Continuous Rural High School Educational Outreach and Lasting Impact on Health Care Career Attitudes: Qualitative Pilot Study by Rebecca Bolen, Meagan Flesch, Jerrica Dennis, Logan Shouse, Mark Payton, David Ross

“…Research has shown that individuals from rural backgrounds are more likely to return to practice in these areas, yet most existing pipeline programs focus on undergraduate and medical students rather than high school students. …”
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GPP estimation based on CatBoost and analysis of change driving factors in Shanxi Province, China by Yujie Li, Xuanguang Liu, Zhenchao Zhang, Jun Lang

“…The interaction between precipitation and temperature had the most complex and significant impact on GPP, affecting approximately 62.05% of the study area. …”
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A Retrospective Study of the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Utilization and Quality of Antibiotic Use in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital in Low-Resource Settings by Vedrana Barišić, Tijana Kovačević, Maja Travar, Ana Golić Jelić, Pedja Kovačević, Dragana Milaković, Ranko Škrbić

“…<b>Results:</b> Antibiotic utilization peaked during the COVID-19 period, with the highest rate observed in 2021 (91.5 DDD/100 bed-days), despite a decrease in hospital admissions. The most frequently used antibiotics were cephalosporins, penicillins, and metronidazole. …”
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Effects of Medicare predictors in health disparities in the risk of Alzheimer's disease by Igor Akushevich, Arseniy Yashkin, Julia Kravchenko

“…Racial disparities (Black–White, Hispanic–White) were most affected by income and hypertension, while female–male and stroke‐belt disparities were less influenced by the examined predictors. …”
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Eliciting Clavulanic Acid Biosynthesis: The Impact of <i>Bacillus velezensis</i> FZB42 on the Metabolism of <i>Streptoyces clavuligerus</i> ATCC 27064 by Luisa F. Patiño, Carlos Caicedo-Montoya, Laura Pinilla-Mendoza, Jaison H. Cuartas, Rigoberto Ríos-Estepa

“…Furthermore, the transcriptome of <i>S. clavuligerus,</i> obtained with live cells of <i>B. velezensis</i> FZB42 at the peak of maximum CA production, revealed that 410 genes were up-regulated and 594 were down-regulated under these conditions, with a <i>padj</i> < 0.05. Most of the genes from the cephamycin C and CA clusters were up-regulated, which correlates well with the increase in CA production. …”
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The Impact of Radioiodine (131I) Therapy of Thyroid Disease on Salivary Glands Function and Inflammation: A Comprehensive Review by Pietro Bellini, Francesco Dondi, Carlo Cappelli, Elisa Gatta, Davide Lombardi, Claudio Casella, Riccardo Morandi, Gianluca Viganò, Luca Camoni, Michela Cossandi, Valentina Zilioli, Francesco Bertagna

“…Despite its possible efficacy, radioiodine therapy is associated with dose-dependent side effects, the most common of which is salivary gland dysfunction or inflammation, affecting approximately 30% of adult patients. …”
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Internal mammary node irradiation in early breast cancer – target coverage and implications on dose to organs at risk by Lovisa Berg, Jeanette Sporre, Elisabeth Kjellén, Sofie Ceberg, Elinore Wieslander, Sara Alkner

“…However, rate of symptomatic pneumonitis was low. Most patients achieved desired IMN coverage using 3D-CRT, with lung dose being the limiting factor. …”
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Observational Study on Secondary Bacterial Infection and the Use of Antibiotics in COVID-19 Patients Treated in a Tertiary Referral Hospital by Khie Chen Lie, Sharifah Shakinah, Adeline Pasaribu, Robert Sinto, Leonard Nainggolan

