Valve-Sparing Aortic Root Replacement Technique: Valsalva Graft versus Two Straight Tubular Grafts by Alexander Makkinejad, Bailey Brown, Rana-Armaghan Ahmad, Joanna Hua, Xiaoting Wu, Shinichi Fukuhara, Karen Kim, Himanshu Patel, G. Michael Deeb, Bo Yang

“…The preoperative characteristics of the groups were similar, but the two-graft group had more type A dissections (32% vs. 19%) and emergent operations (26% vs. 15%) and was younger (45 vs. 50 years). …”
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Prevalence of Malaria and Associated Risk Factors among the Community of Mizan-Aman Town and Its Catchment Area in Southwest Ethiopia by Tadesse Duguma, Abdulrezak Nuri, Yayeh Melaku

“…Individuals who lived near stagnant water were more likely to become infected with the malaria parasite (AOR=8.996, 95% CI: 5.087-15.908) compared to those who lived further away, in warm climates, and those who did not use insecticide-treated bed nets were more susceptible to malaria parasite infection (AOR=4.647, 95% CI: 1.257-17.184) compared to those who did use ITN and With (AOR=0.466, 95% CI: 0.218-0.996 and AOR=0.352, 95% CI: 0.206-0.604); participants with a history of antimalarial medication appear to have a protective function against malaria infection, respectively. …”
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Mentorship in Plastic Surgery: A Systematic Review of the Current Literature and Elucidation of Recurring Themes by Benjamin K. Stone, MSc, Theodore A. Kung, MD, Turkia Abbed, MD, FACS, Ines Lin, MD, Vinay Rao, MD, MPH

“…Underrepresented groups are more likely to publish with race-concordant mentors, and female mentees prioritize mentor-mentee concordance more than male mentees. …”
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Pancreatic Injury in Patients with SARS-Cov-2 (COVID-19) Infection: A Retrospective Analysis of CT Findings by Gabriela Grusova, Radan Bruha, Bianka Bircakova, Matej Novak, Lukas Lambert, Pavel Michalek, Grus Tomas, Andrea Burgetova

“…Patients with pancreatic injury and elevated amylase levels were more likely to require orotracheal intubation (35% vs. 12%, p=0.021). …”
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Association between coffee consumption and metabolic syndrome: A cross‐sectional and Mendelian randomization study by Tommy Hon Ting Wong, Shan Luo, Shiu Lun Au Yeung, Jimmy Chun Yu Louie

“…Both self‐reported and genetically predicted high coffee consumption (four cups per day or more) were associated with central obesity. The inverse association between coffee consumption and metabolic syndrome was more profound among drinkers of ground coffee than those of instant coffee. …”
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Difficulties and Advantages Experienced by Mothers of Pediatric Oncology Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic by Zehra Çalışkan, Eda Kalaycı, Alper Özcan

“…Introduction: This study addressed the difficulties and advantages experienced by the mothers of pediatric oncology patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. Materials and Methods: Descriptive and cross-sectional study, the sample consisted of 300 mothers of children treated in the pediatric oncology and hematology clinic of a university hospital in Türkiye. …”
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Study on debris flow vulnerability of ensemble learning model based on spy technology A case study of upper Minjiang river basin by Yutao Chen, Ning Li, Fucheng Xing, Han Xiang, Zilong Chen

“…Since it is challenging to predict debris flows with precision using traditional methods, machine learning algorithms have been used more and more in this field in recent years. …”
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Functional analysis of a novel homozygous missense IVD gene variant: a case report with dual genetic diagnoses by Yuying Zhu, Ke Wu, Hanying Wen

“…Herein, we are the first to report a 5-year-old boy with the blended phenotypes of infantile hypotonia, severe neurodevelopmental disorder, patent ductus arteriosus, cryptorchidism, obesity, distinctive facial features, and elevated isovaleryl carnitine.MethodsTrio-based whole-exome sequencing was performed on genomic DNA from peripheral blood samples from the boy and his parents. …”
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Adverse Selection as a Barrier to Achieving Universal Public Health Insurance Coverage in China by Yang P, Zhong S, Wang X, Zhong R

“…This situation aligns with the market failure scenario predicted by adverse selection theory.Methods: This study’s research sample comprises individuals who are freelancers, self-employed, those who are not actively employed, elderly persons not engaged in employment, and students aged 16 and above. …”
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Resources to aid ethical review of clinical studies: an exploratory scoping review identifying gaps and opportunities by Merle-Marie Pittelkow, Daniel Strech

“…There is a need for accessible guidelines and resources to help medical researchers and REC members navigate the legal and ethical requirements and the process of their review. Methods We employed an explorative search for resources on the websites of a purposively selected sample of relevant stakeholders, including 12 national umbrella organizations (six German-language and six English-language), three English-language international umbrella organizations, and 16 national RECs of major university hospitals (eight German- and eight English-language). …”
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Effects of Cabergoline and Levetiracetam on the Histological and Stereological Structure of the Cerebral Cortex, Hippocampus and Cerebellum of Rats With Pentylenetetrazol-Induced S... by Mohammad Hossein Hajati Pishvari, Yousef Panahi, Gholamreza Hamidian

