Declining Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies among Vaccinated Nursing Home Residents and Staff Six Months after the Primary BNT162b2 Vaccination Campaign in Belgium: A Prospective... by Eline Meyers, Ellen Deschepper, Els Duysburgh, Liselore De Rop, Tine De Burghgraeve, Pauline Van Ngoc, Marina Digregorio, Simon Delogne, Anja Coen, Nele De Clercq, Laëtitia Buret, Samuel Coenen, An De Sutter, Beatrice Scholtes, Jan Y Verbakel, Piet Cools, Stefan Heytens

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Alvespimycin Exhibits Potential Anti-TGF-β Signaling in the Setting of a Proteasome Activator in Rats with Bleomycin-Induced Pulmonary Fibrosis: A Promising Novel Approach by Osama A. Mohammed, Mustafa Ahmed Abdel-Reheim, Lobna A. Saleh, Mohannad Mohammad S. Alamri, Jaber Alfaifi, Masoud I. E. Adam, Alshaimaa A. Farrag, AbdulElah Al Jarallah AlQahtani, Waad Fuad BinAfif, Abdullah A. Hashish, Sameh Abdel-Ghany, Elsayed A. Elmorsy, Hend S. El-wakeel, Ahmed S. Doghish, Rabab S. Hamad, Sameh Saber

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Health burden in type 2 diabetes and prediabetes in The Maastricht Study by Marja G. J. Veugen, Veronica G. Onete, Ronald M. A. Henry, Hans-Peter Brunner-La Rocca, Annemarie Koster, Pieter C. Dagnelie, Nicolaas C. Schaper, Simone J. S. Sep, Carla J. H. van der Kallen, Martin P. J. van Boxtel, Koen D. Reesink, Johannes S. Schouten, Hans H. C. M. Savelberg, Sebastian Köhler, Frans R. Verhey, Joop P. W. van den Bergh, Miranda T. Schram, Coen D. A. Stehouwer

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Clinical aspects of reimbursement policies for orphan drugs in Central and Eastern European countries by Szczepan Jakubowski, Pawel Kawalec, Przemyslaw Holko, Iwona Kowalska-Bobko, Maria Kamusheva, Guenka Petrova, Pero Draganić, Pero Draganić, Leos Fuksa, Agnes Männik, Fanni Ispán, Vitalis Briedis, Ioana Bianchi, Marian Sorin Paveliu, Tomas Tesar

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Objective structured clinical examination to teach competency in planetary health care and management – a prospective observational study by Ulf Teichgräber, Maja Ingwersen, Max-Johann Sturm, Jan Giesecke, Manuel Allwang, Ida Herzog, Frederike von Gierke, Paul Schellong, Matthias Kolleg, Kathleen Lange, Daniel Wünsch, Katrin Gugel, Anne Wünsch, Janine Zöllkau, Inga Petruschke, Kristin Häseler-Ouart, Bianca Besteher, Swetlana Philipp, Urte Mille, Dominique Ouart, Jana Jünger, Jena Planetary Health Collaboration Group

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Quality of Life and Kidney Function in Older Adults: Prospective Data of the SCOPE Study by Rada Artzi-Medvedik, Robert Kob, Mirko Di Rosa, Fabrizia Lattanzio, Andrea Corsonello, Ilan Yehoshua, Regina E. Roller-Wirnsberger, Gerhard H. Wirnsberger, Francesco U. S. Mattace-Raso, Lisanne Tap, Pedro G. Gil, Francesc Formiga, Rafael Moreno-González, Tomasz Kostka, Agnieszka Guligowska, Johan Ärnlöv, Axel C. Carlsson, Ellen Freiberger, Itshak Melzer

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The Impact of Direct-Acting Antiviral Therapy on the Risk of Recurrence after Curative Resection in Patients with Hepatitis-C-Virus-Related Early Stage Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Yu-Syuan Chen, Kuo-Hsuan Huang, Pei-Ming Wang, Ching-Hui Chuang, Chee-Chien Yong, Yueh-Wei Liu, Pao-Yuan Huang, Chih-Chien Yao, Yen-Po Lin, Ming-Chao Tsai

