The Effects of Low- vs. High-Glycemic Index Mediterranean-Style Eating Patterns on Subjective Well-Being and Sleep in Adults at Risk for Type 2 Diabetes: The MEDGICarb-Intervention... by Anna Hjort, Robert E. Bergia, Marilena Vitale, Rosalba Giacco, Gabriele Riccardi, Wayne W. Campbell, Rikard Landberg

“…Low- vs. high-GI MED-HEP resulted in differential changes between the groups in domains of well-being, driven mostly by improvements in the low-GI group, of which role physical (5.6 AU vs. −2.5 AU, <i>p</i> = 0.022) and vitality (6.9 AU vs. −0.3 AU, <i>p</i> = 0.008) were significant (ANOVA with group, site and sex as fixed factors and age and BMI as covariates). …”
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Lithologically constrained velocity–density relationships and vertical stress gradients in the North Alpine Foreland Basin, SE Germany by P. Obermeier, F. Duschl, M. C. Drews

“…The up to 5 km thick Cenozoic basin fill comprises mostly shales, marls, sandstones, carbonates, and coarse-grained clastics; in particular, Oligocene–Miocene age sediments display significant lateral lithological variability due to two marine transgressions. …”
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Diagenetic facies of the Fengcheng Formation tight reservoir in the alkaline lake sedimentary environment, the southern margin of Mahu Sag, Junggar Basin, China by Zongbin Zhang, Jun Qin, Zhongchen Ba, Wenbiao Huang, Mengyun Han, Yuhui Gao, Dong Wu

“…The outer front of the fan delta is mostly associated with solution-cementation facies, resulting in an average porosity of the reservoir of about 3.1%. …”
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Screening for primary aldosteronism in 1,181 Swedish primary care patients with hypertension by Nikita Makhnov, Nikita Makhnov, Nikita Makhnov, Jakob Skov, Jakob Skov, Tobias Åkerström, Tobias Åkerström, Fredrik Axling, Daniel Andernord, Mikael Bergenheim, Mikael Bergenheim, Mauritz Waldén, Per Hellman, Per Hellman

“…Treatment results were assessed after a minimum of 6 months.ResultsA total of 53 discovered cases of (mostly mild) PA corresponded to its prevalence of 4.5%. …”
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Psychosocial problems in women attending French, German and Spanish genetics clinics before and after targeted or multigene testing results: an observational prospective study by Peter Devilee, Antoine de Pauw, Dominique Stoppa-Lyonnet, Anne Brédart, Jean-Luc Kop, Julia Dick, Alejandra Cano, Amélie Anota, Rita Schmutzler, Sylvie Dolbeault

“…Other PAHC scales (ie, emotions, familial cancer, personal cancer and children-related issues) were not affected by genetic testing.Conclusions In women tested for breast or ovarian cancer genetic risk in European genetics clinics, psychosocial problems were mostly unaffected by genetic testing. Apart from women receiving a VUS result, those with another test result presented unchanged needs in counselling in particular about hereditary predisposition and familial/social issues.…”
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Quality of life in patients with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A Análise da qualidade de vida de pacientes com a doença de Charcot-Marie-Tooth tipo 1A by Juliana B. Taniguchi, Valéria M.C. Elui, Flávia L. Osório, Jaime E.C. Hallak, José A.S. Crippa, João P. Machado-de-Sousa, Leonardo M. Kebbe, Charles M. Lourenço, Raquel M. Scarel-Caminaga, Wilson Marques Jr

“…In conclusion, social and emotional aspects are mostly neglected in the assistance provided to CMT1A Brazilian patients, and they should be better understood in order to offer global health assistance with adequate quality of life as a result.…”
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Computational image features of immune architecture is associated with clinical benefit and survival in gynecological cancers across treatment modalities by Pingfu Fu, Kaustav Bera, Anant Madabhushi, Haider Mahdi, Germán Corredor, Sepideh Azarianpour, Patrick Leo, Paula Toro, Amy Joehlin-Price, Mojgan Mokhtari

“…ArcTIL features quantifying architecture and spatial interplay between immune cells and the rest of nucleated cells (mostly comprised cancer cells) were extracted from the cell cluster graphs of nuclei within the tumor epithelial nests, surrounding stroma and invasive tumor front compartments on H&amp;E-stained slides. …”
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De nomade à entrepreneur by Mira Korkoi David

“…The focus will be on the transformation of local actors, from a nomadic identity to that of entrepreneurs, through the examination of two major factors: the skills derived from nomadism and the social organization based on Amazigh kinship.Merzouga is an oasis village whose formation dates back to the 1930s when settled nomads began practicing oasis agriculture there. The population, mostly attached to the Aït Khebbach, an Amazigh tribal group, experienced a major economic upheaval during French colonization, marking the end of pastoralism as it was previously practiced. …”
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Can agglomerated tall buildings reduce carbon emissions compared to a low-rise urban sprawl? by Ahmad Bin Thaneya, Shuo Yu Chang, Eleonore Herbreteau, Caroline Jeria, Zaiqin Jiang, Arpad Horvath

“…Meanwhile, a sensitivity analysis shows that life-cycle emissions are mostly dependent on the energy use intensities of both systems. …”
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A systematic review on machine learning-aided design of engineered biochar for soil and water contaminant removal by Yunpeng Ge, Kaiyang Ying, Guo Yu, Muhammad Ubaid Ali, Abubakr M. Idris, Abubakr M. Idris, Asfandyar Shahab, Habib Ullah, Habib Ullah

