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Chemotherapy-induced Peripheral Neuropathy According to Biopsychosocial Model: A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Correlational Study
Authors: Sevincelli Selin , Ozdemir Leyla 
Published: August 2023

Abstract
Purpose The present study aimed to assess the biological health, perceived well-being and social well-being of cancer patients with CIPN within the scope of the biopsychosocial model.
MethodsThis study was conducted in oncology clinics and outpatient clinics of a research hospital. The sample comprised 109 patients who met the following inclusion criteria: age ≥ 18 years, completed at least three cycles of taxane and platinum chemotherapy treatment, showed peripheral neuropathy symptoms, could communicate in Turkish and provided consent to participate in the study. For data collection, Patient Information Form, Chemotherapy-induced Peripheral Neuropathy Scale (EQRTC QLQ CIPN20), Perceived Well-being Scale and Social Well-being Scale were used.
Results The EQRTC QLQ CIPN20 score was higher in those with high school and higher education than in those with primary school education and below. Perceived well-being was higher with the increase in age, in males, patients receiving only chemotherapy but no immunotherapy, patients without additional stressors, unemployed patients, patients receiving care support from their spouses at home and patients living with their spouses. The social well-being level was higher in those with higher age and number of treatments, those without stem cell transplantation, those without additional stressors, those with primary school education and below and those living alone. Conclusions These findings suggest that CIPN symptoms should be evaluated holistically and supportive care interventions should be developed for these patients.
Transitioning to healthy and sustainable diets has high environmental and affordability trade-offs for developing countries
Authors: Wang Zhen , Deng Zhongci , Hu Yuanchao , Li Cai , Wang Jingyu , He Pan , Bryan Brett 
Published: August 2023

Abstract
While dietary transitions offer benefits for both people and the environment globally, uncertainties persist regarding their impacts on the environment, human health, and food affordability across countries and over time. Here, we project water use, dietary quality, and food affordability from 2020–2100 under four healthy dietary scenarios and a baseline to assess potential challenges and opportunities at the country level over time. Using the MAgPIE model, we show that transitioning to healthy and sustainable diets could yield substantial enhancements in global dietary quality. However, in the initial phases, these transitions entail addressing water use and food affordability challenges. Yet, the advantages of transitions will manifest as the population and economy expand. By 2100, average dietary quality and food affordability could improve by 38.48% and 39.95%, and reduce water use by 10.82% globally. Nevertheless, we emphasize that sustainable development will be impeded in developing countries due to increased food demand, with a maximum deterioration in water use and food affordability of 2.54% and 29.25%, respectively. Although negative impacts will gradually subside as the dietary transition is completed, targeted interventions are still needed to improve water management and mitigate potential economic burdens during the dietary transition.
The therapeutic effect of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in patients with severe to profound idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss
Authors: Choi Yeso , Han Sung Jun , Kim Sung Kyun , Hong Seok Min 
Published: August 2023

Abstract
The optimal treatment for sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) is unclear. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) has been suggested as a viable option for treatment of SSNHL as it improves vascular dysfunction. In this study, we evaluated the therapeutic effects of HBOT by retrospectively reviewing the records of 2,206 patients with severe to profound SSNHL. 54 who had received HBOT were selected for the HBOT groups, while 59 age-matched controls who had not were selected for the control groups. The HBOT and control groups were divided into subgroups according to intratympanic steroid (ITS) use. Groups A–D had received oral steroids + HBOT, oral steroids only, oral steroids + ITS + HBOT, and oral steroids + ITS, respectively. Of the 113 SSNHL patients, 21 had diabetes mellitus (DM) (2, 0, 9, and 10 patients in Groups A–D, respectively).There was no notable difference in hearing improvement between patients receiving HBOT and those in the control group. However, among diabetic patients, those who underwent HBOT demonstrated a significant improvement in hearing when compared to the control group. The combination of HBOT and steroids could potentially be beneficial for treating severe to profound SSNHL patients with DM. Main Text
Comparison of complications between laparoscopic and open gastrectomies for early gastric cancer: a nationwide propensity score-matched cohort study
Authors: Song Jeong Ho , Min Jae-Seok 
Published: August 2023

