Emergency delivery in case of suspected placenta accreta spectrum: Can it be predicted? by Petra Hanulikova, Egle Savukyne, Karin A. Fox, Lukas Sobisek, Mina Mhallem, Heleen J. vanBeekhuizen, Vedran Stefanovic, Thorsten Braun, Alexander Paping, Charline Bertholdt, Olivier Morel, IS‐PAS

“…Conclusions Antenatal bleeding and the placental location away from the uterine scar remained the most significant predictors for emergent delivery among patients with PAS, even when combining more predictive risk factors, including US markers. …”
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Benefits of specialist palliative care by identifying active ingredients of service composition, structure, and delivery model: A systematic review with meta-analysis and meta-regr... by Miriam J Johnson, Leah Rutterford, Anisha Sunny, Sophie Pask, Susanne de Wolf-Linder, Fliss E M Murtagh, Christina Ramsenthaler

“…<h4>Conclusions</h4>Using, to our knowledge, novel methods to combine different outcomes, we found clear evidence of moderate overall effect size for both quality of life and emotional wellbeing benefits from SPC, regardless of underlying condition, with multidisciplinary, multicomponent, and multi-setting models being most effective. Our data seriously challenge the current practice of referral to SPC close to death. …”
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Circulating tumor cells and clusters as liquid biomarkers for the diagnosis and prognosis of neuroblastoma by Huanli Xu, Nianhua Cao, Wenyan Dai, Caiwei Sima, Meng Yi, Senmin Chen, Xiaowen Chen, Chao Liu, Uet Yu, Huiping Lang, Zhedie Zhou, Nanlin Yang, Chunjing Wang, Xianping Jiang, Yungen Gan, Jianyao Wang, Yuanxiang Wang, Nuaner Yao, Lidan Xiao, Qing Zhang, Junjie Sun, Zhou Lin, Gongwei Zhang, Jiayue Zhang, Hongtao Feng, Jianming Song, Sixi Liu, Zongbin Liu, Feiqiu Wen, Xiuli Yuan

“…Here, we demonstrated the diagnostic and prognostic value of CTC clusters in neuroblastoma (NB) which is the most prevalent childhood extracranial solid tumor. …”
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The effect of physical exercise on cardiopulmonary fitness in burn patients: A meta-analysis. by Da Huang, XiaoXiang Wan, Juan Xu

“…This is demonstrated by improvements in aerobic capacity, exercise performance, and respiratory function. The most effective approach may involve combining prolonged resistance with aerobic exercise. …”
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Optimisation of COPD exacerbation management and follow-up: a clinical audit by Eloise Rogers, Begum Bingor, Maryama Warfa, Ahmed Hossain, Maria Fotiou, Rawan Elkalaawy, Sinem Sahin, Zahra Jahangir, Amir Jehangir

“…Introduction: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbations are the second most common cause of emergency hospital admissions, often leading to repeated presentations and poor patient outcomes.1 Evidence-based guidelines (National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE), Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) and British Thoracic Society (BTS)] provide recommendations for the management of COPD exacerbations, including assessment, diagnosis, acute and long-term management, and appropriate follow-up.2–4This audit aimed to assess compliance with current guidelines in the management and follow-up of COPD exacerbations at University College Hospital (UCH), London, to identify areas requiring an intervention for improvement. …”
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Self-propelled gas nanomotor-integrated microneedles for melanoma therapy: Dual-action in situ eradication and metastatic suppression by Chungchi Lee, Shanghui Huang, Huiling Liu, Xinyue He, Yifan Hao, Lizhi Zeng, Yuhan Li, Zijin Lv, Yiyang Xu, Rui Guo

“…Skin cancer, particularly malignant melanoma, is one of the most prevalent cancers globally, affecting millions annually. …”
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Can conventional brain MRI support the attribution process in neuropsychiatric SLE? A multicentre retrospective study by Carlo Alberto Scirè, Alessandra Bortoluzzi, Marcello Govoni, Matteo Piga, Antonis Fanouriakis, George Bertsias, Greta Carrara, Ettore Silvagni, Enrico Fainardi, Simone Appenzeller, Antonio Marangoni, Carlo Garaffoni

