Effectiveness of Frequent Point-of-Care Molecular COVID-19 Surveillance in a Rural Workplace: Nonrandomized Controlled Clinical Trial Among Miners by Akshay Sood, William “Cotton” Jarrell, Xin W Shore, Nestor Sosa, Alisha Parada, Nicholas Edwardson, Alexandra V Yingling, Teah Amirkabirian, Qiuying Cheng, Ivy Hurwitz, Linda S Cook, Shuguang Leng, Orrin B Myers, Douglas J Perkins

“…Investigators performed point-of-care rapid antigen testing on midnasal swabs (NSs) self-collected by intervention miners. Our first outcome was the intervention acceptance rate in the intervention cohort. …”
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Temporal trends, associated risk factors and longitudinal cardiovascular outcomes of body roundness among middle-aged and older Chinese adults: from the China Health and Retirement... by Ying-Yuan Gan, Yun-Dan Luo, Lu Zhai, Rong-Rui Huo, Xia Dai, Qian Liao

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Efficacy and Safety of Allisartan Isoproxil/Amlodipine in Patients With Essential Hypertension Uncontrolled by Amlodipine: A Phase III, Multicenter, Double‐Blind, Parallel‐Group, R... by Hongjie Chi, Xin Zhang, Shumei Ma, Gang Pan, Xiaojuan Lian, Yan Chen, Haotian Pei, Zichen Liu, Xiangmin Lin

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Comparing the Institution-based Supervision and Tele-based Supervision for Task-oriented Exercises on Upper Limb Motor Performance and Functional Ability among Stroke Patients: A R... by Neha, Subhasish Chatterjee

“…Repeated measures of Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) or the Friedman test will be chosen based on normality to find differences within the groups at baseline, the 4th week, and the 8th week (completion). …”
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Risk prediction modeling for cardiorenal clinical outcomes in patients with non-diabetic CKD using US nationwide real-world data by Christoph Wanner, Johannes Schuchhardt, Chris Bauer, Meike Brinker, Frank Kleinjung, Tatsiana Vaitsiakhovich

“…Three outcomes were investigated: composite outcome of kidney failure/need for dialysis, hospitalization for heart failure, and worsening of CKD from baseline. Multivariable time-to-first-event risk prediction models were developed for each outcome using swarm intelligence methods. …”
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Population Pharmacokinetics of Pegcetacoplan in Patients with Geographic Atrophy or Neovascular Age-related Macular Degeneration by Ryan L. Crass, PharmD, Komal Prem, MD, Francois Gauderault, PhD, Ramiro Ribeiro, MD, PhD, Caroline R. Baumal, MD, Brandon Smith, PhD, Daniel Epling, PhD, Sunny Chapel, PhD

“…Drug accumulation from first dose to steady state was predicted to be minimal in serum (mean accumulation ratio = 1.50 with monthly dosing, 1.10 with every-other-month dosing) and vitreous humor (mean accumulation ratio = 1.30 with monthly dosing, 1.10 with every-other-month dosing). …”
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evoke and evoke+: design of two large-scale, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 studies evaluating efficacy, safety, and tolerability of semaglutide in early-stage symptomat... by Jeffrey L. Cummings, Alireza Atri, Howard H. Feldman, Oskar Hansson, Mary Sano, Filip K. Knop, Peter Johannsen, Teresa León, Philip Scheltens

“…The primary endpoint is the semaglutide–placebo difference on change from baseline to week 104 in the Clinical Dementia Rating – Sum of Boxes score. …”
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Identification and validation of respiratory subphenotypes in patients with COVID-19 acute respiratory distress syndrome undergoing prone position by Mônica R. da Cruz, Pedro Azambuja, Kátia S. C. Torres, Fernanda Lima-Setta, André M. Japiassú, Denise M. Medeiros

“…Subphenotype B had a higher proportion of females (p < 0.001) and lung disease (p = 0.005), higher baseline SAPS III (p = 0.002) and SOFA (p < 0.001) scores, and lower body mass index (p = 0.05). …”
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Reduction of pain and functional disability over time in patients treated with zavegepant: a post-hoc analysis of the BHV3500-301 phase 3 randomized controlled trial by Lauren Powell, Fiona O’Sullivan, Pramoda Jayasinghe, Basia Rogula, Feng Dai, Jessica Cirillo, Samantha Sweeney, Lucy Abraham, Jessica Ailani

“…Abstract Background Migraine is a disabling disorder that impacts 40 million people in the US. Zavegepant is the first calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) receptor antagonist nasal-spray approved for the acute treatment of migraine with or without aura in adults. …”
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Perfusion index as a predictor of successful PNS-guided supraclavicular block: A prospective study by Monika Gandhi, Khushboo Ranpise, Aseem Sharma, Manish Banjare

