Suicide mortality among individuals in federal prisons compared with the general population: a retrospective cohort study in the USA from 2009 to 2020 by Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein, Katherine LeMasters, Shabbar Ranapurwala, Mike Dolan Fliss, Michael Forrest Behne, Emilie Duchesneau, Jennifer Lao

“…In 2020, we observed 1.07 (95% CI: 0.74 to 1.57) times the number of suicides than we would expect if the prison population had the same age-stratified risk of suicide as the general population.Conclusions Increasing suicide mortality in prisons is a public health crisis. …”
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Maternal Characteristics Are Associated with Child Dietary Diversity Score, in Golina District, Northeast Ethiopia: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study by Getahun Fentaw Mulaw, Fentaw Wassie Feleke, Seteamlak Adane Masresha

“…Children whose mothers have not attended formal education were 3.042 times (AOR = 3.042 95% CI: (1.312–7.052)) less likely to meet the minimum dietary diversity score than children whose mothers have attended secondary and above. …”
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Bark water affects the isotopic composition of xylem water in tropical rainforest trees by Adriana Vega Grau, John Herbohn, Susanne Schmidt, Jeffrey McDonnell, Jeffrey McDonnell, Jeffrey McDonnell

“…Considering all species together, the average isotopic composition of water in bark and outer xylem was similar at predawn and midday, suggesting water exchange between these tissues was reflected at these times, but differed significantly in the morning during increased transpiration. …”
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Hubungan Pola Makan dengan Kejadian Depresi pada Penderita Dispepsia Fungsional by Yuriko Andre, Rizanda Machmud, Arina Widya Murni

“…The result was the probability odds ratios (OR) with 95% Confidence Interval (CI) in patients with depression were 4,500 times more likely to have irregular diet compared with non-depressed ones and showed a strong degree of correlation with the significance of correlation (p) 0.025 (p <0.05). …”
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Basal metabolic rate correlates with excess postexercise oxygen consumption across different intensities by Shu-Chun Huang, Kuan-Hung Chen, Watson Hua-Sheng Tseng, Lan-Yan Yang, Ching-Chung Hsiao, Yi-Chung Fang, Chen-Hung Lee

“…Methods Fifty-four healthy participants with a mean age of 33 years were enrolled and instructed to visit the exercise laboratory five times within a 3-week period. These visits included one for the BMR measurement, one for the incremental exercise test (INC), and three for the constant work rate (CWR) test at low (35% of the maximal work rate, 15 min), moderate (60%, 10 min), and high intensities (90%, 4 min). …”
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An Efficient K-Best MIMO Detector for Large Modulation Constellations by Yu-Xin Liu, Shih-Jie Jihang, Yeong-Luh Ueng

“…Implementation results show that the proposed K-best MIMO detector supports a 6.4Gb/s throughput that has a <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$0.32~\boldsymbol{\mu }\text{s}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> latency in a 90 nm process for a 256-quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) 4<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\times $ </tex-math></inline-formula>4 MIMO system. …”
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Efficacy and safety of immune checkpoint inhibitors in patients with advanced intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma by Ziting Peng, Jianhui Dong, Shuyao Tang, Jiaxu Shi, Tongdong Shi

“…All patients returned to normal after symptomatic treatment.ConclusionsIn patients with advanced ICC, the timely initiation of ICIs as adjuvant therapy following first-line antitumor treatment can result in favorable efficacy and a good safety profile.…”
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A Multidisciplinary-Based and Bundle Intervention for Controlling Carbapenem-Resistant Organisms in Neurosurgery by Zhu W, Liang Y, Xu J, Weng C

“…After the implementation of PDCA cycle management, the measures including timely completion of multi-drug resistance prevention and control registration, and issuance of contact precaution orders, were significantly improved (p < 0.05). …”
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Vaping guidance and women's decision-making during pregnancy &amp; postpartum by Greaves L, A.C. Brabete, N. Poole, E. Huber, J. Stinson

“…Women looked for information on the health effects of vaping during pregnancy and made differing decisions in the context of limited research and guidance. At times, family, friends, partners, and internet resources influenced their decisions. …”
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Blood Pressure Control among Hypertensive Diabetic Patients on Follow-Up at Chronic Clinic of Nekemte Referral Hospital in West Ethiopia by Mohammed Gebre Dedefo, Dureti Bayisa Gemechu, Ginenus Fekadu, Tesfa Tekle Dibessa

