Alterations of gray matter volume and functional connectivity in patients with cognitive impairment induced by occupational aluminum exposure: a case-control study by Huaxing Meng, Bo Liu, Xiaoting Lu, Yan Tan, Shanshan Wang, Baolong Pan, Hui Zhang, Qiao Niu

“…BackgroundCognitive impairment (CI) is a condition in which an individual experiences noticeable impairment in thinking abilities. …”
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Catastrophizing as a Predictor for Pain Perception and Disability Among Patients Undergoing Spinal Cord Stimulation by Juan Vicente-Mampel, Felipe Hernández-Zaballos, Francisco Javier Falaguera-Vera, David Sánchez-Poveda, Eloy Jaenada-Carrilero, Borja Huertas-Ramírez, Francisco Jose Sánchez-Montero

“…<i>Materials and Methods</i>: A single-site, cross-sectional study was conducted on individuals diagnosed with persistent spinal pain syndrome type 2 who were receiving spinal cord stimulation. …”
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Stability and Efficacy of Live-Attenuated Vibrio harveyi Vaccines Under Different Storage Conditions in Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Models by Mohd Hafiz Ngoo Muhamad-Sofie, Aslah Mohamad, Mohamad Azzam-Sayuti, Mohammad Noor Azmai Amal, Mohd Zamri-Saad, Md Shirajum Monir, Ina Salwany Md Yasin

“… • The LAVh vaccine demonstrated cross-protection against various pathogenic strains of Vibrio, leading to an average of 80% survival rate in vaccinated individuals. • The analysis of the LAVh vaccine emphasized its versatility, as it can be quickly deployed and stored as a freeze-dried powder…”
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CHANNELING: SEARCH OF THE METAANTHROPOLOGIC MEAS-UREMENTS OF MIND BEING IN THE UNIVERSE (based on the World Wide Web) by Anatoly T. Tshedrin

“…In the context of religious and philosophical movements of the «New Age» gained channeling phenomenon – «laying channel», «transmission channel» information from the consciousness that is not in human form, to the individual and humanity as a whole. In the socio-cultural environment of the postmodern channeling reflects the problem of finding extraterrestrial intelligence (ETI; «ETC-problem»; SETІ problem) and to establish contacts with them, this problem has a different projection, important philosophical and anthropological measurements in culture. …”
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Determination of distance away and depth of transmitters relative to a vertical acoustic telemetry array in the open ocean by Eric V. C. Schneider, Brendan S. Talwar, David M. Bailey, Shaun S. Killen, Dale M. Webber, Courtney E. MacSween, Travis E. Van Leeuwen, Frank I. Smith

“…The bottom depth of this habitat often exceeds transmission (~ 500-1000 m) and receiver (500–750 m) range specifications for commonly used acoustic telemetry methods that rely on an array of receivers deployed on the seafloor with overlapping fields of detection to provide positioning of acoustically tagged individuals. This poses logistical challenges for tracking the fine-scale movements, behaviors, and associations to moored and free-floating structure of these species. …”
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Impact of pharmacist-led educational intervention on knowledge of self-management among asthmatic patients: a prospective cohort study by Ahmad Khan, Saima Mushtaq, Amjad Khan, Nafees Ahmad, Shahzadi Sidra Saleem, Rubina Aman, Shahzadi Sadia Saleem, Ayesha Bibi, Saifullah Mehsud, Ivan R Green, Sheikh Abdur Rashid, Kifayat Ullah Shah

“…This study aims to assess the impact of pharmacist-led educational intervention on knowledge of self-management among asthmatic patients.Design A pre–post cohort study.Setting Outpatient department of a tertiary care hospital affiliated with Quaid-i-Azam University, Pakistan.Participants Approximately 265 adult asthmatic patients selected through a spirometry process, aged ≥18 years, were approached. 240 patients gave consent to participate in the study and were divided into control and treatment groups.Interventions The educational intervention consisted of individual patient counselling using educational material with time varied according to each patient’s comprehension and previous knowledge.Primary and secondary outcome measures Assessment consisted of a 14-item Asthma Self-Management Knowledge Questionnaire (ASMQ) quantifying a patient’s self-management knowledge through an ASMQ score and its change following an educational intervention.Results Disease self-management knowledge was low with an average raw ASMQ score of 4.1 (max 14); which equates to a transformed score of 29.34 (max 100) and the proportion of patients who correctly answered more than 50% of questions were 16.7% preintervention. …”
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Influence of Extra-Articular Augmentation on Clinical Outcomes and Survival in Patients Undergoing Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Pseudorandomized Study by Antonio Maestro, Nicolás Rodríguez, Iván Pipa, Carmen Toyos, Lucía Lanuza, Filipe Machado, César Castaño, Santiago Maestro

