Effects of smartphone-based chatbot intervention to increase influenza and COVID-19 vaccine uptake among South Asian ethnic minorities in Hong Kong: protocol for a randomised waitl... by Kai Chow Choi, Cho Lee Wong, Carmen Wing Han Chan, Winnie Kwok Wei So, Huiyuan Li

“…Introduction Protecting non-native ethnic minority groups against cocirculation of influenza and COVID-19 is crucial, and vaccination could be a viable option. …”
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Seasonal Variation in Nutritional Substances in Varieties of Leafy Chinese Kale (<i>Brassica oleracea</i> var. <i>alboglabra</i>): A Pilot Trial by Yating Wang, Huiying Miao, Fen Zhang, Bo Sun, Qiaomei Wang

“…<i>alboglabra</i>), a native Chinese vegetable, is usually grown for its bolting stems as the common edible part. …”
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Medial Congruent and Medial Pivot Inserts in Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Scoping Review by Francesco Romano, Roberto Rossi, Umberto Cottino, Matteo Bruzzone, Francesco Pirato, Federica Rosso

“…The overall reoperation-free survivorship rate was 98.4% (6047 out of 6143 knees) at a weighted average follow-up of 6.3 years (range 1.5–15.2 years, SD 0.7). Both MP and MC inserts demonstrated good outcomes, with no differences between groups. …”
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Disparities of Mortality Trends Due to Cerebrovascular Diseases and Cerebrovascular Infarction in the United States by Sishir Doddi, Nicholas D. Henkel, Oscar Salichs, Richard Burgess, Taryn Hibshman, Jonathan Wright, Isa Malik, Sami Al Kasab, Mouhammad A. Jumaa

“…Similarly in 2020, cerebral infarction for the Black population had an age‐adjusted mortality rate of 256.3 compared with the White population's 170.4. When assessing overall trends by race and ethnic group: American Indian/Alaska Native had average APC −2.5%, Asian Pacific Americans had 2.4%, White population had −1.9%, and the Black population had −1.8%. …”
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ChondroFiller Application for Osteochondral Lesions of the Talus: Case Series and Surgical Technique by Rayeesa F Syed, Srinivas Thati, Rajesh Rachha

“…The mean follow-up for the knees was 6 months (range 3–17 months), and the average follow-up for the ankles was 7 months (4–11 months). …”
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A Comparative Study of Urinary Complication Rates before and after the Incorporation of a Urethral Lengthening Technique during Masculinizing Genital Gender Affirmation Surgery by Richie Gupta, Rajat Gupta, Anurag Puri

“…Phalloplasty and urethral lengthening remain the most challenging of these surgeries, as the female urethra (4 cm long) must be lengthened to male dimensions (15–29 cm) with anastomosis at two sites, the native urethra/pars fixa urethra and the pars fixa urethra-penile urethra. …”
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Genome-Wide Identification and Heat Stress-Induced Expression Profiling of the <i>Hsp70</i> Gene Family in <i>Phoebe bournei</i> by Yiming Lin, Yan Jiang, Zhuoqun Li, Yuewang Niu, Chenyu Gong, Xin He, Shipin Chen, Shijiang Cao

“…<i>Phoebe bournei</i>, a rare tree species native to China, holds considerable economic importance. …”
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Biomass yield, nutritional composition, preservation techniques of Moringa oleifera, and the effect of M. oleifera silage on the milk production and quality of local Red Chittagong... by Md Tarequl Islam, Nasrin Sultana, Muhammad Khairul Bashar, Manik Miah, Md. Shamim Hasan

“…Moringa silage increased PUFA, linoleic acid (C18:2), linolenic acid (C18:3), arachidonic acid (C20:0), and eicosapentaenoic acid (C20:1) and decreased SFA and MUFA in milk. …”
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Turkish Language Teacher Candidates' Multimodal Literacy Levels and Their Attitudes Towards Information and Communication Technologies by Gökhan Arı, Mustafa Serdar Yaşar

“…It was also concluded that the multimodal literacy level demonstrated a significant difference in favor of the female students by gender, and between 2nd, 3rd and 4th year students in favor of 4th year students by the grade variable. …”
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A Contemporary Strategy for the Surgical Treatment of Destructive Forms of Infective Endocarditis by A. P. Medvedev, V. E. Babokin, Yu. A. Sobolev, V. V. Pichugin, V. A. Chiginev, E. N. Zemskova, N. A. Trofimov, N. L. Blagodatkina

“…Overall hospital mortality was 4.3 % (47 patients). In patients with IE complicated by a congenital heart defect (CHD), mortality was 14.7 %; with endocarditis of mechanical heart valves — 13.2 %; in drug-dependent patients — 4.5 %; with infectious destruction of native heart valves — 2.8 %; in patients with a background of electrodeinduced endocarditis, no deaths during hospitalisation were observed.Conclusions. …”
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MEGA PROTAC, MEGA DOCK-based PROTAC mediated ternary complex formation pipeline with sequential filtering and rank aggregation by Sadettin Y. Ugurlu, David McDonald, Ramazan Enisoglu, Zexuan Zhu, Shan He

