The influence of the built environment on drug misuse and abuse by Adewumi Oladele, Edward Onyango, Kyle Esdaille

“… Drug misuse and overdoses (DMO) continue to rise in the United States and around the world. As the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown brought America to a standstill, the drug overdose epidemic took a sharp turn for the worse. …”
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Epigenetic Markers of Renal Function in African Americans by Samantha M. Bomotti, Jennifer A. Smith, Alicia L. Zagel, Jacquelyn Y. Taylor, Stephen T. Turner, Sharon L. R. Kardia

“…Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is an increasing concern in the United States due to its rapidly rising prevalence, particularly among African Americans. …”
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Burden of Comorbidities and Healthcare Resource Utilization Among Medicaid-Enrolled Extremely Premature Infants by Meredith E. Mowitz, Wei Gao, Heather Sipsma, Pete Zuckerman, Hallee Wong, Rajeev Ayyagari, Sujata P. Sarda

“…**Background:** The effect of gestational age (GA) on comorbidity prevalence, healthcare resource utilization (HCRU), and all-cause costs is significant for extremely premature (EP) infants in the United States. **Objectives:** To characterize real-world patient characteristics, prevalence of comorbidities, rates of HCRU, and direct healthcare charges and societal costs among premature infants in US Medicaid programs, with respect to GA and the presence of respiratory comorbidities. …”
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Application of DNA markers in molecular breeding and genetic studies of grapevine by E. T. Ilnitskaya, M. V. Makarkina

“…Markers associated with disease resistance genes currently used for elimination of susceptible seedlings at the initial stage of large-scale breeding programs carried out in Germany, Italy and the United States. Thus, advances in molecular biology of grapevines creates a conducive situation for active use of DNA-marker technology in this culture.…”
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Creativity research in medicine and nursing: A scoping review. by Alex Thabane, Sarah Saleh, Sushmitha Pallapothu, Tyler McKechnie, Phillip Staibano, Jason W Busse, Goran Calic, Ranil Sonnadara, Sameer Parpia, Mohit Bhandari

“…Researchers from Taiwan (22%) and the United States (21%) produced the most eligible publications, and the majority research was cross-sectional in nature (54%). …”
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Rehabilitation Guidelines for Use Following a Periacetabular Osteotomy (PAO): A North American Based Delphi Consensus by Ashley E. Disantis, Ethan Ruh, RobRoy Martin, Keelan Enseki, Michael McClincy

“… # Methods A panel of 16 physiotherapists from across the United States and Canada who were identified as experts in PAO rehabilitation by high-volume hip preservation surgeons participated in this Delphi study. …”
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Clinical Use of Dostarlimab in Advanced Stage and Recurrent Endometrial Cancer: Patient Selection and Perspectives by Bujnak AC, File B, Tewari KS

“…On August 1st, 2024, the United States Food and Drug Administration expanded the indication of the immunologic anti-PD-1 checkpoint inhibitor, dostarlimab, and chemotherapy in endometrial cancer. …”
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Tropical Medicine in China: Bibliometric Analysis Based on Web of Science (2010–2019) by Zhen Li, Jingbo Xue, Bin Zheng

“…The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC) system, which published 549 articles on tropical medicine, may be considered as the flagship of tropical medicine in China. The United States ranked first in internationally collaborative articles with China. …”
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Israel and Migration of High Skilled Workforce: Brain Drain and the Possibility of Replenishing the Market with High-Quality Human Capital by D. A. Maryasis

“…At the same time, today Israel witnesses emigration of such specialists, mainly to the United States. This paper is devoted to the analysis of the current situation. …”
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Machine Learning- and Feature Selection-Enabled Framework for Accurate Crop Yield Prediction by Sandeep Gupta, Angelina Geetha, K. Sakthidasan Sankaran, Abu Sarwar Zamani, Mahyudin Ritonga, Roop Raj, Samrat Ray, Hussien Sobahi Mohammed

“…Long-term economic growth and prosperity are dependent on the success of agriculture and associated companies in the United States. Agribusiness crop yields may be increased by carefully selecting the right crops and putting in place supportive infrastructure. …”
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Predictability of Geomagnetically Induced Currents as a Function of Available Magnetic Field Information by Matthew A. Grawe, Jonathan J. Makela

