Healthcare Resource Utilization Among Patients With Agitation in Alzheimer Dementia by Christie Teigland, Zulkarnain Pulungan, David Bruhn, Steve Hwang

“…**Methods:** Medicare beneficiaries from 100% of the Medicare Fee-for-Service claims database (2009-2016) with 2 or more claims 30 or more days apart for both Alzheimer’s disease and dementia and continuous enrollment with medical/pharmacy coverage for 6 months before and 12 months after the index diagnosis were included. Patients with agitation in Alzheimer dementia were identified by 2 or more claims 14 or more days apart using _International Classification of Diseases-9-CM/-10-CM_ codes based on the provisional International Psychogeriatric Association agitation definition. …”
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Use of large language models as artificial intelligence tools in academic research and publishing among global clinical researchers by Tanisha Mishra, Edward Sutanto, Rini Rossanti, Nayana Pant, Anum Ashraf, Akshay Raut, Germaine Uwabareze, Ajayi Oluwatomiwa, Bushra Zeeshan

“…Majority (57.5%) of these participants practiced in an academic setting with a median of 7 (2,18) PubMed Indexed published articles. 198 respondents (87.6%) were aware of LLMs and those who were aware had higher number of publications (p < 0.001). 18.7% of the respondents who were aware (n = 37) had previously used LLMs in publications especially for grammatical errors and formatting (64.9%); however, most (40.5%) did not acknowledge its use in their papers. 50.8% of aware respondents (n = 95) predicted an overall positive future impact of LLMs while 32.6% were unsure of its scope. 52% of aware respondents (n = 102) believed that LLMs would have a major impact in areas such as grammatical errors and formatting (66.3%), revision and editing (57.2%), writing (57.2%) and literature review (54.2%). 58.1% of aware respondents were opined that journals should allow for use of AI in research and 78.3% believed that regulations should be put in place to avoid its abuse. …”
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Modeling the tropical fish community related to land uses and environmental determinants by N. Takarina, O. Chuan, M. Afifudin, L. Tristan, I. Arif, A. Adiwibowo

“…Fish diversity was determined using the Shannon–Wiener index, rarefaction curve, and Lorenz graph. Principal component analysis, analysis of variance, and the x2-test were used to determine environmental factors that affected the fish community at both sites. …”
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The Prevalence of Hypertension in the Population without Awareness of the Disease: Data from a Rural Town of Shandong Province, China by Maoti Wei, Li Dong, Fenghua Wang, Kai Cui, Jiamin Yu, Delong Ma, Ning Yang, Yuming Li

“…In the prevention and control of hypertension, close attention should be paid to the group of elder, high BMI index, high levels of total cholesterol and triglyceride, and drinking habits.…”
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Global, regional and national burden of asthma attributable to NO2 from 1990 to 2021: an analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Chunyi Zhang, Jian Sun, Jingli Li, E Qin, Lingjing Liu, Guimei Pu

“…A positive correlation between ASDR and sociodemographic index (SDI) was observed (R=0.637, p&lt;0.001), indicating a greater asthma burden in higher SDI regions.Conclusion The findings highlight significant regional and demographic disparities in asthma burden attributable to NO₂ pollution. …”
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Documents Concerning Ankara During the Second World War in the Republic Archive of Prime Ministry 1939-1945 by Çağatay Benhür

“…International data bases and indexing of the current archived documents will pave way for new researches. …”
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Prevalence of Depression and Sleep Disorders in Patients on Dialysis: A Cross-Sectional Study in Qatar by Fadwa Al-Ali, Mostafa Elshirbeny, Abdullah Hamad, Ahmad Kaddourah, Tarek Ghonimi, Rania Ibrahim, Tarek Fouda

“…We administered two surveys to evaluate depression (the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale, http://www.bmedreport.com/archives/7139) and sleep disorders (the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, https://www.sleep.pitt.edu/instruments/). …”
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A Survey on Outcomes of Patients Operated with Kocher Approach in the Posterior Acetabulum Wall Fractures by Seyed Mir Mansour Moazen Jamshidi, Shayan Ghorbani

