Impact of mobile health-based nutritional education on hemoglobin levels in anemic adolescent girls in rural Bangladesh: a randomized controlled trial by Md Jiaur Rahman, Md Moshiur Rahman, Mohammad Habibur Rahman Sarker, Ryota Matsuyama, Masayuki Kakehashi, Miwako Tsunematsu, Mohammad Ali, Ashir Ahmed, Mohammad Delwer Hossain Hawlader, Hiromi Kawasaki, Yoko Shimpuku

“…The intervention group received online counseling sessions and health education via mHealth technology, whereas the control group received usual care, and both groups were observed for 8 months. We performed mixed-effects model and generalized estimating equations (GEE) to evaluate the outcomes. …”
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Association Between Plasma Amyloid‐Beta 42 Ratio and Postoperative Delirium in Elderly Patients Undergoing Major Abdominal Surgery: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Tr... by Qianqian Fan, Yonghui Wang, Zhihong Lu, Lini Wang, Xue Yang, Ziyu Zheng, Hailong Dong, Lize Xiong, Chong Lei

“…Methods This was a secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial evaluating the effects of acupuncture (intervention) compared to standard care (control) on the incidence of delirium in patients undergoing major abdominal surgery. …”
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Rootstock impacts on ‘USDA-ARS-Pawnee’ pecan growth, physiological traits, and soil microbial communities by Xinwang Wang, Keith Kubenka, Warren Chatwin, Angelyn Hilton, Braden Tondre, Tingying Xu, Lu Zhang

“…Leaf size differed among rootstocks, with northern and eastern rootstocks generally producing larger leaves, although statistical significance was not established. …”
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Trends in the epidemiology of diabetic foot and lower limb amputations in Russian Federation according to the Federal Diabetes Register (2013–2016) by Gagik R. Galstyan, Olga K. Vikulova, Michail A. Isakov, Anna V. Zheleznyakova, Alexey A. Serkov, Daria N. Egorova, Ekaterina V. Artemova, Marina V. Shestakova, Ivan I. Dedov

“…The interregional differences in frequency of DF and amputations may be due to differences in the quality of specialized care, the lack or shortage of diabetic foot cabinets, treatment of patients with DF in general surgical practice in a number of regions, which is recognized as a less effective strategy. …”
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Telehealth Support From Cardiologists to Primary Care Physicians in Heart Failure Treatment: Mixed Methods Feasibility Study of the Brazilian Heart Insufficiency With Telemedicine... by Leonardo Graever, Priscila Cordeiro Mafra, Vinicius Klein Figueira, Vanessa Navega Miler, Júlia dos Santos Lima Sobreiro, Gabriel Pesce de Castro da Silva, Aurora Felice Castro Issa, Leonardo Cançado Monteiro Savassi, Mariana Borges Dias, Marcelo Machado Melo, Viviane Belidio Pinheiro da Fonseca, Isabel Cristina Pacheco da Nóbrega, Maria Kátia Gomes, Laís Pimenta Ribeiro dos Santos, José Roberto Lapa e Silva, Anne Froelich, Helena Dominguez

“…Telehealth between cardiologists and primary care physicians is a strategy to improve the quality of care for patients with heart failure. Still, the effectiveness of this approach on patient-relevant outcomes needs to be determined. …”
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PLATINUM-BASED CHEMORADIOTHERAPY AS DEFINITIVE TREATMENT IN ADVANCED SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA OF HEAD AND NECK IN REAL-WORLD SETTING by Hadila da Silva Veras Sousa, Vivian Naomi Horita, Matheus Yung Perin, Daniel Naves Araújo Teixeira, Joyce Gruenwaldt, Eduardo Baldon Pereira, Carlos Takahiro Chone, Gustavo Jacob Lourenço, Ligia Traldi Macedo, Carmen Silvia Passos Lima

“…While this approach has yielded favorable results in developed countries, its effectiveness in real-world settings in developing countries remains underexplored. …”
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Evaluation of Grain Yield Stability of Lentil Genotypes using Non-Parametric Statistics and AMMI Analysis by Amin Namdari, Payam Pezeshkpoor, Mohammad Barzali, Asghar Mehraban, Amir Mirzaie, Mostafa Haghpanah

“…One of the most widely used multivariate methods for stability analysis is the additive main effects and multiplicative interaction (AMMI) model. …”
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Monitoring the Ecological Security of Esfahan with an Ecosystem Service Approach by Mostafa Keshtkar, Romina Sayahnia

“…In this regards, in order to estimate the effects of man-made pressures on biological capacity of Esfahan city, consumption footprint pressure index (CFPI) and production footprint pressure index (PFPI) were used based on the concept of ecological footprint during 2000-2019. …”
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Utilization Trends of Dual GIP/GLP-1 Receptor Agonist, Newer Glucose-Lowering Medications, and Anti-Obesity Medications Among Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease With and Without... by Panupong Hansrivijit, Janinne Ortega-Montiel, Deborah J. Wexler, Elisabetta Patorno, Julie M. Paik

