Quality of Life Philosophy VI. The Concepts by Soren Ventegodt, Niels Jørgen Andersen, Joav Merrick

“…The concepts were harvested in 2003 at a Nordic seminar on quality of life research, held in Sweden. Life does not only cohere on the inside, but also on the outside. …”
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Unraveling the response of the apparent temperature sensitivity of ecosystem respiration to rising temperature by Zhentao Liu, Junguo Liu, Deliang Chen

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Using a Two-Steps Clustering and PCA Analysis for Stratified Chronic Non-Cancer Pain Care: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study by Peiró AM, Barrachina J, Escorial M, Aguado I, Margarit C, Grimby-Ekman A

“…Ana M Peiró,1,2 Jordi Barrachina,1 Mónica Escorial,1 Isidro Aguado,1 César Margarit,1,3 Anna Grimby-Ekman4 1Neuropharmacology Applied to Pain (NED), Clinical Pharmacology Unit, Alicante Institute for Health and Biomedical Research (ISABIAL), Alicante, 03010, Spain; 2Institute of Bioengineering, University Miguel Hernández, Elche, 03202, Spain; 3Pain Unit, Alicante Department of Health -General Hospital, Alicante, 03010, Spain; 4School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, SwedenCorrespondence: Ana M Peiró, Alicante Institute for Health and Biomedical Research (ISABIAL), Hospital General Universitario Doctor Balmis, c/Pintor Baeza, 12, Alicante, 03010, Spain, Email apeiro@umh.esPurpose: Given the number of people who suffer from chronic pain and the impact on healthcare resources, it is imperative that the people with pain receive an appropriate matched treatment due and stratified care. …”
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Who requires dental treatment under general anesthesia due to pain and severe dental anxiety? Findings from panoramic X-ray images and anamnesis by Vilde Aardal, Caroline Hol, Anne Rønneberg, Sudan Prasad Neupane, Tiril Willumsen

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Mobility Aware Spectrum Handoff in 6G-Enabled Cognitive Radio Vehicular Centralized and Ad-Hoc Networks by Shanidul Hoque, Hemanta Kumar Sahu, Mohammed Nazibul Hasan, Rajesh Saha

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Real-Life Analysis of Therapeutic Management and Its Correlation With the Dermatology Life Quality Index Score in 108 Patients With Pustular Psoriasis: An Italian Monocenter Study by Dario Buononato, Emanuele Scala, Pierfrancesco Benvenuto, Stefano Caccavale, Eugenia Veronica Di Brizzi, Roberta Di Caprio, Giuseppe Argenziano, Anna Balato

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A blinded comparison of fluticasone propionate with budesonide via powder devices in adult patients with moderate-to-severe asthma: a clinical evaluation by N. Ringdal, P. Swinburn, R. Backman, P. Plaschke, A. P. Sips, P. Kjaersgaard, G. Bratten, T. A. J. Harris

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The economic burden of Lyme disease and the cost-effectiveness of Lyme disease interventions: A scoping review. by Stephen Mac, Sara R da Silva, Beate Sander

“…Six studies assessed economic burden from a societal perspective and estimated significant annual national economic impact of: 735,550 USD for Scotland (0.14 USD per capita, population = 5.40M), 142,562 USD in Sweden (0.014 USD per capita, 9.96M), 40.88M USD in Germany (0.51 USD per capita, 80.59M), 23.12M USD in the Netherlands (1.36 USD per capita, 17.08M), and up to 786M USD in the US (2.41 USD per capita, 326.63M).…”
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A Randomized Multicenter Study Comparing a Tacrolimus-Based Protocol with and without Steroids in HCV-Positive Liver Allograft Recipients by Ulf Neumann, Didier Samuel, Pavel Trunečka, Jean Gugenheim, Giorgio Enrico Gerunda, Styrbjörn Friman

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Effectiveness and adverse effects of immersive technologies used for rehabilitation of patients with non-specific neck pain: a systematic review by Joanna S. Kostka, Agnieszka Zawadzka-Fabijan, Dariusz Działa, Bogumiła Bruc, Magdalena Pruszyńska, Gabriela Figas, Rory J. O'Connor, Antti Malmivaara, Jolanta E. Kujawa

