Unlocking data: Decision-maker perspectives on cross-sectoral data sharing and linkage as part of a whole-systems approach to public health policy and practice by Emily Tweed, Kristina Cimova, Peter Craig, Mirjam Allik, Denise Brown, Mhairi Campbell, David Henderson, Charlie Mayor, Petra Meier, Nick Watson

“…Aim We sought to work collaboratively with decision-makers relevant to healthy public policy and practice in Scotland to identify practical ways that cross-sectoral data sharing and linkage could be used to best effect to improve health and reduce health inequalities. Methods We facilitated three sequential stakeholder workshops with 20 participants from local and central government, public health teams, Health and Social Care Partnerships, the third sector, organisations which support data-intensive research and public representatives from across Scotland. …”
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Electroacupuncture attenuates retinal ischemia/reperfusion injury by protecting the outer blood-retina barrier via enkephalins activate delta opioid receptor by Ping CHEN, Xian-dan ZHU, Run-jie GUO, Yong XIA, Jing-ling JIN, Nan-ge JIN, Ying-min GU, Xue-song TIAN

“…This study aimed to elucidate how electroacupuncture (EA) protects the OBRB against RIR injury. Methods: Male Wistar rats (7 weeks old, 250 g to 280 g) were used in this study. …”
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The Effect of Landscape Pattern on Urban Temperature Changes in Hamadan by Marziye Shojaei, Kamran Shayesteh, Behnaz Attaeian

“…The metrics are used as quantitative indicators for measuring and describing landscape patterns. 2-Materials and Methods For land surface temperature analysis, the advantage of satellite temperature data is advantageous due to the limited number of synoptic stations in the city and the high cost of collecting terrestrial data. …”
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Visibility, democratic public space and socially inclusive cities by Ceren Sezer

“…The concept of visibility refers to the visual perception of the observable features of distinctive urban groups in public space, which give evidence of their lived experiences, and how they engage with, shape, and construct public space in everyday life. …”
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Environmental enrichment is associated with favorable memory-related functional brain activity patterns in older adults by Simon Hass, Maxie Liebscher, Anni Richter, Anni Richter, Anni Richter, Klaus Fliessbach, Klaus Fliessbach, Christoph Laske, Christoph Laske, Sebastian Sodenkamp, Sebastian Sodenkamp, Oliver Peters, Oliver Peters, Oliver Peters, Julian Hellmann-Regen, Julian Hellmann-Regen, Julian Hellmann-Regen, Ersin Ersözlü, Ersin Ersözlü, Ersin Ersözlü, Josef Priller, Josef Priller, Josef Priller, Josef Priller, Eike Jakob Spruth, Eike Jakob Spruth, Slawek Altenstein, Slawek Altenstein, Sandra Röske, Anja Schneider, Anja Schneider, Hartmut Schütze, Annika Spottke, Annika Spottke, Anna Esser, Stefan Teipel, Stefan Teipel, Ingo Kilimann, Ingo Kilimann, Jens Wiltfang, Jens Wiltfang, Jens Wiltfang, Ayda Rostamzadeh, Wenzel Glanz, Enise I. Incesoy, Enise I. Incesoy, Enise I. Incesoy, Falk Lüsebrink, Peter Dechent, Stefan Hetzer, Klaus Scheffler, Michael Wagner, Michael Wagner, Frank Jessen, Frank Jessen, Frank Jessen, Emrah Düzel, Emrah Düzel, Franka Glöckner, Björn Hendrik Schott, Björn Hendrik Schott, Björn Hendrik Schott, Miranka Wirth, Olga Klimecki, Olga Klimecki, for DELCODE study group

