Cost Analysis and Clinical Outcomes of Ambulatory Care Monitoring in Medicare Patients: Describing the Diagnostic Odyssey by Renée JG Arnold, Andrew Layton

“…The objective of the current study was to characterize the number of patients and associated costs incurred in the diagnosis, additional monitoring, clinical events and sequelae after an initial Holter monitor in Medicare patients with arrhythmia—the diagnostic odyssey. # Methods We performed a retrospective, longitudinal claims analysis using a 5% random sample of Medicare beneficiaries’ claims from the Fee-for-Service (FFS) Standard Analytic Files. …”
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Clinical and endoscopic assessment of gastric state in systemic lupus erythematosus and antiphospholipid syndrome by I. A. Doroshkevich, S G Radenska-Lopovok, A E Karateev, M Y Krilov, T M Reshetnyk

“…Epigastric pain and GM erosions were more frequent in pts with APS.…”
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Risk factors for anxiety, depression and stress in college students: a cross-sectional study by Maryam Ghajar, ali Asabeygi

“…To determine the sample size of the research, according to the partial least squares method, Barclay's rule. …”
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Activation of T-helper in vitro under the Influence of Yersinia pestis Antigens in People Vaccinated against the Plague by V. A. Kozhevnikov, A. L. Kravtsov, O. M. Kudryavtseva, T. N. Kashtanova, S. A. Bugorkova

“…The goal of the studyAims was to make a comparative assessment of the level helper T-cells activation by CD69 and HLA-DR markers, in people, vaccinated against plague, in an in vitro test, using the disintegrated by ultrasonic Y. pestis cells, grown at temperature 28 °C as a specific stimulator.Materials & Methods. A cytofluorimetric analysis of blood samples of 45 individuals vaccinated against the plague was carried out. …”
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Evaluation of Nulliparous Women Childbirth Anxiety in Baghdad Maternity Hospitals by Fatima Fadel Benyian

“…To find out the association between pregnant women’s anxiety with some demographical and gestational age. Methods: A descriptive design used a non-probability (purposive sample) of (200) nulliparous pregnant women to collect the data through a self-reported questionnaire. …”
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Deprivation and well-being in squalid living: a propensity score matched cross-sectional study of the English Housing Survey by Mike Norton, Stephen Kellett, Vyv Huddy

“…Results People living in squalor reside in significantly more deprived areas but are not significantly less satisfied/happy or significantly more anxious/worthless. …”
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The emotional consequences of negative personalist framing in the 2023 Spanish general election by Ismael Crespo-Martínez, Alberto Mora-Rodríguez, José Miguel Rojo-Martínez

“…In addition, the aim is to determine how these emotional reactions impacted on feelings toward Alberto Núñez Feijóo (PP) and Pedro Sánchez (PSOE).MethodsWe used the dataset of the Third National Survey on Political Polarization in Spain, based on a representative sample of the Spanish population (n = 1,223). …”
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Renal function estimation in critically ill newborns in Erbil. by Hameed Abdul Xafur, Lana Ahmed Mohammed

“…Two thirds 64.5% of the sample were less than seven days old. More than half 58.5% of the sample was males, and 57.5% of the neonates born by Cesarean section. …”
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The bacterial microbiota in first-void urine from men with and without idiopathic urethritis. by Maria Frølund, Arne Wikström, Peter Lidbrink, Waleed Abu Al-Soud, Niels Larsen, Christoffer Bugge Harder, Søren Johannes Sørensen, Jørgen Skov Jensen, Peter Ahrens

“…More than 50% of the OTUs were only found in one or two of the total of 85 samples. …”
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Relationship between time under tension of muscle in resistance training with angiogenesis effective factors in inactive girls by Raziyeh Shiri, Mahsa Abdi, Sadegh Amani Shalamzari

“…Also, the more eccentric component was more associated with more strength in the 2s – 4s training.…”
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Does AI affect job burnout and insecurity differently by gender? A fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) of 26 university faculty cases by Heran Guan, Rossilah Binti Jamil

“…With the development of artificial intelligence technology, university lecturers are experiencing a series of reactions that may occur after changing traditional teaching methods. This study uses 26 Chinese university lecturers as a sample, based on the grounded theory of qualitative research, and uses NVivo 14 and fsQCA 3.0 to explore the differentiated antecedent configuration pathways of job burnout and job insecurity among university lecturers of different genders under the influence of AI. …”
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Gender differences in victims of war torture: Types of torture and psychological consequences by Špirić Željko, Opačić Goran, Jović Vladimir, Samardžić Radomir, Knežević Goran, Mandić-Gajić Gordana, Todorović Milorad

