Treatment sequences, outcomes, healthcare utilization, and costs in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases requiring advanced treatment—real world comparative effectiveness from... by Axel Dignass, Niels Teich, Stephan Kaiser, Juliane Sünwoldt, Christina Dünweber, Ines Weinhold, Julia Borchert, Robert Kudernatsch

“…Conclusions Anti-TNF agents were most frequently used in first-line advanced therapy; however, vedolizumab appeared to be a preferred choice in terms of persistence and cost measures over three years from the start of treatment.…”
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Self-perceived stress and associated factors among preclinical science students in a medical college in Central Nepal by Mukta Singh Bhandari, Jagdish Chataut, Animesh Kunwar, Merina Shrestha, Ramesh Kumar Sah

“…Conclusions High levels of stress among undergraduate medical students in Nepal are driven primarily by academic pressure, with second-semester participants and those with a history of anxiety or depression being the most affected. Compared with male participants, female participants experienced higher stress levels. …”
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Bleaching Gels Containing Calcium and Fluoride: Effect on Enamel Erosion Susceptibility by Alessandra B. Borges, Carlos R. G. Torres, Paulo A. B. de Souza, Taciana M. F. Caneppele, Luciana F. T. F. Santos, Ana Carolina Magalhães

“…There were significant differences among the groups (P=0.009). The most enamel wear was seen for C (3.37±0.80 μm), followed by HP (2.89 ± 0.98 μm) and HP + F (2.72 ± 0.64 μm). …”
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Evaluation of antibody serology to determine current helminth and Plasmodium falciparum infections in a co-endemic area in Southern Mozambique. by Rebeca Santano, Rocío Rubio, Berta Grau-Pujol, Valdemiro Escola, Osvaldo Muchisse, Inocência Cuamba, Marta Vidal, Gemma Ruiz-Olalla, Ruth Aguilar, Javier Gandasegui, Maria Demontis, Jose Carlos Jamine, Anélsio Cossa, Charfudin Sacoor, Jorge Cano, Luis Izquierdo, Chetan E Chitnis, Ross L Coppel, Virander Chauhan, David Cavanagh, Sheetij Dutta, Evelina Angov, Lisette van Lieshout, Bin Zhan, José Muñoz, Carlota Dobaño, Gemma Moncunill

“…<h4>Conclusions</h4>We provided evidence for the utility of antibody serology to detect current infection with parasites causing tropical diseases in endemic populations. In addition, most of the markers have potential good specificity as markers of exposure. …”
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Predictors for High-Risk Carotid Plaque in Asymptomatic Korean Population by Chae Won Jang, Yong Kyun Kim, Ki-Hong Kim, Achangwa Chiara, Moo-Sik Lee, Jang-Ho Bae

“…The plaque was increased with age (p<0.001) and conventional ASCVD risk estimator (p<0.001) and the most frequently found in bulb (n=190, 64.8%). The number of the highest quartile of cPS was 44/177 (24.9%). …”
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Comparison of access to stroke diagnostics, treatment, rehabilitation, and outcome between men and women by Josefine Grundtvig, Katrine Sværke, Mathilde Preskou, Louisa Marguerite Christensen, Thorsten Steiner, Hanne Christensen

“…Conclusions: Women had reduced access to testing, treatment, and rehabilitation across all age groups and stroke types. This disparity was most notable in interventions not included in the national quality assessment program.…”
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Impingement of the ankle joint—a systematic review on the expected outcome by Maximilian A. Hamberger, Maximilian M. Saller, Wolfgang Böcker, Hans Polzer, Sebastian F. Baumbach

“…Surgery apparently improves the symptoms considerably, but the outcome varies between the different types of impingements, with a posterior os trigonum impingement resulting in the most favorable outcomes. Trial registration The study was a-priori registered at Prospero (#CRD42022354685) on August 19th, 2022. …”
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Landscape of metabolic alterations and treatment strategies in breast cancer by Xiujuan Wu, Xuanni Tan, Yangqiu Bao, Wenting Yan, Yi Zhang

“…Breast cancer, the most prevalent cancer in women, poses a significant threat to their health. …”
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Prevalence and determinants of medication adherence among hypertensive patients: An institution-based cross-sectional study. by Azaz Bin Sharif, Syed Sharaf Ahmed Chowdhury, Md Zakir Hossain, Md Anwar Hossain, Ahmed Hossain, Hasan Mahmud Reza

“…Among various reasons for taking the medicine irregularly, forgetfulness (20.29%) was the most common cause reported by the participants, followed by a busy work schedule (7.71%). …”
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Subjective cognitive, psychiatric, and fatigue symptoms two years after COVID-19: A prospective longitudinal cohort study by Henriikka Ollila, Marjaana Tiainen, Riikka Pihlaja, Sanna Koskinen, Annamari Tuulio-Henriksson, Viljami Salmela, Laura Hokkanen, Johanna Hästbacka

