Sociodemographic factors associated with prenatal care utilization in Arkansas, United States by Pearl A. McElfish, Aaron Caldwell, Donya Watson, Jonathan Langner, Jennifer Callaghan-Koru, Austin Porter, Don E. Willis, Jennifer A. Andersen, Nicola L. Hawley, James P. Selig, Amir Forati, Maria R. Alcala, Lanita White, Enrique Gomez-Pomar, Clare C. Brown

“…Methods: Birth records data from the National Center for Health Statistics were used. The study population consisted of singleton live births in Arkansas from 2014 to 2022. …”
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Simultaneous vs Staged Procedures for Bilateral Total Knee Arthroplasty: Reduced Infection, Cost, and Readmission Rates Associated With Simultaneous Procedures by Aaron Singh, BA, Travis M. Kotzur, BS, Kathleen Lundquist, MD, Blaire C. Peterson, BS, William H. Young, MD, Chance C. Moore, MD, Frank Buttacavoli, MD

“…Methods: This retrospective cohort study queried the National Readmissions Database, years 2016-2020, for patients undergoing bilateral TKA via ICD-10 codes. …”
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Telehealth and people with disabilities in the United Kingdom: a scoping review by Mezhen Ko, Mezhen Ko, Matthew Azzopardi, Constantinos Loizou, Abison Logeswaran, Benjamin Ng, Agata Pacho, Yu Jeat Chong

“…This scoping review explores the needs, experiences, and difficulties people with disabilities face when accessing telehealth services in the United Kingdom’s (UK) National Health Service (NHS).MethodsA systematic search was conducted using the PRISMA for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR) guidelines. …”
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The profile of long-stay patients in a psychiatric hospital in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa by Siziphiwe Y. Myeni, Vuyokazi Ntlantsana, Andrew Tomita, Ugochukwu S. Aguwa, Reyanta Bridgmohun, Sinethemba Shabalala

“…Inpatient care accounts for over 80% of the mental national healthcare budget. However, there is limited research on factors associated with length of stay (LOS) in tertiary psychiatric hospitals. …”
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Entrepreneurial Behaviour and the Performance of Small and Medium Enterprises in South-West, Nigeria by Nafiu Badiru

“…   In recent times, the performance of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) has generated increased interest because of their crucial contribution to the national and global economies. Against this back drop, this study empirically investigated the impact of entrepreneurial behaviour on the performance of SMEs in South-West, Nigeria. …”
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Simultaneous cardiocerebral infarctions: a five-year retrospective case series reviewing natural history by Cheryl Zhiya Chong, Benjamin Yong-Qiang Tan, Ching-Hui Sia, Thet Khaing, Leonard Leong Litt Yeo

“…Patient notes and imaging findings were reviewed to determine the underlying cause of CCI. Results: Median National Institute of Health Stroke Scale score was 15 (range 4–27). …”
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Medical care and initial health status of French children returnees from jihadist group operation areas: A cross-sectional study from 2017 to 2020 in one referral French hospital by J. Goutines, L.L. Pham, N. Lucidarme, C. Briand, A. Malka, C. Baker, M. Veyret-Morau, A. Mapelli, A. Klein, T. Baubet, L. De Pontual

“…Introduction: The return of foreign fighters's children whose parents joined the so called « islamic state » in the Iraq-Syrian area, had been a very controversial topic. Since 2017, a national procedure in France has been designed to coordinate their care, including a systematic pediatric medical assessment. …”
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Predicting cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality using the lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio: Insights from explainable machine learning models by Jichao Wu, Die Huang, Jiefang Li, Jingxing Yi, Yu Lei, Jun Yin

“…Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) from 2007 to 2018, utilizing a cohort of 1518 participants with a median follow-up period of 150 months. …”
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Delineating urban flooding when incorporating community stormwater knowledge by Madeline Scolio, Peleg Kremer, Virginia Smith, Achira Amur, Bridget Wadzuk, Kate Homet, Eric Devlin, Md Abdullah Al Mehedi, Laura Moore

“…An array of data, including remotely sensed satellite imagery after major flooding events, Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Special Flood Hazard Areas, First Street Foundation’s Flood Factor, road closures, National Flood Insurance Program claims, and community surveys, were compared for the study areas. …”
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Characteristics, treatment patterns, and biomarker testing of patients with advanced RET fusion-positive non-small cell lung cancer in a real-world multi-country observational stud... by Urpo Kiiskinen, Grace Segall, Hollie Bailey, Cameron Forshaw, Tarun Puri

“…The aim of this real-world multi-national study was to describe clinical characteristics, biomarker testing, and treatment patterns of patients with RET fusion-positive NSCLC.MethodsThis observational study was conducted in 2020 in nine countries using electronic patient record forms, following Adelphi Disease Specific Programme (DSP™) methodology. …”
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The Late 1980s HIV Outbreak in the Southeast of Soviet Russia: Soviet Government and Its Policy against the Epidemic (The Case of Kalmykia) by Margarita V. Baduginova

