The rational use of glucocorticoids may reduce the risk of readmission in menopausal women with knee osteoarthritis: results from a five-year longitudinal study by Huang Xi, Hao Huiqin, Liu Hongqi, Zhang Ruqi, Zhang Junfeng

“…And during the research, patients were admitted to the hospital a mean of 2.4 ± 1.8 times (range 1–11 times). Compared to patients who have not used the drug, the risk of early readmission in patients who have used GCs was reduced by 96% (HR = 0.04, 95%CI: 0.006 ~ 0.284, $$\:P<0.001$$ ). …”
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Synergistic toxicity of nanoplastics and Helicobacter pylori on digestive system in mice by Xiaolin Zhang, Yunqing Wang, Xiaohan Tong, Boqing Li, Sisi Liu, Yingzi Cui, Wenke Wang, Zhiqin Li, Chunlei Ma, Ying Zhang

“…Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays quantified interleukin-6 (IL-6), malondialdehyde (MDA), triglyceride (TG), and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) levels, which significantly increased in co-exposure groups compared to single-exposure groups (P < 0.05). After 28 days, the 100 mg/L H. pylori-AuPS-NPs group showed the highest levels of IL-6 (172.91 ± 1.51 pg/mL in the stomach, 188.31 ± 1.49 pg/mL in the colon, and 174.85 ± 0.26 pg/mL in the liver) and MDA (13.49 ± 0.16 nmol/mg in the stomach, 14.39 ± 0.20 nmol/mg in the colon, and 15.61 ± 0.63 nmol/mg in the liver). …”
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Coping with sand and dust storms: Developing and validating of an adaptation assessment tool by Shiva Salehi, Ali Ardalan, Abbas - Ostadtaghizadeh, Armin Zareiyan, Gholamreza Garmaroudi, Abbas Rahimiforoushani

“…With its strong validity and reliability, the tool can identify both the weakness and strengths of a society's adaptation to dust, compare the level of adaptation across different societies, and determine trends within a society. …”
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Modifikasi Fonem Vokal Pada Stemming Kata Tidak Baku by Ahmad Fikri Iskandar, Ema Utami, Wahyu Hidayat, Agung Prasetio Budi, Anggit Dwi Hartanto

“…The experiment was carried out with 60 non-formal words that have been preprocessed in the previous research. This research will compare the results of the algorithm with the algorithm in previous research. …”
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Effects of Ketamine 0.5 mg/kgBW administration as preemptive analgesia on analgesia duration and the need for Fentanyl following hysterectomy surgery: a randomized controlled trial by I. Fuadi, A. Zulfariansyah, Jacklin Edward Mokoginta

“…CONCLUSIONS: Administration of ketamine preemptive analgesia at a dose of 0.5 mg/kgBW resulted in longer analgesia duration and reduced the need for fentanyl as an additional analgesic in postoperative patients compared with no preemptive analgesia and showed no significant side effects. …”
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Changes in Tropospheric Nitrogen Dioxide Vertical Column Densities over Japan and Korea during the COVID-19 Using Pandora and MAX-DOAS by Yongjoo Choi, Yugo Kanaya, Hisahiro Takashima, Kihong Park, Haebum Lee, Jihyo Chong, Jae Hwan Kim, Jin-Soo Park

“…Abstract We investigated the impact of human activity during COVID-19 on the tropospheric nitrogen dioxide vertical column density (NO2 TropVCD) at three urban sites (Gwangju and Busan in Korea and Yokosuka in Japan) and one remote site (Cape Hedo in Japan) from Multi-Axis Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy (MAX-DOAS) and Pandora. Compared to the monthly mean NO2 TropVCD from 2015 to 2018 and in 2019, the values were lower in 2020 due to social distancing in Korea and Japan. …”
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Metabolic consequences and nailfold capillary changes in children with familial Mediterranean fever by Ahmed S. Abo Hola, Rania S. El Zayat, Wafaa Ahmed Shehata, Mai I. Elashmawy, Noha E. Khalaf, Heba M. S. El Zefzaf

“…Conclusions Insulin resistance, alterations in serum lipids and atherogenic indices, and NC changes significantly endure in children with FMF during attack-free periods compared to controls, with more prominence during acute attacks. …”
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Microvascular dysfunction in a murine model of Alzheimer’s disease using intravital microscopy by Danielle Sidsworth, Noah Tregobov, Noah Tregobov, Colin Jamieson, Jennifer Reutens-Hernandez, Joshua Yoon, Geoffrey W. Payne, Geoffrey W. Payne, Stephanie L. Sellers, Stephanie L. Sellers, Stephanie L. Sellers, Stephanie L. Sellers

“…Tg mice demonstrated a trend toward reduced vasodilatory response to acetylcholine with a significant difference at 10–5 M (36.91 vs. 69.55%: p = 0.0107) when compared to WT. No significant differences were observed with histamine, compound 48/80 or phenylephrine; however, a trend toward reduced vasoconstriction to phenylephrine was observed in Tg mice at higher concentrations. …”
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Analysis of vehicle carbon emission characteristics on expressways in mountainous plateau areas based on the coupled simulation of CarSim/TruckSim and MOVES. by Jianping Gao, Xin Huang, Yunyong He, Enhuai He, Lu Sun, Changfeng Yang

“…Based on the vertical variations in climatic changes with altitude in the mountainous plateau area, a comparative analysis was performed on the trends in the effects of altitude, season, and vehicle starting frequency on carbon emissions. …”
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Impact of the information and communication sector on spatial development and post-war recovery of creative industries in Ukraine's economy by Marianna Kichurchak

