Assessment of Cellular Responses after Short- and Long-Term Exposure to Silver Nanoparticles in Human Neuroblastoma (SH-SY5Y) and Astrocytoma (D384) Cells by Teresa Coccini, Luigi Manzo, Vittorio Bellotti, Uliana De Simone

“…Pulmonary A549 cells were employed for data comparison along with silver nitrate as metal ionic form. Short-term data: (i) AgNP produced dose- and time-dependent mitochondrial metabolism changes and cell membrane damage (effects starting at 25 μg/ml after 4 h: EC50s were 40.7 ± 2.0 and 49.5 ± 2.1 μg/ml for SH-SY5Y and D384, respectively). …”
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Long short‐term memory‐based forecasting of uncertain parameters in an islanded hybrid microgrid and its energy management using improved grey wolf optimization algorithm by Raji Krishna, Hemamalini S

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Study on the Optimization Path of After-school Physical Education Services in Junior High Schools under the Policy of Increasing the Physical Education Score of the Secondary School Examination by Jinjiang Qiao, Xue Wang

“…In the context of the increase in the value of physical education scores in the midterm examination, there is an undesirable phenomenon of “jumping the gun” in physical education, and the rapid expansion of extracurricular training institutions in physical education. …”
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The effects of educational status and comorbidity on routine assessment of patient index data 3 and its correlation with disease activity score 28 and clinical disease activity index by Kubilay Sahin, Cem Ozisler, Nesibe Karahan Yesil, Fulya Dortbas, Ahmet Omma, Zeynep Ozbalkan Aslar, Yasar Karaaslan

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Lack of Short-Term Effectiveness of Rotating Treadmill Training on Turning in People with Mild-to-Moderate Parkinson's Disease and Healthy Older Adults: A Randomized, Controlled Study by Marie E. McNeely, Gammon M. Earhart

“…The rotating treadmill is not recommended for short-term rehabilitation of impaired in-place turning in the general PD population.…”
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Évaluer la qualité des relations éducatives pour favoriser le bien-être : une utilisation possible du Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS) ? by Marlène Martin, Pascale Haag

“…To try to understand it, different methods have been proposed, including the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS), a tool for observing and evaluating the quality of interactions in an educational context. …”
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Effect of healthy lifestyle score trajectory on all-cause mortality in the late middle-aged and older population: Finding from 17-year retrospective cohort study by Jeong Min Yang, Jieun Hwang

“…To evaluate this, the Healthy Lifestyle Score (HLS), which focuses on health protecting behaviors (e.g., smoking, alcohol consumption, physical activity, body mass index), is widely used. …”
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Evaluation of near-threshold fatigue crack propagation in Ti-6Al-4V Alloy with harmonic structure created by Mechanical Milling and Spark Plasma Sintering by S. Kikuchi, T. Imai, H. Kubozono, Y. Nakai, A. Ueno, K. Ameyama

“…Titanium alloy (Ti-6Al-4V) having a bimodal “harmonic structure”, which consists of coarsegrained structure surrounded by a network structure of fine grains, was fabricated by mechanical milling (MM) and spark plasma sintering (SPS) to achieve high strength and good plasticity. …”
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Caries affected Dentin biomodification using Bromelain, Riboflavin photosensitizer via UVA, and Chitosan Nanoparticles on shear bond strength and microleakage scores: A SEM evaluation by Khold Alahdal, Ahmed Maawadh, Laila AlDeeb, Thamer Almohareb, Ahoud S Alshamrani, Ali Alrahlah

“…Conclusion: Caries-affected dentin modified with Bromelain resulted in satisfactory SBS with minimal microleakage scores. Chitosan nanoparticles and RFP/Ultraviolet-A also presented better outcomes in terms of microleakage and SBS than the control.…”
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Comparison of mortality between open and closed pelvic bone fractures in Korea using 1:2 propensity score matching: a single-center retrospective study by Jaeri Yoo, Donghwan Choi, Byung Hee Kang

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The Continuous Improvement of the Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR)–CRISPR-Associated Protein System Has Led to Its Highly Efficient Application in Plants by Wanqing Tan, Zhiyuan Wang, Liezhao Liu

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Short bouts and long-term exercise reduce sedentary-induced bone loss and microstructural changes by modulating bone formation and resorption in healthy young male rats by L.Y. Wang, L.M. Liang, X.X. Zhang, H. Chi, F. L. Peng

