Prognosis after one- and two-stage revision surgery for periprosthetic joint infection: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Yiyuan Sun, Menghao Liu, Dan Xiao, Qi Li, Huan Xiong, Xue Luo, Boyu Zhu, Weili Fu

“…Fourteen studies reported reinfection patient risk postrevision; when pooled via random effects models, 10.02% of patients in the one-stage group and 14.75% of patients in the two-stage group were reinfected, indicating low heterogeneity (risk ratio = 0.69; 95% CI = 0.50 – 0.94, I 2 = 0%). …”
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Investigating the relationship between thought interference, somatic passivity and outcomes in patients with psychosis: a natural language processing approach using a clinical reco... by Robert Stewart, Anna Kolliakou, Jyoti Sanyal, Rashmi Patel, Thibault Thierry Magrangeas

“…Objectives We aimed to apply natural language processing algorithms in routine healthcare records to identify reported somatic passivity (external control of sensations, actions and impulses) and thought interference symptoms (thought broadcasting, insertion, withdrawal), first-rank symptoms traditionally central to diagnosing schizophrenia, and determine associations with prognosis by analysing routine outcomes.Design Four algorithms were developed on deidentified mental healthcare data and applied to ascertain recorded symptoms over the 3 months following first presentation to a mental healthcare provider in a cohort of patients with a primary schizophreniform disorder (ICD-10 F20-F29) diagnosis.Setting and participants From the electronic health records of a large secondary mental healthcare provider in south London, 9323 patients were ascertained from 2007 to the data extraction date (25 February 2020).Outcomes The primary binary dependent variable for logistic regression analyses was any negative outcome (Mental Health Act section, >2 antipsychotics prescribed, >22 days spent in crisis care) over the subsequent 2 years.Results Final adjusted models indicated significant associations of this composite outcome with baseline somatic passivity (prevalence 4.9%; adjusted OR 1.61, 95% CI 1.37 to 1.88), thought insertion (10.7%; 1.24, 95% CI 1.15 to 1.55) and thought withdrawal (4.9%; 1.36, 95% CI 1.10 to 1.69), but not independently with thought broadcast (10.3%; 1.05, 95% CI 0.91 to 1.22).Conclusions Symptoms traditionally central to the diagnosis of schizophrenia, but under-represented in current diagnostic frameworks, were thus identified as important predictors of short-term to medium-term prognosis in schizophreniform disorders.…”
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Nuclear Data Uncertainty Quantification and Propagation for Safety Analysis of Lead-Cooled Fast Reactors by Ishita Trivedi, Jason Hou, Giacomo Grasso, Kostadin Ivanov, Fausto Franceschini

“…In this study, the Best Estimate Plus Uncertainty (BEPU) approach is developed for the systematic quantification and propagation of uncertainties in the modelling and simulation of lead-cooled fast reactors (LFRs) and applied to the demonstration LFR (DLFR) initially investigated by Westinghouse. …”
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Effectiveness, Safety, and Costs of Thromboprophylaxis with Enoxaparin or Unfractionated Heparin Among Medical Inpatients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease or Heart Failur... by Alpesh N. Amin, Alex Kartashov, Wilson Ngai, Kevin Steele, Ning Rosenthal

“…Multivariable regression models assessed independent associations between exposures and outcomes. …”
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Influence of ultrasonication during soaking on water absorption and Softness characteristics in the cooking process of cowpea by Sholeh Rostamirad, K.G. Duodu, J.P. Meyer, M. Sharifpur

“…Hydration and softening behaviors were modeled from the obtained data using Ibarz-Augusto and first-order equations, respectively. …”
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Drosophila Cul3 contributes to Diap2-mediated innate immune signaling for antimicrobial defense by Fanrui Kong, Zixuan Wang, Chuchu Zhang, Yihua Xiao, Muhammad Abdul Rehman Saeed, Weini Li, Akira Goto, Qingshuang Cai, Shanming Ji

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Sex-specific prevalence, inequality and associated predictors of hypertension, diabetes, and comorbidity among Bangladeshi adults: results from a nationwide cross-sectional demogra... by Abdur Razzaque Sarker, Raisul Akram, Nausad Ali, Marufa Sultana, Nurnabi Sheikh

“…Adjusted multiple logistic regression models were performed to observe the effects of different factors and reported as adjusted ORs (AORs) with 95% CIs. …”
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Optimization of a photovoltaic/wind/battery energy-based microgrid in distribution network using machine learning and fuzzy multi-objective improved Kepler optimizer algorithms by Fude Duan, Mahdiyeh Eslami, Mohammad Khajehzadeh, Ali Basem, Dheyaa J. Jasim, Sivaprakasam Palani

“…The variables are microgrid optimal location and capacity of the HMG components in the network which are determined through a multi-objective improved Kepler optimization algorithm (MOIKOA) modeled by Kepler’s laws of planetary motion, piecewise linear chaotic map and using the FDMT. …”
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Insights into mapping tropical primary wet forests in the Amazon Basin from satellite-based time series metrics of canopy stability by Brendan Mackey, Sonia Hugh, Tatiana Shestakova, Brendan M. Rogers, Ludmila Rattis

“…The time series analysis revealed prior land use impacts and the occurrence of otherwise unrecognized degraded forest. High resolution modelled data on forest structure can be usefully complemented in tropical wet forests by the kinds of time series analyses presented here, which can assist in tracking changes in forest condition and responses to disturbances.…”
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Spread the Joy: How High and Low Bias for Happy Facial Emotions Translate into Different Daily Life Affect Dynamics by Charlotte Vrijen, Catharina A. Hartman, Eeske van Roekel, Peter de Jonge, Albertine J. Oldehinkel

