Influence of socioeconomic status on postoperative outcomes in acute type A aortic dissection repairCentral MessagePerspective by Benjamin Hambright, BS, Lamario Williams, MD, PhD, Rongbing Xie, DrPH, MPH, Sasha A. Still, MD

“…Patients were categorized into an at-risk group (DCI score ≥75) and a not-at-risk group (DCI score <75) based on their zip code. We collected demographic, clinical, operative, and postoperative outcomes, analyzing data using descriptive statistics and multivariable logistic regression. …”
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Resilience for activity engagement among frail older adults: moderated mediation effect of social support by Eunna Oh, Nayoung Kim, Lkhagvajav Gansukh, Rhayun Song

“…Age (treated as a continuous variable) and sex (dummy-coded, with male as the reference group) were included as covariates due to their previously established associations with daily activity engagement. …”
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Years of Life Lost due to Premature Mortality in Russia, 1990-2021 by Anastasiya I. Pyankova, Timur A. Fattakhov, Mikhail B. Denisenko

“…Redistribution of garbage codes of causes of death and correction for polymorbidity were not performed. …”
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Glycogen Storage Disease Type Ia: A Retrospective Claims Analysis of Complications, Resource Utilization, and Cost of Care by Eliza Kruger, Justin Nedzesky, Nina Thomas, Jeffrey D. Dunn, Andrew A. Grimm

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Labor protests of employees of cultural organizations by Petr V. Bizyukov, Taisiya A. Vishnyakova

“…The article presents comparative data on labor protests in three budget sectors: education, healthcare, and culture. …”
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Obstetric mode of delivery and risk of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children: insights from the Quebec pregnancy cohort by Odile Sheehy, Malika Ferroum, Jessica Gorgui, Jin-Ping Zhao, Anick Berard

“…Methods This study aims to investigate the association between different obstetric modes of delivery and the risk of ADHD in children. Using data from the Quebec Pregnancy Cohort, we included all singleton liveborn infants insured by the provincial public drug insurance from 1998 to 2015. …”
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A systematic review of prescription errors in paediatric care by GD Hannibal, NVNN Vithanage, MT Madhushika, TK Sinhabahu, I Kankananarachchi, PLGC Liyanage

“…Two independent reviewers screened citations based on inclusion and exclusion criteria, resolving disagreements through discussion. Data extraction covered study characteristics, prescribing error types, associated factors, and preventive strategies. …”
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Has COVID-19 affected regional mortality from acute coronary artery disease? (comparison of two periods of 2017-2019 and 2020-2022) by I. V. Samorodskaya, M. G. Bubnova, O. A. Akulova

“…To assess the changes of mortality from acute coronary artery disease (CAD) in the Russian regions during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in 2020-2022 in comparison with the prepandemic period (2017-2019).Material and methods. Rosstat data on the average annual population and mortality rate in one-year age groups for 82 regions Russian were used. …”
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Characteristics and treatment patterns in patients with multiple myeloma in Japan: A retrospective cohort analysis. by Shinsuke Iida, Yusuke Yasutomi, Yevgeniy Samyshkin, Yi-Chen Chen, Chi-Chang Chen, Wen Shi Lee, Seok-Won Kim, Catherine McGuiness, Zifan Zhou, Simon McNamara

“…This retrospective study evaluated patient characteristics, treatment patterns, and trends in MM patients using Medical Data Vision, the largest electronic health records database in Japan with anonymous inpatient and outpatient health information.…”
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Behavioral risk assessment of work-related musculoskeletal disorders among workers of petrochemical industries: protocol of a mixed method study by Zohreh Moradi, Sedigheh Sadat Tavafian, Fazlollah Ahmadi, Omran Ahmadi

“…Ethics Status: Ethics code: IR.MODARES.REC.1402.251.…”
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Effects of Aromatherapy Using Lavender Oil on Hemodynamic Indices After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery by Samaneh Ebrahimi Hosein Abadi, Ezzat Paryad, Atefeh Ghanbari Khanghah, Ardalan Pasdaran, Ehsan Kazem Nezhad Leyli, Ali Mohammad Sadeghi Meibodi