“…The aim of this study was to investigate gender differences in types of torture and psychological consequences in subjects who experienced war torture. Methods. A sample (410 men and 76 women) included clients of 'Centre for rehabilitation of torture victims - IAN, Belgrade' who experienced torture in prisons and concentration camps during civil wars in ex-Yugoslavia 1991-1995 and 1999. …”
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The effect of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease on the level of homocysteinemia and the condition of coronary vessels in patients with myocardial infarction by T. V. Prokofieva, E. A. Lipnitskaya, B. Yu. Kuzmichev, O. S. Polunina, L. P. Voronina, E. A. Polunina

“…Lesions of 3 vessels or more were detected statistically significantly more often in patients with hyperhomocysteinemia with myocardial infarction and concurrent COPD. …”
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Routine Preoperative CT Scanning of Patients with Anorectal Sepsis is not Useful. A Retrospective Cohort Study by Jaro Van Zande, Ward Janssens, Natalie Poortmans, Martijn Schoneveld, Ellen Van Eetvelde, Laura Van Praet, Sarah Violon, David D.E. Zimmerman, Jasper Stijns

“…More drains were placed in the preCTI group (P = .0001), and postoperative antibiotics were administered more often (P = .0008) in this group. …”
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To what extent do we learn from past epidemics: a mobile phone survey of selected villages in Liberia by Elisa Maria Maffioli, Daisey Yu

“…We found that those exposed to Ebola were less likely to have wrong beliefs about the virus and how to cure it; they were also more likely to state that they would go to the health facility for important needs such as birth delivery and child routine vaccination; and, they were more likely to get vaccinated during COVID-19. …”
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Epidemiology of respiratory infections during the different levels of non-pharmaceutical interventions by Ting Shi, Linlin Huang, Jianmei Tian

“…Under strict NPIs, inpatients with ARIs were more commonly boy and infants (p < 0.01). However, after the discontinuation of NPIs, they were more commonly children over 6 years of age (p < 0.01). …”
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Environmental education on the European Green Deal. Implications and promotion of the concept through different channels in Romania by Ionel Bran

“…So, in conclusion, people who already knew what the Green Deal meant showed a more sustainable behavior. The results suggest the importance of boosting the promotion of the European Green Deal, sustainability, circular economy, and so on, reaching more people, thus creating a more powerful educational system in this direction. …”
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Health Facts Medication Adherence in Transplantation (H-MAT) Study: A Secondary Analysis of Determinants and Outcomes of Medication Nonadherence in Adult Kidney Transplant Recipien... by Cynthia L. Russell, Heather J. Gotham, An-Lin Cheng, Suman Sahil, Preethi Yerram

“…Nonadherent patients were less likely to be readmitted, but more likely to have complications after transplant and medication side effects (p′s<0.01). …”
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Paediatric cerebellar glioblastoma - long-term survival following surgery and adjuvant chemoradiotherapy: A case report and literature review by Matthew I. Sanders, Daniel Gatt, Victoria Lee, Stephen B. Wharton, Veejay Bagga

“…Material and methods: Tumour histopathology plus retrospective molecular analysis of archived samples, as well treatment strategy and patient characteristics of a six-year-old child with cerebellar glioblastoma and prolonged progression-free survival were assessed. …”
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Modifications of the maximum expiratory flow in bronchial asthma treatment using Intal and Ketotifeno. by Belkis M. Vicente Sánchez, Nallelys Villanueva Bravo, Luis M. Padrón Velásquez, Marylin Aroche Quintana

“…<strong>Introduction</strong>: The studies of the lung function are essential for the diagnosis, classification and treatment of the Bronchial Asthma and inside them the mensuration of the flow maximum expiratory (FEM) it provides a quantitative value of the obstruction of the air roads. <strong><br />Methods</strong>: It was carried out a study in two stages, the first one descriptive in which was included the 15 year-old patients and more with diagnostic of Bronchial Asthma and belonging to the CMF #26 of the Policlínico Area V of the Municipality Cienfuegos, with the objective of determining the modifications of the value of the FEM according to outline of treatment used intercrisis. …”
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