“…Here, we quantify the upper limits of peak GIC predictability as a function of how much magnetic field information is accurately predictable. Using the United States as a testbed, our results suggest that accurate characterization of temporal scales up to around 30 mHz keeps relative peak GIC errors below 10 % across the regions considered. …”
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Cracks and Fault Lines: Foreign Policy Orientations of Western Balkan Capitals in the Context of the Ukrainian Crisis by E. S. Arlyapova, E. G. Ponomareva

“…The analysis reveals that a fragile "balance of threats" persists in the region, heavily influenced by the goals and interests of external actors such as the EU, NATO, the United States, Russia, and to a lesser extent, China and Turkey.The military and political disengagement observed in 2022 mirrors the alignment of local players witnessed in 2014, but with a significant difference: the West now expects all participants in the "five plus one" format to fully adhere to their joint foreign policy, including implementing restrictive measures against the Russian Federation. …”
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Technology transfer, intellectual property, and the fight for the soul of WHO. by Melissa Barber

“…Also at stake are questions of institutional mandate: the United States has amplified calls by industry that pandemic technology transfer policy should be the domain of the World Trade Organization (WTO) instead of the World Health Organization (WHO). …”
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Guidelines for Patient-Centered Documentation in the Era of Open Notes: Qualitative Study by Anita Vanka, Katherine T Johnston, Tom Delbanco, Catherine M DesRoches, Annalays Garcia, Liz Salmi, Charlotte Blease

“… BackgroundPatients in the United States have recently gained federally mandated, free, and ready electronic access to clinicians’ computerized notes in their medical records (“open notes”). …”
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A heuristic method based on LP relexation to solve the multiple allocation modular hub location problem by Zahra Arabzadeh Nosrat Abad, Farid Momayezi, Nader Ghaffarinasab

“…Due to long solution times for the MIP model, a heuristic solution method based on LP relaxation of the integer variables is developed for the proposed problem, which is able to obtain near-optimal solutions in less time.Findings: The developed mathematical model is implemented on the air passenger transportation data for the airports of the United States of America, which is known as the CAB data set. …”
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How Historical Sociology Can Be Taken and How Then It Should Be Practiced by D. Yu. Karasev

“…The preconditions that have been necessary for the emergence of historical sociology from the American intellectual tradition are the following: first, to overcome the 'historiosophical ahistoricism' of classical sociology and the ahistoricism of early empirical sociology in the United States. Second, the emergence of 'social history' in Europe under the influence of the Great War and the social sciences rejecting the idea of progress in its evolutionary and revolutionary interpretations. …”
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Orientia, Rickettsia, and the microbiome in rodent attached chiggers in North Carolina, USA. by Elise A Richardson, Reuben Garshong, Kaiying Chen, Dac Crossley, Bryan S Mclean, Gideon Wasserberg, Charles S Apperson, R Michael Roe, Loganathan Ponnusamy

“…., Sigmodon hispidus and Peromyscus leucopus) in three different ecoregions of North Carolina (NC), United States to investigate the composition of their bacterial communities, including potential pathogens. …”
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Balance Error Scoring System Performance Differences in Figure Skaters Based on Discipline by L. Colby Mangum, Andrew Skibski, Luk Devorski, Lindsay Slater

“… # Methods Three hundred and fifty-eight figure skaters (age: 15.4±3.3 years, 213 females, 145 males) of multiple disciplines completed the BESS during the United States Figure Skating's Standardized Testing of Athleticism to Recognize Skaters (S.T.A.R.S.) combine. …”
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Comparative Analysis of US Guidelines for the Management of Cutaneous Squamous Cell and Basal Cell Carcinoma by Amit Mittal, Bharat B. Mittal

“…This study presents a comparative analysis of recently published guidelines to manage cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) and cutaneous basal cell carcinoma (cBCC) within the United States (US). Methods. A PubMed database search was performed for the time period between June 1, 2016, and December 1, 2022. …”
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Artificial intelligence in dentistry and dental biomaterials by Dinesh Rokaya, Dinesh Rokaya, Ahmad Al Jaghsi, Ahmad Al Jaghsi, Ahmad Al Jaghsi, Rohan Jagtap, Viritpon Srimaneepong

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