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Regression analysis and artificial neural networks for predicting pine species volume in community forests by Wenceslao Santiago-García

“…Destructive sampling provided data from 56 P. patula and 51 P. pseudostrobus trees, covering a wide range of diameters and heights. …”
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Accuracy of Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays (ELISAs) in Detecting Antibodies against Mycobacterium leprae in Leprosy Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Omar Ariel Espinosa, Silvana Margarida Benevides Ferreira, Fabiana Gulin Longhi Palacio, Denise da Costa Boamorte Cortela, Eliane Ignotti

“…The protocol register code for this meta-analysis is PROSPERO 2017: CRD42017055983. …”
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Diseases with oral manifestations among adult asthmatics in Finland: a population-based matched cohort study by Juha Pekkanen, Jussi Karjalainen, Jari Haukka, Anna But, Sanna Toppila-Salmi, Riikka Lemmetyinen, Risto Renkonen

“…Participants without asthma were identified from the Population Register.Main outcomes and measures Oral health-related primary diagnoses were retrieved using codes from the International Classification of Diseases, 10th edition and divided into groups of diseases. …”
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A framework for flood risk zoning and prioritization combining maximum entropy and game theory by Ali Haghizadeh, Reza Fathiganji, Ehsan Sohrabi, Aghdas Lotfi, Leila Ghasemi

“…This approach combines quantitative risk assessment data with competitive strategies and collective decision-making processes, enabling managers and policymakers to adopt optimized, coordinated strategies against natural threats such as floods, based on scientific evidence.…”
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Association of long COVID documentation with clinical outcomes among Veterans with diabetes. by Pandora L Wander, Elliott Lowy, Anna Korpak, Lauren A Beste, Edward J Boyko

“…<h4>Materials & methods</h4>We conducted a retrospective cohort study using US Veterans Health Administration electronic health records data to examine associations of Long COVID documentation (International Statistical Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision code U09.9) with clinical outcomes (number of primary care visits, receipt of new classes of glucose-lowering medications, weight change, hemoglobin A1c, initiation of insulin, initiation of dialysis, hospitalization, and mortality) among U.S. …”
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Migration and health literacy: a qualitative analysis of health literacy among Africans from refugee backgrounds in Australia by Prince Peprah, Jane Lloyd, Lydia Gitau, Mark Harris

“…Audio-recorded, semi-structured interviews were transcribed verbatim and coded into QSR NVivo 12. A constant comparative and thematic analysis method-guided data analysis. …”
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Exploring professionals’ experiences with secure messaging in Dutch outpatient clinics: emerging differences in use frequencies and types across medical specialties by Marjolein A. G. van Offenbeek, Oskar P. Roemeling, Anne Burggraaf

“…In stage two, across seven outpatient clinics, purposively selected to maximize variation, we interviewed 15 professionals and coded these data for use types and professionals’ experiences, followed by a focus group to check the findings. …”
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Professional nurse advocates and restorative clinical supervision: national survey of programme implementation and impact by Liz Lees-Deutsch, Shea Palmer, Amanda Rodrigues Amorim Adegboye, Natasha Bayes, Aiden Chauntry, Emma Wadey, Rosie Kneafsey

“…The questionnaire sections included demographics and 14 questions to understand restorative clinical supervision in practice; respondents’ abilities to fulfil PNA roles and responsibilities; and four open text questions. Demographic data were analysed using descriptive statistics. …”
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Discovering sequential patterns and interrelations among multiple diseases in electronic medical records using cSPADE algorithm by He Ma, Qianxin Huang, Hong Zhang, Hui Song, Bo Zhang, Ying Liu, Lin Zhang

“…Methods Patient identity information, visit dates, and diagnostic data were aggregated from the electronic medical record databases of three large general hospitals. …”
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