Ethnoracial disparities in childhood growth trajectories in Brazil: a longitudinal nationwide study of four million children by Helena Benes Matos da Silva, Rita de Cássia Ribeiro-Silva, Juliana Freitas de Mello e Silva, Irina Chis Ster, Poliana Rebouças, Emanuelle Goes, Maria Yury Ichihara, Andrêa Ferreira, Julia M. Pescarini, Rosemeire Leovigildo Fiaccone, Enny S. Paixão, Maurício L. Barreto

“…Children born at term, aged 5 years or younger who presented two or more measurements of length/height (cm) and weight (kg) were followed up between 2008 and 2017. …”
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Penerapan Metode Weighted Product untuk Seleksi Kelulusan Santri pada Sistem Informasi Wisuda Taman Pendidikan Al-Quran (TPA) Universitas Darussalam Gontor by Dihin Muriyatmoko, Triana Harmini, Muhamad Nuradi Arrahmantoro

“…Abstract Every year, in December, a graduation ceremony is held for TPA students assisted by the University of Darussalam Gontor (UNIDA Gontor) who have passed the exam. The students must pass four stages of the exam: oral, practical, written, and Al-Quran. …”
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Association Between Fentanyl Use and Post-Intubation Mean Arterial Pressure During Rapid Sequence Intubation: Prospective Observational Study by Abdullah Bakhsh, Ahmad Bakhribah, Raghad Alshehri, Nada Alghazzawi, Jehan Alsubhi, Ebtesam Redwan, Yasmin Nour, Ahmed Nashar, Elmoiz Babekir, Mohamed Azzam

“…The risk of peri-intubation cardiac arrest reportedly increases in patients who are profoundly hypoxic or hypotensive prior to endotracheal intubation. …”
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Differential management and associations of dyslipidaemia and hypertension by glycaemic status in urban South Africans by N Peer, L Kotzé-Hörstmann, J Hill, A-P Kengne

“…Participants at high risk for diabetes but without KD underwent oral glucose tolerance tests; those who were subsequently classified as NDD or normoglycaemic were included in this study. …”
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Antimicrobial susceptibilities of oral Neisseria from men on HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis in Hanoi, Vietnam by Huan Vinh Dong, Paul Adamson, Dieu Hoa Pham, Quynh Hoa Pham, Hai Ha Long Le, Loc Quang Pham, Hao Thi Minh Bui, Giang Minh Le, Jeffrey D. Klausner

“…Conclusions: A High frequency of azithromycin resistance, moderate doxycycline resistance, and low cephalosporin resistance was found in oropharyngeal Neisseria isolates from men who have sex with men (MSM) in a pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) program in Hanoi, Vietnam. …”
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InfectA-Chat, an Arabic Large Language Model for Infectious Diseases: Comparative Analysis by Yesim Selcuk, Eunhui Kim, Insung Ahn

“…To monitor disease trends, various organizations, such as the World Health Organization (WHO) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), collect diverse surveillance data and make them publicly accessible. …”
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Evaluating risk factors for Trastuzumab-Deruxtecan Pneumonitis in patients with metastatic breast cancer by Jonathan Henricks, Tyler Haddad, Omair Ahmed, Jonathan Schoenhals, Pavnesh Kumar, Ryan Wilson, Jianing Ma, Jing Gennie Wang, Michael Wert, Vincent Esguerra, Ian Bentley, Kai Johnson, Daniel Stover, Sachin R. Jhawar, Margaret Gatti-Mays, Kevin Ho

“…Methods Consecutive breast cancer patients who received at least one dose of T-DXd at a single academic cancer study between January 1, 2019, and February 20, 2024, were identified for analysis. …”
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Clostridium difficile-associated disease in versatile hospital patient population and risk factors for its development by Ya. N. Yarushina, G. B. Kolotova, V. A. Rudnov, V. A. Bagin

