Real-time Ultrasound-guided Lumbar Puncture: A Comparison of Two Techniques Using Simulation by Kara Samsel, David Wasiak, Elaine Situ-LaCasse, Srikar Adhikari, Josie Acuña

“…Results: A total of 31 participants were included, 16 in Group P and 15 in Group T. Most participants (90.3%) successfully performed the procedure, without a statistical difference between Group P and Group T (15/16 vs 13/15, P = 0.95). …”
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Determinants of family planning services uptake among women within the reproductive age in the Yendi municipality in Northern Ghana by Iddrisu Sulemana, Collins Gbeti, Maxwell Dalaba, Adadow Yidana, Gifty Apiung Aninanya

“…The desire to control pregnancy was a key factor for wanting family planning (79.3%). Most respondents (80.6%) had high knowledge of family planning services and injectables (37.1%) and condoms (24.7%) were the preferred family planning methods. …”
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Self-Disclosure and Social Support in a Web-Based Opioid Recovery Community: Machine Learning Analysis by Yu Chi, Huai-yu Chen, Khushboo Thaker

“…On average, each post received 9.88 (SD 11.36) comments. The most frequent types of support were fact and situational appraisal (mean 5.62, SD 6.82) and personal experience (mean 4.88, SD 5.98), while referral was the least common (mean 0.61, SD 0.50). …”
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Facing the pandemic aftermath: exploring depression and mental health service usage among first-year university students in southern Thailand by Waluwan Pratummanee, Tharntip Sangsuwan, Chonnakarn Jatchavala, Thanitha Sirirak

“…Protective factors against depression included a grade point average (GPA) of 2.00–2.49 or 4.00, attending private schools, being single, having close relationships with friends and partners, and following a healthy diet, and moderate to high self-confidence was associated with an increased likelihood of depression. Most participants did not consider seeing a psychiatrist troublesome or embarrassing, either for themselves or others. …”
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Comparative Transcriptome Analysis of Temperature-Induced Green Discoloration in Garlic by Ningyang Li, Zhichang Qiu, Xiaoming Lu, Bingchao Shi, Xiudong Sun, Xiaozhen Tang, Xuguang Qiao

“…Green discoloration is one of the most important problems that cause low quality of product in the processing of garlic, which can be induced by low-temperature stress. …”
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In-silico screening of small compounds against Lassa fever haemorrhagic virus nucleoprotein by Ekpo Eyo Antai, Uwem Okon Edet, Elizabeth N. Mbim, Ini Ubi Bassey, Sozan M. Abdelkhalig, Francisca O. Nwaokorie, Ehssan Moglad, Jamda Ponmak, Samia Al-Shouli, Sawsan AlShouli, Destiny E. Charlie, Mohnad Abdalla

“…Molecular simulations revealed fluctuations in the RMSD and RMSF values; however, overall, the formed complexes were stable during most of the docking simulation runs. Principal component analysis (PCA) analysis showed that all the ligands, apart from lauric acid, showed better conformational changes within the backbone of the protein. …”
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Oral Urate-Lowering Therapy Use and Efficacy Following Pegloticase Treatment: Findings from a Rheumatology Network Database by Lissa Padnick-Silver, Andrew Concoff, Hong-Ye Gao, Qianhong Fu, Brian LaMoreaux, N. Lawrence Edwards

“…Patients received 12.3 ± 12.6 pegloticase infusions [median 9; 88 (42%) ≥ 12 infusions; 2.3 ± 2.0 weeks between infusions], with 115 patients (54.5%) beginning oral ULT after pegloticase discontinuation (67.0% allopurinol, 43.5% febuxostat, and/or 16.5% probenecid) most-often (66.1%) ≤ 30 days of last infusion. More patients who received ≥ 12 infusions than < 12 infusions had SU < 6 mg/dL with post-pegloticase oral ULT use [first post-ULT SU < 6 mg/dL, 78.4% vs. 36.2%; SU 4.7 ± 3.0 (n = 37) vs. 7.4 ± 2.9 (n = 47) mg/dL]. …”
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Knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding food-medicine dual-purpose substances among adults in China: a cross-sectional online survey by Haixian Jia, Chunyu Li, Zheng Li, Yao Zhao, Zhonghui Chen, Jiali Duan, Xiaochen Ma

“…Among the FMS they had ever consumed, the two most frequently consumed FMS by residents were yam (35.3%) and wolfberry (15.9%). 40.6%(1,143/2,815) of residents hoped that the government could increase publicity and conduct more popular science activities. …”
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Emergency Medical Service Responders’ Perspectives on Transgender, Intersexual, and Non-Binary Patients in Germany by Torben Brod, Kambiz Afshar, Christoph Schroeder, Carsten Stoetzer, Stephanie Stiel

“…Attitudes toward TIN patients were generally positive, but there were discrepancies between perceived comfort and actual communication behavior, with up to 25% of respondents overall avoiding questions they would ask non-TIN patients. Most respondents had no formal training in the appropriate management of TIN patients: only 7% of EMTs/EMT-Ps and 5% of prehospital EPs indicated having received such training during their professional or medical training. …”
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New improvement ion exchange treatment method for drinking water in Juybar City, Iran by Yasin Nasrollahi, Mojtaba Khoshravesh, Ghasem Aghajani Mazandarani

