Weekly Text Messages to Support Adherence to Oral Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Cisgender Men Who Have Sex With Men (MSM) and Transgender Women: Pi... by Luana Monteiro Spindola Marins, Thiago Silva Torres, Ronaldo Ismerio Moreira, Iuri Costa Leite, Marcelo Cunha, Brenda Hoagland, Lucilene Araujo Freitas, Debora Castanheira, Carolina Coutinho, Emilia Moreira Jalil, Mayara Secco Torres Silva, Jose Valdez Madruga, Beatriz Grinsztejn, Valdilea Gonçalves Veloso

“…A total of 347 (83.2%) participants completed the study with no difference between arms for the 4 adherence outcomes. …”
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FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SPECTRUM DISORDERS IN BEHCHET’S DISEASE by P. S. Ovcharov, T. A. Lisitsyna, D. Yu. Veltishchev, O. F. Seravina, O. B. Kovalevskaya, S. I. Glukhova, Z. S. Alekberova, E. L. Nasonov

“…ADSDs were diagnosed by a psychiatrist according to the ICD-10 during semi-structured interviews using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), the Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HAM-A), and the Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS). …”
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Evaluation of point‐of‐care diagnostics for sexually transmitted infection on oral PrEP initiation and persistence among young people in South Africa: a randomized controlled study... by Dvora Joseph Davey, Lauren Fynn, Elzette Rousseau, Pippa Macdonald, Bryan Leonard, Keitumetse Lebelo, Ande Kolisa, Francesca Little, Linda‐Gail Bekker

“…Overall, 30% of 64 DBS had any TFV‐DP levels present with no difference by study arm (RR = 0.74; 95% CI: 0.38−1.41). …”
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The impact of long-acting Gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist pretreatment on the clinical pregnancy outcomes of hormone replacement therapy-frozen embryo transfer in recurrent... by Chenyang Huang, Yuan Yan, Jie Mei, Yue Jiang, Haixiang Sun, Jun Xing

“…Results Multiple regression analysis showed that long-acting GnRHa pretreatment had a positive impact on the clinical pregnancy rate (aOR = 1.51, 95%CI: 1.15–1.99, P = 0.003). …”
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Association of maternal circulating 25(OH)D and calcium with birth weight: A mendelian randomisation analysis. by William D Thompson, Jessica Tyrrell, Maria-Carolina Borges, Robin N Beaumont, Bridget A Knight, Andrew R Wood, Susan M Ring, Andrew T Hattersley, Rachel M Freathy, Debbie A Lawlor

“…<h4>Methods and findings</h4>We performed two-sample mendelian randomisation (MR) using genetic instrumental variables associated with 25(OH)D and calcium that had been identified in genome-wide association studies (GWAS; sample 1; N = 122,123 for 25[OH]D and N = 61,275 for calcium). …”
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Land use planning strategies for food versus non-food estate sustainable farming by D. Juhandi, D.H. Darwanto, M. Masyhuri, J.H. Mulyo, N.A. Sasongko, H.L. Susilawati, A. Meilin, T. Martini

“…Based on the results, 12 sustainability indicators were found to be relevant for designing land use planning strategies. These indicators had different implications for stakeholders in improving sustainability.CONCLUSION: Sustainability value of food estate  farming exceeded that of non-Food Eestate but both were in the moderate category. …”
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Effect of soy isoflavones on intraepithelial lymphocytes, goblet cells and long leptin receptor in intestinal of rats by TANG Xiuying, CHEN Zhengli, LUO Qihui, ZHANG Xiaolong

“…Quantitative analysis of IEL and GC in the villus epithelium showed the number of GC in duodenum, jejunum, ileum, colon had a increasing tendency from the forepart to the back of intestinal. …”
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The Effect of Preoperative Magnetic Resonance Imaging on Long-term Oncological Outcomes Following Radical Prostatectomy—A 12-year Follow-up of a Randomized Controlled Trial by Daniyal Noor, Eduard Baco, Peter M. Lauritzen, Viktor Berge, Kristina F. Galtung, Maciej Jacewicz, Lars Magne Eri, Erik Rud

“…Conclusions and clinical implications: During a 12-yr follow-up after RALP, we did not observe a statistically significant difference in DFS or OS between patients who underwent preoperative MRI and those who did not. …”
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Clinical-neurologic, cytogenetic and molecular aspects of the Prader-Willi and Angelman Syndromes Aspectos clínico-neurológicos, citogenéticos e moleculares das síndromes de Prader... by João M. de Pina-Neto, Victor Evangelista F. Ferraz, Greice Andreotti de Molfetta, Jess Buxton, Sarah Richards, Sue Malcolm

“…We studied in patients and their parents the segregation of the (CA)n repeats polymorphisms by PCR, using the primers 196 and IR4-3R. All the patients had normal conventional cytogenetical analysis. …”
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Evaluation of the effectiveness of allogeneic tendon graft sterilization with supercritical carbon dioxide by A. A. Budaev, N. V. Borovkova, A. M. Fayn, A. Yu. Nikolaev, M. S. Makarov, M. V. Storozheva, K. I. Skuratovskaya, A. Yu. Vaza, I. V. Fomicheva, T. V. Chernen'kaya, A. А. Kanibolotskiy

