Predictors and Utilization of Health Institution Services for Childbirth among Mothers in a Southern Nigerian City by Kazeem Arogundade, June Sampson, Elizabeth Boath, Ubong Akpan, Olaposi Olatoregun, Oluwayemisi Femi-Pius, Jude Orjih, Barinaadaa Afirima, Nasir Umar

“…A structured questionnaire was administered to 422 women of reproductive age residents in the study area who had given birth at least once within the last five years prior to the survey using a multistage random sampling technique. Data generated were entered, coded, and analyzed using Statistical Packages for Social Sciences (SPSS version 22.0), and results were presented in tables and charts. …”
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SARS-CoV-2 infection is associated with higher chance of diabetes remission among Veterans with incident diabetes. by Pandora L Wander, Elliott Lowy, Anna Korpak, Lauren A Beste, Steven E Kahn, Edward J Boyko

“…<h4>Research design and methods</h4>We conducted a retrospective inception cohort study using Veterans Health Administration data (March 1, 2020-May 31, 2022) among individuals with ≥ 1 positive nasal swab for SARS-CoV-2 and individuals with ≥ 1 laboratory test of any type but no positive swab. …”
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Effect of cool dialysate on vital signs, comfort and adequacy by Seyed Reza Borzou, Fateme Farghadani, Khodayar Oshvandi, Mahmood Gholyaf, Hosein Mahjub

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Recidivism rates of female offenders discharged from forensic psychiatric treatment by Juliane Mayer, Juliane Mayer, Viviane Wolf, Ivonne Steiner, Manuela Dudeck, Verena Klein, Judith Streb, Irina Franke

“…Subgroup analysis of patients with substance use disorders indicated that treatment dropouts were about three times more likely to recidivate than patients who completed treatment (Exp[B] = 2.863; p &lt;.001).ConclusionThe results provide rare recidivism data for risk assessment of female offenders with mental disorders and underscore the protective effect of forensic psychiatric treatment, including forensic aftercare, on recidivism.…”
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Sex-related disparities in incidence and in-hospital outcomes of Atrial fibrillation complicated by non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction from the national in-sample database (201... by Farah Yasmin, Afsana Ansari Shaik, Muhammad Sohaib Asghar, Afia Salman, Abdul Moeed, Maryam Shaharyar, Rohan Ochani, M.Chadi Alraies

“…Methods: In this study, we aimed to assess the trends and gender-based disparities in the incidence and in-hospital outcomes of AF complicated by NSTEMI in the U.S. adult population, using data from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) dataset. …”
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Infrared and visible image fusion network based on multistage progressive injection by Kaixuan Chang, Jianhua Huang, Xiyan Sun, Jian Luo, Shitao Bao, Huansheng Huang

“…Abstract Currently, single-sensor data is frequently utilized in technologies such as object detection. …”
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Optimising clinician workflow: enhancing efficiency in same-day emergency care (SDEC) by Jayesh Chopra, Yakut Khan, Rajeev Kumar, Shaun Trussell

“…Using the feedback, an SDEC guide was designed, which included comprehensive information about the workings of the SDEC department, covering everything from room code keys, prescribing methods and discharge pathways, to patient flow, among others. …”
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INDEPENDENCE AND FINANCIAL EXPERTISE OF AUDIT COMMITTEE ON VOLUNTARY DISCLOSURE OF DEPOSIT MONEY BANKS IN NIGERIA by Saidu MUSA, Muhammed Kamaldeen Usman, Paul B. Ogunwole

“…The study therefore recommends that government and regulatory agencies should mandate the addition of accounting experts on the board of audit committees rather than the openness of financial expertise covering all fields of management stated in the Nigerian code of Corporate Governance (2016). …”
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Elevated amputation rates in COVID‐19 survivors: Insights from a large‐scale Japanese cohort study by Daisuke Miyamori, Shuhei Yoshida, Masanori Ito

“…Methods We conducted a retrospective cohort study using data from the National Database of Health Insurance Claims and Specific Health Checkups of Japan. …”
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Leiomyosarcoma of the Rectum as a Radiation-Induced Second Malignancy after Cervical Cancer Treatment: Case Report with Review of the Literature by Dmytro E. Makhmudov, Olena O. Kolesnik, Natalia N. Lagoda, Maryna O. Volk

“…Regarding past medical history, radiologic, endoscopic, and pathologic data, the patient was initially diagnosed with a malignant nonepithelial lower rectal tumor of the unknown origin and staged as mrT3a mrN0 cM0. …”
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Risk of nosocomial respiratory syncytial virus versus influenza among adult patients in acute care hospitals by Raija Auvinen, Kaisa Huotari, Hanna Nohynek, Ritva K. Syrjänen, Kirsi Skogberg

