Factors Associated with Mortality in Severe Acute Cholangitis in a Moroccan Intensive Care Unit: A Retrospective Analysis of 140 Cases by Soumaya Touzani, Abderrahim El Bouazzaoui, Fatima Bouyarmane, Kaoutar Faraj, Nawfal Houari, Brahim Boukatta, Nabil Kanjaa

“…A retrospective study including severe acute cholangitis patients admitted to our unit from January 2009 to December 2018. Variables analyzed (univariate then multivariate analysis) were age, sex, history, origin, evolution time, bilirubin, etiology, organ dysfunction, qSOFA, SOFA, TOKYO, biliary drainage timing and technique, shock, antibiotherapy, and resuscitation. …”
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The Impact of Race in Male Breast Cancer Treatment and Outcome in the United States: A Population-Based Analysis of 4,279 Patients by Jacob Y. Shin, Lisa A. Kachnic, Ariel E. Hirsch

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Death and disappearance: Measuring racial disparities in mortality and life expectancy among people in state prisons, United States 2000–2014 by Bryan L. Sykes, Ernest K. Chavez, Justin D. Strong

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Stroke Event Factors among Adult Patients Admitted to Stroke Unit of Jimma University Medical Center: Prospective Observational Study by Ginenus Fekadu, Hunduma Wakassa, Firew Tekle

“…Prospective observational study was carried at stroke unit of Jimma University Medical Center for 4 consecutive months from March 10 to July 10, 2017. …”
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Empowering teachers: unveiling teacher leadership insights for independent learning curriculum implementation at secondary education units in Toraja Utara district by Hotmaulina Sihotang, Erni Murniarti, Yusak Yokoyama

“…The urgency of this study to describe unveiling teacher leadership insights for independent learning curriculum implementation at secondary education units Method: This study uses a quantitative approach and is combined with a qualitative approach. …”
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The impact of patient- and family-centered care interventions on intensive care unit outcomes: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials by Yangjin LV, Peng Li, Ronghui Li, Ting Zhang, Kaifang Cai

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Travel Matrix Enabled Delta-Based Roadside Units Deployment for Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks: A Case of Kigali City by Evariste Twahirwa, Moyukh Laha, James Rwigema, Raja Datta

“…Placements of Road Side Units (RSUs) are an important issue of vehicular networks in urban areas. …”
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Racism, homophobia, and the sexual health of young Black men who have sex with men in the United States: A systematic review. by Sarah E Janek, Lisvel A Matos, Sandy Hatoum, Marta I Mulawa, Leila Ledbetter, Michael V Relf

“…Black gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (BMSM) experience the highest rates of HIV acquisition annually out of any population in the United States, and young BMSM (YBMSM) are heavily impacted by this inequity as they enter adulthood. …”
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Quality improvement initiative ‘S-A-F-H’ to reduce healthcare-associated neonatal sepsis in a tertiary neonatal care unit by Pradeep Suryawanshi, Suprabha K Patnaik, Nandini Malshe, Aditya Kallimath, Pari Singh, Reema Gareghat, Vinaya Nimbre, Kalyani Ranbishe, Archana Gautam Kamble, Vishwas Ambekar

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Application of Unit Commitment with Market Pool in a Peaking Power Generation Firm in the Philippines for a Cost Reduction Case Study by Luke Rey Santillan, Kenn Brylle Senen, Robert Wamilda, Lanndon Ocampo, Rafael Seva, Reuella J. Bacalso, Alaine Liggayu

“…This paper attempts to provide an optimum loading schedule of power generating units with the least cost by solving a unit commitment (UC) problem and to present good estimates of cost differences when UC problem is not applied. …”
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Unité et (ou) diversité de la (des) langue(s) d’oc : histoire et actualité d’une divergence by Sylvie Sagnes

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Maternal Opioid Drug Use during Pregnancy and Its Impact on Perinatal Morbidity, Mortality, and the Costs of Medical Care in the United States by Valerie E. Whiteman, Jason L. Salemi, Mulubrhan F. Mogos, Mary Ashley Cain, Muktar H. Aliyu, Hamisu M. Salihu

“…We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of pregnancy-related discharges from 1998 to 2009 using the largest publicly available all-payer inpatient database in the United States. We scanned ICD-9-CM codes for opioid use and perinatal outcomes. …”
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Diagnostic and Management Pathways for Pulmonary Carcinoid Tumours in the United Kingdom: Results from the National Lung Neuroendocrine Tumour Pathway Project by Wasat Mansoor, Stuart Ferguson, Victoria Ross, Denis Talbot

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Racism, homophobia, and the sexual health of young Black men who have sex with men in the United States: A systematic review by Sarah E. Janek, Lisvel A. Matos, Sandy Hatoum, Marta I. Mulawa, Leila Ledbetter, Michael V. Relf

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Enhancing V2X Security Through Combined Rule-Based and DL-Based Local Misbehavior Detection in Roadside Units by Seungyoung Park, Duksoo Kim, Seokwoo Lee

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Incidence of Central Venous Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections: Evaluation of Bundle Prevention in Two Intensive Care Units in Central Brazil by Thais Yoshida, Ana Elisa Bauer de Camargo Silva, Luciana Leite Pineli Simões, Rafael Alves Guimarães

“…Central venous catheter-associated bloodstream infections (CVC-BSIs) have been associated with increased length of hospital stay, mortality, and healthcare costs, especially in intensive care units (ICUs). The aim of this study was to evaluate the incidence density of CVC-BSIs before and after implementation of the bundle in a hospital of infectious and dermatological diseases in Central Brazil. …”
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On the fence: Factors associated with COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among sexually Minoritized men who use substances in the United States by Renessa S. Williams, Acklynn M. Byamugisha, Leah Davis-Ewart, Omar R. Valentin, Samantha E. Dilworth, Christian Grov, Adam W. Carrico

“…Methods: A cross-sectional analysis was performed using data from a national sample of 2753 SMM in the United States between May 2021–July 2022. We performed a mediation analysis using the Karlson-Holm-Breen method, and factors associated with the likelihood of vaccine uptake were modeled using logistic regression, adjusting for time and age. …”
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Expeditious Calculations of Electric Power Losses in 0.38–10 kV Electric Networks of Belarusian United Energy Systems by M. I. Fursanov, V. V. Makarevich

“…An algorithmized methodology for expedi­tious calculations of technical losses in 0.38–10 kV electric networks of the Belarusian United Energy Systems has been developed on the basis of performance information which is formed by modern intellectual devices for registration and accumulation of data. …”
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L’univers esthétique des photographies de Cy Twombly et le renouvellement du regard sur son œuvre by Chiara Agradi

“…Through his manipulation of the material, he questions the limits of the photographic object and disrupts the world of the instant photograph, which he transforms into a unique, hybrid object. The ceiling painted by the artist in the room of Greek and Roman antiquities in the Louvre bears witness to his interest in the dialogue between photography, painting and American culture, and was consistent with his aesthetic experiments, particularly regarding his fascination for Mediterranean culture. …”
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La bande dessinée pour construire une mémoire des « mille jours » de l’Unité populaire au Chili by Elsa Marsande

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