Peer effects of health behaviors and the moderating role of Internet use among middle-aged and older adults: a nationally representative cross-sectional survey in China by Yanyin Cui, Hongrui Bao, Fang Xia, Liya Zhang, Jie Ren

“…Attention should be paid to the health-enabling function of the Internet, encouraging middle-aged and older adult people to use the Internet actively, moderately, and diversely, and making full use of the advantages of short videos for online health education.…”
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About the methodology of system synthesis of decision-makings and its procedures automation by D. P. Oleynikov, L. N. Butenko

“…The reason for this is the increasingly increasing amount of heterogeneous information, which should take into account the decision maker. Reduction of the allowable period of decision-making also has a signifi cant impact on this process. …”
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Safety and efficacy of long term asfotase alfa treatment in childhood hypophosphatasia by Debora Mariarita d’Angelo, Federico Lauriola, Luisa Silvestrini, Luigia Cinque, Marco Castori, Giulia Di Donato, Armando Di Ludovico, Saverio La Bella, Francesco Chiarelli, Cosimo Giannini, Luciana Breda

“…Calcium-phosphorus metabolism, ALP, and vitamin B6 should always be investigated in suspected cases. …”
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Development and investigation of parallel model of bee colony algorithms for cryptanalysis problem solving by Yury O Chernyshev, Alexander S Sergeev, Alexander N Ryazanov, Evgeny O. Dubrov

“…The basic research results are: the development of the bee colony algorithm used for the cryptanalysis task solution; the description of its flowchart and the principal par-allel executed stages; the construction of a matrix of independence; the evaluation of the number of processors for the algorithm imple-mentation. It should be noted (and it was observed in the previous works) that the distinctive feature of applying the bioinspired meth-ods of cryptanalysis is the applicability of the encryption-decryption algorithm as a criterion function for the evaluation of the key ac-ceptability defined by the bioinspired method operations. …”
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Evaluating the Effectiveness of Quality Control Measures in Project Management: A Study of Construction Companies in Lusaka by Mwanza Jacob, Chimbomba Kelvin

“…Quality control measures implemented in project management functions of construction companies function as essential elements which support project achievement, client fulfillment, and business endurance. …”
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Female Sexual Dysfunction and Associated Factors Among Married Women in Bahir Dar, Northwest Ethiopia: A Cross‐Sectional Study by Heaven Haile, Dabere Nigatu, Zemenu Shiferaw Yadita

“…Hence, education and counseling on substance use, circumcision, age, and pregnancy should be emphasized. Early diagnosis and treatment of depression should be encouraged.…”
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Oral nutritional supplements for gastric cancer – the review of current evidence by A. L. Potapov, V. E. Khoronenko, E. V. Gameeva, Zh. V. Khailova, A. D. Dorozhkin, V. Yu. Scoropad

“…After gastrectomy (GE) its administration reduces the time of recovery of bowel motor function and the duration of hospitalization. After distal GE delay of gastric emptying may occur. …”
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Interpretation services used for non-English language speaking patients with head and neck cancer: Findings from a tertiary London cancer centre by Maesaya Chartkul, Florence Cook, Roganie Govender

“…UK guidance recommends all patients should have access to interpretation services where required. …”
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Safety and efficacy of a feed additive consisting of an essential oil derived from the fruit of Illicium verum Hook.f. (star anise oil) for use in all animal species (FEFANA asbl) by EFSA Panel on Additives and Products or Substances used in Animal Feed (FEEDAP), Vasileios Bampidis, Giovanna Azimonti, Maria de Lourdes Bastos, Henrik Christensen, Mojca Durjava, Maryline Kouba, Marta López‐Alonso, Secundino López Puente, Francesca Marcon, Baltasar Mayo, Alena Pechová, Mariana Petkova, Fernando Ramos, Yolanda Sanz, Roberto Edoardo Villa, Ruud Woutersen, Paul Brantom, Andrew Chesson, Josef Schlatter, Johannes Westendorf, Yvette Dirven, Paola Manini, Birgit Dusemund

“…Due to the high concentration of estragole (≥ 1%), the additive is classified as suspected of causing genetic defects and of causing cancer and should be handled accordingly. Since the fruit of I. verum and its preparations are recognised to flavour food and their function in feed would be the same, no further demonstration of efficacy was necessary.…”
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Two Cases of Late Diagnosis Pituitary Stalk Interruption Syndrome and Literature Review by Alkhalifa M, Alsalman Z, Al Elq A, Al-khadrawi Z, Radwan H