“…Abstract Proteolysis-targeting chimaeras (PROTACs), which induce proteolysis by recruiting an E3 ligase to dock into a target protein, are acquiring popularity as a novel pharmacological modality because of the unique features of PROTAC, including high potency, low dosage, and effective on undruggable targets. …”
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A maChine and deep Learning Approach to predict pulmoNary hyperteNsIon in newbornS with congenital diaphragmatic Hernia (CLANNISH): Protocol for a retrospective study. by Ilaria Amodeo, Giorgio De Nunzio, Genny Raffaeli, Irene Borzani, Alice Griggio, Luana Conte, Francesco Macchini, Valentina Condò, Nicola Persico, Isabella Fabietti, Stefano Ghirardello, Maria Pierro, Benedetta Tafuri, Giuseppe Como, Donato Cascio, Mariarosa Colnaghi, Fabio Mosca, Giacomo Cavallaro

“…A software system for automatic fetal lung volume segmentation in MRI based on the DL 3D U-NET approach will also be developed.<h4>Ethics and dissemination</h4>This retrospective study received approval from the local ethics committee (Milan Area 2, Italy). …”
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Childhood socioeconomic background and elevated mortality among the young adult second generation in Sweden: a population-based cohort study by Lisa Harber-Aschan, Matthew Wallace, Ben Wilson, Eleonora Mussino, Siddartha Aradhya

“…Introduction The native-born children of migrants represent one of the fastest-growing and most diverse young populations in the world today. …”
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Nanotopographical Features of Polymeric Nanocomposite Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine: A Review by Kannan Badri Narayanan

“…For effective tissue regeneration, it is imperative that scaffolds closely mimic the native extracellular matrix (ECM), providing a mechanical framework and topographical cues that replicate matrix elasticity and nanoscale surface features. …”
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Mortality trends and disparities for coexisting chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and cardiovascular disease: A retrospective analysis of deaths in the United States from 1999-... by Aman Goyal, Humza Saeed, Wania Sultan, Ajeet Singh, Abdullah, Muhammad Khubaib Arshad, Zubair Amin, Mah I Kan Changez, Gauranga Mahalwar, Rozi Khan, Wael AlJaroudi

“…Ethnoracial analysis showed that non-Hispanic (NH) White individuals had the highest AAMRs (82.0), followed by NH American Indian or Alaska Native (74.5), NH Black (63.6), Hispanic (38.1), and NH Asian or Pacific Islander (25.1) individuals. …”
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PROBLEMS AND NECESSITIES OF INFORMING OF POPULATION OF TERRITORIES, MUDDY RADIO-ACTIVE MATTERS by I. V. Kochin, O. M. Akulova, P. I. Sidorenko, V. M. Vasilenko, O. O. Gajvolya

“…System of informing the population from influenced regions, and also special educational program and adequate forms and methods of ecological education of schoolboys requires native alteration. 3. Centers of development, created on the financial base of local social infrastructure can become associations for a grant of necessary concrete and systematic information about ecological and radiological situation…”
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Correction of syndesmotic malreduction following fixation flexibilization by Nacime Salomao Barbachan Mansur, Donald Hume, John Kwon, Kepler Alencar Mendes de Carvalho, Kevin Dibbern, Cesar de Cesar Netto

“…Cadaveric specimens were loaded in a frame under four conditions: native (control), syndesmotic instability (injured), malreduced with engaged syndesmotic device (malreduced), and post-disengagement (disengaged). …”
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THE APPLICATION OF PLACENTA CRYOEXTRACT IN COMPLEX TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH PHLEGMONS OF MAXILLOFACIAL LOCALIZATION by V.O. Lichman, K.P. Lokes, D.S. Avetikov, M.G. Skikevich, V.V. Bondarenko, R.A. Prykhidko

“…That is why carrying out a detailed analysis of native and foreign literature, we have concluded that it is necessary to continue study and scientifically substantiate the issue of optimizing conservative treatment of patients with odontogenic phlegmons with the use of biologically active substances. …”
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A cohort study of body mass index changes among U.S. Air Force personnel during the COVID-19 pandemic by Joe Merfeld, Amanda Banaag, Miranda Lynn Janvrin, Tracey Pérez Koehlmoos

“…USAF aircrew members progressed to having a BMI of obese at lower rates over the same periods increasing by 7.8%, 21.3%, and 30.7%, respectively. The most prominent changes were observed among females, personnel between the ages 20 and 24, of American Indian or Alaska Native race, and in junior enlisted ranks. …”
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Comparison of sustainable development research on the Yangtze River and Yellow River Basin by SUN WEI, LIU Hongyu, YANG Zihan

“…The Yangtze River Economic Belt focused on improving the efficiency of resource utilization and promoting high-quality and green economic development, while the Yellow River Basin focused on the protection of the native ecology, taking into account the carrying capacity of resources and environment and the value of ecosystem services. (3) Under the framework of SDGs, research on the sustainable development of the two major river basins shared common topics, but their emphases were different. …”
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