“…MRI was normal in 57/154 (37%) cases, while T2/FLAIR hyperintense lesions were the most frequent findings (71/154, 46%). A normal MRI was more common in non-attributed NP events per CJ and AA (OR 0.42, 95% CI 0.21 to 0.82 and 0.27, 95% CI 0.13 to 0.52, respectively). …”
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Evaluation of Apoptosis and Cytotoxicity Induction Using a Recombinant Newcastle Disease Virus Expressing Human IFN-γ in Human Prostate Cancer Cells In Vitro by Aldo Rojas-Neyra, Katherine Calderón, Brigith Carbajal-Lévano, Gloria Guerrero-Fonseca, Gisela Isasi-Rivas, Ana Chumbe, Ray W. Izquierdo-Lara, Astrid Poma-Acevedo, Freddy Ygnacio, Dora Rios-Matos, Manolo Fernández-Sánchez, Manolo Fernández-Díaz

“…<b>Background/Objectives</b>: Prostate cancer is the second most common type of cancer diagnosed in men. Various treatments for this cancer, such as radiation therapy, surgery, and systemic therapy, can cause side effects in patients; therefore, there is a need to develop new treatment alternatives. …”
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Long COVID in people with mental health disorders: a scoping review by Catharina Münte, Manuela Glattacker, Saskia Müller, Andrea E. Zülke, Martin Heinze, Steffi G. Riedel-Heller, Dawid Pieper, Christian Jacke, Stefanie Deckert, Anne Neumann

“…Evidence on the impact of Long COVID on pre-existing mental health conditions was inconsistent. Most findings focused on the course of mental health disorders, ranging from symptom worsening to new symptoms of anxiety, depression, or insomnia. …”
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Searching for Radio Pulsars in Old Open Clusters from the Parkes Archive by S. B. Zhang, J. J. Wei, X. Yang, S. Dai, J. S. Wang, L. Toomey, S. Q. Wang, G. Hobbs, X. F. Wu, L. Staveley-Smith

“…By comparing the measured dispersion measures (DMs) with the expected DM values for each cluster derived from YMW16 and NE2001 models, we conclude that most detected sources are likely background pulsars. …”
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The Effect of 3′,4′-Methylenedioxychalcone Derivatives on Mycelial Growth and Conidial Germination of <i>Monilinia fructicola</i>: An In Silico and In Vitro Study by Catalina Ferreira, Valentina Silva, Evelyn Muñoz, Gissella Valle, Manuel Martínez-Lobos, Francisca Valdés, Katy Díaz, Iván Montenegro, Patricio Godoy, Nelson Caro, Alejandro Madrid

“…The results showed that compound <b>F</b> exhibited the most potent antifungal activity, with EC₅₀ and MIC values of 20.61 µg/mL and <10 µg/mL for mycelial growth and conidial germination, respectively, presenting an adequate lipophilicity (Log <i>p</i> values = 2.79), which would allow proper diffusion through the fungal cell membrane. …”
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CoViS: A Contactless Health Monitoring System for the Nursing Home by Sergio Ivan Lopes, Fabio Silva, Pedro Pinho, Paulo Marques, Carlos Abreu, Joao Milheiro, Bruno Braga, Gabriel Queiros, Rita Almeida, Nuno Borges Carvalho

“…This article presents three key contributions: (i) vital signs characterization in the elderly population; (ii) a state-of-the-art review of the most prominent techniques and methods for Contactless Health Monitoring (CHM); (iii) the design, specification, and evaluation of a low-cost proof-of-concept CHM system for nursing homes, incorporating an IoT Edge Device. …”
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Evaluation of Sentinel-2 and MODIS NDVI Accuracy in Heterogeneous Agricultural Landscapes Using UAV Observations: A Case Study in the Heihe River Basin by Liying Geng, Tao Che, Junlei Tan, Haibo Wang, Xufeng Wang

“…The Sentinel-2 and the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) products are the most widely used datasets for vegetation researches by remote sensing. …”
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Evaluating blood sampling strategies within the SIREN study: the experience from a large cohort of healthcare workers in the UK by Nipunadi Hettiarachchi, Debbie Blick, Tom Coleman, Ashley Otter, Angela Dunne, Jameel Khawan, Ezra Linley, Michelle J. Cole, SIREN Study Group, Michelle Cairns, Jasmin Islam, Sarah Foulkes, Susan Hopkins, Victoria Hall, Ana Atti

