Barriers and supports for Indigenous youth and young adults with childhood- onset chronic health conditions transitioning from pediatric to adult healthcare: a qualitative study by Andrew S. Mackie, Mandi Gray, Alyssa Chappell, Kira Dlusskaya, Rick Lightning, Larry Listener, Arrol Crier, Barbara Dumigan-Jackson, Audrey Thomas, Bonny Graham, Randy Littlechild, Joshua Lightning, Azure Johnson, Patricia Rain, Maxine Cutarm, Richard T. Oster

“…Three research assistants coded the transcripts thematically using NVivo. The key findings were presented to the Community Advisory Committee for feedback to validate the interpretation of the qualitative data. …”
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Implementation of a large-scale hypertension program in primary health centres in the Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria: an explanatory, sequential mixed-methods study by Lisa R Hirschhorn, Mark D Huffman, Chisom Obiezu-Umeh, Namratha R Kandula, Oluwabunmi Ogungbe, Dike B Ojji, Erica L Jamro, Ikechukwu A Orji, Abigail S Baldridge, Nanna R Ripiye, Gabriel L Shedul, Blessing Akor, Chika Onwundinjo, Godiya Bwala, Rosemary C B Okoli

“…Eighteen sites were purposively selected based on facility performance, targeting sites in the top and bottom 12% of blood pressure (BP) control at the end of the HTN Program. Qualitative data were coded, and subthemes were generated using directed content analysis.Results Program reach was facilitated by community education, peer influence and decentralisation of hypertension services. …”
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Outcomes in heart failure patients discharged to skilled nursing facilities with delirium by Jacob Lafo, Mriganka Singh, Lan Jiang, Stephen Correia, Caroline Madrigal, Rachel Clements, Wen‐Chih Wu, Sebhat Erqou, James L. Rudolph

“…Pre‐existing dementia was identified based on International Classification of Diseases‐9 codes. Delirium was determined using the Minimum Data Set 3.0 Confusion Assessment Method algorithm. …”
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Burden and risk factors of premature drowning mortality in 204 countries and territories, 1980–2021 by Yunfei Liu, Dongmei Luo, Panliang Zhong, Jiajia Dang, Di Shi, Shan Cai, Ziyue Chen, Mohammad Fayaz, Pugazhenthan Thangaraju, Jun Ma, Zhiyong Zou, Yi Song, Susan M. Sawyer

“…We conducted a systematic analysis of drowning mortality and its associated risk factors. Data on mortality, years of life lost (YLLs), and risk factors related to drowning (ICD–10 codes W65-74) from 204 countries and territories between 1980 and 2021 were obtained from the Global Burden of Disease 2021. …”
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Blast exposure and long-term diagnoses among veterans: a millennium cohort study investigation of high-level blast and low-level blast by Sarah L. Martindale, Sarah L. Martindale, Sarah L. Martindale, Claire A. Kolaja, Claire A. Kolaja, Jennifer N. Belding, Lynne Liu, Rudolph P. Rull, Daniel W. Trone, Jared A. Rowland, Jared A. Rowland, Jared A. Rowland

“…This study assessed the association between high-level blast (HLB) and low-level blast (LLB) exposure during military service using data from the Millennium Cohort Study (MCS) and diagnoses related to traumatic brain injury (TBI) diagnosed in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA).MethodMCS participants were included in the analytic sample if they responded to the 2013 survey, were separated from military service, and utilized VHA care for at least 2 years. …”
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Family-based substance use screening and intervention for adolescents with chronic medical conditions: a study protocol to implement SBIRT-family within school-based health centers by Faith Summersett Williams, Natalie A. Larez, Lauren Mondesir, Kennedy Curtis, Sara Valdivia, Sara Becker, Kenneth Papineau, Aaron Hogue

“…We will develop a codebook based on emerging codes from the transcripts and constructs from HEIF and CFIR. …”
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Deep learning for human locomotion analysis in lower-limb exoskeletons: a comparative study by Omar Coser, Omar Coser, Christian Tamantini, Christian Tamantini, Matteo Tortora, Matteo Tortora, Leonardo Furia, Rosa Sicilia, Loredana Zollo, Paolo Soda, Paolo Soda

“…Particular attention is given to evaluating the performance of IMU-only inputs versus combined IMU+EMG data, with an emphasis on cost-efficiency and sensor minimization. …”
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Impact of ambient temperature, diurnal temperature range on hyperventilation syndrome emergency admission: a time-series analysis in Beijing, China by Xuan Liu, Qi Zhao, Changping Li, Yuming Guo, Xuan Li, Zhuang Cui, Wenyi Zhang, Jianping Wang, Yongming Zhang, Jinhua Zhao, Ying Ni

“…Objectives To assess the association between ambient temperature and diurnal temperature range (DTR) on emergency admissions for hyperventilation syndrome (HVS).Design Distributed lag non-linear model design was used with a lag time to 5 days.Setting Emergency admission data used were from the Beijing Red Cross Emergency Centre (2017–2018).Participants and exposure Cases were those with emergency visits to the Beijing Emergency Center during the period 2017–2018 and who were given the primary outcome indicator defined as HVS according to the International Classification of Diseases, 10th edition code F45.303. …”
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Empirical Color Correction to MIST and PARSEC Isochrones on Gaia BR − RP and G − RP with Benchmark Open Clusters by Fan Wang, Min Fang, Xiaoting Fu, Yang Chen, Lu Li, Xiaoying Pang, Zhongmu Li, Jing Tang, Wenyuan Cui, Haijun Tian, Chao Liu