“…Subjective cognitive symptoms and fatigue emerged as the most common problems occurring in 30.6 and 35.5% of patients, respectively. …”
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Development and evaluation of a Wikipedia based group assessment to enhance science communication by Katelyn Mroczek, Pru Mitchell, Pru Mitchell, Brian Patrick McSharry, Alice Woods, Belinda Spry, Timothy Paustian, Thiru Vanniasinkam

“…After submission, a survey on students’ perspectives of the assignment was completed by 64% of the class (N = 42). Most students found the assignment to be a novel experience compared to previous tasks. …”
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CCG•CGG interruptions in high‐penetrance SCA8 families increase RAN translation and protein toxicity by Barbara A Perez, Hannah K Shorrock, Monica Banez‐Coronel, Tao Zu, Lisa EL Romano, Lauren A Laboissonniere, Tammy Reid, Yoshio Ikeda, Kaalak Reddy, Christopher M Gomez, Thomas Bird, Tetsuo Ashizawa, Lawrence J Schut, Alfredo Brusco, J Andrew Berglund, Lis F Hasholt, Jorgen E Nielsen, SH Subramony, Laura PW Ranum

“…Abstract Spinocerebellar ataxia type 8 (SCA8), a dominantly inherited neurodegenerative disorder caused by a CTG•CAG expansion, is unusual because most individuals that carry the mutation do not develop ataxia. …”
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Temporal provisions of the bankruptcy doctrine by E. V. Liubimova, M. G. Sukhanova

“…In such case, a pivotal question for the bankruptcy participants is the application of legal developments that significantly affect the participants’ scope of rights and obligations to the initiated procedure.This study is aimed to develop and substantiate a unified procedure for the commencement of legal provisions governing the bankruptcy procedure.The following tasks promote the above purpose:1) Determining applied options of commencement of amendments to the Insolvency Law;2) Weighing strengths and weaknesses of the determined options;3) Concluding on the most suitable procedure for commencement of amendments in these legal relationships.The analysis of amendments to the Insolvency Law highlights the absence of a legislator’s unified approach. …”
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Analysis of influencing factors and paths of synergistic development of water resources-economic society-ecological environment based on DIM modeling by Suming Ren, Fuqiang Wang, Peiheng Liu, Heng Zhao, Honglu Zhang, Lanbo Cui

“…The factors influencing the synergistic development of “water resources, economic society and ecological environment” can be divided into four levels, of which the total water resources, precipitation and NDVI are at the bottom and are the most fundamental factors. The percentage of groundwater supply, total water supply, water resource utilization rate and energy consumption of 10,000 yuan of GDP are the deep core elements. …”
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Missed nursing care and related factors: a cross-sectional study by Rahimeh Khajoei, Mohadeseh Balvardi, Tayebeh Eghbali, Mahboubeh Sadat Yousefi, Mansooreh Azizzadeh Forouzi

“…The mean of missed nursing care was 6.4 (SD = 31.1), which was higher than the median of the questionnaire. The most frequently reported missed care was toilet monitoring (23.3%) and setting up food (19.6%). …”
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An NBS-LRR-encoding gene CsRPM1 confers resistance to the fungus Colletotrichum camelliae in tea plant by Wuyun Lv, Yingjie Xu, Hong Jiang, Qinghai Cao, Xinchao Wang, Yuchun Wang

“…Anthracnose, caused by the fungus Colletotrichum camelliae, is one of the most severe diseases in tea plant. Here, we identified an NBS-LRR-encoding gene, CsRPM1, probably conferring resistance of tea plant to C. camelliae. …”
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Role of Tobacco Consumption Habits in the Causation of Precancerous Lesions: A Cross Sectional Study by Nisarg SHAH, Yash SHAH, Drupad SUPEDA, Pawan TADWALA, Maulik THAKER, Jatin CHHAYA, Niraj PANDIT

“…Oral Sub Mucosal Fibrosis (OSMF) was the most common (70.58%) precancerous lesion found in the present study, followed by leukoplakia (16.67%). …”
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Perception of rural adolescents and parents regarding child marriage: Findings of a community-based cross-sectional study in Bangladesh. by Md Ziaul Islam, S M Sharf-Ul-Alam, Farjana Farha, Nargis Sultana, Ananya Adhya, Sharmin Farjana

“…Bangladesh ranks among the top ten countries in terms of child marriage, and rural girls are the most vulnerable group to it. Our study aimed to assess and compare the perception of rural adolescents and parents regarding child marriage, as well as focusing on the key factors governing such perception of the participants.…”
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Efficiency of teaching patients with early-stage rheumatoid arthritis by Evgenia Vladislavovna Orlova, D. E. Karateev

“…Following 6 months, there were statistically significant differences between the two groups in most parameters (p&lt;0.05), except for ESR, CRP, and DAS28 (p&gt;0.05). …”
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The impact of hsa-miR-1972 on the expression of von Willebrand factor in breast cancer progression regulation by Changjiang Yu, Tao Zhang, Fan Chen, Zhenyang Yu

“…Background Breast cancer (BC) is one of most frequent female malignancies that poses multiple challenges in treatment and prevention. …”
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