Diagnostic disparities in inborn errors of immunity: From clinical suspicion to diagnosis by Karen M. Gilbert, PhD, Robert F. LeCates, MA, Alison A. Galbraith, MD, MPH, Paul J. Maglione, MD, PhD, Stephanie Argetsinger, MPH, Nicholas L. Rider, DO, Jocelyn R. Farmer, MD, PhD, Mei-Sing Ong, PhD

“…Participants included patients diagnosed with an “unspecified immune deficiency” (uID) and presented with IEI-related symptoms, who later received an IEI diagnosis (n = 1429). …”
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Genre et discours métaphoriques sur la traduction by Lori Chamberlain

“…Based on the study of texts and anthologies from 1958 to 1985, particularly major texts such as those by Serge Steiner and Serge Gavronsky (and by those who inspired them from 1684 like Roscommon, Franklin or Cowper), she draws on Jacques Derrida, Terry Eagleton, Joseph Graham, Carole Maier, Suzanne Jill Levine or Susan Gubar, by deepening their approach, to analyze both the subordinate status given to translation by great translation scholars in the face of writing, but also the sexualized and submissive relationship it is supposed to have with the original text. …”
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The Associations of COVID-19 Induced Anxiety, Related Knowledge and Protective Behavior by Abanoub Riad, Yi Huang, Liping Zheng, Steriani Elavsky

“…On the last day of 2019, 44 pneumonia cases with unknown etiology were reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) Country Office of China. This was the first cluster of what would be defined later as coronavirus disease (COVID-19). …”
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Computational Study Protocol: Leveraging Synthetic Data to Validate a Benchmark Study for Differential Abundance Tests for 16S Microbiome Sequencing Data [version 2; peer review: 2... by Clemens Kreutz, Eva Kohnert

“…Building on Nearing et al.’s study (1), who assessed 14 differential abundance tests using 38 experimental 16S rRNA datasets in a case-control design, we are generating synthetic datasets that mimic the experimental data to verify their findings. …”
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New‐Occurrence of Postoperative Modic Changes and Its Influence on the Surgical Prognosis After Percutaneous Endoscopic Lumbar Disc Discectomy by Lei Li, Chao Wang, Hao Zhang, Zhiming Liu, Zheng Lian, Han Li, Hao Tao, Xuexiao Ma

“…Methods This retrospective cohort study analyzed data from 419 patients with single‐segment lumbar disc herniation who underwent PELD between January 2019 and December 2022. …”
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Predictors and Outcomes of Hematoma Expansion and Neurological Decline in Intracerebral Hemorrhage: A Multisite Mobile Stroke Unit Study by Asish K. Gulati, Tianwen Ma, Isaiah Rolle, Ryan Peterson, Bianca Pirlog, Justine Chen, Megan Heckathorn, Jonathan Ratcliff, Nicolas Bianchi, Carol Fleming, Michael Frankel, James Grotta, Ritvij Bowry, Stephanie Parker, William Hicks, Digvijaya Navalkele

“…Results Of the 55 patients who met the inclusion criteria, 27% experienced HE within the first 4 hours from last known well with the majority of HE occurring within the first 60 to120 minutes. …”
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PERSPECTIVES ON THE CHALLENGES TO THE WATCHDOG FUNCTION OF THE MEDIA IN NIGERIA by EMMANUEL OMULA, ROSELINE OGBOLE

“…Institutions of the state will continue to remain weak and useless until people who work in such institutions do the right thing. …”
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Effects of Low-Flux and High-Flux Dialysis Membranes on Erythropoietin Responsiveness in Hemodialysis Patients by Walid A. R. Abdelhamid, Mohamed M. Soliman, Ayman R. A. El-Hameed

“…It was a retrospective cohort study that involved 110 subjects who were categorized into group 1 (50 patients receiving low-flux dialysis) and group 2 (60 patients receiving high-flux dialysis). …”
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Role of Ultrasonography in Monitoring Chemotherapeutic Effects on Primary Thyroid Lymphoma: A Single-Center Retrospective Study by Shirong Liu, Ying Fu, Ligang Cui, Shumin Wang, Shi Tan

“…<i>Materials and Methods:</i> This retrospective analysis included 17 patients with PTL who received chemotherapy from 2012 to 2022. The sonographic features were examined pre- and post-treatment using ultrasound (US) to monitor the treatment response at the first to second, third to fourth, and end cycles of chemotherapy and follow-up, and progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) were analyzed. …”
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Comparison Of ALT In Type 2 Diabetics with And Without Fatty Liver Disease by Kausar Malik, Faiza Batool, Lubna Meraj, Shazia Saddiq, Abrar Akbar, Hina Hanif Mughal

