Psychological interventions mitigated occupational stress in high-risk workers in Shenzhen, China by Naixing Zhang, Wei Zhou, Aipin Xiao, Shaofan Weng, Liuzhuo Zhang, Dexiang Zhu, Jinlin Wang, Ling Nian, Dafeng Lin, Dafeng Lin

“…Comparative analysis revealed statistically significant differences (all P < 0.05) in occupational stress detection rates across different age groups, ethnicities, education levels, smoking habits, weekly working hours, and working years. …”
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Application of Cold Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Jet Results in Achievement of Universal Antibacterial Properties on Various Plant Seeds by Jakub Orlowski, Agata Motyka-Pomagruk, Anna Dzimitrowicz, Pawel Pohl, Dominik Terefinko, Ewa Lojkowska, Piotr Jamroz, Wojciech Sledz

“…The herein applied exposure to APPJ did not reveal any statistically significant detrimental effects on the germination of plant seeds, seed coat integrity, or early plant growth. …”
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Application of Levi’s Muscle Index in frailty assessment: comparison of bioimpedance measures among older adults by Kworweinski Lafontant, Kworweinski Lafontant, David H. Fukuda, Estefania Zamarripa, Estefania Zamarripa, Abigail L. Tice, Jethro Raphael M. Suarez, Jethro Raphael M. Suarez, Chitra Banarjee, Chitra Banarjee, Dahee Kim, Jeffrey R. Stout, Jeffrey R. Stout, Joon-Hyuk Park, Joon-Hyuk Park, Rui Xie, Rui Xie, Rui Xie, Ladda Thiamwong, Ladda Thiamwong

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Reducing US cardiovascular disease burden and disparities through national and targeted dietary policies: A modelling study. by Jonathan Pearson-Stuttard, Piotr Bandosz, Colin D Rehm, Jose Penalvo, Laurie Whitsel, Tom Gaziano, Zach Conrad, Parke Wilde, Renata Micha, Ffion Lloyd-Williams, Simon Capewell, Dariush Mozaffarian, Martin O'Flaherty

“…Data sources included the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program, National Vital Statistics System, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, and published meta-analyses. …”
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Early-life mortality rates in Brazil and progress toward meeting related sustainable development goals: a nationwide population studyResearch in context by Aline de Siqueira Alves Lopes, Emmanuelle Lira Cariry, Débora Fontes Leite, Lucas Barbosa de Santana, José Rodrigo Santos Silva, Victor Santana Santos, Ricardo Queiroz Gurgel

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Policy Spotlight Effects on Critical Time-Sensitive Diseases: Nationwide Retrospective Cohort Study on Taiwan’s Hospital Emergency Capability Categorization Policy by Chih-Yuan Lin, Chih-Ching Liu, Yu-Tung Huang, Yue-Chune Lee

“…There were also trends toward increased major treatments (β=0.30; 95% CI –0.03 to 0.62, P=.07), medical orders (β=11.92; 95% CI –0.90 to 24.73; P=.07), and medical expenses (β=24,275.54; 95% CI –640.71 to 4,991,991.78; P=.06), although these were not statistically significant. In contrast, no significant changes were identified in process or outcome quality indicators for septic shock. …”
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EVALUATION OF THE EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF A GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN-PEPTIDE COMPLEX IN THE TREATMENT OF KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS IN PATIENTS WITH PREVIOUS INEFFICIENCY OF SLOW-RELEASE ORAL ANT... by A. E. Karateev, L. I. Alekseeva, A. M. Lila, S. A. Makarov, N. V. Chichasova, E. V. Zonova, N. G. Kashevarova, E. A. Taskina, E. P. Sharapova

“…The changes in pain intensity and WOMAC scores were statistically significant in both followup periods (p<0.001). …”
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Safety and efficacy of catheter ablation in atrial fibrillation patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction by Songbing Long, Yuanjun Sun, ShiYu Dai, Xianjie Xiao, Zhongzhen Wang, Wei Sun, Lianjun Gao, Yunlong Xia, Xiaomeng Yin