“…We used multilevel vector autoregressive (VAR) modelling to estimate lag 1 affect networks for the high and low happy bias groups and used permutation tests to compare the two groups. …”
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Distribution of Pupil Size and Associated Factors: Results from the Population-Based Gutenberg Health Study by Marian Kiel, Stephanie D. Grabitz, Susanne Hopf, Thomas Koeck, Philipp S. Wild, Irene Schmidtmann, Karl J. Lackner, Thomas Münzel, Manfred E. Beutel, Norbert Pfeiffer, Alexander K. Schuster

“…The associations of ocular geometry, the participants’ demographics, and their history of systemic diseases and medication intake with physical pupil size were assessed using multivariable linear regression models. Results. 18,335 eyes of 9,559 participants aged 40 to 80 years were included in the analysis. …”
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EQ-5D-5L and SF-6Dv2 utility scores in people living with chronic low back pain: a survey from Quebec by Thomas G Poder, Liang Wang, Nathalie Carrier

“…Median (range) of EQ-5D-5L was 0.622 (−0.072 to 0.905), and mean (range) of SF-6Dv2 and EQ-Visual Analogue Scale was 0.561 (0.301–0.829) and 51.0 (0–100), respectively. In all multivariate models, health or life satisfaction increased the health utility score, while pain reduced it. …”
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Peripheral Tumor Location Predicts a Favorable Prognosis in Patients with Resected Small Cell Lung Cancer by Yina Gao, Yangyang Dong, Yingxu Zhou, Gongyan Chen, Xuan Hong, Qingyuan Zhang

“…Correlations were derived using Fisher’s exact test. Models of 2-year and 3-year survival were evaluated by deriving the area under receiver operating characteristic curves. …”
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Mortality and reoperations following treatment of acetabular fractures in patients ≥ 70 years: a retrospective cohort study of 247 patients by Johan Ljungdahl, Björn Hernefalk, Anna Pallin, Anders Brüggemann, Nils P Hailer, Olof Wolf

“…Descriptive statistics, survival analysis using the Kaplan–Meier method, and logistic regression models were used. Results: 247 patients (67% men) with a median age of 80 years (range 70–102) were included. …”
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Personal determinants of vandal behaviour among urban school and student youth from a gender perspective by O. V. Kruzhkova, I. V. Deviatovskaia, M. S. Krivoshchekova

“…The constructed gender-differentiated regression models made it possible to identify a number of significant personality predictors of vandal behaviour. …”
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Heterologous Materials Are Really Better than Autologous in Tympanoplasty Mastoid Obliteration? A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis by Francesca Viberti, Giovanni Monciatti, Aniello Donniacuo, Fabio Ferretti, Lorenzo Salerni, Andrea De Vito, Daniele Bernardeschi, Marco Mandalà

“…A statistical analysis with random-effects models was performed to allow the true effect sizes to differ from study to study. …”
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Discovering the anti-parasitic activity of melatonin loaded lecithin/chitosan nanoparticles against giardiasis and cryptosporidiosis in Balb/c infected mice by Mohamed Nasser, Mona B. Abd El-atif, Habiba Alaa, Mariam Abdelaziz, Mariam Mustafa, Mustafa Masour, Salma Magdy, Salma Mohsen, Yomna El Karamany, Alyaa Farid

“…Then, we evaluated effectiveness of melatonin (Mel) and melatonin loaded lecithin/chitosan nanoparticles (Mel-LCNPs) against giardiasis and cryptosporidiosis in mice models using parasitological and inflammatory response examination. …”
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A longitudinal study on the professional identity formation of health promotion practitioners: evidence from undergraduate students in Switzerland by Verena Biehl, Verena Biehl, Andreas Bänziger, Frank Wieber, Frank Wieber

“…In addition to sociodemographic data, potential determinants in cognitive, social, motivational, and behavioral dimensions were measured. Mixed effect models were used to analyze these determinants of PI formation.ResultsThe study included 276 participants. …”
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Understanding the impact of racism on surgical outcomes in settler nation-states USA and Canada: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis by Mary Brindle, Oluwatomilayo Daodu, Tyara Marchand, Saffa Aziz, Ifeoluwa Adedipe, Mirna Matta

“…Summary estimates of cumulative incidence, prevalence, incidence rate and occurrence rate of complications using DerSimonian and Laird random effects models will be calculated for the systematic review and meta-analysis. …”
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Development and validation of a high-throughput qPCR platform for the detection of soil-transmitted helminth infections. by Nils Pilotte, Victor Omballa, Monica Voss, Leah Padgett, Malathi Manuel, Jeanne L Goodman, Tim Littlewood, Zayina Zondervenni Manoharan, Lisette van Lieshout, Jaco J Verweij, Manigandan Sekar, Ajith Kumar Muthukumar, Gretchen Walch, Abriana Warren, Mariyam Sheikh, Andrew Gonzalez, Sean R Galagan, Sitara Swarna Rao Ajjampur, Moudachirou Ibikounlé, Steven A Williams, Doug Rains, Ushashi Dadwal, Judd L Walson

“…While these efforts have succeeded in reducing morbidity associated with STH infection, recent modeling efforts have suggested that expanding intervention to treatment of the entire community could achieve transmission interruption in some settings. …”
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