Association Between Locoregional Private Equity Investment in Retina Practices and Academic Vitreoretinal Caseload by Franco JJ, Pan WW, Mian SI, Wubben TJ

“…Despite debate regarding the perceived benefits and drawbacks of PE, limited data exists regarding its impact on patients and practices. …”
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Reducing time and computing costs in EC-Earth: an automatic load-balancing approach for coupled Earth system models by S. Palomas, M. C. Acosta, G. Utrera, E. Tourigny

“…In order to capture the interactions between these processes, ESMs utilize coupling libraries, which oversee the synchronization and field exchanges among independent developed codes typically operating in parallel as a multi-program, multiple data (MPMD) application.…”
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Immigrants' and refugees' unmet reproductive health demands in Botswana: Perceptions of public healthcare providers by John O. Oucho, Njoku O. Ama

“…The questionnaires were coded to ensure the anonymity of the respondents. …”
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Prevalence, characteristics and treatment of concomitant injury to liver and spleen with vascular injury after blunt abdominal trauma by Anna Kistner, Zlatan Alagic, Anders Enocson, Seppo K. Koskinen

“…A retrospective, single-center, longitudinal cohort study with nine-year data (2013–2021) of all ≥ 15-year-old patients with severe blunt or penetrating abdominal trauma and an ICD code for liver and/or splenic trauma. …”
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Characteristics of Patients Initiated on Budesonide/Glycopyrronium Bromide/Formoterol Fumarate Single Inhaler Triple Therapy for the Treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Dise... by Deslee G, Fabry-Vendrand C, Salmi E, Poccardi N, Coriat A, Ghout I, Eteve-Pitsaer C, Adderley NJ, Leleu H

“…The characteristics of patients prescribed BUD/GLY/FOR triple therapy and guideline adherence have not been previously described in France.Objective: To describe the characteristics of COPD patients initiated on BUD/GLY/FOR triple therapy, assess adherence to COPD management guidelines, and explore any differences by prescribing physician.Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study using data from The Health Improvement Network (THIN®) France database was conducted. …”
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Atrial fibrillation or flutter in patients undergoing stem cell transplantation, in-hospital and post-discharge outcomes in a large nationwide sample across the United States by Raja Zaghlol, Elena Deych, Nina Manian, Ahmed Altibi, Joshua D. Mitchell

“…There is a paucity of large-scale data on the prevalence of AF and their effect on outcomes following SCT. …”
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Handheld X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometers: A Forensic Application in Cigarette Ashes by Beatriz P. Senra, Helena Ribeiro, Alexandra Guedes

“…The statistical analysis of the data retrieved from the ash inorganic elemental analysis was done using the IBM SPSS Statistics program. …”
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"An app is just available at all times"-the process and outcomes of converting the Georgia Tuberculosis Reference Guide into a mobile application. by Santiago J Arconada Alvarez, Alison T Hoover, Morgan Greenleaf, Susan M Ray, Marcos C Schechter, Henry M Blumberg, Wilbur A Lam

“…Third, the designs were coded into developmental phases and beta tested among users of the current Georgia TB Reference Guide. …”
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Development and Validation of a Prediction Model Using Sella Magnetic Resonance Imaging–Based Radiomics and Clinical Parameters for the Diagnosis of Growth Hormone Deficiency and I... by Kyungchul Song, Taehoon Ko, Hyun Wook Chae, Jun Suk Oh, Ho-Seong Kim, Hyun Joo Shin, Jeong-Ho Kim, Ji-Hoon Na, Chae Jung Park, Beomseok Sohn

“…The clinical parameters included auxological data, insulin-like growth factor-I, and bone age. …”
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Microsurgical and endovascular treatment of large and giant aneurysms of the anterior circulation: A systematic review by Alejandra Mosteiro, Leire Pedrosa, Marta Codes, Luís Reyes, Mariano Werner, Sergio Amaro, Joaquim Enseñat, Ana Rodríguez-Hernández, Marlien Aalbers, Jeroen Boogaarts, Ramon Torné

