Perfusion index as a predictor of successful PNS-guided supraclavicular block: A prospective study by Monika Gandhi, Khushboo Ranpise, Aseem Sharma, Manish Banjare

“…Results: Significant increases in PI were observed in the blocked limb at multiple intervals compared to the unblocked limb (P < 0.05). …”
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Involving national stakeholders in a systems approach to map drivers of childhood obesity and actions to prevent childhood obesity in Denmark: the Generation Healthy Kids Study by Knud Ryom, Paul Bloch, Ulla Toft, Didde Høeg, Louise T. Thomsen, Steven Allender, Harry Rutter, Adrian Bauman, Rikke Fredenslund Krølner, Anders Blædel Gottlieb Hansen

“…Obesity is characterized by multiple interdependencies and diverse influences at different societal levels. …”
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Human Resource Practices and Employee Retention in Local Governments in Uganda: A Case of Kabale District Local Government. by Baingana, Alex

“…From the linear regression analysis, it was revealed that from the linear regression, it was revealed that recruitment and selection predicted employee retention by only 0.08% with insignificant predictive potential at (Beta = .026, p=.781>0.05), development and training predicted employee retention by only 10.1% with insignificant predictive potential at (Beta = .159, p=.086>0.05) and compensation and benefits predicted employee retention by only 17.8% with significant predicator at (Beta = .430, p=.000<0.05). From the multiple regression analysis, the combined constructs of human resource practices with constructs of recruitment and selection, development and training, and compensation and benefits collectively accounted for 18.8%. …”
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Human Resource Practices and Employee Retention in Local Governments in Uganda: A Case of Kabale District Local Government. by Baingana, Alex

“…From the linear regression analysis, it was revealed that from the linear regression, it was revealed that recruitment and selection predicted employee retention by only 0.08% with insignificant predictive potential at (Beta = .026, p=.781>0.05), development and training predicted employee retention by only 10.1% with insignificant predictive potential at (Beta = .159, p=.086>0.05) and compensation and benefits predicted employee retention by only 17.8% with significant predicator at (Beta = .430, p=.000<0.05). From the multiple regression analysis, the combined constructs of human resource practices with constructs of recruitment and selection, development and training, and compensation and benefits collectively accounted for 18.8%. …”
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Adverse Maternal Outcomes and Associated Factors Among Mothers of Advanced Age delivering at a Tertiary Hospital, Southwestern Uganda: A Cross-Sectional Study. by Masembe, Sezalio, Migisha, Richard, Turyasingura, Godwin, Aheisibwe, Hillary, Nzabandora, Emmanuel, Lule, John C.

“…We define adverse maternal outcome as any complication sustained by the mother that was related to pregnancy, delivery, and immediate post-partum events (obstructed labor, antepartum hemorrhage, mode of delivery [cesarean or vacuum extraction], postpartum hemorrhage, hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, preterm or postdate pregnancy, anemia, premature rupture of membranes, multiple pregnancy, and maternal death). A participant was considered to have an adverse outcome if they experienced any one of these complications. …”
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Qualitative Insights on Barriers to Receiving a Second Dose of Measles-Containing Vaccine (MCV2), Oromia Region of Ethiopia by Kalkidan Solomon, Brooke N. Aksnes, Abyot Bekele Woyessa, Chala Gari Sadi, Almea M. Matanock, Monica P. Shah, Paulos Samuel, Bekana Tolera, Birhanu Kenate, Abebe Bekele, Tesfaye Deti, Getachew Wako, Amsalu Shiferaw, Yohannes Lakew Tefera, Melkamu Ayalew Kokebie, Tatek Bogale Anbessie, Habtamu Teklie Wubie, Aaron Wallace, Ciara E. Sugerman, Mirgissa Kaba

“…<b>Conclusions:</b> Barriers to MCV2 uptake occur at multiple levels of immunization service delivery. Strategies to address these barriers include tools to help caretakers track appointments, enhanced community engagement, HCW training to improve provider–client interactions and MCV2 knowledge, and efforts to manage HCW workload.…”
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Cyberinfrastructure for machine learning applications in agriculture: experiences, analysis, and vision by Lucas Waltz, Sushma Katari, Chaeun Hong, Adit Anup, Julian Colbert, Anirudh Potlapally, Taylor Dill, Canaan Porter, John Engle, John Engle, Christopher Stewart, Hari Subramoni, Scott Shearer, Raghu Machiraju, Osler Ortez, Laura Lindsey, Arnab Nandi, Sami Khanal

