The effect of prenatal balanced energy and protein supplementation on gestational weight gain: An individual participant data meta-analysis in low- and middle-income countries. by Dongqing Wang, Uttara Partap, Enju Liu, Janaína Calu Costa, Ilana R Cliffer, Molin Wang, Sudeer Kumar Nookala, Vishak Subramoney, Brittany Briggs, Imran Ahmed, Alemayehu Argaw, Shabina Ariff, Nita Bhandari, Ranadip Chowdhury, Daniel Erchick, Armando García-Guerra, Masoumah Ghaffarpour, Giles Hanley-Cook, Lieven Huybregts, Fyezah Jehan, Fatemeh Kaseb, Nancy F Krebs, Carl Lachat, Tsering Pema Lama, Dharma S Manandhar, Elizabeth M McClure, Sophie E Moore, Ameer Muhammad, Lynnette M Neufeld, Andrew M Prentice, Amado D Quezada-Sánchez, Dominique Roberfroid, Naomi M Saville, Yasir Shafiq, Bhim P Shrestha, Bakary Sonko, Sajid Soofi, Sunita Taneja, James M Tielsch, Laéticia Céline Toe, Naser Valaei, Wafaie W Fawzi

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Prevalence and determinants of Musculoskeletal Disorders among quarry workers in The Gambia: a cross-sectional study by Ebrima Touray, Lamin Sambou, Balla Jammeh, Sambou L S Kinteh, Bakary Kinteh, Amadou Barrow

“…Results The study revealed a high MSD prevalence of 93% among quarry workers, with the most affected body parts being the lower back (90.3%), shoulders (68.1%), and upper back (61.3%). …”
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Classification of Periodic Variable Stars from TESS by Xinyi Gao, Xiaodian Chen, Shu Wang, Jifeng Liu

“…The purity of eclipsing binaries and pulsation variable stars ranges from 94.2% to 99.4% when compared to the variable star catalogs of Gaia Data Release 3 and Zwicky Transient Facility Data Release 2. …”
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Prevalence, intensity, and associated factors of intestinal schistosomiasis among primary school children in Nono District, Southwest Ethiopia by Bayisa Tolera, Jemal Mohammed, Ukash Umer, Junedin Abamecha, Fikru Tebeje, Akewok Sime, Fitsum Weldegebreal, Fitsum Weldegebreal

“…Of those infected participants, 49.3% had light infection intensity. Children who had no habit of wearing shoes (AOR = 3.27, 95%CI: 2.04, 8.47), wear shoes sometimes (AOR = 1.87, 95%CI: 1.22, 7.31), had open defecation practice at school (AOR = 1.21, 95%CI: 1.02, 3.58), from families who used river (AOR = 5.47, 95%CI: 2.53, 9.76) and spring water (AOR = 1.28, 95%CI: 1.01, 3.88) for drinking, from families who had no latrine at home (AOR = 8.14, 95%CI: 4.03,10.94), who had bathing habit in open water source once per day (AOR = 5.29, 95%CI: 3.01, 11.49), twice per week (AOR = 3.42, 95%CI:1.98, 7.92), and once per week (AOR = 2.56, 95%CI: 1.07, 5.96), and who did not know the possible modes of transmission (AOR = 1.15, 95%CI: 1.04, 3.27) were significantly associated with intestinal schistosomiasis.ConclusionThe prevalence of S. mansoni infection in this study was medium according to the WHO (2022) classification. …”
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Prevalence and determinants of incomplete or not at all vaccination among children aged 12–36 months in Dabat and Gondar districts, northwest of Ethiopia: findings from the primary... by Tadesse Awoke Ayele, Kassahun Alemu, Haileab Fekadu Wolde, Destaw Fetene Teshome, Asmamaw Atnafu, Gashaw Andargie, Mezgebu Yitayal, Getu Debalkie Demissie, Endalkachew Dellie, Telake Azale, Bisrat Misganaw Geremew, Adane Kebede, Tsegaye Gebremedhin, Terefe Derso

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A Dynamic Adaptive Ensemble Learning Framework for Noninvasive Mild Cognitive Impairment Detection: Development and Validation Study by Aoyu Li, Jingwen Li, Yishan Hu, Yan Geng, Yan Qiang, Juanjuan Zhao

