T cell immune senescence is associated with frailty and sarcopenia in lung transplant candidates by Joanna M. Schaenman, MD, PhD, Harry Pickering, PhD, Elaine F. Reed, PhD, Maura Rossetti, PhD, Benjamin Seligman, MD, S. Samuel Weigt, MD, Michael Shino, MD, David Sayah, MD, PhD, John Belperio, MD, Ashley Hu, MD, Ashley Prosper, MD, Kathleen Ruchalski, MD, Abbas Ardehali, MD, Reshma Biniwale, MD

“…Backgound: Older lung transplant recipients experience increased rates of adverse clinical outcomes, including infection compared with younger patients, potentially related to impaired cell-mediated immunity, frailty, and sarcopenia. …”
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Effect of nirmatrelvir/ritonavir (Paxlovid) on hospitalization among adults with COVID-19: An electronic health record-based target trial emulation from N3C. by Abhishek Bhatia, Alexander J Preiss, Xuya Xiao, M Daniel Brannock, G Caleb Alexander, Robert F Chew, Hannah Davis, Megan Fitzgerald, Elaine Hill, Elizabeth P Kelly, Hemalkumar B Mehta, Charisse Madlock-Brown, Kenneth J Wilkins, Christopher G Chute, Melissa Haendel, Richard Moffitt, Emily R Pfaff, N3C Consortium

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Analisis Performa Algoritma Decision Tree, Naive Bayes, K-Nearest Neighbor untuk Klasifikasi Zona Daerah Risiko Covid-19 di Indonesia by Ainurohmah Ainurrohmah, Dian Tri Wiyanti

“…Nilai performa terbaik didapatkan dengan menggunakan algoritma decision tree dengan software WEKA dengan nilai performa 88% dan waktu 0,32 detik. …”
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Corrigendum to “Development of a hub-and-spoke durable left ventricular assist device program in Brazil, a middle-income country” [JHLT Open, 6 (2024) 100151] by Deborah de Sá Pereira Belfort, Bruno Biselli, Mônica Samuel Avila, Renata Lopes Hames, Stephanie Itala Rizk, Fabrício Canova Calil, Bruna Carneiro Oliveira, Elaine Marques Hojaij, Filomena Regina Barbosa Gomes Galas, Ludhmila Abrahão Hajjar, Nadine Oliveira Clausell, Livia Adams Goldraich, Ramez Anbar, Edimar Alcides Bocchi, Tadeu Thomé, Roberto Kalil Filho, Paulo Manuel Pêgo-Fernandes, Fabio Biscegli Jatene, Silvia Moreira Ayub-Ferreira

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Oncological outcomes following extreme oncoplastic breast conserving surgery (eOPBCS) for locally advanced breast cancer (LABC): A systematic review and meta-analysis by Megan Chua Wern Ee, Ashley Lee Shi Hui, Wong Hung Chew, Emmeline Elaine Cua-Delos Santos, Sean Li Siwei, Sng Ming Xian, Qin Xiang Ng, Serene Goh Si Ning

“…Historically, treatment relied on mastectomy guided by the Halstedian theory. …”
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Observed climate trends and farmers’ adaptation strategies in Dendi District, West Shewa Zone, Ethiopia by Busha Getachew, Gonfa Kewessa, Worku Hailu, Gezahegn Girma

“…The impacts, sometimes, include total crop loss, reduced yields, smaller seeding areas, delayed planting and maturity, and increased crop pests. …”
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Assessment of The Factors Affecting Management of Gender and Sexual Violence Against Women in Rural Communities: A Case Study of Kyanamira Sub County Kabale District. by Tumuheki, Timothy

“…Finally, some of SGBV's complaints were delayed and affected by fewer LC Court members who had not been trained to handle cases. …”
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Role of cognitive impairment in predicting the long-term risk of all-cause mortality: a 20-year prospective cohort study in China by Shuang Zhao, Han Yang, Haijuan Zhao, Miao Miao, Qingqing Wang, Yaru Wang, Yuying Yin, Xin Wang

“…Impairment in the subdomain of naming foods (AHR = 1.12, 95% CI 1.04–1.21), registration (AHR = 1.18, 95% CI 1.11–1.26), attention and calculation (AHR = 1.13, 95% CI 1.07–1.21), copy figure (AHR = 1.13, 95% CI 1.06–1.20), delayed recall (AHR = 1.14, 95% CI 1.07–1.20) and language (AHR = 1.14, 95% CI 1.05–1.24) were independently associated with increased mortality risk among participants. …”
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SHoes for Adolescent PatEllofemoral pain: study protocol for the SHAPE Australian community-based, randomised clinical trial by Kim L Bennell, Kade L Paterson, Rana S Hinman, Jo-Anne Manski-Nankervis, Adam Bryant, Karen Elaine Lamb, Peixuan Li, Sam Shearer, Anurika P De Silva

“…The secondary outcomes include changes in other parameters of knee pain, symptoms, function in daily activities, health-related and knee-related quality of life, global improvement and fear of movement. …”
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Modeling Factors Influencing Project Financing Risk by Gholamreza Sharafi, Kiamars Fathi Hafashjani, Faegh Ahmadi

