PEEP titration guided by electrical impedance tomography in critically ill mechanically ventilated patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure by Dimitar Kazakov, Emral Kyosebekirov, Siyana Nikolova-Kamburova, Valentin Stoilov, Emil Mitkovski, Georgi Pavlov, Chavdar Stefanov, Milena Sandeva

“…Conclusion: As a non-invasive and radiation-free monitoring tool EIT allows personalization of PEEP titration with minimum alveolar collapse and overdistention.…”
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Clarification and development of advanced practice roles in a Swiss French university hospital: an action research study by Patrick Teixeira Machado, Manuela Eicher, Aurélie Delouane-Abinal, Sarah Kupferschmid, Marie-José Roulin

“…It included title standardization, use of an implementation strategy, creation of a tool to facilitate profile selection, and implementation of a communication plan. …”
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Optimized scaffold-free human 3D adipose tissue organoid culture for obesity and disease modeling by Rafael Dariolli, Raphael Nir, Tova Mushlam, Glauco R. Souza, Stephen R. Farmer, Miguel L Batista, Jr.

“…Additionally, the combination of 3D scaffold-free manufacturing with In vitro disease modeling offers a valuable tool for discovering treatments for metabolic diseases such as obesity and T2D.…”
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Improving Individualized Salbutamol Treatment: A Population Pharmacokinetic Model for Oral Salbutamol in Virtual Patients by Lara Marques, Nuno Vale

“…The final model is intended as a tool to support the selection of optimal formulation and dosage regimen based on individual patient profiles. …”
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Association of estimated glucose disposal rate with metabolic syndrome prevalence and mortality risks: a population-based study by Xiaoli Chen, Aihua Li, Qilin Ma

“…Compared to TyG and HOMA-IR, eGDR offers superior predictive value for all-cause mortality, highlighting its potential as a useful tool in clinical risk assessment.…”
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Sub-Clinical Regional Macular Changes in Self-Reported Diabetic Subjects: Vascular and Retinal Layer Analysis Using Swept-Source OCT by Challa NK, Alghamdi WM, Alluwimi MS, Alshammeri S

“…Swept-source OCT proves to be an essential tool for detecting these early changes in diabetic patients.Keywords: tomography, age, RNFL, SCPVD, FAZ, diabetes mellitus…”
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The prognostic and immunomodulatory role of the MMR system in patients with stomach adenocarcinoma by Zhihui Tian, Lili Yang, Rong Yang, Wenhui Yang

“…The expression of four MMR genes, construction of a prognostic risk model, and assessment of immune infiltration in STAD were performed using Xiantao online tool. GEPIA2 was used to explore the association of MMR genes expression with clinical stage and overall survival. …”
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Transcriptomic Analysis of Pathogenicity Genes in Sclerotinia sclerotiorum Affecting Brassica napus by Hengameh Taheri, Mohamad Hamed Ghodoum Parizipour

“…Protein-protein interaction network was drawn and several hub genes were determined and ranked according to the CytoHubba tool among which the genes encoding nitrate reductase, beta-glucosidase, glucanase, PA14 domain-containing protein, carbohydrate-binding module family 1, and acyl-coenzyme A oxidase were found to be associated with the SSR induction. …”
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Fostering collaborative practice: a pilot study on interprofessional education through simulation-based team-oriented learning sessions among pharmacy and medical students by Shaimaa Khamis Mostafa, Rania H. Abdel-Rahman, Ahmed K. Mansour, Magda A. El-Sherbeny

“…Conclusion The high level of student satisfaction with the IPE sessions, particularly regarding the clarity of training objectives and the interactive nature of the experience, suggests that simulation-based learning is an effective tool for developing key interprofessional collaboration skills among healthcare students. …”
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Predictors of external branch of superior laryngeal nerve paresis and paralysis in patients undergoing thyroidectomy: by videostroboscopy by Manoj Kumar N., Rajiv S.R., T. M. Nagaraj, Sweta S., Ramya K., Pavitra N.

