Balancing Innovation and Ethics by Anisa Patel

“…Even DNA testing company 23andMe states, “Currently 23andMe has several features that can reveal genetic evidence of Indigenous American ancestry, although they are not considered a confirmatory test or proof of such ancestry in a legal context.”[7]  These companies cannot fully confirm the accuracy of their tests in finding ancestral information and therefore should not be completely relied upon for discovering self-identity. …”
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Implementation of a digital nurse to improve the use of digital health applications (DiGA) for older people with depressive disorders (DiGA4Aged): a randomized proof of concept stu... by Anna Mai, Magdalena Pape, Theresa Sophie Busse, Katharina Kunde, Jennifer Bosompem, Chantal Giehl, Ina Carola Otte, Stephan Herpertz, Georg Juckel, Ida Haussleiter, Rainer Wirth, Horst Christian Vollmar, Nina Timmesfeld, Jan Dieris-Hirche

“…Discussion In Germany, the approved DiGA are currently little used, especially by people with a low digital affinity. …”
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High-risk pregnancy and risk of breastfeeding failure by Eman S. Salama, Mostafa Hussein, Ahmed N. Fetih, Azza M. A. Abul-Fadl, Shimaa A. Elghazally

“…A pretested and validated questionnaire was used to collect detailed epidemiological, personal, health-related status, medications, hospitalizations, reproductive history, current delivery, and previous breastfeeding experiences. …”
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Web-Based Respondent-Driven Sampling to Assess Biobehavioral Factors Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in Thailand: Cross-Sectional Study by Watcharapol Srinor, Suvimon Tanpradech, Panupit Thiengtham, Samart Karuchit, Charif Naksuk, Thitipong Yingyong, Thananda Naiwatanakul, Sanny Northbrook, Wolfgang Hladik

“… Abstract BackgroundRespondent-driven sampling (RDS) is the current standard for sampling key populations at risk for HIV infections but is usually limited to local implementation in single towns or cities. …”
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Use of ICT to Confront COVID-19 by Yousry Saber El Gamal

“…Supporting a digitized world and staying current in the latest technology will be essential for any country to remain competitive in a post COVID-19 world. …”
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Immunological and physiological changes of exercise-released lactate on tumors: an important and new research window by Amir Hossein Ahmadi Hekmatikar, Arsham Entesari, Hossein Shirvani

“…In the cancer immune cycle, the immune checkpoint PD-1 and its ligand PD-L1 collaborate to facilitate immune escape and promote tumor progression (Keir et al., 2008). In this context, a study revealed that lactate can enhance the expression of PD-L1 on tumor cells, suggesting that lactate may have a protective effect against tumors by increasing PD-L1 expression (Feng et al., 2017). …”
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Seismic Performance of Steel Column Base of Disc-spring Self-centering Energy-consuming Damper by SUN Jiateng, LIU Jianming, ZHU Guangzhi

“…When the number of shear energy dissipation plates is increased, the maximum stiffness, maximum residual deformation and energy consumption are increased by 20%, 25% and 20% respectively. …”
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Oral-Delivery Lactococcus lactis expressing cherry fusion lactoferrin peptides against infection of avian pathogenic Escherichia coli in chickens by Zhuoran Li, Xueying Wang, Dianzhong Zheng, Fuzhen Han, Yue Li, Han Zhou, Jiaxuan Li, Wen Cui, Yanping Jiang, Xiaona Wang, Weichun Xie, Lijie Tang

“…Historically, antibiotics and vaccinations currently control APEC infections in poultry, however, antibiotic-resistant strains and heterologous serotypes limit their effectiveness. …”
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Design and Synthesis of Bis-Chalcones as Curcumin Simplified Analogs and Assessment of Their Antiproliferative Activities Against Human Lung Cancer Cells and <i>Trypanosoma cruzi</... by Gabriela Alves de Souza, Lorrane de Souza Chaves, Afonso Santine M. M. Velez, Jorge Lucas F. Lacerda, Paulo Pitasse-Santos, Jayane Clys Conceição dos Santos, Otávio Augusto Chaves, Carlos Serpa, Raphael do Carmo Valente, Leonardo Marques da Fonseca, Marcos André Rodrigues da Costa Santos, Jhenifer Santos dos Reis, Carlos Antônio do Nascimento Santos, Lucia Mendonça-Previato, Jose Osvaldo Previato, Celio Geraldo Freire-de-Lima, Debora Decoté-Ricardo, Leonardo Freire-de-Lima, Marco Edilson Freire de Lima

“…<b>Background: </b>Anticancer therapies represent the primary treatment option for a significant number of cancer patients globally; however, many of these treatments are associated with severe side effects as they target molecular structures present in both cancerous and healthy cells. In a similar context, the treatment of Chagas disease, a neglected tropical illness, is hindered by the high toxicity of the currently available drugs. …”
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Safety, Feasibility, and Tolerability of Ten Days of At-Home, Remotely Supervised tDCS During Gamified Attention Training in Children with Acquired Brain Injury: An Open-Label, Dos... by Athena Stein, Justin Riddle, Kevin A. Caulfield, Paul E. Dux, Maximilian A. Friehs, Philipp A. Schroeder, Michael P. Craven, Madeleine J. Groom, Kartik K. Iyer, Karen M. Barlow

