Diet quality and characteristics of family environment in a school from Itajaí-SC by Ana Luisa Pereira Michereff, Larissa Tachini, Tatiana Mezadri, Doroteia Aparecida Höfelmann

“…Four hundred seventeen children participated in the study (95.0%), with a mean age of 8.8 years, being 55.2% eutrophic and 75.1% having an adequate waist circumference. …”
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Underlying and contributing causes of mortality from CDC WONDER—Insights for researchers by Abdul Mannan Khan Minhas, Laurence S. Sperling, Sadeer Al-Kindi, Dmitry Abramov

“…Methods: All-cause and top 5 underlying causes of deaths in individuals ≥25 years of age from 2011 to 2019 occurring within United States were extracted from CDC WONDER. …”
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Effect of inulin in pineapple jam: physicochemical and sensory analysis among school children by Kétlin Ariane Santos, Priscila Naiverth Faix, Elisvânia Freitas dos Santos, Maria Raquel Manhani, Érica Caroline da Silva, Daiana Novello

“…Sixty non trained tasters, both genders, aged from 7 to 10 years were invited to participate in sensory evaluation. …”
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Treatment compliance of liver cirrhosis patients by Ye. R. Olevskaya, A. I. Dolgushina, A. N. Tarasov, D. S. Mikhaylova, A. R. Molchanova, A. S. Kuznetsova

“…Overall 43 patients (17 men, 26 women) were enrolled to original study. Mean age of the patients was 47.1±11.9 years. Development of LC was the outcome of viral hepatitis, alcoholic liver disease and other diseases in 13, 14 and 16 patients respectively. …”
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Risk factors for postoperative acute kidney injury after cytoreductive surgery combined with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy: a meta-analysis and systematic review by Dengzhuo Chen, Yongli Ma, Jinghui Li, Liang Wen, Linfeng Liu, Guosheng Zhang, Hongkai Hu, Chengzhi Huang, Xueqing Yao

“…The results of meta-analysis showed that the significant preoperative risk factors were age, sex, BMI, eGFR, Hb, PCI, diabetes mellitus, and hypertension. …”
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How do serum cytokine levels change in myocarditis and inflammatory dilated cardiomyopathy relative to healthy individuals? A protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis by Romuald Wojnicz, Piotr Lewandowski, Maciej Baron, Marcin A Rojek, Marcin Goławski, Karol Krystek, Magdalena Żegleń, Pascal Zytkiewicz, Jakub Kancerek, Klaudia Gabriela Lis, Jakub Warecki, Jakub Kufel, Kamila Kuśpiel

“…Subgroup analysis will be stratified by age, sex, sample size, New York Heart Association scale, cardiac Troponin T, N-terminal prohormone of brain natriuretic peptide, C reactive protein, number of lymphocytes per mm2 in the endomyocardial biopsy.Ethics approval and dissemination This study does not require ethics approval. …”
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Defining the high-risk category of patients with cutaneous melanoma: a practical tool based on prognostic modeling by Oleksandr Dudin, Oleksandr Dudin, Ozar Mintser, Vitalii Gurianov, Nazarii Kobyliak, Nazarii Kobyliak, Denys Kozakov, Sofiia Livshun, Oksana Sulaieva, Oksana Sulaieva

“…This drives to identification of prognostic biomarkers for predicting CM recurrence to guide appropriate treatment in patients with localized melanoma.AimThis study aimed to develop a prognostic model for assessing the risk of recurrence in patients with CM, enabling prompt prognosis-driven further clinical decision-making for high-risk patients.Materials and methodsThis case-control study included 172 patients with CM recurrence (high-risk group) and 30 patients with stable remission (low-risk group) 3 years after primary diagnosis. The impact of sex, age at diagnosis, anatomical site, histological characteristics (the histological type, pathological stage, ulceration; the depth of invasion, mitotic rate, lymphovascular invasion, neurotropism, association with a nevus, tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte density, tumor regression and BRAF codon 600 mutation status) on CM recurrence was evaluated.ResultsFive independent variables, including nodal status, a high mitotic rate, Breslow thickness, lymphovascular invasion, perineural invasion and regression features were identified as the most significant. …”
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The effect of anti mullerian hormone and follicle stimulating hormone discordance on oocyte quality and live birth rates by Seray Kaya, Murat Genc, Bensu Bulut, Medine Akkan Oz, Mustafa Ozturk

“…Data collected included age, AMH and FSH levels, number of retrieved oocytes, mature (M2) oocytes, pregnancy outcomes, and embryos obtained. …”
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Young people and parent or carers views on type 2 diabetes mellitus care in England and Wales: analysis of parent and patient-reported measures survey by Pooja Sachdev, Katherine Hawton, Hannah Hickingbotham

“…The data have previously been analysed collectively for all diabetes; however, we specifically analysed the data for patients living with T2DM.Results 9.2% (105/1144) of young people living with T2DM in England and Wales responded to the NPDA PREM survey, mostly aged 12–16 years (61.9%) and the majority were female (67.6%). 87% of patients and 95% of carers said that they would recommend their diabetes team, and 73% of patients felt happy after appointments. …”
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Overexpression of metalloproteinase PAPPA accelerates cancer progression and correlates with immune cell infiltration in gastric cancer: insights from bioinformatics and in vitro i... by Shiya Yu, Shiyao Zheng, Jinwei Qiu, Hongming Lin, Xiaojuan Yu, Huiyan Chen, Junhong Wu, Weihang Wu, Jiong Chen, Yongyuan Chen, Jianwei Chen, Hu Zhao, Yu Wang