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NNHMC: An Efficient Stokes Inversion Method Using a Neural Network (NN) Model Combined with the Hamiltonian Monte Carlo (HMC) Algorithm by Chong Xu, JinLiang Wang, Hao Li, ZiYao Hu, XianYong Bai, JiaBen Lin, Hui Liu, ZhenYu Jin, KaiFan Ji

“…The HMC algorithm significantly improves sampling efficiency in high-dimensional parameter spaces and can handle large-scale data sets in batches. The spectropolarimetric observation of an active region obtained by the Hinode/spectropolarimeter (SP) is used to demonstrate the capability of the NNHMC method. …”
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Multi-view fusion network with test time augmentation for cardiac image segmentation and ejection fraction estimation by Waqas Anwaar, Van Manh, Wufeng Xue, Dong Ni

“…This results in suboptimal data utilization, limiting the performance and robustness of automated methods. …”
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Effect of infections, DNA methylation and telomere length on frailty trajectories in hospitalized older patients: the INFRAGEN study protocol by Wenxiang Guo, Leonardo Bencivenga, Bruno Micael Zanforlini, Chiara Curreri, Maria Cristina Ferrara, Benedetta Maisano, Luca Tinelli, Laura Andreea Ceparano, Raffaella Merenda, Chiara Cosma, Lucia Manfron, Nicolò Gentili, Silvia Sturani, Monica Cardi, Alice Campion, Benedetta Berardi, Martina Lombardi, Elisabetta D’Aversa, Francesca Salvatori, Veronica Tisato, Joanne Vanessa Vargas, Grazia Daniela Femminella, Donato Gemmati, Giuseppe Sergi, Giuseppe Bellelli, Paolo Mazzola, Caterina Trevisan, Stefano Volpato, the INFRAGEN working group

“…For each participant, we will record data concerning the multidimensional geriatric assessment and the type and severity of infectious diseases (diagnosed according to ICD-9 codes). …”
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Understanding health inequalities: how does socioeconomic deprivation impact on mortality for interstitial lung disease-related hospital admissions? by Laura White, Jonathan Shaw, Bethan Powell, Nyan May Kyi, Rebecca Huang, Emma Hardy, Dilanka Tilakaratne, Gareth Hughes, Conal Hayton, Trishala Raj, Georges Ng Man Kwong, Amy Gadoud, Timothy Gatheral

“…Materials and Methods: We undertook a multi-centre retrospective observational cohort study of International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-10-coded ILD primary admissions ≥18-years old between 1 January 2017 and 31 December 2019 across six NHS trusts in north-west England. …”
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Subtypes and service utilization among opioid use disorder patients at a community health center: findings from a medically underserved urban area of the Northeastern United States by Orrin D. Ware, Jamey J. Lister, Sarah E. Cooper, Andrew H. Kim, Holly H. Lister, N. Andrew Peterson, Stephen Fioravanti, Kristen Gilmore Powell, Stephanie C. Marcello, Bethany Joseph

“…Methods This study uses secondary data from the electronic medical records of a community health center in a large urban area in the Northeastern United States from 2015 to 2021. …”
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From post-war reconstruction to the twenty-first century – ophthalmic pathology in Freiburg 1945–2015: review of 39,256 surgical specimens from various topographical regions collec... by Mateusz Glegola, Tabea Schulz, Simone Nuessle, Daniel Boehringer, Julia Stifter, Thomas Englbrecht, Thomas Reinhard, Johannes Haedrich, Claudia Auw-Haedrich

“…Samples were grouped by localisation and histopathological diagnoses assigned to various categories. Both were coded and entered into a database together with the year of surgery, patient sex and age at excision. …”
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SOFIA/HAWC+ Far-infrared Polarimetric Large Area CMZ Exploration Survey. V. The Magnetic Field Strength and Morphology in the Sagittarius C Complex by Roy J. Zhao, Mark R. Morris, David T. Chuss, Dylan M. Paré, Jordan A. Guerra, Natalie O. Butterfield, Edward J. Wollack, Kaitlyn Karpovich

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Urban-rural disparities of loss of life expectancy due to lung cancer in China from 2005 to 2020: a nationwide study from China national mortality surveillance system by Xuehua Hu, Zhe Liu, Peng Yin

“…This study aims to explore the urban-rural disparities for years of life expectancy lost due to lung cancer in China from 2005 to 2020. Methods: Data used for estimates of life expectancy were obtained from China National Mortality Surveillance System (NMSS) during 2005-2020. …”
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Stellar Population Properties in the Stellar Streams around SPRC047 by Seppo Laine, David Martínez-Delgado, Kristi A. Webb, Mohammad Akhlaghi, Roberto Baena-Gallé, Sanjaya Paudel, Michael Stein, Denis Erkal

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Racial and socioeconomic disparities in postoperative outcomes following coronary artery bypass grafting: a national inpatient analysis by Abdul Hadi Khan, Bushra Ubaid, Elias Abboud, Anggie Lorena Renteria Chamorro, Daniela Alejandra Renteria Chamorro, Kevin Camilo Mejia Rios, Rodrigo Sandoval Martínez, Peter Collins, Raheel Ahmed

“…Adults aged 18–85 years with a primary diagnosis of IHD who underwent CABG were identified using ICD-10 codes. Data on patient demographics, socioeconomic indicators (household income quartile, insurance type), comorbidities (Charlson Comorbidity Index), and hospital characteristics were collected. …”
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Effect of staining and whitening systems on color stability of computer aided design/computer aided manufacturing lithium disilicate glass ceramic by Nadia S. Al-Angari, Shahad Quwayhis, Nouf Almayouf, Shahad Meaigel, Abdulelah Aldahash, Sarah S. Al-Angari

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