“…Unlike earlier studies mostly on the adsorption capacity of biochar, this work expands the scope to investigate how ML can customize biochar properties for optimal contaminant removal using interpretability tools like SHAP analysis. …”
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Ecosystem service trade-offs and synergies based on the mechanical equilibrium model: A case study of the urban agglomeration on the northern slope of the Tianshan Mountains by Jiazhen Chen, Alimujiang Kasimu, Lina Tang, Fuqiang Han, Miyesier Jumai

“…Observable disparities existed across regions concerning the coordination levels’ distribution, with highly harmonious areas mainly located in bare land such as deserts and mountainous regions, moderately coordinated areas predominantly found in grassland, and transitional and imbalanced types mostly distributed predominantly in areas characterized by substantial human engagement, exemplified by built-up land and cropland. …”
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Production of macrozoobenthos in the estuaries of Primorye by Nickolay V. Kolpakov

“…Species composition and abundance of macrobenthos in the estuaries depend mostly on water salinity. Three types of estuaries were distinguished: i) polyhaline with prevaled salinity 18-30 ‰ (external and internal estuaries of the rivers Ryazanovka, Barabashevka, Sukhodol, Tumanovka and external estuaries of the rivers Olga and Avvakumovka); ii) mesohaline with salinity 5-18 ‰ (external and internal estuaries of the rivers Tesnaya and Gladkaya, internal estuaries of the rivers Avvakumovka, Kievka, and Partizanskaya, Lake Presnoye and external estuary of the Razdolnaya River); and iii) oligohaline with salinity 0.5-5.0 ‰ (internal estuaries of the rivers Razdolnaya, Artemovka and Lake Solenoye). …”
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Coffee and tea consumption and cardiovascular disease and all-cause and cause-specific mortality in individuals with diabetes mellitus: a meta-analysis of prospective observational... by Li Ding, Hai-Peng Wang, Jun-Yu Zhao, Xin Zhao, Yu Sha, Li-Qiang Qin, Khemayanto Hidayat

“…The certainty of the evidence was mostly graded as moderate for coffee consumption (except for cancer mortality and stroke incidence, which were graded as low) and low for tea consumption (except for CVD mortality, which was graded as moderate).ConclusionDaily coffee or tea consumption may be associated with lower risks of CVD and death, particularly from CVD, among individuals with DM. …”
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Cardiac function in pregnant women with preeclampsia by Gülen Yerlikaya-Schatten, Eva Karner, Florian Heinzl, Suriya Prausmüller, Stefan Kastl, Stephanie Springer, Robert Zilberszac

“…Obstetric characteristics showed a preterm rate of 71.43%, mostly due to maternal aggravation of PE or because of fetal signs of deprivation based on placental insufficiency. …”
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Indication of Deep-Water Gravity Flow Types by Shelf-Edge Trajectory Migration Patterns: A Case Study of the Quaternary Qiongdongnan Basin, South China Sea by Chang Ma, Hongjun Qu, Xian Liu

“…When the shelf-edge trajectory angle (α) ranged between 0° and 4°, the continental canyons were mostly small-scaled and shallowly incised, with multiple large-scale sandy submarine fan deposits with few MTDs found in the deep-water area. …”
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Sequential prenatal diagnosis of fetal skeletal dysplasia: A cohort study by Mengting Jiang, Bin Zhang, Jing Wang, Wei Qiao, Xiuzhen Mao, Bin Yu

“…The detection rate of monogenic abnormalities in short long bones with other skeletal abnormalities was 62.5% (10/16), which was higher than that in short long bones with non‐skeletal abnormalities 10.5% (2/19), and the difference was statistically significant (p = 0.003). Conclusions SD is mostly caused by monogenic abnormalities, and prenatal WES has significantly improved the detection rate of SD fetuses. …”
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Prevalence and risk factors for Sick Building Syndrome among Italian correctional officers: A pilot study by Francesco Chirico, Giuseppe Ferrari, Giuseppe Taino, Enrico Oddone, Ines Giorgi, Marcello Imbriani

“…Introduction: Over the past two decades, numerous studies on indoor air and the Sick Building Syndrome (SBS) have been conducted, mostly in office environments. However, there is little knowledge about SBS in police officers. …”
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Multi-Modal Fusion of Routine Care Electronic Health Records (EHR): A Scoping Review by Zina Ben-Miled, Jacob A. Shebesh, Jing Su, Paul R. Dexter, Randall W. Grout, Malaz A. Boustani

“…<i>Conclusions</i>: Current routine care EHR fusion architectures mostly follow a design-by-example methodology. Guidelines are needed for the design of efficient multi-modal models for a broad range of healthcare applications. …”
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Switching from Neutral Protamine Hagedorn Insulin to Insulin Glargine 300 U/mL Improves Glycaemic Control and Reduces Hypoglycaemia Risk: Results of a Multicentre, Prospective, Obs... by B. Wolnik, D. Wiza, T. Szczepanik, A. Syta, T. Klupa

“…Several published randomised controlled trials have assessed the clinical effectiveness of Gla-300, mostly versus insulin glargine 100 U/mL as well as insulin degludec. …”
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Degree of polymerization and spatial distributions of acyclic and cyclic oligohexoses in soybean root nodules uncovered by MALDI and nanophotonic laser desorption ionization mass s... by Chloe Corning, Marjan Dolatmoradi, Tina H. Tran, Gary Stacey, Lajos Szente, Laith Z. Samarah, Akos Vertes

“…In the symbiotic relationship of legumes and rhizobia, disaccharides, mostly sucrose, are produced by the plant and provided as energy and carbon sources for the bacteria. …”
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