Associations between sedentary behaviour and sarcopenia among patients aged 40 and older with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a cross-sectional study by Dandan Wang, Ming Zhang, Jun Huang, Haihong Zhang, Si Chen, Kefang Wang

“…After adjustment for confounders, SB showed a significant association with sarcopenia (adjusted β = 1.47, 95% CI = 1.28–1.68). …”
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Decreased Levels of Insulin-Regulated Aminopeptidase (IRAP) in Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Prospective Cohort Study by Osman Köse, Koray Gök, Elif Köse, Sezen Irmak Gözükara, Abdullah Tüten, Mehmet Sühha Bostancı

“…These findings suggest that low serum IRAP level could be a novel biomarker for the prediction of GDM. Clinical Trial registration: The study has been registered on https://classic.clinicaltrials.gov/ (registration number: NCT06716320).…”
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Impact of caffeine and vitamin D3 on the body-weight of pregnant BALB/c mice by Maimoona Khan, Muhammad Saad Abdullah, Fareeha Mushtaq, Faiza Umbreen, Muhammad Rizwan Bashir Kiani, Ayesha Shahid

“…In comparison to the control group G1, the body-weights of animals in experimental group G2 showed more decrease in accrual of body-weight than noted in experimental group G3.  …”
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Effects of poultry by-product meal and complete replacement of fish oil with alternative oils on growth performance and gut health of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss): a FEEDNET... by Imam Hasan, Simona Rimoldi, Biagina Chiofalo, Marianna Oteri, Micaela Antonini, Rosangela Armone, Violeta Kalemi, Laura Gasco, Genciana Terova

“…The combination of PBM and natural algae oil was well tolerated by the trout and showed no negative effects on gut health. A detailed analysis of fatty acids in the fillet revealed that PUFAs of the n3 and n6 series were significantly higher in the PBM group than in the FM group. …”
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Investigating resting-state functional connectivity changes within procedural memory network across neuropsychiatric disorders using fMRI by Mahdi Mohammadkhanloo, Mohammad Pooyan, Hamid Sharini, Mitra Yousefpour

“…Results ADHD patients showed increased Cereb45 l - Cereb3 r rs-FC (p = 0.000067) and decreased Cereb1 l - Cereb6 l rs-FC (p = 0.00092). …”
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On-Demand Therapy with Proton Pump Inhibitors for Maintenance Treatment of Nonerosive Reflux Disease or Mild Erosive Esophagitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Zubair Khan, Yaseen Alastal, Muhammad Ali Khan, Mohammad Saud Khan, Basmah Khalil, Shreesh Shrestha, Faisal Kamal, Ali Nawras, Colin W. Howden

“…Discontinuation of therapy during the trial was used as a surrogate for patient dissatisfaction and failure of symptomatic control. …”
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Sexual Differences in response to Mid- or Low-Premixed Insulin Analogue in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes by Bing-li Liu, Xiao-mei Liu, Yi-fei Ren, Yi-Xuan Sun, Meng-hui Luo, Lei Ye, Jian-hua Ma, Feng-fei Li

“…Our data indicate that male patients with T2D receiving mid-premixed insulin analogue regimen may have a potential benefit of improvement in glycemic control compared to female patients. This trial is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov ChiCTR-IPR-15007340.…”
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Therapeutic effects of reduced glutathione on liver function, fibrosis, and HBV DNA clearance in chronic hepatitis B patients by Qiyao Wei, Jing Zhao

“…The observation group showed greater reductions in HA, PC III, and LN, and improved liver fibrosis grades (P < 0.05). …”
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Effects of Different Technological Forms of the Perilla frutescens in the Diet on Ruminal Fermentation, Milk and Plasma Fatty Acid Composition, Ruminal Biohydrogenation and Milk Qu... by Selma Büyükkılıç Beyzi, İsmail Ülger, Emrah Kaya, Buğra Ocak, Yusuf Konca

“…The experiment was implemented in a double 4 × 4 Latin square trial design, and sampling was carried out for 7 days after 21 days of adaptation. …”
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Development and Validation of a Predictive Model Based on Serum Silent Information Regulator 6 Levels in Chinese Older Adult Patients: Cross-Sectional Descriptive Study by Yuzi You, Wei Liang, Yajie Zhao

