Incremental cost of treating antimicrobial-resistant infections among hospitalised patients in India: a cohort study by Sanjay M Mehendale, Kamini Walia, Pallab Ray, Nusrat Shafiq, Shankar Prinja, Sagar Khadanga, Susmita Chatterjee, Raman Gangakhedkar, Samiran Panda, Sanjay Bhattacharya, Megha Mamulwar, Abhijit Kadam, Gayatri Bhambure, Shilpa Bembalkar, Shraddha Bapat, Arati Mane, Shobha Rajure, Jayanthi Mathaiyan, Yamunadevi Ramanathan, Vijayshri Suresh Deotale, Gourangie Gogoi, Ruchita Attal, Jharna Mandal, Venkateswaran Ramanathan

“…This study had a retrospective component, which calculated the direct cost of treating resistant and susceptible blood stream infections caused by selected WHO priority pathogens. The prospective component estimated indirect cost and financial coping strategies for the treatment of AMR. …”
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Redesigning Death Rounds: Alleviating distress for residents in end-of-life care [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] by Lauren Baumgardner, Shannon Fang, Vidya Krishnan, Benjamin Schwan

“…A greater proportion of post-test DR attendees reported that DR helped them feel less distressed when caring for dying patients (p=0.018). Among residents who did not attend DR, there was greater agreement in feeling emotionally supported by their team when caring for dying patients (p=0.046). …”
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Anaemia in the Hospitalized Elderly in Tanzania: Prevalence, Severity, and Micronutrient Deficiency Status by Clara Chamba, Ahlam Nasser, William F. Mawalla, Upendo Masamu, Neema Budodi Lubuva, Erius Tebuka, Pius Magesa

“…Blood samples were collected, and a complete blood count, serum cobalamin, serum ferritin, and serum folate levels were measured to assess anaemia and micronutrient deficiency status in all participants who had anaemia. Results. The prevalence of anaemia was 79.5% (124/156) with severe anaemia in 33.9% (42/124) of participants, moderate anaemia in 42.7% (53/124) of participants, and 23.4% (29/124) of all participants had mild anaemia. …”
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Physical Inactivity and Food Insecurity Are Associated with Social Capital: A Large-Scale Population-Based Study in Tehran by Amin Nakhostin-Ansari, Paria Akbari, Maryam Selk-Ghaffari, Amir Hossein Memari, Mohamad-Reza Vaez-Mahdavi, Mohsen Asadi-Lari

“…This cross-sectional study was conducted in 22 districts of Tehran, the capital of Iran. Residents of Tehran who were 15 years or older were selected by a multi-stage, stratified, and random sampling method. …”
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Understanding the regulatory-procurement interface for medicines in Africa via publicly available information on standards, implementation, and enforcement in five countries by Jillian C. Kohler, Mariangela Castro-Arteaga, Saher Panjwani, David Mukanga, Murray M. Lumpkin, Bonface Fundafunda, Anthony B. Kapeta, Chimwemwe Chamdimba, Anna S. Y. Wong, Kristin N. Harper, Charles Preston

“…This study’s aim was to characterise the regulatory-procurement interface – the intersection of decision-making in these two spheres – using publicly available data from five African countries.Methods For the five target countries, we adapted criteria from WHO’s 2018 Pharmaceutical System Transparency and Accountability Assessment Tool to identify key national policies and practices around the nexus of medicines regulation and procurement.Results Though legal and policy frameworks enabling best practices in procurement were often in place, implementation and enforcement of these practices appear to be key areas for strengthening. …”
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Toxoplasmosis—Awareness and Knowledge of Pregnant Women in Rural Areas of Malakand Region, Pakistan by Wali Khan, Hafeez ur Rahman, Yousef Abdal Jalil Fadladdin, Naseem Rafiq, Robi Naz, Patricio R. De los Rios-Escalante, Shabir Ahmad, Shouaa Abdulaziz Alrobaish, Noorah Saleh Al-Sowayan

“…Number of children within the pregnant multipara women was significantly associated with knowledge about toxoplasmosis. Pregnant women who measured in number of childbirths within a women showed the highest mean score of 42.3±13.3 with 57 (44.8%) displaying a good knowledge level. …”
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Suicide Research and Adolescent Suicide Trends in New Zealand by Said Shahtahmasebi

“…The consequences of such research behaviour are further increases in antidepressant prescriptions and medications to those who should not be prescribed them, with adverse effects showing across the population, e.g., the prescription of antidepressants to very young children (some under 1 year of age) in New Zealand. …”
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Nurses Monitor Medication with a Schedule for Undrop-Out Program (SRAGAM) for TBC Clients by Andi Rinaldo, Aprina Aprina

“…Respondents were patients who were taking drugs. The number of samples was 32 respondents (16 intervention:16 control). …”
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Human, too human? Experience, Learning, Interaction with AI by Eleonora Sparano

“…However, these considerations also give rise to the need to reflect on the training possibilities for individuals and social groups characterised by individuals who are not necessarily adequately prepared to interact with the AI embodied in social robots. …”
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Efficacy of Once Daily Darunavir/Ritonavir in PI-Naïve, NNRTI-Experienced Patients in the ODIN Trial by Anna Maria Geretti, Mathe Moeketsi, Ralph Demasi, Yvon van Delft, Perry Mohammed

