First aid intervention in the adult population: the Yorkshire Health Study and its implications for first aid education

“…Two questions were asked about their first aid behavior: whether participants had administered first aid and if yes, their relationship to the first aid recipient. …”
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The fibrosis-4 index and its association with carotid atherosclerosis in type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional study in China by Ying Miao, Yu Wang, Qin Wan, Nanwei Tong

“…Additionally, it seeks to determine whether this relationship is influenced by factors including gender, age, body mass index (BMI), hypertension, and other variables. …”
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Exploring the effect of cold stress on the semen quality parameters of buffalo bulls by Karpenahalli Ranganatha Sriranga, Pawan Singh, Ravinder Singh, Tejeshwari Satpute, Prince Vivek, Tushar Kumar Mohanty, Pradeep Kumar, Ranjit Singh Kataria, Megha Pande, Manishi Mukesh

“…Serum hormones such as Triiodothyronine (5.23±0.16 vs. 4.41±0.14 ng/mL, p=0.000), testosterone (0.99±0.12 vs. 1.68±0.17 ng/mL, p=0.002), cortisol (3.66±0.43 vs 2.29±0.12 ng/mL, p=0.004), and LDH (1078.54±12.32 vs 988.23±13.54 U/L, p=0.000) were affected by the cold weather. In addition, GSH and MDA concentrations in both seminal plasma and serum were affected by cold stress. …”
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Soybean oil, a linoleic acid source, in lamb diets: metabolic, feeding behavior, and ruminal parameters by V. G. O. Lima, L. O. da Silva, J. E. de Freitas Jr., H. D. R. Alba, V. M. Leite, W. P. Silva, D. D. S. Pina, L. C. Leite, C. S. Rodrigues, S. A. Santos, G. G. P. de Carvalho

“…There was a linear reduction in DM (<span class="inline-formula"><i>P</i></span> <span class="inline-formula">=</span> 0.019) and crude protein (<span class="inline-formula"><i>P</i></span> <span class="inline-formula">=</span> 0.007) intake as well as a linear decrease in non-fibrous carbohydrate intake (<span class="inline-formula"><i>P</i></span> <span class="inline-formula">&lt;</span> 0.001) and digestibility (<span class="inline-formula"><i>P</i></span> <span class="inline-formula">=</span> 0.039) due to increased SO inclusion levels. The intake of ether extract increased linearly (<span class="inline-formula"><i>P</i></span> <span class="inline-formula">&lt;</span> 0.001), while its digestibility showed a quadratic relationship (<span class="inline-formula"><i>P</i></span> <span class="inline-formula">&lt;</span> 0.001) with the inclusion of SO in the diet. …”
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Anti-Inflammatory Potential and Synergic Activities of <i>Eclipta prostrata</i> (L.) L. Leaf-Derived Ointment Formulation in Combination with the Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Dr... by Muhammad M. Poyil, Mohammed H. Karrar Alsharif, Mahmoud H. El-Bidawy, Salman Bin Dayel, Mohammed Sarosh Khan, Zainab Mohammed M. Omar, Alaaeldin Ahmed Mohamed, Reda M. Fayyad, Tarig Gasim Mohamed Alarabi, Hesham A. Khairy, Nasraddin Othman Bahakim, Mohamed A. Samhan, Abd El-Lateef Saeed Abd El-Lateef

“…-farnesene, propanoic acid, 2-methyl-, 2-ethyl-1-propyl-1,3-propanediyl ester, diethyl phthalate, corticosterone, 2-methylpropionate, hentriacontan-13-ol, O-TMS, phthalic acid, 2,4-dimethylpent-3-yl dodecyl ester, hexasiloxane, 1,1,3,3,5,5,7,7,9,9,11,11-dodecamethyl-, acetic acid, 4-t-butyl-4-hydroxy-1,5-dimethyl-hex-2-ynyl ester, octadecane, 2-methyl- octacosane, 1-iodo-, nonacosane, and eicosyl isopropyl ether. Using an egg albumin denaturation inhibition assay, the anti-inflammatory activities of <i>E. prostrata</i> alone and in combination with diclofenac were investigated, and they showed 93% and 99% denaturation inhibition at 5 mg concentration of <i>E. prostrata</i> in alone and combination with diclofenac, respectively. …”
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Study on the status of liver function abnormalities and its related factors in patients with severe mental disorders in Shanghai community by ZHANG Yixuan, CHEN Chunmei, ZHU Youwei, ZHU Yi, HE Siyuan, LIU Yanli, WANG Na, CAI Jun, XIE Bin, ZHANG Weibo

