COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout Strategies in Utah from Local Health Departments’ Perspectives: A Qualitative Analysis of Focus Group Discussions by Khanh N. C. Duong, Sajesh K. Veettil, Richard E. Nelson, Barbara E. Jones, Andrew T. Pavia, Danielle T. Nguyen, Makoto M. Jones, Matthew H. Samore, Susan L. Zickmund, Patrick Galyean, Nathorn Chaiyakunapruk

“…Barriers to vaccine uptake among underserved communities included structural, behavioral, and informational barriers. …”
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Working-memory load decoding model inspired by brain cognition based on cross-frequency coupling by Jing Zhang, Tingyi Tan, Yuhao Jiang, Congming Tan, Liangliang Hu, Daowen Xiong, Yikang Ding, Guowei Huang, Junjie Qin, Yin Tian

“…This model integrates multi-frequency and multi-scale Sinc convolution to facilitate time-frequency conversion and extract time-frequency information from multiple rhythms and regions of the EEG data with the aim of effectively model the cross-frequency coupling across different cognitive domains. …”
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Giant cell tumours of the tendon sheath: Clinical insights and surgical perspectives from three cases by Amrane Hemza, Boussha Toufik, Hasrouri Ilies, Mekideche Besma, Amrane Hamid, Benmayouf Nazim, Derdous Chaouki, Khernane Nacer

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Pan-Genome Identification and Expression Analysis of Lipoxygenase Genes in Cucumber by Haiyu Xu, Kun Liu, Lili Zhao, Chunhua Chen, Lina Wang, Zhonghai Ren

“…Furthermore, in the transcriptome data of cucumber responses to heat, cold, powdery mildew (PM), downy mildew (DM), and gray mold (GM) stresses, eight, four, eight, eight, and four <i>CsLOXs</i> exhibited differential expression, respectively. …”
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Women’s Health Care Utilization among Harder-to-Reach HIV-Infected Women ever on Antiretroviral Therapy in British Columbia by Xuetao Wang, Kate A. Salters, Wen Zhang, Lawrence McCandless, Deborah Money, Neora Pick, Julio S. G. Montaner, Robert S. Hogg, Angela Kaida

“…Methods. We used survey data from 231 HIV-infected, treatment-experienced women enrolled in the Longitudinal Investigations into Supportive and Ancillary Health Services (LISA) study, which recruited harder-to-reach populations, including aboriginal people and individuals using injection drugs. …”
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Individual identification of wild raptors using a deep learning approach: A case study of the white-tailed eagle by Xi Guo, Yufeng Chen, Yu Guan, Hongfang Wang, Tianming Wang, Jianping Ge, Lei Bao

“…Individual identification is essential for elucidating animal population structures, tracking population dynamics, and uncovering social networks. …”
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Degenerated vision, altered lipid metabolism, and expanded chemoreceptor repertoires enable Lindaspio polybranchiata to thrive in deep-sea cold seeps by Yujie Yan, Inge Seim, Yang Guo, Xupeng Chi, Zhaoshan Zhong, Dantong Wang, Mengna Li, Haining Wang, Huan Zhang, Minxiao Wang, Chaolun Li

“…Supporting this, transcriptomic and fatty acid data further corroborate our findings. Results We report the first genome of a deep-sea spionid, L. polybranchiata. …”
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Risk perception of severity or death from COVID-19: a systematic review of the factors associated by Rander Junior Rosa, Rubia Laine de Paula Andrade, Letícia Perticarrara Ferezin, Mônica Chiodi Toscano de Campos, Mônica Chiodi Toscano de Campos, Heriederson Sávio Dias Moura, Thais Zamboni Berra, Natacha Martins Ribeiro, Titilade Kehinde Ayandeyi Teibo, André Luiz Teixeira Vinci, Felipe Mendes Delpino, Miguel Ángel Fuentealba Torres, Ricardo Alexandre Arcêncio

“…Two reviewers independently selected articles, with disagreements resolved by a third reviewer. The data were extracted using a structured form, and the findings were synthesized narratively. …”
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Functional Connectivity and MRI Radiomics Biomarkers of Cognitive and Brain Reserve in Post-Stroke Cognitive Impairment Prediction—A Study Protocol by Hanna Maria Dragoș, Adina Stan, Livia Livinț Popa, Roxana Pintican, Diana Feier, Nicu Cătălin Drăghici, Dragoș-Cătălin Jianu, Diana Chira, Ștefan Strilciuc, Dafin F. Mureșanu

“…Brain reserve refers to the brain’s structural capacity to compensate for damage, with markers like hippocampal atrophy and white matter lesions indicating reduced reserve. …”
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Colorectal cancer mortality in persons with severe mental illness: a scoping review with meta-analyses of observational studies by Paula R. Pop, Gitte S. Larsen, Mette K. Thomsen, Christoffer Johansen, Robert Zachariae, Bolette Skjødt Rafn

“…We synthesized the results descriptively and pooled the data to estimate the magnitude of the associations. …”
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Exploring vaccination literacy and vaccine hesitancy in seven European countries: results from the HLS19 population survey by Bakary Cissé, Aldo Rosano, Robert Griebler, Brigid Unim, Chiara Lorini, Guglielmo Bonaccorsi, Mitja Vrdelja, Sophie Fégueux, Julien Mancini, Stephan Van den Broucke