“…Correlation and Cox regression analyses have revealed that TNM staging, pathological staging, age, outcome assessment, postoperative tumor residue, and PAPPA expression are prognostic determinants in GC. …”
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Positive hepatitis B surface antigen leads to a decrease in ovarian reserve in infertile patients receiving first in vitro fertilization treatment by Yutao Li, Xuejiao Wang, Ye Jiang, Qun Lv, Yi Zhang, Yu Wang

“…A control group of 1574 HBsAg-negative women was matched by age and body mass index (BMI). Comparison of clinical characteristics, antral follicle count (AFC), follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), luteinizing hormone (LH)/FSH ratio, anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH), gonadotropins (Gn) days, total Gn dosage, number of retrieved oocytes, number of mature metaphase II (MII) oocytes, and the proportion of patients with diminished ovarian reserve (DOR; AMH < 1.1 ng/ml) between two groups. …”
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Exploring The Employee Characteristics On Employee Engagement and Performance Towards Organizational Performance of Central Bank by Imam Hartono, Lukman M. Baga, Rizal Syarief, Anggraini Sukmawati

“…., generation, rank, tenure, age, employment status, sector) and the studied variables. …”
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Effect of use of Different Levels of Zingiber officinale on Production ‎‎,blood traits and Liver enzymes in Awassi Ewe’s Blood‎ by ‎ Dhia A.Al-Khayat, Ahmed M.M. Zakri

“… This research was designed to study the effect of  tow levels of  Zingiber officinale on Body weight , Hb , PCV ,WBCs account  , Lymphocytes , Neutrophiles accounts GOT and ALP liver enzymes  in Awassi ewe’s blood  , Nine Awassi ewes aged 1.5 years were divided into 3 equal groups as followed : Group A was treated  by 10 gm Zingiber officinale  / animal /daily (2.5%) of diet While group B  were treated with 20 gm Zingiber officinale  / animal daily  (5%) of diet  and group  C  considered as Control group without given Zingiber officinale  with diet ,the results showed that significant increase (P<0.05)on body weight in treatment  B  during weeks of trail compare with the groups  A & C .  …”
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Safety profiles of sevoflurane in pediatric patients: a real-world pharmacovigilance assessment based on the FAERS database by Chuang Yang, Bangjian Deng, Qiang Wen, Pei Guo, Xiang Liu, Chen Wang

“…We analyzed reports where sevoflurane was the primary suspect in individuals aged 0–18, employing disproportionality analysis to detect adverse events associated with sevoflurane. …”
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Young men’s barriers to and facilitators of utilising HIV-testing services in South Africa by Sithembiso M.S. Ndlovu, Andrew Ross, James Ndirangu

“…Method: This exploratory-descriptive qualitative study entailed using semi-structured interviews conducted via WhatsApp and landline audio calls with 17 young men between 18 years and 30 years of age in Steadville and Driefontein communities in KZN in September 2021. …”
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Functional Outcome by Evaluation of DASH Score on Drop Hand Patient Treated with Jones’ Tendon Transfer: A Retrospective Study by Tito Sumarwoto, Seti Aji Hadinoto, Adhitya Indra Pradhana

“…Eleven patients were included, comprising ten male patients (90.9%) and one female patient (9.1%). The mean age of the patients was 27.4 years. The right arm was the most frequently injured, accounting for eight patients (72.7%), while the left arm was injured in three patients (27.3%). …”
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Enhancing grape juice with Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus CWKu-12: Assessing probiotic viability, physicochemical changes, sensory characteristics, and quality kinetics throughout st... by Shaghayegh Echresh, Behrooz Alizadeh Behbahani, Fereshteh Falah, Mohammad Noshad, Salam A. Ibrahim

“…Fruit juices are popular with people of all ages and are seen as healthy and refreshing, leading to interest in creating probiotic functional beverages from them. ​…”
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Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal and aromatic plants used by the population of Settat Province, Morocco by Manal Lahyaoui, Nadia Dakka, Naoual El Menyiy, Mansour Sobeh, Pakhrur Razi, Khang Wen Goh, Yaser Mohammed Al-Worafi, Muhammad Junaid Farrukh, Abdelhakim Bouyahya

“…Additionally, an online survey was distributed, to which 212 individuals from the local population, representing different age groups, responded. The sample size was chosen to ensure a confidence level of 88 %. …”
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Ultrasound diagnostics of traumatic pancreatitis at combined trauma by O. A. Alekseyechkina, E. Ya. Dubrov, D. A. Kosolapov, V. M. Abuchina

“…In 57 patients (42 men and 15 women, age 20 to 56 years) signs of traumatic pancreatitis of various severity were revealed at US examination. …”
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The efficacy of a low-dose combination of febuxostat and benzbromarone versus each drug used alone for the treatment of gout by Caiyu Zheng, Caiyu Zheng, Qingwen Tong, Qingwen Tong, Zhijun Zhang, Chunmei Lin, Zhiyi Wang, Dongshu Kang, Yanmei Lin, Jianqing Tian

“…The null model without participant-specific benefits was a linear mixed model for ALT, AST, eGFR, TC, TG, LDL, UA, CRP, CA724, and 24-h uric acid with age, BMI, treatment period and treatment as fixed factors, and the intercept as a random factor by participant. …”
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