Evaluation of a Low-threshold Exercise And Protein supplementation intervention for Women (LEAP-W) experiencing homelessness and addiction: Protocol for a single-arm mixed methods... by Fiona Kennedy, Deirdre Murray, Clíona Ní Cheallaigh, Roman Romero-Ortuno, Julie Broderick

“…<h4>Background</h4>Frailty is a complex multi-dimensional state of increased vulnerability to adverse outcomes and is associated with older age but there is growing evidence of accelerated ageing and frailty in non-geriatric populations, including those experiencing socio-economic deprivation and extreme social exclusion, such as people experiencing homelessness. Addiction, as a coping mechanism for prior trauma, is common among people who are homeless and can have a gendered dimension. …”
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Patient Experience of Living With Hemophilia A: A Conceptual Model of Humanistic and Symptomatic Experience in Adolescents, Adults, and Children by Zalmai Hakimi, Rakhee Ghelani, Linda Bystrická, Nana Kragh, Patrick Marquis, Jameel Nazir, Nadine McGale

“…**Background:** People living with hemophilia A face challenges impacting their daily lives despite treatment innovations. …”
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The gastric microbiome altered by A4GNT deficiency in mice by Dawei Gong, Dawei Gong, Yuqiang Gao, Rui Shi, Xiaona Xu, Mengchao Yu, Shumin Zhang, Lili Wang, Quanjiang Dong

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Causal Links Between Brain Functional Networks and Endometriosis: A Large-Scale Genetic-Driven Observational Study by Feng S, Wang Y, Liu S, Zhang Y, He L

“…Songwei Feng,1,&ast; Yuru Wang,1,&ast; Sicong Liu,2,&ast; Yueming Zhang,1 Leilei He1 1Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Zhongda Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China&ast;These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Leilei He, Email helei0609@163.comIntroduction: Endometriosis is a chronic gynecological disorder that significantly impacts women of reproductive age. …”
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LEARNING ABOUT REFUGEE LIFE WITH EDUCATIONAL VIDEO GAMES by Elena Shliakhovchuk

“…Participants reported an enjoyable gaming experience, newfound interest in the issue at hand, increased empathy toward refugees, and motivation to help people in need. The study illustrates that by putting players in the shoes of struggling characters, video games could make learning about these topics more engaging and, as a result, more accessible and appealing to a wider audience, including non-gamers and people previously disinterested in the topic. …”
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Akinetopsia: a systematic review on visual motion blindness by Johanna L. Browne, Lydia Krabbendam, Jan Dirk Blom, Jan Dirk Blom, Jan Dirk Blom

“…BackgroundAkinetopsia, or visual motion blindness, is a perceptual distortion characteristic of Alice in Wonderland syndrome in which people see moving objects as disjointed ‘jumps’ or ‘freeze frames.’ …”
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Determination of anti-COVID-19 IgG and IgM seroprevalence among pregnant women at Pietersburg Hospital, Limpopo Province, South Africa by I Rukasha, S T S Pheeha, M R Lekalakala, P Malope

“…COVID-19 has been a major public health concern globally, leading to a higher mortality rate, especially among immunosuppressed individuals, who include pregnant women, people with HIV and people living with other comorbidities. …”
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Bilingual hate speech detection on social media: Amharic and Afaan Oromo by Teshome Mulugeta Ababu, Michael Melese Woldeyohannis, Emuye Bawoke Getaneh

“…Abstract Due to significant increases in internet penetration and the development of smartphone technology during the preceding couple of decades, many people have started using social media as a communication platform. …”
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Irritable Bowel Syndrome: What Are the Reasons for Dissatisfaction with the Treatment of Patients and Doctors? (Based on the Experience of Medical Institutions of the Northwestern... by A. Yu. Baranovsky, T. V. Reshetova, I. S. Sakeyan

“…Among the patients included in the study, people with a mixed variant of IBS with a predominance of pain syndrome (n = 206) self-assessed abdominal pain using a visual pain intensity scale. …”
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Effect of Coronavirus Disease 2019 on CO2 Emission in the World by Sahar Safarian, Runar Unnthorsson, Christiaan Richter

“…Abstract In order to decrease spreading of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) over the world, the activity of many industries has declined, several flights were cancelled and so many people staying home that made drop in fuel consumption in road transport. …”
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“We are Performance Philosophy Problems” by Janet Gibson, Kate Maguire-Rosier, Tony McCaffrey

“…Although we keep the offerings separate, both advance the idea that learning-disabled theatre and theatres where people show and share disability and diagnoses of dementia disturb some of the key assumptions of theatre and performance studies, notably ‘withness’ and ‘aboutness’. …”
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Prevalence of mental disorders and work ability among unemployed individuals in Germany: a register-based analysis of socio-medical assessments by the Federal Employment Agency bet... by Patrik Roser, Kirsi Manz, Norbert Scherbaum, Gabriele Lotz-Metz, Andreas G. Franke

“…This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence rates of mental disorders and work ability among all unemployed people who underwent socio-medical assessment by the Federal Employment Agency (FEA). …”
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Obesity as a risk factor for COVID-19 breakthrough infection among the fully vaccinated urban population of South Gujarat – A retrospective cohort study by Mayank Jha, Pratham Kholwadwala, Vatsal Kalariya, Mamta Rani, Jayant Patel, Hitesh Shah, Rushikesh Shukla

“…Background and Objectives: There is more possibility of COVID-19 among obese people; hence, research into how well vaccinations work in this population should be focused. …”
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What integrated care means from an older person’s perspective? A scoping review protocol by Amy Marshall, Manasi Murthy Mittinty, Gillian Harvey

“…Although integrated care means different things to different people, it typically symbolises continuity in care, thus preventing older patients' from falling through gaps in the health care system. …”
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THE IMPACT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNING USING LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS: A SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW by Oke Oluwafemi Ayotunde, Dashty Ismil Jamil, Nadire Cavus

“…It also gives people the opportunity for self-expression on a global standard level. …”
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Identification of deep intronic variants in junctional epidermolysis bullosa using genome sequencing and splicing assays by Fuying Chen, Ruoqu Wei, Yumeng Wang, Qiaoyu Cao, Jianbo Wang, Chenfei Wang, Dingjin Yao, Zhirong Yao, Cheng Ni, Ming Li

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Endometrial polyps with bizarre stromal cells: a Benign or a low-grade lesion? by Musen Wang, Fei Gao, Hongkai Zhang, Wenxin Zheng

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Global progress, challenges and strategies in eliminating public threat of viral hepatitis by Sihui Zhang, Fuqiang Cui

“…Second, provide effective, people-oriented services and public prevention strategies. …”
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Association of arterial stiffness and eye disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Robert Scragg, Angela L Beros, John D Sluyter

“…We assessed the certainty of evidence using Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation.Results The systematic review of 61 studies (six for AMD, ten for glaucoma, six for RVO and 39 for retinopathy) showed that arterial stiffness overall was higher in people with eye disease than people without eye disease. …”
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Frontal Pole, Cingulate Gyrus, and Precuneus Cortex Represent the Confidence Level in Prediction of Other's Risky Decision-Making. by Ahmad Shoaa Haghighi, Soroush Safari, Elahe Oloumi, Hadis Jameei, Gholam Ali Hossein Zadeh, Abdol-Hossein Vahabie

“…Results: The results indicate that the frontal pole cortex (FPC), cingulate gyrus, and precuneus cortex activities are correlated with the confidence of people in their predictions (P<0.0005; cluster size, k>75). …”
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