Abrupt onset or exacerbation of anorexia nervosa following recent infections: a mini-review and a case report with an atypical manifestation of PANS by Lavalle Raffaele, Tournour Cristina, Rubano Serena, Delsedime Nadia, Panero Matteo, Abbate-Daga Giovanni

“…Conclusions While evidence suggests a possible link between infections and AN, research is still limited and inconsistent. …”
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Effects of pyrazosulfuron-ethyl on caudal fin regeneration in zebrafish larvae by Chenkai Ge, Zhijun Ye, Weitao Hu, Jingrong Tang, Huimin Li, Fasheng Liu, Xinjun Liao, Jianjun Chen, Shouhua Zhang, Zigang Cao

“…This study expands our understanding of the potential effects of the pesticide pyrazosulfuron-ethyl on injured fish, highlights the link between the immune system and the regeneration process, and demonstrates the potential application of fin regeneration in risk assessments of environmental toxicology to assess drug toxicity.…”
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Duodenal Eosinophilia in Functional Dyspepsia by A. S. Silaeva, E. L. Bueverova, Yu. O. Shulpekova

“…However, she has no oral allergy symptoms, which does not allow linking duodenal eosinophilia to food allergy. Based on current guidelines, the patient was diagnosed with functional dyspepsia. …”
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Effects of Endurance Training and Chlorogenic Acid on Oxidative and Nitrosative Stress Markers in Prediabetic Male Mice by Sahar Ghasemi Pour, Sayyed M. Marandi

“…Next, 24 hours after the last intervention, tissue samples were taken from the quadriceps femoris muscles and analyzed using the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) method. Data were analyzed using one-way analysis of variance and Dunnett’s post-hoc test at a significance level of P < 0.05. …”
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The Quality of Competence Through Nursing Career Paths Among Indonesian Nurses in Hospital Settings by Muhammad Hadi, Dina Rahmawati, Nyimas Heny Purwati, Dhea Natashia, Slametiningsih Slametiningsih, Idyatul Hasanah

“…To examine the elements that are linked to the enhancement of nurse competence by means of the adoption of nursing career paths within hospital settings in Indonesia. …”
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EMA/CO Combination Chemotheraphy in Gestational Trophoblastic Neoplasia: Update of Our Results by Tolga Taşçı, Işın Üreyen, Günsu Kimyon, Alper Karalök, Sevgi Koç, M. Faruk Köse, Gökhan Tulunay, Taner Turan

“…Risk scoring of patients before 2000 was remade by using this system. Thirty-nine patients who were treated with EMA-CO between 1992 and 2013 because of high risk GTN or the resistance to single agent methotrexate and MAC III chemotherapy combinations were evaluated retrospectively. …”
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Association between parental education level and intelligence quotient of children referred to the mental healthcare system: a cross-sectional study in Poland by Urszula Sajewicz-Radtke, Ariadna Łada-Maśko, Michał Olech, Paweł Jurek, Łucja Bieleninik, Bartosz M. Radtke

“…Abstract Considering the gap in understanding of the link between parental education and child intelligence quotient (IQ), our study aimed to investigate the association between parental education and the IQ of children referred to the mental healthcare system, explore which parent’s education level is more influential, and examine the impact of the child’s age and sex on these relationships. …”
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Understanding repeated non-attendance in health services: a pilot analysis of administrative data and full study protocol for a national retrospective cohort by Alex McConnachie, Philip Wilson, Ross McQueenie, David A Ellis, Andrea E Williamson

“…The full study, using a retrospective cohort design, will link routine health service and education data to determine the relationship between GP appointment attendance, health outcomes, healthcare usage, preventive health activity and social circumstances taking a life course approach and using data from the whole journey in the National Health Service (NHS) healthcare. 172 practices will be recruited (∼900 000 patients) across Scotland. …”
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Microbial dynamics of acute pancreatitis: integrating culture, sequencing, and bile impact on bacterial populations and gaseous metabolites by Agnieszka Chmielarczyk, Edyta Golińska, Anna Tomusiak-Plebanek, Natalia Żeber-Lubecka, Natalia Żeber-Lubecka, Maria Kulecka, Maria Kulecka, Antoni Szczepanik, Katarzyna Jedlińska, Krzysztof Mech, Konrad Szaciłowski, Agata Kuziak, Agata Pietrzyk, Magdalena Strus

“…Moreover, NGS verified the presence of the Fusobacteriota phylum and Fusobacteriaceae family only in rectal swabs, which may indicate a link between this type of bacteria and the etiology of diverticulitis. …”
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Direct engulfment of synapses by overactivated microglia due to cadmium exposure and the protective role of Nrf2 by Siyao Li, Mingdan You, Chengjie Chen, Jingqi Fu, Yuanyuan Xu, Jingbo Pi, Yi Wang

“…Cadmium (Cd), a notorious environmental pollutant, has been linked to neurological disorders, but the underlying mechanism remains elusive. …”
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The association between TyG index and cardiovascular mortality is modified by antidiabetic or lipid-lowering agent: a prospective cohort study by Changchang Fang, Nanqin Peng, Jiang Cheng, Xiyu Zhang, Wenli Gu, Zicheng Zhu, Xiaoping Yin, Zhiwei Yan, Jing Zhang, Peng Yu, Xiao Liu