“…Young's modulus and load at rupture in the control grafts and grafts, sterilized for 1 hour, had similar values, whereas in grafts, sterilized from 3 to 12 hours, these parameters were 1.4-2.1 times lower (p &lt; 0.05).Conclusions. …”
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Left Atrial Thrombosis before Catheter Ablation or Cardioversion in Patients with Non-valvular Atrial Fibrillation or Atrial Flutter: what Risk Score is Most Informative? by I. A. Zaigraev, I. S. Yavelov, O. M. Drapkina, E. V. Bazaeva

“…Mean age of studied patients (n=200) was 60.3±10.9, 55% of them were males. Most of patients had non-valvular AF (87,5%) and were assessed before CA (84,0%). …”
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Isolation and identification of one pigeon-origin Gallibacterium genomo sp. 3 by Yang Xiaolin, Chen Ying, Yu Songcheng, Zou Nianli, Wu Ruiting, Xia Jing, Niu Ting, Wang Fuyan, Huang Yong

“…The disease was mainly found in female pigeons, and female pigeons of different ages could be infected, especially pigeons of 1 to 1.5 years old. …”
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Application and evaluation of case-based multimodal imaging in the ocular fundus disease teaching of postgraduate students by Shi Xuehui, Wang Haiyan, Yang Fan, Zhou Jinqiong, Wei Wenbin

“…And students in CBL multimodal imaging teaching group also had higher recognition and subjective evaluation on their study ability, clinical thinking and case analysis ability than that in traditional teaching group(P = 0.01, 0.02, 0.01). …”
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Deep Neck Infections: The Effectiveness of Therapeutic Management and Bacteriological Profile by Geanina Bandol, Mihail Dan Cobzeanu, Mihaela Moscalu, Octavian Dragos Palade, Liliana Moisii, Florentina Severin, Emilia Patrascanu, Florin Mocanu, Andrei Ionut Roman, Bogdan Mihail Cobzeanu

“…Patients requiring tracheotomy due to airway obstruction had 6.51 times higher odds of long-term hospitalization compared to those without airway obstruction (OR = 6.51; <i>p</i> < 0.001). …”
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Synthesis of new Cu(II), Ni(II), and Cd(II)-(N-Glycyl-L-leucine) complexes as peptide metalloantibiotics for targeting pathogenic water with antioxidant effect investigation by Safaa S. Hassan, Eman F. Mohamed, Kirolos Maged, Salma Hassan, Alaa Omran Hamad, Shahinda Nasr, Salma Reda, Poula Nabil, Andrew George, Mohamed M. Shoukry, Samar A. Aly, Ahmed M. Mongy, Entsar E. Badr, Khaled A. Abou Elfetouh, Aml M. Saleh

“…To this aim, the N-Glycyl-L-leucine (Gly-Leu) peptide ligand was complexed with different transition metal ions [Cu(II), Ni(II), and Cd(II)] as new peptide metalloantibiotics. …”
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Pasienters erfaringer med utveksling av informasjon ved regionalanestesi i forbindelse med kirurgi – en kvalitativ studie by Ingrid Ulleriks, Randi Opheim, Elin Børøsund, Silje Havrevold Henni

“…Result: The informants’ experiences can be related to 1) varying content in information about the type of anesthesia used in surgery, 2) considerations influencing attitudes toward surgery and anesthesia, 3) uncertainty regarding participation in the choice of anesthesia type, and 4) varying experiences with regional anesthesia. The informants had different levels of information needs prior to the surgical procedure. …”
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EEG microstate analysis in children with prolonged disorders of consciousness by Yi Zhang, Zhichong Hui, Yuwei Su, Weihang Qi, Guangyu Zhang, Liang Zhou, Jiamei Zhang, Kaili Shi, Yonghui Yang, Lei Yang, Gongxun Chen, Sansong Li, Mingmei Wang, Dengna Zhu

“…Model performance was evaluated using standard metrics, and features were ranked by permutation importance. CRS-R scores differed significantly between VS/UWS and MCS (p < 0.001). …”
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A novel combined quadrivalent self-amplifying mRNA-LNP vaccine provokes protective immunity against acute and chronic toxoplasmosis in mice by Qinli Wu, Zhongao Zhang, Hongkun Chu, Bing Xia, Weiqi Li, Jianzu Ding, Haojie Ding, Bin Zheng, Meng Gao, Youru Wang, Eman E. El Shanawany, Feng Tan, Huayue Ye, Xunhui Zhuo, Shaohong Lu

“…Following PRU oocyst challenge, vaccinated mice had notably decreased cyst burdens (72.5%, P < 0.05) compared with control mice. …”
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Global, regional, and national burdens of eating disorders from 1990 to 2021 and projection to 2035 by Xiangrong Liu, Xiangrong Liu, Lu Liu, Hang Yu, Xueyan Yang, Zhao Liu, Zhimeng Yu, Xin Qin, Yinghua Liu

“…Health inequalities due to the wealth gap had become more severe. This study offered the most current and comprehensive global assessment of the burden of eating disorders, providing critical and updated evidence for healthcare professionals, public health practitioners, and policymakers worldwide. …”
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The Analysis of Driving Factors of Farm Land Equipment to Sprinkler Irrigation Systems (Case Study: the Villages of Ravansar Township) by Jafar Tavakoli, Davoud Jamini

“…The system is being used by the farmers through different parts of the country, namely Ravansar, in recent years. …”
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