Pre-injury frailty and clinical care trajectory of older adults with trauma injuries: A retrospective cohort analysis of A large level I US trauma center. by Oluwaseun Adeyemi, Corita Grudzen, Charles DiMaggio, Ian Wittman, Ana Velez-Rosborough, Mauricio Arcila-Mesa, Allison Cuthel, Helen Poracky, Polina Meyman, Joshua Chodosh

“…We controlled for age, sex, race/ethnicity, health insurance type, body mass index, Charlson Comorbidity Index, injury type and severity, and Glasgow Coma Scale score. …”
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Higher Levels of Postoperative Mobility and Activity as Measured by the AM-PAC 6 Clicks Instrument Are Associated with Improved Outcomes after Lumbar Fusion by Parimal Rana, Jane C. Brennan, Andrea H. Johnson, Justin J. Turcotte, Chad M. Patton

“…This study aimed to explore the relationship between patient mobility and activity, measured by the Activity Measure for Post-acute Care (AM-PAC) “6-Clicks” assessment and postoperative outcomes in lumbar fusion patients. …”
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Addressing racial and ethnic disparities in premature exits from permanent supportive housing among residents with substance use disorders by Talia J. Panadero, Sonya Gabrielian, Marissa J. Seamans, Lillian Gelberg, Jack Tsai, Taylor Harris

“…Within the nation’s largest PSH program at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), we examined relationships among SUDs and negative PSH exits (for up to five years post-PSH move-in) across racial/ethnic subgroups. …”
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Correlation between ellipsoid zone thickness and the presence of subretinal drusenoid deposits in age-related macular degeneration by Richard B Rosen, Roland Theodore Smith, Gerardo Ledesma-Gil, Oscar Otero-Marquez, Yuehong Tong, Katy Tai, Gareth M C Lema, Raymond Matthew Bellis, Yang Fei, Brandon Le

“…We demonstrate that SDDs are associated with decreased ellipsoid zone (EZ) thickness, further evidence of hypoxic damage.Methods Post hoc analysis of a cross-sectional study. 165 AMD subjects (aged 51–100; 61% women). …”
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A comparison of applicant and accepted student characteristics to research training programs with implications for recruitment and selection strategy by Young-Hee Cho, Young-Hee Cho, Chi-Ah Chun, Chi-Ah Chun, Hector Ramos, Paul Buonora, Paul Buonora, Paul Buonora, Vasanthy Narayanaswami, Vasanthy Narayanaswami, Kim-Phuong L. Vu, Kim-Phuong L. Vu

“…Majors were categorized as either biomedical or behavioral disciplines, while URM status was defined as students who self-identified their race and ethnicity as African American/Black, Native American, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, or Hispanic. …”
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Social determinants and follow-up care after emergency department discharge for traumatic intracranial hemorrhage by Meghan M. Dillan, Joseph Piktel, Adam Perzynski, Mary Jo Roach, Kristen K. Curtis, Yasir Tarabichi, Lance Wilson, Michael L. Kelly

“…Secondary outcomes included any return TBI visit, scheduled specialty TBI provider visit, and post-TBI mental health disorder diagnoses. Age, gender, race, ethnicity, pre-TBI mental health disorders, and socioeconomic status (SES) were analyzed. …”
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Impact of donor CYP3A5 genotype on pharmacokinetics of tacrolimus in South African paediatric liver transplant patients by C Wheeler, C Masimirembwa, B Mthembu, J Botha, J Scholefield, J Fabian

“…The study showed that all expressor donors genotyped as CYP3A5*1/*1 were of black African self-reported race and ethnicity. During the first 15 days post-transplant, we found that children who received grafts from donor CYP3A5 expressors (CYP3A5*1/*1 and *1/*3) had significantly lower mean tacrolimus CDRs compared with those who received grafts from donor CYP3A5 non-expressors (*3/*3); the recipients of CYP3A5 expressor grafts therefore require higher doses of oral tacrolimus to achieve the same therapeutic target range. …”
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Association between stroke and fracture and the mediating role of depression: a cross-sectional study from NHANES 2017 to 2020 by Yuqin Dan, Xuewen Pei, Danghan Xu, Zhaoxi Liu, Yuqi Wang, Meng Yin, Li Li, Gongchang Yu, Gongchang Yu

“…Subgroup analysis revealed significant associations with gender, race, osteoporosis, and depression. Female stroke patients had a higher fracture rate (73.86% vs. 47.78%, p < 0.001), and those with post-stroke depression (29.67% vs. 13.16%, p < 0.001) or osteoporosis (33.33% vs. 15.81%, p < 0.05) were at increased risk of fractures. …”
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Using Facebook Ads to promote blood pressure checks among African Americans in the United States: A descriptive study by Katherine J POLAK, Jessica LC SAPP, Jennifer L SEDILLO

“…The purpose of this study was to evaluate the use of Facebook ads and posts for an online health campaign to promote blood pressure checks among African Americans in the United States. …”
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Le port antique de Chelles (Seine-et-Marne) : une course après la rivière by Yann Le Jeune, Corinne Charamond, Christian Charamond

“…-Phase 1, around 35 BC: a riverbank fastening set-up, composed of branches and logging waste, several wooden posts, and possibly included a light, make-shift wharf structure, was installed in the hopes of stabilizing the bank. …”
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Kombinasi K-Means dan Support Vector Machine (SVM) untuk Memprediksi Unsur Sara pada Tweet by Wiga Maulana Baihaqi, Muliasari Pinilih, Miftakhul Rohmah

“…Dari hasil yang didapatkan, twitter dapat dijadikan sumber untuk membuat corpus mengenai kalimat SARA, dan metode yang diusulkan berhasil untuk proses pelabelan dan sentimen klasifikasi, akan tetapi masih perlu peningkatan hasil akurasi.   Abstract Posts sent via twitter are called tweets or in Indonesian better known as chirping, the posts shared have a maximum limit, the writing cannot be more than 140 characters, the characters here consist of letters, numbers, and symbols. …”
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