“…These components included (1) a UAS imagery pipeline that reduced processing time and improved image quality over standard methods, (2) a tabular data pipeline that aggregated data from multiple sources and temporal resolutions and aligned it with a common temporal resolution, (3) an approach to adapting the model architecture for a vision transformer (ViT) that incorporates agricultural domain expertise, and (4) a data visualization prototype that was used to identify outliers and improve trust in the data.DiscussionFurther work will be aimed at maturing the CI components and implementing them on high performance computing (HPC). …”
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Sprayable solutions containing sticky rice oil droplets reduce western flower thrips damage and induce changes in Chrysanthemum leaf chemistry by Thijs V. Bierman, Hocelayne P. Fernandes, Hocelayne P. Fernandes, Young H. Choi, Sumin Seo, Klaas Vrieling, Mirka Macel, Bram Knegt, Thomas E. Kodger, Ralph van Zwieten, Peter G. L. Klinkhamer, T. Martijn Bezemer

“…In the first assay, we additionally assessed the metabolomic effects of these RGO droplet sprays and thrips presence on plant chemistry via 1H NMR and headspace GC-MS on multiple timepoints to investigate which plant metabolites were affected by spraying and their potential relation to plant resistance against thrips. …”
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Twenty-four weeks of combined training in different environments, aquatic and land, in the type 2 diabetes management (Aquatic and Land Exercise for Diabetes -ALED): protocol of a... by Larissa dos Santos Leonel, Ingrid Alessandra Victoria Wolin, Angélica Danielevicz, Mabel Diesel, Marina Isolde Constantini, João Batista de Oliveira Junior, Allana Andrade Souza, Thaís Reichert, João Gabriel Silveira-Rodrigues, Danusa Dias Soares, Marcelo Fernando Ronsoni, Simone Van De Sande Lee, Alex Rafacho, Guilherme Fleury Fina Speretta, Karla Siqueira Lottermann, Josefina Bertoli, Alexandre Pastoris Muller, Aline Mendes Gerage, Cíntia de La Rocha Freitas, Rodrigo Sudatti Delevatti

“…Resistance training will be performed using exercise for the trunk, upper and lower limbs maximum speed, and target repetition zone in aquatic and dry-land environments, respectively, using multiple sets in a linear dosage progression. Before, at 12 weeks, and after the 24 weeks of training, biochemical analyses, functional capacity, maximum muscle strength, body composition assessments, cardiovascular measures, and the administration of questionnaires to assess mental, cognitive, sleep quality, and quality of life will be conducted. …”
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Clinical practice of one-lung ventilation in mainland China: a nationwide questionnaire survey by Hong-jin Liu, Yong Lin, Wang Li, Hai Yang, Wen-yue Kang, Pei-lei Guo, Xiao-hui Guo, Ning-ning Cheng, Jie-chao Tan, Yi-na He, Si-si Chen, Yan Mu, Xian-wen Liu, Hui Zhang, Mei-fang Chen

“…Up to 32% of respondents were reluctant to perform lung-protective ventilation strategies during OLV. Multiple regression analysis revealed that the volume-control ventilation mode and an SpO2 intervention threshold of < 85% were independent risk factors for hypoxemia during OLV in lung and cardiovascular surgeries. …”
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Leiden mutation (rs6025) in a severe COVID-19 pneumonia patient with Down syndrome: a clinical case by V.I. Pokhylko, Y.I. Cherniavska, L.Y. Fishchuk, Z.I. Rossokha, O.G. Ievseienkova, O.M. Dubitska, O.F. Popova, M.М. Fastovets, O.О. Kaliuzhka, N.G. Gorovenko

“…On the second day after admission, due to the development of acute respiratory distress syndrome and multiple organ failure, the patient was transferred to the intensive care unit, where he received oxygen therapy through a facial mask. …”
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The relevance of a multidomain geriatric assessment in older patients with heart failure by Emma E.F. Kleipool, Julia H.I. Wiersinga, Marijke C. Trappenburg, Albert C. vanRossum, Carmen S. vanDam, Su‐San Liem, Mike J.L. Peters, M. Louis Handoko, Majon Muller

“…Conclusions Having limitations in multiple domains appears more strongly associated with short‐term adverse outcomes than HF severity and physical frailty. …”
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Community health system capacities and capabilities within an evolving community health policy framework: mixed methods study of stakeholders in central Uganda by Raymond Tweheyo, Diana Atwine, Richard Kabanda, Ronald Miria Ocaatre, Bounggui Kim, Simon Erisa Waiswa, Prichard Denzel Kavuma, Yeni Lee, Loretah Mutoni, Solyi Kim, Yein Park, Monica Okuga

