Evaluating the Accuracy and Efficiency of Imaging Modalities in Guiding Ablation for Metastatic Spinal Column Tumors: A Systematic Review.

Background/objectives: Spinal metastases are a frequent and serious complication in cancer patients, often causing severe pain, instability, and neurological deficits. Thermal ablation techniques such as radiofrequency ablation (RFA), microwave ablation (MWA), and cryoablation (CA) have emerged as minimally invasive treatments. These techniques rely on precise imaging guidance to effectively target lesions while minimizing complications.

Navigating pancreas transplant perceptions: assessing public sentiment and strategies using AI-driven analysis.

Background: Pancreas transplantation, a crucial treatment for diabetes, is underutilized due to its invasiveness, strict criteria, organ scarcity, and limited centers. This highlights the need for enhanced public education and awareness through digital health platforms.

Methods: We utilized Google's AI-driven, consensus-based model and Claude AI 3.

Anisogamy and sex roles: a commentary.

The origin and maintenance of sex differences in reproductive behavior (often labeled sex roles) have remained controversial topics, and recent meta-analyses and theoretical models have helped to elucidate the processes that generate diverse sex roles. We are glad to see that our study (Mokos et al., 2021) generated a healthy debate, and in agreement with recent commentaries (Janicke, 2024; Lehtonen & Parker, 2024) we call for a more comprehensive approach to understanding sex role evolution.

Physical activities in prisons - beyond just sport. Focus on Czechia and Hungary.

Purpose: The aim of the paper is to emphasize the importance of physical activity in prisons, its link to mental health and the potential for desistance bringing the perspective of two Eastern European countries - Czechia and Hungary. The paper aims to show that sport in prison has to be seriously considered as an activity that has the potential to positively contribute to the physical and mental health of prison inmates. The aim of the paper is to show that sport in prison is a very potential rehabilitative tool.

Bottling it? Consumer responses to less environmentally friendly products: A choice experiment for water in plastic packaging in the UK.

Consumers have several options when confronted with less environmentally friendly packaging like water in single use plastic bottles - they can ignore environmental concerns and proceed with a purchase, refuse to buy any such product, seek out a less damaging version like water in biodegradable bottles, and/or engage in offsetting/compensatory behavior such as donating to a charity. Understanding how consumers value these options is an important academic and management challenge. To address this, a stated choice experiment is employed.

Readiness assessment for cervical cancer elimination and prevention of human papillomavirus (HPV)-related cancers in Europe - are we winning the RACE?

Introduction: To address the cervical cancer burden globally, the World Health Organization and European Union released strategies to facilitate HPV-related cancers prevention, including cervical cancer elimination. This research assessed European country level readiness to achieve cervical cancer elimination by adhering to such strategies.

Areas Covered: Readiness for cervical cancer elimination was assessed across a range of guiding questions relevant to three defined key domains: vaccination, screening, and treatment, each with two sub-domains focusing on decision making and implementation efforts.

Effect of Mo and W underlayers on ordered phase formation in Fe-Au-Pd multilayer thin films at low temperatures.

Fe-Pd based thin films with Au intermediate layer fabricated on different substrates (SiO, SiO/Mo, SiO/W) were investigated at annealing temperatures up to 460 °C. The samples were deposited by magnetron sputtering and were post-annealed in vacuum. The ongoing processes were investigated by chemical depth profiling and X-ray diffraction.

Analysis of the intensity of carious infection of teeth in children permanently living in conditions of a pollated ecosystem.

Objective: Aim: Assessment of dental caries and its impact on the level of dental health of children aged 15-18 years of Upper Tysa region, who constantly live in conditions of combined negative effects of factors of natural and technological genesis.

Patients And Methods: Materials and Methods: During the dental examination, the incidence of dental caries in 360 children aged 15-18 years from various biogeochemical zones of the cross-border region of the Upper Tysa region was studied and assessed using the International Caries Detection and Assessment System - ICDAS II (International Caries Detection and Assessment System).

Results: Results: It was found that the use of physiologically suboptimal drinking water from decentralized water resources is among the environmental determinants of the state of dental health of children in the Upper Potyssia.