“…Methods: A retrospective study was conducted at two tertiary care hospitals in Southern Finland. Data on all hospitalized adult patients with a positive RSV or influenza test during 2016–22 were used to detect all nosocomial and community-acquired RSV and influenza cases. …”
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Water Quality Simulation of Reclaimed Water Supply Type Rivers and Application of Metal Organic Frameworks in Phosphorus Pollution Control by Qunbo QIAO, Mingxiang ZHANG, Bingyi HAN, Weihua WANG

“…The model was calibrated and verified through historical monitoring data, and the results showed that chemical oxygen demand (COD) could stably meet the Class V water quality standard, while NH3-N and total phosphorus (TP) could not meet the standard. …”
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Red Blood Cell Transfusion and Postoperative Delirium in Hip Fracture Surgery Patients: A Retrospective Observational Cohort Study by Jacob Raphael, Nadia B. Hensley, Jonathan Chow, K. Gage Parr, John S. McNeil, Steven B. Porter, Monica Taneja, Kenichi Tanaka, Michael Mazzeffi

“…There were 20,838 patients who had eligible current procedural terminology (CPT) codes for primary hip fracture surgery and complete study data. …”
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The efficacy and safety of the training process in sumo through autogenic training for professional wrestlers by Yuliya Holenkova, Leonid Vostroknutov, Pavol Bartik

“…For the analysis and visualization of the obtained data it was used the integrated development environment PyCharm Community Edition. …”
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Evaluation the static precise point positioning and fixing rate with phase ambiguity resolution using different analysis centers products. by Xingli Sun, Jinjie Yao, Zhiliang Yang

“…We analyze six products, including COD0_MGX_FIN, COD0_OPS_FIN, GBM0_MGX_RAP, GRG0_OPS_FIN, WUM0_MGX_RAP, and WUM0_MGX_FIN, from four ACs: CODE, GFZ, CNES, and WHU. Then, 7 days of GPS and Galileo data were collected from 42 globally distributed MGEX stations. …”
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Burden of Emergency Department Visits and Their Outcomes Among Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis: Insights From the Nationwide Emergency Department Sample by Vishwesh Bharadiya, Parul Berry, Aman Dev Singh, Dominique Feterman, Grant Hughes, Alison Bays, Rachael Stovall, Rashmi Dhital, Namrata Singh

“…Methods This cross‐sectional study used the 2019 NEDS data to identify RA‐related ED visits using International Classification of Disease, Tenth Revision codes M05.X or M06.X. …”
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Implementation of Aerosol Mie Scattering in POSEIDON with Application to the Hot Jupiter HD 189733 b’s Transmission, Emission, and Reflected Light Spectrum by Elijah Mullens, Nikole K. Lewis, Ryan J. MacDonald

“…Here, we implement new features into the open-source atmospheric retrieval code POSEIDON to account for the complex scattering, reflection, and absorption properties of Mie-scattering aerosols. …”
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Individual-level and area-level socioeconomic status (SES) and schizophrenia: cross-sectional analyses using the evidence from 1.9 million Chinese adults by Lei Zhang, Xiaoying Zheng, Ping He, Yanan Luo, Lihua Pang, Chao Guo

“…Therefore, using a nationally large representative data, this study investigated the association between individual-level SES, area-level SES and their interaction with schizophrenia in Chinese adults from a multilevel perspective.Setting Household interviews in 734 counties (districts), 2980 towns (streets) and 5964 communities (villages) from 31 provinces, People's Republic of China, as part of the cross-sectional survey of Second China National Sample Survey on Disability.Participants 1 909 205 men and women aged 18 years old and above.Primary and secondary outcome measures A screen followed by clinical diagnosis was used to identify schizophrenia, and schizophrenia was ascertained according to the International Statistical Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision (code F20).Results 1-SD increase in individual SES was associated with decreased risk of schizophrenia (OR=0.45, 95% CI 0.43 to 0.46). 1-SD increase in area-level SES was associated with increased risk of schizophrenia (OR=1.30, 95% CI 1.24 to 1.37). …”
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Healthcare professionals’ perspective on collaboration with traditional medical practitioners in HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis care in rural Ethiopia by Mamo Feyissa Senbeta, Teferi Gedif Fenta, Kaleab Asres, Tsige Gebremariam

“…Interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim, inductively coded, and thematically analyzed using MAXQDA 2020. …”
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Transcriptomic Analysis of Biofilm Formation Inhibition by PDIA Iminosugar in <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> by Anna Tomusiak-Plebanek, Łucja Kozień, Estelle Gallienne, Maciej Florczyk, Sławomir Ciesielski, Piotr Heczko, Magdalena Strus

“…The ranking of the most significant down-regulated genes after 24 h exposure to PDIA shows that they predominantly coded for both the synthesis and lysis of the peptidoglycan. …”
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