Association Between A1c and Cutaneous Dermatophytosis: A Case–Control Study by Nicole Ufkes, Zachary Hopkins, John Skylar Westerdahl, Scott R. Florell

“…Controls included patients seen in the dermatology department but who had no known diagnosis (past or current) of dermatophyte infection and were seen in a context where tinea could have been identified (i.e., no surgical visits, suture removals, spot checks, and cosmetic visits) and did not have a potentially confounding condition (inflammatory rashes). …”
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Heating Sector Strategies in Climate-Neutral Societies by Steffen Nielsen, Peter Sorknæs, Brian Vad Mathiesen, Henrik Lund, Diana Moreno, Jakob Zinck Thellufsen

“…The results of the analyses show (1) a feasible reduction level of around 36% in end-use heat demand in buildings, with higher potential in older buildings and lower in new buildings, (2) expanding district heating to areas with a density of 15-10 kWh/m2 is feasible, resulting in a district heating share of 63-70% of the heat demand compared to the current level of 51%, (3) a large unexploited potential to use heat sources such as industrial excess heat, geothermal heat, data centres and power-to-X, reducing the need for biomass in the heating sector, and (4) increased use of variable renewable energy and combined heat and power production increasing gas export and thus replacing biomass consumption outside the country. …”
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Diagnostic Challenges in Fungal Coinfections Associated With Global COVID-19 by Ariyo Shahin Jafari, Amir Sasan Mozaffari Nejad, Hossein Faraji, Ahmed S. Abdel-Moneim, Saeme Asgari, Hakime Karami, Ali Kamali, Ali Asghar Kheirkhah Vakilabad, Ali Habibi, Motahareh Faramarzpour

“…The early diagnosis of opportunistic infections is a critical concern for patient care worldwide, particularly in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. This review examines the challenges and advancements in the management and early diagnosis of opportunistic fungal infections, which have become increasingly prominent during the pandemic. …”
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Clinical characteristics and risk factors of premature rupture of membranes infection in pregnant and lying-in women by Shufang Xiao, Meimei Lin

“…Premature rupture of membranes is one of the more common symptoms of pregnant women before labor, which can lead to an increased rate of preterm birth and a higher mortality rate of the fetus born from it. …”
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The Relationship between Smoking and Household Expenditure: A Quantile Regressions Analysis by Nomusa Yolanda Nkomo, Eyitayo Francis Adanlawo

“…The study contributes to the scholarship by broadening the understanding of the harmful consequences of tobacco use on household resource allocation, particularly in a developing country context. It offers substantial empirical evidence demonstrating that smoking diminishes educational expenditure among the most impoverished households, a demographic frequently overlooked in current studies.…”
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Sarcopenia in Urothelial Bladder Carcinoma: A Narrative Review by Constantin Radu Vrabie, Andreea Ioana Parosanu, Cornelia Nitipir

“…In the context of radical surgery, sarcopenia correlates with increased postoperative mortality and a higher rate of severe complications. …”
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Effect of Educational Program on Nurses' Performance Regarding Prevention and Management of Intravenous Extravasation Chemotherapy by Nehal M. Abo El-Fadl

“… Context: Systemic chemotherapy plays a pivotal role in curative therapy for patients with hematological neoplasms and several types of advanced solid tumors. …”
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Nursing regulation in Canada: Insights from a scoping review. by Patrick Chiu, Natalie J Thiessen, Sobia Idrees, Kathleen Leslie, Janice Y Kung

“…The number of publications has steadily increased over the last few decades, and the majority of sources were situated in a provincial/territorial context (n = 104, 53.3%), followed by the national (n = 67, 34.4%) and global context (n = 24, 12.3%). …”
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Τhe Political Economy of Green Transition: The Need for a Two-Pronged Approach to Address Climate Change and the Necessity of “Science Citizens” by Antonios Angelakis, Manolis Manioudis, Anthi Koskina

“…The principal results and findings offer interpretations and insights while encouraging further discussion on transitioning to a sustainable science society. In this context, the analysis results elucidate that there is evidence for an increased policy emphasis on technology development (economy-based approaches) rather than on technology diffusion and assessment, and/or the integration of key small-scale actors, such as citizens. …”
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Therapeutic and legal aspects of psilocybin in cancer-related depression by Wierzbicka Małgorzata, Wierzbicka Małgorzata, Wierzbicka Małgorzata, Renata Kopczyk, Aleksandra Gerlach, Joanna Rymaszewska

