The impact of economic sanctions on cancer diagnosis and treatment in Iran: a qualitative study by Leila Haghjou, Leila Mounesan, Aziz Shamsi, Maryam Nazari, Najmeh Bahmanziari, Mohammad Shirkhoda, Saeid Amanpour, Alireza Abdollahi, Kazem Zendehdel, Hamideh Rashidian

“…Results A total of 900 codes were identified, categorized into three primary groups—input, process, and output—and further divided into 13 subcategories. …”
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Stakeholders’ perspectives on a digital myopia screening program in children: a qualitative analysis by Casper van der Zee, Janneau L. J. Claessens, Petra T. Rausch-Koster, Saskia M. Imhof, Ruth M. A. van Nispen, Ruth M. A. van Nispen, Robert P. L. Wisse, Robert P. L. Wisse, Hilde P. A. van der Aa, Hilde P. A. van der Aa

“…Interviews were anonymously recorded, transcribed, and coded using thematic analysis. Quantitative data was acquired from a concomitant clinical validation study.ResultsIn total, 14 interviews were conducted, of which seven were with children and their parents, four with eye care professionals, and three with policymakers. …”
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Framing of Oil Spillage and Gas Flaring in Rivers State in Three Selected Nigerian Newspapers by Ata-Awaji Reuben, Nyerhovwo MUOBOGHARE, Bassey IKOT-OSIN, Soibi ORUWARI, Etimbuk OBOT, Emmanuel Omula, Theresa LINUS, Peace OJONTA, Simon SHEYIGARI

“…Methods: The study adopted content analysis as its research design, thus studying 504 editions of the newspapers selected through composite week sampling. The code sheet served as the instrument for data gathering. …”
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A cyanobacterial sigma factor F controls biofilm-promoting genes through intra- and intercellular pathways by Shiran Suban, Sapir Yemini, Anna Shor, Hiba Waldman Ben-Asher, Orly Yaron, Sarit Karako-Lampert, Eleonora Sendersky, Susan S. Golden, Rakefet Schwarz

“…Moreover, additional data demonstrate absence of the biofilm inhibitor from conditioned medium of the sigF1 mutant, further validating involvement of the pilus assembly complex in secretion of the biofilm inhibitor. …”
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Role of large language models in mental health research: an international survey of researchers’ practices and perspectives by John Torous, Zoë McClure, Jake Linardon, Mariel Messer, Cleo Anderson, Claudia Liu, Hannah K. Jarman, Simon B. Goldberg

“…The most common applications were for proofreading written work (69%) and refining or generating code (49%). LLM use was more prevalent among early career researchers. …”
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Preferences for receiving diabetes prevention support and factors influencing healthy eating and physical activity among patients with prediabetes in Chicago, Illinois by Angela Kong, Mary Smart, Yuka Asada, Lourdes Deci Limpoco, Chuxian Tang, Janet Lin, Brian T. Layden

“…Therefore, this study aimed to examine patient preferences for delivery of diabetes prevention support and factors influencing healthful eating and physical activity in this sample of patients. Methods: Data from this qualitative study were collected from January 2023 through May 2023. …”
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Performance-portable Numerical Relativity with AthenaK by Hengrui Zhu, Jacob Fields, Francesco Zappa, David Radice, James M. Stone, Alireza Rashti, William Cook, Sebastiano Bernuzzi, Boris Daszuta

“…We present the numerical relativity module within AthenaK , an open-source performance-portable astrophysics code designed for exascale computing applications. …”
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Investigating the Latency of Lightning-Caused Fires in Boreal Coniferous Forests Using Random Forest Methodology by Wei Li, Lifu Shu, Mingyu Wang, Liqing Si, Weike Li, Jiajun Song, Shangbo Yuan, Yahui Wang, Fengjun Zhao

“…The Fine Fuel Moisture Code (FFMC) and precipitation were identified as the most influential factors. …”
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Investigating precise control pathway for haemostatic clip usage in laparoscopic cholecystectomy based on patient clinical variations: an exploratory retrospective observational st... by Yu Liu, Xiaodong Wang, Wei Du, Ang Li, Ling Yan, Ying Zhao, Xiru Yu, Jiao Su, Wenqi Zeng

“…Objectives To explore a precise control pathway based on patient clinical variations for haemostatic clip usage in laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) through on-site research data from a teaching hospital. Specifically, the study aimed to: (1) to calculate the optimal haemostatic clip consumption in LC based on diagnostic grouping and surgical combinations, and (2) to provide evidence for cost containment of high-value medical consumables used in LC.Design Retrospective observational study.Setting Hospital in southwest China.Participants The inclusion criteria were set as inpatients whose medical records included International Classification of Diseases codes 1–3 with code 51.2300 (corresponding to LC surgery) and who were discharged on medical advice. …”
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Health diagnosis associated with COVID-19 death in the United States: A retrospective cohort study using electronic health records. by Mariam Joseph, Qiwei Li, Sunyoung Shin

“…<h4>Objective</h4>To identify demographic factors and health diagnosis codes that pose a high or a low risk to COVID-19 death from individual health record data sourced from the United States.…”
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Is the diagnosis and treatment of depression gender-biased? Evidence from a population-based aging cohort in Sweden by Amaia Bacigalupe, Unai Martín, Federico Triolo, Linnea Sjöberg, Therese Rydberg Sterner, Serhiy Dekhtyar, Laura Fratiglioni, Amaia Calderón-Larrañaga

