Selection signatures and inbreeding: exploring genetic diversity in five native horse breeds by Vittoria Asti, Andrea Summer, Michela Ablondi, Cristina Sartori, Andrea Giontella, Valeria Pilastro, Samanta Mecocci, Katia Cappelli, Enrico Mancin, Angelica Oian, Roberto Mantovani, Stefano Capomaccio, Alberto Sabbioni

“…After quality control, where data were filtered based on missing genotypes per SNP (> 0.10) and missing SNPs per sample (> 0.10), 1498 horses and 54,825 SNPs remained for analysis. …”
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Comparison of telemedicine-assisted psychotherapy, exercise therapy, or a combination of both in patients with post-COVID-19 syndrome (TelPoCo): study protocol for a randomized con... by Sebastian Beyer, Mariel Nöhre, Isabell Pink, Sebastian Häckl, Nele Henrike Thomas, Frank Klawonn, Uwe Tegtbur, Martina de Zwaan, Sven Haufe

“…Methods The study will be conducted as a prospective, randomized controlled, open-label trial with 3 treatment arms (exercise therapy, psychotherapy, and combined therapy). According to the sample size calculation, 65 participants will be enrolled in each group. …”
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Machine-learning algorithm to predict home delivery after antenatal care visit among reproductive age women in East Africa by Agmasie Damtew Walle, Shimels Derso Kebede, Jibril Bashir Adem, Daniel Niguse Mamo

“…A SHapley Additive exPlanations analysis was conducted to identify key predictors influencing home delivery decisions.ResultsHome delivery after ANC visits was most prevalent in Malawi (17.88%), Uganda (15.38%), and Kenya (11.3%), and was low in Comoros (2.38%). …”
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Identification of Online Health Information Using Large Pretrained Language Models: Mixed Methods Study by Dongmei Tan, Yi Huang, Ming Liu, Ziyu Li, Xiaoqian Wu, Cheng Huang

“…Such misinformation can significantly influence public health decisions and pose serious challenges to health care systems. …”
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An international comparison of longitudinal health data collected on long COVID in nine high income countries: a qualitative data analysis by Josephine Exley, Edmund Stubbs, Raphael Wittenberg, Nicholas Mays

“…We sought to identify and examine longitudinal health data collected on long COVID to inform potential decisions in England regarding the rationale for data collection, the data collected, the sources from which data were collected and the methods used for collection. …”
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Factors Influencing Nurse Interns’ Competence in Physical Assessment for Adult Patients by Nelly Kiplagat, Damaris Ochanda, Mary Kipmerewo

“…This insufficiency has negatively influenced their ability to make better clinical decisions for patients, thus contributing to poor quality of patient care. …”
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Evaluation of a Telemonitoring System Using Electronic National Early Warning Scores for Patients Receiving Medical Home Care: Pilot Implementation Study by Cheng-Fu Lin, Pei‐Jung Chang, Hui-Min Chang, Ching-Tsung Chen, Pi-Shan Hsu, Chieh-Liang Wu, Shih-Yi Lin

“…All participants had caregivers, with only 5 out of 28 (18%) able to make decisions independently. The system was implemented across one medical center and its affiliated home health agency. …”
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Reflective Processes and Social Orientation at Different Stages of Professionalisation (on the Example of Preparation for Medical Activity) by G. V. Manuilov, G. G. Gorelova, E. A. Rylskaya, S. V. Morozova, N. N. Vasyagina

“…Along with the fear of being rejected, manifested at an unconscious level, the respondents took the conscious decisions to preserve own individuality and to maintain the distance with other people. …”
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Diagnostic Value of Glycosylated Extracellular Vesicle microRNAs in Gastric Cancer by Wang S, Ma C, Ren Z, Zhang Y, Hao K, Liu C, Xu L, He S, Zhang J

“…The five miRNA pairs could also aid in making treatment decisions. Thus, miRNAs derived from glycosylated exosomes are promising biomarkers for cancer diagnosis.Keywords: biomarker, diagnosis, gastric cancer, extracellular vesicles, microRNAs…”
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A novel multi-agent dynamic portfolio optimization learning system based on hierarchical deep reinforcement learning by Ruoyu Sun, Yue Xi, Angelos Stefanidis, Zhengyong Jiang, Jionglong Su

“…DRL agents acquire knowledge and make decisions through unsupervised interactions with their environment without requiring explicit knowledge of the joint dynamics of portfolio assets. …”
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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic shelter in place on glycemic control, blood pressure control, and body mass index among diabetic patients at Kaiser Permanente Northern Californ... by Kyle Yamamoto, Maqdooda Merchant, Akshay Bommireddi, Joseph Vu, Seema K. Pursnani

“…Our study helps identify higher-risk diabetic patients who require more intensive monitoring in the setting of the recent pandemic and highlights the importance of considering long-term implications of policy decisions on diabetes care.…”
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Assessment of Learning Styles of First-year Medical Students’ using VARK 8.02 Model Questionnaire: A Cross-sectional Study by Senthil Ganesh P Kannappan, Ravichandran Doraisamy, Vijayakumar Jagadesan

