CD4 cell count and the risk of AIDS or death in HIV-Infected adults on combination antiretroviral therapy with a suppressed viral load: a longitudinal cohort study from COHERE. by Opportunistic Infections Project Team of the Collaboration of Observational HIV Epidemiological Research in Europe (COHERE) in EuroCoord, Jim Young, Mina Psichogiou, Laurence Meyer, Sylvie Ayayi, Sophie Grabar, Francois Raffi, Peter Reiss, Brian Gazzard, Mike Sharland, Félix Gutierrez, Niels Obel, Ole Kirk, José M Miro, Hansjakob Furrer, Antonella Castagna, Stéphane De Wit, Josefa Muñoz, Jesper Kjaer, Jesper Grarup, Geneviève Chêne, Heiner Bucher

“…A higher CD4 cell count was always associated with a reduced risk of a new AIDS event or death; with a hazard ratio per 100 cells/µl (95% CI) of: 0.35 (0.30-0.40) for counts <200 cells/µl, 0.81 (0.71-0.92) for counts 200 to <350 cells/µl, 0.74 (0.66-0.83) for counts 350 to <500 cells/µl, and 0.96 (0.92-0.99) for counts ≥500 cells/µl. …”
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Relevancy Prediction of the Emerging Pathogens with Porcine Diarrhea by Logistic Regression Model by Benqiang Li, Jie Tao, Xin Li, Jinghua Cheng, Ying Shi, Pan Tang, Huili Liu

“…Porcine viral diarrhea has always been one of the main obstacles to the healthy development of the pig industry in China with its variety of pathogens and complexity of co-infections. …”
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Considerations When Designing Inclusive Digital Health Solutions for Older Adults Living With Frailty or Impairments by Emilie Kauffeldt Wegener, Jenny M Bergschöld, Sverre Bergh, Ad van Berlo, Camilla Wong Schmidt, Afroditi Konidari, Lars Kayser

“…Moreover, the final digital solutions may not always fit into existing digital ecosystems and may thus require a reorganization of how health care is provided at horizontal and vertical levels. …”
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EXPERIÊNCIAS NO LOCAL DE TRABALHO DE INDIVÍDUOS LGBTQ+ EM PORTUGAL: UM ESTUDO PILOTO DE MÉTODO MISTO by Henrique Pereira, Colleen Beatriz

“…Most participants were frequently (37.8%) or always (21.6%) satisfied with the quality of their professional life, with only 5.6% and 8.1% respectively reporting never or rarely feeling satisfied. …”
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Developing a Model for Measuring and Evaluating the Role of Commodities as Hedging Tools in Investor Portfolios by Zahra Mohammadi Pourmazaheri, Babak Jamshidinavid, Mehrdad Ghanbari, Alireza Moradi

“…Finally, hedging is not always a safe haven for the stock market, and the reverse is also true.…”
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Wearable Devices, Health Care Use, and Psychological Well‐Being in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation by Lindsey Rosman, Rachel Lampert, Songcheng Zhuo, Quefeng Li, Niraj Varma, Matthew Burg, Allison E. Gaffey, Tiffany Armbruster, Anil Gehi

“…Moreover, 20% of wearable users experienced anxiety and always contacted their doctors in response to irregular rhythm notifications. …”
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“I was ready to live.” Performance of the folk theater “Success” in Krasnovishersk based on the works of V. T. Shalamov by Olga A. Staina

“…But at the same time, Shalamov always remained a citizen of his country, a Soviet writer. …”
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Salmonella spp. Inactivation During Hot Air Drying of Apples: Influence of Temperature, Bed Depth, and Air Velocity by Xiyang Liu, Elizabeth M. Grasso-Kelley, Alvin Lee, Lilybell Warda, Nathan M. Anderson

“…While most drying processes are optimized for product quality, microbiological safety may not always be prioritized. The food industry is required to validate process preventive controls to ensure they significantly minimize or prevent microbial hazards. …”
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Protocol for the systematic review of age and sex in preclinical models of age-correlated diseases [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] by Céline Heinl, Ines Schadock, Maximilian Wurm, Paul Lucas Wildner, Daniel Butzke, Bettina Bert, Alexandra Bannach-Brown, Matthias Steinfath, Kai Diederich

“…However, practical considerations often drive the choice of animal model, which may not always reflect key patient characteristics, such as sex and age, impacting the disease's course. …”
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Understanding Sufism and Islamic Jurisprudence Reasoning in the Term of Religious Moderation: Perennial Philosophical Perspective by Ismail Ismail

“…At the empirical level, Sufism and Fiqh are interrelated and integrated. Therefore, there is always a meeting point that unites Sufism and Fiqh reasoning. …”
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Body composition, maximal fitness, and submaximal exercise function in people with interstitial lung disease by Owen W. Tomlinson, Anna Duckworth, Laura Markham, Rebecca L. Wollerton, Michael Gibbons, Chris J. Scotton, Craig A. Williams

