Assessment of factors predicting the nutritional status of geriatric people in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia by Samar Lafi Aljohani

“…Overall, 17.3% of the participants were malnourished, whereas 41.4% were at risk of malnutrition. Results of multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that compared to married participants, widowed participants were at higher significant risk for malnutrition [adjusted odds ratio (aOR): 2.59, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.01–6.85, P = 0.049]. …”
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Relación entre la precipitación e índices de vegetación durante el comienzo del ciclo anual de lluvias en la provincia de córdoba, Argentina by A. De La Casa, G. Ovando

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The effect of mild-stage Alzheimer’s disease on the acoustic parameters of voice by Emel Arslan-Sarımehmetoğlu, Elife Barmak

“…The Voice Handicap Index-10 (VHI-10) and Voice-Related Quality of Life Scale (V-RQOL) were employed for the subjective assessments. …”
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Differences in Physical and Psychological Parameters in Sub-Elite, Male, Youth Soccer Players with Jumper's Knee Following Physical Therapy Compared to Healthy Controls: A Longitud... by Marc Niering, Thomas Muehlbauer

“… # Results Over the season, the jumper's knee group (JK; 15.1 ± 0.8 yr) demonstrated significantly worse physical performance in CODS (to the left side: 1.37≤ Cohen's *d* ≤ 1.51 \[T1-T4\]; *p* \< 0.001 / to the right side: 1.24 ≤ *d* ≤ 1.53 \[T1-T4\]; *p* \< 0.001) and speed (0.48 ≤ *d* ≤ 1.26 \[T1-T4\]; *p* \< 0.007) compared to healthy controls (HC; 15.0 ± 1.0 yr). …”
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Analysis of a mouse germ cell tumor model establishes pluripotency-associated miRNAs as conserved serum biomarkers for germ cell cancer detection by Amanda R. Loehr, Dennis M. Timmerman, Michelle Liu, Ad J. M. Gillis, Melia Matthews, Jordana C. Bloom, Peter K. Nicholls, David C. Page, Andrew D. Miller, Leendert H. J. Looijenga, Robert S. Weiss

“…Here, we report that miRNAs in the mouse miR-290-295 cluster, homologs of the human miR-371-373 cluster, were detectable in serum from mice with malignant TGCTs but not from tumor-free control mice or mice with benign teratomas. miR-291-293 were expressed and secreted specifically by pluripotent EC cells, and expression was lost following differentiation induced by the drug thioridazine. …”
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Comparison of the Effects of Static-Stretching and Tubing Exercises on Acute Shoulder Range of Motion in Collegiate Baseball Players by Andrew M Busch, Jackson Browstein, Richard Ulm

“…ER improved on average 8.60 ± 0.67° (p < .001) post intervention, 8.25 ± 0.85° (p < .001) 30-min post intervention, and 6.65 ± 0.91° (p < .001) 60-min post intervention. …”
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Fatores associados às mudanças percebidas na atividade física e comportamento sedentário na comunidade universitária brasileira durante a pandemia da covid-19 by Marcos Cezar Pitombo da Silva Junior, Enaiane Cristina Menezes, Sand Araújo Tenório, Sueyla Ferreira da Silva dos Santos, Thiago Ferreira de Sousa, Luiz Rodrigo Augustemak de Lima