“…Assessing medical students’ learning styles can help both teachers and students make informed decisions about teaching strategies. Adopting a suitable teaching style can improve teaching effectiveness. …”
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Assessment of the Impact of Community-Based Tourism on the Economic, Social, and Cultural Empowerment of Women (Case Study: Coastal Villages of Bushehr Province) by Ali Shamsoddini, Fatemeh Dehghani

“…Statistical analysis, employing the one-sample T-test and utilizing AMOS and SPSS software, was conducted. …”
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Trends in management of odontoid fractures 2010–2021 by Michael J. Gouzoulis, BS, Anthony E. Seddio, BS, Albert Rancu, BS, Sahir S. Jabbouri, MD, Jay Moran, MD, Arya Varthi, MD, Daniel R. Rubio, MD, Jonathan N. Grauer, MD

“…Study Design/Setting: Retrospective database cohort study. Patient Sample: Adult patients with odontoid fractures between 2010 and 2021. …”
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Cephalomedullary Nail Breakages in a Multicenter Insertion vs. Retrieval Database Comparison by Anton P. Lambers, MBBS, BMedSc(Hons), MS(Dist), DipMgt, FRACS(Orth), FAOrthA, Bertram Rieger, MD, Alan Kop, PhD, MSc, PGDip, BAppSc, Moreica B. Pabbruwe, BEng(Hons), PhD, Tom Briffa, PhD, Jessica Perring, BSc, MD, MS, Peter D'Alessandro, MBBS(Hons), FRACS(Orth), FAOrthA, Piers J. Yates, MBBS, BSc(Hons) MRCS(Eng), FRCS(Tr & Orth), FRACS(Orth), FAOrthA

“…Breakages need to be considered in conjunction with other causes of failure and the index diagnosis when making decisions about implant choice in the management of proximal femur fractures. …”
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A Comparative Study of the Perspectives of Long‐Stay Immigrants, Nurses and Cultural Mediators on Intercultural Communication: A Secondary Qualitative Analysis by Francesc Ramos‐Roure, Maria Feijoo‐Cid, Josep Maria Manresa‐Dominguez, Jordi Segura‐Bernal, Rosa García‐Sierra, Maria Isabel Fernández‐Cano, Antonia Arreciado Marañón, Eduard Moreno‐Gabriel, Clara Flamarich Gol, Pere Toran‐Monserrat

“…Methods Two sets of data from two primary studies on nurses and long‐stay immigrants (including in total two focus groups and 15 in‐depth interviews) were merged. The sample was extended to include a focus group of cultural mediators. …”
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Low-coverage whole genome sequencing of cell-free DNA to predict and track immunotherapy response in advanced non-small cell lung cancer by Florian Janke, Mateo Gasser, Arlou K. Angeles, Anja L. Riediger, Magdalena Görtz, Louise Appenheimer, Astrid K. Laut, Simon Ogrodnik, Sabrina Gerhardt, Albrecht Stenzinger, Marc A. Schneider, Michael Thomas, Petros Christopoulos, Holger Sültmann

“…Targeted next-generation sequencing (NGS) of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) has demonstrated potential clinical utility to support clinical decisions, but requires prior tumor genetic profiling for proper interpretation, and wide adoption remains limited due to high costs. …”
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Improving contraceptive agency through peer social support: findings from a longitudinal qualitative evaluation of the I-CAN intervention in Uganda by Erica Sedlander, Beth Phillips, Isabelle Thapar, Catherine Birabwa, Lauren Suchman, Madeline Griffith, Dinah Amongin, Ronald Wasswa, Lynn Atuyambe, Jenny Liu, Peter Waiswa, Kelsey Holt

“…Women were purposefully sampled for diversity in contraceptive use, district, and age. …”
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STOP-Colitis pilot trial protocol: a prospective, open-label, randomised pilot study to assess two possible routes of faecal microbiota transplant delivery in patients with ulcerat... by Ailsa L Hart, Christel McMullan, Jonathan Mathers, Laura Magill, Natalie J Ives, Tariq Iqbal, Mohammed Nabil Quraishi, Naveen Sharma, Jonathan Segal, Richard Hansen, Mehmet Yalchin, Clare Blackwell, Peter Hawkey, Victoria McCune, Daniel Gaya, Shrushma Loi, Konstantinos Gerasimidis, Nicholas James Loman, Christopher Quince, Nicola Crees

“…At the end of the pilot study, decisions will be made regarding the feasibility of a full randomised double-blind, placebo-controlled trial and, if deemed feasible, which route of administration should be used in such a study.Ethics and dissemination Ethical approval for this study has been obtained from the East Midlands-Nottingham Research Ethics Committee (REC 17/EM/0274). …”
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Microbial life-history strategies and genomic traits between pristine and cropland soils by Dan He, Zhongmin Dai, Shuxun Cheng, Haojie Shen, Jiahui Lin, Kankan Zhao, Jorge L. Mazza Rodrigues, Yakov Kuzyakov, Jianming Xu

“…In this paper, 84 cropland and 69 pristine soil samples were studied, and microorganisms in two ecosystems were categorized into two types of ecological groups using the classical copiotroph–oligotroph dichotomy, promoting a general understanding of the ecological roles of microorganisms. …”
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