Food Access in New York City During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Social Media Monitoring Study by Leah Butz, Charles Platkin, Jonathan Chin, Juan Pablo Chavez Salas, Ellie Serres, May May Leung

“…ObjectiveThis study aims to explore the food access discourse during the COVID-19 pandemic on Twitter (subsequently rebranded as X) in New York City by analyzing publicly available tweets posted from March 1, 2020, to March 31, 2021. MethodsTweets posted by individuals in New York City during the first 13 months of the COVID-19 pandemic were collected using the observation platform Talkwalker. …”
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The effects of message framing on US police chiefs’ support for interventions for opioid use disorder: a randomized survey experiment by Brandon del Pozo, Saba Rouhani, Amelia Bailey, M. H. Clark, Kaitlin F. Martins, Fatema Z. Ahmed, Danielle Atkins, Barbara Andraka-Christou

“…Methods A two-armed survey utilizing a randomized, between-subjects design tested framing-based variance in support among US chiefs of police for overdose prevention centers, syringe service programs (SSPs), Good Samaritan laws, police naloxone distribution, trustworthiness of officers in recovery from OUD, and related propositions. …”
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Perioperative Healthcare Utilization of Patients Undergoing Brostrom Repair: A Truven Marketscan Retrospective Study by Michelle M. Coleman MD, PhD, Jenny Nguyen BSc, Megan Lameka MD, Sameh A. Labib MD

“…This study could help demonstrate the economic burden placed on patients and the healthcare system with unnecessary prolonged nonoperative management of operative foot and ankle pathologies. Methods: MarketScan was queried for patients undergoing Brostrom Repair in both the inpatient and outpatient setting between January 2009 through December 2022 along with their corresponding nonsurgical encounters. …”
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Mendelian Randomization Reveals Potential Causal Relationships Between DNA Damage Repair-Related Genes and Inflammatory Bowel Disease by Zhihao Qi, Quan Li, Shuhua Yang, Chun Fu, Burong Hu

“…Herein, we employed a multi-omics summary data-based Mendelian randomization (SMR) approach to ascertain the potential causal effects of DDR-related genes in IBD. <b>Methods:</b> Summary statistics from expression quantitative trait loci (eQTL), DNA methylation QTL (mQTL), and protein QTL (pQTL) on European descent were included. …”
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Editorial by Wen-Hung Liao

“…The study employs observational methods and semi-structured in-depth interviews to analyze user behavior. …”
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A feasibility study on the use of cranial nerve non-invasive neuromodulation to improve affected arm function in people in the chronic stage of a stroke by Maureen Ahiatsi, Guillaume Léonard, Eléonor Riesco, Marie-Claude Girard, Marie-Hélène Milot

“…The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility and explore the effects on motor function of an arm strengthening program combined with CN-NINM in chronic stroke survivors (> 6 months). Methods Twelve (12) participants (69 ± 11 years) took part in this feasibility study. …”
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Birds of a feather? Mis- and dis-information on the social media platform X related to avian influenza by Lauren N. Cooper, Marlon I. Diaz, John J. Hanna, Zachary M. Most, Christoph U. Lehmann, Richard J. Medford

“…Influenced by the recent announcement of a possible human death from H5N2 avian influenza, we analyzed tweets collected from X (formerly Twitter) to describe the messaging regarding the HPAI outbreak, including mis- and dis-information, concerns, and health education. Methods: We collected tweets involving keywords relating to HPAI for 5 days (June 04 to June 08, 2024). …”
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Delisting the Grizzly bear from the Endangered Species Act: shifting politics and political discourse in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem by Sofia Mollett, Iree Wheeler, Brandon Asay, Joseph Holbrook, Joseph Holbrook, Tommy Furland, Hannah Manire, Andrea Miranda Paez, Steelle S. Scearce, Tarissa Spoonhunter, Tarissa Spoonhunter, Temple Stoellinger, Janna R. Willoughby, Kelly H. Dunning

“…We explore the complex process of species delisting, with research questions focusing on the political actors involved in grizzly bear delisting and their perspectives on the process.Materials and methodsTo address these questions, we analyzed 752 policy documents, news articles, and court rulings, extracting 2,832 quotes from key political stakeholders. …”
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Restraint reduction in general hospital care by preventive patient involvement: a pilot study by Silvia Thomann, Isabelle Barbezat, Karin Thomas, Sandra Siegrist-Dreier, Chantal Britt, Sabine Molls, Sabine Hahn, Dirk Richter, Kai-Uwe Schmitt

“…Since such an approach has never been investigated in a general hospital setting, we investigated whether and how patient involvement regarding restraint reduction is feasible in such a setting. Methods A pilot study following a participatory action research design was conducted. …”
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Gender representation in leadership & research: a 13-year review of the Annual Canadian Society of Otolaryngology Meetings by Grace Yi, Jennifer Payandeh, Dorsa Mavedatnia, Penelope Neocleous, Jacob Davidson, Jennifer Siu, Molly Zirkle, Julie E. Strychowsky, M. Elise Graham, Yvonne Chan

“…Our aim was to determine the state of gender diversity amongst presenters and speakers at the annual Canadian Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (CSO) meetings. Methods Scientific programs for the CSO annual meetings from 2008 to 2020 were obtained from the national society website. …”
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FORMATION OF INFORMATION CULTURE IN STUDENTS OF ENGINEERING AND PEDAGOGICAL AREAS OF EXPERTISE DURING THEIR VOCATIONAL TRAINING by Sliusarenko Mykola, Filatov Sergiy

