Effectiveness of Venom Immunotherapy: A Single-center Experience by Fatma Arzu Akkuş, Fatih Çölkesen, Tuğba Önalan, Recep Evcen, Mehmet Kılınç, Filiz Sadi Aykan, Mehmet Emin Gerek, Şevket Arslan

“…The proportion of AAI carriers and the rate of self-administration were low among patients on VIT.…”
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Experimental evidence rules out mosquitoes as vectors of Lyme disease by Miriama Pekľanská, Kateřina Kuníková, Romana Vlčková, Hana Slabová, David Hartmann, Karolina Volfová, Ivo Rudolf, Silvie Šikutová, Ryan O. M. Rego, Fernando Gabriel Noriega, Ondřej Hajdušek, Jan Perner, Jan Votýpka, Marcela Nouzová, Radek Šíma

“…Results Mosquitoes exhibited low efficiency in acquiring Borrelia from infected hosts. …”
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The Impact of Hospital Affiliation on Hospital Transfer Practices by Wardah Rafaqat, Omar Mahmud, Christopher Alba, May Abiad, Emanuele Lagazzi, Dias Argandykov, John O. Hwabejire, George C. Velmahos, Jonathan J. Parks, Michael P. DeWane

“…Secondary outcomes included change in quarterly proportions of low-income patients, patients residing at a far distance from the hospital, and ICU admissions. …”
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Digital supportive supervision (DiSS) of maternal health, child health and nutrition (MCHN) service delivery in Rajasthan, India: study protocol for impact evaluation and cost-effe... by Anurag Joshi, Anil Agarwal, Shankar Prinja, Shweta Sharda, Aarti Goyal, Pranav Kshtriya, Praween Kumar Agrawal, Prakash Singh, Ajay Trakroo, Luigi D'Aquino, Shubhra Singh, Raghuraj Singh

“…Two comparator districts will be selected from the low DiSS intensity group (less than 25% of MCHN sessions supervised digitally) after matching with intervention districts based on three indicators—female literacy, proportion of population belonging to scheduled caste or tribe and coverage of four antenatal care visits. …”
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SHORT-TERM OUTCOMES OF CHEMORADIOTHERAPY USING ACCELERATED HYPOFRACTIONATION FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANCER OF THE OROPHARYNGEAL MUCOSA by M. U. Radzhapova, I. A. Gulidov, F. E. Sevryukov, K. B. Gordon, A. V. Semenov

“…Radiation was delivered in daily 2.4 Gy fractions five days per week to high-risk areas up to a total dose of 62.4 Gy and to low-risk areas up to a total dose of 45.6–48 Gy. …”
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Widespread Distribution of <i>chs-1</i> Mutations Associated with Resistance to Diflubenzuron Larvicide in <i>Culex pipiens</i> Across Italy, Reaching Virtual Fixation in the Venet... by Martina Micocci, Verena Pichler, Paola Serini, Carola Giammarioli, Chiara Malandruccolo, Chiara Virgillito, Marco Ballardini, Riccardo Paolo Lia, Daniele Arnoldi, Stefano Vettore, Davide Bonetto, Simone Martini, Andrea Drago, Alessandra della Torre, Beniamino Caputo

“…One of the most commonly used larvicides in Italy is diflubenzuron (DFB), which targets chitin synthase 1 (<i>chs-1</i>), interrupting the normal development of larvae into adults. …”
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Risk amplification effect caused by main stream road bridges and culverts blockages due to debris flow by Jingping YANG, Ningsheng CHEN, Zhiquan YANG, Taixin PENG, Shufeng TIAN, Na HUANG

“…This event resulted in multiple collapses and interruptions along the G247 national highway, and extensive damage to the Jiumian expressway project site and laborer residences, among other areas. …”
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B-cell lymphoma 2 inhibitor ABT-737 induces Beclin1- and reactive oxygen species-dependent autophagy in Adriamycin-resistant human hepatocellular carcinoma cells by Xiaoxiao Yao, Xiaoning Li, Dan Zhang, Yingjun Xie, Baozhen Sun, Hang Li, Liankun Sun, Xuewen Zhang

“…ABT-737, a B-cell lymphoma 2 homology 3 mimetic, not only induces cell apoptosis by inhibiting the interaction of B-cell lymphoma 2 and Bax but also induces cell autophagy by interrupting the interaction of B-cell lymphoma 2 and Beclin1. …”
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Characterizing HIV seroconversions among a cohort of oral PrEP users in South Africa by Catherine E. Martin, Hlologelo Ramatsoma, Glory Chidumwa, Laura Ashleigh Cox, Saiqa Mullick

“…Conclusions This study reports a low number of seroconversions among a large cohort of PrEP users in a real‐world implementation study, the majority of which occurred among clients who had interrupted or discontinued PrEP use.…”
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Facilitators and barriers of reducing sedentary behavior in sedentary and non-sedentary older adults: a descriptive qualitative study based on the COM-B model and TDF by Siqing Chen, Kaijie Yang, Albert Ko, Edward Giovannucci, Matthew Stults-Kolehmainen, Lili Yang

