Assessment of Hemoglobin Variants in Patients Receiving Health Care at the Ho Teaching Hospital: A Three-Year Retrospective Study by Daniel Kpodji Awaitey, Elliot Elikplim Akorsu, Emmanuel Allote Allotey, David Annor Kwasie, Precious Kwablah Kwadzokpui, Philip Apraku Tawiah, Stephen Adomako Amankwah, Albert Abaka-Yawson

“…Difference in the severity of anemia was found to be significant among both male (P=0.006) and female (P=0.004) participants with SCD. Conclusion. Patients receiving health care at the Ho Teaching Hospital had different hemoglobin variants with HbAS recording the highest prevalence. …”
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The effect of dexmedetomidine vs. atracurium on intubation condition in children - a randomized clinical trial by Mohammad Alipour, Samira Ghanei, Shahrzad Sheikh, Masoud Ghanei, Ahmad Nemati, Shabnam Niroumand

“…Methods This clinical trial was carried out on children between 6 and 12 years in Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran between January 2018 and February 2020. Participants candidates for tracheal intubation and general anesthesia were enrolled. …”
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Can smoking duration alone replace pack-years to predict the risk of smoking-related oncogenic mutations in non-small cell lung cancer? A cross-sectional study in Japan by Masahiko Ando, Yoshihiko Taniguchi, Akihiro Tamiya, Akihide Matsumura, Koichi Ogawa, Yasuhiro Koh, Hiroyasu Kaneda, Motohiro Izumi, Yoshiya Matsumoto, Kenji Sawa, Mitsuru Fukui, Naoki Yoshimoto, Akihito Kubo, Shun-ichi Isa, Hideo Saka, Tomoya Kawaguchi

“…Objective To investigate whether smoking duration alone can replace pack-years to predict the risk of oncogenic mutations in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).Design A cross-sectional study using the baseline dataset from the Japan Molecular Epidemiology for Lung Cancer Study.Setting Forty-three medical institutions nationwide in Japan.Participants From July 2012 to December 2013, 957 patients with newly diagnosed stage I–IIIB NSCLC who underwent surgery were enrolled, and molecular analyses were performed on 876 samples (from 441 ever-smokers and 435 never-smokers).Main outcomes measured We calculated the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) values using logistic regression to compare between the predictive values of smoking duration and pack-years for mutational frequencies in the v-Ki-ras2 Kirsten rat sarcoma (KRAS), tumour suppressor p53 (TP53), and epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) genes and for cytosine-to-adenine base substitution (C>A).Results For predicting KRAS mutations, the AUC values for smoking duration and pack-years were 0.746 (95% CI 0.682 to 0.800) and 0.759 (95% CI 0.700 to 0.810), respectively (p=0.058). …”
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Awareness and Implementation of Sports Injury Prevention Programs Among Physical Therapists in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study by Yousef M. Alnefaie, Mohamed K. Seyam, Msaad Alzhrani, Ahmad Alanazi, Faris S. Alzahrani, Saud M. Alsaadoon, Shahnaz Hasan

“…Three hundred sixty-six participants responded to the questionnaire, of whom 55.5% were male and 44.5% were female physiotherapists. …”
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Evaluation and mitigation methods for virtual reality motion sickness(面向虚拟现实晕动症的评估与缓解方法) by 顾展滔(GU Zhantao), 丁玎(DING Ding), 陈亦婷(CHEN Yiting), 张文杰(ZHANG Wenjie)

“…By collecting subjective and physiological data from 30 participants, the effectiveness of different mitigation solutions under various motion states was evaluated. …”
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Lipid trajectories improve risk models for Alzheimer’s disease and mild cognitive impairment by Bruce A. Chase, Roberta Frigerio, Chad J. Yucus, Smita Patel, Demetrius Maraganore, Alan R. Sanders, Jubao Duan, Katerina Markopoulou

“…Clinically well-characterized cases were diagnosed using Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV) criteria; MCI cases had been stable for ≥5 years; and controls were propensity matched to cases at symptom onset (MCI: 116 cases, 435 controls; AD: 215 cases, 483 controls). Participants were grouped based on (i) longitudinal trajectories and (ii) quintile of variability independent of the mean (VIM) for total cholesterol, HDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, non-HDL-C, and ln(triglycerides). …”
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Utilizing physical educators to monitor muscular strength and neuromuscular control among children with varied recess time by G. Kate Webb, Yan Zhang, Deborah J. Rhea