“…Stroke occurred in 18 of 187 (9.63%) patients in the AFPHF-CA group, significantly lower than the AFPHF-Med group, with approximately 31 of 187 (16.58%) (P < 0.01), but not statistically different from AF-CA, where approximately 17 of 196 (8.67%) experienced stroke (P = 0.65). …”
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Cowpea evapotranspiration modeling using the FAO-56 dual crop coefficient approach for climate-resilient agriculture under deficit irrigation conditions by Karam A. Elzopy, Udayar Pillai Surendran, Ashish K. Chaturvedi, Girish Gopinath, P. Raja, K. Madhava Chandran, Naeem Khan, Mohamed A. Yassin, Mohamed A. Mattar, Ali Salem

“…Conversely, only 4.8% and 16.2% reductions in transpiration were observed under I5 and I6, respectively. …”
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Enhanced Efficacy of Some Antibiotics in the Presence of Silver Nanoparticles Against Clinical Isolate of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Recovered from Cystic Fibrosis Patients by Al-Momani H, Albalawi H, Al Balawi D, Khleifat KM, Aolymat I, Hamed S, Albiss BA, Khasawneh AI, Ebbeni O, Alsheikh A, Zueter AM, Pearson JP, Ward C

“…When combined with antibiotics, Ag-NP produced statistically significant reductions in the amount of antibiotics required to completely prevent P. aeruginosa growth for all strains. …”
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Efficacy of initial combination with belimumab in newly diagnosed childhood-onset lupus nephritis: a single-centre historical control study by Yu Shi, Jing Chen, Hong Xu, Qian Shen, Yinv Gong, Li Sun, Qijiao Wei, Yifan Li, Xiaomei Zhang, Shuhua Liu, Haimei Liu, Wanzhen Guan, Qiaoqian Zeng, Qianying Lv

“…The belimumab group had faster and greater reductions in SLEDAI and dose of GC (p&lt;0.05), with a significantly higher proportion of patients with dose of GC ≤7.5 mg/day (82.9% vs 30.4%, χ2=19.737, p&lt;0.001). …”
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Chronic kidney disease prevalence and outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes or prediabetes at high cardiovascular risk: results from the CINEMA program by Sanjana Datla, Zainab Albar, Elke Eaton, Jodie Porges, Matthew Nennstiel, Claire Sullivan, Lloyd Greene, Sadeer G. Al-Kindi, Elizabeth Montgomery, Aparna Padiyar, Mikhail Kosiborod, Melissa L. Magwire, Mahboob Rahman, Sanjay Rajagopalan, Ian J. Neeland

“…From August 2020 to June 2022, the CINEMA intervention was associated with statistically significant improvements in cardiometabolic risk factors with reductions in body weight (-3.49 lbs), BMI (-0.54 kg/m2), systolic blood pressure (-2.65 mmHg), Hb A1c (-0.63 %), total cholesterol (-9.01 mg/dL) and LDL cholesterol (-8.29 mg/dL), p < 0.05 for all. …”
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Exploring the efficacy and safety of Yu-Ping-Feng powder with variation against allergic rhinitis: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial by Zhi-Xiu Lin, Tin Muk Ho, Yan-Fang Xian, Kam Leung Chan, Qing-Qing Xu, Cho Wing Lo, Justin Che Yuen Wu, Kam Lun Hon, Sin Bond Leung, Chon Pin Chia, Chi Him Sum, Tak Yee Chow, Pui Kuan Cheong, Jessica Yuet Ling Ching, Hongwei Zhang, Ka Chun Leung, Wai Ling Lin