“…Video laryngeal stroboscope is a useful tool in the evaluation of patients with suspected laryngeal paralysis and justifies an intrinsic relationship that exists between thyroid diseases and EBSLN paresis and paralysis which is related to local effects of the disease resulting in reduced stiffness in the paralyzed cord. …”
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Co-designing a film showcasing the dental experiences of community returners (ex-offenders) by Joelle Booth, Joelle Booth, Heather McMullen, Andrea Rodriguez, Vanessa Muirhead

“…Using the medium of film an oral health promotion tool can build understanding about the oral health needs of underrepresented groups. …”
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Parents’ Experiences and Sexual Topics Discussed with Adolescents in the Accra Metropolis, Ghana: A Qualitative Study by Elizabeth AKu Baku, Isaac Agbemafle, Agnes Millicent Kotoh, Richard M. K. Adanu

“…Ghanaian parents preferentially discuss sex with their daughters as a protective tool against irresponsible sexual behaviours. Parents still have challenges discussing adolescent sexuality topics; hence equipping parents to effectively discuss such sensitive topics will improve adolescent reproductive health and sexual behaviour.…”
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O Serogroup-Specific Touchdown-Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction for Detection and Identification of Vibrio cholerae O1, O139, and Non-O1/Non-O139 by Adisak Bhumiratana, Achiraya Siriphap, Nutsarin Khamsuwan, Jednipit Borthong, Kaknokrat Chonsin, Orasa Sutheinkul

“…The potential benefit of using this TMPCR tool would augment the serotyping method used in epidemiological surveillance and monitoring of V. cholerae serogroups, O1, O139, and non-O1/non-O139 present in clinical and environmental samples.…”
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Legal incentives in the contractual regulation of marital relations by O. H. Bortnik, T. V. Stepanenko

“…Given the purpose of the study, methods d that generally allowed to determine the optimal type of legal understanding, which solved the problem of finding a tool of interpretationwere use: analysis and synthesis, induction and deduction, formal law and comparative law and other methods. …”
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A Comparative Study of VMD-Based Hybrid Forecasting Model for Nonstationary Daily Streamflow Time Series by Hui Hu, Jianfeng Zhang, Tao Li

“…The VMD-BPNN model could be applied as a promising, reliable, and robust prediction tool for short-term streamflow forecasting modelling.…”
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The Association between Atopic Dermatitis Severity and Mood Disturbance among Adults: A Cross-sectional Study by Farah F. Albakr, Maee M. Barakeh, Layan F. Alsanad, Sultan B. Obaid, Feras Alhawas, Seham Alsalamah, Shahad B. Obaid, Alya Alsuwayhib, Abdullah O. Alangari, Sulaiman O. Obaid, Eman Almukhadeb

“…Patients visiting the dermatology clinic during the study period from March 2023 to August 2023 were asked to fill out an online based self-administered questionnaire to assess AD severity and psychological distress using the Patient-Oriented Eczema Measure (POEM) tool and the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System Itch Questionnaire Mood and Sleep instruments respectively. …”
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Targeted CQA analytical control strategy for commercial antibody products: Replacing ion-exchange chromatography methods for charge heterogeneity with multi-attribute monitoring by Adam R. Evans, Joseph Mulholland, Michael J. Lewis, Ping Hu

“…Peptide mapping with mass spectrometry (MS) is an important tool for protein characterization in the biopharmaceutical industry. …”
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Living through the psychological consequences of COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review of effective mitigating interventions by Viroj Tangcharoensathien, Angkana Lekagul, Chawisa Suradom, Peeraya Piancharoen, Anamika Chattong

“…Cochrane risk-of-bias tool is applied to assess the quality of all randomised controlled trials (RCT).Results All studies were recently conducted in 2020. …”
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New Echocardiographic Findings Correlate with Intramyocardial Inflammation in Endomyocardial Biopsies of Patients with Acute Myocarditis and Inflammatory Cardiomyopathy by Felicitas Escher, Mario Kasner, Uwe Kühl, Johannes Heymer, Ursula Wilkenshoff, Carsten Tschöpe, Heinz-Peter Schultheiss

“…Speckle tracking echocardiography is a useful adjunctive assisting tool for evaluation over the course of intramyocardial inflammation in patients with AMC and DCMi.…”
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Effect of family support and work resources in the relationship of economic constraints and work volition: Evidence from China. by Lu Hai, Yang Wang, Man Shu, Mengxiao Zhang, Yijiao Wang

“…<h4>Methods</h4>The study examined 1249 Chinese undergraduate students as participants ((714 men and 535 women; Mage = 19.32, SD = 1.50), using the questionnaire with the Wenjuanxing online survey tool. The questionnaire were collected between August, 2022 and December, 2022. …”
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