Costs and consumption of analgesics, with special reference to opiates in Serbia and Montenegro from 2015 to 2019 by Mladenović Katarina, Dragojević-Simić Viktorija, Mugoša Snežana, Rančić Nemanja

“…Over the course of five years (from 2015 to 2019) in Serbia, the total allocations for analgesic therapy had a rising trend, from about 43.6 million to 63.3 million euros, while in Montenegro, expenditures showed annual variations with the highest value in 2018. Most of the money in both countries was invested in the M01A group of drugs, for which the highest consumption was also recorded. …”
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Green Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles Using Aqueous Extract of Typha domingensis Pers. Pollen (qurraid) and Evaluate its Antibacterial Activity by Ali Aboud Shareef, Fadhil Jabbar Farhan, Fulla A. Alsatter Alriyahee

“…The ability of the AgNPs was tested against four bacterial species, three of which were Gram-negative Escherichia coli A1, Escherichia coli A2, Alcaligenes faecalis AL1,  and the fourth was Gram-positive bacteria Bacillus zanthoxyli B1 , which were identified by traditional and molecular methods using 16SrRNA gene sequencing, antibacterial activity results of AgNPs  showed that it increases with increasing of  AgNPs concentration, and the most sensitive species to silver particles was  Alcaligenes faecalis AL1bacteria. …”
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Clinical features of heart failure in patients with atrial fibrillation: the role of the endovascular left atrial appendage closure by D. V. Pevzner, N. S. Kostritca, I. A. Merkulova, O. B. Dorogun, A. L. Komarov, I. S. Yavelov

“…The study included 139 patients (55 — LAAO group; 84 — control group) with a 3-year follow-up period. Most patients in the study had class I-III HF with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction (93,5%). …”
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Open Education System in Management Training in the Digital Economy by L. P. Gancharik

“…It becomes effective if its principles and technologies are implemented at all levels of government and depends largely on the competences in this area of the administrative apparatus, both at the federal and regional levels.The open education system is based on large-scale distance learning technologies, at the same time covering a huge contingent of students, and is aimed at student-centered learning and competence-basedapproach. Therefore, it is the most effective methodology for training, on the one hand related to synergetic approaches and models, and on the other, it can become the national basis for the formation of managerial competencies of the administrative apparatus, both federal and regional levels in the field of digital transformation.In recent years, European countries have been actively developing national qualifications systems (NQFs), based on a unified qualifications system (ESC), aimed at streamlining the existing diversity of education and training. …”
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Antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of commensal Clostridium perfringens isolates from chickens in Hungarian poultry farms between 2022 and 2023 by Ádám Kerek, Ádám Kerek, Ábel Szabó, Franciska Barnácz, Bence Csirmaz, László Kovács, László Kovács, László Kovács, Ákos Jerzsele, Ákos Jerzsele

“…IntroductionOne of the most pressing challenges of our time is the global spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). …”
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Analysis of patient medical exposure in X-ray diagnostics in Russia for half a century (1970–2019) by S. A. Kalnitsky, N. V. Tselikov

“…The reader is offered a complex radiation-hygienic analysis of the 50-year medical exposure of patients and of the population in Russia to inform and analyze the available data on the most common type of use of ionizing radiation sources in the national economy. …”
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A qualitative study of a new metric for estimating early-onset colorectal cancer risk in male veterans: “Colon Age” by Thomas F. Imperiale, Michael Cheng, Melissa R. Thomas, Marianne S. Matthias

“…Patients (mean age 47 years, 100% male) expressed willingness to follow screening recommendations from their provider, although most were unaware of other screening options beyond colonoscopy. …”
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COVID-19 Vaccine Timing and Co-Administration with Influenza Vaccines in Canada: A Systematic Review with Comparative Insights from G7 Countries by Farah Al hashimi, Sherif Eneye Shuaib, Nicola Luigi Bragazzi, Shengyuan Chen, Jianhong Wu

“…Results: Evidence summarized across G7 countries reveals that most nations are converging on annual or flexible booster schedules tailored to high-risk groups, often aligning COVID-19 vaccination with influenza campaigns. …”
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Comprehensive Evaluation of Starch and Noodles Quality of Different Sweet Potato Varieties Based on Principal Component Analysis and Cluster Analysis by Mi LUO, Wang YIN, Renju DENG, Yufang GUAN, Mu PAN, Qiaoyu WU, Mei FU

“…By principal component analysis, 28 quality indicators were simplified into 7 principal components, and the cumulative variance contribution rate was 96.761%, which could reflect most of the information of the original indicators. …”
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Thoracoscopic Cystostomy of Pulmonary Hydatid Cyst in Children by Ufuk Ateș, Ergun Ergün, Gülnur Göllü, Aydın Yağmurlu, A. Murat Çakmak, Hüseyin Dindar, Meltem Bingöl-Koloğlu

“…In humans, the lungs are the second most commonly affected sites. The disease may affect children and its treatment may be challenging. …”
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Characteristics and triage in older citizens calling a semi-acute medical helpline in Denmark: a prospective cohort study by Sandra Mandrup Johansen, Fredrik Folke, Anette Lykke Hindhede, Rasmus Bo Hasselbalch, Kasper Iversen, Tom Møller

