Implementing Learning from Excellence in a postanaesthesia care unit: a qualitative study of healthcare professionals’ experiences after six months by Gørill Birkeli, Ellen Catharina Tveter Deilkås, Randi Ballangrud, Anne Karin Lindahl

“…Six semi-structured focus group interviews were conducted, from May to June 2023, with a convenience sample of nurses (n = 17) and physicians (n = 7). …”
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Opuntia ficus indica cladode extract inhibit DNA double-strand breaks and locally multiply damaged sites induced by gamma radiation by Saloua Kouass Sahbani

“…Studies aimed at obtaining more documentation about CCE components with potential radio-preventive activity are desirable because of their protective properties.…”
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The Prevalence and Associated Factors of Hypertension among HIV Patients by Grace Wambura Mbuthia, Karani Magutah, Stephen T. McGarvey

“…Persons living with HIV are 1.5–2 times more likely to develop CVD risk factors compared to the noninfected individuals. …”
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Single-center experience of intraoperative ligation of the splenic artery for prevention of splenic artery steal syndrome in patients after living donor liver transplant by K. O. Semash, T. A. Dzhanbekov, T. Z. Gaybullaev

“…However, further studies with larger sample sizes are needed to obtain more reliable results. …”
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The Efficacy of Platelet‐Rich Plasma in Facial Lichen Planus Pigmentosus: A Prospective Pilot Study by Chanisa Kiatsurayanon, Pasinee Deeudomwongsa, Pitcharat Pituvong, Praneet Sajjachareonpong

“…In this study, we aimed to investigate the use of platelet‐rich plasma (PRP) as a novel therapy for LPP. Methods Twelve patients received three sessions of intradermal PRP injection at a 2‐week interval. …”
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Health service utilization for mental, behavioural and emotional problems among conflict-affected population in Georgia: a cross-sectional study. by Ivdity Chikovani, Nino Makhashvili, George Gotsadze, Vikram Patel, Martin McKee, Maia Uchaneishvili, Natia Rukhadze, Bayard Roberts

“…General practitioners (29%) and neurologists (26%) were consulted by the majority of those with a current mental disorder who accessed services, while use of psychiatric services was far more limited. Pharmacotherapy was the predominant type of care (90%). …”
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Understanding non-partner sexual violence perpetration in young Tanzanian men: a cross-sectional study by Rebecca Brambilla, Gerry Mshana, Neema Mosha, Andrew Gibbs, Donati Malibwa, Saidi Kapiga, Heidi Stöckl

“…Results Among the young men in our sample, 9% reported having perpetrated non-partner rape (n = 86), 19% having physically harassed a woman (n = 188) and 33% having verbally harassed a woman (n = 330). …”
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Epidemiology of malaria and utilization of insecticide-treated bed nets in Kola Diba, northwest Ethiopia by Halima Nuru, Zinaye Tekeste, Amir Alelign

“…A total of 404 individuals who visited Kola Diba Primary Hospital during the study period were included in the study. Blood samples were collected from each study participant and examined for the presence of malaria parasites. …”
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Effect of polyethylene glycol mixtures as ointment base on the physicochemical properties of Lavsan atraumatic wound dressings by A. A. Korolchuk, E. S. Zhavoronok, O. A. Legonkova, S. A. Kedik

“…The aim of the study was to determine the reasons for Lavsan woven nets’ hardening and becoming more trauma-prone during storage, and to find ways of eliminating these effects.Methods. …”
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Immunogenicity and protective efficacy of seven candidate vaccines boosted with recombinant proteins, whole-cell bacterins of three serotypes of Mannheimia haemolytica, and an emul... by Aslı Balevi, Emine Eda Toslak, Ali Uslu, Zafer Sayın, Osman Erganis

“…Current commercial vaccines offer limited cross-serotype protection, and the rising prevalence of serotype 6 (S6) necessitates the development of more effective vaccines. This study aimed to develop novel candidate vaccines, including monovalent, bivalent, trivalent, and recombinant protein-based on S1, S2, and S6 serotypes of M. haemolytica formulations, to create an in-house ELISA with eight coating antigens.MethodsFive hundred lung samples from calves and sheep with respiratory infection symptoms were analyzed. …”
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Identification of high confidence genes involved in the manifestation of ventricular septal defect by Chaithra Shanthithadda, Nallur Basappa Ramachandra

“…From these genes, 176 variations were identified, of which 166 were newly reported from our samples, and 10 were previously reported, indicating that these are novel variants for the Indian population. …”
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Could serum Raftlin and GPER-1levels be new biomarkers for early detection of non-small cell lung cancer? by Aykut Eliçora, Berrak Güven, Hüseyin Engin, Gokcen Tugba Çevik, Hüseyin Fatih Sezer

