Adomas Jakštas - Dambrauskas (1860-1938) as a Lithuanian public figure and literary man by Vanda Stonienė

“…Many publications of the Society were initiated and prepared by him, and many of his own writings appeared as the Society's publications. …”
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Acute Neurotoxicity in Children Treated for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and Lymphoblastic Lymphoma: A 10-Year Single-Centre Experience by Izabela Kranjčec, Nada Rajačić, Tamara Janjić, Monika Kukuruzović, Filip Jadrijević-Cvrlje, Maja Pavlović, Jelena Roganović

“…Most patients were stratified to the intermediate risk group (39.3%), and two were initially diagnosed with central nervous system infiltration. …”
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Critical signals for grassland desertification prediction in the transition zone between desert and typical steppe in InnerMongolia, China by Baoping Meng, Zhuoyan Jin, Jin Chen, Yili Kuang, Shuhua Yi, Yanyan Lv, Jinrong Li

“…Results showed that: (1) During grassland desertification, LPI decreasing rapidly followed by a slower decline, while PARA exhibited an initial slow decrease before a rapid decline during grassland desertification, reaching a critical point at a vegetation coverage of 49.95 %. (2) Species diversity indices tended to be increased first and then decreased with the decrease of CA, LPI, and PARA. …”
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Does tocilizumab eliminate inflammation in GCA? A cohort study on repeated temporal artery biopsies by Chiara Marvisi, Francesco Muratore, Carlo Salvarani, Pierluigi Macchioni, Pamela Mancuso, Luigi Boiardi, Stefania Croci, Paolo Giorgi Rossi, Alberto Cavazza, Annibale Versari, Rexhep Durmo, Caterina Ricordi, Martina Bonacini, Giuseppe Malchiodi

“…Among the 11 patients with initial TMI, 2 had ILA, 1 had TMI, 1had SVV and 1 had vasa vasorum vasculitis at the second TAB. …”
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Step-by-step causal analysis of EHRs to ground decision-making. by Matthieu Doutreligne, Tristan Struja, Judith Abecassis, Claire Morgand, Leo Anthony Celi, Gaël Varoquaux

“…We show that too large treatment-initiation times induce immortal time bias. The second step is selection of the confounding variables based on expert knowledge. …”
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Sociocybernetics and autopoiesis by Sonja Verwey

“…The purpose of this paper is to initiate dialogue among communication scholars that may resonate with the constructivist epistemology, and which constitutes both cybernetics and postmodernism. …”
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Effectiveness of implementation of sickle cell disease referral guidelines and other measures in paediatric department at a tertiary hospital in Saudi Arabia by Muhammad Matloob Alam, Abdulrhman Alathaibi, Hamdan Alghamdi, Jean Barrientos De Asis, Reynan Bautista, Mansour Aladwani, Mustafa Mohamed Selim

“…Also, 86% of patients were investigated with unnecessary investigations followed by outpatient haematological clinic visits which cause financial burden to the hospital, job load for medical staff and psychological burden for families.Methods and interventions We carried out an initial audit of PHO referrals and requested laboratory tests over a 3-month period (October–December 2022). …”
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Interaction of norsecurinine-type monomeric and dimeric alkaloids with α-tubulin: a molecular docking study by Gérard Vergoten, Christian Bailly

“…Methods: Two molecular models were initially compared for the binding of securinine to α/β-tubulin. …”
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Comparison of efficacy and safety of complementary and alternative therapies for essential hypertension with anxiety or depression disorder. by Xueyan Han, Xinxin Liu, Fengxing Zhong, Yiguo Wang, Qiming Zhang

“…<h4>Methods</h4>All randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and registered and ongoing trials of Chinese and English databases, related to supplementation and replacement therapies of EH with anxiety or depression disorder, published from initial state to February 2021, will be collected in the form of computer retrieval. …”
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Efficacy and safety assessment of propranolol tablets vs. oral solution for infantile hemangioma: a retrospective study in China by Wenting Chen, Hua Qian, Qi Sun, Shan Zhang, Lei Zhu, Yafen Wu, Yingying Qian, Bingbing Wang, Wei Li