“…Apresentaram mais chances de maior CS as mulheres que estavam em distanciamento (OR = 1,71; IC 95%: 1,25 - 2,34), por dois meses ou mais (OR = 1,43; IC 95%: 1,10 - 1,85), ou cômodo per capita de 1,20 (OR = 1,51; IC 95%: 1,13 - 2,01), e homens em distanciamento (OR = 1,61; IC 95%: 1,10 - 2,34), por dois meses ou mais (OR = 1,42; IC 95%: 1,02 - 1,96) e que residiam na região Nordeste (OR = 2,34; IC 95%: 1,20 - 4,57) e Sudeste (OR = 2,96; IC 95%: 1,47 - 5,96). …”
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First-line chemotherapy with selective internal radiation therapy for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: The French ACABi GERCOR PRONOBIL cohort by Nicolas Adamus, Julien Edeline, Julie Henriques, Nadim Fares, Thierry Lecomte, Anthony Turpin, Dewi Vernerey, Mathilde Vincens, Brice Chanez, David Tougeron, Christophe Tournigand, Eric Assenat, Matthieu Delaye, Sylvain Manfredi, Olivier Bouché, Nicolas Williet, Angelique Vienot, Lorraine Blaise, Léo Mas, Cindy Neuzillet, Alice Boilève, Gaël S. Roth

“…Chemo-SIRT was associated with longer PFS (median = 10.8 vs. 5.5 months, hazard ratio [HR] 0.54, 95% CI 0.41-0.71, p <0.0001), a trend for longer OS (median = 22.5 vs. 15.1 months, HR 0.76, 95% CI 0.57-1.01), higher ORR (58.3% vs. 28.5%, odds ratio [OR] 3.51, 95% CI 2.03-6.09, p <0.0001), and resection rate (18.7% vs. 8.8%, p = 0.0279) compared to chemo-alone. …”
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Evaluation of the impact of the ecological environment damage compensation system on enterprise pollutant emissions by Zhaoyang Li, Yisong Li

“…The heterogeneity analysis reveals stronger effects in heavily polluting industries (3.30%, p &lt; 0.01) compared to non-heavily polluting industries (1.25%, p &lt; 0.1), in state-owned enterprises (2.06%, p &lt; 0.01) versus non-state-owned enterprises (1.71%, p &lt; 0.1), and in developed regions (2.50%, p &lt; 0.01) compared to underdeveloped areas (1.00%, not significant). …”
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L-shaped association of body mass index with prognosis in individuals with sepsis: a multicenter cohort study by Kunping Cui, Xiangnan Teng, Wei liu, Xiaoxiao Zhao, Shanling Xu, Lang Bai

“…Sepsis patients with higher BMI values exhibited decreased ICU all-cause mortality rates (MIMIC-IV cohort: HR: 0.81, 95% CI 0.75–0.88, p < 0.001; eICU-CRD cohort: HR: 0.75, 95% CI 0.71–0.80, p < 0.001). …”
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Airborne Levels of Lung Carcinogens at an Ascon Manufacturing Site by Kyeongmin Lee, Sungwon Choi, Miyeon Kim, Dongwoo Song, Ki-Youn Kim

“…The airborne concentrations of the total dust, respirable dust, and quartz measured at Hopper 1 and Hopper 6 were 8.540, 1.536, and 0.125 mg m−3, and 10.092, 3.989, and 0.331 mg m−3, respectively. …”
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Feasibility of remote robot empowered teleultrasound scanning for radioactive patients by Ying Liang, Lu Wang, Manuel Escobar Amoresa, Zirui Jiang, Bo Yu, Jiami Li, Man Lu

“…Although 7 patients felt slightly painful during teleultrasound scan, the pain intensity was acceptable (0.31vs0, P = 0.02). The mean duration of teleultrasound examinations was 11.1 min (6–24 min), which was longer than 5.9 min (2–17 min) of conventional examinations (P < 0.001). …”
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体智锻炼在全麻史与轻度认知功能障碍关联中的作用 by 胡晨璐, 许浪, 李弈晴, 黄招兰, 张秋茹

“…结果本研究共纳入5 069名65岁及以上老年人，其中农村1 377人（27.1%），女性2 584名（51%），有全麻者1 427人（28.1%），249人（17.4%）患有MCI；在控制了混杂因素后，相较于无全麻史的老年人，做过全麻手术的老年人患MCI风险增加39.6%［OR=1.396，95%CI （1.169，1.668），<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.001］，提示全麻可能是MCI的影响因素。…”
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