“…In addition, 226 older adults were recruited from 3 external centers to form an external test dataset. …”
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Prognostic model of the probability of successful extubation in the operating room after simultaneous kidney and pancreas transplantation by M. Sh. Khubutiya, M. V. Lebedev, N. K. Kuznetsova, A. M. Talyzin, A. G. Balkarov, N. S. Zhuravel, S. V. Zhuravel

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Nivel de actividad física, consumo habitual de tabaco y alcohol, y su relación con la calidad de vida en adolescentes españoles (Physical activity level, tobacco and alcohol habit... by Eliseo Garcia Canto, Andres Rosa Guillamon, Laura Nieto López

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Epidemiological characteristics of dementia and its correlation with multimorbidity among people aged 65 and above by Sijing Zhou, Bangan Luo, Hui Cao, Xi Zhang, Dongxin Wang

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Hydrocortisone, vitamin C, and thiamine may not improve the outcome of patients with sepsis or septic shock: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Zhuangli Li, Xiaoli Zhang, Yongliang Wu, Chao Xie, Chengjiang Liu, Xiuyu He, Zehua Wu, Guofang Hua, Yuedong Li

“…Risk ratio (RR) was generated using Review Manager 5.3 to evaluate binary variants, whereas mean ± standard deviation (MD) was generated to assess continuous variants. …”
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Seroprevalence and risk factors of brucellosis in pastoralists and their livestock in Central Equatoria State, South Sudan. by Emmanuel P Lita, Erneo B Ochi, Gerald Misinzo, Henriette van Heerden, Robab Katani, Jacques Godfroid, Coletha Mathew

“…Cattle over two years old had higher odds of Brucella seropositivity than young animals (OR: 3.5, 95% CI: 1.2-10.3-, p: 0.025). Cows with a history of abortion had higher odds of Brucella seropositivity (OR: 2.8, 95% CI: 1.6-4.7, p = 0.001).…”
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Delaying induction of ovulation and timed artificial insemination in a Double-Ovsynch protocol increased expression of estrus and altered first-service reproductive outcomes of lac... by A.L. Laplacette, C. Rial, E. Sitko, M.M. Perez, S. Tompkins, M.L. Stangaferro, M.J. Thomas, J.O. Giordano

“…ABSTRACT: The objective of this randomized controlled experiment was to evaluate the effect of delaying induction of ovulation and timed artificial insemination (TAI) on expression of estrus before AI and first-service reproductive outcomes. …”
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Impact of short-term aircraft noise on cardiovascular disease risk in the area surrounding London Heathrow airport: the RISTANCO epidemiological study by Xiangpu Gong, Nicole Itzkowitz, Calvin Jephcote, Kathryn Adams, Glory O Atilola, John Gulliver, Marta Blangiardo, Anna Hansell

“…The morning shoulder period also had the third highest number of noisy events (flights) > 60 dB per day, with three events across postcodes on average. However, the highest number of noisy events occurred in daytime (highest between 07.00 and 15.00 hours, second highest 15.00 and 19.00 hours). …”
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Evaluation of parenting interventions for those with additional health and social care needs during pregnancy: THRIVE a multi-arm RCT with embedded economic and process components by Marion Henderson, Anja Wittkowski, Katie Buston, Karen Crawford, Alice MacLachlan, Alex McConnachie, Emma McIntosh, Claudia-Martina Messow, Catherine Nixon, Rosaleen O’Brien, Shona Shinwell, Daniel Wight, Yiqiao Xin, Rachel Calam, Ruth Dundas, James Law, Helen Minnis, Lucy Thompson, Philip Wilson