“…After contacting the patients and obtaining consent to participate in the study and explaining the work steps, for measurement Performance outcomes in the examination 6 months after the treatment results and final follow-up, the hip score index (Harris hip score) was used, which includes the four main parts of pain, the patient's performance during activities, different degrees of deformity, and range of motion of the hip joint. …”
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Early risk assessment in paediatric and adult household contacts of confirmed tuberculosis cases by novel diagnostic tests (ERASE-TB): protocol for a prospective, non-interventiona... by Ursula Panzner, Katharina Kranzer, Tsitsi Bandason, Kuda Mutasa, Sandra Rukobo, Charles Sandy, Bariki Mtafya, Andrea Rachow, Norbert Heinrich, Michael Hoelscher, Judith Bruchfeld, Olena Ivanova, Nyanda Elias Ntinginya, Doreen Pamba, Laura Olbrich, Issa Sabi, Simeon Mwanyonga, Elmar Saathoff, Willyhelmina Olomi, Junior Mutsvangwa, Hazel M Dockrell, Edson Tawanda Marambire, Denise Banze, Alfred Mfinanga, Theodora D Mbunda, Khosa Celso, Gunilla Kallenius, Claire J Calderwood, Christof Geldmacher, Kathrin Held, Tejaswi Appalarowthu, Friedrich Rieß, Anna Shepherd, Christopher Sundling, Mishelle Mugava, Martha Chipinduro, Lwitiho Sudi, Antelmo Haule, Emmanuel Sichone, Paschal Qwaray, Harrieth Mwambola, Lilian Minja, Peter Edwin, Dogo Ngalison, Stella Luswema, Celina Nhamuave, António Machiana, Carla Madeira, Emelva Manhiça, Nádia Sitoe, Jorge Ribeiro

“…The Early Risk Assessment in TB Contacts by new diagnoStic tEsts (ERASE-TB) study aims to evaluate novel diagnostics and testing algorithms for early TB diagnosis and accurate prediction of disease progression among household contacts (HHCs) exposed to confirmed index cases in Mozambique, Tanzania and Zimbabwe.Methods and analysis A total of 2100 HHCs (aged ≥10 years) of adults with microbiologically-confirmed pulmonary TB will be recruited and followed up at 6-month intervals for 18–24 months. …”
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Effectiveness of women-led community interventions in improving tuberculosis preventive treatment in children: results from a comparative, before–after study in Ethiopia by Jacob Creswell, Degu Jerene, Ahmed Bedru, Dawit Assefa, Kalkidan Tesfaye, Samuel Bayu, Samuel Seid, Fikirte Aberra, Amera Khan

“…Child contacts in whom active TB and contraindications to TPT regimens were excluded were considered eligible for TPT.Interventions Between July 2020 and June 2021, trained women Iddir members visited households of index TB patients, screened child household contacts for TB, provided education and information on the benefits of TPT, linked them to the nearby health centre and followed them at home for TPT adherence and side effects. …”
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Prognostic signature of multimorbidity, geriatric syndromes and resources cluster in older in- and outpatients: a pooled secondary analysis with a 6-month follow-up by Thomas Benzing, Jill Stegemann, Anna Maria Affeldt, Luisa Mück, Anne Ferring, Laura Gerhards, Lena Pickert, Annika Bausch, Philipp Antczak, M Cristina Polidori

“…The present analysis aimed to identify clusters of comorbidities, GS and GR, and to measure their multidimensional prognostic signature in older patients admitted to different healthcare settings.Design Pooled secondary analysis of three longitudinal interventional studies with the 3- and 6-month follow-up data collection on mortality and rehospitalisation.Setting Inpatients in an internal medicine ward (n=495), inpatients in an ageing medicine ward (n=123) and outpatients from a general practice (n=105).Participants A total of 734 patients with multimorbidity who aged over 60 years were recruited between August 2016 and July 2020 (mean age 77.8 years, SD 6.2 and 43% female).Outcome measures Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA), including Cumulative Illness Rating Scale (CIRS), 17 GS and 10 GR, and the CGA-based Multidimensional Prognostic Index (MPI) as a measure of multidimensional prognosis and frailty were assessed. …”
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Oral Findings, Salivary Copper, Magnesium, and Leptin in Type II Diabetic Patients in Relation to Oral Candida Species by Mohammed Jasim Mohammed, Abbas S. Al-mizraqchi, Salah M. Ibrahim

