Thiamine-Reduced Fatigue in Quiescent Inflammatory Bowel Disease Is Linked to Faecalibacterium prausnitzii Abundance by Sandra Bermúdez-Sánchez, Palle Bager, Jens Frederik Dahlerup, Simon Mark Dahl Baunwall, Tine Rask Licht, Martin Steen Mortensen, Christian Lodberg Hvas

“…The 40 patients with qIBD and fatigue were included in a randomized, placebo-controlled, crossover trial to assess a 4-week high-oral-dose thiamine regimen. …”
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Youth experiencing homelessness at risk for suicide: psychosocial risk factors and service use patterns by Laura J. Chavez, Kelly J. Kelleher, Alicia Bunger, Xin Feng, Margaret Fitzpatrick, Jodi L. Ford, Allen B. Mallory, Arielle H. Sheftall, Tansel Yilmazer, Alexis Pizzulo, Jesse L. Hawke, Mattina A. Davenport, Natasha Slesnick

“…Methods A cross-sectional analysis of youth enrolled in a supportive housing randomized clinical trial. We categorized suicide risk into three groups (low-, moderate-, and high-risk) based on suicidal ideation and past-year suicide attempt. …”
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Association of uveitis with pediatric autoimmune diseases based on a TriNetX study by Alan Y. Hsu, Hou-Ting Kuo, Chun-Ju Lin, Chang-Ching Wei, Ning-Yi Hsia, James Cheng-Chung Wei, Yu-Hsun Wang, You-Ling Li, Chun-Ting Lai, Huan-Sheng Chen, Yi-Yu Tsai

“…The non-autoimmune cohort were randomly selected control patients matched by sex, age, and index year. …”
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Development of the Italian version of the Motricity Index and evaluation of its reliability in adults with stroke by Diego Longo, Stefano Doronzio, Michele Piazzini, Angela Maria Politi, Tommaso Ciapetti, Filippo Gerli, Monica Barnabé, Francesca Ciullini, Chiara Castagnoli, Ilaria Pellegrini, Marta Cannobio, Donata Bardi, Marco Baccini, Francesca Cecchi

“…Phase-2: evaluation of MI-IT reliability on stroke subjects, each independently assessed by 2 raters randomly selected from a group of 10 physiotherapists; the first rater re-administered the MI-IT 1–3 days later. …”
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Does hydrogen-rich water mitigate MP toxicity in rainbow trout (Oncorhyncus mykiss)? Monitoring with hematology, DNA damage, and apoptosis via ROS/GSH/MDA pathway by Atamanalp Muhammed, Kırıcı Muammer, Köktürk Mine, Kırıcı Mahinur, Alwazeer Duried, Kocaman Esat Mahmut, Ucar Arzu, Parlak Veysel, Özcan Sinan, Alak Gonca

“…In this study, rainbow trout (Oncorhyncus mykiss) were randomly divided into two groups after being fed with MPs (15% polypropylene [PP] +15% polyethylene [PE]) for 2 months. …”
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Effect of structured lipids as dietary supplements on the fatty acid profile, carcass yield, blood chemistry, and abdominal fat deposition of female broilers by Hongzeng Ai, Yee-Ying Lee, Yuxia Lu, Chin Ping Tan, Oi Ming Lai, Aijun Li, Yufei Zhang, Yong Wang, Zhen Zhang

“…A total of 100 one-week-old female broiler chicks were randomly assigned to three-tiered pens and fed five experimental diets. …”
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Prevalence of disability in Iranian older adults in Tehran, Iran: A population-based study by Vahid Rashedi, Mohsen Asadi-Lari, Mahshid Foroughan, Ahmad Delbari, Reza Fadayevatan

“…Methods: In this large population-based cross-sectional study (Urban HEART-2), 15,069 individuals aged ≥ 60 years were selected randomly based on a multistage, cluster sampling in Tehran, Iran, in 2011. …”
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Efficient Acquisition of Fully Human Antibody Genes against Self-Proteins by Sorting Single B Cells Stimulated with Vaccines Based on Nitrated T Helper Cell Epitopes by Liangliang Jiang, Tao Jiang, Jianhua Luo, Yanliang Kang, Yue Tong, Xiaoda Song, Xiangdong Gao, Wenbing Yao, Hong Tian

