Sensitivity of classification criteria from time of diagnosis in an incident systemic lupus erythematosus cohort: a population-based study from Norway by Øyvind Molberg, Karoline Lerang, Cathrine Brunborg, Helga Sanner, Antonela Botea, Anniken Orre, Nenad Damjanic, Sigrid Reppe Moe, Gro Årthun Wivestad, Heidi Kverneggen Øvreås, Thea Bjerkestrand Bøe, Garen Torhild

“…Those with a confirmed SLE diagnosis by expert clinical assessment were included in the Nor-SLE cohort. Core clinical data were recorded, and the cases were classified according to 2019 EULAR/ACR and 1997 ACR criteria. …”
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Protective effect of serum carotenoids on mortality among metabolic syndrome patients: attenuated by lipid-lowering drugs by Chunxiang Li, Yanlan Liang, Qiuyuan Lu, Yuanxin Lin, Shifeng Wen, Xiaoyu Luo, Shiping Huang, Xue Zhong, ZhangJian Xu, Fei Wang

“…A total of 7 serum carotenoids were evaluated. Death data were sourced from the National Death Index, with causes assessed using ICD-10 codes. …”
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Ambient Air Pollution Exposure and Adverse Outcomes Among Medicare Beneficiaries With Heart Failure by Amgad Mentias, Milind Y. Desai, Ambarish Pandey, Issam Motairek, Rohit Moudgil, Chonyang Albert, Salil V. Deo, Robert D. Brook, Venu Menon, Sanjay Rajagopalan, Sadeer Al‐Kindi

“…Background Exposure to fine particulate matter (<2.5 um, particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter <2.5 microns [PM2.5]) has been implicated in atherogenesis. Limited data in animal studies suggest that PM2.5 exposure leads to myocardial fibrosis and increased incidence of heart failure (HF). …”
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Communication skills of residents: are they as good as they think? by Namra Qadeer Shaikh, Ali Aahil Noorali, Asma Altaf Hussain Merchant, Noreen Afzal, Maryam Pyar Ali Lakhdir, Komal Abdul Rahim, Syeda Fatima Shariq, Rida Ahmad, Saqib Kamran Bakhshi, Saad Bin Zafar Mahmood, Shayan Shah, Muhammad Rizwan Khan, Muhammad Tariq, Adil H. Haider

“…Purpose To evaluate the current communication skills of resident physicians and identify areas for improvement.Study design Using a cross-sectional design, data from medical students, residents, fellows, and faculty were assimilated at one of the largest academic medical centers in a low-and-middle-income country via a self-administered, validated survey with a 5-point LIKERT scale. …”
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Association between the dietary inflammatory index and infertility: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Yasamin Zahedi, Shayan Bonyanpour, Seyed Danial Alizadeh, Sarah Ravankhah, Alireza Zare, Bahareh Izadi, Shant Apelian, Eghbal Sekhavati, Reza Tabrizi, Reza Tabrizi

“…All observational studies that reported an association between the DII and infertility in human participants were included. Data were extracted on study characteristics, DII scores, and infertility outcomes. …”
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Inter‐ and Intrahospital Price Variation for Common Cardiovascular Admission Diagnoses, Diagnostic Tests, and Therapeutic Procedures by Kriyana P. Reddy, Shreya Mehta, Lauren A. Eberly, Sameed Ahmed M. Khatana, Paula Chatterjee, Alexander C. Fanaroff, Peter W. Groeneveld, Jay Giri, Ashwin S. Nathan

“…Methods and Results Prices were obtained from Turquoise Health, a platform that aggregates hospital prices from publicly available machine‐readable files, for each diagnosis, test, and procedure based on Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) and Medicare Severity Diagnosis Related Group (DRG) codes. Hospital characteristics were identified using Dartmouth Atlas data. …”
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Identifying those at risk: predicting patient factors associated with worse EGS outcomes by Adil H Haider, Maryam Pyar Ali Lakhdir, Zainab Samad, Noreen Afzal, Asma Altaf Hussain Merchant, Komal Abdul Rahim, Namra Qadeer Shaikh, Saad bin Zafar Mahmood, Saqib Kamran Bakhshi, Mushyada Ali

