Impact of classical homocystinuria on health care resource utilization and costs in the United States: A retrospective cohort study by Mahim Jain, Mehul Shah, Kamlesh M. Thakker, Andrew Rava, Agness Pelts Block, Colette Ndiba-Markey, Lionel Pinto

“…Patients were initially selected if they had at least 1 International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision diagnosis code for homocystinuria (E72.11) or homocystinuria signs, disease, and symptoms term in the Market Clarity Dataset. …”
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Inter-observational analysis of computed tomography parameters to predict nonobvious posterior ligament complex injury in neurologically intact patients with thoracolumbar trauma by Joana Araújo de Azevedo, Carolina Garcez Martins, Nuno Oliveira, Pedro Varanda, Bruno Direito-Santos

“…Risk Score 2 (RS2), which included only statistically significant variables, had a total of 75.9% of correct classifications (p < 0.001), with a sensitivity of 71.0% and specificity of 78.3% to estimate PLC injury detected in the MRI. …”
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Association between congenital uterine anomalies and placenta accreta spectrum by Savvy Benipal, M.D., Matthew Givens, M.D., Amanda A. Allshouse, M.S., Michelle Debbink, M.D., Ph.D., Krista Childress, M.D., Joseph Letourneau, M.D., Robert M. Silver, M.D., Brett D. Einerson, M.D., M.P.H.

“…PAS was more frequent in patients with CUA than in those without (0.42% vs. 0.12%), with a weighted odds ratio (OR) of 3.36 (95% confidence interval [CI], 2.62–4.32; unweighted OR, 3.37 [95% CI, 2.63–4.31]). …”
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Rapid review of the ideal clinic realisation and maintenance programme among primary healthcare providers in the Gauteng Province, South Africa by Dorina Onoya, Idah Mokhele, Cornelius Nattey, Nozipho Musakwa, Jacqui Miot, Refiloe Cele, Sharon Kgowedi, Khumbo Shumba, Nelly Jinga, Alice Kono

“…From 2018 to 2021, 60.3% of facilities (95% CI 43.8 to 74.8) improved in ICRM classification. …”
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Risk Factors for Stiffness After Fixation of Tibial Tubercle Fractures: A Multicenter Study From the TITUS Group by Konstantin Brnjoš, MD, O. Folorunsho Edobor-Osula, MD, MPH, John S. Blanco, MD, Lindsay M. Crawford, MD, Dustin A. Greenhill, MD, FAOA, Alexander H. Griffith, BS, Neil K. Kaushal, MD, David M. Kell, BA, Abhi Rashiwala, MD, John A. Schlechter, DO, Evelyn S. Thomas, DO, Haley N. Tornberg, BS, Brendan A. Williams, MD, Neeraj M. Patel, MD, MPH, MBS

“…Persistent stiffness was defined as lacking ≥20° of flexion compared with the contralateral knee at 3 months after surgery. Univariable analysis was followed by multivariate regression to adjust for confounders. …”
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Assessment of risk factors for high-grade cervical or endometrial lesions to triage women with AGC-FN: a retrospective study by Shuxia Xu, Tingting Jiang, Xiaodan Mao, Liangzhi Cai, Xite Lin, Yao Tong, Binhua Dong, Pengming Sun

“…When using ≥ EPL and ≥ HISL as endpoints, strategies 2 and 4 had the highest sensitivities of 97.3% and 95.3% and highest NPV of 80.0% and 97.3% by incorporating specific risk factors, respectively. …”
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The Consequence of External Part of Transparency for Performance and Disclosure of Social Responsibility by Asil Majeed Abdulnabi, Gholamreza Mansourfar, Hamzeh Didar

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The joint role of the immune microenvironment and N7-methylguanosine for prognosis prediction and targeted therapy in acute myeloid leukemia by Zhixiang Chen, Zhixiang Chen, Zhimei Chen, Xiaobo Huang, Xiaobo Huang, Xiaobo Huang, Xiongbin Yan, Xiongbin Yan, Xiaolin Lai, Xiaolin Lai, Shaoyuan Wang, Shaoyuan Wang

“…The quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) analysis demonstrated that in comparison with healthy donors, the expression of WDFY3, PPM1H, and REEP5 was significantly lower, while that of PTP4A3, AHCYL1, CBR1, MPZL3, TREML2, and KBTBD8 was higher in AML patients. …”
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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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Intimate partner violence during pregnancy against 601,534 women aged 15 to 49 years in 57 LMICs: prevalence, disparities, trends and associated factors using Demographic and Healt... by David Jean Simon, Vénunyé Claude Kondo Tokpovi, Adama Ouedraogo, Kassoum Dianou, Ann Kiragu, Comfort Z. Olorunsaiye, Bénédique Paul

“…The pooled prevalence of IPVDP was 6.3% (95% CI 6.2–6.4). The Eastern Mediterranean region recorded the highest prevalence of IPVDP (11.3% [95% CI 10.8–11.9]), while the South-East Asia region (3.3% [95% CI 3.0–3.5]) the lowest. …”
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Modeling regional aboveground carbon stock dynamics affected by land use and land cover changes by A.D. Malik, M.C.W. Arief, S. Withaningsih, P. Parikesit

