Short- and long-term effects of transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation on autonomic cardiovascular control and arm-crank exercise capacity in individuals with a spinal cord injury... by Samuel J E Lucas, Tom E Nightingale, Jet J C S Veldhuijzen van Zanten, Shin-Yi Chiou, Alex J Wadley, Rebekah A I Lucas, Daniel D Hodgkiss, Shane J T Balthazaar, Joseph F Welch, Phoebe A Cox

“…The recruitment process began in February 2024, with the first enrolment in July 2024. Recruitment is expected to be completed by January 2026. …”
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Evaluation of Learners’ Satisfaction with Open Flexible and Distance Learning Services at the University of Lagos Distance Learning Institute by Adenike Oladipo, Esther O. Oladele, Oladipupo Ajeyalemi, Folashade Afolabi, Peter O. Olayiwola, Johnson A. Adewara, Andrew Akala, Uchenna Udeani

“…Findings from this study revealed that DLI has been generally successful in satisfying learners at the pre-enrolment, process and product stages with mean response ratings of 7.27, 5.63, and 6.87 respectively. …”
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A study of relationship between cardiac exposure dose-volume and cardiovascular autonomic dysfunction in radiotherapy by CHEN Hongyu, SU Pengyu, LUO Wenzi, PANG Dequan, WANG Feiran

“…Results: A total of 89 patients with thoracic tumors meeting the study criteria were enrolled in the study. Among them, 41 (46%) patients experienced cardiac AD after radiotherapy. …”
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Examining Inclusive Tertiary Education Delivery through the National Open University of Nigeria's Community Study Centres by Musibau O. Oyebode

“…Statistical records of enrolment, registration and graduation were also analysed for attrition rate. …”
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Feasibility, Usability, and Pilot Efficacy Study of a Software-Enabled, Virtual Pulmonary Rehabilitation with Remote Therapeutic Monitoring by Flynn S, Mosher CL, Cornelison S, Rao E, Metzler KA, Pu W, Davies J, Paladenech C, Doyle D, MacIntyre N, Ohar J

“…Efficacy was evaluated with the 6 minute Walk Test (6MWT) and various functional performance and patient-centered health-related quality of life (HRQoL) questionnaires.Results: Forty-eight participants were enrolled, and 40 (83.3%) completed the intervention, n=17 in the C-PR group and n=23 in the V-PR group. …”
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Examining Inclusive Tertiary Education Delivery through the National Open University of Nigeria's Community Study Centres by Musibau O. Oyebode

“…Statistical records of enrolment, registration and graduation were also analysed for attrition rate. …”
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Multiplex immunohistochemistry to explore the tumor immune microenvironment in HCC patients with different GPC3 expression by Mingzhen Zhou, Ziyan Zhou, Lina Hu, Sidong Chen, Fanyan Meng, Jun Chen, Jie Shen

“…Methods Sixty patients with HCC were enrolled in this study, receiving a first-line treatment that combined anti-angiogenesis targeted drugs and immunotherapy. …”
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Effect of gender on the ocular surface after trabeculectomy by A.V. Antonova, V.P. Nikolaenko, V.V. Brzheskiy, A.Ya. Vuks

“…</p> <p> <b>Patients and Methods: </b>this study enrolled 443 patients (168 men and 275 women) who underwent surgical interventions for uncontrolled primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) in 2016–2020 and were followed up for 6–24 months. …”
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Effect of ERAS-based sputum drainage nursing model on improving postoperative pulmonary function recovery in elderly patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (基于ERAS模式的排痰护理... by CAO Shuonan (曹硕楠), YUAN Qiaoling (袁巧玲), LIU Ranran (刘冉冉)

“…Objective　Methods 120 elderly patients suffering from aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage and receiving craniotomy from June 2019 to June 2021 were enrolled. Patients were randomly and equally divided into two groups: the traditional group(n=60, who received traditional nursing model) and the ERAS group (n=60, who received ERAS-based sputum drainage nursing model). …”
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Fixed-dose combination treatment regimen to control intraocular pressure in glaucoma by V.N. Alekseev, I.R. Gazizova, A.M. Gadzhiev

“…</i> </p> <p> <i><b>Patients and Methods:</b> 54 patients (93 eyes) with POAG were enrolled in this 4-week study. All patients were subdivided into three groups depending on the treatment regimen. …”
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Exploration of rituximab treatment strategies for membranous nephropathy adapted to the Chinese healthcare environment by Xiaolong Wang, Xueying Cao, Jie Wu, Shuang Liang, Jian Yang, Hong Wang

“…Results A total of 126 patients were enrolled in this study, with an average age of 49.0 ± 13.4 years. …”
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Additive effect of brimonidine in maximum tolerated medical therapy for primary open-angle glaucoma by D.A. Dorofeev, V.P. Balukhtina, M.V. Es’kova, K.A. Efimova, E.V. Kirilik, K.O. Luk’yanova