“…The women who agreed to take part were randomly selected into 1 of 3 groupings. Group 1 received Enhanced Triple P for Baby plus care-as-usual, Group 2 received Mellow Bumps plus care-as-usual and Group 3 continued with care-as-usual only. …”
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Variation within and between digital pathology and light microscopy for the diagnosis of histopathology slides: blinded crossover comparison study by David RJ Snead, Ayesha S Azam, Jenny Thirlwall, Peter Kimani, Louise Hiller, Adam Bickers, Clinton Boyd, David Boyle, David Clark, Ian Ellis, Kishore Gopalakrishnan, Mohammad Ilyas, Paul Kelly, Maurice Loughrey, Desley Neil, Emad Rakha, Ian SD Roberts, Shatrughan Sah, Maria Soares, YeeWah Tsang, Manuel Salto-Tellez, Helen Higgins, Donna Howe, Abigail Takyi, Yan Chen, Agnieszka Ignatowicz, Jason Madan, Henry Nwankwo, George Partridge, Janet Dunn

“…Due to smaller sample size, for renal, the margin of error was 3.1%. Statistical analysis An intra-pathologist agreement was estimated by computing percentage LM versus DP CMC using a random-effects (RE) logistic regression model with crossed RE terms for pathologist and case. …”
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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

“…We used the multivariate imputation via chained equations algorithm with 100 imputations. We carried out three sensitivity analyses for the primary outcome to investigate the impact of the changes on our findings: (1) estimating causal effect of ECHOMANTRA receipt rather than of offer, (2) excluding three patients who did not meet eligibility criteria of BMI < 18.5, (3) excluding patients recruited after pandemic start (after 11 March 2020). …”
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Demographic Linkages between Rural and Urban Areas and Its Impact on Creating Social Capital (Case study: Damavand, Firouzkoh, Shemiranat) by Nasrin Kazemi, Mohammad Salmani, Seyed Ali Badri, Sharif Motavaf

“…Then, according to Cochran formula, 377 questionnaires were responded randomly. The samples of this study were selected radomly from 7 districts and 26 villages located in Damavand, Firuzkoh, and Shemiranat. …”
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Establishing the best step-up treatments for children with uncontrolled asthma despite inhaled corticosteroids: the EINSTEIN systematic review, network meta-analysis and cost-effec... by Sofia Cividini, Ian Sinha, Giovanna Culeddu, Sarah Donegan, Michelle Maden, Katie Rose, Olivia Fulton, Dyfrig Hughes, Stephen Turner, Catrin Tudur Smith

“…Slightly fewer patients reported neurological disorders (graded as mild or moderate) on ICS + LABA [one patient (4.3%)] compared to ICS + LTRA [seven patients (33.3%)] in one study [OR, 95% CI: 0.09 (0.01 to 0.82)], and a greater number of patients reported neurological disorders for ICS Medium compared to placebo in three studies [OR, 95% CI: 4.8 (1.12 to 20.60)]. …”
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Human immunodeficiency virus prevention and testing strategies among men who have sex with men in the UK: the PANTHEON research programme including the SELPHI RCT by Janey Sewell, T Charles Witzel, David Dunn, Fiona Lampe, Fiona Burns, Peter Weatherburn, Sheena McCormack, Leanne McCabe, Alec Miners, Valentina Cambiano, Roger Pebody, Roy Trevelion, Nadia Hanum, Andrew Phillips, Alison Rodger

“…The primary outcome for randomisation A was a confirmed new HIV diagnosis within 3 months of randomisation (detection of prevalent infections, binary outcome). …”
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Clinical and cost-effectiveness of lithium versus quetiapine augmentation for treatment-resistant depression in adults: LQD a pragmatic randomised controlled trial by Jess Kerr-Gaffney, Zohra Zenasni, Kimberley Goldsmith, Nahel Yaziji, Huajie Jin, Alessandro Colasanti, John Geddes, David Kessler, R Hamish McAllister-Williams, Allan H Young, Alvaro Barrera, Lindsey Marwood, Rachael W Taylor, Helena Tee, Anthony J Cleare

“…Sensitivity analyses were performed on the two primary outcomes; effects were re-estimated for: (1) participants who had a therapeutic treatment trial of the trial medication, (2) participants who reported themselves adherent to the trial medication, defined as 80% or greater adherence on the MARS-5 during the time they were taking the medication, (3) participants who were both prescribed and reported initiating treatment, (4) scenarios evaluating the effect of departures from the missing at random (MAR) assumption, and (5) subsets defined as being before and after the COVID-19 pandemic started. …”
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