“…Retrospective analysis of 131 case records of the in-patients of Yekaterinburg City Hospital No. 40 for the year 2014 who developed diarrhea during antibacterial therapy was carried out. …”
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Tomographic features of lung damage associate with D-Dimer levels and further clinical outcome in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome due to COVID-19 by Juan Antonio Suárez-Cuenca, José Fernando Flores-Zaleta, Leslie Andrea Corona-Rojas, Pablo Guzmán-Rullán, Luis Alfonso Camacho-Barajas, Uzziel Aguilera-Ontiveros, Alberto Melchor-López, Alejandro González-Mora, Perla Marlene Guzmán-Ramírez, Janicia Rodríguez-Solis

“…Patients diagnosed with ARDS due to COVID-19, without previous lung damage, clotting disorder and/or anticoagulants use, who were attended at the Intensive Care Unit and Internal Medicine Department from March to June 2020. …”
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Molecular effects of clinically relevant chemotherapeutic agents on choline phospholipid metabolism in triple negative breast cancer cells by Caitlin M. Tressler, Kanchan Sonkar, Menglin Cheng, Vinay Ayyappan, Ruoqing Cai, Kristine Glunde

“…The magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS)-detected total choline (tCho) signal was shown to be a promising biomarker for assessing the response to chemotherapy treatment early on, as breast tumor tCho decreases after the first treatment cycle in patients who respond to chemotherapy cocktails. We sought to further investigate these clinical observations at the molecular level by combining metabolic and transcriptomic studies in two human TNBC cell lines treated with six different chemotherapeutic agents. …”
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Efficacy of Chinese traditional quadruple single pill combination versus valsartan/hydrochlorothiazide for the treatment of hypertension (COSPQ-BP): study protocol for randomised c... by Kai Liu, Yu Yan, Xin Zhang, Yanan Li, Yuanyuan Yao, Lu Liu, Runyu Ye, Si Wang, Xiangyu Yang, Xiaoping Chen, Shanshan Jia, Qingtao Meng, Xianghao Zuo

“…It is widely employed in primary medical institutions and has favourable efficacy, tolerability and cost-effectiveness.Methods and analysis The COSPQ-BP trial is a 12-week prospective randomised controlled trial to enrol 1332 patients with primary mild-to-moderate hypertension. Participants who meet the inclusion criteria will be randomly assigned to a 1:1 ratio to an intervention group (compound reserpine and triamterene tablets) or a control group (valsartan/hydrochlorothiazide). …”
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DESKRIPSI MINAT DAN HASIL BELAJAR SISWA DENGAN MODEL DIRECT INSTRUCTION BERBASIS MIND MAPPING PADA PEMBELAJARAN IPA DI SMPN 3 KEPAHIANG by Aulia Wulandari, Connie Connie, Eko Risdianto

“…The research subjects were students of class VII D SMP Negeri 3 Kepahiang 2018/2019 school year who received 25 students. The technique of collecting data using a questionnaire to see student learning interests, test sheets to see student learning outcomes and task sheets to see the ability of students to make mind mapping. …”
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Energy management education for persons living with long COVID-related fatigue (EMERGE): protocol of a two-parallel arms target trial emulation study in a multicentre outpatient in... by Emilia Riggi, Marco Barbero, Gian Luca Di Tanna, Ruth Hersche, Andrea Weise

“…The estimated sample size to detect a post-intervention difference of 1.5 points in self-efficacy to implement energy conservation strategies with 90% power (0.05 alpha) is 122 people (1:1 ratio).Persons with long COVID-related fatigue who follow EME as part of their standard care will be recruited and included in the experimental group (EG), while potential participants for the control group (CG) will be recruited from a register and prospectively matched to a participant in the EG by applying the propensity score technique. …”
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Oncologic oUTcomes of neoadjuvant chemotherapy for obSTructive colon cAncer after steNt decompression (OUTSTAND trial); A study protocol of multicenter non-inferiority randomized c... by Bong-Hyeon Kye, Ji-Hoon Kim, Hyung-Jin Kim, Yoon-Suk Lee, In-Kyu Lee, Won Kyung Kang, Hyeon-Min Cho, Jong-Kyung Park, Chang-Hyeok Ahn, Jae-Im Lee, Seong-Taek Oh, Byung Jo Choi