“…To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case series of such late diagnosis PSIS from Saudi Arabia.Conclusion: The key message of this paper is that rare etiologies such as PSIS should be kept in mind, especially for young patients presenting with clinical evidence of pituitary hormonal deficiencies, and MRI should be considered to confirm diagnosis. …”
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Spiritual Leadership Enhances Caring Behaviour: The Mediating Role of Calling by Sang Ayu Ketut Candrawati, Ni Kadek Ayu Sriani, Putu Gede Subhaktiyasa, Ni Komang Sukra Andini, Ni Luh Nova Dilisca Dwi Putri, Ni Ketut Citrawati, Megah Andriany

“…Healthcare organizations should implement training programs on spiritual leadership to encourage calling nurses to perform their duties with dedication. …”
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Nurse's Knowledge about Modifiable and Non-Modifiable Risk Factors of Heart Failure Patient in Erbil Teaching Hospitals by Yousif Mohammed Younis

“… Background: The changes in cardiac function are associated with heart failure which result in a decrease of cardiac output. …”
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Cervical spinal cord injury following osteophyte excision for respiratory distress caused by diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis associated with ossification of posterior long... by Keisuke Masuda, Hideki Shigematsu, Akinori Okuda, Sachiko Kawasaki, Yusuke Yamamoto, Takahiro Mui, Yasuhito Tanaka

“…Patients receiving long-term mechanical ventilation are less likely to recover their swallowing function and should undergo a total laryngectomy.…”
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Diagnosis and Prognostic Assessment of Drug-Induced Liver Injury: What Are the Outpatient Options? (Review) by E. V. Gantsgorn, A. V. Bozhko, S. V. Yarchenko

“…Even though DILI can occur with any medicinal product, outpatient physicians should be aware of the medicinal products that are most often associated with this condition. …”
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Lifetime estrogen exposure and domain-specific cognitive performance: results from the IGNITE study by Amber Watts, Amber Watts, Shannon Donofry, Shannon Donofry, Hayley Ripperger, Nicole M. Eklund, Lu Wan, Chaeryon Kang, George Grove, Lauren E. Oberlin, Lauren E. Oberlin, Swathi Gujral, Eric D. Vidoni, Jeffrey M. Burns, Edward McAuley, Edward McAuley, Charles H. Hillman, Arthur F. Kramer, Arthur F. Kramer, M. Ilyas Kamboh, Kirk I. Erickson, Kirk I. Erickson

“…Future work should evaluate causal mechanisms of associations between lifetime estrogen exposure and later life cognitive function.…”
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Recent advances in recurrent urinary tract infection from pathogenesis and biomarkers to prevention by Jia-Fong Jhang, Hann-Chorng Kuo

“…Recent research has revealed novel evidence about recurrent UTI and it should be considered a different disease from the first infection. …”
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A Temporal Millimeter Wave Propagation Model for Tunnels Using Ray Frustum Techniques and FFT by Choonghyen Kwon, Hayeon Kim, Haengseon Lee, Hyo Hyun Choi, Woo-jin Byun, Kwangseon Kim

“…To directly estimate or simulate effects of millimeter wave channel properties on the performance of communication services, time domain impulse responses of demodulated signals should be obtained, which needs rather large computation time. …”
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Adaptive Large Neighborhood Search Metaheuristic for the Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem with Parcel Lockers by Amira Saker, Amr Eltawil, Islam Ali

“…<i>Results</i>: Objective function values improved by 25%, 30%, 7%, 5%, and 6% for 1000, 800, 600, 400, and 200 customers, respectively, when using a 120-s ALNS runtime compared to the MIP model with a 3-h runtime. …”
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Predicting Affinity Through Homology (PATH): Interpretable binding affinity prediction with persistent homology. by Yuxi Long, Bruce R Donald

“…Based on insights from PATH+, we built PATH-, a scoring function for differentiating between binders and non-binders that has outstanding accuracy against 11 current algorithms for BAP. …”
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Renal Cell Carcinoma in a Horseshoe Kidney Treated with Laparoscopic Partial Nephrectomy by Shinji Ohtake, Takashi Kawahara, Go Noguchi, Noboru Nakaigawa, Kimio Chiba, Hiroji Uemura, Masahiro Yao, Kazuhide Makiyama

“…Due to its poor mobility and abnormal vasculature form, surgeons should pay close attention to all anatomical variations. …”
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