The global burden of otitis media in 204 countries and territories from 1992 to 2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease study 2021 by Guan-Jiang Huang, Bao-Rui Lin, Pei-Shan Li, Na Tang, Zhi-Jun Fan, Biao-Qing Lu

“…Notably, low and low-middle SDI regions showed significant disparities, with higher ASIRs (up to 5315.08 for males) but declining trends in ASPR. …”
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Large language models improve the identification of emergency department visits for symptomatic kidney stones by Cosmin A. Bejan, Amy M. Reed, Matthew Mikula, Siwei Zhang, Yaomin Xu, Daniel Fabbri, Peter J. Embí, Ryan S. Hsi

“…Further, we implemented fairness assessment and bias mitigation methods to investigate the potential disparities by LLMs with respect to race and gender. …”
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Epigenome-wide association study of perceived discrimination in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) by Wei Zhao, Lisha Lin, Kristen M. Kelly, Lauren A. Opsasnick, Belinda L. Needham, Yongmei Liu, Srijan Sen, Jennifer A. Smith

“…To identify the DNAm sites across the epigenome that are associated with discrimination, we conducted epigenome-wide association analyses (EWAS) of three discrimination measures (everyday discrimination, race-related major discrimination, and non-race-related major discrimination) in 1,151 participants, including 565 non-Hispanic White, 221 African American, and 365 Hispanic individuals, from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). …”
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Prevalence and associated factors of acute gastroenteritis in children and adolescents aged from 6 to 17 years old: a cross-sectional study based on the National Health and Nutriti... by Hailun Cai, Yanyan Shao, Weihao Yu

“…AGE was negatively associated with male compared with female (OR=0.86, 95% CI: 0.73 to 0.99, p=0.035), Mexican American (OR=0.82, 95% CI: 0.70 to 0.97, p=0.018) and non-Hispanic Black (OR=0.80, 95% CI: 0.69 to 0.93, p=0.003) compared with non-Hispanic White. …”
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Risk Factors for Tube Shunt Exposure: A Matched Case-Control Study by Michael S. Koval, Fouad F. El Sayyad, Nicholas P. Bell, Alice Z. Chuang, David A. Lee, Stephen M. Hypes, Davinder S. Grover, Laura A. Baker, Stephen M. Huddleston, Donald L. Budenz, Robert M. Feldman

“…Conclusions. Hispanic ethnicity, neovascular glaucoma, previous trabeculectomy, and combined surgery were identified as potential risk factors for tube shunt exposure. …”
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Survival feature and trend of female breast cancer: A comprehensive review of survival analysis from cancer registration data by Dan-Dan Tang, Zhuo-Jun Ye, Wan-Wan Liu, Jing Wu, Jing-Yu Tan, Yan Zhang, Qun Xu, Yong-Bing Xiang

“…Differences in age, stage at diagnosis, and molecular subtype may explain some of the disparities, providing evidence for targeted management strategies.…”
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Topography and dimensions of the auditory tube at the end of the fetal period by O.D. Sapunkov, L.O. Bogdanova, A.L. Kosakovskyi, I.A. Kosakivska, V.V. Syniachenko

“…The pharyngeal openings of the auditory tubes are located at the level of the hard palate, and in term newborns - above the level of the hard palate. The tympanic openings from the lower part of the anterior wall of the tympanic cavity in fetuses of the seventh month of intrauterine growth completely move to its upper part and open into the supratympanic space in fetuses of the tenth month. …”
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Municipalities Central to Decade of Future Investments by Katja Rietzler

“…The new government addresses important problems of municipal finances including significant regional disparities, but further measures are needed to enable all local communities to invest sufficiently.…”
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A Case Report of Eosinophilic Esophagitis Accompanying Hypereosinophilic Syndrome by Mahreema Jawairia, Ghulamullah Shahzad, Jaspreet Singh, Kaleem Rizvon, Paul Mustacchia

“…Here, we present a 39-year-old Hispanic female patient with history of HES presenting with complaints of dysphagia and generalized pruritus.…”
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Return to Stronger Employment Growth Expected in Cities by Anja Rossen