“…We compared gender differences in: (a) clinical diagnosis of depression according to the Swedish National Patient Register (ICD-10 codes F32-F34; F412) (“register-based diagnosis”); (b) SNAC-K-based diagnosis of depression, partially gender-blind, using the Comprehensive Psychopathological Rating Scale (CPRS) and the DSM-IV-TR (“SNAC-K based diagnosis); and (c) antidepressant use (ATC code N06A). …”
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Improving follow-up imaging practices for patients with community-acquired pneumonia by Meirian Evans, Aazaz Rehman, Joseph Marchant, Matthew Pavitt, Rachel Buxton-Thomas

“…Therefore, in the context of lower respiratory tract symptoms, a malignancy visible on a chest X-ray may be missed.The British Thoracic Society (BTS) guidelines for the management of CAP in adults (2009) recommend that high-risk patients (aged >50 and current or ex-smokers) with consolidation on a chest X-ray should be followed up with a repeat chest X-ray 6 weeks after their initial presentation to ensure resolution of changes and to exclude an underlying malignancy.3Initial audit data in our local respiratory department showed that 41% of patients were incorrectly not followed up with repeat imaging. …”
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Social needs and hospital readmission in persons living with HIV by Guangjin Zhou, Laura J. Mintz, Nicholas K. Schiltz, James C. Spilsbury, Wyatt P. Bensken, Nosayaba Osazuwa-Peters, Siran M. Koroukian

“…While prior studies have shown higher rates of hospital readmissions among individuals with HRSN, the impact of HRSN on hospital readmissions in persons living with HIV (PLWH) at population level, using ICD10 codes for HRSN in hospital discharge data, has not been fully explored. …”
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A Comparative Analysis of Outcomes Using PROMIS After Operative vs Non-operative Treatment of Achilles Rupture by David J. Ciufo MD, Philomena Burger BS, Mina Botros MD, Zein S. El-Zein MD

“…Methods: Under an IRB-approved protocol, Achilles rupture was identified using ICD 9 and ICD10 codes of 727.67 and S86.0. Patients who underwent Achilles tendon primary repair were identified using CPT code 27650 (Repair, primary open or percutaneous, ruptured Achilles tendon). …”
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Study of the course of recurrent myocardial infarction in the acute stage within the framework the hospital register by S. Yu. Martsevich, A. V. Zagrebelnyy, O. S. Afonina, I. M. Kuzmina, Yu. V. Avdeev, N. A. Muradyan, O. M. Drapkina

“…To study the features of the course of primary and recurrent myocardial infarction and compare their prognosis in the acute stage of the disease within the framework of the hospital register of the vascular center.Material and methods. The data from the acute coronary syndrome register of N. …”
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A cross-sectional study on dentists’ learning preferences for learning about light-curing units and resin-based composites by Afnan O. Al-Zain, Khlood Baghlaf, Omar Abdulwassi, Reem Almukairin, Maram Alanazi, Elaf Alshomrani, Sultan Alftaikhah, Richard B. Price

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Closing the clinical gap: an audit of clinical compliance for early-onset neonatal sepsis management by Sanika Dalvi, Zuzanna Gawlowski

“…Methods: A retrospective audit of 56 neonatal cases of suspected or confirmed EONS over 2 months in 2024 were assessed for compliance with NICE QS75. Data collection focused on intrapartum antibiotics prophylaxis (IAP) administration, neonatal risk assessment, timing of first antibiotic dose, adherence to 36-h antibiotic review and communication with parents. …”
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Hospice and palliative care utilization in 16 004 232 medicare claims: comparing trauma to surgical and medical inpatients by Matthew M Carrick, Samir M Fakhry, Yan Shen, Ransom J Wyse, Jeneva M Garland, Dorraine D Watts, Melissa Red Hoffman

“…Patients with a National Trauma Data Standard-qualifying ICD-10 injury code with abbreviated injury score ≥2 were classified as ‘trauma’; the rest as ‘surgical’ or ‘medical’ using CMS MS-DRG definitions. …”
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The effectiveness of internet-based acceptance and commitment therapy on acceptance of illness, emotion regulation, symptom severity reduction, and symptoms interference with funct... by Sara Mirzaei, Reza Bagherian-Sararoudi, Mohammad Hasan Davazdah Emami, Razieh Izadi, Mohammad Reza Sharbafchi

“…In order to test the hypotheses, the data were analyzed using the analysis of variance with one-way multivariate Repeated measure test. …”
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Disparity in neonatal abstinence syndrome by race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and geography, in neonates ≥ 35 weeks gestational age. by Keith A Dookeran, Marina G Feffer, Kyla M Quigley, Phoebe E Troller, Chariya A Christmon, Janine Y Khan

“…We examined key sociodemographic factors that may influence the national race/ethnicity disparity in the prevalence of NAS among Whites, Blacks and Hispanics. 2016 and 2019 cycles of cross-sectional data from HCUP-KID national all-payer pediatric inpatient-care database were used to estimate NAS prevalence (ICD-10CM code P96.1) in newborns ≥ 35 weeks gestational-age, excluding iatrogenic-cases (ICD-10CM code P96.2). …”
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