“…</i> </p> <p> <i><b>Patients and Methods: </b>63 patients (63 eyes) with advanced POAG and poorly controlled IOP who received prostaglandin analogs and a fixed-dose carbonic anhydrase inhibitor/beta-blocker combination were enrolled. All patients were additionally prescribed with brimonidine 0.2%. …”
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Effect of psychological intervention of sandplay therapy on children without accompanying in Neurosurgery Department under the normalization of epidemic prevention and control (常态化... by XIN Jie (辛杰), ZHANG Hongyang (张宏扬), ZHU Ruifang (朱瑞芳)

“…Methods Totally 170 children who were admitted to the hospital for surgery from February 2021 to May 2022 were enrolled. Random sampling methods were used to divide the children into the control group (n=85) and the intervention group (n=85) according to whether they were treated with sandplay therapy. …”
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Prevalence and Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Bacterial Uropathogens Isolated from Pediatric Patients at Yekatit 12 Hospital Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia by Yamirot Merga Duffa, Kumera Terfa Kitila, Dereje Mamuye Gebretsadik, Adane Bitew

“…In this study, a total of 384 patients (199 males and 185 females) aged less than or equal to 15 years from whom urine samples were collected were enrolled. Of these patients, 61 (15.9%) had significant bacteriuria. …”
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Public assistance in patients with acute heart failure: a report from the KCHF registry by Yuji Nishimoto, Takao Kato, Takeshi Morimoto, Ryoji Taniguchi, Hidenori Yaku, Yasutaka Inuzuka, Yodo Tamaki, Erika Yamamoto, Yusuke Yoshikawa, Takeshi Kitai, Moritake Iguchi, Masashi Kato, Mamoru Takahashi, Toshikazu Jinnai, Tomoyuki Ikeda, Kazuya Nagao, Takafumi Kawai, Akihiro Komasa, Ryusuke Nishikawa, Yuichi Kawase, Takashi Morinaga, Kanae Su, Mitsunori Kawato, Yuta Seko, Moriaki Inoko, Mamoru Toyofuku, Yutaka Furukawa, Yoshihisa Nakagawa, Kenji Ando, Kazushige Kadota, Satoshi Shizuta, Koh Ono, Koichiro Kuwahara, Neiko Ozasa, Yukihito Sato, Takeshi Kimura

“…Methods and results The Kyoto Congestive Heart Failure registry was a physician‐initiated, prospective, observational, multicentre cohort study enrolling 4056 consecutive patients who were hospitalized due to AHF for the first time between October 2014 and March 2016. …”
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Hybrid versus vaccine immunity of mRNA-1273 among people living with HIV in East and Southern Africa: a prospective cohort analysis from the multicentre CoVPN 3008 (Ubuntu) studyRe... by Nigel Garrett, Asa Tapley, Aaron Hudson, Sufia Dadabhai, Bo Zhang, Nyaradzo M. Mgodi, Jessica Andriesen, Azwidihwi Takalani, Leigh H. Fisher, Jia Jin Kee, Craig A. Magaret, Manuel Villaran, John Hural, Erica Andersen-Nissen, Guido Ferarri, Maurine D. Miner, Bert Le Roux, Eduan Wilkinson, Richard Lessells, Tulio de Oliveira, Jackline Odhiambo, Parth Shah, Laura Polakowski, Margaret Yacovone, Taraz Samandari, Zvavahera Chirenje, Peter James Elyanu, Joseph Makhema, Ethel Kamuti, Harriet Nuwagaba-Biribonwoha, Sharlaa Badal-Faesen, William Brumskine, Soritha Coetzer, Rodney Dawson, Sinead Delany-Moretlwe, Andreas Henri Diacon, Samantha Fry, Katherine Margaret Gill, Zaheer Ahmed Ebrahim Hoosain, Mina C. Hosseinipour, Mubiana Inambao, Craig Innes, Steve Innes, Dishiki Kalonji, Margaret Kasaro, Priya Kassim, Noel Kayange, William Kilembe, Fatima Laher, Moelo Malahleha, Vongane Louisa Maluleke, Grace Mboya, Kirsten McHarry, Essack Mitha, Kathryn Mngadi, Pamela Mda, Tumelo Moloantoa, Cissy Kityo Mutuluuza, Nivashnee Naicker, Vimla Naicker, Anusha Nana, Annet Nanvubya, Maphoshane Nchabeleng, Walter Otieno, Elsje Louise Potgieter, Disebo Potloane, Zelda Punt, Jamil Said, Yashna Singh, Mohammed Siddique Tayob, Yacoob Vahed, Deo Ogema Wabwire, M. Juliana McElrath, James G. Kublin, Linda-Gail Bekker, Peter B. Gilbert, Lawrence Corey, Glenda E. Gray, Yunda Huang, Philip Kotze, Sharlaa Badal-Faesen, Kagisho Baepanye, Veronique Bailey, Katekani Baloyi-Oseh, Mumtaz Booley, Johannes Louis Botha, Yolande Brown, Valerie Brown, Lisa Bunts, Soritha Coetzer, Myron Cohen, Shirley Collie, Rodney Dawson, Pallabi Deb, Hana El Sahly, Jill El-Khorazaty, Andries Engelbrecht, Marianne Gildea, Dhevium Govender, Jen Hanke, Jayla Harris, Simone Hendricks, Nick Hopkinson, Haley Howell, Nzeera Ketter, Kentse Khuto, Faatima Laher Omar, Leolin Katsidzira, Kim Linton, James Ludwig, Bongile Mabilane, Matshidiso Malefo, Ndiitwani Mamushiana, Daciana Margineantu, Jeanine May, Fatima Mayat, Cindy Molitor, Yeshnee Naidoo, Michelle Nebergall, Alan Nguyen, Sarah Nikles, Bianca Noronha, Melissa Peda, Tamara Phiri, Shanthie Pillay, Sureshnee Pillay, Lori Proulx-Burns, Laurie Rinn, Lisa Sanders, Carrie Sopher, Smitha Sripathy, Michael Stirewalt, Houriiyah Tegally, Sara Thiebaud, Alicia Toledano, Stephanie Van Wyk, Shamaya Whitby, Stephany Wilcox, Eduan Wilkinson, Haven Wilvich, Charles Wiysonge, Nelisiwe Xaba, Ntokozo Xulu

