The impact of the National Syphilis Prevention Program on the prevalence of syphilis among people living with HIV in China: a systematic review and meta‐analysis by Qingling Zeng, Yuhui Yang, Limin Zhang, Jiangyu Yan, Jian Wang, Jingmin Nie, Qingmei Wang, Yu Luo, Gaoming Li

“…Regional differences (R2 = 15.29%) were observed in the prevalence rates: 22.2% (18.9–25.8) in the eastern region, 19.0% (15.1–23.8) in the central region and 14.0% (11.1–17.5) in the western region. …”
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Assessment of Air Pollution and Lagged Meteorological Effects in an Urban Residential Area of Kenitra City, Morocco by Mustapha Zghaid, Abdelfettah Benchrif, Mounia Tahri, Amine Arfaoui, Malika Elouardi, Mohamed Derdaki, Ali Quyou, Moulay Laarbi Ouahidi

“…Meteorological factors, including temperature, wind speed, humidity, and pressure, significantly influenced pollutant levels, with both immediate and lagged effects observed. Lag analyses revealed that PM_2.5 and BC levels responded to wind speed, temperature, and humidity over time, highlighting the temporal dynamics of dispersion and accumulation. …”
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The effect of prone positioning on maternal haemodynamics and fetal wellbeing in the third trimester-A primary cohort study with a scoping review. by Laura Ormesher, Jessica Catchpole, Linda Peacock, Heather Pitt, Anastasia Fabian-Hunt, Dexter Hayes, Claudia Popp, Jason M Carson, Raoul van Loon, Lynne Warrander, Karli Büchling, Alexander E P Heazell

“…The information derived from the primary study was used in an existing mathematical model of maternal circulation in pregnancy, to determine whether occlusion of the inferior vena cava could account for the observed effects. In addition, a scoping review was performed to identify reported clinical, haemodynamic and fetal effects of maternal prone position; studies were included if they reported clinical outcomes or effects or maternal prone position in pregnancy. …”
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Hubungan Daerah Tempat Tinggal dengan Gambaran Histopatologi Karsinoma Tiroid pada Masyarakat Sumatera Barat by Eka Putri, Daan Khambri, Selfi Renita Rusdji

“…This analytic research with observational design obtaining secondary data from Pathology Anatomy Laboratory of Medical Faculty of Andalas University and medical record of M. …”
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Double-Blind Clinical Trial of Arginine Supplementation in the Treatment of Adult Patients with Sickle Cell Anaemia by Renata M. N. Eleutério, Francisco O. Nascimento, Tamara G. Araújo, Marilena F. Castro, Tarcísio P. Almeida Filho, Pedro A. Maia Filho, José Eleutério, Darcielle B. D. Elias, Romélia P. G. Lemes

“…The levels of nitrite plus nitrate in the group receiving placebo plus HU did not change among the times evaluated (38.27 ± 17.27 mg/L, 39.49 ± 12.84 mg/L, 34.45 ± 11.25 mg/L, p >0.05), but in the patients who received supplementation with L-arginine plus HU, a significant increase in nitrite plus nitrate levels was observed between M0 and M4 (36.55 ± 20.23 mg/L versus 48.64 ± 20.63 mg/L, p =0.001) and M2 and M4 (35.71 ± 15.11 mg/L versus 48.64 ± 20.63 mg/L, p <0.001). …”
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Complex Study of Settlements Dating from the Paleolithic to Medieval Period in the Ural Mountains on the Border of Europe and Asia by Valentina Prikhodko, Nikita Savelev, Vyacheslav Kotov, Sergey Nikolaev, Evgeny Ruslanov, Mikhail Rumyantsev, Elena Manakhova

“…Therefore, no inhibition of microbes was observed. The microbial biomass of the 0–10 cm layer is high, 520–680 µg C/g, and microbes cause the emission of 1.0 C-CO₂ µg/g of soil per hour. …”
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Molecular, Cytogenetic, and Hematological Analysis of Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Patients and Discovery of Two Novel Translocations by Muhammad Asif, Abrar Hussain, Abdul Wali, Nazeer Ahmed, Irfan Ali, Zafar Iqbal, Muhammad Amir, Muhammad Shafiq, Mahmood Rasool

“…., <10.00 mg/dl, and high values of PLTs>100 were observed in 40 (30.53%) patients. Cytogenetic results show that standard translocation was developed in 63 (82.89%), development of complex variant translocations in 4 (5.32%), additional chromosomal abnormalities (ACAs) in 3 (3.94%), and ACAs together with complex variant translocations in 1 (1.31%) patient. …”
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Interventions for Digital Addiction: Umbrella Review of Meta-Analyses by Peng Lu, Jiamin Qiu, Shiqi Huang, Xinman Wang, Shasha Han, Sui Zhu, Youjing Ning, Fang-fang Zeng, Yuan Yuan

“…ResultsA total of 5 studies assessing 21 associations were included in the umbrella review, of which 4 (80%) were high-quality meta-analyses. Weak evidence was observed in 19 associations, whereas null associations appeared in the remaining 2 associations. …”
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Development of a horizontal transmission model to assess the effects of exposure to pathogenic E. cecorum during the hatching phase in broiler chickens by James Higuita, Marcela Arango, Aaron Forga, Mitch Rowland, Jundi Liu, Ross Wolfenden, Danielle Graham

“…More notably, EC recovery from the FTV was significantly higher across Groups 2-7 compared to NC at d26. Gross lesions were observed for the heart, liver, and spleen across Groups 2-7. …”
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Difficultés diagnostiques de la tuberculose cérébrale by Chahrazed Benrabah

