Multiple Comorbidities, Psychiatric Disorders, Healthcare Resource Utilization and Costs Among Adults with Essential Tremor: A Retrospective Observational Study in a Large US Comme... by Dingwei Dai, Ali Samiian, Joaquim Fernandes, Henriette Coetzer

“…**Background:** Essential tremor (ET), the most common movement disorder, often impairs patients’ ability to perform activities of daily living, mental health, and quality of life. …”
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Survival and risk factors for metastatic colorectal cancer patients with a history of prior malignancy by Yiwen Qiu, Nida Cao, Dan Meng, Jian Yuan, Yingjie Zhu

“…A history of prior malignancy was associated with a greater cancer-specific survival rate (adjusted hazard ratio (AHR) ) = 0.49; 95% CI [0.47–0.51]). Subgroup analyses revealed that a prior diagnosis of a skin tumour (AHR = 1.37; 95% CI [1.11–1.69]) and a history of prior malignancy of more than five years (AHR = 1.39; 95% CI [1.23–1.57]) had adverse effects on the clinical outcomes of patients with mCRC. …”
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Trajectories of self-rated health in an older general population and their determinants: the Lifelines Cohort Study by Barbara C van Munster, Nynke Smidt, Sophia E de Rooij, Marlies Feenstra, Janet L MacNeil Vroomen

“…Being women (OR: 1.4; 95% CI: 1.0 to 1.9), low education (OR: 2.1; 95% CI: 1.5 to 3.0), one (OR: 10.4; 95% CI: 7.4 to 14.7) or multiple chronic diseases (OR: 37.8; 95% CI: 22.4 to 71.8), smoking (OR: 1.8; 95% CI: 1.0 to 3.2), physical inactivity (OR: 3.1; 95% CI: 1.8 to 5.2), alcohol abstinence (OR: 2.2; 95% CI: 1.4 to 3.2) and deviating physiological markers (OR: 1.5; 95% CI: 1.1 to 2.0) increase the odds for a higher probability of poor SRH trajectory membership compared with excellent SRH trajectory membership.Conclusion SRH of community-dwelling older adults is stable over time with the majority (65%) having moderate SRH. …”
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Comparison of h-index and other bibliometrics in Google Scholar and Scopus for articles published by translational science trainees by Laura D. Davis, Corbyn M. Gilmore, Adriana Vargus, Henry Ogbeifun, Yong-Hee P. Chun, Christopher R. Frei

“…Investigators used the Wilcoxon Signed Rank test to compare bibliometrics (citations, citations/year, h-index, and m-quotient) from both sources for TS students and trainees. …”
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The Role of Duodenogastroesophageal Reflux in the Progression of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: From Esophagitis to Adenocarcinoma by O. A. Storonova, A. V. Paraskevova, A. A. Makushina

“…Ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA), a hydrophilic bile acid, is a natural competitive inhibitor of DCA and prevents DNA damage and nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) activation caused by toxic bile acids in BE epithelial cells. …”
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CONSTRUCTIVE GEOMETRY IN IMPLEMENTATIONS OF MODERN 3D GRAPHICS by Ivan G. Lenchuk, Oleksandr O. Mosiiuk

“…Engineering and manufacturing, architecture, design, cinematography, education, and the game industry are an incomplete list of industries where it is actively used. Specialists in 3D graphics are in high demand in the labor market. …”
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Cefazolin Alone Versus Cefazolin With Tobramycin or Gentamicin as Intraoperative Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Total Joint Arthroplasty by Meera M. Dhodapkar, MD, MHS, Scott J. Halperin, MD, MHS, Zachary Radford, MD, Lee E. Rubin, MD, FAAOS, FAOA, Jonathan N. Grauer, MD, Mengnai Li, FAAOS, MD, PhD

“…Inclusion criteria were activity in the database ≥ 90 days postoperative and no infectious, neoplastic, or traumatic diagnoses within 90 days preoperative. …”
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Pembangunan Aplikasi Manajemen Penyiraman Rumput Taman Playground Berbasis Internet of Things by Komang Candra Brata, Ginanjar Wisnu Ifan A., Adam Hendra Brata

“…The playground's grass requires special watering treatment but BUMDESMA is the lack of income so they cannot afford to pay the professional grass maintenance services to actively watering the playground grass. From these problems, We proposed an IOT based garden watering system to reduce BUMDESMA expenditure costs. …”
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Network Automation pada Beberapa Perangkat Router Menggunakan Pemrograman Python by Setiya Nugroho, Bambang Pujiarto

“…Seorang network administrator yang mengkonfigurasi lebih dari satu router akan memberi peluang adanya human error. Selain itu waktu yang dibutuhkan untuk menyelesaikan semakin banyak karena harus berpindah dari satu interface ke interface lain. …”
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Media Pembelajaran Calistung Hewan Berteknologi Augmented Reality untuk Menarik Minat Belajar Anak by Tri Afirianto, Wibisono Sukmo Wardhono, Billawal Nadipa Pelealu, Muhammad Aminul Akbar