Abstract
Background
The safety of laparoscopic gastrectomy compared with open surgery for the treatment of early gastric cancer (EGC) was not still identified on a national scale. This study aimed to compare the morbidity between laparoscopic and open gastrectomies for pathological T1 gastric cancer based on nationwide survey data.
Methods
Data from the Korean Gastric Cancer Association-led nationwide survey 2019 of 14,076 patients who underwent gastric cancer surgery were used. For patients with pathological T1 gastric cancer, the clinical characteristics were compared between the laparoscopic and open gastrectomy groups. Propensity score matching (PSM) was performed to match the baseline characteristics of two groups.
Results
Among the 7,765 patients with pathological T1 gastric cancer who underwent open or laparoscopic gastrectomy, 612 pairs were matched. After balancing the baseline characteristics, laparoscopic gastrectomy group had significantly longer operative time, less blood loss, greater number of harvested lymph nodes, shorter hospital stays, and comparable morbidity, compared with open gastrectomy group (P < 0.001, P < 0.001, P < 0.001, P = 0.001, and P = 0.709, respectively). The surgical approach was not a risk factor for postoperative complication in logistic regression analysis.
Conclusions
The PSM analysis with 2019 Korean nationwide survey data demonstrated that laparoscopic gastrectomy showed comparable morbidity with open gastrectomy for EGC.
Vision degrading myodesopsia assessed with Optos ultra-widefield scanning laser ophthalmoscope
Authors: Lin Tiezhu , Shi Cheng , Wu Bing , Pazo Emmanuel Eric , Shen Lijun 
Published: August 2023

Abstract
Background
To investigate the diagnostic sensitivity of Optos imaging for vision degrading myodesopsia (VDM).
Methods
A total of 420 eyes from 345 patients with VDM were collected in this cross-sectional study. All eyes were classified as having posterior vitreous detachment (PVD) or not having PVD. The sensitivity of Optos imaging for the visibility of vitreous floaters was evaluated. The associated factors with the visibility of vitreous floaters on Optos images were analyzed in univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses.
Results
The mean age of all patients was 56.19 ± 13.89 years old, and 66.67% of patients were female. The vitreous floaters were visible on the ultrasound B scan in all eyes, but only in 47.62% of Optos images (55.29% in eyes with PVD and 15% in eyes without PVD). In the multiple binary logistic regression analysis, age (OR = 1.094, 95%CI = 1.063–1.125, P < 0.001), spherical equivalent (OR = 0.869, 95%CI = 0.791–0.955, P = 0.004) and the distance of the floaters from the retina (OR = 1.191, 95%CI = 1.059–1.339, P = 0.003) were significantly correlated with the visibility of vitreous floaters on Optos images. On Optos images, 25.71% of VDM eyes presented additional retinal abnormalities.
Conclusions
Optos imaging has a low sensitivity for vitreous floaters, particularly in eyes without PVD. On Optos imaging, floaters were more visible in older patients, eyes with greater myopia, and floaters that were further from the retina.
Incidence and temporal patterns of true recurrences and second primaries in women with breast cancer: a 10-year competing risk-adjusted analysis
Authors: Mancini Silvia , Bucchi Lauro , Biggeri Annibale , Giuliani Orietta , Baldacchini Flavia , Ravaioli Alessandra , Zamagni Federica , Falcini Fabio , Vattiato Rosa 
Published: August 2023

Abstract

Background The data available regarding the risk and timing of true breast cancer (BC) recurrences and second primaries are limited.
Methods We carried out a one-time, detailed manual review of multiple medical charts of 1988 eligible BC patients from the Emilia-Romagna Cancer Registry (northern Italy) (2000-2013). The occurrence and timing of all types of first true recurrences (TRs, including local, regional and distant recurrences) and second BCs (SBCs, including ipsilateral SBC and contralateral SBC) during 10 years of follow-up were evaluated. The types of recurrences were defined according to the Maastricht Delphi consensus. A competing risk-adjusted analysis was performed. The median recurrence-free interval, the smoothed subhazard functions, the subhazards (actuarial life table approach) and the cumulative incidence function of follow-up events were estimated. Prognostic factors for TRs and SBCs were identified using the Fine and Gray model. The observed total number of BC episodes was compared with the expected number of BCs based on registered incidence rates in the general population with the calculation of the age-standardised incidence ratio.
Results The median time to detection was 3.4 years for TRs versus 5.1 years for SBCs. The risk of total TRs had two peaks, one between the 2nd and the 3rd year of follow-up and another, of smaller size, between the 7th and the 8th year. The subhazard of SBCs fluctuated for 5 years, had a drop between the 6th and the 7th year and a marked peak between the 8th and the 9th. Prognostic factors for TRs included tumour stage, tumour grade, lymph node status and residual disease. Factors associated with the risk of SBCs included patient age and hormone therapy (inverse association). The excess incidence of total BC episodes as compared with the expected incidence of BC was huge in the first two years and no longer significant in the 9th/10th year.
Conclusions The novel and multifaceted evidence provided by this study warrants further research into the risk and timing of all types of recurrences during the follow-up of primary BC.
Modeling the Limits of Detection for Antimicrobial Resistance Genes in Agri-Food Metagenomic Samples
Authors: Cooper Ashley L. , Low Andrew , Wong Alex , Tamber Sandeep , Blais Burton W. , Carrillo Catherine D. 
Published: August 2023