“…In our study, we included all the patients who presented to the outpatient department (OPD) having type 2 diabetes mellitus. …”
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Principles for increasing equity in WASH research: understanding barriers faced by LMIC WASH researchers by J'Anna-Mare Lue, Salamata Bah, Kaelah Grant, Justine Lee, Leila Nzekele, James B. Tidwell

“…The social-ecological model was combined with this framework to identify the types of actors and the level of co-ordination needed to address these issues. Researchers who worked in both LMICs and high-income countries at different career stages were particularly aware of discrimination. …”
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Prevalence and risk factors of postpartum depression, general depressive symptoms, anxiety and stress (PODSAS) among mothers during their 4-week postnatal follow-up in five public... by Boon How Chew, Subashini Ambigapathy, Saidatul Akmar Mohammad Redzuan, Priyasini Suntharalingam, Thenmoli Palaniyappan, Venotha Ganasan, Puteri Normalina Megat Abu Bakar, Paream Kaur, Lili Zuryani Marmuji, V Paranthaman

“…Participants will be mothers aged 18 years and above at 4 weeks postdelivery who are able to understand the English and Malay languages. …”
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Post-Marketing Pharmacovigilance of Canakinumab from the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) by Weidong Zhang, Yunzhou Chen, Zeyu Yao, Mengling Ouyang, Minghui Sun, Shupeng Zou

“…More attention should be paid to serious infections, particularly in males, individuals aged ≥60 years, or those weighing >100 kg, who demonstrated the highest risk of serious infections.…”
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Music listening evokes story-like visual imagery with both idiosyncratic and shared content. by Sarah Hashim, Lauren Stewart, Mats B Küssner, Diana Omigie

“…We recruited an online sample (N = 353) who listened to three orchestral film music excerpts representing happy, tender, and fearful emotions. …”
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Pattern and risk factors of congenital anomalies among children attending Specialized Hospitals in Sohag Governorate by Ayman S. Abd El-Hady, Abdel-Nasser S. Mohammed, Mohammed A. Aladawy, Gamal E. Soliman

“…They are important causes of childhood deaths, chronic illness, and disability. The WHO defined CAs as structural, functional, or metabolic anomalies that originate during intrauterine life and can interfere with the body’s functions. …”
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Advancing treatment choices: CDK4/6 inhibitor switching in HR+/HER2- metastatic breast cancer by Paola Zagami, Angela Esposito, Beatrice Taurelli Salimbeni, Pier Paolo Maria Berton Giachetti, Roberta Scafetta, Matteo Lambertini, Massimo Di Maio, Giuseppe Curigliano, Carmen Criscitiello, Saverio Cinieri

“…The oncologists prescribing CDK4/6i switch reported that most of these patients were in first line treatment (85 %) and the most common second CDK4/6i most frequently initiated was palbociclib (69 %), then abemaciclib (17 %) and ribociclib (14 %). Among those who started the second CDK4/6i at full dosage, 66 % of patients didn't require a dose reduction. …”
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Mortality and readmission following hip fracture surgery: a retrospective study comparing conventional and fast-track care by Kristin Haugan, Lars G Johnsen, Trude Basso, Olav A Foss

“…Length of stay and time to surgery was statistically significant shorter for patients who received fast-track care, a mean difference of 3.4 days and 6 hours, respectively. …”
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Impact of a nurse-led intervention in understanding menstrual health management among adolescent girls attending specific schools in Navi Mumbai, India by Priya Naik, Smeeta Revankar, Vaishali Santosh Jadhav

“…Background: Premenstrual symptoms are prevalent among menstruating individuals, affecting around 75% of those who report some level of discomfort during their cycles. …”
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Protocol of DEXPED trial: efficacy of intravenous dexamethasone, administered at the time of analgesic blocking of the lower limb, on postoperative pain in children: a randomised,... by Nathalie Thilly, Nicolas Vautrin, Yohann Bernard, François Wurtz, Claude Meistelman

“…The primary objective of the study is to evaluate the efficacy of 0.2 mg/kg intravenous dexamethasone on early postoperative pain in children aged 6–15 years, who require a lower limb peripheral nerve block following general anaesthesia.Methods and analysis Eighty children, aged 6–15 years, undergoing surgery for which peripheral nerve lower limb blockade with ropivacaine following general anaesthesia are included. …”
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COVID-related choroiditis masquerading as a choroidal melanoma by A.F. Brovkina, S.Yu. Nechesnyuk, A.V. Dobroserdov

“…This paper discusses a 66-year-old man with COVID-related choroiditis masquerading as choroidal melanoma who experienced the COVID-infection in April–May 2021. …”
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