“…Our objective is to compare the results of these techniques, with a primary focus on assessing knee stability and graft survival, to provide evidence for optimizing surgical approaches, particularly for athletes and physically active individuals. <i>Materials and Methods</i>: An observational study using paired score matching as a method of pseudo-randomization was conducted. …”
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Search for and functional annotation of multi-domain PLA2 family proteins in flatworms by M. E. Bocharnikova, I. I. Turnaev, D. A. Afonnikov

“…In parasitic flatworms, on the contrary, loss of genes occur specifically in individual taxa specifically for groups or sub­families of PLAs. …”
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Preferences of Integrated Care and the Influencing Factors Among Chinese Community-Dwelling Older Adults by Liu S, Zhao J, Liu N, Qin T, Wang F

“…The study aimed to elicit the preferred care patterns and the influencing factors of integrated health and social care among community-dwelling older adults in multiple regions of China.Methods: From a national survey, 1184 community-dwelling older adults in three cities across China were included in the study. Individual characteristics and preferred care patterns were measured. …”
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Web-based interventions for fear of cancer recurrence: A scoping review with a focus on suggestions for the development and evaluation of future interventions. by Solveiga Zibaite, Sheela Tripathee, Helen Moffat, Beatrix Elsberger, Sara Maclennan

“…Finally, future studies should assess how intervention accessibility, adherence, and effectiveness can be improved across different intervention designs, varying from intensive synchronous individual therapist-assisted web-based programme to blended designs combining the advantages of face-to-face and internet-based elements, to entirely self-managed programmes.…”
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Exploring the Impact of Systemic Inflammatory Regulators on Rosacea Risk: A Bidirectional Mendelian Randomization Analysis by Xue Q, Pan JP, Qian D, Ji J, Fei LY, Yao S, Tan X, Fan WG

“…This study employed a two-sample bidirectional Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis to investigate the causal links between systemic inflammatory regulators and rosacea.Methods: Data on 41 cytokines and growth factors were analyzed from a genome-wide association study (GWAS) meta-analysis involving 8293 individuals and genetic data from the FinnGen database, comprising 1195 rosacea cases and 211,139 controls. …”
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Séptimo Congreso Colombiano De Atención Farmacéutica – Encuentro Iberoamericano De Farmacia Hospitalaria Conductual: “Servicios Profesionales Farmacéuticos y Satisfacción de Necesi... by Pedro Amariles Muñoz

“…En definitiva, acorde con la esencia de la AF, las ediciones de este evento se han direccionado a fortalecer la práctica farmacéutica de actividades orientada al paciente, así como a evidenciar la contribución del farmacéutico a la salud individual y colectiva. En esta séptima versión, la cual se desarrolla en el contexto del trámite legislativo en el Congreso de Colombia de una propuesta de reforma al Sistema de Salud (Proyecto de Ley No. 339 de 2023, Cámara), el programa de nuestro congreso está orientado a evidenciar la contribución de los servicios profesionales farmacéuticos en la satisfacción de las necesidades de pacientes y sistemas de salud. …”
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Investigation of Woody Species Structure and Regeneration Status in the Central Rift Valley, Sidama Regional State, Ethiopia by Assegid Assefa, Tamrat Bekele, Sebsebe Demissew, Tesfaye Abebe

“…The density of trees was 831.31 individuals ha−1, while the total basal area was 73.18 m2·ha−1. …”
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AI Chatbots and Cognitive Control: Enhancing Executive Functions Through Chatbot Interactions: A Systematic Review by Pantelis Pergantis, Victoria Bamicha, Charalampos Skianis, Athanasios Drigas

