Psychometric evaluation of Stanford health assessment questionnaire 8-item disability index (HAQ 8-item DI) in elderly people by Zahra Tagharrobi, Khadije Sharifi, Zahra Sooky

“…Introduction: Measuring level of disability in elderly in attention to their physical status requires an instrument practicable in elderly and easy to score. Objective: Survey the reliability and validity of the HAQ 8-item DI in older people residing in Kashan Golabchi nursing home. …”
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Correlation of Anderson-Wilkins score and Sclarovsky-Birnbaum score with Myocardial Salvage Index in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction after primary percutan... by J.Ch. Kurniawan

“…The extent of the myocardial salvage index (MSI) is greatly infl uenced by the onset and severity of myocardial ischemia, which can be assessed using the Anderson-Wilkins score and the Sclarovsky Birnbaum score. Objective: This study aims to determine the effect of the Anderson-Wilkins score and the Sclarovsky Birnbaum score on the electrocardiogram-based myocardial salvage index in patients with STEMI undergoing PPCI. …”
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Clinical and radiological outcomes following isolated double-bundle medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction for patellar instability in mature and normal lower limb alignment... by Jun-Ying Wu, Tian-Xin Chen, Yan Li, Lei Zhang

“…Tegner Activity Scale (TAS), Kujala score, Lysholm knee score, objective physical examination and radiological outcomes including Sulcus Angle (SA), Congruence Angle (CA), Patellar Tilt Angle (PTA) and Osteoarthritis Computed Tomography-Score (OACT-score) were assessed preoperatively, 6 years and 12 years postoperatively and survival rate was calculated at the last follow-up. …”
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Bayesian Q-learning in multi-objective reward model for homophobic and transphobic text classification in low-resource languages: A hypothesis testing framework in multi-objective... by Vivek Suresh Raj, Ruba Priyadharshini, Saranya Rajiakodi, Bharathi Raja Chakravarthi

“…Our reward function combines F1-score (objective 1) and a penalty for misclassification (objective 2) to optimize learning. …”
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Outcomes According to Remnant Ligament Tissue Quality after Arthroscopic All-Inside Anterior Talofibular Ligament Repair for Chronic Ankle Instability by Sung Hyun Lee MD, PhD, Gyeong Hun Lim MD

“…Subjective outcomes were assessed using the visual analogue scale score, Foot and Ankle Outcome Score (FAOS), and the Karlsson ankle functional score. Objective outcomes included posturographic analysis and radiological evaluations, such as stress radiographs and axial view magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). …”
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The role of glucose transporter type 1 (GLUT1) and carbonic anhydrase IX (CAIX) expression by prostate adenocarcinoma tissue in determining disease prognosis and effectiveness of r... by S. V. Vovdenko, A. O. Morozov, S. T. Avraamova, N. S. Alexandrov, N. V. Zharkov, V. V. Kozlov, E. A. Kogan, E. A. Bezrukov

“…It seems promising to assess the expression level of glucose transporter type 1 (GLUT1) and carbonic anhydrase IX (CAIX) in prostate adenocarcinoma cells of different malignancy score.Objective. To determine CAIX and GLUT1 expression in ISUP grades 1-5 prostate adenocarcinoma cells for evaluation of the disease prognosis and radical prostatectomy effectiveness.Materials and methods. …”
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Validating LENT score in malignant pleural effusion by Alia Alawneh, Fadi Abu Farsakh, Mahmoud Smadi, Shaher Samrah

“…Aim: LENT score was developed to predict survival in malignant pleural effusion (MPE), this study aims to validate this score. Objectives: Validate LENT Prognostic Score for MPE and explore survival in these patients. …”
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Manually scoring actigraphy in the absence of a sleep diary: Reliability analysis in Gulf War veterans by Charity B. Breneman, Mary Katherine Howell, Nathaniel Allen, Elizabeth A. Klingaman, Matthew J. Reinhard

“…Clinical populations often have challenges with accurately and consistently completing sleep diaries which support actigraphy scoring. Objective: To promote internal consistency and replicability in actigraphy scoring procedures, this study developed a detailed actigraphy scoring protocol for cases without sleep diary data and performed an inter-rater reliability analysis using a sample of veterans with Gulf War Illness (GWI). …”
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Inability-to-walk-unaided—a single WHO danger sign predicts in-hospital mortality in people with HIV under routine care conditions in a low-resource setting by Ethel Rambiki, Agness Thawani, Davis Kapenga, Chikaiko Malunda, Boniface Mseke, Patrick Mpesi, Prakash Ganesh, Hans-Michael Steffen, Tom Heller, Claudia Wallrauch

“…Serious illness can be identified using WHO-defined danger signs (“WHO score”) or bedside scores like the quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (qSOFA) score. Objectives: The study aimed at assessing clinical parameters as predictors of in-hospital mortality for people with HIV (PWH) admitted for routine medical care. …”
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A Prospective Open‐Label Study of Tolerance and Effectiveness of Sequential Dermocosmetic Treatments Combining Poly‐l‐Lysine Biovectors With Vitamins A and C by Bertrand Nassar, Hafid Belhadj‐Tahar, Weiyang Jin, Guanghua Yang

“…After 28 days, patients showed a significant reduction in DLQI (−61.8%, Cohen's d = 1.20) and SCORAD (−41.8%, Cohen's d = 1.05) scores. Objective improvements included reductions in erythema (−50%), dryness (−60%), and pruritus (−50%). …”
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Improved breast cancer risk prediction using chromosomal-scale length variation by Yasaman Fatapour, James P. Brody

“…We have developed an alternative method to characterize a genome, called chromosomal-scale length variation, which can be applied to polygenic risk scores. Objective The objective of this paper is to characterize a breast cancer genetic risk score based on chromosomal-scale length variation using the NIH All of Us dataset in different self-identified racial groups when trained on different populations. …”
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Narrative Review of the Validity and Cross-Context Equivalence of Healthy Diet Metrics and Their Data Collection Methods for Global Monitoring by Isabela F Sattamini, Giles T Hanley-Cook, Edward A Frongillo, Jennifer Coates

“…The healthy diets monitoring initiative identified 4 field metrics as potentially fit for purpose: global diet quality score (GDQS), global dietary recommendations score, minimum dietary diversity for women (MDD-W), and Nova ultra-processed food score. Objectives: To review whether these 4 healthy diet metrics 1) accurately predict food and nutrient intakes; 2) accurately differentiate the average or prevalence of food and nutrient intakes; 3) respond to changes over time; 4) are comparable across contexts; and 5) can be collected using their proposed brief assessment methods while preserving predictive accuracy. …”
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Clinical Results of All-Inside Lateral Ankle Ligament Complex Repair were Comparable to Open Brostrom Procedure in High-Demand Patients with Chronic Ankle Instability: Randomized C... by Sung Hyun Lee MD, PhD, Gyeong Hun Lim MD

“…Results: Both groups showed significant improvements in all clinical scores, objective posturography results, and stress radiographs at 2 years postoperatively (all p < 0.05), with no significant differences between the groups in terms of preoperative and postoperative values (all p > 0.05). …”
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The five-step medial epicanthoplasty: simple and standardized by Jie Chen, Jianfei Zhang, Wenwen Xi, Wenhui Chen, Feng Yang

“…We observed 306 patients and used iris diameter as a reference value to subjectively evaluate the clinical effect through photo evaluation and scar scoring.Objective evaluation of clinical efficacy was achieved through the inter canthal distance (ICD) and palpebral fissure length (PFL). …”
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