“…This study explores the pathways through which VAC-HL impacts VH.The analysis was based on data from seven countries of the WHO European Region which implemented the Health Literacy Survey 2019–2021 (HLS19). …”
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Empirical evidence for a process-based model of health-related quality of life using network analysis by Nicolette Stogios, Nicolette Stogios, Troy Francis, Troy Francis, Rachel G. Peiris, Aleksandra Stanimirovic, Aleksandra Stanimirovic, Valeria Rac, Valeria Rac, Robert P. Nolan, Robert P. Nolan

“…While contemporary assessments are structured to evaluate an individual's HRQL state, we propose a complementary process-based model, which is defined as an appraisal that evolves over time as it reflects and informs a self-regulatory process of adapting to dynamic changes in bio-psycho-social life domains. …”
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Eating behaviors and physical activity during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown: Experiences of breast cancer patients on adjuvant hormonal therapy by Paunović Marija, Ristić-Medić Danijela, Arsić Aleksandra, Petrović Snježana, Krstić Predrag, Kojadinović Milica, Vučić Vesna

“…This observational retrospective pre-post cohort study included 32 women treated with aromatase inhibitors (AIs) who responded to telephone interviews using a structured questionnaire. The questionnaire aims to collect data on eating habits (intake of certain foods on a daily/weekly basis, as well as changes in the usual choice of food), intake of supplements, changes in weight, and physical activity before and during the lock-down. …”
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Single-cell transcriptomics analysis reveals that the tumor-infiltrating B cells determine the indolent fate of papillary thyroid carcinoma by Chunmei Li, Pei Wang, Zhizhong Dong, Weihan Cao, Yanjun Su, Jianming Zhang, Shuyan Zhao, Zhiyuan Wang, Zi Lei, Li Shi, Ruochuan Cheng, Wen Liu

“…In indolent cases, TIL-B cells showed increased proliferation and formed clusters within tertiary lymphoid structures (TLS). PTPRC-CD22 interactions were identified as potential drivers of TIL-B cell proliferation. …”
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HST Grism Observations of a z ∼ 1.8 Cluster Candidate from the Clusters Occupied by Bent Radio AGN (COBRA) Survey by Courtney B. Watson, Elizabeth L. Blanton, Emmet Golden-Marx, Matthew L. N. Ashby, Scott W. Randall, J. D. Wing, E. M. Douglass

“…We present new Hubble Space Telescope/Wide Field Camera 3 G141 grism observations for COBRA 1411+3415, originally identified as a high-redshift cluster candidate in the Clusters Occupied by Bent Radio AGN (COBRA) survey using radio, infrared, and optical data. We spectroscopically identify seven cluster members within a 0.5 Mpc radius with grism redshifts in the range 1.8006 ≤ z _grism ≤ 1.8175, consistent with COBRA 1411+3415 being a high-redshift cluster with a mean redshift of 〈 z _grism 〉 = 1.8106 ± 0.0006. …”
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Reduced interhemispheric connectivity in traumatic brachial plexopathies after bionic reconstruction by Galia V Anguelova, Agnes Sturma, Oskar Aszmann, Mehmet S Yildirim, Anna Boesendorfer, Victor Schmidbauer, Karl-Heinz Nenning, Gregor Kasprian

“…TBPL patients showed fewer structural DTI-based interhemispheric connections between the left and right precentral gyrus and superior frontal gyrus than controls. …”
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Dermatoscopic Patterns in Mycosis Fungoides: Observations from a Case-Series Retrospective Analysis and a Review of the Literature by Corrado Zengarini, Federica Tugnoli, Alessio Natale, Martina Mussi, Giacomo Clarizio, Claudio Agostinelli, Elena Sabattini, Alberto Corrà, Bianca Maria Piraccini, Alessandro Pileri

“…A literature review was also performed to contextualize the findings, focusing on studies describing dermoscopic features in MF based on retrospective, prospective, and cross-sectional data. <b>Results:</b> The study included 30 patients with histologically confirmed MF or SS (19 males and 11 females; mean age: 64.5 years). …”
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Long-term safety and efficacy of self-apposing Stentys drug-eluting stent in left main stem percutaneous coronary intervention: final results of multicentre LM-STENTYS registry by Maksymilian J. Mielczarek, Tomasz Michalski, Wojciech Wańha, Dariusz Ciećwierz, Grzegorz Smolka, Marta Marcinkowska, Michał Chmielecki, Brunon Tomasiewicz, Piotr Kubler, Michał Kasprzak, Marta Chamera, Jarosław Gorol, Stanisław Bartuś, Jacek Kubica, Krzysztof Reczuch, Michał Hawranek, Andrzej Ochała, Wojciech Wojakowski, Marcin Gruchała, Miłosz Jaguszewski

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Arts, creative &amp; cultural initiatives for citizen engagement on climate action: Insights from Ireland's Creative Climate Action Fund by J. Mac Mahon, A. Revez, M. Burke, P. Hogan, M.M. Nyhan

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Identification of inflow sources and pathways to a waste rock dump located in a former river channel in a mountainous abandoned mine of Japan: A case study 60 years post-constructi... by Shinji Matsumoto, Sereyroith Tum, Tagiru Ogino, Miu Nishikata, Tetsuo Yasutaka, Tomoko Oguri, Tsuyoshi Shintani

“…Continuous water quality monitoring was performed using data loggers. Tracer tests using NaCl were also performed in the rivers. …”
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