“…The present cross-sectional study assessed whether EE during early life (13–30 years) and midlife (30–65 years) is associated with better preserved memory-related brain activity patterns in older age.MethodsIn total, 372 cognitively unimpaired older adults (aged ≥60 years old) of the DZNE-Longitudinal Study on Cognitive Impairment and Dementia (DELCODE; DRKS00007966) were investigated. …”
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The ATLAS/NOA-29 study protocol: a phase III randomized controlled trial of anterior temporal lobectomy versus gross-total resection in newly-diagnosed temporal lobe glioblastoma by Matthias Schneider, Anna-Laura Potthoff, Yahya Ahmadipour, Valeri Borger, Hans Clusmann, Stephanie E. Combs, Marcus Czabanka, Lasse Dührsen, Nima Etminan, Thomas M. Freiman, Ruediger Gerlach, Florian Gessler, Frank A. Giordano, Eleni Gkika, Roland Goldbrunner, Erdem Güresir, Hussam Hamou, Peter Hau, Sebastian Ille, Max Jägersberg, Naureen Keric, Maryam Khaleghi-Ghadiri, Ralph König, Jürgen Konczalla, Harald Krenzlin, Sandro Krieg, Aaron Lawson McLean, Julian P. Layer, Jens Lehmberg, Vesna Malinova, Bernhard Meyer, Hanno S. Meyer, Dorothea Miller, Oliver Müller, Christian Musahl, Barbara E. F. Pregler, Ali Rashidi, Florian Ringel, Constantin Roder, Karl Rössler, Veit Rohde, I. Erol Sandalcioglu, Niklas Schäfer, Christina Schaub, Nils Ole Schmidt, Gerrit A. Schubert, Clemens Seidel, Corinna Seliger, Christian Senft, Julia Shawarba, Joachim Steinbach, Veit Stöcklein, Walter Stummer, Ulrich Sure, Ghazaleh Tabatabai, Marcos Tatagiba, Niklas Thon, Marco Timmer, Johannes Wach, Arthur Wagner, Christian Rainer Wirtz, Katharina Zeiler, Thomas Zeyen, Patrick Schuss, Rainer Surges, Christine Fuhrmann, Daniel Paech, Matthias Schmid, Yvonne Borck, Torsten Pietsch, Rafael Struck, Alexander Radbruch, Christoph Helmstaedter, Robert Németh, Ulrich Herrlinger, Hartmut Vatter

“…Translating the ATL approach from epilepsy surgery to the neuro-oncological field may provide a model for investigating supramarginal resection in glioblastomas located in the anterior temporal lobe. Methods The ATLAS/NOA-29 trial is a prospective, multicenter, multinational, phase III randomized controlled trial designed to compare ATL with standard gross-total resection (GTR) in patients with newly-diagnosed anterior temporal lobe glioblastoma. …”
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Thymic characteristics in patients with autoimmune diseases: a multicentre radiological observational studyResearch in context by Haoxiao Chang, Junqiang Yan, Anxin Wang, Ningning Wang, Peng Liu, Yemin Shi, Xin Zhao, Jinqiao Zhu, Yuan Cai, Xue Xia, Yunyi Hao, Shiyi Yin, Jing Wang, Xinli Wang, Lina Sun, Jia Ma, Xiaoyu Huang, Haonan Guan, De-Cai Tian, Kaibin Shi, Ganqin Du, Wenhao Huang, Guoyan Qi, Hao Li, Yongjun Wang, Fu-Dong Shi, Zhang Zhang, Wei-Na Jin

“…The organ crucial for the establishment and maintenance of central and peripheral tolerance, namely the thymus, has rarely been explored across these diseases. Methods: In a multicentre radiological case–control study, we characterized the thymus in 16 prevalent autoimmune diseases using chest computed tomography (CT) images from patients and age- and sex-1:1 matched healthy controls. …”
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Architecture and the Time of Space by Deborah Hauptman

“…Employing and developing theories and methods from disciplines including philosophy, cultural studies, literary theory, political, social and economic theory, cognitive psychology, and the neurosciences in the broadest sense. …”
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Association of Birthweight Discordance with Adverse Birth Outcomes Among Live-Born Twins: A Multi-Center Study in China by Shi B, Tan X, Chen Q, Lu D, Ren S, Huang K, Shen W, Chen Z, Liu J, You C, Li G, Jiang H, Rao H, Qiu J, Wei X, Zhang Y, Lin X, Jiang H, Han S, Wang F, Yang X, Wang Y, Lin N, Lin L, Lin X, Cui Q

“…Birthweight discordance (BWD), a critical complication, remains understudied in its epidemiological context, particularly regarding its population-level associations with adverse neonatal outcomes.Methods: This multi-center, retrospective cohort study leveraged data from 21 hospitals across 18 Chinese cities (2018– 2020) to assess BWD and its epidemiological implications. …”
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Effect of the Foliar Application of Copper Nanoparticles on the Growth and Yield of Persian Leek (Allium ampeloprasum subsp. Persicum) under Salinity Stress by F. Shakarami, S. Mousavi-Fard, A. Rezaei Nejad, F. Beiranvand

