Use of sotrovimab in vaccinated versus unvaccinated COVID‐19 patients in a resource‐limited emergency department during the omicron surge by Rahul V. Nene, Melodie A. Santodomingo, Bruce Balog, Hector Martinez, Elias Murillo, Christian A. Tomaszewski, Andrew LaFree

“…The patient cohort had a median age of 65 years, 78.2% were Hispanic, and obesity (63.5%) was the most common comorbidity. A total of 73.5% of patients were vaccinated against COVID‐19. …”
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Causal associations between epigenetic age and thromboembolism: a bi-directional two-sample Mendelian randomization study by Bowen Jin, Yunyan Li, Dingyang Li, Chi Jing, Qunshan Sheng

“…Abstract Background Thromboembolism is one of the most prevalent cardiovascular conditions affecting the elder population. …”
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Screening of exotic banana accessions for their resistance to fusarium wilt race 1 and tropical race 4 in India by R. Thangavelu, M. Loganathan, S. Backiyarani, M. S. Saraswathi, S. Uma, E. Edwinraj, P. Durai, B. Nithya, Nicolas Roux, R. Selvarajan

“…Abstract Fusarium wilt, caused by the soil-borne pathogen Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense (Foc), is one of the most destructive diseases affecting global banana production. …”
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Economic planning-operation of virtual power plants including solar-biomass resources and hydrogen storage in the active distribution network based on distribution system operator... by Chengfu Sun, Chengyu Zhang

“…RPO also managed to obtain the most optimal point with a higher convergence speed than other solvers, and the standard deviation of its final answer is about 0.97%.…”
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HPV vaccination improves immune response in children with respiratory papillomatosis by Miguel A. Prieto-Islas, Esmeralda Godoy-Dahbura, Diana C. Villalpando-Sánchez, Cristina Cortés-Benavides, Eduardo Hernández-Cuellar, Denisse Castro-Eguiluz, Hiram Alvarez-Neri, Oscar Medina-Contreras

“…The cause of this disease is the low-risk Human Papillomavirus (HPV), where subtypes 6 and 11 are the most frequent. The only proven effective treatment is surgical resection of the lesions, and although there are adjunctive treatments to try to reduce the recurrence of neoplasms, it has not been proven that there is an effective alternative that achieves this effect. …”
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Assessing ethical practices among community pharmacists in Nigeria: prevalence, drivers, challenges, and implications—a mixed methods study by Olanrewaju Olamide Popoola, Olanrewaju Olamide Popoola, Igbagboyemi Adebowale Adebisi, Igbagboyemi Adebowale Adebisi, Adebowale Sylvester Adeyemi, Damilola Samson Adepitan, Damilola Samson Adepitan, Opeyemi Fortunate Oladeru, Opeyemi Fortunate Oladeru

“…This study assessed ethical practices and identified drivers of unethical practices among community pharmacists in Nigeria.MethodsA convergent-parallel mixed method study design was employed, collecting quantitative and qualitative data, which were analyzed using SPSS and inductive content analysis.ResultsMost pharmacists maintained patients’ confidentiality (93.2%), and disclosed side effects of medicines to patients (80.3%). …”
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HCN1 and HCN2 in Rat DRG neurons: levels in nociceptors and non-nociceptors, NT3-dependence and influence of CFA-induced skin inflammation on HCN2 and NT3 expression. by Cristian Acosta, Simon McMullan, Laiche Djouhri, Linlin Gao, Roger Watkins, Carol Berry, Katherine Dempsey, Sally N Lawson

“…We therefore examined immunostaining of the most abundant isoforms in DRGs, HCN1 and HCN2 in these neuron subtypes. …”
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Optimized Amino Acid-Enhanced Medium for Efficient L-Asparaginase II Production in <i>E. coli</i>: From Shake Flask to Bioreactor by Nicolás Lefin, Javiera Miranda, Iris Munhoz Costa, Alejandro Pedroso Reynaldo, Gisele Monteiro, Mauricio Zamorano, Adalberto Pessoa, Jorge G. Farias

“…Five amino acids were evaluated at a shake flask scale using the design of experiments, with arginine and aspartate showing the most positive effects. Under optimized conditions (14.5 mM arginine, 12.7 mM aspartate, and 0 mM cysteine), the activity model reached 12,513 U L⁻¹, experimentally validated at 10,089 U L⁻¹. …”
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Comprehensive assessment of elite forms of black currant of the Ural selection for suitability to mechanized harvesting by E. М. Chebotok

“…The diameter of the base of the bush for most variety samples was 20.. 30 cm. The number of bent branches in all forms was less than 5 %, the diameter of the branches 8...15 mm. …”
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Exploring primary and secondary healthcare physicians’ perceptions on pursuing population medicine as a main career: Implications for health policy and academia by Khaldoon Al-Roomi, Salman Alzayani, Amer Almarabheh, Ali M. Hamdi, Abdelhalim Deifalla

