Global esophageal cancer epidemiology in 2022 and predictions for 2050: A comprehensive analysis and projections based on GLOBOCAN data by Ling Qi, Mengfei Sun, Weixin Liu, Xuefeng Zhang, Yongjun Yu, Ziqiang Tian, Zhiyu Ni, Rongshou Zheng, Yong Li, Xiangxiang Pan

“…Considering changes in population size and age structure, we assumed that the risks of incidence and mortality remain constant at the levels of 2022 to forecast the number of new cases and deaths from esophageal cancer globally by 2050. …”
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Zolpidem: Efficacy and Side Effects for Insomnia by Amber N. Edinoff, Natalie Wu, Yahya T. Ghaffar, Rosemary Prejean, Rachel Gremillion, Mark Cogburn, Azem A. Chami, Adam M. Kaye, Alan D. Kaye

“…A case series of 119 inpatients aged 50 or older demonstrated that a majority (80.8%) of ADRs were central nervous system (CNS)-related such as confusion, dizziness, and daytime sleepiness. …”
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Development and validation of a model to predict cognitive impairment in traumatic brain injury patients: a prospective observational studyResearch in context by Xiaofang Yuan, Qingrong Xu, Fengxia Du, Xiaoxia Gao, Jing Guo, Jianan Zhang, Yehuan Wu, Zhongkai Zhou, Youjia Yu, Yi Zhang

“…The validation cohort included 84 patients with a mean (SD) age of 48.44 (14.42) years, and 68 patients (80.95%) were men. …”
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Editorial by Daniel Halliday

“…This is in part due to the stagnation of earnings from labour, increased life expectancy and cost of aged care, and the increased cost of homeownership for young adults. …”
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Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Coinfection of Urogenital Schistosomiasis and Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis among Primary School Children in Biase, Southern Nigeria by Kenneth Nnamdi Opara, Eteye Udobong Wilson, Clement Ameh Yaro, Luay Alkazmi, Nsima Ibanga Udoidung, Friday Maduka Chikezie, Bassey Eyibio Bassey, Gaber El-Saber Batiha

“…Prevalence of S. haematobium and STHs ranged from 1.82 to 19.13% and from 4.55 to 19.05% within the communities, respectively, with Abini (22 pupils, 19.13%) and Adim (20 pupils, 19.05%) communities having the highest prevalence for S. haematobium and STHs, respectively. The most infected age group was 11–13 years (21 pupils, 9.68%) for S. haematobium and 14–16 years (5 pupils, 21.74%) for STHs. …”
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Comparison of cardiovascular risk prediction models developed using machine learning based on data from a Sri Lankan cohort with World Health Organization risk charts for predictin... by Anuradhani Kasturiratne, Hithanadura Janaka de Silva, Chamila Mettananda, Anuradha Supun Dassanayake, Norihiro Kato, Rajitha Wickremasinghe, Maheeka Solangaarachchige, Prasanna Haddela

“…Patients aged 40–74 years admitted to CNTH during the study period with incident CV events or a disease other than an acute CV event (CVE) with complete data for CVD risk calculation were used for external validation of the model.Methods Using the follow-up data of the cohort, we developed two ML models for predicting 10-year CV risk using six conventional CV risk variables (age, gender, smoking status, systolic blood pressure, history of diabetes, and total cholesterol level) and all available variables (n=75). …”
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Elevated mepolizumab levels in patients with severe asthma responsive to 1 year’s mepolizumab treatment by Takayasu Nishimaki, MD, Hitoshi Sasano, MD, PhD, Sonoko Harada, PhD, Tomohito Takeshige, MD, PhD, Yuuki Sandhu, MD, PhD, Yuki Tanabe, MD, Kei Matsuno, MD, PhD, Tetsutaro Nagaoka, MD, PhD, Jun Ito, MD, PhD, Ryo Atsuta, MD, PhD, Mayu Ohuchi, PhD, Shigehiro Yagishita, MD, PhD, Akinobu Hamada, PhD, Kazuhisa Takahashi, MD, PhD, Norihiro Harada, MD, PhD

“…Results: Twenty-five adult patients aged 20 years and older with severe asthma were included in the analysis. …”
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Evaluation of an Alternative Screening Method for Gestational Diabetes Diagnosis During the COVID-19 Pandemic (DIABECOVID STUDY): An Observational Cohort Study by Alba Casellas, Cristina Martínez, Judit Amigó, Roser Ferrer, Laia Martí, Carme Merced, Maria Carmen Medina, Istria Molinero, Marta Calveiro, Anna Maroto, Ester del Barco, Elena Carreras, Maria Goya

“…The primary outcome (large for gestational age rate) was similar between groups: 200/1543 (13.0%) vs. 303/2197 (13.8%). …”
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Most prevalent jobs of young master’s degree graduates by detailed field of study by Marc Frenette, Tomasz Handler