“…An exploratory subanalysis of the ODIN trial was performed to evaluate the efficacy of darunavir/ritonavir (DRV/r) 800/100 mg OD versus 600/100 mg BID in patients who were NNRTI-experienced but PI-naïve. Methods. …”
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Musikalisches Zitat als kulturelle Assoziation. Die ästhetische Bedeutung des musikalischen Zitats in der koreanischen Musik des 20. und 21. Jahrhunderts by Hee Sook Oh

“…Among these, works of Na, Un Young (1922–1993), Kang, Unsu (*1960), and Chung, Tae Bong (*1952) who employed the technique of musical quotation in their compositions were examined in detail here. …”
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Muscle strength measurements reflecting the extent of complete subscapularis tears: reliability in patients with rotator cuff tears by Wataru Sahara, MD, PhD, Keishi Takagi, PT, Shuhei Tada, PT, Daichi Yamada, PT, Hiroki Kiya, PT, Hiroto Hanai, MD, PhD, Shoji Konda, PhD, Seiji Okada, MD, PhD

“…Methods: We analyzed 107 patients (111 shoulders) who underwent arthroscopic surgery for rotator cuff tears, assessing preoperative and postoperative muscle strength. …”
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Manajemen kepala Madrasah Ibtidaiyah dalam menumbuhkan pendidikan karakter religius pada era digital by Murni Yanto

“…Based on this research, it is concluded that the management of the head of State Islamic Elementary School in fostering religious character education in the digital era by leading to the psychological side of students which has implications for behavior, character building in children is carried out in order to create students who have good knowledge and behavior. The character of State Islamic Elementary School students has values that come from Pancasila, religion, culture, and national education goals, namely honest, tolerance, religious, discipline, cooperation, creative, democracy, independence, national spirit, curiosity, love for the country, friendly, communicative, respect for achievement, love peace, care for the environment, love to read, care about socially, and have responsibility. …”
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La «catena calda»: un’etnografia dell’allattamento a partire dai margini by Martina Riina

“…The ethnographic exploration through which these issues are addressed starts from the marginal neighbourhoods of Palermo and goes as far as Novara, with the intention of establishing a comparison through which it is possible to understand the elements that influence, favour or discourage the practice of breast-feeding, in relation to the dictates of the scientific health community which, today more than ever, insists on its centrality in maternal and child health, giving mothers specific indications, and sometimes pointing out those who do not follow them as incorrect, imprudent or irresponsible. …”
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The impact of a water promotion and access intervention on elementary school students in the presence of food insecurity by Leslie Gerstenfeld, Lauren Blacker, Charles E McCulloch, Lorrene D Ritchie, Valeria M Ordonez, Laura Schmidt, Anisha I Patel

“…However, students with child food insecurity (CFI) may not respond to nutrition interventions like children who are food-secure. Design: The Water First cluster-randomised trial found that school water access and promotion prevented child overweight and increased water intake. …”
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Multiple Organ Failure Associated with SARS-CoV-2 Infection in a Child with Down Syndrome: Is Trisomy 21 Associated with an Unfavourable Clinical Course? by Perla Idalia Vazquez-Hernández, Alan Cárdenas-Conejo, Manuel Alejandro Catalán-Ruiz, Karla Navar-Gallegos, Emilio Zenteno-Salazar, Jose Rafael-Parra-Bravo, Ranferi Aragon-Nogales, Maribel Ibarra-Sarlat, Juan Carlos Núñez-Enríquez

“…Female, 2 years old, karyotype 47,XX,+21[30], previously diagnosed with a cyanotic congenital heart disease (tricuspid atresia and infundibular pulmonary stenosis, type Ib) who started with diarrhea, developed shortness of breath, and cyanosis and was admitted to the hospital presenting low-oxygen saturation (33%) requiring invasive mechanical ventilation support. …”
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Liver transplantation in glycogen storage disease type III: A case‐series by Simon Gay, Adrien Bigot, Louis d'Alteroche, Fanny Dujardin, Gaëlle Fromont‐Hankard, Nathalie Tressel, Ephrem Salame, François Maillot

“…Here, we report the cases of three adult patients who required LT during the course of GSD III. Case #1: Diagnosis of GSD III was made in childhood, with development of hepatocellular carcinoma requiring partial hepatectomy followed by LT due to post‐operative complications. …”
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'The last genius...' or people should know their heroes (Yuri Knorozov's new biography) [Review: Ershova G.G. The Last Genius of the 20th Century. Yuri Knorozov: The Researcher's F... by D.E. Martynov

“…Knorozov led the group of researchers, who deciphered ancient scripts in the Kunstkamera, thereby trying to develop the concept of ethnic semiotics. …”
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Tumor aggression-defense index–a novel indicator to predicts recurrence and survival in stage II-III colorectal cancer by Tong Wu, Lin Fang, Yuli Ruan, Mengde Shi, Dan Su, Yue Ma, Ming Ma, Bojun Wang, Yuanyu Liao, Shuling Han, Xiaolin Lu, Chunhui Zhang, Chao Liu, Yanqiao Zhang

“…Methods This retrospective study analyzed 1051 pMMR CRC patients who underwent radical resection and were randomly assigned to training (n = 736) and validation (n = 315) groups. …”
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Information Flow between Global Equities and Cryptocurrencies: A VMD-Based Entropy Evaluating Shocks from COVID-19 Pandemic by Emmanuel Asafo-Adjei, Peterson Owusu Junior, Anokye M. Adam

“…The outcome provides pertinent signals to investors with diverse investment horizons who would want to diversify, hedge, or employ cryptocurrencies as a safe haven for global equities during uncertainties, specifically the COVID-19 pandemic.…”
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