Insights into the mechanisms of serplulimab: a distinctive anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody, in combination with a TIGIT or LAG3 inhibitor in preclinical tumor immunotherapy studies by Yizhou Zhang, Ruicheng Wei, Ge Song, Xinyi Yang, Mengli Zhang, Wei Liu, Aiying Xiong, Xuehan Zhang, Qianhao Li, Wan-Jen Yang, Chencheng Han, Rui Liu, Chen Hu, Qingyu Wang, Jun Zhu, Yongqiang Shan

“…These agents, however, exhibit notable disparities in their characteristics and clinical performance. …”
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Sleep disturbance and social reward processing as characteristics linking minority victimization and suicidal ideation in youth by T. H. Stanley Seah, Kristen L. Eckstrand, Tina Gupta, Lily C. X. Jensen, Zachary M. Brodnick, Chloe M. Horter, Alice M. Gregory, Peter L. Franzen, Peter L. Franzen, Peter L. Franzen, Michael P. Marshal, Erika E. Forbes, Erika E. Forbes, Erika E. Forbes, Erika E. Forbes

“…Findings suggest potential mechanisms and individual difference factors underlying minority health disparities.…”
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Association between the Taq1A polymorphism and problematic media use in preadolescent children by Jennifer A. Emond, Jennifer A. Emond, Timothy J. Renier, Dabin Yeum, Delaina D. Carlson, Grace A. Ballarino, Diane Gilbert-Diamond, Diane Gilbert-Diamond, Diane Gilbert-Diamond

“…Parent-reported PMU for children was measured with a validated nine-item scale (range for final scores: 1 to 5); higher scores indicate more severe PMU.ResultsAmong children (n = 180; 43.9% female; 90.0% white, non-Hispanic; 82.2% of parents were college graduates), the median PMU score was 2.22 (IQR: 1.78, 2.78). …”
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Long-term Effects of COVID-19 on Sleep Patterns by Salma Batool-Anwar, Olabimpe S. Fashanu, Stuart F. Quan

“…Average age was 53.3±16.3 years, and they were predominantly non-hispanic white (84.1%) and female (74.3%). The mean body mass index (kg/m2) was 29.9±6.9, and a greater proportion were non-smokers (63.2%). …”
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How can cervical screening meet the needs of vulnerable women? A qualitative comparative study with stakeholder perspectives from seven European countries by Partha Basu, Martin McKee, Adriana Băban, Marc Bardou, Ana Fernandes, Margarida Teixeira, Rebecca Moore, Nuno Lunet, David Ritchie, Romeu Mendes, Eric Lucas, Paolo Giorgi Rossi, Rosa Legood, Berit Andersen, Diana Taut, Keitly Mensah, João Firmino-Machado, Mariana Amorim, Mette Tranberg, Laura Bonvicini, Anneli Uusküla, Pia Kirkegaard, Paola Mantellini, Ines Baia, Liu Sun, Lise Rochaix, Camilla Fiorina, Luca Ghirotto, Anna Tisler, Firmino Machado, Rikke Buus Bøje, Raquel Rico Berrocal, Noemi Auzzi, Kerli Reintamm, Yulia Panayotova, Tatyana Kotzeva, Anna Foss, Rachel Greenley, Letizia Bartolini, Giusy Iorio, Cláudia Gouvinhas, Florian Nicula, Alexandra Tolnai, Vanessa Moore, Isabel Mosquera Metcalfe, Violette Delisle, Irina Todorova, Helena Ros Comesana, Meritxel Mallafré-Larrosa, Ginevra Papi, Nicoleta-Monica Pașca, Christiane Dascher-Nadel, Olivra Djuric