“…Depression prevalence is markedly elevated in oncological patients, particularly among head and neck cancer (HNC) cohorts, who face twice the prevalence of major depressive disorder (MDD) compared to other cancer populations. MDD in this context independently predicts poorer clinical outcomes and increased morbidity. …”
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The development of group healing storytelling model in multicultural counselling services in Indonesian schools: Examination of disciplinary cases by M. Fatchurahman, M. A. Setiawan, K. Karyanti

“…However, it is limited to a cultural context, so it will be complicated to implement it in a different cultural environment.…”
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Biochemical and echocardiographic markers for the early detection of cardiotoxicity under monoclonal antibodies therapy by Ionela-Emilia Popovici, Angela Cozma, Olga Hilda Orasan, George Ciulei, Ana Maria Poenar, Cristina Buchman, Simina Tarmure, Sorina Secara, Adela Sitar-Taut, Teodora Alexescu, Andrada Lazar, Vasile Negrean, Lucia Maria Procopciuc

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NON-CONVENTIONAL AGRICULTURAL LAND USE: A WAY TO ACCELERATE ECOLOGIZATION AND CAPITALIZATION by Anton TRETIAK, Valentina TRETIAK, Tatyana PRIADKA, Valeriy LYASHYNSKYY, Nataliia TRETIAK

“…Which made it possible to divide the regions into six groups and show that with an increase in the area of agricultural land in the regions, the intensity of its use also increases, this contributes to degradation processes and, in general, less efficient use of land. …”
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The effect of population size on urban heat island and NO2 air pollution: Review and meta-analysis by Yufei Wei, Rémi Lemoy, Geoffrey Caruso

“…After pooling data we estimate that each 10-fold increase in population, increases the temperature gap between the city and countryside by almost 2 °C or a 40 % increase when cities get very large. …”
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Latest trends on interplay of autophagy, adipose tissue, and gut microbiota in obesity-related metabolic disorders by Claudette Butoyi, Muhammad Asad Iqbal, Isaac Duah Boateng

“…Conversely, pharmacologically induced Atg, exemplified by rapamycin administration, enhances insulin sensitivity by 15–25 % in rodent models. (2) Alterations in gut microbial composition, characterized by a 40 % decrease in Bacteroidetes and an increase in Firmicutes, correlate with elevated visceral adiposity and systemic inflammation. …”
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Game theory analysis of operational decision-making in green supply chain: The impact of consumer preferences by Shi Ruomeng

“…In the current global context of increasing emphasis on sustainable development, high carbon emissions and resource waste in traditional supply chains have become critical factors affecting supply chain efficiency. …”
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Comparative Analysis of Electricity Consumption Forecast by Mehet Ali ARSLAN, Tarık TALAN

“…Therefore, the electricity produced must be consumed immediately without causing energy losses and waste. In this context, ensuring the balance between electricity production and consumption can correctly contribute to the management of the current deficit by increasing economic efficiency. …”
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The Dilemma of Cross-Border Data Flow Governance in the AIGC Era and the Game of Rules in International Relations by Lv Zhengge

“…With the rapid development of AIGC (Artificial Intelligence Generated Content) technology, global cross-border data flows have shown unprecedented growth trends in scale, speed, and complexity. However, the increase in cross-border data flows has also brought about severe governance challenges, especially in areas such as data privacy, data sovereignty, and national security, which are becoming increasingly prominent. …”
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Networked Control of a Small Drone Resilient to Cyber Attacks by Octavian Ștefan, Alexandru Codrean

“…Moreover, in some applications like small UAVs, the safety and integrity of the system and its surroundings are highly susceptible to cyberattacks. In this context, the current paper proposes a resilient networked control approach. …”
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Constitution of police sciences in the Slovak Republic by M. Lisoň, A. Vaško

“…Therefore, the authors of this paper accept that the theoretical and methodological development of police sciences requires them to be confronted and independently dealt with the current state in the theory and methodology of science in the early 21st century, to be sensitive to the current development of the overall scientific atmosphere and independently and critically. …”
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