A genome-wide association study identifies genetic variants associated with hip pain in the UK Biobank cohort (N = 221,127) by Qi Pan, Yiwen Tao, Tengda Cai, Abi Veluchamy, Harry L. Hebert, Peixi Zhu, Mainul Haque, Tania Dottorini, Lesley A. Colvin, Blair H. Smith, Weihua Meng

“…Abstract Hip pain is a common musculoskeletal complaint that leads many people to seek medical attention. We conducted a primary genome-wide association study (GWAS) on the hip pain phenotype within the UK Biobank cohort. …”
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Complex and severe infection in a 67-year-old liver transplant recipient due to Cunninghamella elegans, Bordetella bronchiseptica, and Pneumocystis jirovecii by Muyun Wei, Kangyi Gu, Juanxiu Qin, Xinhua Lu, Junqi Feng, Shaowei Mao, Min Li, Zhilan Li, Changsheng Wang

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Quality of Life with Late-Onset Pompe Disease: Qualitative Interviews and General Public Utility Estimation in the United Kingdom by Lena Hubig, Anna-Katrine Sussex, Alasdair MacCulloch, Derralynn Hughes, Ryan Graham, Liz Morris, Syed Raza, Andrew J. Lloyd, Amanda Sowinski, Katy Gallop

“…Vignettes were finalized following a second round of interviews with individuals living with LOPD and used in health state valuation exercises with people of the UK population. Participants rated the health states using the EQ-5D-5L, visual analogue scale, and time trade-off interviews. …”
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Disease burden of influenza in Spain: A five-season study (2015–2020) by Iván Sanz-Muñoz, Irene Arroyo-Hernantes, Alejandro Martín-Toribio, Marina Toquero-Asensio, Javier Sánchez-Martínez, Carla Rodríguez-Crespo, Silvia Rojo-Rello, Marta Domínguez-Gil, Marta Hernández-Pérez, Eduardo Tamayo, Ruth Gil-Prieto, Ángel Gil-de-Miguel, José M Eiros

“…The annual direct cost of influenza was approximately €128 million per season, with more than 80% of this cost centered on people over 45 years of age.…”
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Can real-time surveillance systems of suspected suicide accurately reflect national suicide rates? Age-specific and sex-specific findings from the first two years of the COVID-19 p... by Nav Kapur, Louis Appleby, Pauline Turnbull, Su-Gwan Tham, Saied Ibrahim, Cathryn Rodway

“…Though there was no significant fall in 2021, there were lower rates in people aged 45–64 during this time. A month-by-month breakdown showed no change during periods of lockdown or social restrictions.Conclusions Our findings demonstrate the viability of RTS to provide timely information on suicide rates at a national level and were later confirmed by official statistics. …”
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Optimizing in vitro spherulation cues in the fungal pathogen Coccidioides by Christina M. Homer, Elena Ochoa, Mark Voorhies, Anita Sil

“…Coccidioides can infect both immunocompetent and immunocompromised people and can cause a devastating disseminated infection, including meningitis, with 30% mortality despite all currently available treatments. …”
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Charlson syndrome index predicted survival in pancreatic cancer patients received immunotherapy by Nan Zhang, Nan Zhang, Shiyun Chen, Yue Shi, Zhikuan Wang, Ru Jia, Guanghai Dai, Guanghai Dai

“…Therefore, this study aims to elucidate the association between CCI and survival rates in real-world settings for pancreatic cancer patients received immunotherapy.MethodsA total of 104 patients with advanced pancreatic cancer who received immunotherapy at the General Hospital of the People’s Liberation Army between September 2015 and September 2020 were included in this study. …”
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Challenges of healthcare financing in the world’s largest refugee camp: a mixed-method study among healthcare stakeholders for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh by Isabel Smith, Imdadul Haque Talukdar, Sayeeda Tarannum, M A Rifat, Priyanka Boga, Jubayer Mumin, Pablo André Veronés, Ziba Mahdi, Syeda Saima Alam, Arif Faysal Khan

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Cost-effectiveness and budget impact analysis of peritoneal dialysis and haemodialysis in South Africa by Evelyn Thsehla, Micheal Kofi Boachie, Susan Goldstein

