The AFFIRM Framework for gender-affirming care: qualitative findings from the Transgender and Gender Diverse Health Equity Study by Meg Quint, Schuyler Bailar, Alexis Miranda, Shalender Bhasin, Devin O’Brien-Coon, Sari L. Reisner

“…This study sought to explore the experiences of TGD adults to inform gender-affirming care delivery and develop an actionable framework for practice. Methods Between May–October 2021, one-time individual in-depth interviews were conducted with 27 TGD adults receiving any healthcare in the greater Boston Massachusetts area to gather data about gender-affirming care. …”
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Observation on the efficacy of TPO receptor agonists and platelet transfusion in chemotherapy-induced thrombocytopenia in malignant tumors by Huan Hu, Dongmei Lei, Yan Liang

“…Abstract Objective To observe the clinical efficacy of TPO receptor agonists and platelet transfusion in chemotherapy-induced thrombocytopenia in malignant tumors. Methods Clinical data from 120 patients with malignant tumors who developed thrombocytopenia following chemotherapy at our hospital were retrospectively collected and randomly divided into three groups: A, B, and C, with 40 patients in each group. …”
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Multimodal Magnetic Resonance Findings in Parkinson’s Disease With “Antecedent Essential Tremor”: A Case Series of a Large Kindred by Kong Y, Yao L, Xiao X, Chen A, Wang K, Yan H, Sun R, Liu R, Kong Q

“…The clinical characteristics, genetic testing and multimodal MRI data of 16 family members were collected. Multimodal MRI analysis included structural MRI, diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and tractography, and quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM).Results: Two second-generation family members diagnosed PD had ET history before PD performance appeared, five third-generation family members were diagnosed with ET. …”
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Health Asset Profile and Health Literacy Among Elementary School-Aged Children by Nunung Siti Sukaesih, Popi Sopiah, Emi Lindayani, Hikmat Pramajati, Dedah Ningrum, Sri Wulan Lindasari

“…The Chi-square test was employed for statistical analysis.   Results: The results revealed notable variations across the assessed health asset profile sub-variables. …”
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Intervención educativa sobre VIH/sida en estudiantes de la carrera de Sistema de Información en Salud by Armando Salvador Escobar Rosabal, Pedro Rafael Martínez Lozada, Niurdes Cabrera Merino, Dalia Regina Cartaya, Ada Ibia Mora Ramírez

“…A structured interview and a survey were applied and the obtained data were processed in a table for its statistical analysis by using Microsoft Word. …”
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Short-term attributable risk and economic burden of hospital admissions for anxiety disorders due to air pollution: a multicity time-stratified case-crossover study by Peng Fu, Wanyanhan Jiang, Xinyi Tan, Yang Shu, Lian Yang

“…Concurrent meteorological and air pollution data, including temperature, humidity, PM2.5, PM10, SO2, and CO, were obtained from 183 monitoring stations in Sichuan Province. …”
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Bulk and single-cell RNA sequencing identify prognostic signatures related to FGFBP2+ NK cell in hepatocellular carcinoma by Yinbing Wu, Huanjun Peng, Guangkang Chen, Yinuo Tu, Xinpei Yu

“…Prognostic signature was screened to develop a RiskScore model, and the prediction robustness was verified. …”
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White-Matter Connectivity and General Movements in Infants with Perinatal Brain Injury by Ellen N. Sutter, Jose Guerrero-Gonzalez, Cameron P. Casey, Douglas C. Dean, Andrea de Abreu e Gouvea, Colleen Peyton, Ryan M. McAdams, Bernadette T. Gillick

“…Methods: Diffusion-weighted MRI data were analyzed in 17 infants, 12 with perinatal brain injury and 5 typically developing infants. …”
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Impact of Titanium Mining and Other Anthropogenic Activities on Malaria Positivity Rates and Parasitemia in Five Selected Study Sites in Msambweni Subcounty, Kwale County, Kenya by Edward Githinji, Collins Okoyo, Cassian Mwatele, Juma Mwatasa, Benard Chieng, Sylvie Araka, Henry Kanyi, Sammy Njenga, Judy Mwai

“…A cross-sectional concurrent mixed methods study was used to collect data. Kwale County was selected due to the high malaria endemicity possibly attributable to the suitable vector habitat characterized by the major anthropogenic activities. …”
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Examining Demographic, Geographic, and Temporal Patterns of Melanoma Incidence in Texas From 2000 to 2018: Retrospective Study by Kehe Zhang, Madison M Taylor, Jocelyn Hunyadi, Hung Q Doan, Adewole S Adamson, Paige Miller, Kelly C Nelson, Cici Bauer

“…MethodsWe used melanoma incidence data from all 254 Texas counties from the Texas Cancer Registry (TCR) from 2000 to 2018, aggregated by county and year. …”
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Bacterial Epidemiology and Antimicrobial Resistance in Children in Shandong Province, China, 2017–2022: A Multicentre Retrospective Study by Yang S, Wang M, Wang S

