Demographic Correlates of Infant Feeding Practices and Growth Performance in the First Year of Life by Leila M. Shinn, Christy C. Tangney, Caitlyn Busche, Christine M. Sharp, Mary C. Mullen

“…Various demographic correlates (caretaker race-ethnicity, education, and WIC enrollment) were associated with FP. …”
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Survival and prognostic factors for primary lung extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma: a retrospective study of data from China and the SEER database by Qiuyu Li, Haoyu Zuo, Chengyang Liu, Jing Yang, Nini Dai

“…Other factors, including age, race, and disease stage, were not significantly associated with survival. …”
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Socio-Demographic and Preoperative Clinical Factors Associated With 5-Year Weight Trajectories After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass and Sleeve Gastrectomy by Sahil Patel, MD, Chen Jiang, PhD, Brandon Cowan, MD, Jie Yin, MS, Catherine Schaefer, PhD, Sanjoy Dutta, MD, Rouzbeh Mostaedi, MD, Hélène Choquet, PhD

“…We then evaluated whether age, sex, race/ethnicity, neighborhood deprivation index and preoperative body mass index (BMI)/weight loss, diabetes, hypertension, and sleep apnea contributed to postoperative %TBWL using logistic regression models. …”
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Longer disease progression milestone-free time in people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis treated versus not treated with intravenous edaravone: results from an administrative cl... by James D Berry, Melissa Hagan, Jeffrey Zhang, Ying Liu, Malgorzata Ciepielewska

“…Cases treated with IV edaravone and controls not treated with IV edaravone were propensity score matched for: age, sex, race, US region of residence, pre-index disease duration, insurance, riluzole prescription; and preindex claims for cardiovascular disease, artificial nutrition/gastrostomy tube, noninvasive ventilation and all-cause hospitalization. …”

Early Pregnancy Serum Metabolite Profiles Associated with Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy in African American Women: A Pilot Study by Erin P. Ferranti, Jennifer K. Frediani, Rebecca Mitchell, Jolyn Fernandes, Shuzhao Li, Dean P. Jones, Elizabeth Corwin, Anne L. Dunlop

“…In the US, women of African American race are at increased risk for HDP. Early biomarkers that reliably identify women at risk for HDP remain elusive, yet are essential for the early identification and targeting of interventions to improve maternal and infant outcomes. …”
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Predictors of plasma HDL-C concentrations in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study by James M. Shikany, John R. Bassler, Jared P. Reis, Pamela J. Schreiner, David T. Redden, John T. Wilkins, Cora E. Lewis

“…Several factors were positively associated with HDL-C longitudinally in both women and men: age, self-identified Black race, alcohol intake, physical activity, and energy intake, along with sex-specific associations with current oral contraceptive use, current hormone therapy, and post-menopausal status (women only), and homeostasis model assessment-estimated insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) (men only). …”
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Population genetics studies of <i>Puccinia striiformis</i> f. sp. <i>tritici</i> in Dagestan and Northwestern Russia by E. L. Shaydayuk, D. R. Yakovleva, K. M. Abdullaev, V. P. Pyukkenen, E. I. Gultyaeva

“…A total of 18 phenotypes (races) of striiformis were identified (4 in Derbent, and 14 in Pushkin). …”
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Estimating health state utilities for aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase deficiency (AADCd) in the United States by Berrin Monteleone, Katie Forster, Gin Nie Chua, Rongrong Zhang, Andrew Lloyd, Paul Castellano, Ioannis Tomazos

“…Results Following revision of the vignettes, 120 participants completed the TTO task (mean age: 47 years; 50% female; 70% White); characteristics were not significantly different from US population norms in terms of age, sex, race or ethnicity. Six participants who appeared to misunderstand the exercise were excluded. …”
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Raise and characterization of a bread wheat hybrid line (Tulaykovskaya 10 × Saratovskaya 29) with chromosome 6Agi2 introgressed from Thinopyrum intermedium by Yu. N. Ivanova, K. K. Rosenfread, A. I. Stasyuk, E. S. Skolotneva, O. G. Silkova

“…According to the screening for fungal disease resistance carried out in the field in 2018 and 2020, chromosome 6Agi2 makes plants retain immunity to the West Siberian population of brown rust and to dominant races of stem rust. It also provides medium resistant and medium susceptible types of response to yellow rust. …”
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Identification and expression analysis of P-type ATPase IIIA subfamily in Puccinia Striiformis f. sp. tritici by Yingjie Sun, Hong Tao, Hong Han, Yiping Zou, Yingyu Xue, Shiwen Chen, Fei Tao

