Health Workforce related challenges for Emergency Obstetric Care at peripheral health facilities: Providers’ Perspective by Sarika Dakhode, Abhay Gaidhane, Pramita Muntode, Sonali Choudhari, Quazi Syed Zahiruddin, Ajay Dawale

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Automated Recipe Generation AI Tool from Food Images using Machine Learning. Approach for Ingredient Extraction and Cooking Instructions by Lwamaza, Eddy, Nuwasiima, Happy

“…This chapter describes the data collection approaches, tools, and techniques employed in system design and development. …”
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Machine learning derived retinal pigment score from ophthalmic imaging shows ethnicity is not biology by Anand E. Rajesh, Abraham Olvera-Barrios, Alasdair N. Warwick, Yue Wu, Kelsey V. Stuart, Mahantesh I. Biradar, Chuin Ying Ung, Anthony P. Khawaja, Robert Luben, Paul J. Foster, Charles R. Cleland, William U. Makupa, Alastair K. Denniston, Matthew J. Burton, Andrew Bastawrous, Pearse A. Keane, Mark A. Chia, Angus W. Turner, Cecilia S. Lee, Adnan Tufail, Aaron Y. Lee, Catherine Egan, UK Biobank Eye and Vision Consortium

“…RPS was validated using two large epidemiological studies with demographic and genetic data (UK Biobank and EPIC-Norfolk Study) and reproduced in a Tanzanian, an Australian, and a Chinese dataset. …”
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Digital augmentation of aftercare for patients with anorexia nervosa: the TRIANGLE RCT and economic evaluation by Janet Treasure, Katie Rowlands, Valentina Cardi, Suman Ambwani, David McDaid, Jodie Lord, Danielle Clark Bryan, Pamela Macdonald, Eva Bonin, Ulrike Schmidt, Jon Arcelus, Amy Harrison, Sabine Landau

“…As there were considerable missing values in outcome variables and non-adherence with ECHOMANTRA predicted later dropout from data collection, multiple imputation (MI) was used to adjust for missing data biases. …”
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Geographic disparities in perioperative and mid-term outcomes after elective infrarenal endovascular aneurysm repair by Lisa Vi, MD, Rashi Gupta, MSc, Naomi Eisenberg, PT, MEd, Miranda Witheford, MD, PhD, FRCSC

“…Rural patients demonstrated higher postoperative imaging rates, but were more likely to be lost to follow-up. Aggregate data revealed a survival advantage for urban patients at 12 months postoperatively. …”
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Incidence, causes and prognostic outcomes of acute coma: a nationwide population-based retrospective cohort study in Taiwan by Chih-Ching Liu, Chih-Yuan Lin, Yue-Chune Lee, Jen-Feng Liang, Mingche Tsai, Meng-Ling Chang

“…After excluding visits with only acute coma diagnosis codes lacking detailed information, individuals without socio-demographic data or those with prior nursing home residence or disability, a total of 205 747 first-ever acute coma cases constituted the final research cohort.Primary and secondary outcome measures The primary outcomes included the acute coma event rate, incidence rates stratified by age and underlying causes categorised into 23 clinical groups by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Clinical Classification Software (CCS). …”
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Integrated Psychosocial Care in Intensive Care (IPS-Pilot): Protocol for the Systematic, Multimethod Development of a Complex Intervention (Phase A) by Sophie Felicitas Nickel, Simone Korger, Wencke Schindler, Heike Heytens, Gironimo Krieg, Karl-Philipp Drewitz, Katrin Schürmann, Leon Schössow, Julianna Gehrig, Marius Binneböse, Christian Hirning, Klaus Hönig, Rolf Konstantin Niessen, Julia Kirschbaum, Laurence Erdur, Sophie Peter, Florian Junne, Matthias Rose, Christian Apfelbacher, Harald Gündel

“…These methods included (1) a scoping umbrella review conducted by 2 researchers, who independently screened and selected reviews and meta-analyses in the field of needs and demands in the ICU setting, following the Levac framework; (2) web-based and face-to-face interviews and focus group discussions, which were coded independently by 2 researchers and analyzed using qualitative content analysis; the identified categories and codes were then quantified by (3) an online survey conducted with former ICU patients, their relatives, HCPs working in ICUs, and members of the general population. …”
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THE ROLE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF COSTEN’S SYNDROME IN DYSFUNCTIONAL CONDITIONS OF THE TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINTS by V.F. Makeev, U.D. Telishevska, O.D. Telishevska, M.Yu. Mykhailevych

“…Finally, in the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10), pain dysfunction of the temporomandibular joint has taken its place under the code K0760 with the additional name "Costen's syndrome", which is given in parentheses under the same code. …”
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Population risk predictors of major adverse kidney events attributed to focal segmental glomerulosclerosis from the CURE-CKD registry by Susanne B. Nicholas, Lindsey M. Kornowske, Cami R. Jones, Kenn B. Daratha, Radica Z. Alicic, Christina L. Reynolds, Joshua J. Neumiller, Mark E. Bensink, Wu Gong, Keith C. Norris, Katherine R. Tuttle

“…The study aim was to evaluate population-level predictors of MAKE attributed to FSGS from health system data. Methods The study population was derived from electronic health records from Providence and University of California Los Angeles Health Systems. …”
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Modern approach to automation of internal control of quality and safety of medical care by S. Y. Morozov, M. A. Morozova, L. E. Morozova

“…This is complicated by the fact that the codes of medical services in the UMIAS system differ from the codes featured in the approved medical service nomenclature, whereas expert criteria undergo frequent updates.Conclusion. …”
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ICRF-specific W sources: Advances in minimization in ASDEX Upgrade and near-field based extrapolations to ITER with W-wall by V. Bobkov, R. Bilato, F. Calarco, L. Colas, R. Dux, G. Grenfell, W. Helou, D. Milanesio, R. Ochoukov, F. Paulus, Th. Pütterich, G. Urbanczyk, M. Usoltseva