“…Moreover, despite the value of maximal parameters, people with ILD do not always exercise maximally and therefore clinically relevant submaximal parameters must be identified. …”
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Speaker-story mapping as a method to evaluate audiovisual scene analysis in a virtual classroom scenario by Stephan Fremerey, Carolin Breuer, Larissa Leist, Maria Klatte, Janina Fels, Alexander Raake

“…Each environment presented 20 different speakers in a classroom-like circle of 20 chairs, with the number of simultaneously active speakers ranging from 2 to 10, while the remaining speakers kept silent and were always shown. During the experiments, the subjects' task was to correctly map the stories' topics to the corresponding speakers. …”
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Observation Analysis and Application Evaluation of Wind Profile Radar to Diagnosing the Boundary Layer of Landing Typhoon by Yan Jiaming, Zhao Bingke, Zhang Shuai, Lin Limin, Tang Jie

“…In addition, data with lower validity are always located in the region which is about more than 200 km away from typhoon center, while the distribution of high validity data observation show no obvious pattern and locates from typhoon center to the outer region. …”
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Methods for the health technology assessment of complex interventions: a protocol for a scoping review by Tracy Merlin, Abdolvahab Baghbanian, Drew Carter, Shuhong Wang

“…Previous research has established that the HTA of CIs requires multiple factors to be evaluated but there is no agreement on which factors ought always to be considered. There is equally little agreement on which forms of evidence ought to be collected or synthesised and how. …”
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Systemic Inflammatory Biomarkers as a Predictive Markers for Ovarian Cancer by Kurniadi A, Ridwan S, Hidayat YM, Rauf S, Mantilidewi KI, Winarno GN, Salima S, Suardi D

“…Andi Kurniadi,1 Steven Ridwan,1 Yudi Mulyana Hidayat,1 Syahrul Rauf,2 Kemala Isnainiasih Mantilidewi,1 Gatot NA Winarno,1 Siti Salima,1 Dodi Suardi1 1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia; 2Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Universitas Hasanuddin, Makassar, IndonesiaCorrespondence: Kemala Isnainiasih Mantilidewi, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Pasteur 38, Bandung, West Java, 40161, Indonesia, Tel +6281220828092, Email kemala.i.mantilidewi@unpad.ac.idObjective: Tumor markers such as CA125 are highly beneficial in predictive ovarian malignancy; however, this advanced test is not always available in remote areas. To address this issue, the author aimed to explore the use of systemic inflammatory biomarkers as complementary modalities for diagnosis of ovarian malignancy.Methods: This diagnostic study utilized a cross-sectional approach, with outcomes measured by AUC and sensitivity. …”
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Changes in payer mix of new and established trauma centers: the new trauma center money grab? by Patrick Kim, Elinore Kaufman, Jeremy W Cannon, Justin Hatchimonji, Patrick M Reilly, Satvika Kumar, Diane N Haddad

“…Background Although timely access to trauma center (TC) care for injured patients is essential, the proliferation of new TCs does not always improve outcomes. Hospitals may seek TC accreditation for financial reasons, rather than to address community or geographic need. …”
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Patient and healthcare provider knowledge, attitudes and barriers to handover and healthcare communication during chronic disease inpatient care in India: a qualitative exploratory... by Prabhakaran Dorairaj, Sheila Greenfield, Paramjit Gill, Richard Lilford, Sanjeev K Singh, Claire Humphries, Semira Manaseki-Holland, Suganthi Jaganathan, Jeemon Panniyammakal, Shifalika Goenka

“…Patient-held medical documents facilitated information exchange between HCPs, but doctors reported that they were not always transported. HCPs and patients expressed positive views towards the idea of introducing patient-held booklets to improve the organisation and transfer of medical documents.Conclusions Handover and healthcare communication during chronic NCD inpatient care is currently suboptimal. …”
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Speech Acts in the Written Language of Advertisements: McDonald’s Advertisements as a Case Study by Jawad El Bakri

“…The current study investigates the pragmatic notion of speech act in the written language of McDonald’s advertisements. Advertising has always been a subject of study which is approached by a wide range of disciplines such as psychology, sociology, anthropology, and linguistics. …”
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Expansion of the process of the mammary glands of cats in the conditions of the city of Lviv and the suburban zone of the regional center by V. I. Maksymovych, A. R. Mysak

“…Most domestic studies are retrospective, non-randomized, include a small number of animals, and are not always based on the generally accepted methodology of conducting the experiment and criteria for evaluating the obtained results. …”
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In vitro antimicrobials activity against endemic Acinetobacter baumannii multiresistant clones by Carlos Hernan Rodriguez, Alejandra De Ambrosio, Milena Bajuk, Mariela Spinozzi, Marcela Nastro, Karina Bombicino, Marcela Radice, Gabriel Gutkind, Carlos Vay, Angela Famiglietti

“…The association imipenem-gentamicin was bactericidal in gentamicin susceptible isolates, whereas the association imipenem-rifampicin was always indifferent. Conclusion: The antimicrobial activity and the presence of synergy are related to the antimicrobials' susceptibilities irrespective of the PFGE type or the OXA-carbapenemase produced. …”
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