“…In addition, YPV treatment could reduce the VAS score in AR patients at weeks 12 and 16 when compared with the placebo group, although the reductions were not statistically significant (p = 0.06 and p = 0.08, respectively). …”
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Multicentre comparison of various microaxial pump devices as a bridge to durable assist device implantation by Marta L. Medina, Daniel Lewin, Hendrik Treede, Sebastian V. Rojas, Alexander Bernhardt, Michael Billion, Anna L. Meyer, Ivan Netuka, Janajade Kooij, Marina Pieri, Antonio Loforte, Mauro Rinaldi, Mariusz K. Szymanski, Adriaan O. Kraajieveld, Christian J.H. Moeller, Payam Akhyari, Khalil Jawad, Bastian Schmack, Gloria Färber, Assad Haneya, Daniel Zimpfer, Gaik Nersesian, Ilija Djordjevic, Diyar Saeed, Finn Gustafsson, Anna M. Scandroglio, Bart Meyns, Steffen Hofmann, Jan Belohlavek, Jan Gummert, Pia Lanmueller, Evgenij V. Potapov, Mehmet Oezkur

“…Patients in the 5+ group demonstrated greater reductions in both vasoactive inotropic scores (P = 0.006) and inotropic scores (P = 0.008). …”
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Exploring the effect of multi-modal intervention against cognitive decline on atrophy and small vessel disease imaging markers in the AgeWell.de imaging study by Frauke Beyer, Lukas Kleine, Andrea Zülke, Melanie Luppa, Toralf Mildner, Jochen Gensichen, Thomas Frese, David Czock, Birgitt Wiese, Hans-Helmut König, Hanna Kaduszkiewicz, Wolfgang Hoffmann, Jochen René Thyrian, Arno Villringer, Steffi Riedel-Heller, A.Veronica Witte

“…Preliminary evidence suggested an association of the intervention, increased cerebral blood flow and systolic blood pressure reductions.Abbreviations: ECT, entorhinal cortex thickness; FW, free water fraction; WHO, world health organization; AD, Alzheimer’s disease; VCI, vascular cognitive impairment; FINGER, Finnish Geriatric Intervention Study to Prevent Cognitive Impairment and Disability; MTL, medial temporal lobe; MIND, Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay diet; cSVD, cerebral small vessel disease; WMH, white matter hyperintensities of presumed vascular origin; PSMD, peak width of the mean diffusivity distribution; WW-FINGERS, world wide FINGER studies; CAIDE, Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Aging, and Incidence of Dementia; GPP, general practitioner praxis; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; MST, Mnemonic Similarity Test; TE, echo time; TR, repetition time; FA, flip angle; FOV, field of view; GRAPPA, GeneRalized Autocalibrating Partial Parallel Acquisition; CMRR, Center for Magnetic Resonance Research; BOLD, blood oxygenation level dependent; pcASL: pseudo-continuous arterial spin labeling; EPI, echo-planar imaging; FLAIR, fluid attenuated inversion recovery; CBF, cerebral blood flow; QA, quality assessment; GM, gray matter; HCV, hippocampal volume; eICV, estimated intracranial volume; DWI, diffusion-weighted imaging; MD, mean diffusivity; FA, fractional anisotropy
TBSS: tract-based spatial statistics; CSF, cerebral spinal fluid; ISI, inter-stimulus interval; LDI, lure discrimination index; REC, recognition score; CG, control group; IG, intervention group; MoCA, Montreal Cognitive Assessment; CASMIN, Comparative Analysis of Social Mobility in Industrial Nations; BMI, body mass index; SBP/DBP, systolic/diastolic blood pressure; OSF, open science framework; LMM, linear mixed model; ANOVA, analysis of covariance.…”
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Persistent deep-water formation in the Nordic Seas during Marine Isotope Stages 5 and 4 notwithstanding changes in Atlantic overturning by T. B. Stobbe, H. A. Bauch, H. A. Bauch, D. A. Frick, J. Yu, J. Gottschalk

“…<p>Alongside shifts in Pacific and Southern Ocean carbon cycling, reductions in the extent and formation of North Atlantic Deep Water (NADW) and the expansion of southern sourced waters in the Atlantic Ocean were linked to enhanced marine carbon storage during glacial periods and are considered key mechanisms explaining late Pleistocene atmospheric CO<span class="inline-formula">₂</span> variations on glacial–interglacial timescales. …”
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