“…Results Six PMA genes were identified in the genome of P. striiformis f. sp. tritici (CYR34 race). The PMA proteins encoded by these genes ranged in length from 811 to 960 amino acids (aa). …”
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Patient “No-Show” Prior to Elective Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty Increases Risk of Postoperative Anemia by Jeffrey S. Mun, BA, Matthew W. Parry, MD, MS, Alex Tang, MD, Jesse J. Manikowski, MS, Cory Crinella, PA-C, John J. Mercuri, MD, MA

“…Age, smoking status, gender, race, body mass index, Charlson Comorbidity Index, and insurance status were independent predictors of missing clinical appointments. …”
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Danish Digital Design and the Gradual Erosion of Technology Neutral Administrative Law by Michael Gøtze

“… Purpose: Holding pole position in the digital race, Denmark is an EU member state that not only has inherent incentives for self-scrutiny to avoid digital hybris but also serves as an inspiration for other countries aiming to move into the fast lane of digital designs. …”
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Emergency Medical Services Provider-Perceived Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias in the Prehospital Setting by Esmeralda Melgoza, Valeria Cardenas, Hiram Beltrán-Sánchez

“…Logistic regression models assessed the associated between EMS provider-perceived ADRD and patient sociodemographic characteristics, including age, race/ethnicity, incident location, and ZCTA-level socioeconomic status. …”
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Assessing the Efficacy of Broad-Spectrum Antibiotics in Controlling Bacterial Contamination in the In Vitro Micropropagation of Ginger (Zingiber officinale Rosc) by Selam Tewelde, Subban Patharajan, Zenebe Teka, Desta Berhe Sbhatu

“…But, the availability of clean and healthy planting materials has become a problem due to wilt disease, caused by Ralstonia solanacearum Biovar 3 Race 4. This problem obliged growers to seek for tens of millions of vigorous and disease-free planting materials very quickly via in vitro micropropagation of shoot tip explants. …”
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Association between Visual Acuity and Retinal Layer Metrics in Diabetics with and without Macular Edema by LakshmiPriya Rangaraju, Xuejuan Jiang, J. Jason McAnany, Michael R. Tan, Justin Wanek, Norman P. Blair, Jennifer I. Lim, Mahnaz Shahidi

“…The associations among VA and retinal layer metrics were determined by multivariate linear regressions after adjusting for covariates (age, sex, race, HbA1c, diabetes type, and duration) and correcting for multiple comparisons. …”
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Genome-resolved year-round dynamics reveal a broad range of giant virus microdiversity by Yue Fang, Lingjie Meng, Jun Xia, Yasuhiro Gotoh, Tetsuya Hayashi, Keizo Nagasaki, Hisashi Endo, Yusuke Okazaki, Hiroyuki Ogata

“…We argue that greater microdiversity of viruses likely enhances adaptability and thus survival under the virus–host arms race during prolonged interactions with their hosts.IMPORTANCERecent genome-resolved metagenomic surveys have uncovered the vast genomic diversity of giant viruses, which play significant roles in aquatic ecosystems by acting as bloom terminators and influencing biogeochemical cycles. …”
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‘What a perennial delight is in hearing the French language spoken!’: Class, Language and Taste in the Maison de Molière’s French Performances in London (1871–1893) by Ignacio Ramos Gay

“…For their powerful oratory and elocution on stage, the French, he concluded, were ‘a naturally expressive race’. This study aims to analyse the impact of the Comédie-Française in Victorian England by focusing on the company’s visits to London in 1871, 1879 and 1893. …”
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Geographic Socioeconomic Influences on Disease Activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis in an Academic and Safety Net Hospital System by Joseph Kim, Song Zhang, Ang Gao, Donglu Xie, Salahuddin Kazi, David R. Karp, Christie M. Bartels, E. Blair Solow

“…Patients were stratified by the upper versus lower ADI decile group and matched by age, sex, race, ethnicity, insurance, and CCI using propensity score analysis. …”
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Equality, Diversity and Inclusion characteristics measured or reported in randomised trials of intrapartum interventions: A Scoping Review [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] by Aoife Smith, John Gilmore, Susan Hannon, Valerie Smith

“…How the EDI characteristics featured also varied. Race/Ethnicity, for example, was described in 21 different ways in 25 RCTs. …”
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Assessing cardiovascular disease risk and social determinants of health: A comparative analysis of five risk estimation instruments using data from the Eastern Caribbean Health Out... by Jeremy I Schwartz, Christina Howitt, Sumitha Raman, Sanya Nair, Saria Hassan, Carol Oladele, Ian R Hambleton, Daniel F Sarpong, Oswald P Adams, Rohan G Maharaj, Cruz M Nazario, Maxine Nunez, Marcella Nunez-Smith

“…Further research is needed to validate and refine existing risk tools, particularly in ethnically diverse populations and resource-constrained settings, and to develop race- and ethnicity-free risk estimation models that consider SDoH.…”
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