Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Validation of the Serbian Version of the Brief Assessment of Cognition in Schizophrenia Scale.

The Brief Assessment of Cognition in Schizophrenia (BACS) scale was developed for the assessment of cognitive function in patients with schizophrenia. The objective of this study was to cross-culturally adapt and validate the BACS in to the Serbian language. The study was conducted at the Laza Lazarevic Clinic for Mental Disorders and the Clinic for Psychiatry of the University Clinical Center of Serbia from March 2021 to January 2022.

Mental Health and Quality of Life among Dental Students during COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Students are particularly vulnerable from the mental health aspect, which was especially recognized during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to reveal the impact of COVID-19 on quality of life (QoL) and mental health among dental students. The study was conducted on a sample of 797 students (207 male and 592 female) with an average age of 21.

Improving RNA Branching Predictions: Advances and Limitations.

Minimum free energy prediction of RNA secondary structures is based on the Nearest Neighbor Thermodynamics Model. While such predictions are typically good, the accuracy can vary widely even for short sequences, and the branching thermodynamics are an important factor in this variance. Recently, the simplest model for multiloop energetics-a linear function of the number of branches and unpaired nucleotides-was found to be the best.

The challenge of RNA branching prediction: a parametric analysis of multiloop initiation under thermodynamic optimization.

Prediction of RNA base pairings yields insight into molecular structure, and therefore function. The most common methods predict an optimal structure under the standard thermodynamic model. One component of this model is the equation which governs the cost of branching, where three or more helical "arms" radiate out from a multiloop (also known as a junction).