“…Objective This study explored and compared stakeholder perspectives on enhancements to cervical cancer screening for vulnerable women across seven European countries.Design In a series of Collaborative User Boards, stakeholders were invited to collaborate on identifying facilitators to improve cervical cancer screening.Setting This study was part of the CBIG-SCREEN project which is funded by the European Union and targets disparities in cervical cancer screening for vulnerable women (www.cbig-screen.eu). …”
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“There’s always somebody that you can identify with”: a qualitative study of patient perspectives on buprenorphine group medical visits by Mariya Masyukova, Benjamin T. Hayes, Teresa López-Castro, Aaron D. Fox

“…Results Of 33 participants, 28 were male, median age range was 50–54, 20 identified as Hispanic/Latinx, and 24 reported past experiences with substance use disorder treatment groups. …”
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Surface Electromyography for the Diagnosis of Tremor Syndrome: A Study of 97 Patients by Kartika Gulati, Sanjay Pandey

“…In addition, 11.3% (n = 11) of patients had dystonic tremor (DT), of whom 81.8% (n = 9) had synchronous bursts and co-contraction and 18.2% (n = 2) had alternating bursts. …”
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Dietary Micronutrient Intake and the Prevalence of Metabolic Conditions among Children from the United States–Affiliated Pacific Region in the Children’s Healthy Living Program by Lucia A Seale, Ashley B Yamanaka, Kristi Hammond, Eunjung Lim, Lynne R Wilkens, Pauline McFall, Tanisha F Aflague, Patricia Coleman, Travis Fleming, Leslie Shallcross, Jonathan Deenik, Rachel Novotny

“…Childhood obesity is a health disparity throughout the United States–Affiliated Pacific (USAP) region. …”
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Using the socioecological model to explore factors associated with obesity among reproductive age women by Amanda Gilbert, Alicia Persaud, Sarah Farabi, Sarah Farabi, Cindy Schwarz, Debra Haire-Joshu, Rachel G. Tabak

“…Descriptive statistics and multivariate logistic regression models were used to determine associations between individual, interpersonal, and environmental level factors with weight status (overweight vs. obesity).ResultsAmong 221 participants (43% Hispanic/Latino, 51% High school or less), 37% were overweight and 63% had obesity. …”
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Perspectivas Estudiantiles y Docentes sobre la IA en la Educación Sanitaria: Scoping Review by Oscar Jerez Yañez, Jimin Kim, Juan Bonilla Mejia, Faviana Montalvo, Micael Veas Romero

“…La principal limitación es la temática de investigación aún en desarrollo, con una literatura disponible aún en etapas iniciales de investigación. …”
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Movement disorders in autoimmune encephalitis: Clinical spectrum, prognosis, and outcomes from an Indian cohort by Shreyashi Jha, Netravathi M, Vikram Venkappayya Holla, Nitish Kamble, Anita Mahadevan, Pramod Kumar Pal

“…The most common MDs among patients with NMDAR antibody encephalitis were OFLD (60%), facio-brachial-dystonic seizures (FBDS) among all four patients with LGI-1 antibody encephalitis, myoclonus (50.0%) in the CASPR2 antibody encephalitis cohort and dystonia (80%) among patients with seronegative AE. …”
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Receipt of long-acting injectable antiretroviral therapy among people with HIV in Southern US states: an assessment using electronic health records and claims data by Yiyang Liu, Rebecca J. Fisk-Hoffman, Maitri Patel, Robert L. Cook, Mattia Prosperi

“…Results A total of 233 LAI ART recipients were identified: 56.7% female, 45.1% aged 30 to 44, 51.3% non-Hispanic Black, 78.1% on Medicaid and 4.7% on private insurance. …”
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Efficacy and safety of immune checkpoint inhibitors in patients with advanced intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma by Ziting Peng, Jianhui Dong, Shuyao Tang, Jiaxu Shi, Tongdong Shi

“…However, no significant disparity in the PFS with immunotherapy in different lines therapy(P=0.406) and the OS was observed between the two groups(P=0.360). 18 patients (18.75%) experienced treatment-emergent adverse events (AEs), with 3 patients encountering AEs of grade ≥3. …”
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Descripción del crecimiento del fémur proximal mediante tomografía en pacientes pediátricos sin enfermedad de cadera by Rodrigo Huertas Tafur, Antonio José Solano Noguera, María Fernanda García Rueda, Helmuth Ricardo Rashid Forero, Martha Lorena Caicedo Gutiérrez