“…As 70% of American children are not participating in the recommended daily activity guidelines, and roughly 20% of American children are overweight, exploring movement opportunities for children and efficient means of monitoring MusS and NC is pivotal to future health and movement functions of children.…”
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The relationship between C-reactive protein to lymphocyte ratio and the prevalence of chronic kidney disease in US adults: a cross-sectional study by Pengfei He, Jiao Zhang, Ni Tian, Yuanyuan Deng, Min Zhou, Cheng Tang, Yu Ma, Mianzhi Zhang, Mianzhi Zhang

“…This study aimed to investigate the correlation between CLR and the prevalence of CKD.MethodsThis cross-sectional study included participants from the US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey conducted between 1999 and 2010. …”
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Factors affecting arteriovenous access patency after percutaneous transluminal angioplasty in chronic haemodialysis patients under vascular access monitoring and surveillance: a si... by Chung-Kuan Wu, Der-Cherng Tarng, Chia-Hsun Lin, Jyh-Gang Leu, Chih-Yu Yang

“…The aim of this study was to examine factors affecting the post-PTA arteriovenous access (AVA) patency in patients who have been on close VA monitoring and surveillance for access flow.Design Retrospective cohort study.Setting A single medical centre in Taiwan.Participants Records of patients who received chronic haemodialysis between 1 January 2017 and 31 December 2018 were retrospectively reviewed. …”
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Poor sleep quality remains a major challenge among tertiary education students in Ghana: A cross-sectional study in a Ghanaian University by David Larbi Simpong, Ansumana Bockarie, Akosua Bema Kumah, Alex Bismark Atta-Owusu, Mordecai Eshun, Bernice Akua Frimpong, Beatrice Bachella, George Nkrumah Osei

“…Overall, 48.5 % of participants exhibited poor sleep quality (PSQI >5). …”
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Risk factors for Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales infections: A case-control study by Sibongakonke Mbele, Sandeep D. Vasaikar

“…Results: Out of the 226 participants with CRE infection, CRE cases were more likely than controls to be adults (51.9%, odds ratio [OR]: 1.34, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.72–2.55) and of male sex (54.9%, OR: 1.48, 95% CI: 0,87–2,45). …”
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Sex-specific differences in children attending the emergency department: prospective observational study by Joany M Zachariasse, Henriette A Moll, Ian K Maconochie, Ewout W Steyerberg, Daan Nieboer, Dorine M Borensztajn, Claudio F Alves, Frank J Smit, Susanne Greber-Platzer, Claudia M G Keyzer-Dekker

“…Objective To assess the role of sex in the presentation and management of children attending the emergency department (ED).Design The TrIAGE project (TRiage Improvements Across General Emergency departments), a prospective observational study based on curated electronic health record data.Setting Five diverse European hospitals in four countries (Austria, The Netherlands, Portugal, UK).Participants All consecutive paediatric ED visits of children under the age of 16 during the study period (8–36 months between 2012 and 2015).Main outcome measures The association between sex (male of female) and diagnostic tests and disease management in general paediatric ED visits and in subgroups presenting with trauma or musculoskeletal, gastrointestinal and respiratory problems and fever. …”
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Trauma echoes: factors associated with peritraumatic distress and anxiety five days following Iranian missile attack on Israel by Boaz M. Ben-David, Tchelet E. Bressler, Lia Ring, Ortal Shimon-Raz, Yuval Palgi

“…Specifically, we examined the prevalence and factors associated with two precursors for later development of PTSD, peritraumatic distress (PD) and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD).Methods: Five-hundred and fifty-three participants (Mage = 57.51, SD = 13.67 years, range [30–90], 48.3% females) reported their distal and proximal exposure to traumatic events, probable PTSD due to Israel-Hamas-War, sleeping troubles, and media information consumption during the event.Results: Logistic regressions indicated that, after adjusting for demographics, clinical levels of PD and GAD (respectively, using the accepted cutoffs) were significantly linked to probable PTSD due to the Israel-Hamas War (PD:OR = 4.066, 95%CI: 2.236–7.393, p < .001; GAD:OR = 2.397, 95%CI: 1.285–4.471, p = .006), sleeping troubles (PD:OR = 1.248, 95%CI: 1.186–1.314, p < .001; GAD:OR = 1.325, 95%CI: 1.242–1.413, p < .001) and media consumption (PD:OR = 1.442, 95%CI:1.17–1.777, p = .001; GAD:OR = 1.515, 95%CI: 1.144–2.007, p = .004), but not to previous trauma (life-long exposure or Israel-Hamas war).Discussion: Results suggest that previous psychopathology, stress-related reactions (sleeping) and actions (media consumption), rather than previous exposures to traumatic events are the primary indices related to PD and GAD in the first days after exposure to war-related traumatic events. …”
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High-Flow Nasal Cannula in Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Yongkang Huang, Wei Lei, Wenyu Zhang, Jian-an Huang