“…Predictors of secondary infection were early symptoms of shortness of breath (OR 5.31, 95% CI 1.3 – 21.5), decreased consciousness (OR 4.81, 95% CI 1.77 – 13.0), length of stay > 12 days (OR 8.2, 95% CI 2.9 – 23.3), and central venous catheter placement (OR 3.0, 95% CI 1.1 – 8.0) The most common pathogen of secondary bacterial infection is Acinetobacter sp. …”
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Microbial contamination of unsterile vs sterilized 3M™ Micropore™ tape on full-thickness skin graft donor wound: Clinical trial and evaluation by Graciella Novian Triana Wahjoe Pramono, Betha E. Riestiano, Hardisiswo Soedjana, Leonardus Widyatmoko, Sandy Sopandi

“…Median of bacterial count of the sterilized tape is 0 (0) CFU/cm2 and non-sterile tape is 0 (0–5) CFU/cm2 (p = 0.317). Most bacteria found in wound culture are skin normal flora, followed by endogenous normal flora and pathogens.This research shows that conventional dressing, sterile and non-sterile tape does not affect postoperative wound contamination as well as clinical surgical site infection.…”
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A global view of protein expression in human cells, tissues, and organs by Fredrik Pontén, Marcus Gry, Linn Fagerberg, Emma Lundberg, Anna Asplund, Lisa Berglund, Per Oksvold, Erik Björling, Sophia Hober, Caroline Kampf, Sanjay Navani, Peter Nilsson, Jenny Ottosson, Anja Persson, Henrik Wernérus, Kenneth Wester, Mathias Uhlén

“…A detailed analysis of over 2 million manually annotated, high‐resolution, immunohistochemistry‐based images showed a high fraction (>65%) of expressed proteins in most cells and tissues, with very few proteins (<2%) detected in any single cell type. …”
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Association between the nutritional inflammation index and mortality among patients with sepsis: insights from traditional methods and machine learning-based mortality prediction by Yuanshuo Ge, Ding Hu, Zhe Wang, Cheng Zhang

“…Machine learning analysis identified ANLR as the second most important variable influencing sepsis mortality. …”
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Role of epicardial adipose tissue in the development of atrial fibrillation in hypertensive patients by V. I. Podzolkov, A. I. Tarzimanova, A. E. Bragina, K. K. Osadchiy, R. G. Gataulin, K. A. Oganesyan, Z. B. Jafarova

“…The distribution of adipose tissue is an important factor in predicting the risk of cardiovascular events. The most significant inflammatory activity is characteristic of epicardial adipose tissue (EAT), the role of which in the development of atrial fibrillation (AF) remains a subject of discussion.Aim. …”
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Effectiveness of Kangaroo Mother Care in enhancing survival and health outcomes among preterm neonates in a resource-limited tertiary care setting by Rubina Akhtar, Rukhsana Karim, Syeda Sitwat Fatima, Sabah Safdar

“…Results: Mean daily weight gain was 16.6±4.2 g, and 87.5% maintained a stable body temperature. Most KMC neonates (57.14%) were discharged within 4–6 days, with no in-hospital mortality. …”
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Phytolith Characteristics in Leaves and Culm Sheaths of Three Sympodial Bamboo Genera (<i>Bambusoideae</i>) in the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, China by Taiyang Zhao, Mengsi Duan, Guomi Luo, Kemei Gao, Tingxuan Fu, Xiao Wang, Rui Xu, Changming Wang

“…The results demonstrated the following. (1) Leaves exhibited significantly higher phytolith content and concentration than did culm sheaths across all genera, with <i>Dendrocalamus</i> being the sole exception, showing no significant intrageneric differences. (2) Distinct particle size distribution patterns were observed—leaves consistently peaked at 10–20 μm, whereas culm sheaths displayed triple peaks at 10–20 μm, 20–30 μm, and 900–1000 μm. (3) Morphometric analysis revealed that culm sheaths contained larger elongated saddle-type phytoliths (length, width, and area) compared to leaves across all genera. (4) Among the 37 identified phytolith morphotypes, culm sheaths exhibited greater diversity, with 35 types (dominated by rondel and elongate), while leaves contained 31 types primarily characterized by saddle and stomatal phytoliths, with elongated saddles being the most abundant. Collectively, our findings demonstrate significant morphological disparities between foliar and culm sheath phytoliths in sympodial bamboos (<i>Bambusa</i>), with culm sheath phytoliths exhibiting greater taxonomic potential for generic-level classification within the subfamily <i>Bambusoideae</i>.…”
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Integrating the stress day index and an agrometeorological index to evaluate major crop waterlogging events: A cotton case study in the Middle-Lower Yangtze River by Tang Rong, Qian Long, Dong Chunyu, Wang Hui