“…While descriptive and stratified analyses were conducted for quantitative data in Stata I/C 15.0: proportions for the varied geographical entities were compared using the t-test with p values &lt;0.05 considered significant, one-way ANOVA was used to compare means.Results Overall, all sites had relatively strong governance of community health only challenged by multiple implementing partners that were weakly coordinated. …”
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The potential benefits of radiotherapy in elderly patients with early-stage triple-negative breast cancer by Zheng Xu, Zheng Xu, Chengdong Qin, Binxiao Cao, Binxiao Cao, Pengcheng Ruan, Pengcheng Ruan, Mianhao Zhang, Mianhao Zhang, Guidong Chen, Guidong Chen

“…Older patients often face multiple comorbidities, complicating treatment decisions. …”
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Metabolic resistance to pyrethroids with possible involvement of non-coding ribonucleic acids in Anopheles funestus, the major malaria vector in western Kenya by Isaiah Debrah, Daibin Zhong, Maxwell G. Machani, Godfrey Nattoh, Kevin O. Ochwedo, Collins M. Morang’a, Ming-Chieh Lee, Linda E. Amoah, Andrew K. Githeko, Yaw A. Afrane, Guiyun Yan

“…Here, we reported metabolic resistance mechanisms and demonstrated that multiple non-coding Ribonucleic Acids (ncRNAs) could play a potential role in An. funestus resistance to pyrethroid in western Kenya. …”
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Low-grade systemic inflammation, but not neuroinflammation, is associated with 12-month postoperative outcome after total hip arthroplasty in patients with painful osteoarthritis:... by Morten R. Blichfeldt-Eckhardt, Claus Varnum, Jørgen T. Lauridsen, Lasse E. Rasmussen, Winnie C. P. Mortensen, Hanne I. Jensen, Henrik B. Vaegter, Kate L. Lambertsen

“…Postoperative outcome was assessed as change in Oxford Hip Score (OHS) from baseline to 12 months after THA, pain was assessed on a numerical rating scale, and disability using the Pain Disability Index. Multiple regression models for each clinical outcome were included for biomarkers in blood and CSF, respectively, including age, sex, BMI, and Kellgren-Lawrence score. …”
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Multimodal Deep Learning for Differentiating Bacterial and Fungal Keratitis Using Prospective Representative Data by N.V. Prajna, MD, Jad Assaf, MD, Nisha R. Acharya, MD, MS, Jennifer Rose-Nussbaumer, MD, Thomas M. Lietman, MD, J. Peter Campbell, MD, MPH, Jeremy D. Keenan, MD, MPH, Xubo Song, PhD, Travis K. Redd, MD, MPH

“…We also compared the performance of the MADURAI-trained computer vision model against a model with identical architecture but trained on a preexisting dataset collated from multiple prior bacterial and fungal keratitis randomized clinical trials (RCTs) (the RCT-trained computer vision model). …”
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Antithrombotic therapy for a case report of acute myocardial infarction after laparoscopic radical cystectomy by Zilong Wang, Zilong Wang, Zilong Wang, Zilong Wang, Huisheng Yuan, Junhao Chu, Shishuai Duan, Zhihui Zhang, Changze Song, Muwen Wang

“…This study aims to contribute clinical insights for clinicians to manage high-risk patients with acute myocardial infarction post-major surgery.Methods and resultsThe 64-year-old male patient was admitted for multiple high-grade urothelial carcinomas of the bladder. …”
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Dupilumab in children with eosinophilic esophagitis: a retrospective multicenter study by Mohammed Hasosah, Ghassan Sukkar, Asharf AlSahafi, Ali Zaidan, Nouf Ghous, Abdulmajed Alshahrani, Ziyad Al Zahrani, Naif Hasosah, Mansour Qurashi, Loie Goronfolah, Ali Alsharief, Nagla Kamal

“…In addition to the improvement in EoE, the use of corticosteroids in EoE and inhaled corticosteroids in asthma was decreased for all patients, suggesting that dupilumab may be effective in patients with multiple concurrent atopic conditions. Dupilumab had a well-tolerated safety profile, except for one patient who developed conjunctivitis. …”
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A General Framework for Closed Loop Negative Feedback Multivariable Physiological Control Systems: Existence, Uniqueness, and Stability of Homeostatic Equilibrium Points by Anna Procopio, Annarita Tedesco, Fabrizio Lo Regio, Giuseppe Cesarelli, Leandro Donisi, Carlo Ricciardi, Alessio Merola, Alfonso Maria Ponsiglione, Maria Romano, Francesco Montefusco, Carlo Cosentino, Francesco Amato

“…The framework adopts a structure based on a closed-loop topology taking into account multiple inputs and outputs and with the negative feedback action intrinsically embedded within the model. …”
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