Proband-Only Exome Sequencing for Intellectual Disability in Iran: Diagnostic Yield and Genetic Insights.

Intellectual disability (ID) is a leading cause for referral to genetic services, with the most severe cases typically attributed to single genetic defects. This study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic yield of cost-effective proband-only exome sequencing for individuals diagnosed with ID within the Iranian population for the first time where a high rate of parental consanguinity exists. A total of 99 unrelated patients with ID were investigated by exome sequencing during 8 years.

Green Synthesis of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles: Preparation, Characterization, and Biomedical Applications - A Review.

Over the last decade, biomedical nanomaterials have garnered significant attention due to their remarkable biological properties and diverse applications in biomedicine. Metal oxide nanoparticles (NPs) are particularly notable for their wide range of medicinal uses, including antibacterial, anticancer, biosensing, cell imaging, and drug/gene delivery. Among these, zinc oxide (ZnO) NPs stand out for their versatility and effectiveness.

Could the transcription factor AtnN coordinating the aspercryptin secondary metabolite gene cluster in Aspergillus nidulans be a global regulator?

Products of dormant secondary metabolite gene clusters of fungal genomes can be exploited for medical purposes as bioactive agents. These clusters can be switched on under oxidative stress and may endow fungi with a versatile chemical armory in a competitive niche. In Aspergillus nidulans, the aspercryptin gene cluster, including the synthase [atnA (AN7884)] and its transcription factor (atnN), was activated under menadione sodium bisulfite (MSB) treatment.

Communicative health literacy and associated variables in nine European countries: results from the HLS survey.

Our study aimed to report on variables associated with communicative health literacy (COM-HL) in European adults. The HLS survey was conducted in 2019-2021 including nine countries which measured COM-HL by using a validated questionnaire (HLS-COM-P-Q6 with a score ranging from 0 to 100). Linear regression models were used to study variables associated with COM-HL globally (multilevel model with random intercepts and slopes and at country level) and in each country.

The variation in axial length in office hours causes a diopter change in the intraocular lens power calculation.

Purpose: To investigate whether diurnal changes in biometric parameters at different times of the day are visible and to analyze whether the variations could have clinical significance in the process of intraocular lens (IOL) power calculation.

Methods: Phakic eyes measured by IOLMaster 700 above the age of 16 were included, with the exclusion of previous surgery. Measurements were taken between 7:00 and 15:00 and data were treated in hourly groups within this range.

Novel approach to assess sarcopenia in children with inflammatory bowel disease.

Introduction: Sarcopenia is associated with poor clinical outcomes in chronic diseases. Our study aimed to characterize body composition (BC) parameters in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and compare skeletal muscle mass (SMM) parameters with the healthy pediatric population.

Methods: BC of healthy controls (HC) and of patients with IBD were measured via multifrequency bioelectrical impedance (InBody 720 device) in a cross-sectional manner.

Indication of p + B reaction in Laser Induced Nanofusion experiment.

The NanoPlasmonic Laser Induced Fusion Energy (NAPLIFE) project proposed fusion by regulating the laser light absorption via resonant nanorod antennas implanted into hydrogen rich urethane acrylate methacrylate (UDMA) and triethylene glycol dimethylacrylate (TEGDMA) copolymer targets. In part of the tests, boron-nitride (BN) was added to the polymer. Our experiments with resonant nanoantennas accelerated protons up to 225 keV energy.

The Heart is a Smart Pump: Mechanotransduction Mechanisms of the Frank-Starling Law and the Anrep Effect.

The Frank-Starling law and Anrep effect describe two intrinsic mechanisms that regulate contraction force in the heart. Based on recent advancements and the historical literature, we propose new perspectives and address several critical issues in this review. () The Frank-Starling mechanism and Anrep effect are dynamically linked and act synergistically.

Evaluating the impact of financial worry on mental health: a cross-sectional study among Kenyan radiographers.

Background: Psychological distress is a major public health concern that has many influencing factors. One of them is the financial capability of an individual. Despite the integral role of radiographers in healthcare delivery, there is limited literature about radiographers in Kenya and more so regarding their mental well-being.