Maltreatment and parenting in youth with primary and secondary callous‐unemotional traits: Anxiety matters by Jessica J. Todorov, Gregor Kohls, Ruth Pauli, Jack Rogers, Anka Bernhard, Katharina Ackermann, Nora M. Raschle, Jules R. Dugre, Aranzazu Fernandez‐Rivas, Miguel Angel Gonzalez‐Torres, Amaia Hervas, Areti Smaragdi, Karen Gonzalez, Ágnes Vetró, Dimitris Dikeos, Arne Popma, Christina Stadler, Kerstin Konrad, Christine M. Freitag, Graeme Fairchild, Rory T. Devine, Stephane A. De Brito

“…Youth with primary and secondary CU traits were equally high on levels of abuse, neglect, and maladaptive parenting (all p values >0.05). …”
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Impact of multidimensional assessment on anti-fracture treatment decisions in patients with fragility hip fractures within a Fracture Liaison Service by Chiara Ceolin, Stefania Sella, Cristina Simonato, Ester Bukli, Giulia Bano, Valentina Camozzi, Anna Bertocco, Marco Onofrio Torres, Alberta Cecchinato, Martin Diogo, Mor Peleg Falb, Francesca Guidolin, Maria Grazia Rodà, Michele Cannito, Antonio Berizzi, Andrea Venturin, Vito Cianci, Elisa Pala, Mariachiara Cerchiaro, Deris Gianni Boemo, Maria Vittoria Nesoti, Gaetano Paride Arcidiacono, Paolo Simioni, Pietro Ruggieri, Giuseppe Sergi, Sandro Giannini, Marina De Rui, on behalf of the Hip-POS working group

“…While FLS models effectively reduce refracture risk and maintain cost-effectiveness, it is unclear if these benefits apply equally to all patients, especially those with higher comorbidities and reduced functional capacity, who may face worse prognoses. …”
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A Multicenter Randomized Double-Blind Vehicle-Controlled Parallel Group Phase 2 Study Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of GN-037 Cream in Patients with Mild-to-Moderate Plaque Ps... by Burhan Engin, Müge Güler Özden, Özge Sevil Karstarlı Bakay, Selda Pelin Kartal, İlkin Zindancı, Salih Levent Çınar, Recep Dursun, Gizem Pehlivan Ulutaş, Tuğba Özkök Özkök Akbulut, Fatma Aslı Hapa, Emel Bülbül Başkan, Mehmet Melikoğlu, Algün Polat Ekinci, Neslihan Demirel Öğüt, Pelin Hızlı, Zafer Türkoğlu, Özlem Su Küçük, Zeynep Topkarcı, Ümit Türsen, Filiz Canpolat, Hanife Uçgun, Şirin Yaşar, Selami Aykut Temiz, Asena Çiğdem Doğramacı, Sedat Altuğ, Serhat Kozlu, Nadir Ulu, Server Serdaroğlu

“…The primary endpoint was treatment success defined as percentage of patients with at least two-grade improvement in Investigator’s Global Assessment Score (IGA) and IGA score equal to 0 or 1 evaluated at weeks 2, 4, 6, and 8 in each arm compared with baseline. …”
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Optimizing treatment for depression in primary care using psychotherapy versus antidepressant medication in a low-resource setting: protocol for the OptimizeD randomized controlled... by Julia R. Pozuelo, Anuja Lahiri, Rahul S. P. Singh, Arvind Kushwah, Mimansa Khanduri, Akanksha Shukla, Azaz Khan, Sruthi G., Varun Shende, Yashika Parashar, Yashwant K. Mehra, Anant Bhan, Ronald C. Kessler, Daisy R. Singla, John A. Naslund, Karmel W. Choi, Pim Cuijpers, Robert DeRubeis, Mohammad M. Herzallah, Chunling Lu, Jordan W. Smoller, Tyler J. VanderWeele, Abhijit R. Rozatkar, Tamonud Modak, Michelle Melwyn Joel, Debasis Biswas, Shubham Atal, Umay Kulsum, Steven D. Hollon, Vikram Patel

“…The Optimizing Depression (OptimizeD) trial aims to explore whether different patients respond differently to behavioral activation therapy versus antidepressant medication and if providing each patient with their optimal treatment improves outcomes in primary care. Methods We plan to randomize 1,500 patients with moderate to severe depression (defined as a Patient Health Questionnaire [PHQ-9] score ≥ 10) from primary healthcare settings in Bhopal, India, with equal allocation either to a culturally adapted behavioral activation therapy delivered by trained counselors (Healthy Activity Program) or to antidepressant medication (fluoxetine). …”
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Levels of total IgE versus specific IgE during childhood for defining and predicting T2-high asthma by Tamo Sultan, MD, Frederikke Skov, MD, Nicklas Brustad, MD, PhD, Nilo Vahman, MD, PhD, Jakob Stokholm, MD, PhD, Klaus Bønnelykke, MD, PhD, Ann-Marie Malby Schoos, MD, PhD, DMSc, Bo Chawes, MD, PhD, DMSc