“…The article primarily investigates a variety of newly discovered documents from the National Archive of Kalmykia and State Archive of the Russian Federation. …”
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Systemic immune-inflammation index mediates the association between abdominal obesity and serum klotho levels by Chenchun Chen, Peng Tang, Wei Zhu

“…A cross-sectional study was conducted using data from 6997 middle-aged and elderly Americans participating in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES) between 2011 and 2016. …”
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Serum alpha-1 acid glycoprotein and gallstone risk in US adult women: a cross-sectional analysis of the NHANES by Xiaocheng Li, Peiling He

“…However, the association between serum alpha-1 acid glycoprotein (AGP), a key inflammatory marker, and gallstone risk remains underexplored.MethodsData from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2017–2020 and 2021–2023 cycles were analyzed. …”
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Ethiopia's Potato Seed System: Regulatory Challenges, Quality Assurance Issues, and Pathways for Improvement ─ A mini review [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] by Ebrahim Seid, Lemma Tessema

“…Conclusions This review calls for a comprehensive strategy that fosters stakeholder engagement and promotes sustainable practices to rejuvenate Ethiopia’s potato seed system, thereby supporting the livelihoods of millions of smallholder farmers and strengthening national food security through integrated seed sector development and capacity improvement of the seed regulatory body as well as smallholder farmers.…”
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Spatial disparities and dynamics in the high quality agricultural development in Heilongjiang Province of China by Jingting Yu, Guanghao Wu

“…Abstract As a key commodity and strategic reserve grain base in China, evaluating and analyzing the high-quality agricultural development (HQAD) within Heilongjiang Province is crucial for advancing national agricultural quality. We construct a multidimensional evaluation framework with 19 indicators across four dimensions: green agriculture, quality and efficiency improvement of supply, agricultural structural coordination, and shared benefits of development. …”
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Associations between phenol and paraben exposure and the risk of developing breast cancer in adult women: a cross-sectional study by Yao Xiong, Zhiyu Li, Xiong Xiong, Zixuan Luo, Kaixin Zhong, Jiawei Hu, Shengrong Sun, Chuang Chen

“…Data on urinary bisphenol A (BPA), triclosan (TRS), benzophenone-3 (BP3), methyl paraben (MPB), ethyl paraben (EPB), propyl paraben (PPB), and butyl paraben (BUP) were obtained from the 2005–2014 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. A total of 4455 subjects were included in this cross-sectional study. …”
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eHealth Literacy and Cyberchondria Severity Among Undergraduate Students: Mixed Methods Study by Wan -Chen Hsu

“…Further, we explored the perspective of eHealth literacy of those with scores higher than 1 SD from the mean by analyzing their recent experiences using web-based health information. MethodsA nationally representative sample of college students was surveyed, and 802 valid responses were obtained (male: 435/802, 54.2%; female: 367/802, 45.8%; mean age 20.3, SD 1.4 years). …”
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Recruitment and retention of participants in randomised controlled trials: a review of trials funded and published by the United Kingdom Health Technology Assessment Programme by Stephen J Walters, Daniel Hind, Richard M Jacques, Steven A Julious, Joanne Rothwell, Oscar Bortolami, Laura Flight, Inês Bonacho dos Anjos Henriques-Cadby, Christopher Knox, Ben Nadin, Michael Surtees

“…Many trials fail to reach their planned sample size within the envisaged trial timescale and trial funding envelope.Objectives To review the consent, recruitment and retention rates for single and multicentre randomised control trials funded and published by the UK's National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Programme.Data sources and study selection HTA reports of individually randomised single or multicentre RCTs published from the start of 2004 to the end of April 2016 were reviewed.Data extraction Information was extracted, relating to the trial characteristics, sample size, recruitment and retention by two independent reviewers.Main outcome measures Target sample size and whether it was achieved; recruitment rates (number of participants recruited per centre per month) and retention rates (randomised participants retained and assessed with valid primary outcome data).Results This review identified 151 individually RCTs from 787 NIHR HTA reports. …”
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Benchtop 1H NMR spectroscopy as a practical tool for characterization of chemically ex-changing systems in Ascorbic acid by Sevil Cikrikci

“…According to spectrum results and previous literature studies, shifting behaviour of Peak 1 (assigned to C4-H13) towards lower frequencies upon pH increase, gave us its feasibility for pKa determi-nation. While High-field NMR spectroscopy demonstrated the compositional analysis of AA and proton exchanges showing couplings between protons, Benchtop NMR was displayed as a limited tool owing to broadened lines of splitting peaks. …”
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Low attitude despite excellent knowledge in dental students on treating HIV/AIDS patients: Where are we lacking as educators? by Prebha Manickam, Tina Varghese, Leanne Liew Xiao En, Kee Zi Qin, Kong He Xin

“…Background: To achieve the goal of the Malaysian National Strategic Plan for ending HIV/AIDS by 2030, holistic management of patients with HIV/AIDS is crucial. …”
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