“…To simulate SED, we used small Plexiglas cages (20.0 × 9.0 × 10.0 cm) to restrict animal movement. Short bursts of exercise to break SED and continuous long-term exercise were also designed. …”
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Effect of Oral Vasopressors Used for Liberation from Intravenous Vasopressors in Intensive Care Unit Patients Recovering from Spinal Shock: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Ahmed Talaat Ahmed Ali, Mervat Anwar Abd EL-Aziz, Ahmed Mohamed Abdelhafez, Amr Mohamed Ahmed Thabet

“…Early vasopressor utilization has been associated with improved outcomes of patients with spinal shock; however, there are difficulties in weaning off vasopressors, in which patients after recovery from spinal shock develop a state of persistent vasodilation, which may take a few days to resolve and delays the discharge in the intensive care unit (ICU). …”
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Potential of 6-mm-diameter fully covered self-expandable metal stents for unresectable malignant distal biliary obstruction: a propensity score-matched study by Daiki Yamashige, Susumu Hijioka, Yoshikuni Nagashio, Yuta Maruki, Soma Fukuda, Shin Yagi, Kohei Okamoto, Hidenobu Hara, Yuya Hagiwara, Daiki Agarie, Tetsuro Takasaki, Akihiro Ohba, Shunsuke Kondo, Chigusa Morizane, Hideki Ueno, Miyuki Sone, Yutaka Saito, Takuji Okusaka

“…Methods This single-center retrospective cohort study included patients who underwent initial transpapillary metal stenting for UR-MDBO. Propensity score matching (1:1) analysis was performed. Results Of 133/68 patients who underwent 6-mm/10-mm-diameter FCSEMS deployment, 59 in each group were selected. …”
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Nonthermal atmospheric pressure plasma (NTAPP) effectively eliminates skin tumors in a mouse model of UV-induced carcinogenesis with a short-term treatment regimen by Szabolcs Bozsányi, Ruby Acquah, Rhea Carmel Glen Rodrigues, Erin C. Tracy, Sean P. Murphy, Gregory Fridman, Wendy J. Huss, Peter C. Friedman, Gyorgy Paragh

“…These findings warrant further investigations of short, clinically feasible NTAPP treatment protocols for early skin cancer treatment.…”
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Effectiveness of a novel artificial intelligence-assisted colonoscopy system for adenoma detection: a prospective, propensity score-matched, non-randomized controlled study in Korea by Jung-Bin Park, Jung Ho Bae

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Correction: Preventing preterm birth with progesterone: costs and effects of screening low risk women with a singleton pregnancy for short cervical length, the Triple P study by Melanie A van Os, Jeanine A van der Ven, C Emily Kleinrouweler, Eva Pajkrt, Esteriek de Miranda, Aleid van Wassenaer, Martina Porath, Patrick M Bossuyt, Kitty WM Bloemenkamp, Christine Willekes, Mallory Woiski, Martijn A Oudijk, Katia M Bilardo, Marko J Sikkema, Johannes J Duvekot, Diederik Veersema, Jacqueline Laudy, Petra Kuiper, Christianne JM de Groot, Ben Willem J Mol, Monique C Haak

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Clinical characteristics of and growth hormone treatment effects on short stature with type 1 insulin-like growth factor receptor (IGF1R) gene alteration by Yuki Kawashima-Sonoyama, Keisuke Wada, Kei Yamamoto, Masanobu Fujimoto, Noriyuki Namba, Takeshi Taketani

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State of charge estimation of lithium-ion battery based on state of temperature estimation using weight clustered-convolutional neural network-long short-term memory by Chaoran Li, Sichen Zhu, Liuli Zhang, Xinjian Liu, Menghan Li, Haiqin Zhou, Qiang Zhang, Zhonghao Rao

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Timely short-term specialised palliative home care for older people with frailty and their family: a mixed-methods pilot randomised controlled trial and process evaluation by Lieve Van den Block, Kim de Nooijer, Lara Pivodic, Peter Pype, Nele Van Den Noortgate, Rose Miranda, Kim Eecloo, Stefanie De Buyser, Aurelie Joos, Katlijn Van Mulders

“…Objective The primary study aims were to evaluate the implementation, mechanisms and context of a timely short-term specialised palliative care intervention for older people with frailty (Frailty+ intervention) as well as to assess the feasibility of a randomised controlled trial to evaluate Frailty+. …”
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