“…Conclusion: Elevated tIgE and sIgE are equally useful stand-alone biomarkers for defining and predicting risk of T2-high asthma in childhood.…”
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The EORTC QLQ-F17 as a shortened version of the EORTC QLQ-C30 to assess self-reported functioning in cancer patients: investigating equivalence and psychometric properties in a ran... by Florian Zeman, Johannes M. Giesinger, Tobias Pukrop, Morten Aa Petersen, Mogens Groenvold, Sandra Nolte, Dagmara Kuliś, Sunil Shrestha, Laurence Leysen, Kim Cocks, Corneel Coens, Georgios Ioannidis, Cecilia Pompili, Michael Koller

“…Findings: A total of 2672 cancer patients of all major cancer types, aged between 18 and 92 years with an equal gender distribution (50/50) from 11 countries, were recruited between 17 February and 28 March 2023. …”
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Dynamics of Clinical Manifestations and Social Functioning in Schizophrenia: A Non-interventional Observational Study of Paliperidone Palmitat Dosage Forms by Aleksandr M. Reznik, Olga A. Karpenko, Elena A. Shumakova, Aleksandr V. Mudrak, Andrey V. Sokolov, Svetlana V. Nazimova, Alina M. Saifulina, Anton M. Eliseenko, Tatjana K. Matvievskaya, Angelina N. Khannanova, Vladimir I. Revenko, Dmitriy V. Scherbakov, Yuriy L. Martynyuk, Aleksandr L. Arbuzov, Oleg A. Yacenko, Polina N. Alekseeva, Aleksandr B. Berdalin, Larisa A. Burygina

“…CONCLUSION: Treatment with different forms of paliperidone provides a roughly equal pace reduction in the severity of schizophrenia, including positive and negative symptoms. …”
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Wound Healing Properties of Plant-Based Hydrogel and Oleogel Formulations in a Rat Scald Burn Model by Oana Janina Roșca, Alexandru Nistor, Georgeta Hermina Coneac, Ioana Viorica Olariu, Ana-Maria Cotan, Roxana Racoviceanu, Elena Rodica Heredea, Adelin Ciudoiu, Gabriela Didea, Camelia Mihaela Lupou, Florin Borcan, Teodora Hoinoiu, Cristina Adriana Dehelean, Lavinia Lia Vlaia, Codruța Marinela Șoica

“…Post-burn, rats were divided into three equal subgroups, and topical formulations were applied daily. …”
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Sex differences in resting skeletal muscle and the acute and long-term response to endurance exercise in individuals with overweight and obesity by Simon I. Dreher, Thomas Goj, Christine von Toerne, Miriam Hoene, Martin Irmler, Meriem Ouni, Markus Jähnert, Johannes Beckers, Martin Hrabě de Angelis, Andreas Peter, Anja Moller, Andreas L. Birkenfeld, Annette Schürmann, Stefanie M. Hauck, Cora Weigert

“…Both sexes adapted to 8-week endurance training by upregulating mitochondrial proteins involved in TCA cycle, oxidative phosphorylation, and β-oxidation. Training equalized fast-twitch fiber type protein levels, mainly by reducing them in males. …”
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The impact of physical activity on progression-free and overall survival in metastatic breast cancer based on molecular subtype by Philipp Ziegler, Andreas D. Hartkopf, Markus Wallwiener, Lothar Häberle, Hans-Christian Kolberg, Peyman Hadji, Hans Tesch, Johannes Ettl, Diana Lüftner, Volkmar Müller, Laura L. Michel, Erik Belleville, Pauline Wimberger, Carsten Hielscher, Hanna Huebner, Sabrina Uhrig, Lena A. Wurmthaler, Carolin C. Hack, Christoph Mundhenke, Christian Kurbacher, Peter A. Fasching, Rachel Wuerstlein, Michael Untch, Wolfgang Janni, Florin-Andrei Taran, Michael P. Lux, Diethelm Wallwiener, Sara Y. Brucker, Tanja N. Fehm, Andreas Schneeweiss, Chloë Goossens

“…Results Patient and tumor characteristics were equally distributed across IPAQ categories. HER2pos, HRpos and TNBC were present in 23.1%, 65.7% and 11.2% of patients, respectively. …”
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Impact of maternal antenatal nutrition and infection treatment interventions on Longitudinal Infant Development and Growth in rural Ethiopia: protocol of the LIDG child follow-up s... by Alemayehu Worku, Yemane Berhane, Luke C Mullany, Charles A Nelson, Lian V Folger, Anne CC Lee, Maria Andersson, Parul Christian, Krysten North, Yoseph Yemane Berhane, Nebiyou Fasil, Sitota Tsegaye, Kalkidan Yibeltal, Fred Van Dyk, Sara Cherkerzian, Firehiwot Workneh, Workagegnhu Tarekegn Kidane, Theresa I Chin, Sarah K G Jensen, Mulatu Melese, Unmesha Roy Paladhi, Betelhem Haimanot Abate, Atsede Teklehaimanot, Tizita Lemma Melka, Stephen Pihl, Winko W An, Sonya V Troller-Renfree, Moriah E Thomason, Terrie Inder, P Ellen Grant