“…The results showed that according to existing field experiments conducted in the MLRYR, the waterlogging sensitivity coefficients of cotton seeding, budding, flowering, and boll-opening were 0.23, 0.29, 0.36 and 0.12, respectively, demonstrating that cotton flowering was most susceptible to waterlogging. The RSDI, enhanced with a growth period sensitivity coefficient, effectively represents waterlogging intensity in the region. …”
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A Decade of research on intellectual capital and SMES performance in the ASEAN region: a bibliometric analysis of its impact by Musliha Musman, Salwa Muda, Amariah Hanum Hussin, Norhidayah Ismail, Raziah Bi Mohamed Sadique, Syaiful Hisyam Saleh

“…Influential authors like Valaei N and Ahmad NH have played a key role in shaping the field, while the Journal of Cleaner Production and the Journal of Business Research stand out as the most frequently cited journals in this domain. Core themes like governance, productivity, and investment are essential to IC and SMEs performance, with governance improving decision-making and financial stability through human capital and knowledge management, productivity supporting sustainability through operational efficiency and workforce performance, and the use of IC and technology enhancing competitiveness and long-term growth. …”
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Three-dimensional evaluation of root canal morphology in mandibular premolars of Saudi individuals: a CBCT study by Loai Alsofi, Mey Al-Habib, Shatha Zahran, Mona Alsulaiman, Mohammed Barayan, Sara Khawaji, Mohammed Sanari, Mohammad Altorkestani, Layan Alshehri, Lamees Zarei, Ammar Almarghlani, Mohammed Howait

“…A significant bilateral consistency was observed, with most teeth showcasing consistent root and canal numbers. …”
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Pain, Physical Function, Radiographic Features, and Quality of Life in Knee Osteoarthritis Agricultural Workers Living in Rural Population by Gordana Nikolic, Biserka Nedeljkovic, Goran Trajkovic, Dragisa Rasic, Zlatica Mirkovic, Slavica Pajovic, Rade Grbic, Sandra Sipetic, Isidora Vujcic

“…One hundred patients with confirmed (American College of Rheumatology criteria) knee osteoarthritis completed the EQ-5D and Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) questionnaires, rated pain on a visual analogue scale (VAS), and underwent knee radiographic examinations. Result. Most patients were obese with moderate radiographic changes according to the Kellgeren–Lawrence scale and suffered from very severe pain according to the VAS scale. …”
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The Carbon Reduction Contribution of Battery Electric Vehicles: Evidence from China by Ying Sun, Le Xiong, Rui Yan, Ruizhu Rao, Hongshuo Du

“…Next, the study identifies the most cost-effective BEV within each market segment, employing life-cycle assessment and life cycle cost analysis methods. …”
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Selective glucocorticoid receptor agonists as an alternative to glucocorticoids in the treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia: clinical response to glucocorticoids compared with... by O. A. Vlasova, E. M. Zhidkova, E. S. Lylova, A. N. Demko, M. G. Yakubovskaya, T. T. Valiev, E. A. Lesovaya

“…IC50 values of novel selective glucocorticoid receptor agonists 10S-E2 and 13S-G2 were calculated with blasts death level in 50 %. The effects of the most cytotoxic compound 10S-E2 on the expression of glucocorticoid-regulated genes (FKBP51 and COX2), were evaluated and compared with clinical response to treatment.Conclusion. …”
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