“…The study examines the problem of the content and structure of the students’ information culture in engineering and pedagogical areas of expertise, as well as directions, methods and technologies of its formation during their professional training. …”
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ASSESSMENT OF CITIZENS'AWARENESS REGARDING ORAL HYGIENE AND PREVENTION OF DENTAL DISEASES by L.F. Kaskova, O.S. Pavlenkova, M.O. Sadovski, L.I. Amosova

“…Therefore, the aim of the study was to study the preventive knowledge of ordinary passers-by of young and middle age and their awareness of additional subjects and hygiene products. Object and methods of research. To achieve this goal, 100 passers-by in the center of Poltava were interviewed. …”
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Is endoscopic decompression for Morton's neuroma a safe technique? by L. López-Capdevila, M. Ballester, G. Lucar, T. Mota-Gomes, M. Fa-Binefa, S. López-Hervás

“…This study aimed to anatomically assess the risks associated with the endoscopic dorsal surgical decompression of Morton's neuroma. Materials and methods: Twenty feet from ten fresh-frozen cadaveric specimens underwent a dorsal percutaneous approach for endoscopic access. …”
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Clusters and components of the metabolic syndrome are associations with the prevalence of depression in open urban male population by E. V. Akimova, M. Yu. Akimov, E. I. Gakova, E. Yu. Frolova, V. V. Gafarov, V. A. Kuznetsov

“…To establish associations of the frequency of detection of clusters and components of the metabolic syndrome (MS) with the prevalence of depression in open male population of moderately urbanized Siberian city.Material and methods. Cross-sectional epidemiological survey included 1000 individuals formed from the election list of males in one of the Tyumen administrative districts. …”
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Tratamiento de las alveolitis con radiación láser by Yudy Naranjo Velázquez, María Elena Torres Sarmiento

“…Objective: to evaluate the efficacy of the laser therapy in the management of alveolitis. Methods: a quasi-experimental study was conducted in patients of Manuel Angulo Farrán Dental Clinic in the period January to June 2011. …”
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Early Experience with Inner Branch Stent–Graft System for Endovascular Repair of Thoraco-Abdominal and Pararenal Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm by Simone Cuozzo, Antonio Marzano, Ombretta Martinelli, Jihad Jabbour, Andrea Molinari, Vincenzo Brizzi, Enrico Sbarigia

“…Objectives: This study aims to evaluate the technical and clinical outcomes of the E-nside stent graft for thoraco-abdominal aortic aneurysm (TAAA) and pararenal abdominal aortic aneurysm (PAAA) endovascular treatment at our University Hospital Center. Methods: We conducted a retrospective analysis of patients electively treated by inner branched EVAR (iBEVAR) between 05/2021 and 03/2023. …”
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[Artículo traducido] ¿Es la descompresión endoscópica del neuroma de Morton una técnica segura? by L. López-Capdevila, M. Ballester, G. Lucar, T. Mota-Gomes, M. Fa-Binefa, S. López-Hervás

“…This study aimed to anatomically assess the risks associated with the endoscopic dorsal surgical decompression of Morton's neuroma. Materials and methods: Twenty feet from ten fresh-frozen cadaveric specimens underwent a dorsal percutaneous approach for endoscopic access. …”
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Noninvasive brain stimulation as focal epilepsy treatment in the hospital, clinic, and home by Karimul Islam, Keith Starnes, Kelsey M. Smith, Thomas Richner, Nicholas Gregg, Alejandro A. Rabinstein, Gregory A. Worrell, Brian N. Lundstrom

“…Our objective is to summarize our single‐center experience with multiple NIBS approaches for the treatment of focal epilepsy. Methods A retrospective chart review identified drug‐resistant focal epilepsy patients who received NIBS as an epilepsy treatment at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. …”
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Three-Arm Registry-Based Comparison of Trans-Inguinal-Pre-Peritoneal, Laparoscopic, and Lichtenstein Techniques for Scrotal Hernia Repair by J. F. Gillion, M. Soler, A. Mettoudi, A. Lamblin, A. C. Couchard, O. Oberlin, J. P. Cossa, N. Maillot, F. Jurczak, The Club-Hernie Members

“…BackgroundStudies on minimal invasive open preperitoneal techniques performed in scrotal hernia repair are very scarce.MethodsWe conducted a comparative study based on the prospectively collected data of the “Club-Hernie.” …”
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Development of an adipocyte differentiation protocol using 3T3-L1 cells for the investigation of the browning process: identification of the PPAR-γ agonist rosiglitazone as a brown... by Lorenzo Flori, Giulia Galgani, Giorgia Bray, Chiara Ippolito, Cristina Segnani, Carolina Pellegrini, Valentina Citi, Valentina Citi, Nunzia Bernardini, Nunzia Bernardini, Alma Martelli, Alma Martelli, Alma Martelli, Vincenzo Calderone, Vincenzo Calderone, Vincenzo Calderone

“…Furthermore, the most described stimuli in inducing the browning process, such as PPAR-γ agonists (using rosiglitazone, RGZ) and β-adrenergic stimulators (using isoproterenol, ISO), were evaluated in order to describe their involvement in the browning process and identify a reference compound for the induction of the “de novo” browning.MethodsImmortalized murine embryonic fibroblasts (3T3-L1) cells were differentiated for up to 17 days using a differentiation medium (DM) and a maintenance medium (MM) with or without RGZ or ISO to obtain both the mature white and the beige adipocyte phenotype. …”
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