Brain Activation during Memory Encoding in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Discordant Twin Pair Study by Amanda G. Wood, Jian Chen, Christopher Moran, Thanh Phan, Richard Beare, Kimberley Cooper, Stacey Litras, Velandai Srikanth

“…Twenty-two twin pairs discordant for type 2 diabetes mellitus (mean age 60.9 years) without neurological disease were recruited from the Australian Twin Registry (ATR) and underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during a memory encoding task, cognitive tests, and structural MRI. …”
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Treating Primary Arthroprosthesis Infection Caused by Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. abscessus by Valerio Pace, Pierluigi Antinolfi, Emanuele Borroni, Daniela Maria Cirillo, Elio Cenci, Claudio Piersimoni, Angela Cardaccia, Marco Nofri, Chiara Papalini, Rosario Petruccelli, Fabrizio Marzano, Maria Bruna Pasticci

“…Further investigations are needed to determine any correlations between clinical results and in vitro susceptibility tests, as well as the clinical implications of M. abscessus subsp. abscessus harbouring the functional gene erm(41). …”
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Validation of the PsAID-12 Russian questionnaire in patients with psoriatic arthritis by L. D. Vorobyeva, E. Yu. Loginova, Yu. L. Korsakova, E. E. Gubar, P. O. Tremaskina, T. V. Korotaeva

“…Average age was 45.6±11.7 years, duration of PsA – 113.8±76.7 months, duration of psoriasis – 241±144 months, disease activity according to DAPSA (Disease Activity in Psoriatic Arthritis) – 29.1±22.6. …”
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Ecological succession of fishes in a large Amazonian off river reservoir by Friedrich Wolfgang Keppeler, Marcos Augusto Mendes Rocha, Paulo Arthur de Abreu Trindade, Eurico Mesquita Noleto-Filho, José Amorim Reis-Filho, Jenny J. Morales-Parrado, Valter M. Azevedo-Santos, Ronaldo Angelini, Tommaso Giarrizzo

“…Abstract Converting river flows into reservoirs is a major disturbance that triggers ecological succession, altering the functional and phylogenetic structure of aquatic communities. …”
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Multi‐Annual Inventorying of Retrogressive Thaw Slumps Using Domain Adaptation by Yiling Lin, Xie Hu, Haoyu Lu, Fujun Niu, Gengnian Liu, Lingcao Huang, Shanghang Zhang, Jifu Liu, Yunhuai Liu

“…We tested three methods' performance in Beiluhe region over the Qinghai‐Tibet Plateau using PlanetScope optical images during 2019–2022. …”
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Myogenic Disease and Metabolic Acidosis: Consider Multiple Acyl-Coenzyme A Dehydrogenase Deficiency by A. Dernoncourt, J. Bouchereau, C. Acquaviva-Bourdain, C. Wicker, P. De Lonlay, C. Gourguechon, H. Sevestre, P.-E. Merle, J. Maizel, C. Brault

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Cognitive and affective theory-of-mind impairment in people with early-stage bipolar disorder by Jacob Man Tik Chan, Heidi Ka Ying Lo, Anson Kai Chun Chau, Aerin Sum Yin Mok, Co Co Ho Yi Tong, Candice Tze Kwan Kam, Catherine Zhiqian Fang, Wing Chung Chang

“…Methods Cognitive and affective ToM were examined in 41 euthymic early-stage (stage 2–3b) BD patients aged 16 - 40 years who were treated within three-years from first-episode mania and 40 demographically-matched healthy controls, using Faux-pas task (FPT) and Reading the Mind in the Eyes test (RMET). …”
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Case Report: Beyond type 1 diabetes: a case of delayed MODY1 diagnosis and successful transition to sulfonylurea therapy by Chiara Gulisano, Concetta Aloi, Alessandro Salina, Camilla Marazzi, Giordano Spacco, Serena Cappato, Renata Bocciardi, Renata Bocciardi, Dario Iafusco, Giacomo Tantari, Giuseppe d'Annunzio, Nicola Minuto, Mohamad Maghnie, Marta Bassi, Francesca Faravelli

“…Initially diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes (T1D), she required low insulin doses and displayed negative autoimmune markers. Genetic testing revealed the heterozygous variant inherited from her father and functional studies confirmed the variant's impact on splicing. …”
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CITA GO-ON study. A community based multidomain lifestyle intervention to prevent cognitive decline. Protocol design and recruitment process by Mikel Tainta, Mikel Tainta, Mikel Tainta, Mikel Tainta, Mirian Ecay-Torres, Myriam Barandiaran, Myriam Barandiaran, Myriam Barandiaran, Ainara Estanga, Carolina López, Miren Altuna, Miren Altuna, Ane Iriondo, Jon Saldias, Maite Garcia-Sebastian, Marta Cañada, Maria de Arriba, Imanol Reparaz-Escudero, Mikel L. Sáez de Asteasu, Mikel L. Sáez de Asteasu, Mikel Izquierdo, Mikel Izquierdo, Nekane Balluerka, Arantxa Gorostiaga, Naia Ros, Goretti Soroa, Jara Domper, Jara Domper, Lucia Gayoso, Lucia Gayoso, Maria Arrizabalaga-Lopez, Usune Etxeberria, Usune Etxeberria, Maria Ines Torres, Elena Alberdi, Elena Alberdi, Estibaliz Capetillo-Zarate, Estibaliz Capetillo-Zarate, Estibaliz Capetillo-Zarate, Maider Mateo-Abad, Itziar Vergara, Javier Mar, Pablo Martinez-Lage

