. Nasopharyngel Swabs (NPS) and whole blood samples were taken from 400 hospitalized children between end of August 2013, to the end of May 2014, each sample was analyzed for HADV by real time –PCR, IgM and IgG specific to HADV determining from blood specimens in serum using Enzyme Immuno sorbent assay (ELISA) technique. …”
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Chemical phases analysis of Barium in Ores by X-ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy. by Xiao Wang, Jiufen Liu, Boxin Feng, Xiaofeng Zhao, Ronghua Li, Liming Gan, Na Guo

“…Additionally, the fusion sample preparation method was applied for the analysis of barium sulfate. …”
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A RESEARCH ON LOAD SPECTRUM STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF T100C TRAIN BOGIE BASED ON KERNEL DENSITY ESTIMATION ALGORITHM by GAO YanJie, YANG YongFa, CHEN Jiong, YANG CanYu

“…It is also difficult to fit Weibull parameters. More importantly,the final results are not necessarily reflect the real characteristic of a sample due to the assuming of load distribution beforehand. …”
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Development and Feasibility Study of HOPE Model for Prediction of Depression Among Older Adults Using Wi-Fi-based Motion Sensor Data: Machine Learning Study by Shayan Nejadshamsi, Vania Karami, Negar Ghourchian, Narges Armanfard, Howard Bergman, Roland Grad, Machelle Wilchesky, Vladimir Khanassov, Isabelle Vedel, Samira Abbasgholizadeh Rahimi

“…ConclusionsThe findings from this preliminary study demonstrate the feasibility of using Wi-Fi–based motion sensors for depression classification and highlight the effectiveness of our proposed HOPE machine learning model, even with a small sample size. These results suggest the potential for further research with a larger cohort for more comprehensive validation. …”
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The significance of long chain non-coding RNA signature genes in the diagnosis and management of sepsis patients, and the development of a prediction model by Yong Bai, Jing Gao, Yuwen Yan, Xu Zhao

“…CTD-2542L18.1 in dataset GSE57065 had an AUC value of 0.638, which was less than 0.7 and did not indicate diagnostic significance, but RP3-508I15.21, RP11-295G20.2, and LDLRAD4-AS1 had AUC values more than 0.7 after ROC analysis. All four sepsis-associated LncRNA ROC analyses in dataset GSE95233 exhibited AUC values more than 0.7, indicating diagnostic significance.ConclusionLncRNAs RP3_508I15.21, RP11_295G20.2, and LDLRAD4_AS1 have some utility in the diagnosis and treatment of adult sepsis patients, as well as some reference importance in guiding the diagnosis and treatment of clinical sepsis.…”
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Evaluating the efficiency of teaching basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation among medical university students in Ukraine by H.Yu. Tsymbaliuk, A.M. Chervatiuk, V.O. Krylyuk

“…The data obtained underscore the need for standardization of BCPR training and changes in approaches to practical training, as well as the importance of using simulation methods in the educational program. It is shown that to improve the quality of education and the confidence of students in their actions in future professional activities, it is critically necessary to add more simulation technologies and psychological preparation to avoid stress when providing assistance in real-life BCPR situations.…”
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The attitudes of medical students towards rare diseases: A cross-sectional study by Medić Branislava, Divac Nevena, Stopić Bojan, Savić-Vujović Katarina, Glišić Andreja, Cerovac Nataša, Stojanović Radan, Srebro Dragana, Prostran Milica

“…We aimed to assess knowledge and attitudes of the 3rd and 6th year medical students towards the treatment of rare diseases in Serbia. Methods. In this cross-sectional study, two samples of students were questioned for a survey: 350/446 (78.48%) students of the 3rd year, and 242/517 (46.81%) students of the 6th year. …”
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Changes in grocery shopping behaviour among low-income households during the COVID-19 pandemic by Angela CB Trude, Caitlin M Lowery, Gabriela M Vedovato, Shahmir H Ali, Josephine M Dudzik