“…Approx. one third of the most worried older callers have had a contact with their GP prior to the MH1813 call. …”
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Dengue Viral Infection Induces Alteration of CD95 Expression in B Cell Subsets with Potential Involvement of Dengue Viral Non-Structural Protein 1 by Siyu Wang, Premrutai Thitilertdecha, Ladawan Khowawisetsut, Theeraporn Maneesawat, Ampaiwan Chuansumrit, Kulkanya Chokephaibulkit, Kovit Pattanapanyasat, Nattawat Onlamoon

“…When B cells from the healthy donors were treated with DENV non-structural protein 1 (NS1), the results showed that the NS1 protein at 2 µg/mL could induce CD95 expression and the exposure of phosphatidylserine on the cell membrane in most B cell subsets, except for the RM. This study demonstrates that DENV infection could induce CD95 expression in both activated and resting B cell subsets in all patients. …”
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Scalloped tongue: an additional, accessible and useful tool to detect severe obstructive sleep apnea? by Francisca Nieto Guimarães, Joana Canadas, Maria Gonçalves Cunha, Vera Durão, Paula Rosa, Marcelo Rabahi, Ding Zou, Flávio Magalhães da Silveira

“…A p-value <0.05 was considered as the lower threshold of significance. Most (90%) patients had OSA, 41% classified as severe. …”
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Characteristics and trends of severe/critical COVID-19 cases in the Republic of Korea (January 2020 to August 2023) by Se-Jin Jeong, Shin Young Park, Boyeong Ryu, Misuk An, Jin-Hwan Jeon, So Young Choi, Seong-Sun Kim

“…Results During the surveillance period, 34,572,554 COVID-19 cases were confirmed, among whom 38,112 (0.11%) progressed to severe/critical conditions. Most severe/critical cases occurred in individuals aged ≥60 years, with a notable increase in patients aged ≥80 years from 2022. …”
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BVQA: Connecting Language and Vision Through Multimodal Attention for Open-Ended Question Answering by Md. Shalha Mucha Bhuyan, Eftekhar Hossain, Khaleda Akhter Sathi, Md. Azad Hossain, M. Ali Akber Dewan

“…While there has been extensive research on VQA, most were predominantly focused on English, often overlooking the complexity associated with low-resource languages, especially in Bengali. …”
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Efficacy of lactoferrin in preventing recurrent urinary tract infections in pregnant Egyptian women: a randomized controlled trial by Ahmed Shoukry, Yasser ElKassar, Michaella K. Hezagirwa, Rehab El-Said

“…Escherichia coli (E. coli) was the most prevalent isolated organism, accounting for 27% of the ASB episodes in the lactoferrin group and 51% of the ASB episodes in the control group. …”
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Screening of mediterranean agro-industrial by-products rich in phenolic compounds for their ability to modulate in vitro ruminal fermentation by Blandine Mora, Serena Calabrò, Monica Isabella Cutrignelli, Elodie Barbier, Serkos Haroutounian, Yulianri Rizki Yanza, Anuraga Jayanegara, Angélique Torrent, Alessandro Vastolo, Hervé Hoste, Vincent Niderkorn

“…This study evaluates the potential of 16 polyphenol-rich agro-industrial by-products from France, Italy and Greece as dietary supplements to mitigate pollutants produced during in vitro rumen fermentation, with the aim to identify the most promising by-products that balance pollutant reduction and maintain productivity. …”
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Prevalence and prevention of violence against children and adolescents in volunteer work: analysis of a sub-sample from a representative survey of Germany by Anna Eberhardt, Jörg M. Fegert, Elmar Brähler, Ulrike Hoffmann

“…Results Among 954 respondents which were active in CACs 819 were looked after as child/adolescent, of those 8.42% experienced VCAC − 6.22% emotional, 5.74% physical, and 1.10% sexual violence. The most common protective measures included discussions about violence (42.49%) and complaint procedures (29.06%). …”
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Associations of functional and biochemical parameters of endothelial dysfunction in postmenopausal women with a different state of carbohydrate metabolism by Lyudmila Aleksandrovna Ruyatkina, Irina Sergeevna Iskhakova, Konstantin Yuryevich Nikolaev, Dmitriy Sergeevich Ruyatkin

“…Most of the questions regarding vascular and rheological regulation related to normal health and disorders of carbohydrate metabolism remain unclear, which is important in the pathogenesis of angiopathy. …”
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“A good physician works full-time?” – a mixed-methods study on (mis)conceptions about part-time work in hospitals by Barbara Jarmila Germann, Julia Frey, Alain Soltermann, Janna Küllenberg

“…Contrary to some statements in the qualitative interviews, the youngest cohort of physicians reported the highest ideal workload (88%). Most respondents (60%) believed they would be granted a workload reduction, yet an equal percentage at least partially agreed that working part-time would negatively impact advancement opportunities within the hospital. …”
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