Japanese Patients’ and Physicians’ Preferences for Anticoagulant Use in Atrial Fibrillation: Results from a Discrete-choice Experiment by Ken Okumura, Hiroshi Inoue, Masahiro Yasaka, Juan Marcos Gonzalez, A. Brett Hauber, Bennett Levitan, Zhong Yuan, Jean Baptiste Briere

“…Random-parameters logit models were used to estimate importance weights for treatment-related changes in the annual risk of stroke, myocardial infarction, embolism, and bleeding. …”
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Health-related quality of life in hemato-oncology patients: role of informativeness and doctor-patient communication by Stella Sremić, Lovorka Brajković, Vanja Kopilaš

“…Predictors that significantly contributed to the change in variance of health-related quality of life were age, duration of diagnosis, the existence of comorbidity, frequency of hospitalization, talking with the psychologist after getting the diagnosis and information…”
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LOWER LEG DEFORMITY CORRECTION USING ILIZAROV DEVICE IN DR SOETOMO GENERAL HOSPITAL SURABAYA: A CASE SERIES by Jeffry Andrianus, Citra Ahdi Prasetya

“…The ilizarov device was changed with other fixation because implant failure during correction phase. …”
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Carnivore activity across landuse gradients in a Mexican biosphere reserve by Germar González, Siria Gámez, Nyeema C. Harris

“…We calculated activity overlap between species to detect changes in interspecific competition and predator-prey interactions along the gradient. …”
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eHealth Literacy and Cyberchondria Severity Among Undergraduate Students: Mixed Methods Study by Wan -Chen Hsu

“…Future research should examine how college students move from self-awareness to actionable change and the development of critical health literacy, which are essential for effective digital health engagement.…”
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Development of a PM2.5 Forecasting System Integrating Low-cost Sensors for Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam by Nguyen Ky Phung, Nguyen Quang Long, Nguyen Van Tin, Dang Thi Thanh Le

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Specificity and tunability of efflux pumps: A new role for the proton gradient? by Matthew Gerry, Duncan Kirby, Boian S Alexandrov, Dvira Segal, Anton Zilman

“…We found that the pump specificity is determined not solely by the drug affinity to the pump-as is commonly assumed-but it is also directly affected by the periplasmic pH and the transmembrane potential. Therefore, changes to the proton concentration gradient and voltage drop across the membrane can influence how effective the pump is at extruding a particular drug molecule. …”
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Effect of Metadoxine on Chronic Primary Hepatopathies in Canines:  Number of Cases by Paula María Bermúdez-Duarte, José Alfredo Rivera-Rojas

“…A decrease in the occurrence of vomiting and anorexia was observed (p=0.03), a non-significant increase in ALT and ALP (p=0.84; p=0.43), a reduction in bile acids (p=0.4), and no change in ultrasound score (p=0.42) or histopathological diagnosis (p>0.05). …”
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Real-time Monitoring of Suspended Particulate Matter in Indoor Air: Validation and Application of a Light-scattering Sensor by Anna Susz, Pascal Pratte, Catherine Goujon-Ginglinger

“…Portable monitors, which track temporal changes in the aerosol mass concentration in real time, are a faster alternative to offline gravimetric techniques, which provide only averaged values. …”
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Towards an unbiased jet energy loss measurement by Liliana Apolinário, Lénea Luís, José Guilherme Milhano, João M. Silva

“…Since jet p T is itself modified by interaction with QGP, all such comparisons confound QGP induced modifications with changes that are simply a consequence of comparing jets that started out differently. …”
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Digital Words of Wisdom? Digital Storytelling with Older People – Ponderings of a (fairly) new PhD Research Candidate and a (growing) older Digital Storytelling practitioner by Jenkins Tricia

“…The paper is also self-reflective, as the writer embarks upon the formal route of PhD research, questioning the assumed benefits of the practice that has dominated the last eight years of over thirty years as a teacher and avid promoter of participatory media as a means to effect positive change. The paper is in 6 parts: (1) The Ageing Agenda; (2) Why Am I Doing This?…”
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The multiple self and psychological openness by Hubert Suszek, Maciej Kopera, Andrzej Jakubczyk

“…This effect was consistently observed across various domains of openness: openness as a state (Study 1, N = 204), openness to change (Studies 3 and 4, N = 230 and N = 184), range of values (Studies 2 and 3, N = 212 and N = 230), psychological mindedness and decentering (Study 5, N = 159). …”
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How Trichoderma Enhances Plant Defense Enzymes in Food Crops: Current Insights and Future Perspectives in Asia by Hasan Albana, Nurbailis Nurbailis, Darnetty Darnetty

“…., known for enhancing plant resistance, also have the ability to increase certain physiological aspects of plants, such as defense enzyme activity. More research on changes in plant enzymes due to Trichoderma application is recommended, especially in field conditions, to assess its effectiveness in practical, real-world settings. …”
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Applying equity principles leads to higher carbon removal obligations in Canada by Kasra Motlaghzadeh, Neil Craik, Juan Moreno-Cruz, Vanessa Schweizer, Jay Fuhrman, Keith W. Hipel

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Application of the Perme Score to assess mobility in patients with COVID-19 in inpatient units by Milena Siciliano Nascimento, Claudia Talerman, Raquel A. C. Eid, Simone Brandi, Luana L.S. Gentil, Fernanda M. Semeraro, Fabiano B. Targa

“…# Objective To evaluate the ability of the Perme Score to detect changes in the level of mobility of patients with COVID-19 outside the intensive care unit…”
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The use of Platelet Rich Plasmain combination of guided tissue regeneration (chitosan) for bone defects: homogeneity analysis. by Dildar Abdullah Othman, Ziwar Ahmed Saleh, Raid Fahim Salman

“…By energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) It can be seen, that carbon percentages, which belong to chitosan, is a vital parameter that shows the optimum percentage for the formation of a homogeneous PRPchitosan compound and FTIR show the homogenous mixing without chemical changing of the mixture and showed the preservation of the chemical properties of each content. …”
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THE DYNAMICS OF STATE-SOCIETY RELATIONS AND DEMOCRATIZATION IN NIGERIA by OGBONNA Emmanuel Chijioke, ALUKO Bayode, ADEYANJU Joseph

“…The work recommends the active role of critical citizens in effecting positive change to Nigeria's political development by driving the democratisation process. …”
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Frequency, Prevalence, Interaction, and Gender Differences of Six Psychosocial Factors in Patients Presenting to a Psychiatric Emergency Service by James C. Patterson II, Ovais Khalid, Sarah E. Wakefield, Justin K. Liegmann, Saima Maqsood, Rajeev Srivastava, Elizabeth Allen

“…PES utilization in our region has increased 450% in the past 18 years, while the population has changed \<1%. Our objective was to determine the frequency and relationship between six psychosocial factors in our patients, in comparison to the general population…”
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Pathology of the Gastrointestinal Tract in Patients with Primary Hyperparathyroidism by I. A. Baranova, A. V. Baranov

“…Some authors report the impact of elevated parathyroid hormone levels on the formation of gallbladder stones by inhibiting of gallbladder emptying, hepatic bile secretion and mobility of the sphincter Oddi, and changing of the bile composition. A number of studies have found an increased risk of developing malignant neoplasms of the intestine, especially the colon, in patients with PHPT.Conclusion. …”
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Measuring Measuring iron concentration in the blood samples of some autistic children from Baghdad City by Ezzuldin sulaiman, Hind Suhail Abdulhay

“…The study suggests that any change in iron levels might have an impact on the brain since it is an important component of the body. …”
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