“…The primary outcome is the efficacy of the intervention to reduce the risk of cognitive decline measured by the global composite z-score of the modified Neuropsychological Test Battery over two years. The secondary outcomes measure cost-effectiveness, quality of life, and functional abilities. …”
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Sex-Related Features of Haemodynamic Response to Cold Exposure of the Hand in Young People by Andrey B. Gudkov, Elena V. Korobitsyna, O’lga N. Popova, Aleksandr N. Nikanov, Sergey V. Kolmogorov, Sergey P. Ermolin

“…The stress test included immersion of the hand in 8 °C water for 1 min. …”
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Headache types and characteristics in patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis by Radwa Soliman, Nagia Fahmy, Mahmoud S. Swelam

“…ALS symptoms severity was assessed via Arabic version of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Functional Rating Scale Revised (ALSFRS-R). Cognitive functions were assessed via the Egyptian version of the Edinburgh Cognitive and Behavioral Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Screen (ECAS‑EG). …”
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Storytelling as narrative health promotion in community psychiatry: a quasi-experimental study by Márk Komóczi, Karolina Kósa

“…CBPR uses multi-modal approach to address patients’ needs in health, education, livelihood, empowerment and social functioning. In addition to pharmacotherapy, other interventions such as metacognitive training, lifestyle interventions, psychoeducation, arts therapy may be used to improve functioning and quality of life. …”
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Clinical case of acquired idiopatic aplastic anemia by A. V. Serezhkina, G. I. Khmelevskaya, N. S. Razinkova, T. A. Minenkova, A. A. Bezykina, E. A. Sentishcheva, R. E. Gromov

“…Acquired idiopathic aplastic anemia is an extremely rare severe blood disease in which proliferation stops and blood stem cells die in the bone marrow, which is morphologically expressed in the replacement of functional BM cells with fat cells, as well as absolute pancytopenia. …”
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Design, Fabrication, and Performance Evaluation of a Food Solar Dryer by Md. Suman Rana, A. N. M. Arifur Rahman, Rakib Ahmed, Md. Pallob Hossain, Md. Salim Shadman, Pranta Kumar Majumdar, Kh. Shafiqul Islam, Jonathan Colton

“…The dryer was produced and tested within the context of Bangladesh, unlike other commercial devices. …”
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Efficacy of Hymecromone in Post-Cholecystectomy Patients by A V. Okhlobystin, A. К. Ufimtseva, M. A. Tatarkina, O. Z. Okhlobystina, V. T. Ivashkin

“…Overall, 26 patients were enrolled in non-interventional comparative study: 2 males, 24 females, aged from 25 to 74 years. All patients underwent cholecystectomy for symptomatic gallstone disease within 1 to 10 years prior to beginning of the study. …”
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Is living alone associated with mortality among older primary care patients with or without diabetes? by Anna-Kaisa Aro, Merja Karjalainen, Miia Tiihonen, Hannu Kautiainen, Juha Saltevo, Maija Haanpää, Pekka Mäntyselkä

“…Results The median follow-up time was 4.3 years. 208 of the controls (32%) and 156 (36%) of the patients with diabetes lived alone. …”
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Changes in the Plasma Sex Hormone Profile in Males with Severe Concomitant Injury by K. N Yezhova, A. V. Volkov, D. A. Ostapchenko, V. V. Moroz

“…Objective: to perform a complex study of typical plasma sex hormone changes and their functional significance in males with severe concomitant injury (SCI). …”
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3D EEG and Clinical Evidence of Brain Dying. Preliminary Report by M. Drobný, B. Drobná Sániová, S. Učňová, G. Sobolová, R. Koyš, C. Machado, Ya. Machado

“…Current guidelines rely on clinical examination including the proof of coma, absent brain stem reflexes, and apnoea test. Neurophysiological testing using electroencephalography and evoked potentials — somatosensory evoked potentials and brainstem auditory evoked potential could have been helpful in the final diagnostic brain death conclusion, but the diagnostic accuracy of these methods in the last years has revealed controversies. …”
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Evidence based prevalence of diabetes related depression in Kohat, Pakistan: a cross-sectional study by Madiha Fatima, Zhao Wang, Zia Ud Din, Liao Juan, Cheng Ke, Peng Xie

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Basel Long COVID Cohort Study (BALCoS): protocol of a prospective cohort study by Andrea Meienberg, Michael Mayr, Rainer Schaefert, Gunther Meinlschmidt, Stefan Rohner, Rebekka Schnepper, Katrin Bopp

“…This article presents the protocol of the Basel Long COVID Cohort Study (BALCoS), which aims to improve understanding of PCC by capturing clinical, functional and psychosocial aspects through repeated assessments over the course of 1 year.Methods and analysis BALCoS is a prospective, single-site cohort study. …”
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