“…In our country and in recent years, an upsurge in extrapulmonary tuberculosis has been observed. The objective of this article was to present an atypical case of cerebral tuberculosis whose diagnosis was late, made by anatomopathological examination with a review of the literature. …”
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Evaluation of Non-Invasive Hemoglobin Monitoring in Perioperative Patients: A Retrospective Study of the Rad-67^TM (Masimo) by Philipp Helmer, Andreas Steinisch, Sebastian Hottenrott, Tobias Schlesinger, Michael Sammeth, Patrick Meybohm, Peter Kranke

“…A strong correlation was observed (<i>r</i> = 0.79). Overall, 57.6% of the paired measurements showed a deviation between the two methods of ≤±1 g/dL; however, this applied to only 33.3% of the anemic patients. …”
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Difficultés diagnostiques de la tuberculose cérébrale by Chahrazed Benrabah

“…In our country and in recent years, an upsurge in extrapulmonary tuberculosis has been observed. The objective of this article was to present an atypical case of cerebral tuberculosis whose diagnosis was late, made by anatomopathological examination with a review of the literature. …”
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Reduction of Lipid-Core Burden Index in Nonculprit Lesions at Follow-Up after ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: A Randomized Study of Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold versus Optim... by Joelle Kefer, Patrick Chenu, Olivier Gurné, Frederic Maes, Théophile Tamakloé, Christophe Beauloye

“…At angiographic follow-up (712 [657; 740] days), a significant and similar reduction of maxLCBI4 mm was observed in both groups, with a median change of 306 [257; 377] in group 1 vs. 300 [278; 346] in group 2 p=0.44. …”
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Comparison of biodegradable and durable polymer drug-eluting stents in acute coronary syndrome: a meta-analysis by Tingting Wei, Can Huang, Yifan Zeng, Haoyong Yuan, Zhongshi Wu, Ting Lu, Yalin Liu

“…However, a slight increase in MACEs, TLR, TVR and ST incidence was observed in the DP-DES group over the 2-year follow-up period, suggesting that BP-DES may be more favourable when treating patients with ACS.Trial registration number NCT00389220.…”
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Perbandingan Reaksi Zat Besi Terhadap Teh Hitam dan Teh Hijau Secara In Vitro dengan Menggunakan Spektrofotometer Uv-Vis by Husnil Wardiyah, Yustini Alioes, Dian Pertiwi

“…Black tea and green tea were observed in this research since these are widely consumed by public. …”
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Eating difficulties among Nigerian community-dwelling stroke survivors: prevalence, correlates, and association with quality of life by Adekola B. Ademoyegun, Adebukola G. Ibitoye, Wasiu A. Rasaq, Oluwafunmilayo A. Adeniyi, David O. Fabuluje, Israel A. Ojo, Taofeek O. Awotidebe, Chidozie E. Mbada

“…The Minimal Eating Observation Form– version II and WHOQOL-BREF were used to collect data on EDs and QoL respectively. …”
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Oxidative balance score was negatively associated with the risk of metabolic syndrome, metabolic syndrome severity, and all-cause mortality of patients with metabolic syndrome by Zhixiao Xu, Xiong Lei, Weiwei Chu, Luoqi Weng, Chengshui Chen, Chengshui Chen, Chengshui Chen, Ran Ye

“…There existed a statistically significant negative correlation between diet/lifestyle OBS and both MetS risk as well as MetS severity.ConclusionsAn inverse correlation was observed between OBS and the susceptibility to MetS, MetS severity, and all-cause mortality of MetS patients. …”
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Baseline 18F-FDG PET/CT parameters in predicting the efficacy of immunotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer by Lu Zheng, Lu Zheng, Yanzhu Bian, Yanzhu Bian, Yujing Hu, Congna Tian, Xinchao Zhang, Shuheng Li, Xin Yang, Yanan Qin

“…Multivariate Cox proportional hazards regression analysis was conducted with parameters significantly associated with survival in univariate analysis.ResultsSignificant differences were observed in PFS (χ2 = 11.910, p = 0.0006) and OS (χ2 = 8.343, p = 0.0039). …”
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Determining whether ethnic minorities with severe obesity face a disproportionate risk of serious disease and death from COVID-19: outcomes from a Southern California-based retrosp... by Qiaowu Li, Hemesh Mahesh Patel, Shefali Khandwala, Poonam Somani, Stephanie Tovar, Alejandra Montano

“…A similar trend was observed with invasive ventilation risk. The risk of death was greater in Asian (RR 3.96, 95% CI 1.88 to 8.33; p&lt;0.001), Hispanic (RR 3.03, 95% CI 2.53 to 3.61; p&lt;0.001) and Pacific Islander (RR 4.60, 95% CI 1.42 to 14.92; p=0.011) patients compared with White (RR 1.47, 95% CI 1.13 to 1.91; p=0.005) and Black (RR 2.83, 95% CI 1.99 to 4.02; p&lt;0.001) patients with a BMI over 45 kg/m².Conclusions Ethnic minorities with severe obesity, particularly Asian, Hispanic and Pacific Islander patients, had a statistically significant higher risk of hospitalisation, invasive ventilator use and death due to COVID-19. …”
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Adjuvant-free, self−assembling ferritin nanoparticle vaccine coupled with influenza virus hemagglutinin protein carrying M1 and PADRE epitopes elicits cross-protective immune respo... by Yongqiang Zhao, Shuangshuang Guo, Jia Liu, Yating Wang, Bo Wang, Chun Peng, Enqi Du, Enqi Du, Enqi Du

“…And neutralization titers induced by HMP-NPs against the H3N2 virus and heterologous strains of the H1N1 and H9N2 viruses were ~8, 12.4 and 16 times higher than inactivated influenza vaccine, respectively. Meanwhile, we also observed that the number of IFN-γ- and IL-4-secreting cells induced by HMP-NPs were ~2.5 times higher than inactivated influenza vaccine. …”
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