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Near-Surface Dose Correlates With Moist Desquamation and Unplanned Reconstructive Surgery in Patients With Implant-Based Reconstruction Receiving Postmastectomy Radiation Therapy by Ronald Levitin, MD, Kamran Salari, MD, Bryan S. Squires, MD, Allison J. Hazy, MD, Michael J. Maywood, MD, Patrick Thrasher, BS, Anthony P. Delise, MD, Muayad F. Almahariq, MD, PhD, Nayana Dekhne, MD, Lauren Oliver, DO, Peter Y. Chen, MD, Kailee J. Walters, MS, Diane Dudley, BS, RT, Joshua T. Dilworth, MD, PhD

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Astaxanthin Supplementation Augments the Benefits of CrossFit Workouts on Semaphorin 3C and Other Adipokines in Males with Obesity by Rashmi Supriya, Sevda Rahbari Shishvan, Movahed Kefayati, Hossein Abednatanzi, Omid Razi, Reza Bagheri, Kurt A. Escobar, Zhaleh Pashaei, Ayoub Saeidi, Shahnaz Shahrbanian, Sovan Bagchi, Pallav Sengupta, Maisa Hamed Al Kiyumi, Katie M. Heinrich, Hassane Zouhal

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Post-COVID-19 neuropsychiatric manifestations among COVID-19 survivors suffering from migraine: a case–control study by Rehab Magdy, Alaa Elmazny, Shaimaa H. Soliman, Eman H. Elsebaie, Sara H. Ali, Ali M. Abdel Fattah, Mahmoud Hassan, Ahmed Yassien, Noha A. Mahfouz, Radwa M. Elsayed, Wael Fathy, Hoda M. Abdel-Hamid, Jehan Mohamed, Mona Hussein

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Mode of presentation and performance of serology assays for diagnosing celiac disease: A single-center study in the United Arab Emirates by Abdullah Shatnawei, Asma H. AlNababteh, Romona Devi Govender, Saif Al-Shamsi, Ammar AlJarrah, Rami H. Al-Rifai, Rami H. Al-Rifai

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The impact of out-of-pocket expenditures on missed appointments at HIV care and treatment centers in Northern Tanzania by Carl Mhina, Hayden Bosworth, John A. Bartlett, Helene Vilme, Joyce H. Mosha, Deborah F. Shoo, Tom J. Kakumbi, Glory Jacob, Charles Muiruri

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Gut dysbiosis and inflammatory blood markers precede HIV with limited changes after early seroconversion by Jennifer A. Fulcher, Fan Li, Nicole H. Tobin, Sara Zabih, Julie Elliott, Jesse L. Clark, Richard D'Aquila, Brian Mustanski, Michele D. Kipke, Steven Shoptaw, Pamina M. Gorbach, Grace M. Aldrovandi

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Diabetic foot complications among Indigenous peoples in Canada: a scoping review through the PROGRESS-PLUS equity lens by Virginie Blanchette, Virginie Blanchette, Virginie Blanchette, Jérôme Patry, Jérôme Patry, Magali Brousseau-Foley, Magali Brousseau-Foley, Shweta Todkar, Solène Libier, Anne-Marie Leclerc, David G. Armstrong, Marie-Claude Tremblay, Marie-Claude Tremblay

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Community indicators for mental health in Europe: a scoping review by Petra Schoenweger, Petra Schoenweger, Michaela Kirschneck, Michaela Kirschneck, Katharina Biersack, Anna-Francesca Di Meo, Anna-Francesca Di Meo, Philipp Reindl-Spanner, Barbara Prommegger, Claudia Ditzen-Janotta, Claudia Ditzen-Janotta, Peter Henningsen, Helmut Krcmar, Jochen Gensichen, Caroline Jung-Sievers, Caroline Jung-Sievers, for the POKAL-Group, Jochen Vukas, Puya Younesi, Feyza Gökce, Victoria von Schrottenberg, Petra Schönweger, Hannah Schillock, Jonas Raub, Philipp Reindl-Spanner, Lisa Hattenkofer, Lukas Kaupe, Carolin Haas, Julia Eder, Vita Brisnik, Constantin Brand, Katharina Biersack