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Rapid introduction of oral antivirals for COVID-19: implementation of a test and treat program in four African countries by Martin Martin-Odoom, Bridget Griffith, Maria Grau-Sepulveda, Caroline Boeke, Yamikani Gumulira, Nervine Hamza, Pax Axell Karamage, Norman Lufesi, Alexander Martin-Odoom, Nyuma Mbewe, Mwaba Mulenga, Rodrigue Albert Ndayishimiye, Joseph Oliver-Commey, Laine Thomas, Cameron Wolfe

“…Baseline data were captured by these health care workers, who also conducted 10- and 30-day follow-ups to assess side effects and patient outcomes. Preliminary results are from data collected from the end of December 2022 through December 2023. …”
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Thymosin alpha 1 alleviates inflammation and prevents infection in patients with severe acute pancreatitis through immune regulation: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Yong Tian, Jiaqi Yao, Yihan Ma, Pengcheng Zhang, Xiaofang Zhou, Wenjie Xie, Wenfu Tang, Wenfu Tang

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Studying the Beneficial Indicators of Intercropping of Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) with Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.), Lentil (Lens culinaris Medik), and Bitter Vetch (Lath... by Amin Yari, Farzad Mondani, Alireza Bagheri, Hamid Reza Chaghazardi

“…This result was due to the presence of facilitative effects in chickpeas, especially their ability to biologically nitrogen fixation. …”
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Rituximab for rheumatic diseases in children: Results of a retrospective study of the safety of therapy by M. I. Kaleda, I. P. Nikishina, E. V. Nikolaeva, A. N. Shapovalenko, E. S. Fedorov, T. N. Pachkoria

“…Our study demonstrated that RTM therapy is highly effective with an acceptable safety profile in children with rheumatic diseases. …”
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Interferon gamma inhibits CXCL8–CXCR2 axis mediated tumor-associated macrophages tumor trafficking and enhances anti-PD1 efficacy in pancreatic cancer by Mingjie Zhang, Lifeng Huang, Guoping Ding, Huilian Huang, Guoliang Cao, Xu Sun, Neng Lou, Qiang Wei, Tao Shen, Xiaodong Xu, Liping Cao, Qiang Yan

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Regarder au-delà des élections : l’historicité complexe de la participation politique dans la Libye contemporaine by Chiara Loschi, Chiara Pagano

“…We argue it is the lack of effective channels to promote a truly inclusive debate on post-revolutionary Libya that hinders the possibility of completing the process of revolutionizing an oppressive, exclusionary, and corrupt power system initiated by the 17 February 2011 uprising. …”
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Antibacterial activity of gold nanoparticles/zinc oxide (AuNP/ZnO) hybrid nanostructures by Aldrin Lalem, Jay Dulog, Jared Deve Delicana, Renzo Luis Reazo, Ryan Lumod, Rolen Brian Rivera, Noel Lito Sayson, Romnick Unabia, Gerard Dumancas, Rey Capangpangan, Mario Tan, Arnold Alguno

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Increased protein expression of interleukin-10 and its signalling molecules in colon cancer progression: potential prognostic and therapeutic targets by Akhmed Aslam, Bassem Refaat, Riyad A. Almaimani, Ahmad A. Obaid, Abdulrahman Mujalli, Wesam F. Farrash, Mohamed E. Elzubier, Shakir Idris, Afnan Salaka, Ahmed H. Almalki, Mofareh Y. Alkhaldi, Hassan A. Asiri, Mohammad A. Baqassi, Ali M. Alhanash, Othman M. Hakmi, Faisal Minshawi

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Advances and Prospects in Smart Border Studies Based on a Bibliometric Analysis by Yang Danxuan, Li Cansong, Hu Wei, Lai Zulan, Ge Xurui

“…The results of the study revealed that smart border research is still very much in its infancy, and although there has been a general upward trend in the number of published articles, the volume of relevant research is still comparatively low. …”
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Metabolite Profiling and Association Analysis of Leaf Tipburn in Heat-Tolerant Bunching Onion Varieties by Tetsuya Nakajima, Reina Yamamoto, Kanako Matsuse, Masato Fuji, Koei Fujii, Sho Hirata, Mostafa Abdelrahman, Muneo Sato, Masami Yokota Hirai, Masayoshi Shigyo

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Heterocyclizations based on N-(R-hydrazine-1-carbonothioyl)cycloalkancarboxamides: functionalized azoles and their antimicrobial activity by О. V. Kholodniak, Yu. V. Shubina, S. I. Kovalenko

“…It was established that synthesized azoles were shown less effective antimicrobial and antifungal activity in comparison with N-(R-hydrazine-1-carbonothioyl)cycloalkanecarboxamides. …”
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