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Enhancing smart home environments: a novel pattern recognition approach to ambient acoustic event detection and localization by Ahsan Shabbir, Abdul Haleem Butt, Taha Khan, Lorenzo Chiari, Ahmad Almadhor, Vincent Karovic

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Adaptability of high-protein barley genotypes under the conditions of the Volga-Vyatka region by I. Yu. Zaytseva, I. N. Shchennikova, L. V. Panikhina, E. V. Dyagileva

“…Traits of breeding value (yield, lodging resistance, environmental plasticity, and stability) were observed in the following accessions: k-30574 (‘Filippa’, Sweden), k-30256 (‘Rodos’, Poland), ya-52 (‘Crusades’, Great Britain), k-35415 (NCL 95098, Argentina), k-30892 (‘Naran’, Russia), k-15619 (‘Polyarny 14’, Russia), ya-4 (752A, Switzerland), k-30349 (Landrace, Peru), k-5983 (Local, Afghanistan), k-3506 (Local, India), k-2929 (Local, China), k-2930 (Local, China), and k-5210 (‘Makbo’, Australia).…”
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A study of introduced apple cultivars according to the main components of winter hardiness by simulating damaging factors under controlled conditions by А. M. Galasheva, N. G. Krasova, Z. E. Ozherelieva

“…Apple cultivars from Ukraine, Belarus, Latvia, Moldova, USA, France, Czech Republic, Sweden and Canada were analyzed for frost resistance components. …”
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CAREER GUIDANCE EXPERIENCE ABROAD by Sergey N. Tolstoguzov

“…The experience of career-oriented work undertaken with pupils of the USA, Canada, Israel, France, UK, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Japan, Singapore, China and India is shown on the basis of the comparative analysis of different publications and information sources. …”
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Intraspecific epigenomics divergence in brown bears (Ursus arctos): insights from genome-wide DNA methylation patterns by Paolo Colangelo, Paolo Colangelo, Ian Marc Bonapace, Laura Gramolini, Emanuela Solano, Emanuela Solano, Elisa Desiato, Paolo Franchini, Leonardo Gentile, Roberto Guadagnini, Oddmund Kleven, Jonas Kindberg, Jonas Kindberg, Alexander Kopatz, Paolo Ciucci

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Advancing hydrological modeling through multivariate calibration of multi-layer soil moisture dynamics by Yan He, Huihui Mao, Chen Wang, Jinghao Hu, Sarawut Ninsawat, Xianfeng Song, Guifei Jing, Runkui Li, Mingyu Wang, Zheng Duan

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Hartmann’s Procedure Versus Intersphincteric Abdominoperineal Excision in Patients with Rectal Cancer: Report from the Swedish Colorectal Cancer Registry (SCRCR) by Viktor Åkerlund, MD, Maziar Nikberg, MD, PhD, Philippe Wagner, PhD, Abbas Chabok, MD, PhD

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The Pareto effect in tipping social networks: from minority to majority by J. P. Everall, F. Tschofenig, F. Tschofenig, J. F. Donges, J. F. Donges, I. M. Otto

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Evaluating Mirror Therapy Protocols in Phantom Limb Pain Clinical Trials: A Scoping Review by Limakatso K, McGowan E, Ortiz-Catalan M

“…Katleho Limakatso,1 Eithne McGowan,2 Max Ortiz-Catalan3,4 1Pain Management Unit, Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Neuroscience Institute, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa; 2Department of Advanced Reconstruction of Extremities, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden; 3Prometei Pain Rehabilitation Center, Vinnytsia, Ukraine; 4Center for Complex Endoprosthetics, Osseointegration, and Bionics, Kyiv, UkraineCorrespondence: Max Ortiz-Catalan, Prometei Pain Rehabilitation Center, Kniaziv Koriatovychiv St. 149, Vinnytsia, 21000, Ukraine, Email maxortizc@outlook.comAbstract: Mirror therapy is among the most widely used treatments for phantom limb pain. …”
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Paper Bags vis-à-vis LDPE Bags: Gleanings from Peer-reviewed E-LCA Publications by Isabell Lidbrand, Govindarajan Venkatesh, Magnus Lestelius

“…This paper, which is based on a course-report written by the first author at Karlstad University (Sweden), restricts itself to a review of publications which have opted to compare paper bags with low density polyethylene (LDPE) plastic bags, on the basis of their environmental impacts. …”
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