“…Notably, 10 L of Trilite SCR-B resin removed 84.78% of calcium and 80.56% of magnesium ions, establishing it as the most efficient resin in this study. While Purolite C100E and Dowex Marathon C also demonstrated good performance, the highest ion removal rates were consistently observed with Trilite SCR-B. …”
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Resource pulses shape seasonal and individual variation in the diet of an omnivorous carnivore by Alex J. Jensen, Michael Muthersbaugh, Charles R. Ruth, Joseph W. Butfiloski, Jay Cantrell, Jennifer Adams, Lisette Waits, John C. Kilgo, David S. Jachowski

“…Abstract Resource pulses are ecologically important phenomenon that occur in most ecosystems globally. Following optimal foraging theory, many consumers switch to pulsatile foods when available, examples of which include fruit mast and vulnerable young prey. …”
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Progression from isolated growth hormone deficiency to a combined pituitary hormone deficiency in a cohort of paediatrics patients with pituitary morphology abnormalities on MRI by Cristina Aguilar-Riera, Diego Yeste, Núria González-Llorens, Eduard Mogas, Ariadna Campos-Martorell, Paula Fernandez-Alvarez, Elida Vázquez, María Clemente

“…In the CPHD group, associated deficiencies begin to appear after 5 years [4.0–6.0] median follow-up, with thyrotropin being the most frequent (80%), followed by gonadotropin deficiency. …”
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Phenology and foraging bias contribute to sex‐specific foraging patterns in the rare declining butterfly Argynnis idalia idalia by Matthew W. Chmielewski, Skyler Naya, Monica Borghi, Jen Cortese, Alisdair R. Fernie, Mark T. Swartz, Konstantina Zografou, Brent J. Sewall, Rachel B. Spigler

“…We quantified nectar carbohydrate and amino acid contents of the most visited plant species and compared those visited more frequently by males versus females. …”
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Unraveling the Distribution of Black Carbon in Chinese Forest Soils Using Machine Learning Approaches by Chen Zhao, Zhouyang Tian, Qiang Zhang, Yinghui Wang, Peng Zhang, Guodong Sun, Yuanxi Yang, Ding He, Shuxin Tu, Junjian Wang

“…Results revealed that SOM properties were the most critical in predicting BC, complemented by the negative impact of mean annual temperature and alkaline mineral composition. …”
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The Clinical Outcomes of a Bioinductive Collagen Implant in Bursal-Sided Partial-Thickness Rotator Cuff Tears by Jaesung Yoo, Daehee Lee

“…In such cases, using a bioinductive collagen implant may offer a viable alternative to conventional rotator cuff repair. Most notably, it offers potential advantages, particularly in reducing postoperative pain and promoting faster recovery. …”
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A hybrid convolutional neural network model for dental age estimation using buccal alveolar bone level for Saudi children by Seyed Matin Mazloom Nezhad, Erma Rahayu Mohd Faizal Abdullah, Norliza Ibrahim, Heba H. Bakhsh, Uzair Ishtiaq, Rabiah Al Adawiyah Rahmat, Sarah AlMugairin, Sara M. ElKhateeb

“…Dental Age Estimation (DAE) is one of the most common methods for age estimation. Teeth are commonly used for age estimation because the schedules of tooth development and eruption are barely affected by the environment, nutrition, and socio-economic factors. …”
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Association of glyphosate exposure with frailty and all-cause mortality in general adults: A population-based cohort study by Tongtong Yang, Liuhua Zhou, Peng Jing, Yulin Bao, Lingfeng Gu, Yixi Chen, Xinying Shi, Hao Wang, Liansheng Wang, Sibo Wang

“…Background: Glyphosate is the most widely used herbicide globally. However, its association with frailty, an emerging public health concern, and mortality in the general population remains unclear. …”
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Transcriptome atlas of Striga germination: Implications for managing an intractable parasitic plant by Gilles Irafasha, Sylvia Mutinda, Fredrick Mobegi, Brett Hale, George Omwenga, Asela J. Wijeratne, Susann Wicke, Emily S. Bellis, Steven Runo

“…Societal Impact Statement Witchweeds, parasitic plants of the genus Striga, are nicknamed “cereal killers” because of their devastating destruction of Africa's most staple cereals, including maize, sorghum, millets, and upland rice. …”
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Bortezomib-induced peripheral neuropathy in patients with multiple myeloma: pain syndrome and psychopathological aspects by E. Z. Irugova, L. P. Mendeleeva, D. E. Vybornykh, M. V. Soloveva, S. Yu. Fedorova, M. V. Solovev

“…Background. One of the most common causes of peripheral neuropathy in multiple myeloma patients is bortezomib‑induced peripheral neuropathy (bIpN), which is clinically characterized by paresthesia, a burning sensation, numbness, and primarily pain in the limbs. …”
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Germanium disulfide as an alternative high refractive index and transparent material for UV-visible nanophotonics by Aleksandr S. Slavich, Georgy A. Ermolaev, Ilya A. Zavidovskiy, Dmitriy V. Grudinin, Konstantin V. Kravtsov, Mikhail K. Tatmyshevskiy, Mikhail S. Mironov, Adilet N. Toksumakov, Gleb I. Tselikov, Ilia M. Fradkin, Kirill V. Voronin, Maksim R. Povolotskiy, Olga G. Matveeva, Alexander V. Syuy, Dmitry I. Yakubovsky, Dmitry M. Tsymbarenko, Ivan Kruglov, Davit A. Ghazaryan, Sergey M. Novikov, Andrey A. Vyshnevyy, Aleksey V. Arsenin, Valentyn S. Volkov, Kostya S. Novoselov

“…However, traditional high refractive index materials, such as titanium dioxide (TiO2), still dominate in the most important visible range. This is due to the current lack of transparent vdW materials across the entire visible spectrum. …”
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