“…The soil mixture comprised an equal ratio of agricultural soil, cow manure, and sand, maintaining a clay-sand loam texture. …”
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Developing a Randomised Efficacy PREcision medicine Platform trial design for Cavernomas: the CARE PREP study by Rustam Al-Shahi Salman, Kasia Adamczuk, Richard A Parker, Christopher J Weir, Roberto Latini, Helen Kim, David White, Helen Evans, Jana Bergholtz, Cornelia Lee, Carlos Casaus

“…Objectives (1) Consolidate and initiate international collaborations between cerebral cavernous malformations researchers, cerebral cavernous malformations patient and public involvement groups, cerebral cavernous malformations research networks, and commercial partners; (2) Finalise a protocol for an efficient, international platform trial of multiple drugs using precision medicine (sporadic vs. familial cerebral cavernous malformations) that is both feasible and acceptable to patients and regulators; (3) Estimate the research, support and treatment costs of the platform trial and apply to the National Institute for Health and Care Research Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation Programme. Methods A National Institute for Health and Care Research Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation Application Acceleration Award funded this project from September 2022 to August 2023. …”
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EBV promotes TCR-T-cell therapy resistance by inducing CD163+M2 macrophage polarization and MMP9 secretion by Yuanyuan Chen, Yan Wang, Jia He, Song Li, Jingjing Zhao, Hao Chen, Yan Tang, Jian-Chuan Xia, Yan Ren, Tong Xiang, Qiuzhong Pan, Desheng Weng, Dijun Ouyang, Xinyi Yang, Qijing Wang, Yongqiang Li, Jin-Qi You, Yingzi Li, Chi Xu, Sisi Xie, Jiamin Lian

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Apresentação v. 50, n. 2 (2023) by Keli Pacheco, André Cechinel, Leonardo Tonus

“…Situado na mesma esfera de um capitalismo crescentemente atencional, Pablo Fontoura, por sua vez, no artigo "Os limites da visão estética" [The Limits of Aesthetic Seeing], examina o conceito de percepção visual a partir de uma perspectiva ao mesmo tempo cognitiva e estética, com o intuito de investigar os limites da atenção visual. …”
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Clinical and cost-effectiveness of lithium versus quetiapine augmentation for treatment-resistant depression in adults: LQD a pragmatic randomised controlled trial by Jess Kerr-Gaffney, Zohra Zenasni, Kimberley Goldsmith, Nahel Yaziji, Huajie Jin, Alessandro Colasanti, John Geddes, David Kessler, R Hamish McAllister-Williams, Allan H Young, Alvaro Barrera, Lindsey Marwood, Rachael W Taylor, Helena Tee, Anthony J Cleare

“…For the QIDS-SR outcome, simulation and the non-central chi-squared method provided a value of 96.5% power to detect an effect size of 0.38 (a minimum clinically significant difference between treatments), with 40% occasion-wise nonresponse assumed. …”
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AI-based volumetric six-tissue body composition quantification from CT cardiac attenuation scans for mortality prediction: a multicentre study by Jirong Yi, PhD, Anna M Marcinkiewicz, MD, Aakash Shanbhag, MSc, Robert J H Miller, MD, Jolien Geers, MD, Wenhao Zhang, PhD, Aditya Killekar, MSc, Nipun Manral, MSc, Mark Lemley, BSc, Mikolaj Buchwald, PhD, Jacek Kwiecinski, MD, Jianhang Zhou, MSc, Paul B Kavanagh, MSc, Joanna X Liang, MPH, Valerie Builoff, BSc, ProfMD Terrence D Ruddy, BSc, ProfMD Andrew J Einstein, BSc, Attila Feher, MD, Edward J Miller, Prof, ProfMD Albert J Sinusas, Prof, ProfMD Daniel S Berman, Prof, ProfPhD Damini Dey, Prof, Piotr J Slomka, PhD

“…Methods: We applied AI-based segmentation and image-processing techniques on CTAC scans from a large international image-based registry at four sites (Yale University, University of Calgary, Columbia University, and University of Ottawa), to define the chest rib cage and multiple tissues. …”
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Ultra-fast [18F]florbetapir PET imaging using the uMI Panorama PET/CT system by Xueqian Yang, Meiqi Wu, Menglin Liang, Haiqiong Zhang, Bo Li, Chenhui Mao, Liling Dong, Yuan Wang, Haiqun Xing, Chao Ren, Zhenghai Huang, Qingxiang Wen, Qi Ge, Zhengqing Yu, Feng Feng, Jing Gao, Li Huo

