Assessing anxiety symptoms and Traumatic Event Scale scores among medical staff during the COVID-19 pandemic in Colombia: a descriptive cohort study in Bogotá by Pablo Vásquez-Hoyos, Jhon Camacho-Cruz, Sara Marcela Torres Ayala, Susan Tatiana Cárdenas Rojas, Carolina Alexandra Zambrano Pérez, Juanita Yolanda Atuesta-Fajardo, Licet Villamizar-Gómez

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Effects of short and long-term exposure to benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylenes (BTEX) in indoor environment air on human health: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Sedighe Afrasiabi, Marzieh Fattahi Darghlou, Younes Mohammadi, Mostafa Leili

Subjects: “…Short-term effect; Long-term effect; Indoor air pollution; Seytematic review; Meta analysis…”
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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

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Correlation of Serum Albumin Level to Lung Ultrasound Score and Its Role as Predictors of Outcome in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Patients: A Prospective Observational Study by Souvik Chaudhuri, Sagar S. Maddani, Shwethapriya Rao, Sirish Gauni, N. R. Arjun, Pratibha Todur, Nitin Gupta

“…Serum albumin level and lung ultrasound score were assessed on the day of ICU admission. …”
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Systemic lupus erythematosus organ manifestation and disease activity in children based on Mexican systemic lupus erythematosus disease activity index score at East Java, Indonesia by Zahrah Hikmah, Anang Endaryanto, I Dewa Gede Ugrasena

“…This study aimed to investigate the organ manifestation of juvenile SLE (jSLE) onset and the correlation of organ manifestation with disease activity according to the Mexican SLEs disease activity index scores. Materials and Methods: This was a cross-sectional retrospective study and was conducted at Dr. …”
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Fasting Plasma Glucose Indicates Reversibility of the Acute Insulin Response after Short-Term Intensive Insulin Therapy in Patients with Various Duration of Type 2 Diabetes by Liehua Liu, Siyue Yang, Jianbin Liu, Hai Li, Juan Liu, Xiaopei Cao, Haipeng Xiao, Yanbing Li

“…Recovery of acute insulin response (AIR) is shown to be associated with long-term outcomes of patients with early type 2 diabetes treated with short-term intensive insulin therapy (SIIT). However, the complexity of measuring an AIR limits its utility in a real-world clinical setting. …”
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Patient perspectives on stress after ICU and a short primary care based psychological intervention – results from a qualitative sub‑study of the PICTURE trial by Antina Beutel, Linda Sanftenberg, Chris M. Friemel, Robert Philipp Kosilek, Maggie Schauer, Thomas Elbert, Ulf-Dietrich Reips, Tomke Schubert, Sabine Gehrke-Beck, Konrad Schmidt, Jochen Gensichen, for the PICTURE study group

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Proton pump inhibitors versus histamine-2 receptor antagonists for stress ulcer prophylaxis during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a propensity score-matched analysis by Hiroki Matsui, Hideo Yasunaga, Hiroshi Tanaka, Yutaka Kondo, Hiroyuki Ohbe, Kiyohide Fushimi

“…We defined patients who received PPIs within 2 days after starting ECMO as the PPIs group and those who received H2RAs within 2 days after starting ECMO as the H2RAs group. …”
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LEVANTAMENTO DE CONSTRANGIMENTOS ERGONÔMICOS EM UM CENTRO DE CONTROLE OPERACIONAL (CCO) DE UMA INDÚSTRIA MINERADORA: O CASO DO SETOR “PÁTIO”. by Raimundo Lopes Diniz, Samuel Renato de Oliveira Silva, Ricardson Borges Vieira

“…Aplicaram-se entrevista estruturada com o supervisor (chefe de setor) para o entendimento sobre o funcionamento do sistema-alvo, entrevistas abertas e questionários fechados com os trabalhadores, além de observações a respeito das atividades das tarefas. …”
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Position Paper by Canadian Dental Sleep Medicine Professionals Regarding the Role of Different Health Care Professionals in Managing Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Snoring with Oral Appliances by Luc Gauthier, Fernanda Almeida, Patrick Arcache, Catherine Ashton-McGregor, David Côté, Helen Driver, Kathleen Ferguson, Gilles Lavigne, Philippe Martin, Jean-François Masse, Florence Morisson, Jeffrey Pancer, Charles Samuels, Maurice Schachter, Frédéric Sériès, Glendon Sullivan

