Evaluation of Three Adolescent Sexual Health Programs in Ha Noi and Khanh Hoa Province, Vietnam by Van Pham, Hoang Nguyen, Le Huu Tho, Truong Tan Minh, Porntip Lerdboon, Rosemary Riel, Mackenzie S. Green, Linda M. Kaljee

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“It’s a bit exasperating to be locked up”- an exploration of Mexican adolescents’ perceived barriers and facilitators for physical activity and healthy eating by Gabriela Argumedo, Martyn Standage, Thomas Curran, Fiona Gillison

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Nutrition Knowledge among College of Basic Education Students in Kuwait: A Cross-Sectional Study by Wafaa Husain, Fatemah Ashkanani, Maryam A. Al Dwairji

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LGR4 is essential for maintaining β-cell homeostasis through suppression of RANK by Joanna Filipowska, Zelda Cisneros, Sneha S. Varghese, Nancy Leon-Rivera, Peng Wang, Randy Kang, Geming Lu, Yate-Ching Yuan, Hung-Ping Shih, Supriyo Bhattacharya, Sangeeta Dhawan, Adolfo Garcia-Ocaña, Nagesha Guthalu Kondegowda, Rupangi C. Vasavada

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Artificial intelligence-enhanced electrocardiography improves the detection of coronary artery disease by Chi-Hsiao Yeh, Tsung-Hsien Tsai, Chun-Hung Chen, Yi-Ju Chou, Chun-Tai Mao, Tzu-Pei Su, Ning-I Yang, Chi-Chun Lai, Chien-Tzung Chen, Huey-Kang Sytwu, Ting-Fen Tsai

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Chlamydia cases in women of reproductive age, 2006–2020: an analysis of surveillance data from Southern China by Peizhen Zhao, Peng Liang, Jinshen Wang, Wenqian Xu, Shujie Huang, Cheng Wang

“…Temporal trends were analyzed using Joinpoint regression models. City-level factors (population density, net migration rate, and male-to-female sex ratio) were derived from the Guangdong Statistical Yearbook and the Guangdong Health and Family Planning Statistical Yearbook. …”
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Clinical characteristics of pathogens in children with community-acquired pneumonia were analyzed via targeted next-generation sequencing detection by Junhua Zhao, Mingfeng Xu, Zheng Tian, Yu Wang

“…Information on age and sex was collected from the medical records. Pathogen detection was performed using standard detection methods and tNGS. …”
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Seroprevalence of Helicobacter pylori in a population of 15 to 35 years old in Mashhad by Mahdieh Khoshakhlagh, Mohammadreza Tarahomi, Fatemeh Asgharian, Arghavan Kamali, Safoora Sa'd Abadi, Kimia Jafarpour, Samaneh Abolbashari, Mojtaba Meshkat, Aida Gholoobi

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Assessing the impact of paternal emigration on children ‘left-behind’—A cohort analysis by Natalia Norori, Lucy Barrass, Maria Theresa Redaniel, Nanette R. Lee, Laura D. Howe, Duleeka Knipe

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Satellite microglia: marker of traumatic brain injury and regulator of neuronal excitability by Alicia B. Feichtenbiner, Karinn Sytsma, Ryan P. O’Boyle, Rhonda Mittenzwei, Heather Maioli, Kathryn P. Scherpelz, Daniel D. Child, Ning Li, Jeanelle Ariza Torres, Lisa Keene, Amanda Kirkland, Kimberly Howard, Caitlin Latimer, C. Dirk Keene, Christopher Ransom, Amber L. Nolan

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Dementia incidence among a cohort of lebanese older adults: first incidence estimates from the Middle East and North Africa region by Monique Chaaya, Sarah Assaad, Hala Darwish, Marc Haber, Rosemary Khoury, Dahlia Saab, Khalil El Asmar, Ramzi Hajjar

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Characterizing pediatric discharge diagnoses associated with daily extreme heat exposure in the Midwestern US: A retrospective case-crossover study by Sarah Oerther, Zachary Phillips, Zidong Zhang, Joanne Salas, Sarah Farabi, Tamara Otey

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Risk of pneumonia in patients with isolated minor rib fractures: a nationwide cohort study by Yu-Hsun Wang, Ming-Chih Chou, Sai-Wai Ho, Ying-Hock Teng, Shun-Fa Yang, Han-Wei Yeh, Chao-Bin Yeh

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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the volume and diagnoses of patients admitted to the paediatric emergency department: a retrospective analysis from a third-level hospital in Nor... by Paulina Blanco-Murillo, Ricardo J Estrada-Mendizabal, Katheryne Paola Madrazo-Aguirre, Manuel Guillermo Ruelas-Martinez, Lucia Escobedo-Berumen, Rommy Elizabeth Pineda-Magaña, Maria Guadalupe Garcia-Lima, Oscar Tamez-Rivera

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Emergence of coinfection with visceral Leishmania infantum in COVID-19 patients: a case‒control field study in an endemic area of visceral leishmaniasis in Iran by Selva Aminizadeh, Behnam Mohammadi-Ghalehbin, Mehdi Mohebali, Homa Hajjaran, Zabih Zarei, Zahra Heidari, Behnaz Akhondi, Zahra Alizadeh, Jafar Aghaei

“…In the COVID-19 group, there was no statistically significant association between coinfection with L. infantum and sex, residency, treatment outcome, or symptoms. …”
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Exploring predisposing factors of hearing loss in prematurely born children: A nationwide case-control study by Pei-Chen Tsao, Hung-Chih Lin, Shang-Po Shen, Yu-Chia Chang

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Comparison of different severe obesity definitions in predicting future cardiometabolic risk in a longitudinal cohort of children by Gilles Paradis, Melanie Henderson, Lisa Kakinami, Angelo Tremblay, Anna Smyrnova

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The association between frailty and falls among individuals aged 60 years and older residing in community settings and experiencing hip fractures in China: a cross-sectional study by Lan Jiang, Shulong Ding, Juxia Wang

“…Analysis revealed a strong association between each additional point in the frailty score and an increased risk of fall in patients aged 60 and older (CHARLS, OR: 1.53, 95% CI: 1.41–1.66; A single center, OR: 1.57, 95% CI: 0.92–2.71). This association was even more pronounced in the pre-frail (CHARLS, OR: 1.95, 95% CI: 1.65–2.32; A single center, OR: 1.67, 95% CI: 0.46–6.08) and frail (CHARLS, OR: 3.43, 95% CI: 2.51–4.68; A single center, OR: 4.01, 95% CI: 0.61–26.41) groups compared to the control group. …”
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Compliance of healthcare workers with the infection prevention and control guidance in tertiary care hospitals: quantitative findings from an explanatory sequential mixed-methods s... by Syed Shariful Islam, Syed Moniruzzaman, M Atiqul Haque, Sarmin Sultana, Marium Salwa, Mohammad Tanvir Islam, Md Maruf Haque Khan

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Secular trends of epidemiologic patterns of chronic kidney disease over three decades: an updated analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 by Jing Liu, Xue Li, Yongping Liu, Xiaodong Sun, Xiaojin Feng, Ningning Hou, Zhenna Chen

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