“…<b>Conclusions</b>: AI chatbots are an innovative artificial intelligence tool that can function as a digital assistant for learning and expanding executive skills, contributing to the cognitive, metacognitive, and social development of the individual. However, its use in executive skills training is at a primary stage. …”
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Modeling future climate change impacts on sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) production with best management options in Amhara Region, Ethiopia by Adem Mohammed, Abebe Misganaw

“…However, the result of management scenarios showed that sorghum yield may be substantially increased through use of optimum nitrogen fertilizer, application of supplemental irrigation and by using early sowing dates individually or in combination. In conclusion, projected climate change could adversely affect sorghum production in the semi-arid areas of Ethiopia in the present and future climate conditions but impact could be reduced by using suitable crop management strategies.…”
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Physical activity and content in a variety of physically active learning: an observational case study of real-world practices by Jan-Michael Johansen, Mathias Brekke Mandelid, Mathias Brekke Mandelid, Michael Reinboth, Geir Kåre Resaland, Solfrid Bratland-Sanda

“…All enacted PAL were passively observed by the same observer regarding primary bodily movement, duration, subject, location, collaborative or individual work, and task orientation.ResultsOn average, PAL consisted of 57.8% ± 15.7% sedentary time, 22.9% ± 7.5% light intensity PA, and 19.3% ± 10.8% moderate-to-vigorous intensity PA, displaying a large variety in different PAL segments. …”
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Genetic Assessment of Living Kidney Transplant Donors: A Survey of Canadian Practices by Somaya Zahran, Ke Fan Bei, Aisha Adil, Princess Okoh, Thomas Kitzler, Ahsan Alam

“…Background: Kidney failure is a prevalent condition with tendency for familial clustering in up to 27% of the affected individuals. Living kidney donor (LKD) transplantation is the optimal treatment option; however, in Canada, more than 45% of LKDs are biologically related to their recipients which subjects recipients to worse graft survival and donors to higher future risk of kidney failure. …”
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Understanding basic and social emotions in Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal dementia by Carlotta Sola, Vanessa Zanelli, Maria Angela Molinari, Claudia Casadio, Francesco Ricci, Omar Carpentiero, Manuela Tondelli, Fausta Lui, Paolo Frigio Nichelli, Francesca Benuzzi

“…To evaluate social emotion recognition, the Faux Pas (FP), Reading the Mind in the Eyes (RME), and Reading the Mind in the Voice (RMV) tests were employed.ResultsFTD patients performed significantly worse than HCs in most of the subtests of the basic emotion recognition batteries, where, instead, AD patients were significantly impaired only when required to match emotional facial expression in different individuals (subtask of the FERB). Moreover, FTD patients scored significantly lower in RME and RMV tests compared both to AD patients and to HCs. …”
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Evaluating the Growth of Staphylococcus aureus During Slow Cooking of Beef and Turkey Formulations from 10 °C to 54.4 °C for an Extended Time by Subash Shrestha, Michelle Riemann, Vijay K. Juneja, Abhinav Mishra

“…This study evaluated the growth of S. aureus in irradiated beef and turkey formulations with no antimicrobial, lactate-diacetate (2.5% w/w), or vinegar (1.98% w/w). Individual experimental units consisting of a 5 g portion of meat in a plastic bag were inoculated with 3 log CFU/g of S. aureus and then spread thin within the bag. …”
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Gut Microbiome and Metabolite Characteristics Associated With Different Clinical Stages in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients by Liu F, Lu X, Tang M, Chen Y, Zheng X

“…The current study seeks to explore the distinctive gut flora and metabolite profiles of NSCLC patients across varying TNM stages.Methods: The research team gathered stool samples from 52 patients diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and 29 healthy individuals. Subsequently, they performed 16S rRNA gene amplification sequencing and untargeted gas/liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry metabolomics analysis.Results: The study revealed that the alpha-diversity of the gut microbiome in NSCLC patients at different stages did not exhibit statistically significant differences. …”
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