“…Eight studies with a total of 621 participants were included (six RCTs and two cohort studies). …”
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Can the adherence to quality of care indicators for early rheumatoid arthritis in clinical practice reduce risk of hospitalisation? Retrospective cohort study based on the Record L... by Carlo Alberto Scirè, Antonella Zambon, Greta Carrara, Anna Zanetti, Lisa Argnani

“…Objective To describe the adherence to quality of care indicators in early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and to evaluate its impact on the risk of hospitalisation in a real-world setting.Design Retrospective cohort study.Setting Patients with early-onset RA identified from healthcare regional administrative databases by means of a validated algorithm between 2006 and 2012 in the Lombardy region (Italy).Participants The study cohort included 14 203 early-onset RA (71% female, mean age 60 years).Outcome measures For each patient, a summary adherence score was calculated starting from the compliance to six quality indicators: (1–2) methotrexate or sulfasalazine or leflunomide with/without glucocorticoids, (3–4) other disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) with/without glucocorticoids, (5) early interruption of glucocorticoids, (6) early clinical assessment.The relationship between low, intermediate and high categories of the summary score and the 12-month risk of hospitalisation for all causes and for RA was assessed.Results During a follow-up of 1 year, 2609 hospitalisations occurred, of which 704 were for RA (main or secondary diagnosis) and 252 primarily for RA. …”
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Barriers and facilitators to the conduct of critical care research in low and lower-middle income countries: A scoping review. by Bharath Kumar Tirupakuzhi Vijayaraghavan, Ena Gupta, Nagarajan Ramakrishnan, Abi Beane, Rashan Haniffa, Nazir Lone, Nicolette de Keizer, Neill K J Adhikari

“…The total number of participants ranged from 20-100 and included physicians, nurses, allied healthcare workers and researchers. …”
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Impact of prolonged one or more natural menstrual cycles on the outcomes of ovulation induction intrauterine artificial insemination pregnancy: a single-centre, retrospective study... by Shuai Zhang, Han-Han Tang, Ming-Lian Zhou

“…Objectives We determined if the time interval between two ovulation induction intrauterine artificial insemination (IUI) treatment cycles should be extended by one or more natural menstrual cycles in patients undergoing successive cycles of ovulation stimulation, and whether this affects clinical pregnancy rate (CPR).Design This study was conducted on infertility patients treated under the ovulation induction programme IUI in a large reproductive centre in China. Study participants were assigned into continuous and discontinuous groups. …”
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The challenges of using Escherichia coli as a host in recombinant insulin production by Muhammad Taher

“…In Malaysia, the prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM), depends on factors such as gender, age, and ethnicity, with women, the elderly, and the Indian community having the highest prevalence of DM. In the 103,063 participants that made up the study's sample, the combined prevalence of diabetes by gender in the population-based studies was 13.80% for men and 14.54% for women, while the combined prevalence of prediabetes was 11.40% for women and 10.98% for men (Akhtar et al., 2022). …”
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Analysis of Charcoal Producers Perceptions of Its Production, Forest Degradation, and Governance in Wolaita, Southern Ethiopia’s Dry Afromontane Forests by Alemayehu Hido, Abebe Teka, Asabeneh Alemayehu

“…The majority (76%) of charcoal producers participated in charcoal production at all times throughout the year. …”
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The impact of urolithiasis on urology services in a high-prevalence region: A multicenter study by Wissam Khalid Kamal, Musab M. Alghamdi, Raed A. Azhar, Ahmad Bugis, Mohammed Abuzenada, Majed Alharthi, Saeed Bin Hamri, Yahya Ghazwani, Yasser A. Noureldin, Hassan Aljifri, Abdulaziz Alamri, Hatem Hamed Althubiany, Mansour Alnazari, Badr Alharbi, Abdulrahman Al Own, Mohanad Jebril Bosily, Mohammed Almansour, Abdullah Alfakhri, Ibrahim Alowidah, Ali Abdel Raheem

“…Conclusion: Our research findings suggest that urolithiasis poses a significant burden, accounting for over half of all urological surgery performed at the participating centers. Furthermore, there has been a 35% rise in stone-related UUT procedures over the past 6 years. …”
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