“…Patients were categorized into predefined EGS groups using ICD-9 CM codes. Primary exposure was comorbidity using the Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI). …”
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The risk of myelodysplastic syndrome and acute myeloid leukemia by metformin use and type 2 diabetes status – a Danish nation-wide cohort study by Emelie C. Rotbain, Klaus Rostgaard, Katja Kaastrup, Stine Ulrik Mikkelsen, Henrik Hjalgrim, Kirsten Grønbæk

“…T2D was defined based on hospital diagnosis codes and glucose-lowering drug prescriptions. The study was performed as a cohort study with follow-up from 1 January 2000 to 31 December 2017 using Danish national, population-based register data. …”
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A SAM-adapted weakly-supervised semantic segmentation method constrained by uncertainty and transformation consistency by Yinxia Cao, Xin Huang, Qihao Weng

“…Furthermore, our approach requires only fine-tuning a small number of parameters (0.9 M) using cheap point labels, making it promising for scenarios with limited labeling budgets. The code is available at https://github.com/lauraset/SAM-UTC-WSSS.…”
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Qualitative evaluation of the feasibility of a national whole-school program for reducing school violence and improving school climate in Chile by Verónica López, Claudia Carrasco-Aguilar, Pamela Jervis, Javier Torres-Vallejos, María Teresa Ramírez, Juan Pablo Álvarez González, Amanda Franulic

“…Recommendations for future implementation of the program relate to longer implementation time, incorporating actions to promote mental health, expanding participation in the management of school climate, and greater presence of the ministry.DiscussionWe discuss these findings in relation to the program’s theory of change, suggesting that the program can achieve its goal of improving school staffs’ skills and competencies in managing school climate and reducing school violence, especially through the strategy of school climate networks by means of capacity building, shared reflexive processes, and emphasis on data-driven decision making.…”
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Participant experiences in HIV cure-directed trial with an extended analytical treatment interruption in Philadelphia, United States by Andrea Bilger, Eion Plenn, Frances K. Barg, Katharine A. Rendle, William B. Carter, Andrea Lamour-Harrington, Nora Jones, Beth Peterson, John A. Sauceda, Pablo Tebas, Karam Mounzer, David Metzger, Luis J. Montaner, Karine Dubé

“…We used conventional content analysis to code the data. Results We conducted interviews with 11 Black/African American and three White/Caucasian participants (11 males, two females, and one transgender woman). …”
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Temporal trends and socioeconomic differences in acute respiratory infection hospitalisations in children: an intercountry comparison of birth cohort studies in Western Australia,... by Pia Hardelid, Ruth Gilbert, Christopher C Blyth, Nicholas de Klerk, Parveen Fathima, Hannah C Moore, Ania Zylbersztejn, Maximiliane Verfürden

“…We compared temporal trends and socioeconomic disparities for ARI hospitalisations in young children across Western Australia, England and Scotland.Design Retrospective population-based cohort studies using linked birth, death and hospitalisation data.Setting and participants Population birth cohorts spanning 2000–2012 (Western Australia and Scotland) and 2003–2012 (England).Outcome measures ARI hospitalisations in infants (&lt;12 months) and children (1–4 years) were identified through International Classification of Diseases, 10th edition diagnosis codes. …”
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Proteome-wide Mendelian randomization reveals causal associations between plasma proteins and autoimmune thyroid disease by Yang Li, Weixi Zhu, Yijing Chen, Qingqing Kang, Ying Zhang, Pan Yang, Shumin Wang, Chao Liu, Yi Zhang, Qiu Zhang

“…MR analysis, including summary-data-based Mendelian randomization (SMR), Wald Ratio, and IVW methods, was employed to estimate the causal effects between plasma proteins and AITD. …”
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Trends in kidney function testing in UK primary care since the introduction of the quality and outcomes framework: a retrospective cohort study using CPRD by Jason Oke, Rafael Perera, Christopher O’Callaghan, Jeffrey Aronson, Daniel Lasserson, Clare Taylor, Benjamin Feakins, Emily McFadden, Nathan Hill, Richard Stevens