“…Overall, the forecasts for 2022 suggest a return to the regional disparities that already existed before the pandemic with regard to the development of unemployment and employment. …”
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Pukara de los wak’a. Cerros, muros concéntricos y divinidades tutelares en el altiplano centro-sur andino by Pablo Cruz, Richard Joffre

“…Although their chronology begins in pre-Hispanic times, the majority of these sites continued to be in use in the long term. …”
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Forms of Indigenous Labor on New Spain’s Northern Frontiers: The Cases of New Mexico and California (17th–18th Centuries) by David Rex Galindo

“… This essay discusses various forms of Hispanic-Indigenous labor relations on New Spain’s northern frontiers, with a focus on 17th-century New Mexico and late colonial California. …”
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Exploring gender differences in vocational education and training through the lens of neuroscience by Jinjiao Zhou, Shuo Chen, yuzhuo Gong

“…Neuroscientific studies can contribute to resolving the disparity between genders in vocational education by examining the distinct brain functions and structures associated with perception, cognition, emotion, and social skills. …”
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En quoi la téquila est-elle un patrimoine ? by Martín Tena Meza, Ricardo Ávila Palafox, Claudio Jiménez Vizcarra

“…However, the cultivation of agave, the plant from which tequila is extracted, dates back to pre-Hispanic Mexico. This article aims to provide timely data on the historical process that gives origin to the tequila. …”
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Deteksi Objek menggunakan Dashboard Camera untuk Sistem Peringatan Pencegah Kecelakaan pada Mobil by Raymond Sutjiadi, Timothy John Pattiasina

“…Dashboard camera adalah semacam kamera yang ditempatkan pada bagian dashboard mobil dengan kamera menyorot ke arah depan kendaraan yang berfungsi untuk merekam kondisi jalan. …”
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Nutrition and Aging: Nutritional Health Inequity by Joseph R. Sharkey, Julie Locher, Nadine Sahyoun, Sara Wilcox

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Racial and ethnic differences in fatal child abuse and neglect and the intersection of community poverty: U.S., 2003 to 2022 by Rebecca F. Wilson, Xin Yue, Karen E. Thomas, Krishna Kiran Kota, Carter J. Betz

“…IPV as a precipitator was most common among Asian or Pacific Islander (API; 33.0%), Hispanic (16.4%), and White (19.1%) victims than Black victims (10.8%; p < 0.05). …”
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Determining whether ethnic minorities with severe obesity face a disproportionate risk of serious disease and death from COVID-19: outcomes from a Southern California-based retrosp... by Qiaowu Li, Hemesh Mahesh Patel, Shefali Khandwala, Poonam Somani, Stephanie Tovar, Alejandra Montano

“…The risk of death was greater in Asian (RR 3.96, 95% CI 1.88 to 8.33; p&lt;0.001), Hispanic (RR 3.03, 95% CI 2.53 to 3.61; p&lt;0.001) and Pacific Islander (RR 4.60, 95% CI 1.42 to 14.92; p=0.011) patients compared with White (RR 1.47, 95% CI 1.13 to 1.91; p=0.005) and Black (RR 2.83, 95% CI 1.99 to 4.02; p&lt;0.001) patients with a BMI over 45 kg/m².Conclusions Ethnic minorities with severe obesity, particularly Asian, Hispanic and Pacific Islander patients, had a statistically significant higher risk of hospitalisation, invasive ventilator use and death due to COVID-19. …”
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Religious Exemptions in Ancient China by Brady Earley

“…Even with this large disparity in time, there are some surprising parallels between ancient and contemporary religious exemptions in law and the debates that have accompanied them. …”
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Les supermarchés au Mexique et dans la Zone Métropolitaine de Mexico by Guénola Capron, Salomón González Arellano, Linda Moreno Sánchez

“…It seeks to understand how supermarkets, in a country like Mexico where they initially target mainly the middle class, reproduce or mitigate socio-spatial disparities. We conclude that they are a factor both of mitigation (due to a relatively good distribution in the metropolitan space) and of reproduction of inequalities (due to the segmentation of the offer). …”
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