Effectiveness of a universal film intervention in reducing violence against children and increasing positive parenting among migrant and displaced caregivers from Myanmar: a commun... by Amanda Sim, Khaing Zar Lwin, Stephanie Eagling-Peche, G.J. Melendez-Torres, Seema Vyas, Francisco Calderon, Tawanchai Jirapramukpitak, Jamie Lachman, Sureeporn Punpuing, Andrea Gonzalez, Mary Soan, Nway Nway Oo, Ivet Castello Mitjans, Greg Tyrosvoutis, Eve Puffer

“…Eligible participants were primary caregivers aged 18 years or older with a child aged 4–17 years at enrolment. Participants were surveyed at baseline, endline approximately 4 weeks post-intervention, and follow-up approximately 4 months post-intervention. …”
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homeRNA self-blood collection enables high-frequency temporal profiling of presymptomatic host immune kinetics to respiratory viral infection: a prospective cohort studyResearch in... by Fang Yun Lim, Hannah G. Lea, Ashley M. Dostie, Soo-Young Kim, Tammi L. van Neel, Grant W. Hassan, Meg G. Takezawa, Lea M. Starita, Karen N. Adams, Michael Boeckh, Joshua T. Schiffer, Ollivier Hyrien, Alpana Waghmare, Erwin Berthier, Ashleigh B. Theberge

“…During the pre-shedding phase, a robust but transient response consisting of genes involved in cell migration, stress response, and T cell activation were observed. …”
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Oxidative balance score and its association with chronic inflammatory airway diseases and mortality: a population-based study by Zhuanbo Luo, Shiyu Chen, Peixu Chen, Feng Qiu, Weina Huang, Chao Cao

“…Multiple COX regressions were conducted to evaluate the relationship between OBS and all-cause as well as respiratory diseases mortality among participants with CIAD.ResultsA total of 12,458 adults were enrolled in this study. The demographic characteristics of the study population revealed a mean age of 52.25 ± 15.8 years, 47.73% being male, and the majority identified as Non-Hispanic White (66.87%). …”
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Association Between Metabolic Syndrome and Cardiac Autonomic Nervous Function and Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Older Adults: A Retrospective Observational Study with Propensity Sco... by Cui N, Li Q, Cheng J, Xing T, Shi P, Wang Y, Luo M, Dun Y, Liu S

“…The present study aimed to investigate the association between MetS and HRRs at 1, 2, 3 and 6 minutes after exercise and cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) in Chinese dwelling older adults.Methods: This retrospective, observational study consecutively enrolled participants aged 60 years or older who underwent physical examinations in Shenzhen District Yantian People’s Hospital from September 2019 to July 2021. …”
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Gender differences in efficiency of the telemedicine care of heart failure patients. The results from the TeleEduCare-HF study by Agata Bielecka-Dąbrowa, Dariusz Trzmielak, Agata Sakowicz, Kamil Janikowski, Maciej Banach

“…The questionnaire was conducted in all patients at baseline after enrollment to the study and after 3 months of telemonitoring and extensive educational process. …”
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Validity, Accuracy, and Safety Assessment of an Aerobic Interval Training Using an App-Based Prehabilitation Program (PROTEGO MAXIMA Trial) Before Major Surgery: Prospective, Inter... by Sara Fatima Faqar Uz Zaman, Svenja Sliwinski, Lisa Mohr-Wetzel, Julia Dreilich, Natalie Filmann, Charlotte Detemble, Dora Zmuc, Felix Chun, Wojciech Derwich, Waldemar Schreiner, Wolf Bechstein, Johannes Fleckenstein, Andreas A Schnitzbauer

“…Healthy students and patients undergoing major surgery were enrolled. A structured risk assessment was conducted, followed by a 6-minute walking test and a 37-minute supervised interval session. …”
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Atopic Dermatitis Treatments Before and After Initiation of Ruxolitinib Cream: 6-Month Follow-Up Analysis of a US Payer Claims Database by Liu J, Desai K, Teng CC, Sturm D, Stockbower G, Patadia H, Willey V

“…This analysis describes treatment patterns before and after initiation of ruxolitinib cream among patients with AD.Patients and Methods: This retrospective, observational study used medical and pharmacy claims data from the Healthcare Integrated Research Database (HIRD®) and included adults and adolescents (aged ≥ 12 years) with an AD diagnosis, a first claim for ruxolitinib cream (index date) between October 2021 and July 2022, and continuous enrollment in a commercial or managed Medicare plan for 6 months before and after the index date. …”
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Sex differences in the peripheral levels of cytokines during 12-month antipsychotic treatment in a drug-naïve schizophrenia spectrum cohort by I. Ratke, A. Torsvik, C.A. Bartz-Johannessen, F. Fathian, I. Joa, S.M. Klæbo Reitan, E.M. Løberg, M. Rettenbacher, S. Skrede, V.M. Steen, E. Johnsen, R.A. Kroken