“…Experimental data from the 2022 ASDEX Upgrade (AUG) helium (He) campaign reveals that a lower tungsten (W) content can be achieved during operation of the 3-strap antennas with the W-coated limiters. …”
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Increased exacerbations and hospitalizations among PI*MZ compared to PI*MM individuals: an electronic health record analysis by Vickram Tejwani, Yifan Wang, Lauren Munoz Tremblay, Elizabeth Azzato, Arianne K. Baldomero, Christine Wendt, Amy Attaway, Russell Bowler, Umur Hatipoglu, Rebecca Hutton, Charlie Strange, Xiaofeng Wang, Victor E. Ortega, Joe Zein, James K. Stoller

“…Study design and methods Cleveland electronic health record data was examined to compare healthcare utilization between PI*MZ and PI*MM individuals. …”
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Experiences and perceptions of Chinese patients enrolled in a clinical trial assessing tuina and manual therapies for knee osteoarthritis: a nested qualitative study by Luping Liu, Lingyun Zhang, Sina Li, Meiling Cai, Siyu Han, Zhiwen Weng, Qianji Chen, Yixuan Gao, Xiaoming Yang, Yang Zhang, Duoduo Li, Changxin Liu, Ya’nan Sun, Xiyou Wang, Changhe Yu

“…The interviews were conducted by two researchers who have extensive experience interviewing KOA patients, and data were gathered through face-to-face, semi-structured interviews to ensure a high level of information power. …”
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Multi-task aquatic toxicity prediction model based on multi-level features fusion by Xin Yang, Jianqiang Sun, Bingyu Jin, Yuer Lu, Jinyan Cheng, Jiaju Jiang, Qi Zhao, Jianwei Shuai

“…Compared with traditional experimental methods, deep learning methods have higher accuracy in predicting aquatic toxicity, faster data processing speed and better generalization ability. …”
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Multimorbidity frailty index and clinical outcomes among 42,989 older heart failure patients directly discharged from emergency departments: A nationwide retrospective cohort study by Wan-Ju Liao, Hsi-Yu Lai, Liang-Yi Lin, Cheng-Hsueh Wu, Fei-Yuan Hsiao, Liang-Kung Chen

“…Methods and results: This retrospective cohort study used data from Taiwan's National Health Insurance (NHI) database, identifying older adults (≥65 years) discharged from the ED due to HF between 2017 and 2021. …”
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Exploring the levels of variation, inequality and use of physical activity intervention referrals in England primary care from 2017–2020: a retrospective cohort study by Uy Hoang, Harshana Liyanage, Simon de Lusignan, John Williams, Filipa Ferreira, Ivelina Yonova, Julian Sherlock, Anant Jani, Dylan McGagh, Cecilia Okusi

“…We also explore variation and inequalities in referrals to these interventions in England across the study period.Design Retrospective cohort study.Setting England primary care via the Royal College of General Practitioners Research Surveillance Centre.Participants The Royal College of General Practitioners Research Surveillance Centre, a sentinel network across England covering a population of over 15 000 000 registered patients, was used for data analyses covering the 2017–2020 financial years and including patients with long-term conditions indicating CVD risk factors.Outcome measures An existing ontology of primary care codes was used to capture physical activity interventions and a new ontology was designed to cover long-term conditions indicating CVD risk factors. …”
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Spiritual care competence and associated factors among nurses: a multi-center cross-sectional study by Yalemwork Getahun Azanaw, Ashenafi Worku Woretaw, Tiruye Azene, Desalegn Getachew Ayele, Tsehayu Melak Siyoum, Tizita Gebeyehu, Kalkidan Bazezew, Kassye Ahmed Zeleke, Esayas Alemsht, Sintayehu Simie Tsega, Melkamu Tilahun Dessie, Ashenafi Fekad Getahun, Astewil Moges Bazezew

“…A self-administered questionnaire was undertaken to gather the data. Epi Info 7.2.1 was used to code the datasets, and SPSS version 25 was used for analysis. …”
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Virtual Health Research Capacity Strengthening in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Integrative Review by Chelsea M. McGuire, Nikolina Boskovic, Bolatito Betty Fatusin, Pius Ameh, Taylor Reed, Priyanka Jethwani, David Flynn, Jo Cooke, Robert Saper

“…We analyzed virtual tool usage via content analysis. Using NVivo, we coded until theoretical saturation and analyzed data using the constant comparison method. …”
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Cue: A Fast and Flexible Photoionization Emulator for Modeling Nebular Emission Powered by Almost Any Ionizing Source by Yijia Li, Joel Leja, Benjamin D. Johnson, Sandro Tacchella, Rebecca Davies, Sirio Belli, Minjung Park, Razieh Emami

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Genomic Insights into Colistin and Tigecycline Resistance in ESBL-Producing <i>Escherichia coli</i> and <i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i> Harboring <i>bla</i>_KPC Genes in Ecu... by David Ortega-Paredes, Felipe Del Canto, Rafael Rios, Lorena Diaz, Jinnethe Reyes, Cesar A. Arias, Jeannete Zurita

“…In <i>K pneumoniae</i>, sequence data and phenotypic analysis linked a nonsense amino acid substitution coded in the <i>mgrB</i> (K3*) gene and missense amino acid substitutions coded in the <i>marA</i>, <i>acr</i>A, <i>arnB</i>, <i>eptA</i>, <i>pmrB</i>, <i>pmrJ</i>, and <i>phoQ</i> genes to colistin resistance. …”
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