“…Adults with diabetes historically have two or three times higher rate of cardiovascular disease (CVD) than adults without diabetes. …”
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The Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic on Female Patients Seeking or Undergoing Fertility Treatment in a Single In Vitro Fertilisation Clinic in Greece: An International,... by Konstantina Pappa, Emmanouil M. Xydias, Apostolos C. Ziogas, Kanelina Bimba, Elias Tsakos, Efstratios Kolibianakis

“…This highlights the need for continuation of ART care, with the appropriate protective measures, during the pandemic, as well as during similar times of crisis in the future.…”
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Improving doublet cell removal efficiency through multiple algorithm runs by Yong She, Chaoye Wang, Qi Zhao

“…In this study, we proposed a multi-round doublet removal (MRDR) strategy, that ran the algorithm in cycles multiple times to effectively reduce randomness while enhancing the effectiveness of doublet removal. …”
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Ethnotherapeutic Uses and Phytochemical Composition of Physalis peruviana L.: An Overview by Félicien Mushagalusa Kasali, Jonans Tusiimire, Justin Ntokamunda Kadima, Casim Umba Tolo, Anke Weisheit, Amon Ganafa Agaba

“…Hexadecanoic acid (palmitic acid) was the most cited (five times). Conclusion. P. peruviana plays an essential role in managing diseases in some countries and is rich in chemical compounds, which need to be isolated and investigated pharmacologically before clinical trials.…”
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Structured Polyvinyl Alcohol/Zeolite/Carbon Composites Prepared Using Supercritical Fluid Extraction Techniques as Adsorbent for Bioethanol Dehydration by Joddy Arya Laksmono, Mahmud Sudibandriyo, Asep Handaya Saputra, Agus Haryono

“…Further, the new composites provide about four times better adsorption capacity than that showed in the individual adsorbents test. …”
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Effects of specific inspiratory muscle training combined with whole-body endurance training program on balance in COPD patients: Randomized controlled trial. by Bilel Tounsi, Amal Acheche, Thierry Lelard, Zouhair Tabka, Yassine Trabelsi, Said Ahmaidi

“…Functional balance was assessed by the Berg Balance Scale (BBS), the Timed-up and Go (TUG), the Single Leg Stance test (SLS), and the Activities-specific Balance Confidence (ABC) scale. …”
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Potential Virulence and Survival of Acid-Resistant Bacillus cereus KS100Bc Isolated from Foodservice Establishments in Korea by Seung Min Kim, Daekeun Hwang, Hyun Jung Kim

“…Among the isolates, the biofilm-forming activity of KS100Bc strain was 8.4 times higher than that of the type strain; therefore, KS100Bc was selected for further analyses. …”
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Clinical Patterns and Outcome of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Patients with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease by Seon Young Ahn, Suk Bae Kim, Il Han Song

“…A future prospective research should be focused on identifying NAFLD patients who require strict surveillance in order to early detect and timely treat HCC.…”
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Insights into Omicron: Genomic Characterization and Inpatient Risk Assessment at Single Tertiary Hospital in Indonesia by Turbawaty DK, Komala DR, Andriyoko B

“…XBB.1 lineage was associated with a 5.49 times greater risk of inpatient treatment (95% CI: 1.73– 17.38) compared to BA.5.2, while the adjusted odds ratio (aOR) for the number of vaccinations was 0.45 (95% CI: 0.29– 0.7).Conclusion: BA.5.2 and XBB.1 lineage dominated Omicron variant infections from July to December 2022, with the most mutations occurring in the spike gene. …”
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Oral delivery of the non-β-blocking R-carvedilol enantiomer for skin cancer chemoprevention in SKH-1 mice by Pabitra K. Sardar, Steven Yeung, Ruby Tow, Jacqueline Luga, Matthew Huang, Ayaz Shahid, Bradley T. Andresen, Ying Huang

“…Further studies determining the optimal doses and timing of drug treatment are warranted.…”
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Navigating barriers and embracing facilitators of connection: insights from peer recovery specialists working with individuals with substance use disorder and criminal justice invo... by Rebecca Sutter-Barrett, Nancy R.B. Spencer, Nora Elnahas, Rebecca Hurd, Margaret Delaney, Aman Bivens

“…The sample involved five peer recovery specialists, who were interviewed multiple times, across three sites in Virginia between August 2022 to December 2023. …”
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