Ethics and end-of-life in pediatric and neonatal ICUs: a systematic review of recommendations by Diana Špoljar, Sunčana Janković, Dina Vrkić, Geraldine McNamara, Marko Ćurković, Milivoj Novak, Boris Filipović-Grčić, Stefan Grosek, Chris Gastmans, Bert Gordijn, Ana Borovečki

“…Abstract Background Working in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) or pediatric intensive care units (PICUs) entails making difficult decisions about children at the end of their lives that raise significant ethical issues. …”
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Cost of introducing and delivering malaria vaccine (RTS,S/AS01E) in areas of seasonal malaria transmission, Mali and Burkina Faso by Jean Bosco Ouédraogo, Alassane Dicko, Ranju Baral, Clint Pecenka, Halimatou Diawara, Fadima Yaya Bocoum, Ann Levin, Cynthia Lee, Fatoumata Koita, Rosemonde Guissou, Seydou Yabré, Seydou Traoré, Winthrop Morgan

“…Background The WHO recommends use of the RTS,S/AS01E (RTS,S) malaria vaccine for young children living in areas of moderate to high Plasmodium falciparum malaria transmission and suggests countries consider seasonal vaccination in areas with highly seasonal malaria. …”
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Identification of TMPRSS3 as a Significant Contributor to Autosomal Recessive Hearing Loss in the Chinese Population by Xue Gao, Sha-Sha Huang, Yong-Yi Yuan, Jin-Cao Xu, Ping Gu, Dan Bai, Dong-Yang Kang, Ming-Yu Han, Guo-Jian Wang, Mei-Guang Zhang, Jia Li, Pu Dai

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Association between Air Pollution and Risk of Hospital Admission for Pediatric Pneumonia in a Tropical City, Kaohsiung, Taiwan by Peng-Huei Liu, Kuo-Chen Huang, Yu-Lun Tseng, I-Min Chiu, Hsiu-Yung Pan, Fu-Jen Cheng

“…Furthermore, higher PM2.5 concentration (> 45 µg m–3) was associated with prolonged hospital LOS (OR: 0.217, 95% CI: 0.03–0.404, P = 0.023), especially for younger children (≤ 5 years). In conclusion, we found that PM2.5, PM10, and SO2 exposure were risk factors for hospitalization due to pediatric pneumonia.…”
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Situations and demands of central sterile supply department training on nursing interruptions by Juanli Huang, Liangying Yi, Kaili Wu, Yanhua Chen, Ruixue Hu, Wei Pan, Ting Hu, Sixin Jiang

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Health recommender systems to facilitate collaborative decision-making in chronic disease management: A scoping review by Antonia Barbaric, Kenneth Christofferson, Susanne M Benseler, Chitra Lalloo, Alex Mariakakis, Quynh Pham, Joost F Swart, Rae S M Yeung, Joseph A Cafazzo

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Efficacy of priming and commitment posters on urgent care patients’ antibiotic expectations and knowledge: a cluster randomized trial by Michael J. Cziner, Daniel E. Park, Rana F. Hamdy, Laura Rogers, Monique M. Turner, Cindy M. Liu

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Prevalence of hearing loss and factors associated with hearing loss in Ethiopia: findings from the 2023 National Ethiopia Hearing Survey by Tolesa Diriba Biratu, Alene Meshesha, Uta Fröschl, Michael Kebede, Yoseph Worku, Fufa Hunduma

“…The prevalence was 8.1% among children aged 5–14 years and 73.7% among adults aged 60+ years. …”
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Changes in Uterine Cancer Incidence Rates in Egypt by Saad Alshahrani, Amr S. Soliman, Ahmed Hablas, Mohamed Ramadan, Jane L. Meza, Steven Remmenga, Ibrahim A. Seifeldein, Robert M. Chamberlain

“…The data included age, marital status, number of children, residence, smoking, occupation, date and basis of diagnosis, tumor topography, morphology, stage and grade, and treatment. …”
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A ROS-responsive hydrogel encapsulated with matrix metalloproteinase-13 siRNA nanocarriers to attenuate osteoarthritis progression by Qiuyang Wang, Kai Feng, Guangsheng Wan, Wei Liao, Jing Jin, Peng Wang, Xiaolian Sun, Weijun Wang, Qing Jiang