“…The groups were analysed collectively. Of the 144 enrolled patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders and ongoing psychosis, 56 were antipsychotic-naïve at baseline (20 women and 36 men) and were included in this study. …”
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A Pragmatic Clinical Trial to Compare the Real-World Effectiveness of V-Go versus Standard Delivery of Insulin in Patients with Advanced Type 2 Diabetes by Mark J. Cziraky, Scott Abbott, Matt Nguyen, Kay Larholt, Elizabeth Apgar, Thomas Wasser, Poul Strange, Leon Shi, H. Courtenay Harrison, Beverly Everitt, Lynn Nowak

“…**Results:** Analysis included 415 patients (169 V-Go, 246 STO) enrolled from 52 US sites. Mean baseline HbA1c (9.6%) was higher in V-Go (9.9%, range 8.0% - 14.2%) than STO (9.3%, range 7.9% - 13.9%, p <.001). …”
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Imbalance of Microbacterial Diversity Is Associated with Functional Prognosis of Stroke by Xintong Zhang, Xiangyu Wang, Hong Zhao, Risheng Cao, Yini Dang, Binbin Yu

“…Twenty stroke patients and twenty healthy controls were enrolled in the current study, and their demographics were matched. …”
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Alcohol abuse in gastroenterological patients by M. V. Mayevskaya, I. G. Bakulin, A. A. Chirkov, Ye. O. Lyusina, V. D. Lun’Kov

“…Overall 345 patients with various gastrointestinal diseases were enrolled in the study. Of all patients 162 (46,9%) were males, 183 (53,1%) were females, mean age was 43,18±13,04 years. …”
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A logistic regression model to predict long-term survival for borderline resectable pancreatic cancer patients with upfront surgery by Jin-Can Huang, Shao-Cheng Lyu, Bing Pan, Han-Xuan Wang, You-Wei Ma, Tao Jiang, Qiang He, Ren Lang

“…Results 104 patients were enrolled in the study, and the median OS was 15.5 months, the 0.5-, 1-, and 2- years OS were 81.7%, 57.7%, and 30.8%, respectively. …”
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Effect of JumpstartMD, a Commercial Low-Calorie Low-Carbohydrate Physician-Supervised Weight Loss Program, on 22,407 Adults by Sean Bourke, John Magaña Morton, Paul Williams

“…Phentermine and phendimetrazine had a minor effect in women only at 1 (6.1% greater weight loss than untreated), 2 (4.1%), and 3 mo (1.2%), but treated patients showed longer enrollment than nontreated during the first 3 (females: +0.4 ± 0.01; males: +0.3 ± 0.04 mo), 6 (females: +1.1 ± 0.04; males: +1.0 ± 0.1 mo), and 12 mo (females: +2.7 ± 0.1; males: +2.4 ± 0.2 mo). …”
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Non-Luminal Disease Score for Everolimus in Patients with&nbsp;Hormone Receptor&#x2011;positive and Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2-Negative Advanced Breast Cancer: A Mult... by Tan Y, Jiang H, Tian X, Ma F, Wang J, Zhang P, Xu B, Fan Y, Zhao W

“…Information of cancer patients was retrospectively collected from three cancer centers in China.Results: Totally, 198 HR+/HER2- ABC patients with complete records in expression rates (%) of ER, PR and Ki67 were enrolled in the study. The expression rates (%) of ER, PR, and Ki67 were 38.8 ± 27.9 versus 80.9 ± 14.2 (p < 0.001), 13.9 ± 14.3 versus 50.2 ± 30.4 (p < 0.001), and 37.8 ± 23.6 versus 28.7 ± 19.9 (p = 0.04), respectively, for NOLUS-positive patients and NOLUS-negative patients. …”
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Nóinui Jitóma y la enseñanza del "Fɨnórae", un canasto múrui-múina para la vida en el bosque by Selnich Vivas Hurtado

“…El estudio del arte verbal múrui-múina es un campo reciente dentro de las investigaciones literarias. Hasta ahora predominan las monografías antropológicas o etnográficas con resultados valiosos como la compilación de relatos y cantos orales, publicados en ediciones bilingües, mɨnɨ́ka-español o mɨnɨ́ka-alemán. …”
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En las entrañas del neoliberalismo: el impacto de AirBnb en la hostelería y el mercado inmobiliario de São Paulo y Río de Janeiro, Brasil by Rita de Cássia Ariza da Cruz, Cristina Pereira de Araujo, Luciano Muniz Abreu