“…Clinical bacterial isolates were collected from 59 tertiary hospital in Shandong Province China during 2017 to 2022.Methods: We conducted a retrospective analysis of bacterial distribution and resistance patterns, utilizing data from the SPARSS network and analyzed with WHONET 5.6 software.Results: A total of 185,274 isolates were collected, and the top 5 bacteria were Staphylococcus aureus (19.0%), Escherichia coli (12.8%), Streptococcus pneumoniae (12.3%), Haemophilus influenzae (11.0%) and Klebsiella pneumoniae (7.1%). …”
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Is there an impact of surgeon's experience on in-hospital outcome in patients with operatively treated proximal humerus and humerus shaft fractures? by Andrew Adams, Christina Lorenz, Valentin Neuhaus, Hans-Christoph Pape, Claudio Canal

“…Analysis included patient demographics, procedure details, and outcomes, comparing those with and without teaching of the surgical procedures. …”
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Changing incidence of reported viral hepatitis in China from 2004 to 2016: an observational study by Yanhang Gao, Ruihong Wu, Mingyuan Zhang, Hongqin Xu, Julia Uhanova, Robert Gish, Xiaoyu Wen, Qinglong Jin, Minuk Y Gerald, M H Nguyen, J Niu

“…This study aims to provide a detailed national-level description of the reported incidence of viral hepatitis in China during 2004–2016.Design Observational study.Setting Data were obtained from China’s National Notifiable Disease Reporting System, and changing trends were estimated by joinpoint regression analysis.Participants In this system, 16 927 233 reported viral hepatitis cases occurring during 2004–2016 were identified.Primary outcome measure Incidence rates per 100 000 person-years and changing trends were calculated.Results There were 16 927 233 new cases of viral hepatitis reported in China from 2004 to 2016. …”
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A novel cross-validated machine learning based Alertix-Cancer Risk Index for early detection of canine malignancies by Hanan Sharif, Hanan Sharif, Reza Arabi Belaghi, Kiran Kumar Jagarlamudi, Sara Saellström, Liya Wang, Henrik Rönnberg, Staffan Eriksson, Staffan Eriksson

“…Serum TK1 protein levels were measured using TK1-ELISA and cCRP levels by a quantitative ELISA. The whole data set was divided as training (70%) and validation (30%). …”
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Psychometric properties of the Maternal Postnatal Attachment Scale and the Postpartum Bonding Questionnaire in three German samples by Ariane Göbel, Lisa Lüersen, Eva Asselmann, Petra Arck, Anke Diemert, Susan Garthus-Niegel, Susanne Mudra, Julia Martini

“…Aim The study aim was to investigate the psychometric properties of the German versions of both MPAS and PBQ, across three different German-speaking study samples. Methods Maternal data from three longitudinal studies from Hamburg, Germany (PAULINE-PRINCE study, N = 229), and Dresden, Germany (MARI study, N = 286; DREAM study, N = 1,968), were used to investigate the psychometric properties (descriptive statistics, item difficulty, inter-item correlations) and the factorial structure (confirmatory factor analysis, CFA; principal axis factoring, PAF) of both MPAS and PBQ. …”
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Trends and inequalities in full immunisation coverage among one-year-olds in Sierra Leone, 2008–2019 by Augustus Osborne, Camilla Bangura, Umaru Sesay, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah

“…Ensuring vaccine availability, trained personnel, and data collection for monitoring could be useful. There is also the need to develop targeted interventions for regions with lower coverage. …”
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Assessing the Cultural Fit of a Digital Sleep Intervention for Refugees in Germany: Qualitative Study by Maja Blomenkamp, Andrea Kiesel, Harald Baumeister, Dirk Lehr, Josef Unterrainer, Lasse B Sander, Kerstin Spanhel

“…A total of 17 semistructured interviews (11 for the adapted, 6 for the nonadapted intervention version) and 9 think-aloud sessions (6 for the adapted, 3 for the nonadapted intervention version) were conducted to assess cultural appropriateness, suggestions for adaptations, and perceived relevance. Data were transcribed, categorized, and analyzed using structured qualitative content analysis. …”
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HPV awareness and vaccine knowledge gaps among adults in bahrain: a community-based study by Reem Alzahrani, Maha Ali Alghamdi, Amna M. A. Mahmud, Faris Alsobyani, Sebastien Taurin, Moiz Bakhiet

“…A web-based questionnaire was developed to collect data about socio-demographic characteristics, and knowledge regarding HPV and HPV vaccine and was forwarded through various social media pl. …”
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Validation of the Nociception Level Index for the Detection of Nociception and Pain in Critically Ill Adults: Protocol for an Observational Study by Céline Gélinas, Shiva Shahiri T, Han Ting Wang, Maria Cecilia Gallani, Walid Oulehri, Denny Laporta, Philippe Richebé

“…Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis of the NOL will be performed for Groups A and B using pain standard measures as reference criteria. …”
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Inequalities in oral health: estimating the longitudinal economic burden of dental caries by deprivation status in six countries by Gerard Dunleavy, Neeladri Verma, Radha Raghupathy, Shivangi Jain, Joao Hofmeister, Rob Cook, Marko Vujicic, Moritz Kebschull, Iain Chapple, Nicola West, Nigel Pitts

“…Methods A cohort simulation model was developed to estimate the direct costs of dental caries over time for different socioeconomic groups. …”
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