“…Abstract Background The triglyceride-glucose (TyG) index is recognized as an alternative measure of insulin resistance (IR) and has been linked to the risks of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and mortality. …”
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Healthy dietary patterns and the incidence of chronic kidney disease: results from a prospective cohort study by Yong-Ping Lu, Bin Xia, Xiao-Hua Wang, Qiang-Sheng He, Chang-Bo Qu, Ying-Ying Xie, Tian-Jiao Cui, Si-Qing Wu, Jin-Yu Zhao, Zhi-Hua Zheng, Ting Zhu, Jin-Qiu Yuan, Chun Tang

“…Conclusion This study provides robust evidence linking healthy dietary patterns to a reduced risk of CKD. …”
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Study on the correlation between carotid plaque calcification types and acute ischemic stroke by Tianyu Chu, Zhongping Guo, Yonggang Zhang, Ying Liu, Yan Gu

“…During the Spearman correlation analysis between calcification type and acute stroke (1,178 carotid arteries), different calcification types of plaques were linked with ipsilateral acute anterior circulation stroke with statistically significant differences (p &lt; 0.001). …”
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The Effect of Knowledge, Education, Income, and Marriage Age on Iron Deficiency Anemia in Pregnant Women in Taiz City-Yemen by Lamia A. S. Ali, Hermanto Tri Joewono, Widati Fatmaningrum, Riyadh A. S. Thabit, Hebah H. M. Almothana, Fardous G. Alsoufi, Aya Ali Abdullah, Tasnim Mohammed Al-Qadhi, Suha Ali Al Hajj, Samar A. A. Ahmed, Sarah A. D. Alselwi, Habib Thabet, Haitham T. S. Mohammed, Linda Andriani

“…Conclusions: Findings demonstrated that lower knowledge levels, younger marriage age, lower education, and lower income were associated with lower hemoglobin levels. These factors were linked to a higher prevalence of anemia. Improved education and income levels can lead to better knowledge and management of anemia.…”
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Features of diagnosis and treatment of gastrointestinal stromal tumors by N. I. Bogomolov, T. V. Burdinskaya, M. A. Goncharova, A. G. Goncharov, N. N. Tomskikh

“…In original study overall 116 patients with stromal tumors of gastrointestinal tract according to the records of Chita and Transbaikal Regional pathological bureau were analyzed Results. Nine (7,7%) patients had tumor location in the esophagus, 69 (59,4%) - in the stomach, 3 (2,5%) - in duodenum, 16 (13,7%) - in jejunum and ileum, 10 (8,6%) - in the colon, 3 (2,5%) - in the rectum. …”
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Phenolic and amino acid profiles, and antioxidant properties of third generation snack foods adding Citrus mitis by-products and milk powder: impact of extrusion processing and mic... by Xóchitl Ariadna Ruiz-Armenta, Carlos Iván Delgado-Nieblas, José de Jesús Zazueta-Morales, Ernesto Aguilar-Palazuelos, Perla Rosa Fitch-Vargas, José Alberto Gallegos-Infante, José Ángel López-Valenzuela, María Fernanda Quintero-Soto

“…Sixteen phenolic acids, nine flavonoids, and a hydroxy acid were identified in free and bound extracts by UPLC coupled to ESI-MS. …”
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Caveolin Gene, a Possible Risk Factor for Metabolic Syndrome in Humans: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Mohadeseh Arefian, Sadegh Mazaheri-Tehrani, Maryam Yazdi, Roya Kelishadi

“…Results: At the first step, 10313 papers were found, and at the final step, nine studies were included in the systematic review, and four studies entered the quantitative analysis. …”
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Impact of handgrip strength on cardiovascular, cancer and all-cause mortality in the Korean longitudinal study of ageing by Gyu Ri Kim, Jiyu Sun, Minkyung Han, Sohee Park, Chung Mo Nam

“…Objective To examine whether reduced handgrip strength, as a marker of muscle weakness, is linked with the risk of cardiovascular, cancer and all-cause mortality among older adults.Design We used data from the 2006 to 2014 Korean longitudinal study of ageing study. …”
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Psychometric validation of the Danish BREAST-Q reconstruction module by Cecilie Balslev Willert, Karl Bang Christensen, Pernille Envold Bidstrup, Lene Mellemkjær, Anne-Marie Axø Gerdes, Lisbet Rosenkrantz Hölmich

“…We validated 120 items in four preoperative and nine postoperative scales. The Rasch analyses disclosed evidence of local response dependence in eight scales. …”
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Deep Learning-Based Feature Extraction Technique for Single Document Summarization Using Hybrid Optimization Technique by Jyotirmayee Rautaray, Sangram Panigrahi, Ajit Kumar Nayak, Premananda Sahu, Kaushik Mishra

“…Features are then extracted using a Restricted Boltzmann Machine (RBM) to obtain nine key attributes. Vectorization is performed using Term Frequency-Inverse Document Frequency (TF-IDF) to represent sentences in vector form. …”
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