“…Se expone la necesidad de realizar estudios más amplios para establecer rangos de normalidad en la población local con las herramientas tecnológicas disponibles, que fundamenten una referencia para la restauración de la anatomía en la cirugía de preservación.…”
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Association between non-insulin-based insulin resistance surrogate makers and Helicobacter pylori infection: a population-based study by Jiayu Qiu, Yueming Yu, Dingwei Liu, Sihai Chen, Youhua Wang, Jianxiang Peng, Jinliang Xie, Chengyun Wu, Feng Zhou, Hui Fang, Qirui Lai, Yong Xie

“…In subgroup analysis, the adjusted association between three IR surrogate markers and H. pylori infection were more likely to be observed in female and Non-Hispanic White. Additionally, the RCS curve revealed a positive linear correlation between TyG index and H. pylori infection across all three models, and between METS-IR and H. pylori infection in Model 3. …”
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Omics-Based Comparison of Fungal Virulence Genes, Biosynthetic Gene Clusters, and Small Molecules in <i>Penicillium expansum</i> and <i>Penicillium chrysogenum</i> by Holly P. Bartholomew, Christopher Gottschalk, Bret Cooper, Michael R. Bukowski, Ronghui Yang, Verneta L. Gaskins, Dianiris Luciano-Rosario, Jorge M. Fonseca, Wayne M. Jurick

“…Global transcriptional and metabolomic outputs were disparate between the species, nearly identical for <i>P. chrysogenum</i> isolates, and different between <i>P. expansum</i> isolates. …”
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US-county level variation in intersecting individual, household and community characteristics relevant to COVID-19 and planning an equitable response: a cross-sectional analysis by Mathew V Kiang, Nancy Krieger, Caroline O Buckee, Jarvis T Chen, Taylor Chin, Rebecca Kahn, Ruoran Li, Satchit Balsari

“…We also examine how these factors intersect with the proportion of the population that is people of colour (ie, not non-Hispanic white), a metric that reflects histories of US race relations. …”
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Prolonged nightly fasting in older adults with memory decline: A single-group pilot study exploring changes in cognitive function and cardiometabolic risk factors by Dara L. James, Linda K. Larkey, Molly Maxfield, SeungYong Han, Edward Ofori, Alex E. Mohr, Nanako A. Hawley, Kate Alperin, Erica Ahlich, David E. Vance, Dorothy D. Sears

“…Participants were mean age 69.7 years, non-Hispanic White (89%), predominantly female (95%), married (50%), and employed (65%). …”
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Food Safety Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices among Vegetable Handlers in Bangladesh by Ismat Ara Begum, Mohammad Jahangir Alam, Bhavani Shankar, Tamanna Mastura, Gregory Cooper, Karl Rich, Panam Parikh, Nazmun N. Ratna, Suneetha Kadiyala

“…This study highlights the significance of implementing focused educational and policy interventions to address knowledge disparities and encourage the adoption of food safety procedures among individuals involved in handling vegetables.…”
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Guía colombiana de práctica clínica para el diagnóstico y tratamiento del incidentaloma adrenal by Jhonatan S. Santafé-Galvis, Juan J. Triana-Guzmán, Sara R. Peralta-Pizza, Diego A. Riatiga-Ibáñez, Sofía E. Muñoz-Medina

“…M&eacute;todos: Mediante la adopci&oacute;n de la gu&iacute;a para manejo de incidentaloma adrenal de la Sociedad Europea de Endocrinolog&iacute;a (AGREE-II y AGREE-REX) y b&uacute;squeda complementaria de literatura basada en la mejor evidencia cient&iacute;fica disponible en definici&oacute;n, diagn&oacute;stico, manejo quir&uacute;rgico y seguimiento. …”
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