“…However, the variables being examined, such as body mass index (BMI), burning mouth syndrome (BMS), salivary flow rate (SFR), salivary leptin, salivary copper, and salivary magnesium, did not exhibit any significant variations in quantities between the diabetic and healthy groups (p>0.05). …”
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High-Performance Computational Early Warning Analysis of Agricultural Economy Relying on Binary Fuzzy Cluster Analysis Algorithm by Fang Tang

“…The results and the use of integrated pollutant index evaluation method results are consistent, indicating that the use of fuzzy clustering model for water quality evaluation is practical and effective. …”
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Prospective cohort study of voice outcomes following secondary tracheoesophageal puncture in gastric pull-up reconstruction after total laryngopharyngoesophagectomy by Emily C. Deane, Harman Parhar, Linda Rammage, Amanda Hu, Donald W. Anderson

“…Additionally, the Voice Handicap Index-10 was administered as a validated patient self-reporting tool. …”
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A prediction risk score for HIV among adolescent girls and young women in South Africa: identifying those in need of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis by Reuben Christopher Moyo, Darshini Govindasamy, Samuel Om Manda, Peter Suwirakwenda Nyasulu

“…The optimal cut-point of the prediction model was determined using the Youden index. We also used other measures of discriminative abilities such as predictive values, sensitivity, and specificity. …”
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Exploring determinant factors influencing muscle quality and sarcopenia in Bilbao's older adult population through machine learning: A comprehensive analysis approach. by Naiara Virto, Danielle Marie Dequin, Xabier Río, Amaia Méndez-Zorrilla, Begoña García-Zapirain

“…<h4>Background</h4>Sarcopenia and reduced muscle quality index have garnered special attention due to their prevalence among older individuals and the adverse effects they generate. …”
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The protective effect of trehalose and monosodium glutamate on yeast viability and antagonistic properties during freeze-drying by Joanna Krzymińska, Jolanta Kowalska

“…Cryopreserved isolate 117/10 performed better than 114/73 with the addition of either trehalose or monosodium glutamate, reducing the disease severity index from 88.3% (control) to 18.75−55.33%. Preventive treatments were more efficient than intervention. …”
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Formulas for Generalized Two-Qubit Separability Probabilities by Paul B. Slater

“…Further, α is a Dyson-index-like parameter with α=1 for the standard (15-dimensional) convex set of (complex) two-qubit states. …”
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Inversion Methods of Soil Hydraulic Parameters Based on Hyperspectral Characteristics by WU Yanmei, ZHU Han, LI Ji, LI Zixin, HE Jianliang, LIN Kairong, DONG Chunyu, ZHUANG Luwen

“…For the bare land types, the coefficient of determination <italic>R</italic>_P² for all hydraulic characteristic parameters, except soil moisture content <italic>θ</italic>, is greater than 0.9, and RPD exceeds 2.0. ③ In most hydraulic characteristic models predicting the grassland types, the feature importance of the leaf area index (LAI) is the highest. Therefore, an effective inversion model is built based on field spectral data and LAI, with simple access to input parameters and good prediction effect, providing a potential for wide application in the future.…”
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Sex differences and determinants of coronary microvascular function in asymptomatic adults with type 2 diabetes by Jian L. Yeo, Abhishek Dattani, Joanna M. Bilak, Alice L. Wood, Lavanya Athithan, Aparna Deshpande, Anvesha Singh, J.Ranjit Arnold, Emer M. Brady, David Adlam, John D. Biglands, Peter Kellman, Hui Xue, Thomas Yates, Melanie J. Davies, Gaurav S. Gulsin, Gerry P. McCann

“…There was a significant interaction between sex and body mass index (BMI) for MPR (p interaction <0.001). Following adjustment for clinical risk factors, inverse association with MPR were BMI in women (β = −0.17, p = 0.045) and systolic blood pressure in men (β = −0.14, p = 0.049). …”
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