Randomized single-dose crossover comparative bioavailability study of two novel oral cannabidiol (CBD) formulations in healthy volunteers under fed conditions, compared to a standa... by Mehmet Nevzat Pisak, Edibe Bereket, Aydin Erenmemisoglu

“…No clinically significant changes in liver function tests or other laboratory values were observed. …”
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Therapeutic apheresis in the complex pathogenetic therapy of anti-NMDA encephalitis associated with ovarian teratoma at a late stage of the disease by S. N. Bardakov, D. I. Skulyabin, A. N. Moshnikova, S. V. Lapin, A. A. Sokolov, E. A. Kondratyeva, T. V. Bulgakova, A. S. Manuilov, M. V. Zakharov, A. N. Belskikh, V. A. Tsargush, R. V. Deev

“…Anti‑NMDA encephalitis is a rare autoimmune disease of the central nervous system caused by the synthesis of autoantibodies to the NR1/NR2 subunits of the NMDA receptor, characterized by the development of acute mental, cognitive, motor, autonomic disorders, epileptic syndrome and central hypoventilation.The article presents a three‑year observation of patient 34 years old with anti‑NMDA ncephalitis associated with late‑ stage ovarian teratoma, accompanied by an increase titer of antibodies to NMDA receptors in serum to 1:640.Based on a detailed analysis of clinical, neurological, neuropsychological (MMSE, MoСA, FAB, 10 words test A.R. …”
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The impact of health care financing on the economic growth: EU countries analysis by Anastasiia Samoilikova, Rosen Kunev

“…The results of the research show that the impact of health care financing on the change of economic growth is very high in 12 from 14 investigated EU countries (with lags of 1–3 years) and high in 2 from 14 countries (with a lag of 1 year). …”
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Physical Activity as a Factor to Improve the Quality of Student Life by M. M. Kolokoltsev, S. S. Iermakov, N. V. Tretyakova, V. L. Kraynik, E. V. Romanova

“…The values of indicators such as “role functioning”, “pain intensity”, “mental health”, “emotional state”, “social and life activity” fell substantially. …”
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Effects of nitrogen and phosphorus addition on fine root morphological characteristics and biomass of Ligustrum lucidum in coastal new reclamation area by WANG Zhibao1, LU Xinghui1, ZHANG Yanyi1, WANG Hongjiao1,XIE Xian1, JIANG Hong3, HAN Jingya1, WANG Yihe1, LIANG Jing2*

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Whole Genome Sequencing of a Non-O1/O139-Group Vibrio cholerae Isolated from a Patient with a Bloodstream Infection by Wang S, Jin S, Zhu X, Li Y, Pan X

“…The strain was sensitive to all 16 tested antibiotics and did not carry the ctxA/ctxB gene. …”
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CLINICAL DIAGNOSTIC VALUE OF OBSCURE ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHIC PATTERN "BROAD SHARP WAVE" IN CHILDREN by I. G. Kovalev, I. L. Stepanishhev, V. P. Zykov, T. A. Voronina

“…There were made 244 routine electroencephalography in length from 15 to 40 minutes for children aged 3 to 18 years from March 2013 to March 2014. That children were the patients of Psychoneurology department in Toushinskaya Childhood City Hospital, study was conducted at the child in a state of restful alertness of the patient and included the routine recording and three functional tests: a test with a closingopening eye; photostimulation and hyperventilation for three minutes. …”
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Consequential-based life cycle assessment of reducing the concentrates supply level in the diet fed to lactating cows in the alpine dairy farming system by Marco Berton, Stefano Bovolenta, Luigi Gallo, Maurizio Ramanzin, Mirco Corazzin, Enrico Sturaro

“…Data (1-year average) originated from 40 dairy farms in the Alps, collected through farm questionnaires during farm visits. …”
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Phenotypic profile of pulmonary aspergillosis and associated cellular immunity among people living with human immunodeficiency virus in Maiduguri, Nigeria by Idris Abdullahi Nasir, Halima Ali Shuwa, Anthony Uchenna Emeribe, Hafeez Aderinsayo Adekola, Amos Dangana

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Paediatric goal management training in patients with acquired brain injury: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial by Eva Skovlund, Ruth Elizabeth Hypher, Anne Elisabeth Brandt, Kari Risnes, Torstein Baade Rø, Stein Andersson, Torun Gangaune Finnanger, Jan Stubberud

“…Primary outcome measure will be changes in daily life EF as reported by parents (The Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function). Secondary outcomes include other assessments of EF (neuropsychological tests and questionnaires). …”
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Predictive Validity and Reliability of Frenchay Activities Index by Li TONG, Shanjia CHEN, Guanli XIE, Cai JIANG, Jing TAO, Lidian CHEN

“…The internal consistency, structural validity, project discrimination of the test scale, and the evaluation of the improved Barthel index were used to test the validity of the calibration. …”
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Application of Environmental DNA for Assessing the Distribution and Biomass of <i>Brachymystax lenok</i> Tsinlingensis in the Zhouzhi Heihe River by Hu Zhao, Han Zhang, Kunyang Zhang, Jie Deng, Cheng Fang, Jianlu Zhang, Fei Kong, Wei Jiang, Qijun Wang, Hongying Ma

“…The results show that the relationship between the Ct values measured by the quantitative test and the fish biomass in the corresponding tanks followed an exponential function, with a regression coefficient of 0.9987. …”
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Spatio-Temporal Correlation Between Radon Emissions and Seismic Activity: An Example Based on the Vrancea Region (Romania) by David Montiel-López, Sergio Molina, Juan José Galiana-Merino, Igor Gómez, Alireza Kharazian, Juan Luís Soler-Llorens, José Antonio Huesca-Tortosa, Arianna Guardiola-Villora, Gonzalo Ortuño-Sáez