“…Abstract Background More than 800 million people are affected by chronic kidney disease (CKD) worldwide. …”
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The influence of body mass index on efficacy and outcomes of percutaneous transforaminal endoscopic surgery (PTES) for the treatment of lumbar degenerative diseases: a retrospectiv... by Chenyang Zhuang, Yun Xu, Hong Lin, Yutong Gu

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Epigenetics of suicidal behavior by R. N. Mustafin, A. V. Kazantseva, R. F. Enikeeva, Yu. D. Davydova, S. B. Malykh, V. V. Viktorov, E. K. Khusnutdinova

“…Suicide is the second leading cause of death among young people and therefore being a serious global problem worldwide. …”
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Grazoprevir and Elbasvir in Patients with Genotype 1 Hepatitis C Virus Infection: A Comprehensive Efficacy and Safety Analysis by Yinan Yao, Ming Yue, Jie Wang, Hongbo Chen, Mei Liu, Feng Zang, Jun Li, Yun Zhang, Peng Huang, Rongbin Yu

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Insidens Riwayat Hipertensi dan Diabetes Melitus pada Pasien Penyakit Jantung Koroner di RS. Dr. M. Djamil Padang by Putri Yuriandini Yulsam, Fadil Oenzil, Efrida .

“…WHO in 2008 estimated that 17,3 million people died from cardiovascular disease, 7,3 million attributable to CHD, and 6,2 million died due to stroke. …”
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Improving ferroptosis-mediated immunotherapy for colorectal cancer through lysosome-targeted photodynamic therapy by Zhian Chen, Yutong Wang, Zhenhao Li, Meijuan Chen, Yingshi Li, Chuyue Lu, Zhenyu Lin, Hua Zheng, Lujia Chen, Qianbing Zhang

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Deaths in children in England from SARS-CoV-2 infection during the first 2 years of the pandemic: a cohort study by Shamez N Ladhani, Peter Fleming, Tom Williams, Karen Luyt, Godwin Oligbu, David Odd, Sylvia Stoianova, Anna Thursby-Pelham

“…Objective The aim of this analysis was to describe the epidemiology, demographics and characteristics of children and young people (CYP) who died of SARS-CoV-2 infection in England during the first 2 years of the pandemic.Design The cohort investigated in this study is all CYP, born alive at, or after, 22 weeks of gestation, who died before their 18th birthday between 1 February 2020 and 31 March 2022 in England. …”
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Preliminary Experiment on the Effect of 18% Substitute Salt on Home Blood Pressure Variability in Hypertensives by Jing Li, Lisha Mu, Huakun Rao, Yangfeng Wu, Hao Wang, Hongbing Tao, Lihong Mu

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Epidemiology and Antimicrobial Resistance of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia in China, 2014–2021 by Hanli Wang, Shirong Li, Haoyu Ji, Yixin Hu, Susheng Zhou, Xingwu Chen, Zhiwei Lu, Qinghai You, Yusheng Cheng, Lei Zha

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Moringa oleifera Flour Fermentation as Feed Additive on Egg Quality in Mojosari Ducks with Different Storage Period by Rahmaniar Larasati, Sri Hidanah, Muchammad Yunus, Widya Paramita Lokapirnasari, Emy Koestanti Sabdoningrum, Mohammad Anam Al Arif

“…Eggs are widely consumed by Indonesian people. High market demand will cause breeders to increase egg productivity and quality. …”
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Increased Accuracy of Emotion Recognition in Individuals with Autism-Like Traits after Five Days of Magnetic Stimulations by Pingping Liu, Guixian Xiao, Kongliang He, Long Zhang, Xinqi Wu, Dandan Li, Chunyan Zhu, Yanghua Tian, Panpan Hu, Bensheng Qiu, Gong-Jun Ji, Kai Wang

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Sociodemographic and Behavioral Factors Associated with HIV Vulnerability according to Sexual Orientation by Maria Aparecida A. O. Serra, Antoninho B. Milhomem, Samae B. Oliveira, Francisca Aline A. S. Santos, Roberta Araújo e Silva, Ana Cristina P. J. Costa, Maria da Conceição S. O. Cunha, Antônio Uelton A. Silva, Roberto Wagner J. F. Freitas, Márcio Flávio M. Araújo

“…This is a cross-sectional study conducted using data on 3,818 people in the city of Imperatriz, Brazil, during 2015 and 2016. …”
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