“…Los datos sobre AirBnb se obtuvieron de la plataforma AirDna incluyendo los años completos de 2021, 2022, 2023 y enero de 2024. En cuanto al mercado inmobiliario de ambas ciudades la principal fuente de datos fue SECOVI, entidad privada que representa las empresas de compra, venta, alquiler y gestión inmobiliaria. …”
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The Clinical Value of the Combined Detection of Systemic Immune-Inflammation Index (SII), Systemic Inflammation Response Index (SIRI), and Prognostic Nutritional Index (PNI) in Ear... by Zheng J, Zheng L, Wang X, Mao X, Wang Q, Yang Y, Mo D

“…The study delves into novel hematological inflammatory markers, such as systemic immune-inflammation index (SII), systemic inflammation response index (SIRI), and prognostic nutritional index (PNI), to explore their potential applications in early diagnosis of GC.Methods: From October 2020 and August 2024, 1339 GC patients admitted to our hospital were enrolled in this study. The pre-treatment SII, SIRI, and PNI was calculated from peripheral blood samples. …”
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Clinical and Immunological Characteristics of Elderly Onset Rheumatoid Arthritis by LI Zhengfang, WU Chanyuan, MA Mengsi, LI Tingting, WU Xue, MENG Xinyan, ZHANG Sha, WU Lijun

“…The patients were divided into EORA group and young adult (< 60 years old)onset rheumatoid arthritis (YORA) group, and the clinical features and peripheral blood immunological indexes of the two groups were compared.ResultsA total of 187 RA patients with an average age of (62.1±12.0) years were enrolled, including 89 patients in the EORA group and 98 patients in the YORA group. …”
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Predictive Value of NT-proBNP for Functional Outcome of Ischemic Stroke Without Cardiac Disease: A Prospective, Observational Study by Liu R, Chen G, Zhao N, Yue W

“…Ran Liu,1 Guojuan Chen,2 Na Zhao,1 Wei Yue1 1Department of Neurology, Clinical College of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Neurorehabilitation, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin Huanhu Hospital, Tianjin, 300350, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Neurology, Tangshan Gongren Hospital, Tangshan, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Wei Yue, Department of Neurology, Clinical College of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Neurorehabilitation, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin Huanhu Hospital, No. 6 Jizhao Road, Shuanggang Town, Jinnan District, Tianjin, 300350, People’s Republic of China, Email hhyuewei2021@163.comPurpose: Our study aimed to evaluate the prognostic value of NT-proBNP in predicting adverse outcomes among patients with anterior circulation infarction (ACI) and posterior circulation infarction (PCI), specifically in those without pre-existing cardiac comorbidities.Patients and Methods: This single-center, prospective observational study enrolled patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS) within 7 days of symptom onset. …”
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Abnormal Expression of Peripheral Blood Leukocyte Surface Markers in Retinopathy of Prematurity Patients by Guo R, Cheng F, Meng XJ, Fan JM, Lu YL, Ma XH, Qiao X, Li JH

“…Rui Guo,1 Fang Cheng,1 Xiang-Jie Meng,2,3 Jun-Mei Fan,4 Ya-Ling Lu,5 Xiao-Hui Ma,6 Xin Qiao,6 Jun-Hong Li7 1Department of Ophthalmology, Children’s Hospital of Shanxi and Women Health Center of Shanxi, Affiliated to Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, 030000, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Pediatric Stomatology, Shanxi Medical University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Taiyuan, 030001, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Shanxi Province Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases Prevention and New Materials, Shanxi Medical University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Taiyuan, 030001, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Reproductive Medicine Center, Children’s Hospital of Shanxi and Women Health Center of Shanxi, Affiliated to Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, 030000, People’s Republic of China; 5School of Basic Medicine, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, 030001, People’s Republic of China; 6Department of Shanxi Province Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Shanxi Eye Hospital Affiliated to Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, 030002, People’s Republic of China; 7Department of Strabismus and Pediatric Ophthalmology, Shanxi Eye Hospital, Affiliated to Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, 030002, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Jun-Hong Li, Department of Strabismus and Pediatric Ophthalmology, Shanxi Eye Hospital Affiliated to Shanxi Medical University, No. 100 Fudong Street, Taiyuan, 030002, People’s Republic of China, Tel +8613834131099, Email junhongliljh@126.comObjective: Our study compares immune cell profiles in preterm infants with and without severe ROP, identifying risk factors for its development to explore both immunological aspects and determinants of ROP in preterm infants.Methods: Infants born between January 2023 to December 2023 at the Children’s Hospital of Shanxi were enrolled in this study according to the inclusion criteria. …”
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