“…Abnormalities in liver function were determined by abnormalities in either ALT or TBil. Binary logistic regression analysis was used for multivariate analysis of the status of abnormal liver function, and the effects of mental disorder types and medication status on liver function were analyzed, simultaneously.ResultsA total of 7 251 patients with SMD were finally included into this study, and the rate of liver function abnormality was 22.7%, of which 694 cases (9.6%) had ALT abnormality and 1 084 cases (14.9%) had TBil abnormality. …”
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Reducing dietary crude protein levels while meeting metabolizable protein requirements: Performance of dairy cows over a full lactation period by A. Lavery, A. Craig, A.W. Gordon, A. White, N. Barkley, C.P. Ferris

“…ABSTRACT: A total of 90 Holstein dairy cows (24 primiparous, 66 multiparous, mean parity = 3.0) were fed diets containing either 150, 160, or 170 g CP/kg DM from 8 to 180 DIM, with all diets designed to supply at least 100% MP requirements. …”
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Un service de table en bronze et argent soigneusement rangé dans une cave à Reims/Durocortorum by Michaël Brunet, Fabienne Médard, Magalie Cavé, Stéphane Sindonino

“…With the exception of the four solid silver spoons, the rest are bronze dishes, either completely or partially coated with silver leaf, sometimes only the upper portion of the vessel. …”
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Facing migration under adverse conditions: challenges and resilience in the Colombo-Venezuelan border area by Gloria Omaira Bautista, Axel Kroeger, Nelly Rosero Castillo, Eduardo Gabriel Osorio Sanchez, Dianne Sofía Gonzales Escobar, Rafael Olarte, Sonia Diaz Monsalve

“…Following their arrival, irregular migrants had to go through a regulation (legalization) process in Colombia, with 48.1% having either initiated or completed this process. The target migrants have been living in Colombia for an average of 4.3 years, mostly in poor shelters, just as their Colombian neighbours (64.8% and 53% respectively). …”
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Sistem Rekomendasi Dua Arah untuk Pemilihan Dosen Pembimbing Menggunakan Data Histori dan Skyline View Queries by Global Ilham Sampurno, Annisa Annisa, Sony Hartono Wijaya

“…Existing recommendation systems usually consider preferences from one party, either supervisor’s or student’s preferences. This research develop a two-way recommendation system, considering both supervisor’s and student’s preferences using skyline view queries. …”
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Klasifikasi Kelas Kata (Part-Of-Speech Tagging) untuk Bahasa Madura Menggunakan Algoritme Viterbi by Ilham Firmansyah, Putra Pandu Adikara, Sigit Adinugroho

“…Abstract Natural language is a form of language used by human, either in writing or speaking form. There is a specific field in computer science that processes natural language, which is called Natural Language Processing. …”
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Mutant Prevention Concentrations of Doripenem and Meropenem Alone and in Combination with Colistin (Polymyxin E), Levofloxacin and Tobramycin in Pseudomonas aeruginosa by George G Zhanel, Vibhu Vishisht, Ed Tam, Daryl J Hoban, James A Karlowsky

“…METHODS: Twelve clinical isolates of P aeruginosa were plated on Mueller-Hinton agar containing 1×, 2×, 4×, 8×, 16× and 32× the doripenem, imipenem or meropenem minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC), and also on agar containing doripenem or meropenem in combination with either tobramycin (6 μg/mL), colistin (2 μg/mL or 8 μg/mL), levofloxacin (8 μg/mL) or azithromycin (0.4 μg/mL). …”
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Effects of Intrathecal Bupivacaine with Adjuvants Midazolam versus Magnesium Sulphate in Tibia Fibula Surgeries: A Randomised Clinical Study by Tejash H Sharma, Jagrati Jain, Aanal Sha, Dushyant Chavda, Dinesh K Chauhan