“…The present Canadian position paper contains recommendations for the management by dentists of sleep-disordered breathing in adults with the use of oral appliances (OAs) as a treatment option for snoring and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). The recommendations are based on literature reviews and expert panel consensus. …”
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Thermal ablation included in multimodality treatment predicts enhanced survival in advanced non-small cell lung cancer: a propensity score-matched outcome study by Stella Chin-Shaw Tsai, Yi-Min Chen, Yueh-Han Ku, Chia-Hsuan Hsu, Tzu-Hsuan Hsiao, Pin-Hsu Liao, Tzu-Chin Wu, Frank Cheau-Feng Lin

“…Statistical analyses, including propensity score matching and Cox regression models, were used to account for potential confounders.Results The TA group demonstrated a significantly longer median overall survival (OS) of 37 months compared to 15 months in the non-TA group (p < 0.001), with five-year OS rates of 32.4% and 9.8%, respectively. …”
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Early Results From the ‘Diggers to Veterans’ Longitudinal Study of Australian Men who Served in the First World War. Short- and Long-Term Mortality of Early Enlisters by Janet McCalman, Rebecca Kippen, Joan McMeeken, John Hopper, Michael Reade

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Shock Breakouts from Compact Circumstellar Medium Surrounding Core-collapse Supernova Progenitors May Contribute Significantly to the Observed ≳10 TeV Neutrino Background by Eli Waxman, Tal Wasserman, Eran O. Ofek, Avishay Gal-Yam

“…The neutrinos are created within a few days from the explosion, during and shortly after the shock breakout, which produces also large UV (and later X-ray) luminosity. …”
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Short-term abstinence from alcohol and changes in cardiovascular risk factors, liver function tests and cancer-related growth factors: a prospective observational study by Gautam Mehta, Rajiv Jalan, Matteo Rosselli, James Maurice, Stewart Macdonald, Alexandra Cronberg, Tanya Khera-Butler, Colin Sumpter, Safa Al-Khatib, Anjly Jain, Christos Charalambous, Amir Gander, Cynthia Ju, Talay Hakan, Roy Sherwood, Devaki Nair, Kevin P Moore

“…Objective To assess changes in metabolic risk factors and cancer-related growth factors associated with short-term abstinence from alcohol.Design Prospective, observational study.Setting Single tertiary centre.Participants Healthy subjects were recruited based on intention to: (1) abstain from alcohol for 1 month (abstinence group), or (2) continue to drink alcohol (control group). …”
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Evaluation of Malathion and Malaoxon Contamination in Buffalo and Cow Milk from Afyonkarahisar Region, Turkey, Using Liquid Chromatography/Tandem Mass Spectrometry – a Short Report by Kara Recep, Ince Sinan

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Short-Time Intermittent Preexposure of Living Human Donors to Hyperoxia Improves Renal Function in Early Posttransplant Period: A Double-Blind Randomized Clinical Trial by Kamran Montazeri, Mohammadali Vakily, Azim Honarmand, Parviz Kashefi, Mohammadreza Safavi, Shahram Taheri, Bahram Rasoulian

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Short- and long-term changes in neurological, behavioural, and blood biomarkers following repeated mild traumatic brain injury in rats—potential biological sex-dependent effects by Rodrigo Moraga-Amaro, Oscar Moreno, Jordi Llop, Marion Bankstahl, Marion Bankstahl, Jens P. Bankstahl

“…To determine long-term changes in tau aggregation as a hallmark of CTE, we used [18F]-florzolotau (florzolotau) autoradiography in brain slices.ResultsBoth short-term weight gain and time-to-right after rmTBI were increased in grouped animals, with male rats showing more prominent changes. …”
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Comparative analysis of models of sports development management on example of football industry: international experience and russian peculiarities by Sh. M. Ramazanov

Subjects: “…professional sport…”
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