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The impact of COVID-19 on the treatment of opioid use disorder in carceral facilities: a cross-sectional study by Elizabeth C. Saunders, Milan F. Satcher, Laura B. Monico, Ryan D. McDonald, Sandra A. Springer, David Farabee, Jan Gryczynski, Amesika Nyaku, Donald Reeves, Lynn E. Kunkel, Alysse M. Schultheis, Robert P. Schwartz, Joshua D. Lee, Lisa A. Marsch, Elizabeth Needham Waddell

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Anti-tumor necrosis factor-α is potentially better than tumor necrosis factor-α as the biomarker for sarcopenia: Results from the I-Lan longitudinal aging study by Wei-Ju Lin, Wei-Ju Lee, Li-Ning Peng, Yi-Long Huang, Chien-Yi Tung, Chi-Hung Lin, Ting-Fen Tsai, Liang-Kung Chen

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Trend Analysis of Palliative Care Utilization in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease During Hospitalization from 2007 to 2018 in Taiwan by Kao LT, Ko SC, Chen PJ, Wu YC, Liao KM, Liang YS, Ho CH, Liang FW

“…Li-Ting Kao,1 Shian-Chin Ko,2 Ping-Jen Chen,3,4 Yu-Cih Wu,5 Kuang-Ming Liao,6 Yi-Shan Liang,1 Chung-Han Ho,5,7,8 Fu-Wen Liang9– 11 1Department of Respiratory Therapy, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan; 2Center for Palliative Care, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan; 3Department of Family Medicine and Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; 4School of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; 5Department of Medical Research, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan City, Taiwan; 6Department of Internal Medicine, Chi Mei Medical Center, Chiali, Tainan, Taiwan; 7Department of Information Management, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Tainan City, Taiwan; 8Cancer Center, Taipei Municipal Wanfang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan; 9Department of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; 10Department of Medical Research, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; 11Center for Big Data Research, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, TaiwanCorrespondence: Chung-Han Ho, Department of Medical Research, Chi Mei Medical Center, No. 901, Zhonghua Road Yongkang District, Tainan City, 71004, Taiwan, Tel +886-6-281-2811, Email ho.c.hank@gmail.com Fu-Wen Liang, Department of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Kaohsiung Medical University, No. 100, Shih-Chuan 1st Road, Sanmin District, Kaohsiung, 807, Taiwan, Tel +886-7-312-1101 Ext 2786, Fax +886-7-311-0811, Email fwliang@kmu.edu.twPurpose: Palliative care utilization among hospitalized patients with advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in Taiwan remains low despite its costs making it eligible for reimbursement since 2009. …”
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Urine antimony and risk of cardiovascular disease – A prospective case-cohort study in Danish Non-Smokers by Clara G. Sears, Erin J. Healy, Lissa F. Soares, Dana Palermo, Melissa Eliot, Yaqiang Li, Victoria Fruh, Tesleem Babalola, Katherine A. James, James M. Harrington, Gregory A. Wellenius, Anne Tjønneland, Ole Raaschou-Nielsen, Jaymie R. Meliker

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Ancillary health effects of climate mitigation scenarios as drivers of policy uptake: a review of air quality, transportation and diet co-benefits modeling studies by Kelly M Chang, Jeremy J Hess, John M Balbus, Jonathan J Buonocore, David A Cleveland, Maggie L Grabow, Roni Neff, Rebecca K Saari, Christopher W Tessum, Paul Wilkinson, Alistair Woodward, Kristie L Ebi

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