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Sulforaphane in alternative cancer chemotherapy: From carcinogenesis suppression to drug resistance reversal by Seyed Mohammad Doodmani, Payman Rahimzadeh, Najma Farahani, Seyedalireza Mirilavasani, Mina Alimohammadi, Noushin Nabavi, Elmira Alaei, Afshin Taheriazam, Maryam Abedi, Nadia Shafiee, Salman Daneshi, Mehrdad Hashemi

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Association between Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) Levels in 2nd Trimester Amniotic Fluid and Fetal Development by Nikolaos Antonakopoulos, Zoe Iliodromiti, George Mastorakos, Christos Iavazzo, Georgios Valsamakis, Nikolaos Salakos, Aris Papageorghiou, Alexandra Margeli, Sophia Kalantaridou, George Creatsas, Efthymios Deligeoroglou, Nikolaos Vrachnis

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The association between 24-h movement behaviours and adiposity among Australian preschoolers: a compositional data analysis by Marga Decraene, Kar Hau Chong, Ty Stanford, Dorothea Dumuid, Penny Cross, Greet Cardon, Vera Verbestel, Marieke De Craemer, Anthony Okely

“…Future studies should address methodological challenges (e.g. recruitment bias that may exist in the parents/children willing to participate versus the general population, recall bias in parent reported sleep duration, or other confounding variables such as diet), use larger and more diverse samples, and consider longitudinal designs. …”
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Prevalence of tooth decay in deciduous and permanent teeth in a schoolchildren population: an epidemiological investigation by Silvia Fanelli, Letizia Lugli, Francesca Chiara De Razza, Francesca Gazzani, Saveria Loberto, Elisabetta Cretella Lombardo, Francesco Fabi, Arianna Malara

“…Results: in Group A, most participants were caries free (255 subjects). In children with caries (160 subjects), 126 presented caries on deciduous teeth and 34 on permanent teeth. …”
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Therapeutic Implications of PPARγ in Human Osteosarcoma by Eric R. Wagner, Bai-Cheng He, Liang Chen, Guo-Wei Zuo, Wenli Zhang, Qiong Shi, Qing Luo, Xiaoji Luo, Bo Liu, Jinyong Luo, Farbod Rastegar, Connie J. He, Yawen Hu, Barrett Boody, Hue H. Luu, Tong-Chuan He, Zhong-Liang Deng, Rex C. Haydon

“…Osteosarcoma (OS) is the most common nonhematologic malignancy of bone in children and adults. Although dysregulation of tumor suppressor genes and oncogenes, such as Rb, p53, and the genes critical to cell cycle control, genetic stability, and apoptosis have been identified in OS, consensus genetic changes that lead to OS development are poorly understood. …”
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Increased dicentric chromosome in peripheral lymphocytes is related to acute skin toxicity induced by radiotherapy in cancer patients by Minjie Li, Yu Gao, Lin Han, Ping Wang, Jie Li, Junhua Song, Shasha Du, Yunfei Zhang, Yumin Lyu

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“Ashamed of being seen in an HIV clinic”: a qualitative analysis of barriers to engaging in HIV care from the perspectives of patients and healthcare workers in the Daraja clinical... by Elialilia S. Okello, Robert N. Peck, Benson Issarow, Godfrey Kisigo, Kelvin Abel, Donati Malibwa, Severin Kabakama, Marco Charles, Myung Lee, Thomas Rutachunzibwa, Daniel Fitzgerald, Philip Ayieko, Heiner Grosskurth, Lisa R. Metsch, Saidi Kapiga

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Artificial intelligence-enabled discovery of a RIPK3 inhibitor with neuroprotective effects in an acute glaucoma mouse model by Xing Tu, Zixing Zou, Jiahui Li, Simiao Zeng, Zhengchao Luo, Gen Li, Yuanxu Gao, Kang Zhang, Jing Ni

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Mitophagy mediated by HIF-1α/FUNDC1 signaling in tubular cells protects against renal ischemia/reperfusion injury by Wenjun Zhang, Chao Guo, Yi Li, Hao Wang, Huabing Wang, Yingying Wang, Tingting Wu, Huinan Wang, Gang Cheng, Jiangwei Man, Siyu Chen, Shengjun Fu, Li Yang

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Antibiotic Resistance and Molecular Epidemiological Characteristics of Streptococcus agalactiae Isolated from Pregnant Women in Guangzhou, South China by Zhaomin Cheng, Pinghua Qu, Peifeng Ke, Xiaohan Yang, Qiang Zhou, Kai Lan, Min He, Nannan Cao, Sheng Qin, Xianzhang Huang

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