“…The study aims to establish a faster acquisition protocol for [18F]florbetapir PET imaging using digital PET/CT scanner uMI Panorama, while ensuring adequate image quality and amyloid-β (Aβ) detectability comparable to the standard 10-minute scan. Methods Thirty-eight participants (29 Aβ positive and 9 Aβ negative) from a prospective dementia cohort at Peking Union Medical University Hospital underwent routine [18F]florbetapir PET scans using the uMI Panorama PET/CT scanner and a T1-weighted brain MRI scan. …”
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Innovation Ecosystem of Iran's Tourism Industry with Emphasis on Supply Chain by Azizolah Jafari, mahdi alaei kerahrudi

“…Sustainability fosters innovation, requiring changes in traditional production and consumption methods. Successful cities have demonstrated how technology aids sustainability. …”
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Collagenase injection versus limited fasciectomy surgery to treat Dupuytren’s contracture in adult patients in the UK: DISC, a non-inferiority RCT and economic evaluation by Joseph Dias, Puvan Tharmanathan, Catherine Arundel, Charlie Welch, Qi Wu, Paul Leighton, Maria Armaou, Belen Corbacho, Nick Johnson, Sophie James, John Cooke, Christopher Bainbridge, Michael Craigen, David Warwick, Samantha Brady, Lydia Flett, Judy Jones, Catherine Knowlson, Michelle Watson, Ada Keding, Catherine Hewitt, David Torgerson

“…The photography substudy explored the agreement between measurements obtained using a goniometer and photographs taken by participants at home, to determine whether the two methods of measurement might feasibly be used interchangeably. …”
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Portal Vein Obstruction in Pediatric Liver Transplant Patients: An Evaluation of Self‐Reported Management Practices by Lydia Sieben, Bader A. Alfares, Ruben H. deKleine, Barbara E. Wildhaber, Thomas Casswall, Greg Nowak, Martin Delle, Denise Aldrian, Valeria Berchtold, Georg F. Vogel, Piotr Kaliciński, Malgorzata Markiewicz‐Kijewska, Adam Kolesnik, Jesús Quintero, María Mercadal Hally, Mauricio Larrarte King, Paolo Marra, Michela Bravi, Domenico Pinelli, Mureo Kasahara, Seisuke Sakamoto, Hajime Uchida, Vidyadhar Mali, Marion Aw, Stéphanie Franchi‐Abella, Emmanuel Gonzales, Florent Guérin, Guillermo Cervio, Julia Minetto, Sergio Sierre, Martín deSantibañes, Victoria Ardiles, Jimmy Walker Uño, Helen Evans, David Duncan, John McCall, Steffen Hartleif, Ekkehard Sturm, Jai V. Patel, Marumbo Mtegha, Raj Prasad, Cristina T. Ferreira, Luiza S. Nader, Marco Farina, Catalina Jaramillo, Manuel I. Rodriguez‐Davalos, Peter Feola, Amit A. Shah, Phoebe M. Wood, Michael R. Acord, Ryan T. Fischer, Bhargava Mullapudi, Richard J. Hendrickson, Rajeev Khanna, Viniyendra Pamecha, Amar Mukund, Khalid Sharif, Girish Gupte, Simon McGuirk, Gilda Porta, Winita Hardikar, Marco Spada, Tommaso Alterio, Giuseppe Maggiore, Marisa Beretta, Rudi A. J. Dierckx, Reinoud P. H. Bokkers, Hubert P. J. van derDoef, PORTAL Registry Investigators

“…This study investigated the various practice patterns related to PVO management to clarify the degree of consensus on the diverse facets of care involved in addressing PVO after pLT. Methods A self‐reported evaluation was conducted using a scanned, paper‐based survey among specialized pLT centers participating in the Portal vein Obstruction Revascularization Therapy After Liver transplantation (PORTAL) registry. …”
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Identification and expression analysis of ACBPs family members of Hippophae rhamnoides subsp. sinensis Rousi in response to lead stress by CHEN Ke, LI Xinjuan, ZHANG Tian, REN Qiandan, SUN Jing, ZHOU Wu

“…This study aims to accurately and comprehensively identify the members of the ACBPs gene family in H. rhamnoides using bioinformatics tools, and to investigate the expression of these genes under heavy metal (lead) stress through molecular biology approaches. [Methods] In this study, the ACBPs gene family in H. rhamnoides subsp. sinensis Rousi was identified using the hidden Markov model (PF00887) and the HMMER search script. …”
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