“…However, there are currently no available prospective data on the impact of bridging period and there is a lack of research on the effects of neoadjuvant chemotherapy during the bridging period. Objectives Patients who undergo successful SEMS placement for obstructive left-sided colon adenocarcinoma without metastases will be eligible for this study. …”
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Effect of differences in vascular anatomy on surgical outcomes of left pancreatectomy: a retrospective study by Masahiro Fukada, Noriki Mitsui, Takeshi Horaguchi, Yuji Hatanaka, Itaru Yasufuku, Yuta Sato, Jesse Yu Tajima, Shigeru Kiyama, Yoshihiro Tanaka, Katsutoshi Murase, Nobuhisa Matsuhashi

“…Methods This was a single-center retrospective study involving 123 patients who underwent left pancreatectomy (LP). We analyzed the correlation between vascular anatomical variations, namely, (i) the root of the splenic artery (SpA; types 1 and 2), (ii) the parent artery of the dorsal pancreatic artery, (iii) confluence patterns of the left gastric vein, and (iv) the inferior mesenteric vein, and surgical outcomes. …”
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Pengembangan Aplikasi E-Learning Edu IT : Pembuatan Aplikasi Ujian Essay Online serta Upload Download Materi Kuliah by Maria Bellaniar Ismiati, Latius Hermawan

“…Abstract The world of education is now many who use technological sophistication and internet based, such as the process of teaching electronic learning/which is known as e-learning. …”
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Clinical and molecular analysis of JCPyV and BKPyV infection and associated risk of urothelial carcinoma development in the upper tract by Chun-Nun Chao, Chi-Feng Hung, Wei‑Hong Lai, Chun-Liang Tung, Wan-Yun Yeh, Kai-Wu Yang, Meilin Wang, Ya-Yan Lai, Pei-Lain Chen, Cheng-Huang Shen

“…In the UTUC advanced stages, the OR of virus and LT expression was 3.18-fold higher compared to those who do not require chemotherapy. Conclusions JCPyV infection is highly prevalent in UTUC, and the presence of CKD concurrent with high expressions of LT and mutant p53 proteins in patients may be a useful indicator for chemotherapy and poor prognosis.…”
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Zooarchaeological investigation of the Hoabinhian exploitation of reptiles and amphibians in Thailand and Cambodia with a focus on the Yellow-headed Tortoise (Indotestudo elongata... by Bochaton, Corentin, Chantasri, Sirikanya, Maneechote, Melada, Claude, Julien, Griggo, Christophe, Naksri, Wilailuck, Forestier, Hubert, Sophady, Heng, Auertrakulvit, Prasit, Bowonsachoti, Jutinach, Zeitoun, Valéry

“…This constraint becomes particularly significant in relation to prehistoric hunter-gatherer populations, who might have extensively utilized inland chelonian taxa. …”
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The Relationship Between Serum 25 hydroxy Vitamin D Deficiency and Dietary Pattern in Baxshin Hospital, Sulaimani City by Mohammed I M Gubari, Jeza Muhamad Abdul Aziz, Fadhil Ahmed Mohialdeen, Khalid Anwar Hama-Ghareeb, Bakhtyar Kamal Muhamed, Hemn Abdalla Omer

“…Fish, eggs and yogurt conception was common among those participants whom their serum vitamin D was adequate, in contrary, there were less consumed among those who had vitamin D deficiency.  The percentage of obese (99.8%) was significantly higher than normal weight and overweight among severe deficiency Vitamin D. …”
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Near Peer Learning in Neurology Residency Training on Electromyography by TAN Ying, HONG Yuehui, LI Jia, SHEN Dongchao, SHI Jiayu, YIN Hexiang, ZHOU Lixin, NI Jun, ZHU Yicheng

“…This teaching session was held annually, in which senior residents instructed juniors who were 1 or 2 years earlier in their training. …”
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