“…In the present Longitudinal Infant Development and Growth study, a subset of 480 children of mothers from ENAT will be recruited equally from each of the four study arms and visited at 12, 18, and 24 months of postnatal age. …”
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Integrated transportation system planning with gravitational search algorithm approach based on fuzzy mutant controller by Alireza Hosseinzadeh Kashani, Seyed Ahmad Shayannia, Mohammad Mehdi Movahedi, Soheila Sardar

“…So, unlike the traditional positioning method, in the routing positioning method, considering the tour, it simultaneously looks for the optimal places of facilities and also the optimal routes.…”
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Application value of nucleic acid MALDI-TOF MS in mycobacterial species identification and drug resistance detection in Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Xiaofang Liu, Honghong Niu, Donglin Guo, Huixia Gao, Lihong Wu, Jingyang Liu, Chunfeng Bai, Yuxi Li, Peilong Wang, Zhengfeng Zhou, Yuling Wang, Jianqin Liang, Wenping Gong

“…The ability to discern MTB from NTM is equally vital, as they demand distinct therapeutic approaches. …”
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Erector spinae plane block versus caudal epidural block in pediatric surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials by Barbara Bombassaro Masiero, Deivyd Cavalcante, Fatemeh Akbarpoor, Capela António Dicazeco Pascoal, Lubna Al-Sharif, Fellipe Feijó Halfeld, Lucas Cael Azevedo Ramos Bendaham, Patricia Viana, Jesslyn N. Haryianto, Maria Luiza de Souza Rasia, Mariana Copetti de Almeida Cunha, Ana Djulia Tesche, Júlia Caletti Roth de Oliveira, Rafael Arsky Lombardi

“…The patients were predominantly male and under 10 years of age. There was an equal distribution between the two groups regarding the number of patients and patients’ baseline characteristics. …”
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Upper-Bound Analysis of Slope Reliability Considering Anisotropic Spatial Variability and Reinforcement with Anti-slide Piles by ZHAO Zi-hao, WANG Jia-rui, FU Tao-tao, ZHU En-lin

“…This paper introduced the discrete mechanism of limit analysis into general rotational anisotropic random fields and employs the upper-bound analysis method to assess slope reliability. MethodsFirstly, the random field was generated adopting the Cholesky decomposition method. …”
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Providing a Roadmap for the Adaption of Agricultural Sector to Water Scarcity Conditions (Case Study: Selected Crops of Tajan Basin, Iran) by H. Fouladi, H. Amirnejad, S. Shirzadi Laskookalayeh

“…Therefore, the LP Model is a single-objective method. Goal Programming (GP) is an extension of LP in which targets are specified for a set of constraints. …”
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Effects of miR-204-3p inhibitor on epithelial-mesenchymal transition and silicosis fibrosis in silicon dioxide-induced alveolar epithelial cells by Fang CHEN, Jing YU, Wenxuan HU, Yangyang PI, Xi ZHANG, Luning WANG, Ping ZHAO, Faxuan WANG

“…The lower chambers of the remaining two groups were added by equal amounts of serum-free medium. After 24 h, except for the control group that received an equal volume of serum-free medium, the upper chambers of the remaining three groups were treated with 800 μg·mL−1 silicon dioxide dust. …”
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Research Influence оf Nitrogen оn Formation Condensate Loss During the Development оf the Chayandinskoye Field by R. K. Dobrolyubova, E. I. Inyakina, I. I. Krasnov

“…The analysis of the performed studies confirmed that nitrogen affects the solubility of the condensate in gases to varying degrees and that the methane-type condensates of the Chayandinskoye field have better solubility, all other things being equal.Materials and methods of research. The works [2-9] consider laboratory studies and analytical calculations of the fluid-dynamic properties of gas condensate mixtures in the presence of nitrogen in the system, as well as other non-hydrocarbon components that affect the loss of hydrocarbons in the deposit. …”
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Impact of Low Hand Grip Strength on Quality of Life, Utilization of Healthcare, and Mental Health in Individuals with Airflow Limitation by Kim SH, Zo S, Kong SA, Cho JH, Do JG, Shin SH, Park HY

“…However, data on the impact of sarcopenia on quality of life, utilization of healthcare, and mental health in individuals with AFL are limited.Patients and methods: We used data from the 2014– 2019 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES), and participants with AFL were included. …”
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An Evaluation of the Safety, Immunogenicity, and Protective Efficacy of a Combined Diphtheria–Tetanus–Acellular Pertussis, <i>Haemophilus influenzae</i> Type b, and ACYW135 Meningo... by Xiuwen Sui, Zhujun Shao, Yuanyuan Ji, Hairui Wang, Qingfu Xu, Bochao Wei, Zhuojun Duan, Chang Wang, Ying Yang, Jiayu Zhao, Tao Zhu

“…Acute and long-term toxicity studies were conducted in Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats with equal numbers of male and female animals. Immunogenicity was assessed in female NIH mice and SD rats using a three-dose regimen at 14-day intervals. …”
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