“…We adapted our sampling processes as the study progressed, overcoming most of these challenges. When comparing hospital-based and at-home sampling, overall, return rates of samples taken at home were higher than site- based samples (80% vs 71%, respectively). …”
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High-throughput sequencing unravels placental vascular dysfunction and oxidative stress as mechanistic drivers of advanced maternal age-associated pregnancy by Xin Sun, Yao Chen, Feifei Hu, Yumeng Qiao, He Wu, Yao Su, Yue Hu, Jie Wu, Jie Wu, Mingli Huang

“…Weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA) identified six co-expression modules, of which the black module (most strongly AMA-associated) contained six hub genes (SIRT3, TLR6, AOX1, ARG1, CRYAB, HGF) exhibiting high intramodular connectivity. …”
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Eficácia terapêutica da música: um olhar transdisciplinar de saúde para equipes, pacientes e acompanhantes [Therapeutic efficacy of music: a transdisciplinary view of health for t... by Hermes Andrade Júnior

“…Method: 404 articles written in Portuguese were identified by selected metadata in the Scielo Brazil and Portugal System; of those, 35 publications with results that discuss the benefits for actions in these countries, indexed from 2005 to 2016, were selected. Results: most of the studies were concentrated in the nursing field, with the articles originating in 15 professional disciplines. …”
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241Am and 137Сs in the Khoiniki district of Belarus: updated radiological assessment of the local existing exposure situation by E. K. Nilova, V. N. Bortnovsky, S. A. Tagai, N. V. Dudareva, A. N. Nikitin

“…The results covered in this paper relate to the “Khoiniki” research sub-unit of a larger-scale sequence of studies focused on the local assessments of the present-day 241Am and 137Cs concentrations in the soils and locally produced foods, with the estimation of the public internal radiation doses in the residential areas of the Gomel region of the Republic of Belarus most closely adjacent to the ChNPP resettlement zone. …”
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Comparative analysis and optimization of tumor regression grade assessment systems in neoadjuvant therapy for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma by Qiao Yang, Xiaoqing Zhou, Jiayu Li, Jieyu Wang, Jingcheng Luo, Dan Luo, Lin Shi, Chengmin Zhou, Yi Wang, Xuefeng Leng, Qifeng Wang, Yang Liu, Yehan Zhou

“…The inter-observer consistency among these systems was also assessed to identify the most effective TRG evaluation method. Results The performance of the TRG assessment systems in predicting LN prognosis was generally superior to that for PT. …”
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Real-world data of Azvudine-induced hepatotoxicity among hospitalized COVID-19 patients in China: a retrospective case-control study by Yuanguo Xiong, Hao Xin, Cai Shi, Xianxi Guo, Ying Chen, Caifei Huang, Fuwang Ma, Ge Yang, Jian Yang

“…The concomitant use of antivirals [OR: 3.80 (1.47–10.1), P = 0.006] and anticoagulant drugs [OR: 3.12 (1.77–5.61), P &lt; 0.001], particularly Ganciclovir [OR: 4.11 (1.45–12.2), P = 0.008], Low-Molecular-Weight Heparin Calcium [OR: 3.00 (1.69–5.33), P &lt; 0.001], and Enoxaparin [OR: 2.68 (0.99–7.10), P = 0.047], were significantly associated with an increased risk of hepatotoxicity. Most hepatotoxicity cases were mild, and recovered or improved after drug withdrawal and treatment, whereas severe cases contributed to the progression of the primary disease and increased mortality risk.ConclusionOur study provided evidence of the significant association between Azvudine and hepatotoxicity in hospitalized COVID-19 patients. …”
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Construction of a machine learning-based interpretable prediction model for acute kidney injury in hospitalized patients by Xiang Yu, WanLing Wang, RiLiGe Wu, XinYan Gong, YuWei Ji, Zhe Feng

“…In addition, the Shapley additive explanation (SHAP) importance matrices revealed that uric acid, colloidal solution, first creatinine value on admission, pulse and albumin represented the top five most important variables for both modeling strategies. …”
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