Abstract
Background
Despite the potential for dissemination of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) through food and food production, there are few studies of the prevalence of AMR organisms (AROs) in various agri-food products. Sequencing technologies are increasingly being used to track the spread of AMR genes (ARGs) in bacteria, and metagenomics has the potential to bypass some of the limitations of single isolate characterization by allowing simultaneous analysis of the agri-food product microbiome and associated resistome. However, metagenomics may still be hindered by methodological biases, presence of eukaryotic DNA, and difficulties in detecting low abundance AROs within an attainable sequence coverage. The goal of this study was to assess whether limits of detection of ARGs in agri-food metagenomes were influenced by sample type and bioinformatic approaches.
Results
We simulated metagenomes containing different proportions of AMR pathogens and analysed them for taxonomic composition and ARGs using several common bioinformatic tools. Bracken estimates of species abundance were closest to expected values. However, analysis by both Kraken2 and Bracken indicate presence of organisms not included in the synthetic metagenomes. MetaPhlAn3 analysis of community composition was more specific but with lower sensitivity than both Kraken2 and Bracken. Accurate detection of ARGs dropped drastically below 5X isolate genome coverage. However, it was sometimes possible to detect ARGs and closely related alleles at lower coverage levels if using a lower ARG-target coverage cutoff (< 80%). While KMA and CARD-RGI only predicted presence of expected ARG-targets or closely related gene-alleles, SRST2 falsely reported presence of distantly related ARGs at all isolate genome coverage levels.
Conclusions
Overall, ARGs were accurately detected in the synthetic metagenomes (approx. 40 million paired-end reads) by all methods when the ARO reads constituted > 0.4% of the reads (approximately 5X isolate coverage). Reducing target gene coverage cutoffs allowed detection of ARGs present at lower abundance; however, this reduced cutoff may result in alternative ARG-allele detection. Background flora in metagenomes resulted in differences in detection of ARGs by KMA. Further advancements in sequencing technologies providing increased depth of coverage or longer read length may improve ARG detection in agri-food metagenomic samples, enabling use of this approach for tracking low-abundance AROs in agri-food samples.
Which Scale to Assess Pain Self-efficacy Shows Better Measurement Properties in Chronic Low Back Pain? A head-to-head comparison study between Pain Self-Efficacy Questionnaire and Chronic Pain Self-Efficacy Scale
Authors: Turci Aline Mendonça , Spavieri Juliana Homem Padilha , de Lima Thamiris Costa , Silva Alexsander Pereira da , Christofolletti Amanda , Chaves Thais Cristina 
Published: August 2023

Abstract
Background There are two generic questionnaires available in the literature to assess pain self-efficacy: Pain Self-Efficacy Questionnaire (PSEQ) and the Chronic Pain Self-Efficacy Scale (CPSS). PSEQ is preferred rather than the CPSS. However, it is based in arbitrary judgement and not comparisons regarding the quality of their measurement properties. Hence, the aim of this study was to compare the quality of the measurement properties of PSEQ-10, PSEQ-4 and PSEQ-2 and CPSS (long-form: CPSS-LF and short-form: CPSS-SF) in patients with CLBP.Methods Two-hundred twenty patients with CLBP (18 and 60 years) were enrolled in this study. The participants were assessed in three occasions: baseline assessment, one-week after the first assessment (reliability) and after a six-week exercise program (responsiveness). The intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) and Cronbach’s α were used to assess reliability and internal consistency, respectively. Spearman’s correlation and confirmatory factor analysis were used to assess construct validity. The area under the curve (AUC) were used to assess responsiveness.Results None difference was observed for all the questionnaires regarding internal consistency (Cronbach’s α > .7), criterion validity (r > .88) and responsiveness (AUC > .7). The scales confirmed more than 75% of the hypotheses for the construct validity, except for CPSS-SF. PSEQ-2 did not meet the criterion for reliability and structural validity.Conclusion This study showed that PSEQ-2 did not meet the criterion for suitable structural validity and reliability and CPSS-SF for construct validity. Hence, considering the administration burden of the long questionnaires like CPSS, our results recommend the use of PSEQ-10 and PSEQ-4.
Monitoring high-temperature sensor with optical performance in Terahertz Using graphene in power plant industries
Authors: Sharifi Hadi , Daraei Omid Mohsen , Pourziad Ali , Bemani Mohammad 
Published: August 2023