“…The analysis of antibody genes showed that sorted B cells underwent the extensive somatic mutation of the antibody genes. We randomly selected eight genes for cloning, six of which expressed antibodies that can bind to HER2. …”
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Chitosan oligosaccharides maintained postharvest quality and increased shelf life of mango by Nishat Nitu, Md. Sefat Ullah, Prianka Howlader, Md. Nazmul Mehedi, Habiba Meem, Santosh Bose

“…The two factor-experiments were laid out in a completely randomized design with three replications. Findings: Results demonstrated that COS had a positive effect on retaining higher amount of anthocyanin content, total sugar and total soluble solid content. …”
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PDIA3 rs2788: An Independent Risk Factor for Hypertension and Its Interaction With Antihypertensive Medications by Hongtao Lan, Yingbin Xi, Baoxu Kang, Zhoujie Tong, Jie Peng, Wei Zhang, Ming Zhong, Huiping Gong, Zhihao Wang

“…This study aims to explore the relationship between PDIA3 polymorphisms and hypertension. First, Mendelian randomization (MR) analyses were performed to assess the causal link between PDIA3 and hypertension. …”
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Effect of ripasudil after trabeculectomy with mitomycin C: a multicentre, randomised, prospective clinical study by Kazuyuki Hirooka, Eri Nitta, Yoshiaki Kiuchi, Masaki Tanito, Shunsuke Nakakura, Tetsuya Baba, Hideaki Okumichi, Aisyah Muhlisah, Ariyanie Nurtania, Hiromitsu Onoe, Yotaro Matsuoka

“…Background To investigate if there are improvements in trabeculectomy outcomes supporting filtration bleb formation caused by Rho-associated protein kinase (ROCK) inhibitors.Methods This prospective, multicentre, randomised, open-label clinical study examined open-angle glaucoma patients who underwent trabeculectomy or trabeculectomy combined with cataract surgery followed by 3-month postoperative ripasudil treatments. After randomly allocating patients to ripasudil—ROCK inhibitor (ripasudil) or without ripasudil (non-ripasudil) groups. …”
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Experimental study of partially oxidized sodium alginate gel combined with myogenic stem cells to improve cardiac function in aged rats with myocardial infarction by Xinxin Ma, Xiaolu Hou, Peixin Dong, Jiayan Ye, Yangyang Gao, Ling Huang, Xiuping Bai

“…[Methods] The models of myocardial infarction in aged rats were established by ligating the coronary arteries and divided randomly into the group of saline control group, sodium alginate group, myogenic stem cells group and sodium alginate combined with myogenic stem cells group(joint group), each had 30 rats.The same amount of corresponding material was injected into the myocardial infarction area of rats in each group respectively.The cardiac structure and function of the rats were evaluated by echocardiography 8 weeks after the operation, and then the rats were executed.The hearts were removed to observe the differences in ventricular remodeling by histological analysis and the angiogenesis and collagen secretion of the ventricular slices were further analyzed. …”
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A Simple Nomogram to Predict Contrast-Induced Acute Kidney Injury in Patients with Congestive Heart Failure Undergoing Coronary Angiography by Li Lei, Yibo He, Zhaodong Guo, Bowen Liu, Jin Liu, Zhiqiang Nie, Guanzhong Chen, Liwei Liu, Mengfei Lin, Wenhe Yan, Shiqun Chen, Chen Jiyan, Yong Liu

“…A total of 1876 consecutive patients with CHF (defined as New York Heart Association functional class II-IV or Killip class II-IV) were enrolled and randomly (2:1) assigned to a development cohort and a validation cohort. …”
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Optimizing athletic engagement and performance of obese students: an adaptive approach through basketball in physical education by Oumayma Slimi, Oumayma Slimi, Antonella Muscella, Santo Marsigliante, Mourad Bahloul, Georgian Badicu, Abdullah F. Alghannam, Fatma Hilal Yagin