“…All patients were assessed in the hospital at the initiation of treatment and in the outpatient setting during treatment. …”
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SURGICAL TREATMENT OF GASTRIC STUMP CANCER: A COHORT STUDY OF 51 PATIENTS by Eric DRIZLIONOKS, Valdir TERCIOTI JUNIOR, João de Souza COELHO NETO, Nelson Adami ANDREOLLO, Luiz Roberto LOPES

“…The mean interval between the initial gastrectomy and surgery for the treatment of gastric stump neoplasia was 34.7 years. …”
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MEDIATIZATION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CONCEPT IN THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE MEDIA DISCOURSE: CORPUS-BASED APPROACH by Elena Yu. Ilyinova, Larisa A. Kochetova

“…The quantitative characteristics of the texts construing AI imagery in the corpus under study point to the prevalence of small and moderate size texts, which is explained by the pragmatics of informing a broad lay audience on advancement and development of AI without initiating any public discussions. The thematic distribution analysis showed domination of “Positive AI capabilities” and “AI development and Investments”, whereas “Impending danger” and “Negative AI capabilities” are covered infrequently. …”
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Lactococcus lactis D4 Restores Gut Microbiota Balance in Azoxymethane and Dextran Sulfate Sodium-induced Colorectal Cancer Rat Model by Rini Suswita, Muhammad Iqbal Rivai, Muhammad Iqbal, Irwan Irwan, Avit Suchitra

“…BACKGROUND: Gut microbiota plays a crucial role in the initiation and progression of colorectal cancer (CRC), with various bacterial species including Lactococcus lactis implicated in this process. …”
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Self-managed physical activity in cancer survivors for the management of cancer-related fatigue: A scoping review. by Isabella Campanini, Maria Bernadette Ligabue, Maria Chiara Bò, Maria Chiara Bassi, Mirco Lusuardi, Andrea Merlo

“…Inclusion criteria: self-managed PA meant as any exercise program prescribed by a professional either with or without initial supervision and training which then continued independently for a given time frame; patient-reported fatigue assessment included in the outcome measures. …”
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Exploring the rise and diversity of health and societal issues that use a public health approach: A scoping review and narrative synthesis. by Alison Hurst, Nick Shaw, Daniele Carrieri, Ken Stein, Katrina Wyatt

“…A scoping review of published literature was undertaken; Seven leading databases were searched: AMED, APA PsycInfo, ASSIA, CINAHL complete, Cochrane Library (Review), Embase, and MEDLINE for articles published between 2010 and 2022 which have applied, described or called for a "public health approach" to address any issue. 3,573 studies were identified through our initial searches, of these 1,635 articles were recognised for possible inclusion from analysis of titles and abstract. …”
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Assessing the effect of deposited bitumen or asphaltenes on the nitrification process in the north saskatchewan river sediment by Nayereh Saborimanesh, Patricia Q. Tran, Md Hosnay Mobarok

“…Additionally, the sedimentary microbial community composition altered from its initial composition to a new profile post-exposure to Asp or Bit. …”
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The riflemen union in the Independence war by Aušra Jurevičiūtė, Audronė Veilentienė

“… The Riflemen Union (RU) of Lithuania was established on the initiative expressed by the Military Intelligence of the Ministry of National Defence and Lithuanian intelligentsia. …”
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Comparative Proteomics of Two Flor Yeasts in Sparkling Wine Fermentation: First Approach by Juan C. García-García, Teresa García-Martínez, Juan J. Román-Camacho, Juan Moreno, Juan C. Mauricio

“…Currently, the second fermentation in the bottle is initiated by a few commercially available strains of <i>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</i>. …”
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Optimization of spline parameters in approximation of multivalued functions by D. A. Karpov, V. I. Struchenkov

“…A mathematical model and algorithm were developed to optimize the parameters of a spline as a multivalued function consisting of circular arcs conjugated by line segments. The initial approximation is the spline obtained at the first stage.Conclusions. …”
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E-waste recycling in an optimized way for copper recovery by leaching and a case study on E-waste generation and management in Dhaka city by Kaniz Fatema, Md Niamul Hassan, Sanjida Hasan, Hridoy Roy

“…However, despite government initiatives to regulate e-waste management, unsafe handling practices remain widespread. …”
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