“…In adjusted analyses, CKD Read codes were associated with up to a twofold increase in the rate of serum creatinine testing, while other chronic conditions and potentially nephrotoxic drugs were associated with up to a sixfold increase. …”
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Association of age at menopause and suicide risk in postmenopausal women: a nationwide cohort study by Daa Un Moon, Daa Un Moon, Daa Un Moon, Hyewon Kim, Jin-Hyung Jung, Kyungdo Han, Hong Jin Jeon, Hong Jin Jeon

“…This study aims to assess the relationship between age at menopause and suicide risk among postmenopausal women.MethodsThis retrospective cohort study analyzed data from the Korean National Health Insurance System (NHIS), covering 1,315,795 postmenopausal women aged 30 years and above, from 2009 to 2021. …”
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A study on sexual violence among women in Northern Ethiopia's 2022 conflict: mixed methods by Atitegeb Abera Kidie, Seteamlak Adane Masresha, Birtukan Gizachew Ayal, Kindie Mekuria, Tsion Kokeb Kodo, Abayneh Tunta Boye, Misganaw Guadie Tiruneh, Fassikaw Kebede Bizuneh, Eneyew Talie Fenta

“…Statistical analysis relied on Stata version 16 and open code version 4.03. Quantitative analysis employed multivariable binary logistic regression, while qualitative data underwent thematic analysis.ResultThe study found a 9.76% prevalence of sexual violence, with 2.4% experiencing rape during the conflict. …”
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Ten-Year Analysis of Mediterranean Coastal Wind Profiles Using Remote Sensing and In Situ Measurements by Claudia Roberta Calidonna, Arijit Dutta, Francesco D’Amico, Luana Malacaria, Salvatore Sinopoli, Giorgia De Benedetto, Daniel Gullì, Ivano Ammoscato, Mariafrancesca De Pino, Teresa Lo Feudo

“…A case study integrating Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite images and in situ observations demonstrates the importance of multi-sensor approaches in capturing wind dynamics and validating model simulations. Data analyses demonstrate the occurrence of extreme events during the winter and spring seasons, linked to synoptic flows; fall seasons have variable patterns, while during the summer, low-speed winds and breeze regimes tend to prevail. …”
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The Role of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection in the Hospitalization and Mortality of Adults with Congestive Heart Failure in Spain, 2018–2022 by Rosa María Gómez-García, Rodrigo Jiménez-García, Ana López-de-Andrés, Valentín Hernández-Barrera, Ana Jimenez-Sierra, Natividad Cuadrado-Corrales, José Javier Zamorano-León, David Carabantes-Alarcón, Andrés Bodas-Pinedo, Javier De-Miguel-Díez

“…This study analyzed hospitalizations for HF with RSV infection in Spain from 2018 to 2022 using data from the Spanish Hospital Discharge Database. (2) Methods: We included patients aged ≥40 years with a diagnosis of HF, selecting a matched control group without RSV infection based on the HF diagnostic code position, year of admission, sex, and age. (3) Results: Of 424,413 HF hospitalizations, 0.47% (1988) involved RSV infection. …”
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Accelerating Giant-impact Simulations with Machine Learning by Caleb Lammers, Miles Cranmer, Sam Hadden, Shirley Ho, Norman Murray, Daniel Tamayo

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Formation of H+ PUI Tails Downstream of Distant Interplanetary Shocks by E. J. Zirnstein, D. J. McComas, B. L. Shrestha, H. A. Elliott, P. C. Brandt, S. A. Stern, A. R. Poppe, J. Parker, E. Provornikova, K. Singer, A. Verbiscer, New Horizons Heliophysics Team

“…In this study, we use a test particle code to simulate the downstream SWI and PUI distributions to study the possible existence and formation of PUI tails, using the shock compression ratio, shock thickness, and turbulence as free parameters. …”
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