“…Study included 64 patients of either gender, classified as American Society of Anaesthesiologists (ASA) grade I/II, undergoing tibia-fibula surgeries. …”
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The Genealogy of Šemetas' in 15th-16th century by Saulė Viskantaitė-Saviščevienė

“…The Šemetas' family was closely related either by blood or marriage to noble kin like Kantautas, Chodkevičiai, Zavišos, Iljiničiai, and others.   …”
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UltraTimTrack: a Kalman-filter-based algorithm to track muscle fascicles in ultrasound image sequences by Tim J. van der Zee, Paolo Tecchio, Daniel Hahn, Brent J. Raiteri

“…Existing fascicle tracking algorithms either require time-consuming drift corrections or yield noisy estimates that require post-processing. …”
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Real-World Evidence of Clinical Outcomes of the Use of the Adalimumab Biosimilar SB5 in Rheumatic and Gastrointestinal Immune-Mediated Inflammatory Diseases: 12-Month Data from the... by Bruno Fautrel, Yoram Bouhnik, Carine Salliot, Franck Carbonnel, Mathurin Fumery, Christophe Bernardeau, Yves Maugars, Mathurin Flamant, Fabienne Coury, Ben Braithwaite, Salima Hateb, Janet Addison, the PERFUSE investigators

“…Methods PERFUSE is a 12-month, observational, multi-centre cohort study of patients with rheumatic or gastrointestinal immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs) who initiated routine SB5 treatment between October 2018 and October 2020, either as their first ADL (naïve) or transitioning from another ADL (switched). …”
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Assessment of Bowel Preparation Using Low-Volume Sulphate-Based Preparations in Comparison with Macrogols: A Multicenter, Randomized, Comparative Clinical Study of the 3rd Phase by Evgeny D. Fedorov, Viktor V. Veselov, Sergey V. Kashin, Ekaterina V. Tikhomirova, Alexey V. Veselov, Dmitry V. Zavyalov, Anne Kornowski, Tatyana Gorskaya, Magali Volteau, Thierry Ponchon

“…Men and women over the age of 18 scheduled to undergo routine diagnostic colonoscopy were randomly assigned either to the OSS group or to the Macrogol group with a fractional use mode before the colonoscopy. …”
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Effect of Body-Weight-Based Resistance Training on Balance Ability and Fear of Falling in Community-Dwelling Older Japanese Women by Zhenyue Liu, Shuji Sawada, Pengyu Deng, Hisashi Naito, Shuichi Machida

“…Methods: Twenty-three older women were assigned to either an intervention group that performed the low-load resistance training with slow movement using the body weight (LRT group; <i>n</i> = 12) or a control group (CON group; <i>n</i> = 11). …”
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Effectiveness of a personalised self-management intervention for people living with long covid (Listen trial): pragmatic, multicentre, parallel group, randomised controlled trial by Fiona Jones, Nick Sevdalis, Adrian Edwards, Bernadette Sewell, Monica Busse, Philip Pallmann, Rachel Lowe, Shaun Harris, Aloysius Niroshan Siriwardena, Jessica Fish, Claire Potter, Muhammad Riaz, Fiona J Leggat, Andrea Jane Longman, Jackie McRae

“…Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of Listen, a self-management support intervention, for people living with long covid who were not in hospital.Design Pragmatic, multicentre, parallel group, randomised controlled trial.Setting Twenty four sites in England and Wales.Participants Identified from long covid clinic waiting lists, word of mouth, and adverts/social media self-referred to the trial, 554 adults with long covid were randomised to receive either the Listen trial intervention or NHS usual care.Interventions The Listen intervention involved up to six one-to-one personalised sessions with trained healthcare practitioners and an accompanying handbook co-designed by people with lived experience and health professionals. …”
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The Contribution of the Hotel Industry on Youth Empowerment in Mbarara City: A Case Study of Hotel Triangle Mbarara City. by Owomuhangi, Emmanuel

“…Low pay restricts opportunities for personal and professional growth within the hotel industry, 68% in agreement, and just 26% disagree with either 6%. Also, from the study findings, it was evident that other industries that offer more attractive pay and benefits attract more of the youth than the hotel industry with 75% in agreement. …”
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