“…Untuk mempermudah pemahaman anak tentang calistung diperlukan objek yang sering dijumpai oleh anak, sebagai contoh hewan yang sering dijumpai di kebun binatang. Oleh karena itu, pada penelitian ini dikembangkan media pembelajaran calistung dengan objek hewan. …”
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Coup (d'etat) in the Baltic States (1926, 1934): Similarities and Differences by Zenonas Butkus

“…The international situation was different as well: growing activity of the right-wing radicals after fascists took power in Germany and consolidation of Stalin’s dictatorship in the USSR. …”
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Vitamin D Deficiency in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus with and without Pulmonary Tuberculosis by Wahiduddin Wahiduddin, Agung Pranoto, Sudjarwo Sudjarwo

“…The variation occurrence as polymorphism on VDR might cause problem in production, transportation, and activity of vitamin D. The gap between the occurrence findings in previous studies shows that there are indication factors of VDR levels that probably associate with the T2DM range in comorbid with pulmonary tuberculosis. …”
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Decade-Long Analysis: Unravelling the Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of PM10 Concentrations in Malaysian Borneo by Salwa Naidin, Justin Sentian, Farrah Anis Fazliatul Adnan, Franky Herman, Siti Rahayu Mohd Hashim

“…For many years, Malaysia has experienced a hazy atmosphere due to high levels of particulate matter (PM10) from regional biomass burning and other human activities. This study aims to analyse the changes in PM10 levels over time in Malaysian Borneo. …”
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Understanding barriers to veterinary involvement in dairy calf health management by Kristen Y. Edwards, Angel Abuelo, Stephen J. LeBlanc, Trevor J. DeVries, Michael A. Steele, Joao H. C. Costa, David L. Renaud

“…Female veterinarians were more likely than male veterinarians to frequently review calf health records (Odds ratio – OR: 2.9, 95% CI: 1.2–7.3). Additionally, the odds of frequently reviewing records increased with the amount of time spent working with calves (OR: 10.2 per 10% increment, 95% CI: 10.0–10.5). …”
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A woman’s place is in theatre: women’s perceptions and experiences of working in surgery from the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland women in surgery working grou... by Maria Irene Bellini, Yitka Graham, Catherine Hayes, Roxanna Zakeri, Rowan Parks, Vassilios Papalois

“…The aim of this study was to survey women working within the discipline, to understand their current perceptions, providing insight into their practical day-to-day lives, supporting an action-oriented change.Design and setting The link to a confidential, online survey was distributed through the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland (ASGBI) social media platforms on Facebook and Twitter over a 2-week period in October 2017.Participants Women working in surgical specialties and actively responding to the link shared through the ASGBI social media platforms. …”
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The intersection of intimate partner violence with sexual reproductive health in the Pacific: findings from a Kiribati population study by Anneliese Spiteri-Staines, Luz Viviana Sastre Gomez, Jess Letch, Anna Bornemisza, Kristin Diemer

“…Abstract Background Women who experience intimate partner violence (IPV) are likely to experience reduced sexual and reproductive health (SRH). …”
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Pyrvinium Pamoate Synergizes with Azoles in vitro and in vivo to Exert Antifungal Efficacy Against Candida auris and Other Candida Species by Zhang J, Li G, Hu J, Tan J, Zhang H, Zhou Y

“…However, PP and azoles exhibited synergistic activity against the majority of analyzed C. albicans and C. auris isolates. …”
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Inhibition of TFF3 synergizes with c-MET inhibitors to decrease the CSC-like phenotype and metastatic burden in ER+HER2+ mammary carcinoma by Chuyu He, Xuejuan Wang, Yi-Shiou Chiou, Basappa Basappa, Tao Zhu, Vijay Pandey, Peter E. Lobie

“…Mechanistically, TFF3 was observed to activate c-MET signaling through a positive-feedback loop to enhance the CSC-like phenotype of ER+HER2+ MC. …”
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Goats who stare at video screens – assessing behavioural responses of goats towards images of familiar and unfamiliar con- and heterospecifics by Deutsch, Jana, Lebing, Steve, Eggert, Anja, Nawroth, Christian

“…Many cognitive paradigms rely on active decision-making, creating participation biases (e.g. subjects may lack motivation to participate in the training) and once-learned contingencies may bias the outcomes of subsequent similar tests. …”
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Genome-wide identification, characterization, and expression analysis of BZR transcription factor family in Gerbera hybrida by Qishan Luo, Gan Huang, Xiaohui Lin, Xiaojing Wang, Yaqin Wang

“…Phylogenetic analysis clustered these genes into two distinct subgroups. Analysis of cis-acting elements revealed their involvement in hormone response, stress response, and growth regulation. …”
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