“…When delivered daily, transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) may improve attention; however, access to daily in-clinic tDCS treatment can be limited by other commitments, including concurrent therapy, school commitments, and caregiver schedules. …”
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Supporting antiretroviral therapy uptake and adherence: the SUPA research programme and RCT by Rob Horne, Caroline Sabin, Trudie Chalder, Vanessa Cooper, Lucy Campbell, Elizabeth Glendinning, Iris Mosweu, Paul McCrone

“…In the United Kingdom, the uptake of antiretroviral therapy is generally high, but a delay in starting antiretroviral therapy and non-adherence compromise the health and well-being of people living with human immunodeficiency virus, increase the risk of transmission of human immunodeficiency virus and increase National Health Service costs. …”
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Comparative Ethics of Modern Payment Models by Jacob Riegler

“…This article examines the alignment of current predominant payment models of fee-for-service, capitation, and value-based payments with patient care ethics. …”
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Comparative Ethics of Modern Payment Models by Jacob Riegler

“…This article examines the alignment of current predominant payment models of fee-for-service, capitation, and value-based payments with patient care ethics. …”
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“Locality – Adaptation” Research of Hydropower Resettlement Communities in the Jinsha River Basin: A Case Study of Ludila Hydropower Station by Fang WANG, Zhuoqi LI, Haoyi XU, Jiaqi YAN

“…ObjectiveWithin human – environment systems, river basins constitute the earliest geographical units of human activity and currently represent the most critical zones of strained human – environment interactions. …”
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On the added value of sequential deep learning for the upscaling of evapotranspiration by B. Kraft, B. Kraft, B. Kraft, J. A. Nelson, S. Walther, F. Gans, U. Weber, G. Duveiller, M. Reichstein, W. Zhang, M. Rußwurm, D. Tuia, M. Körner, Z. Hamdi, M. Jung

“…In particular, we investigate three questions regarding the performance of the sequential models compared to the non-sequential models in the context of spatial upscaling: (a) whether they lead to more realistic and robust global and regional ET, (b) whether they are able to capture the temporal dynamics of ET better, and (c) how robust they are to the covariate setup and training data subsets.…”
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Regulatory culture and architectural project by Mario Losasso

“…They are attentive to a quality that does not depend on construction solutions or on techno-typological, morphological or physical-chemical characteristics, but which is linked to a system of needs to be satisfied, the outcome of the interaction between construction and cultural, socio-economic and environmental context. Today’s regulatory landscape has expanded, increasing sensitivities to environmental challenges, health and the qualities of living space. …”
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Comparación de dos métodos de detección para el registro de la frecuencia cardíaca: banda torácica vs camiseta técnica (Comparison of two methods for recording heart rate telemetry... by Jose Pino Ortega, Alejandro Bastida Castillo, Jose Maria Oliva Lozano, Daniel Rojas Valverde, Pedro Reche Soto, Carlos David Gómez Carmona

“…Heart rate (HR) is one of the most studied and utilized variables for internal load control. Currently, heart rate monitors have been integrated onto sport clothes in order to increase athletes’ comfortability. …”
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Anisotropic flexible stress sensors based on Loofah/CN/MWCNTs by 刘璐, 贾晓丽, 黄书童, 张景龙, 李守宝, 柯燎亮

“…Consequently, the loofah skeleton and conductive coating were compressed and released simultaneously, effectively functioning as a variable resistor. As applied stress increased, the loofah framework became more compact, gradually increasing the contact area between carbon-based materials of different sizes, thereby generating new current pathways. …”
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Mineralogy and sulfide mineral chemistry of Khabr iron ore, Southwest of Baft (Southeast of Sanandaj-Sirjan Zone) by Mohammad Boomeri, Habib Biabangard, Somayeh Dehghani Soltani, Azadeh Bordbar

“…Discussion and Results  The iron mineralization occurs at the contact of carbonate rocks and phyllite and schists. …”
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Time to treat the climate and nature crisis as one indivisible global health emergency by Kamran Abbasi, Parveen Ali, Virginia Barbour, Thomas Benfield, Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, Stephen Hancocks, Richard Horton, Laurie Laybourn-Langton, Robert Mash, Peush Sahni, Wadeia Mohammad Sharief, Paul Yonga, Chris Zielinski

“…Fish provide more than half of dietary protein in many African, South Asian and small island nations, but ocean acidification has reduced the quality and quantity of seafood.16 Changes in land use have forced tens of thousands of species into closer contact, increasing the exchange of pathogens and the emergence of new diseases and pandemics.17 People losing contact with the natural environment and the declining loss in biodiversity have both been linked to increases in non-communicable, autoimmune, and inflammatory diseases and metabolic, allergic and neuropsychiatric disorders.10,18  For Indigenous people, caring for and connecting with nature is especially important for their health.19 Nature has also been an important source of medicines, and thus reduced diversity also constrains the discovery of new medicines. …”
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