“…All models demonstrated satisfactory calibration, with predicted outcomes closely aligning with actual results. ConclusionsSIRT6 shows promise in predicting CAD, with enhanced predictive abilities when combined with the TyG index. …”
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Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender clinical competence of health professionals in Poland and Spain: results of the health exclusion research in Europe (HERE) study by Piotr Karniej, Anthony Dissen, Łukasz Pietrzykowski, Raúl Juárez-Vela, Antonio Martinez Sabater, Janina Kulińska, Jakub Zieliński, Michał Czapla

“…Multivariate linear regression was used to analyze predictors of clinical preparedness, attitudes, and knowledge regarding LGBT care. Clinical trial number: not applicable. Results Spanish health professionals showed higher total LGBT-DOCSS scores compared to Polish participants (B = 0.503, p < 0.001). …”
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Adaptive potential of winter rye cultivars developed at VIR in the context of their grain protein content in the environments of Leningrad province by N. I. Aniskov, I. V. Safonova, V. I. Horeva

“…It was confirmed by the results of the analysis of variance: the share of the ‘year of trial’ factor’s effect on protein content was 71.9%. …”
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Assessing the Impact of a Virtual Reality Cognitive Intervention on Tennis Performance in Junior Tennis Players: Pilot Study by Joaquin A Anguera, Aleem Choudhry, Michael Seaman, Dominick Fedele

“…MethodsData were collected from a cohort of tennis players in a randomized controlled trial design led by the dedicated research team. …”
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Impact of Soybean Bioactive Peptides on Growth, Lipid Metabolism, Antioxidant Ability, Molecular Responses, and Gut Microbiota of Oriental River Prawn (<i>Macrobrachium nipponense<... by Chang Yang, Bo Liu, Liangkun Pan, Dong Xia, Cunxin Sun, Xiaochuan Zheng, Peng Chen, He Hu, Qunlan Zhou

“…In the present study, SBPs were used to alleviate the negative effects of a fishmeal decrease on the growth performance, lipid metabolism, antioxidant capacity, and gut microbiota of oriental river prawn (<i>Macrobrachium nipponense</i>) in an 8-week feeding trial. Three isonitrogenic and isolipidic diets were prepared as follows: R (reference diet with 32% fishmeal), CT (control diet with 22% fishmeal), and SBP (22% fishmeal with 1.25 g/kg soybean bioactive peptides). …”
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Current Evidence on the Use of Antifilarial Agents in the Management of bancroftian Filariasis by Sumadhya Deepika Fernando, Chaturaka Rodrigo, Senaka Rajapakse

“…Many trials have explored the efficacy of individual drugs and drug combinations to treat bancroftian filariasis. …”
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Event Related Potentials and Serial List Picture Memory in Parkinson’s Patients by M. S. Korsnes, I. Reinvang

“…The PD patients failed to respond in 29% of all trials, but the overall accuracy was similar to that in the control group when these trials were excluded. …”
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Optimizing non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation for treatment in stroke by Sheharyar S. Baig, Samantha Dorney, Mudasar Aziz, Simon M. Bell, Ali N. Ali, Li Su, Jessica N. Redgrave, Arshad Majid

“…Transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation has been demonstrated to show potential therapeutic effects in both acute and chronic stroke. …”
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“Earlyploid” - Tetraploid Annual Ryegrass by Ann R. Blount, Gordon M. Prine, Cheryl L. Mackowiak, Kevin E. Kenworthy, Jeffery C. Jones, Paul E. Reith

“…Earlyploid, developed at the UF/IFAS North Florida Research and Education Center, is a large-seeded, upright, early forage-producing and early maturing annual ryegrass. Regional variety trials show it is the earliest tetraploid ryegrass cultivar available commercially. …”
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“Earlyploid” - Tetraploid Annual Ryegrass by Ann R. Blount, Gordon M. Prine, Cheryl L. Mackowiak, Kevin E. Kenworthy, Jeffery C. Jones, Paul E. Reith

“…Earlyploid, developed at the UF/IFAS North Florida Research and Education Center, is a large-seeded, upright, early forage-producing and early maturing annual ryegrass. Regional variety trials show it is the earliest tetraploid ryegrass cultivar available commercially. …”
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Recent Advances: The Imbalance of Cytokines in the Pathogenesis of Inflammatory Bowel Disease by Qingdong Guan, Jiguo Zhang

“…Targeting cytokines have been novel strategies in the treatment of IBD. Recent studies show the beneficial effects of anticytokine treatments to IBD patients, and multiple novel cytokines are found to be involved in the pathogenesis of IBD. …”
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