“…PI measurements were recorded at baseline, then every two minutes for the first 10 minutes post-block, and every five minutes thereafter until 30 minutes post-block. …”
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The Rapid Effect of Bisphenol-A on Long-Term Potentiation in Hippocampus Involves Estrogen Receptors and ERK Activation by Xiaowei Chen, Yu Wang, Fang Xu, Xiaofei Wei, Junfang Zhang, Chuang Wang, Hua Wei, Shujun Xu, Peiyun Yan, Wenhua Zhou, Istvan Mody, Xiaohong Xu, Qinwen Wang

“…In the present study, for the first time we investigated the effect of different doses of BPA on hippocampal LTP in rat brain slices. …”
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The impact of locus of control on somatic and psychological profiles of patients with irritable bowel syndrome engaging in aerobic exercise by Laura Prospero, Giuseppe Riezzo, Benedetta D’Attoma, Antonia Ignazzi, Antonella Bianco, Isabella Franco, Ritanna Curci, Angelo Campanella, Claudia Beatrice Bagnato, Piero Porcelli, Gianluigi Giannelli, Francesco Russo

“…Trial registration: registration number NCT05453084. First Posted Date 12/07/2022.…”
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Low Incidence of Postoperative Respiratory Depression with Oliceridine Compared to Morphine: A Retrospective Chart Analysis by Sergio Bergese, Richard Berkowitz, Paul Rider, Martin Ladouceur, Suzanne Griffith, Alvaro Segura Vasi, Kristina Cochrane, Linda Wase, Mark A. Demitrack, Ashraf S. Habib

“…Oliceridine, an investigational IV opioid, is a first-in-class G-protein selective agonist at the μ-opioid receptor. …”
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Racial differences in takotsubo cardiomyopathy outcomes in a large nationwide sample by Raja Zaghlol, Amit K. Dey, Sameer Desale, Ana Barac

“…Caucasians were compared with African Americans (AA) for differences in baseline characteristics and in‐hospital outcomes. …”
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A novel early stage drip irrigation system cost estimation model based on management and environmental variables by Masoud Pourgholam-Amiji, Khaled Ahmadaali, Abdolmajid Liaghat

“…A database (a matrix of 515 × 43) was created, and the costs of all projects were updated for the baseline year of 2022. Then, several feature selection algorithms, such as WCC, LCA, GA, PSO, ACO, ICA, LA, HTS, FOA, DSOS, and CUK, were employed to choose the most significant features that had the biggest influence on the system cost. …”
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Predictive value of peripheral blood SNORD55 for prognosis of atrial fibrillation patients by WANG Yu, WANG Yu, WU Na, YANG Lanqing

“…Their baseline information was collected， and the relative expression level of plasma SNORD55 was detected. …”
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Investigation on the effectiveness of a new hoof care product to sustainably reduce and prevent digital dermatitis in dairy cow herds by K. Grimm, A. Fiedler, C. Kröger

“…Results B: Two-step regression analysis for the outcome category at evaluation day (with exclusion of the first baseline evaluation) showed that during the trial, compared with the treatment group, odds of having a lesion rather than none was 4 times higher in the control group and the odds of having an active lesion compared with an inactive one were almost 6 times higher in the control group. …”
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Dynamics of land use land cover change and its effect on urban heat island in Halaba Kulito Town by Begonet Dale, Mihret Dananto, Bisrat Kifle

“…In 2001, 2011, and 2021, the built-up increased by 23.6 %, 31.6 %, and 43.13 %, respectively. Over the first two decades, from 1991 to 2001 and 2001 to 2011, the quantity of land under cultivation increased by 15.7 % and 14.3 %, respectively, but dropped by 59.18 % from 2011 to 2021. …”
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Socioeconomic correlates of mental health in Moldova: A nationally representative door-to-door survey by J.M. van Baar, C. Ciofu, F. Thompson, A.I. Luik, O. Mereanu, J. Kramer, F. Schouten, V. Condrat, L. Voorham, J. Chihai, L. Shields-Zeeman

“…Background and Objectives: The mental health system in Moldova is transitioning toward a community-based model, which requires data on population mental health. This is the first mental health survey among a representative sample of the adult population. …”
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A randomised controlled implementation trial of the feasibility and effectiveness of school staff delivery of a selective substance use and mental health program during the COVID-1... by Lucinda Grummitt, Kirsty Rowlinson, Joanne Cassar, Chloe Conroy, Louise Birrell, Lexine Stapinski, Emma Louise Barrett, Julia Macauley, Maree Teesson, Nicola C. Newton, Erin V. Kelly

“…Students completed surveys at baseline and six months post-intervention; mixed-effects regression examined intervention by time interactions on alcohol use, internalising and externalising problems, at six-month follow-up. …”
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