Time to pregnancy recognition among users of an FDA-cleared fertility application by Agathe van Lamsweerde, Jack T. Pearson, Rachel Urrutia, Kristina Gemzell-Danielsson, Helena Kopp Kallner, Anita Nelson, Eleonora Benhar, Carlotta Favaro, Elina Berglund Scherwitzl, Raoul Scherwitzl

“…Most participants (with non-missing information) identified as Non-Hispanic White, and one-third reported obtaining a university degree. …”
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Zoonosis: social and environmental connections in the Mexico-United States border region by Andrea Chaves, Hugo Mendoza, Angel Herrera, Mitsuri Pacheco-Zapata, Andrés M. López-Pérez, Adriana Fernández, Milena Arguello-Sáenz, Audrey Arnal, Gerardo Suzán

“…This dynamic region has important disparities due to the lack of bilateral strategies to face emerging issues (e.g., infectious diseases) in an integrated and holistic approach. …”
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ForenPsy: un Banco Estandarizado de Testimonios Ficticios de Testigos para la Investigación en Psicología Experimental y Judicial by Mario Álvarez, Naroa Martínez, Ujué Agudo, Helena Matute

“…ForenPsy, así como las normas de los testimonios, está disponible en OSF y puede utilizarse y mejorarse de manera colaborativa para realizar experimentos replicables simulando contextos judiciales.…”
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Older adults do not consistently overestimate their action opportunities across different settings by Isabel Bauer, Milena S. Gölz, Lisa Finkel, Maddalena Blasizzo, Sarah E. M. Stoll, Jennifer Randerath

“…Body awareness and alertness were associated with the extent of judgment disparity between setting types. Subsequently, we compared a gender- and education-matched subsample of the group (n = 24) to a younger sample (n = 24). …”
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Three Cases of West Nile Encephalitis over an Eight-Day Period at a Downtown Los Angeles Community Hospital by Adam Puchalski, Antonio K. Liu, Byron Williams

“…All the patients were Hispanic. Physicians and other health care providers should consider West Nile infection in the differential diagnosis of causes of aseptic meningitis and encephalitis, obtain appropriate laboratory studies, and promptly report cases to public health authorities. …”
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Building a Genomics-Informed Nursing Workforce: Recommendations for Oncology Nursing Practice and Beyond by Jacqueline Limoges, Rebecca Puddester, Andrea Gretchev, Patrick Chiu, Kathy Calzone, Kathleen Leslie, April Pike, Nicole Letourneau

“…Background: Genomics is a foundational element of precision health and can be used to identify inherited cancers, cancer related risks, therapeutic decisions, and to address health disparities. However, there are structural barriers across the cancer care continuum, including an underprepared nursing workforce, long wait times for service, and inadequate policy infrastructure that limit equitable access to the benefits of genomic discoveries. …”
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Structure and Dynamic of Global Population Migration Network by Wensha Gou, Siyu Huang, Qinghua Chen, Jiawei Chen, Xiaomeng Li

“…Based on the estimated migration data and disparity filter algorithm, the networks describing the global multilateral migration relationships have been extracted among 200 countries over fifty years. …”
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The Missing Heritability in T1D and Potential New Targets for Prevention by Brian G. Pierce, Ryan Eberwine, Janelle A. Noble, Michael Habib, Hennady P. Shulha, Zhiping Weng, Elizabeth P. Blankenhorn, John P. Mordes

“…To investigate this disparity, we tested the hypothesis in silico that previous studies of human T1D genetics were underpowered to detect MHC-contingent TCR susceptibility. …”
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Endoscopic, Ultrasonographic, and Histologic Descriptions of Dextranomer/Hyaluronic Acid in a Case of Fecal Incontinence by Trent Irwin, Alexandria R. Snow, Taylor S. Orton, Christie Elliott

“…Case Presentation. A middle-aged Hispanic male who failed conservative management of his fecal incontinence was injected with dextranomer/hyaluronic acid in an attempt to alleviate symptoms. …”
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Evaluation of land ecological security and driving factors in the Lower Yellow River Flood Plain based on quality, structure and function by Ge Zhai, Peng Ren, Ruihai Zhang, Bei Wang, Maoxin Zhang, Tingting He, Jinliang Zhang