“…The following scientific methods were used: induction and deduction, comparative and spatial analysis, multiple regression analysis. …”
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Efforts to strengthen anatomic pathology diagnostic services for cancer in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review protocol by Katherine Van Loon, Elia John Mmbaga, Marcia Edelweiss, Dianna L. Ng, Asteria Herman Kimambo, Edda Vuhahula, Beatrice Paul Mushi, Omolade Adegoke, Johanna Goldberg, Pendo M. Ibrahim, Zainab Illonga, Julia Jackman, Luisa Jamisse

“…Introduction Sub-Saharan Africa bears a disproportionate burden of cancer-related morbidity and mortality compared with high-resource settings. Although pathology services are essential to providing optimal oncological care, diagnostic capacity in sub-Saharan Africa is insufficient for the cancer burden. …”
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Multi-Objective Simulated Annealing for Efficient Task Allocation in UAV-Assisted Edge Computing for Smart City Traffic Management by Ahmed Shamil Mustafa, Salman Yussof, Nurul Asyikin Mohamed Radzi

“…We propose a multi-objective simulated annealing (MOSA) algorithm for optimizing task allocation in edge computing systems, focusing on three key objectives: minimizing active computational nodes, optimizing energy distribution, and reducing execution time. We compared the MOSA algorithm with uniform random allocation, greedy algorithm, and single-objective simulated annealing (SOSA) methods under both standard and peak load conditions. …”
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Postural Control During Single-Leg Landing in Female Athletes After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction by Ayane Ogura, Terumitsu Miyazaki, Hirofumi Ida, Satoshi Shibata, Masahiro Takemura

“…However, it remains unclear how APAs and CPAs differ in single-leg landings post-ACLR compared to healthy subjects. # Purpose The purpose of this study was to clarify the differences in muscle activities of APAs and CPAs, lower limb kinematics, and kinetics between athletes with a history of ACLR and healthy athletes during single-leg landing…”
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Effect of Automechanic Works on Lead and Iron Content in Two Mechanic Villages in Port Harcourt, Rivers State Nigeria by OS Edori, ES Edori

“…The concentration of Pb were very low at UST(control), which were 4.09mg/kg for the top soil and 3.44mg/kg when compared to those observed at the mechanic workshops which were within the range of 205.50mg/kg 1551.25mg/kg. …”
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Applied Linguistics. Reflections on an evolving discipline with a focus on publications in the journal TEANGA, The Journal of the Irish Association for Applied Linguistics, from 20... by Jennifer Bruen

“…A second, related objective is to compare the research published in TEANGA with broader developments in the field of applied linguistics. …”
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Economic evaluation of integrated services for non-communicable diseases and HIV: costs and client outcomes in rural Malawi by Luckson Dullie, Emily B Wroe, Elizabeth L Dunbar, Noel Kalanga, Lawrence Nazimera, Adarsh Shah, Bright Mailosi, Chiyembekezo Kachimanga, Ryan K McBain, Natalie Price, Mahlet Gizaw, Chantelle Boudreaux, Liberty Neba

“…Furthermore, we measured clinical outcomes for HIV (viral load), hypertension (controlled blood pressure), diabetes (average blood glucose), asthma (asthma severity) and epilepsy (seizure frequency).Results The annualised total cost of providing integrated HIV and NCD care was $2 461 901 to provide care to 9471 enrollees, or $260 per capita. This compared with $2 138 907 for standalone HIV services received by 6541 individuals, or $327 per capita. …”
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On the fence: Factors associated with COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among sexually Minoritized men who use substances in the United States by Renessa S. Williams, Acklynn M. Byamugisha, Leah Davis-Ewart, Omar R. Valentin, Samantha E. Dilworth, Christian Grov, Adam W. Carrico

“…Results: The median age of the overall sample was 38.9 years old and mainly comprised of White (n = 511; 57 %), HIV-negative (n = 407; 52 %) SMM who used stimulants (n = 724; 92 %). Compared to their counterparts who abstained from drugs in the past three months, SMM who used methamphetamine (aOR: 0.32, CI: 0.24–0.43) or opioids (aOR: 0.52 CI: 0.40–0.67) had significantly lower odds of receiving a COVID-19 vaccine. …”
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Exploring knowledge, attitudes, practices, and determinants regarding emergency contraception use among female university students in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo: a cros... by Patricia Lukusa Mishika, Olivier Mukuku, Amos Kamundu, Kaymarlin Govender, Stanislas Okitotsho Wembonyama, André Kabamba Mutombo

“…The data were analysed via STATA 16, with chi-square tests to compare variables, considering a significance threshold of 5%. …”
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Chiari malformation with concurrent papilledema: a patient-level meta-analysis of case reports and case series by Alejandro Pando, Daniel J. Valdivia, Daniel A. Brenner, Mohammed Ali Alvi, Hai Sun, James K. Liu, Ira Goldstein

“…Notably, none of 21 patients who underwent surgical decompression without improvement had prior lumbar puncture (0% vs. 64.3%, n = 9; p = 0.003) or medical management (0% vs. 57.1%, n = 8; p = 0.011) compared to those with symptom improvement. Conclusion Chiari malformation with papilledema exhibits varied symptoms. …”
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PCR-based detection of Botryosphaeria canker pathogens in fig trees by Mahdiyeh Ghaedi, Zeinab Bolboli, Hamed Negahban, Reza Mostowfizadeh-Ghalamfarsa

“…This represents a significant improvement compared to the mere 6.67% detected using traditional culturing methods on PDA. …”
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