Abstract
Optical sensors getting widespread usage in almost every field, especially industries. A high thermal optical sensor is proposed to predict and prevent the environmental temperature in power plants. A high sensitivity, accuracy, low cost, compact size, linear operation, and suitable transmission coefficient optical sensor in a wide thermal range is achieved that changing the surrounding temperature has a severe effect on the conductivity of graphene which changes the transmission power of the sensor. In this article, the position of the graphene sheet affects the interaction of light and graphene, effectively. The Cylindrical diameter of the optical sensor is 4.1 lambda which is the smallest in size among the references checked and has the desired performance from room temperature to 2000 degrees Kelvin, indicating the suitable efficiency of the sensor and the fiber optic sensor with graphene coating has great potential in the field of measurement, especially in the temperature of the surrounding atmosphere in the industry.
Revolutionizing Agricultural Residue Burning Behavior with Virtual Training: Exploring the Transtheoretical Model
Authors: Naseri Naser , Geravandi Shahpar , Rostami Farahnaz 
Published: August 2023

Abstract
Most of the research conducted on the Transtheoretical Model of Change (TTM) has focused on health and psychological issues, with limited application in the context of agricultural and environmental behavior change. However, in this innovative study, the effectiveness of interventionist virtual education in changing the behavior of burning crop residues was examined using the behavior change theory. The research employed an experimental design and a quasi-experimental pre-test/post-test design with a control group. The statistical population consisted of 400 wheat farmers, and a sample of 120 participants was selected using purposive sampling. Data were collected through a researcher-made questionnaire and analyzed using SPSS software. The questionnaire comprised four constructs: self-efficacy, the process of change, decisional balance, and stages of behavior change. The findings of this study demonstrate that virtual education based on the TTM model can pave the way for effectively managing agricultural residues by enhancing self-efficacy and facilitating the process of change. Moreover, the results highlight the broader applicability of the TTM model beyond the domains of health and psychological pathology. It can be effectively utilized to address environmental behaviors, such as agricultural residue management. Consequently, it is recommended that researchers and planners incorporate the TTM model in behavior change programs, transform the traditional perspective on agricultural education, and leverage virtual education as a complementary approach to formal education.
The clinical characteristics and predictors of patients with ischemic stroke caused by spontaneous internal carotid artery dissection
Authors: Zhong Xuemin , Li Li , Li Gongbo , Wang Jian , Chen Yangmei , Li Changqing , Song Min 
Published: August 2023

Abstract
Background: Few studies have examined the clinical characteristics and predictors of ischemic stroke caused by spontaneous internal carotid artery dissection (sICAD). This study aimed to investigate the clinical characteristics and predictors of patients with ischemic stroke caused by sICAD to provide clinical guidance and a basis for treatment.
Methods: Clinical characteristics, outcomes, and predictors were investigated in consecutive patients with ischemic stroke caused by sICAD between January 2018 and January 2022 at Three Grade III Class A general public hospitals in southwest China. We screened 102 patients with ischemic stroke caused by ICAD for follow-up, of which 11 were lost to follow-up.
Results: Of the 91 patients included in this study, 84 had unilateral and seven had bilateral stroke, with a mean follow-up modified Rankin Scale (mRS) score of 1(0-3). Sixty-six (72.5%) of the 91 patients had mRS scores of 0-2. On multivariate analysis, low baseline National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) scores (P ＜ 0.01; odds ratio [OR]: 1.39; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.12–1.73) and endovascular stenting (P ＜ 0.01; OR: 0.10; 95% CI: 0.02–0.50) were independent predictors of a favorable clinical outcome. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis showed an area under the curve of 0.94.
Conclusions: Favorable outcomes were observed in majority of patients with ischemic stroke caused by sICAD. Additionally, lower NIHSS scores and stent implantation were independent predictors of favorable outcomes.
A New Multiple Imputation Approach Using Machine Learning to Enhance Climate Databases in Senegal
Authors: Toure Mory , Klutse Nana Ama Browne , Sarr Mamadou Adama , Kenne Annine Duclaire , Bhuiyanr Md Abul Ehsan , Ndiaye Ousmane , Badiane Daouda , Thiaw Wassila Mamadou , Sy Ibrahima , Mbow Cheikh , Sall Saïdou Moustapha , Gaye Amadou Thierno 
Published: August 2023

Abstract
This study aims at enhancing climate data in Senegal using information from the Global Surface Summary of the Day (GSOD). It uses data from 1991 to 2022 from major secondary synoptic stations in Senegal. These data are subject to missing values (data gaps). To address these gaps, multiple imputation was used based on three machine learning models: PMM (Predictive Mean Matching), RF (Random Forest), and NORM (Bayesian Linear Regression). The PMM model relies on averages of similar data, the RF model handles complex relationships between variables, even on an intra-seasonal scale, while the NORM model captures seasonal variations and extreme values. The results highlight the higher performance of the RF model in terms of accuracy and variance explanation compared to the others. The findings of this study open new avenues for informed decision-making in sectors such as agriculture and urban planning, where accurate climate data play a crucial role. However, while this study lays the groundwork for better utilization of climate data in Senegal, challenges persist, including the ongoing need to collect high-quality data and adapt models to data intricacies.