“…Findings: Between December 2021 and September 2022, 14,237 participants enrolled, and 14,002 (83% PLWH, 69% SARS-CoV-2 seropositive) were included in the analyses. …”
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Effectiveness of a universal film intervention in reducing violence against children and increasing positive parenting among migrant and displaced caregivers from Myanmar: a commun... by Amanda Sim, Khaing Zar Lwin, Stephanie Eagling-Peche, G.J. Melendez-Torres, Seema Vyas, Francisco Calderon, Tawanchai Jirapramukpitak, Jamie Lachman, Sureeporn Punpuing, Andrea Gonzalez, Mary Soan, Nway Nway Oo, Ivet Castello Mitjans, Greg Tyrosvoutis, Eve Puffer

“…Eligible participants were primary caregivers aged 18 years or older with a child aged 4–17 years at enrolment. Participants were surveyed at baseline, endline approximately 4 weeks post-intervention, and follow-up approximately 4 months post-intervention. …”
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homeRNA self-blood collection enables high-frequency temporal profiling of presymptomatic host immune kinetics to respiratory viral infection: a prospective cohort studyResearch in... by Fang Yun Lim, Hannah G. Lea, Ashley M. Dostie, Soo-Young Kim, Tammi L. van Neel, Grant W. Hassan, Meg G. Takezawa, Lea M. Starita, Karen N. Adams, Michael Boeckh, Joshua T. Schiffer, Ollivier Hyrien, Alpana Waghmare, Erwin Berthier, Ashleigh B. Theberge

“…In this nationwide prospective cohort study, we leveraged a Tasso-SST based self-blood collection and stabilization tool (homeRNA) to profile detailed kinetics of the presymptomatic to convalescence host immunity to contemporaneous respiratory pathogens. Methods: We enrolled non-symptomatic adults with recent exposure to ARIs who subsequently tested negative (exposed-uninfected) or positive for respiratory pathogens. …”
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Current Application and Meta-analysis of Traditional Chinese Medicine emotional nursing for colorectal cancer patients' psycho-somatic rehabilitation after radical surgery (中医情志护理在... by SUN Lingyun (孙凌云), PENG Rongyan (彭蓉晏), LIU Jiaxi (刘稼玺), YAN Yunzi (闫蕴孜), YANG Yufei (杨宇飞), ZHAO Nan (赵楠)

“…Results Totally 13 studies were included, and 1034 patients were enrolled. Meta-analysis results showed that TCM emotional nursing could significantly reduce the scores of Self-rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) ［MD=-3. 57, 95% CI: (-4. 02, -3. 12), P＜0. 01］and Self-rating Depression Scale (SDS)［MD=-6. 70, 95% CI: (-7. 28, -6. 11), P＜0. 01］ of patients after intervention compared with conventional nursing, and could improve the quality of life, sleep, pain of patients, and improve the compliance and satisfaction of nursing and cancer treatment. …”
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Sex differences in the peripheral levels of cytokines during 12-month antipsychotic treatment in a drug-naïve schizophrenia spectrum cohort by I. Ratke, A. Torsvik, C.A. Bartz-Johannessen, F. Fathian, I. Joa, S.M. Klæbo Reitan, E.M. Løberg, M. Rettenbacher, S. Skrede, V.M. Steen, E. Johnsen, R.A. Kroken

“…The groups were analysed collectively. Of the 144 enrolled patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders and ongoing psychosis, 56 were antipsychotic-naïve at baseline (20 women and 36 men) and were included in this study. …”
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