“…Spatial heterogeneity in LES was evident across floodplain segments, with Jitai Beach witnessing the most decline, Dongying Beach the most improvement, and Zhengkai Beach the largest internal disparities. Economic growth and reduced agricultural activities positively impacted LES, while population growth-related human activities contributed to its decline. …”
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Evaluation of the relationships between psychiatric comorbidity and seizure semiology in psychogenic non-epileptic seizure patients by Gülce Coşku Yılmaz, Hatice Sabiha Türe, Esin Evren Kılıçaslan, Galip Akhan

“…The study assessed disparities in semiological characteristics between the two subgroups of PNES and the results obtained indicate that individual variations in semiotic features are not influenced by the presence of psychiatric comorbidity.…”
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Unveiling the burden of premenstrual dysphoric disorder: a narrative review to call for gender perspective and intersectional approaches by Dannia Islas-Preciado, Dannia Islas-Preciado, Luciana Ramos-Lira, Erika Estrada-Camarena

“…-Non-Intersectional Approaches: Disparities in access to healthcare and the unique experiences of women further complicate PMDD diagnosis and treatment. …”
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RecNet: Reinforcement Common Feature Mapping Network for Fast Template Matching in Visible-LWIR Images by Donyung Kim, Seungeon Lee, Inho Park, Geonjong Kim, Sungho Kim

“…We present RecNet, a novel end-to-end CNN approach for fast template matching in cross-spectral images, addressing nonlinear intensity disparities and appearance differences in ground-level imagery through a simple yet effective design. …”
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Prostate Cancer Incidence and Mortality in Barbados, West Indies by Anselm J. M. Hennis, Ian R. Hambleton, Suh-Yuh Wu, Desiree H.-A. Skeete, Barbara Nemesure, M. Cristina Leske

“…Studies in Caribbean populations may assist understanding of disparities among African-origin populations with shared heredity.…”
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Validation of the Persian Translation of the Swallowing Disturbance Questionnaire in Parkinson’s Disease Patients by Ali Rajaei, S. Abolfazl Azargoon, Mohammad Hussein Nilforoush, Ebrahim Barzegar Bafrooei, Fereshteh Ashtari, Ahmad Chitsaz

“…Cronbach’s alpha coefficient for the questionnaire was 0.86 and based on SDQ-P 15 patients (25.4%) were dysphagic, while 10 patients (16.9%) showed aspiration during VFSS. …”
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Health professionals’ perceptions, barriers and knowledge towards oral health care of dependent people in nursing homes: a systematic review by Joana Pombo-Lopes, Inês Rodrigues, Joana Costa, Ana Catarina Gomes, Jorge Fonseca, Jorge Fonseca, José Grillo-Evangelista

“…Articles were selected according to the established inclusion and exclusion criteria, and a total of 35 studies were included.ResultsFindings from the Nursing Dental Coping Belief Scale studies revealed disparities between training and daily oral health care, with experienced nurses experiencing challenges. …”
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Perilymph Fistula as a Complication of Eustachian Tube Dilation and Tympanoplasty by R. Kim, L. U. Scholtz, R. Jadeed, C. J. Pfeiffer, H. Sudhoff, I. Todt

“…A type I tympanoplasty was performed on the right side because of a tympanic membrane perforation after a ETD on both sides without apparent complications. …”
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Image guidance system use amongst Canadian otolaryngologists: a nationwide survey by T. McHugh, D. D. Sommer, A. MA ThambooTewfik, K. A. Smith, Tobial McHugh

“…A multitude of different factors contribute to this disparity. We hope that the results of this study will help support Canadian otolaryngologists to access IGS. …”
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Emotional recognition of EEG signals utilizing residual structure fusion in bi-directional LSTM by Yue Xu, Yunyuan Gao, Zhengnan Zhang, Shunlan Du

“…Firstly, differential entropy features were extracted from EEG data during both resting and active states. The disparity between these two states was then calculated to generate a feature matrix, which was subsequently input into a multi-scale convolution block. …”
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Understanding the impacts of extreme heat on the mental well-being of older adults: a systematic review by Jifei Chen, Laurence L Delina

“…We identified significant disparities in risk levels and vulnerability experiences, which reflect entrenched societal inequalities. …”
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