“…Radon gas anomalies have been investigated as potential earthquake precursors for many years. In this work, we have studied the possible correlations between radon emissions and the seismic activity rate for a given region to test if the existing correlation may be later used to forecast the occurrence of earthquakes larger than a given magnitude. …”
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Investigating the Effect of Comprehensive Therapeutic Exercise on Cognitive and Motor Performance in People with Parkinson Disease by Z Sadaghiyani, N Tahan, A Shoeibi, S Nazary Moghadam, A.R Akbarzadeh Baghban, A Zeinalzadeh

“…Before the start of the intervention, the Montreal cognitive assessment questionnaire was completed by the each participant, and functional tests including time up and go test (TUG), time up and go test motor (TUGM) and cognitive (TUGC) were taken from the participants. …”
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Systemic Primary Carnitine Deficiency Presenting With Substantia Nigra and Basal Ganglia Injury: A Case Report by Tomoki Saito, Kento Soma, Mai Kashisaka, Kiiko Iketani, Masaaki Matsumoto, Takuya Ueda, Masahiro Nishiyama, Azusa Maruyama, Ryosuke Nakai, Hiroshi Sakihama, Hiroshi Kurosawa, Naoya Morisada, Hironori Kobayashi, Kayo Ozaki

“…This report presents a case of SPCD undetected by NBS, resulting in basal ganglia damage and dystonia due to metabolic decompensation. A 1‐year‐9‐month‐old girl with no abnormalities on NBS presented with impaired consciousness. …”
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The Effect of Exosomes Derived from Human Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stromal/Stem Cells on the Regeneration of Human Pulpectomized Tooth: A Case Report by Nazanin Jafari, Mina Seyed Habashi, Alireza Afshar, Mohammad Ghasemi, Madina A. Kurmanalina, Nadiar M. Mussin, Asset A. Kaliyev, Shahrokh Zare, Zahra Khodabandeh, Nader Tanideh, Amin Tamadon

“…The dental pulp is essential for tooth health and sensory function. However, conventional treatments for infected or necrotic pulp, such as root canal therapy, frequently result in tooth loss and increased fracture risk. …”
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Strategies for Maintaining Balance in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease by A. E. Slotina, Ekaterina S. Ikonnikova, Georgii A. Kotsoev, Alena S. Egunova, Uliana V. Panina, Ekaterina Yu. Fedotova, Elena V. Gnedovskaya, Natalia A. Suponeva

“…Berg Balance Scale scores revealed mild balance impairments in PD patients, with greater severity during the “off” period (p 0.05). Classical Romberg test parameters during the “on” period demonstrated deteriorated balance function and increased reliance on visual strategies for balance maintenance. …”
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Predictors of using extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in lung transplantation by M. Sh. Khubutiya, E. A. Tarabrin, S. V. Zhuravel, V. G. Kotandzhyan, N. A. Karchevskaya, E. I. Pervakova, Sh. N. Danielyan, T. E. Kallagov, A. A. Saprin, I. U. Ibavov, A. G. Petukhova, A. M. Gasanov

“…Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) has been used during surgery in recent years as a replacement for respiratory function; ECMO, however, has some drawbacks: the presence of an extracorporeal circuit, the need for heparinization, potential thrombogenicity that underlies the risks of developing specific complications that worsen the transplantation prognosis. …”
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Susceptibility to chronic mucus hypersecretion, a genome wide association study. by Akkelies E Dijkstra, Joanna Smolonska, Maarten van den Berge, Ciska Wijmenga, Pieter Zanen, Marjan A Luinge, Mathieu Platteel, Jan-Willem Lammers, Magnus Dahlback, Kerrie Tosh, Pieter S Hiemstra, Peter J Sterk, Avi Spira, Jorgen Vestbo, Borge G Nordestgaard, Marianne Benn, Sune F Nielsen, Morten Dahl, W Monique Verschuren, H Susan J Picavet, Henriette A Smit, Michael Owsijewitsch, Hans U Kauczor, Harry J de Koning, Eva Nizankowska-Mogilnicka, Filip Mejza, Pawel Nastalek, Cleo C van Diemen, Michael H Cho, Edwin K Silverman, James D Crapo, Terri H Beaty, David A Lomas, Per Bakke, Amund Gulsvik, Yohan Bossé, Ma'en Obeidat, Daan W Loth, Lies Lahousse, Fernando Rivadeneira, Andre G Uitterlinden, Andre Hofman, Bruno H Stricker, Guy G Brusselle, Cornelia M van Duijn, Uilke Brouwer, Gerard H Koppelman, Judith M Vonk, Martijn C Nawijn, Harry J M Groen, Wim Timens, H Marike Boezen, Dirkje S Postma, LifeLines Cohort study

“…In total 2,704 subjects with, and 7,624 subjects without CMH were included, all current or former heavy smokers (≥20 pack-years). Additional studies were performed to test the functional relevance of the most significant single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP).…”
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Prospective Quantification of Tricuspid Regurgitation With Echocardiography vs 4D Flow Cardiac Magnetic Resonance by Agata Sularz, MB BChir, Ahmed S. Negm, MD, Alejandra Chavez Ponce, MD, Ahmed El Shaer, MD, Chia-Hao Liu, MD, Jared Bird, MD, Jae Oh, MD, Sorin V. Pislaru, MD, PhD, Jeremy D. Collins, MD, Mohamad Alkhouli, MD, MBA

“…Results: Fifty-two patients were enrolled (mean age 78.5 ± 7.6 years, 53.8% men). The median interval between CMR and TTE was 2 days (Q1-Q3: 1-37 days). …”
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