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Abstract 077: Readmission Rates and Etiologies among Patients with Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: A Nationwide United States Analysis by Ibrahim Laswi, Maryam Arabi, Yousef Al‐Najjar, Soha Dargham, Salman Al Jerdi, Charbel Abi Khalil

“…The primary diagnosis of the readmission was used to identify the etiology of readmission. Data was weighted to allow for representative nationwide estimates. …”
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Patients with Age-related Macular Degeneration Have Increased Susceptibility to Valvular Heart Disease by Natan Lishinsky-Fischer, Itay Chowers, MD, PhD, Yahel Shwartz, MSc, Jaime Levy, MD

“…Among the patients with AMD, 547 had drusen and SDDs, and 398 had drusen only with no SDDs. We also extracted data from all 9220 patients’ electronic medical records, including demographics and previous heart valve procedures based on International Classification of Diseases, ninth revision codes. …”
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The Attractive and Deterring Factors for Medical Students Towards Pathology as a Specialty in Saudi Arabia by Samkari A, Qari TA, Abukhairat Jnr SM, AlQarni G, Assiri R, Boraie SA, Alghamdi KT

“…Data was collected from medical students at different academic levels, including first-year students through interns using an online questionnaire via Google Forms. …”
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Integrating local fine food traceability mapping in Vietnam’s fine dining sector by Minh Thanh Le, Phuong-Anh Thi Dang, Cong Yen Le, Thanh Thao Thi Nguyen

“…The second case study illustrates how ''The Essence of Flavors in Harmony'' incorporates geographical indicators (GI), VietGAP certification, and digital tracking tools, including IoT sensors and QR codes, to ensure a transparent farm-to-table experience. …”
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Fine-scale landscape characteristics, vegetation composition, and snowmelt timing control phenological heterogeneity across low-Arctic tundra landscapes in Western Alaska by Dedi Yang, Wouter Hantson, Daniel J Hayes, Jin Wu, Shawn P Serbin

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Comparison of Knowledge and Practice of Mothers of Children with Febrile Convulsion with or without Recurrence by Maryam Rostami Ghadi, Seyedeh Zahra Shafipoor, Reyhaneh Fadakar, Elham Bidabadi, Ehsan KazemnejadLeili, Somaye Shirkosh

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Operationalizing the principles of patient engagement through a Patient Advisory Council: Lessons and recommendations by Ingrid Nielssen, Maria Santana, Surakshya Pokharel, Kimberly Strain, Veronika Kiryanova, Sandra Zelinsky, Zoha Khawaja, Prachi Khanna, Anni Rychtera, Anshula Ambasta

“…Patient research partners were active members of the PAC and informed the research project design, participant recruitment strategies, data collection and analysis, and will be involved in the implementation and dissemination of results. …”
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A real-world disproportionality analysis of FDA adverse event reporting system (FAERS) events for lecanemab by Linlin Yan, Linhai Zhang, Zucai Xu, Zhong Luo

“…To better understand the AEs related to lecanemab and provide guidance for future clinical use, we analyzed lecanemab-associated AEs using data from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS).MethodsWe extracted all AEs reports from the FAERS database for the period from the first quarter of 2023 to the third quarter of 2024. …”
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Incidence rates of hepatocellular carcinoma based on risk stratification in steatotic liver disease for precision medicine: A real-world longitudinal nationwide study. by Rongtao Lai, Scott Barnett, Xinrong Zhang, Leslie Yeeman Kam, Ramsey Cheung, Qing Xie, Mindie H Nguyen

“…We excluded patients with significant alcohol use and chronic viral hepatitis. We analyzed data from 741,816 patients with SLD (mean age 51.5 ± 12.8 years, 46% male, 14.7% cirrhosis). …”
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Automatic MRI Lymph Node Annotation From CT Labels by Souraja Kundu, Yuji Iwahori, M. K. Bhuyan, Manish Bhatt, Boonserm Kijsirikul, Aili Wang, Akira Ouchi, Yasuhiro Shimizu

“…Moreover, existing cross-modal annotation methods primarily focus on large tumors and require large datasets, making them unsuitable for small lymph nodes with less training data. We address these challenges using cross-modal supervision through image registration. …”
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