“…Objective This study aims to investigate the effect of cabergoline and levetiracetam (alone or combined) on the histological and stereological structure of the cerebral cortex, hippocampus, and cerebellum in rats with pentylenetetrazol (PTZ)-induced seizure.  Methods: In this experimental study, samples were 30 female rats in five groups of control, seizure (PTZ-induced kindling), seizure+levetiracetam, seizure+cabergoline, seizure+levetiracetam+cabergoline. …”
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Longitudinal Invariance Testing Of The Knee Injury Osteoarthritis Outcome Score For Joint Replacement Scale (KOOS-JR) by Alexandra Dluzniewski, Caleb Allred, Madeline P Casanova, Jonathan D Moore, Adam C Cady, Russell T Baker

“…The KOOS-JR-6 may be a more viable option to assess change over time; however, more research is warranted…”
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Patients` cumulative doses during CT-examinations in Russian clinical practice by P. S. Druzhinina

“…The aim of this study was to identify cases of high cumulative effective doses (more than 100 mSv) of adult patients undergoing computed tomography examinations in two departments of the Leningrad Regional Clinical Oncological Dispensary. …”
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Survey the level of knowledge of female teachers employed in governmental high ‎schools in Some-E- Sara on AIDS in ‎‏2004‏ by fatemeh seyedfazelpour, farideh hasavari, mitra sedghi sabet

“…Based on present statistics, this disease is more prevalent in young ‎and in women aging ‎‏15-24‏‎, it is ‎‏20‏‎ percent but in men, it is‏13.5‏‎ percent. …”
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Using Personalized Intervention Criteria in a Mobile Just-in-Time Adaptive Intervention for Increasing Physical Activity in University Students: Pilot Study by Mai Ikegaya, Jerome Clifford Foo, Taiga Murata, Kenta Oshima, Jinhyuk Kim

“…Just-in-time adaptive intervention (JITAI) has been proposed as one method to increase physical activity by delivering an intervention at a time when individuals are more likely to make behavioral changes. …”
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Clinical Aspects of Bacterial Corneal Ulcer Prolonged Course, the Role of Herpes Viruses in Its Pathogenesis, Treatment by V. V. Neroev, L. A. Katargina, L. A. Kovaleva, G. I. Krichevskaya, N. V. Balatskaya

“…Two groups were identified: a favorable course-with duration of bacterial corneal ulcer epithelialization for 17 days (62 people) and a prolonged course with a persistent ulcer more than 17 days (55 people). Blood samples (n = 117) and scrapes from corneal ulcer (n = 117) were investigated in polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for the presence of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) of Herpes simplex virus (HSV1, 2), Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), Human herpesvirus type 6, 7 (HHV-6, HSV-7). …”
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Impact of COVID-19 pandemic in the Brazilian maternal mortality ratio: A comparative analysis of Neural Networks Autoregression, Holt-Winters exponential smoothing, and Autoregress... by Mayara Carolina Cañedo, Thiago Inácio Barros Lopes, Luana Rossato, Isadora Batista Nunes, Izadora Dillis Faccin, Túlio Máximo Salomé, Simone Simionatto

“…Brazil has the highest number of maternal deaths and a distressing fatality rate of 7.2%, more than double the country's current mortality rate of 2.8%. …”
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Can clinical findings at admission allow withholding of antibiotics in patients hospitalized for community acquired pneumonia when a test for a respiratory virus is positive? by Ryan Ward, Alejandro J. Gonzalez, Justin A. Kahla, Daniel M. Musher

“…We sought to determine whether clinical, imaging or laboratory features in patients hospitalized for CAP in whom PCR is positive for a respiratory virus enable exclusion of bacterial coinfection so that antibiotics can be withheld. Methods For this prospective study, we selected patients in whom an etiologic diagnosis was likely to be reached, namely those who provided a high-quality sputum sample at or shortly after admission, and in whom PCR was done to test for a respiratory virus. …”
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Trade-offs in relative limb length among Peruvian children: extending the thrifty phenotype hypothesis to limb proportions. by Emma Pomeroy, Jay T Stock, Sanja Stanojevic, J Jaime Miranda, Tim J Cole, Jonathan C K Wells

“…<h4>Background and methods</h4>Both the concept of 'brain-sparing' growth and associations between relative lower limb length, childhood environment and adult disease risk are well established. …”
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Self-selected vs. prescribed aerobic exercise intensity: impacts on pleasure in women with obesity by Carlos Eduardo Rosa Da Silva, Wilian Jesus Santana, Gustavo Almeida, Adriano Verame, Antonio Roberto Doro, Eduardo Barbosa, Leonardo Lima, Helton Magalhães Dias, Marcelo Callegari Zanetti, Aylton Figueira Junior

“…The aim of the present study was to compare the effect of three aerobic training protocols on psychophysiological responses in physically inactive adult obese women.MethodsThe sample consisted of 90 women with a mean age of 48.3 ± 5.5 years and BMI of 31.2 ± 4.8 kg/m2, who participated in three treadmill aerobic training protocols: 1- Control group (IPI) with individually prescribed intensity (64 to 76% of HRmax), 2- Small group (SGS) with self-selected intensity, and 3- Individual with self-selected intensity (ISS). …”
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