“…Results Completed questionnaires were received from 190 physicians, of whom 24.7% and 63.2% were in primary and secondary healthcare, respectively. While most of the physicians did not consider specializing in population medicine upon their undergraduate graduation (81%), those who ended specializing in primary healthcare (53.2%) were significantly more likely than their counterparts in secondary healthcare (17.5%) to consider pursuing a career in population medicine if they were to get the opportunity now (p<0.001). …”
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Comprehensive Assessment of Alfalfa Aluminum Stress Resistance Using Growth and Physiological Trait Analysis by Nannan Tang, Xiangming Zeng, Jizhi Wei, Zhou Li, Xuechun Zhao, Jihui Chen, Xinyao Gu, Chao Chen, Rui Dong

“…The results revealed that Al stress markedly inhibited root growth and biomass accumulation in alfalfa, thereby triggering increased malondialdehyde (MDA) content in roots across most cultivars, the scope of increase is 0.19–183.07%. …”
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Chronic Oral D-Galactose Induces Oxidative Stress but Not Overt Organ Dysfunction in Male Wistar Rats by Jelena Martinovic, Ivana Gusevac Stojanovic, Sladjan Nesic, Ana Todorovic, Katarina Bobic, Sanja Stankovic, Dunja Drakulic

“…Consistent with its primary role in galactose metabolism, the liver exhibited the most pronounced oxidative damage. However, despite the increased oxidative stress, only minor histopathological changes were observed, while organ function remained largely unaffected. …”
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Treatment of proteinuria with lercanidipine associated with reninangiotensin axis-blocking drugs by N. R. Robles, B. Romero, E. Garcia de Vinuesa, E. Sánchez-Casado, J. J. Cubero

“…Aim. Most calcium antagonists do not seem to reduce microalbuminuria or proteinuria. …”
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Streptomyces griseorubens as a microbial cell factory for extracellular uricase production and bioprocess optimization using statistical approach by Noura El-Ahmady El-Naggar, Sara M. El-Ewasy, Nancy M. El-Shweihy

“…Using central composite design, the most important variables that had a favourable positive impact on uricase production by Streptomyces griseorubens strain NEAE-5 were further optimized. …”
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Case study on the first immigration of fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda invading into China by Xiao-xu SUN, Chao-xing HU, Hui-ru JIA, Qiu-lin WU, Xiu-jing SHEN, Sheng-yuan ZHAO, Yu-ying JIANG, Kong-ming WU

“…The fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda is one of the most damaging crop pests, and it has become major threat to the food security of many countries. …”
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Consumers’ preferences, acceptability, and quality traits of eggs from exotic and indigenous chickens raised in free-range management in peri-urban areas of Kutaber district, South... by Ali Seid, Abebe Tesfa

“…The study recommends using better-performing indigenous chickens and Sasso T44 for producing large-sized eggs with enhanced flavor and most of other desirable traits favored by consumers, including their normal egg shape, facilitating tray placement and commercial poultry production.…”
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Biosignature False Positives in Potentially Habitable Planets around M Dwarfs: The Effect of UV Radiation from One Flare by Arturo Miranda-Rosete, Antígona Segura, Edward W. Schwieterman

“…However, the time-dependent responses of these planetary atmospheres to flare events—and the possible temporary production or enhancement of false-positive biosignatures therein—has been comparatively less well studied. Most past works that have modeled the photochemical response to flares have assumed abundant free oxygen, like that of the modern or Proterozoic Earth. …”
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Infectious diseases on passenger ships: Port preparedness and response - A narrative systematic review by Johannes A. Neumann, Jette Zimmermann, Marie Frese, Martin Dirksen-Fischer, Scarlett Kleine-Kampmann, Volker Harth, Jan Heidrich

“…Results: A total of 593 publications were initially identified, with 23 articles included in the analysis. Most studies reported COVID-19 outbreaks on cruise ships; other communicable diseases reported were influenza, gastroenteritis, and varicella. …”
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REGULARITIES OF VISCOSITY FORMATION OF CONDENSED FAT-FREE MILK WITH SUGAR FROM HEAT TREATMENT PARAMETERS by Aram G. Galstyan, Iskra A. Radaeva, Sergei A. Khurshudyan, Svetlana N. Turovskaya, Vladislav K. Semipyatniy, Elena E. Illarionovа

“…Recommendations are given for the most appropriate modes of heat treatment of fat-free milk, which least influences the viscosity increase of the product during storage.…”
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Implementing evidence into practice for the management of frozen shoulder: engaging with key stakeholders and evaluating barriers and facilitators using the Consolidated Framework... by Natalie Louise Clark, Melissa Johnson, Lucksy Kottam, Stephen Brealey, Joy Adamson, Amar Rangan, The UK FROST Stakeholder Group

“…A multi-centre randomised controlled trial (UK FROST) comparing three of the most common treatments provided by the National Health Service (NHS) in secondary care found all three treatments improved patient outcomes, with none being overall clinically superior. …”
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