“…Conclusion Sedentary older adults face barriers such as low awareness of health risks, lack of regulation strategies, and insufficient social support, while non-sedentary older adults demonstrate higher confidence, better self-regulation, and engage in structured activities supported by cues such as mobile health reminders.…”
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MOCVD Grown InGaAs/InAlAs Quantum Cascade Lasers Emitting at 7.7 μm by Maciej Bugajski, Andrzej Kolek, Grzegorz Hałdaś, Włodzimierz Strupiński, Iwona Pasternak, Walery Kołkowski, Kamil Pierściński

“…Special attention was given to achieving the sharp interfaces (IFs), by optimizing the growth interruptions time and time of exposure of InAlAs layer to oxygen contamination in the reactor, which all result in extremely narrow IFs width, below 0.5 nm. …”
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Impact of an innovative case-based payment reform on hospital cost variation: insights from cerebral infarction inpatients in China by Yining Wang, Shiting Liu, Xinyu Zhang, Haifeng Ma, Xiaohua Ying

“…Similarly, those moving from the average- to low-cost category demonstrated decreased mortality (-0.7%) and complications (-0.5%). …”
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Testing availability, positioning, promotions, and signage of healthier food options and purchasing behaviour within major UK supermarkets: Evaluation of 6 nonrandomised controlled... by Carmen Piernas, Georgina Harmer, Susan A Jebb

“…Store-level weekly sales (units, weight (g), and value (£)) of products targeted in the interventions were used in primary analyses using multivariable hierarchical models and interrupted time series (ITS) analyses. Stocking low fat chips next to regular chips was associated with decreases in sales of regular chips (units) in intervention versus control stores (-23% versus -4%; P = 0.001) with a significant level change in ITS models (P = 0.001). …”
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Scaling-up symptom-agnostic, community-wide screening toward global tuberculosis elimination: opportunities, challenges, and lessons from history by Hanif Esmail, Cecily Miller, Dennis Falzon, Gerard de Vries, Obioma Chijioke-Akaniro, Katherine C. Horton, Mikashmi Kohli, Tejaswini Dharmapuri Vachaspathi, Luan N.Q. Vo, Syed M.A. Zaidi, S. Bertel Squire, Anna K. Coussens, Rein M.G.J. Houben

“…In the mid-20th century, in many countries that now experience a low TB burden, population-level chest X-ray screening was successfully undertaken and contributed to the decline in TB. …”
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Case report: Treatment of severe phorate poisoning by Wang Kunlun, Wang Kunlun, Yuan Jun, Yuan Jun, Xu Shiming, Xu Shiming, Shen Jie, Shen Jie, Gao Mingqiang, Gao Mingqiang, Zhang Yuxia, Zhang Yuxia, Mo Weichun, Mo Weichun

“…BackgroundPhorate is a highly toxic organophosphorus pesticide. Owing to its low cost and insecticidal potency, it is still widely used in parts of China, resulting in cases of occupational and life poisoning. …”
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Peculiarities of chemo-resistant HIV/AIDS-associated tuberculosis in patients who died from co-infection by A. S. Shalmin, E. M. Raznatovskya, R. М. Yasinskiy

“…More often co-infected patients with chemo-drug resistant tuberculosis suffered from tuberculosis earlier, than from HIV, most of the patients had chronic tuberculosis. They had interruptions and failures in previous treatment; most of the patients who died from co-infection had MRTB with resistance to 8-9 anti-TB drugs and all of those patients had pulmonary tuberculosis and predominantly disseminated and fibro-cavernous forms, they had a low level of CD4+ cell. …”
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Family planning, pregnancy, and breastfeeding care in familial hypercholesterolaemia: a study protocol for a mixed-methods study in the Netherlands, Norway and Australia (Taking AC... by Eric Boersma, Kjetil Retterstøl, Jing Pang, Janneke W. C. M. Mulder, Marianne Klevmoen, Leonieke W. Kranenburg, Gerald F. Watts, Kirsten B. Holven, Jeanine E. Roeters van Lennep

“…Introduction Familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) is a common genetic condition causing elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels, which increases the risk of premature atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. …”
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Temporal changes in blood biomarkers associated with sleep apnoea severity: a retrospective cohort study in Finland by Satu Strausz, Sanna Toppila-Salmi, Tuula Vasankari, Hanna M Ollila, Mira Hellen, Toni Ruoranen, Hanna-Riikka Kreivi, Tiina Mattila

“…Introduction Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is a common sleep disorder associated with breathing interruptions during sleep, often leading to oxygen level drops and sleep disturbances. …”
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Do Promotions of Healthier and More Sustainable Foods Increase Sales? Findings from Three Natural Experiments in UK Supermarkets by Madison Luick, Lauren Bandy, Carmen Piernas, Susan A. Jebb, Rachel Pechey

“…The primary analyses used interrupted time series and multivariable hierarchical mixed-effects models. …”
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Analyzing the Risk of Short-Term Losses in Free-Range Egg Production Using Commercial Data by Yusuf Adewale Adejola, Terence Zimazile Sibanda, Isabelle Ruhnke, Johan Boshoff, Saluna Pokhrel, Mitchell Welch

“…Further research should be carried out to investigate how technologies such as machine learning and analytics platforms can be applied for the task of forecasting production interruptions using the data features explored in this study.…”
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