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Multi-omics analyses of the heterogenous immune microenvironment in triple-negative breast cancer implicate UQCRFS1 potentiates tumor progression by Yuhui Tang, Aiqi Xu, Zhongbiao Xu, Jindong Xie, Wei Huang, Liulu Zhang, Yitian Chen, Lu Yang, Shasha Du, Kun Wang

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No sex differences in the association between regional brain structure abnormalities and cognitive functioning in a geriatric memory clinic population by A. Lamé, E.G. Thomas, S.A.J. van de Schraaf, C. Groot, C.H. Sudre, F. Barkhof, M. Muller, R. Ossenkoppele, H.F.M. Rhodius-Meester

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Soluble Co‐Inhibitory Immune Checkpoint Molecules Are Increased in Patients With Polymyalgia Rheumatica Without Significant Correlations With Clinical Status: A Case‐Control Study... by Elvis Hysa, Dario Camellino, Christian Dejaco, Matteo Bauckneht, Giampaola Pesce, Silvia Morbelli, Marcello Bagnasco, Maurizio Cutolo, Eric L. Matteson, Marco A. Cimmino, Daniele Saverino

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A scoring model integrating CXCL9, GDF15, FGF21, and NfL, predicts long-term mortality in type 2 diabetes: a retrospective study by Matilde Sbriscia, Sara Caccese, Francesca Marchegiani, Rina Recchioni, Giulia Matacchione, Chiara Giordani, Emanuele Francini, Stefano Salvioli, Maria Conte, Matteo Landolfo, Anna Rita Bonfigli, Federica Turchi, Jacopo Sabbatinelli, Fabiola Olivieri, Angelica Giuliani

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Impact of Pre-Interventional Observational Management Duration on Outcomes of Embolization for Splenic Injuries: Experience from Two Centers by Nguyen VT, Le TD, Pham HD, Tran QL

“…Van Thang Nguyen,1,2,&amp;ast; Thanh Dung Le,3,4,&amp;ast; Hong Duc Pham,1,5,&amp;ast; Quang Loc Tran3,4,&amp;ast; 1Radiology Department, Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Vietnam; 2Radiology Department, Hai Duong Medical Technical University, Hai Duong, Vietnam; 3Radiology Department, VNU University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Hanoi, Vietnam; 4Radiology Department, Viet Duc University Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam; 5Radiology Department, Saint Paul Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam&amp;ast;These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Van Thang Nguyen, Department of Radiology, Hai Duong Medical Technical University, Hai Duong, Vietnam, Email nguyenvanthang@hmtu.edu.vnObjective: To evaluate the clinical and technical success of splenic artery embolization (SAE) in the management of splenic trauma and factors affecting treatment outcomes.Materials and Methods: A retrospective and prospective study was conducted at two centers from December 2019 to December 2023, including 400 patients with splenic trauma (grade III–V according to the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) - 2018 classification) and the Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) 2005 change from the AIS-1998. …”
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The Impact of the Universal Infant Free School Meals Policy on the Ultra-Processed Food Content of Children’s Lunchtime Intake in England and Scotland by Jennie C. Parnham, Kiara Chang, Fernanda Rauber, Renata B. Levy, Anthony A. Laverty, Jonathan Pearson-Stuttard, Martin White, Stephanie von Hinke, Christopher Millett, Eszter P. Vamos

“…The average intake of UPF (% of total lunch grams and % total lunch Kcal) using the NOVA classification was calculated for each school lunch. The lunchtime intakes in the intervention group (4–7 years, n = 866) were compared to the control (8–11 years, n = 808) pre- (2008–2014) and post-intervention (2014–2019) using linear regression, adjusting for sociodemographic variables and total lunchtime intake (grams). …”
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C-reactive protein and serum amyloid A protein as complementary biomarkers in differentiating viral and bacterial community-acquired pneumonia in children by Juan Cheng, Ying Wu, Hui Ma, Mingyu Tang, Yufen Wu, Yong Yin, Qiuhui Pan, Qizhi Diao, Jing Zhang

“…Combining SAA and CRP detection with clinical symptoms increases specificity to 93.2% and 97.3% but reduces sensitivity to 31.3% and 22.7% in distinguishing viral from bacterial pneumonia. …”
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A Dual-Sequence MRI-Based Radiomics Model for Predicting High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Ablation Efficacy in Adenomyosis Treatment by Sun M, Deng X, Xing H, Zhang R, Fu B, Ai T, Wang F, Wang X, Chen L, Mao X, Wu F

“…Patients were randomly allocated into a training set and a test set at a ratio of 7:3. The study aimed to evaluate the distribution of clinical characteristics among patients experiencing effective versus ineffective ablation at two distinct classification thresholds (0.7 and 0.5). …”
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Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) readiness predictions using machine learning: a comparative study of algorithms by Shahnam Sedigh Maroufi, Maryam Soleimani Movahed, Azar Ejmalian, Maryam Sarkhosh, Ali Behmanesh

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