“…The purpose of this short article is to present results for master’s degree graduates aged 25 to 34 collected on the 2021 Census of Population. …”
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Prevalence and Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Bacterial Uropathogens Isolated from Pediatric Patients at Yekatit 12 Hospital Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia by Yamirot Merga Duffa, Kumera Terfa Kitila, Dereje Mamuye Gebretsadik, Adane Bitew

“…Of the 185 females, 36 (19.5%) came up with positive cultures, while 25 (12.6%) of the 199 males had significant bacteriuria, and the largest number of study subjects were below the age of 3 years, and the largest positive culture was obtained from this age group, accounting for 35 (57.4%.) out of 61 positive cultures. …”
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Kimura Disease: A Case Report and Review of the Literature with A New Management Protocol by Mohamed Ashraf Fouda, Osama Gheith, Ayman Refaie, Mohamed El-Saeed, Adel Bakr, Ehab Wafa, Mona Abdelraheem, Mohamed Sobh

“…Kimura disease can present atypically in a middle-aged Caucasian man with secondary steroid-responsive nephrotic syndrome. …”
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Impact of Nutritional Factors on Colorectal Cancer: Implication the molecular mechanisms of Vitamins Supplementation by Hossna M. Ismail, Abdel-Aziz S. Shatat

“…Bad eating habits, smoking, intestinal inflammatory diseases, polyps, aging, and genetic factors all increase the risk of developing colorectal cancer. …”
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Escitia y Escancia (o Escandia), el fabuloso pasado nórdico del neogoticismo cuatrocentista hispánico by Óscar Perea Rodríguez

“…This paper analyses neo-gothicism and its impact on the ideological propaganda in the Hispanic Middle Ages (9th-15th c.), since the initial steps taken in the Visigoth era until its apogee in early medieval chronicles, as well as both its disappearance and its recovery occurred between the 15th and 16th c. via both genealogical and poetry works. …”
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A l’origine des couleurs et éléments matériels d’œuvres peintes des XIVe-XVIe siècles by Anne-Solenn Le Hô, Sandra Montlouis, Sandrine Pagès-Camagna†, Nathalie Pingaud, Yannick Vandenberghe

“…This paper is devoted to applied brocade, subject of the colloquium published here, and to others techniques of textile imitation such tin reliefs, sgraffito … encountred in painting and sculpture in the Middle Ages. An abstract of theses techniques is presented, and the methodology observed crossing observations and analysis describe the techniques and material features, the state of conservation, and the way to investigate the fragments often very lacunars. …”
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Le déploiement d’un Système d’Information pour la coordination gérontologique de proximité dans le Haut-Rhin : une expérience encore perfectible by Christophe Humbert

“…While the French gerontological field has been described as mainly organized around the biomedical management of dependent old age, our analyses consist in determining whether the innovation work carried out has given the older adults concerned greater decision-making. …”
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THEORETICAL ASPECTS OF HUMAN RESOURCES CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT by Yu. A. Zinnurova, E. M. Shironina

“…This circumstance has determined the author‘s classification of elements of HR capacity in three  blocks: business orientation (level of knowledge, competence and competency skills, physical development, discipline), power orientation (age and gender, social and professional status, organizational skills and leadership), people orientation (communication skills, emotional culture and emotional abilities, corporate identity). …”
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Multifactorial QT Interval Prolongation and Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy by Michael Gysel, Alexander Crystal, Jules C. Hancox, Michelle Methot, Adrian Baranchuk

“…The case highlights the role of TCM as a cause of LQTS in the setting of multiple risk factors including old age, female gender, hypokalemia, and treatment with QT prolonging medications. …”
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Hypoparathyroidism Causing Seizures: When Epilepsy Does Not Fit by Faheem Seedat, Reyna Daya, Sindeep A. Bhana

“…A 24-year-old man presented to the Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital emergency department with recurrent seizures having previously been diagnosed with epilepsy from age 14. The biochemical investigations and brain imaging were suggestive of seizures secondary to hypocalcemia, and a diagnosis of idiopathic hypoparathyroidism was confirmed. …”
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Recurrence of Minimal Change Disease Following a Motor Vehicle Trauma: An Atypical Cause and Review of Literature by Jayaramakrishna Depa, George Coritsidis

“…In the first case of its kind, we report a 21-year-old female with a history of MCD at the age of 6, who had late relapse subsequent to a motorcycle accident resulting in a de-gloving skin injury and intensive care unit admission. …”
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Human rights and taxation in the digital economy: data tax and the right to science by Jayson S. Lamchek

“…Focusing on the right to science (RtS), the paper argues that DT could realise the RtS in the digital age through taxation that exacted not only data rent but also rent on the scientific heritage. …”
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