“…Design: In this mixed-methods study, participants completed a survey on online grocery shopping, and a purposefully sampled subset participated in focus groups or in-depth interviews between November 2020 and March 2021. …”
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Multicenter research of the dependence of skin graft engraftment and the concentration of blood hemoglobin, total serum protein and albumin by D. O. Vagner, E. V. Zinoviev, V. V. Soloshenko, A. E. Chukharev, V. S. Borisov, M. Yu. Kaplunova, S. B. Bogdanov, A. A. Petrov, N. V. Ostrovsky, E. P. Malyshina, R. D. Ermolova, D. V. Cherdancev, I. V. Vladimirov

“…The Objective was to evaluate the effects of the concentration of blood hemoglobin, total serum protein and albumin on skin graft engraftment frequency.Methods and Materials. The study included 186 patients with full-thickness skin burn more than 5 % of total body surface area who were treated in five different burn departments of the Russian Federation. …”
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How Has the Age-Related Process of Overweight or Obesity Development Changed over Time? Co-ordinated Analyses of Individual Participant Data from Five United Kingdom Birth Cohorts. by William Johnson, Leah Li, Diana Kuh, Rebecca Hardy

“…Utilizing longitudinal data in the United Kingdom birth cohort studies, we investigated shifts over the past nearly 70 years in the distribution of body mass index (BMI) and development of overweight or obesity across childhood and adulthood.<h4>Methods and findings</h4>The sample comprised 56,632 participants with 273,843 BMI observations in the 1946 Medical Research Council National Survey of Health and Development (NSHD; ages 2-64 years), 1958 National Child Development Study (NCDS; 7-50), 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS; 10-42), 1991 Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC; 7-18), or 2001 Millennium Cohort Study (MCS; 3-11). …”
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Lactobacillus acidophilus alleviate Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium-induced murine inflammatory/oxidative responses via the p62-Keap1-Nrf2 signaling pathway and cecal micro... by Haihua Li, Xinyi Ma, Zhiyuan Shang, Xuejiao Liu, Jiayun Qiao

“…Typhimurium) infection can cause inflammation and oxidative stress in the body, leading to gastroenteritis, fever and other diseases in humans and animals. More and more studies have emphasized the broad prospects of probiotics in improving inflammation and oxidative stress, but the ability and mechanism of Lactobacillus acidophilus (LA) to alleviate the inflammatory/oxidative reaction caused by pathogens are still unclear.Methods and resultsIn this study, we treated the mice with LA for 14 days, infected them with S. …”
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Clinical inertia and treatment intensification among patients with type ii diabetes mellitus at Debre Tabor comprehensive specialized hospital, Ethiopia: an institutional-based cro... by Samuel Berihun Dagnew, Samuel Agegnew Wondm, Getachew Yitayew Tarekegn, Abebe Tarekegn Kassaw, Tilaye Arega Moges

“…Age, glycemic control, medication non-adherence, treatment fee, and number of medications were found to be strongly correlated with clinical inertia. More precise knowledge of the clinical inertia and the associated therapies is necessary to tackle this issue more effectively.…”
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Similar biogeographic patterns of abundant and rare bacterial communities are driven by distinct assembly mechanisms in grassland soils by Sihao Zhu, Bai Yue, Kun Liu, Ning Zhao

“…However, how community assembly mechanisms regulate biogeographic patterns in rare and abundant bacterial communities remains unclear. Methods Soil samples of 16 grassland habitats across the Inner Mongolian Plateau and Qinghai‐Tibet Plateau (QTP) transects were collected to investigate the variation of β‐diversity in rare taxa (RT) and abundant taxa (AT). …”
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Clinical and hemodynamic characteristics of patients with intermediate coronary lesions selected for elective percutaneous coronary intervention by M.V. Stan, К.О. Mikhaliev, A.V. Khokhlov, O.J. Zharinov, B.M. Todurov

“…The enrolled sample included 74 (60.2 %) patients with an assessment of ICA-derived fractional flow reserve (FFR). …”
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