“…However, we think that more definitive results can be obtained by determining the tissue and expression level of GPER in lung cancer with further studies.…”
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Bacterial flora of chronic venous leg ulcers: Shifts over a two-decade period by Matić Milan, Matić Aleksandra

“…In 2020, the predominance of G-bacteria was even more pronounced, with 89.86% compared to 10.14% G+ (p < 0.001). …”
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Plasmodium falciparum malaria in children aged 0-2 years: the role of foetal haemoglobin and maternal antibodies to two asexual malaria vaccine candidates (MSP3 and GLURP). by David Tiga Kangoye, Issa Nebie, Jean-Baptiste Yaro, Siaka Debe, Safiatou Traore, Oumarou Ouedraogo, Guillaume Sanou, Issiaka Soulama, Amidou Diarra, Alfred Tiono, Kevin Marsh, Sodiomon Bienvenu Sirima, Philip Bejon

“…<h4>Results</h4>A total of 79.6% of children experienced one or more episodes of febrile malaria during monitoring. …”
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Validation of Medication Proxies for the Identification of Hospitalizations for Major Adverse Cerebro-Cardiovascular Events by Steenhuis D, Li X, Feenstra TL, Hak E

“…Therefore, in this study, we aim to assess the validity of various medicines used as a proxy for major adverse cardio-cerebrovascular events (MACCE), that is, to identify an incident or previous hospitalization for a MACCE.Patients and Methods: Using the claims database of a large Dutch healthcare insurer, we estimated the concordance between hospitalization claims for MACCE and specific claims for dispensings to treat MACCE in a cohort of patients on primary preventive antihypertensive and/or antihyperlipidemic therapy between 2013 and 2020.Results: In a cohort of more than 110,000 patients, a dispensing of either vitamin K antagonists, platelet aggregation inhibitors, or nitrates was predictive of an incident hospitalization for a MACCE between 2013 and 2020, with a sensitivity of 71.5% (95% CI: 70.4– 72.5%) and specificity of 93.2% (95% CI 91.1– 93.4%), and any history of hospitalization for a MACCE (prevalence) with a sensitivity of 86.9% (95% CI: 86.5– 87.3%) and specificity of 81.9 (956% CI: 81.6– 82.1%), while positive predicted value remains low. …”
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Meta Analysis of Therapeutic Effect of Jichuan Decoction Combined with Acupuncture and Moxibustion for Functional Constipation by Haibing QIN, Aiyuan ZOU, Lianhuan YANG, Zhaotian WU

“…However, it is still necessary to expand the sample size and improve the research quality, so as to design more rigorous randomized controlled trials to verify the above conclusions.…”
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Few-Shot Unsupervised Domain Adaptation Based on Refined Bi-Directional Prototypical Contrastive Learning for Cross-Scene Hyperspectral Image Classification by Xuebin Tang, Hanyi Shi, Chunchao Li, Cheng Jiang, Xiaoxiong Zhang, Lingbin Zeng, Xiaolei Zhou

“…In this work, we investigate an extreme and realistic scenario where unsupervised domain adaptation methods encounter sparsely labeled source data when handling HSICC tasks, namely, few-shot unsupervised domain adaptation. …”
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Telemedicine for HIV care: a cross-sectional survey of people living with HIV receiving care at two federally qualified health centers in Los Angeles during a mature phase of the C... by Daisy Walker, Corrina Moucheraud, Derrick Butler, Christian Takayama, Steven Shoptaw, Judith S. Currier, Jay Gladstein, Risa Hoffman

“…Results Sixty percent of the sample had used any telemedicine and, of these, 93% utilized only telephone visits. …”
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Molecular epidemiology and characterization of antibiotic resistance of Pasteurella multocida isolated from livestock population of Punjab, Pakistan by Shahid Ali, Muhammad Haseeb Ali Tariq, Muhammad Yaqoob, Mazhar Ul Haq, Rabaab Zahra

“…A prevalence rate of 7.57% was found, where buffaloes were more prone to infection (8.3%) as compared to cows (6.7%). …”
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Anti-Müllerian hormone in African-American women with systemic lupus erythematosus by S Sam Lim, Meghan Angley, Jessica B Spencer, Penelope P Howards

“…SLE/CYC− women were also slightly more likely to have AMH &lt;1.0 ng/mL (PR: 1.62, 95% CI: 0.93 to 2.82) than comparison women. …”
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