“…This study evaluated the effects of a 7-week adapted basketball program on the performance and athletic engagement of students with obesity.MethodsSixty-two students with obesity (23 boys, 39 girls, aged 15-17) were randomly assigned to an experimental group (EG, n = 30; 11 boys, 19 girls) participating in adapted basketball sessions or a control group (CG, n = 32; 12 boys, 20 girls) attending standard basketball lessons. …”
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Phase 1 study of safety, tolerability, and efficacy of intradermal DNA vaccine ASP2390 in adults allergic to house dust mites by Thomas Kayser, MD, BS, Ronald Smulders, MD, PhD, Tomohiro Kusawake, PhD, Erik Wambre, PhD, Gurunadh R. Chichili, PhD, Mary B. Blauwet, DrPH, Anna Spence, MS, Melanie Patton, BS, Rima Tabash, PhD, Hannah A. DeBerg, PhD, Sugandhika Khosa, MS, Philipp Badorrek, MD, Jens M. Hohlfeld, MD, Brian C. Ferslew, PharmD, PhD

“…Objective: We evaluated the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of first-in-human intradermal ASP2390 in adults with HDM allergy. Methods: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 1 trial was conducted in adults with HDM-induced allergic rhinitis. …”
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Increasing stress resilience in older adults through a 6-week prevention program: effects on coping strategies, anxiety symptoms, and cortisol levels by Marie-Josée Richer, Sébastien Grenier, Sébastien Grenier, Sonia Lupien, Sonia Lupien, Pierrich Plusquellec, Pierrich Plusquellec, Pierrich Plusquellec

“…Few studies have evaluated stress management training (SMT) interventions based on psychoneuroendocrinology that were designed to be delivered to healthy older adults in community settings.MethodsIn this study, a total of 170 older adults (mean age = 76.07, SD = 7.67) participated in a cluster-randomized trial designed to compare the delivery of an SMT intervention with a waitlist condition.ResultsThe effect of SMT on coping strategies, stress, anxiety, and depression was measured 3 weeks and 3 months after the intervention. …”
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Trends and Clinical Implications of Pediatric Pulmonary Function After Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: A Systematic Review by Xiaowei Zhao, Yuqi Zhao, Guoyu Ding, Xue Li, Xiaoyue Zhang, Yanli Leng, Hongmei Wang

“…The review included cohort studies, randomized controlled trials, and case‐control studies that assessed pulmonary function using standardized PFTs. …”
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The hypotension prediction index in major abdominal surgery – A prospective randomised clinical trial protocol by Jakub Szrama, Agata Gradys, Zuzanna Nowak, Ashish Lohani, Krzysztof Zwoliński, Tomasz Bartkowiak, Amadeusz Woźniak, Tomasz Koszel, Krzysztof Kusza

“…Methods: and Analysis: Patients meeting the inclusion criteria will be randomly assigned to receive hemodynamic assessment with arterial pressure cardiac output (APCO) monitoring (group A) or hemodynamic monitoring with the HPI software (group B). …”
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The role of adipose tissue cell elements in the regulation of the nitroxidergic system and possible ways of pharmacological modulation by I. F. Bielenichev, S. O. Maslennikov, N. V. Dobrelia, O. S. Khromov, M. L. Holovakha, V. P. Ryzhenko, O. O. Brek

“…The studies were carried out on 30 adult white male Wistar rats. All animals were randomly assigned and divided into groups: a control group (15 rats), type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) was induced in the animals of the second group (15 rats). …”
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Effects of non-contact electric fields on the kidneys and livers of tumour-bearing rats [version 6; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations, 1 not approved] by Luthfi Nurhidayat, Ahmad Ghitha Fadhlurrahman, Firman Alamsyah, Warsito Purwo Taruno, Nisrina Firdausi, Subekti Evi Dwi Nugraheni, Rarastoeti Pratiwi

“…Methods Female rats were randomly divided into one control group and three treatment groups with six replications each. …”
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