“…Inadequacies in these areas often result in suboptimal utilization of resources and capital, leading to delays in project commencement, implementation, and operation, ultimately yielding uneconomical outcomes. …”
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Clinical Characteristics and Treatment Options of Peripheral Spondyloarthritis by ZENG Lulu, JI Xiaojian, HU Lidong, HU Jiawen, ZHANG Yinan, ZHANG Jiaxin, LIU Xingkang, YANG Shiwei, HUANG Feng

“…Compared to axSpA patients, pSpA patients had fewer male patients(62.5% vs. 79.7%, P < 0.001), later onset age(33.8 years vs. 22.0 years, P < 0.001), shorter diagnostic delays(6.0 months vs. 14.2 months, P=0.004), more associated peripheral arthritis(71.7% vs. 9.3%, P < 0.001) and dactylitis(6.5% vs. 0.3%, P < 0.001), more cases of psoriasis(52.7% vs. 1.1%, P < 0.001) and a more common family history of psoriasis(11.4% vs. 3.4%, P < 0.001). pSpA patients had higher levels of inflammatory markers but a lower positive rate of human leukocyte antigen(HLA)-B27(43.5% vs. 87.4%, P < 0.001). …”
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Effect of seed priming and foliar application of organic liquid manure on germination, growth, yield and quality of late-sown wheat by Okram Ricky Devi, Omvati Verma, Bibek Laishram, S. Anbarasan, Abhijit Debnath, Narinder Panotra, Priyanka Elumle, Sunita T. Pandey, R. Ajaykumar, Samreen

“…The sub-optimal temperature during sowing results in delayed germination, poor crop establishment, and constrained vegetative development, which results in forced maturity, low yield, and wheat with poorer quality grains in north India. …”
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Subtyping Social Determinants of Health in the "All of Us" Program: Network Analysis and Visualization Study by Suresh K Bhavnani, Weibin Zhang, Daniel Bao, Mukaila Raji, Veronica Ajewole, Rodney Hunter, Yong-Fang Kuo, Susanne Schmidt, Monique R Pappadis, Elise Smith, Alex Bokov, Timothy Reistetter, Shyam Visweswaran, Brian Downer

“…Next, we measured their association with 3 outcomes (depression, delayed medical care, and emergency room visits in the last year). …”
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Bifidobacterium fermentation with infant formulas is associated with benefits for gut and brain barrier function by Emily G. Knox, Paula Sánchez-Díaz, Colin Buttimer, Sarah-Jane Leigh, Klara Vlckova, Colin Hill, Elaine Kennedy, Jonathan O’Regan, Seamus McSweeney, David Goulding, Maria Rodriguez Aburto, Caitriona M. O’Driscoll, John F. Cryan, Eoin Gunnigle, Gerard Clarke

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Household transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in a rural area in South Africa by G Maimela, C E Martin, M Chersich, B Bello, J Mauti, T Bäernighausen, S Kohler, A Almuedo-Riera, S Luchters, S Sawry

“…Household spread of SARS‐CoV‐2 is a known source of new COVID‐19 infections, with rural areas in sub‐Saharan Africa being more prone than urban areas to COVID‐19 transmission because of limited access to water in some areas, delayed health‐ seeking behaviour and poor access to care. …”
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Marcio POCHMANN. Nova Classe Média? O trabalho na base da pirâmide social brasileira. São Paulo: Boitempo, 2012. 123 páginas. by Vinicius Lobo

“…Defende que a população emergente na verdade associa-se às características gerais das classes populares, que por elevar sua renda, aumentam imediatamente seu padrão de consumo. …”
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Skaitmeninių metodų taikymas praeities kelionių tyrimuose by Rimvydas Laužikas

“…Žodyno struktūrą sudaro šeši su praeities kelionėmis susiję konceptai (kategorijos): (i) kelionė (bendras apibūdinimas), (ii) kelias ir jo infrastruktūra (tiltai, brastos ir kt.), (iii) transporto priemonės, (iv) sustojimo ir nakvynės vietos (miesteliai, kaimai, karčemos, pašto stotys ir kt.), (v) kelyje sutikti žmonės (smuklininkai, plėšikai, vedliai ir kt.), (vi) kelionių maistas. …”
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Perancangan dan Implementasi Game Edukasi Kesehatan Gigi “Tooth and Fairy” berbasis Android Menggunakan Unity Engine by Sussi Sussi, Sri Astuti, Nurwulan Fitriyanti, Nyoman Bogi Aditya Karna, Nizar Rizky Awany, Muhammad Fajar Firdiansyah, Rafli Noveri Alfariji, Dhea Dearly Herman, Muhammad Risqi Risfianda, Muh Nurkhaliz

“…The test results are converted to a Likert scale which means very well where the game runs without errors. The database can store score data, game rules run very well, game features and exit buttons function very well. …”
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Non-lethal sonodynamic therapy mitigates hypertensive renal fibrosis through the PI3K/AKT/mTORC1-autophagy pathway by DanDan Liu, Hui Wang, Jialong Li, Siqi Sheng, Shu Wang, Ye Tian

“…The protein levels of fibrosis parameters (α-SMA, collagen I, vimentin), pathway-related proteins (PI3K, AKT, mTORC1) and autophagy-related protein LC3B were determined using western blotting. …”
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Editorial by Pieter Vanhuysse, Antony Mason, Jörg Tremmel, Markus Rutsche, Maria Lenk

“…Since different levels of analysis may lead to very different conclusions, discussing families of related indicators is the more cautious approach to measuring intergenerational justice. …”
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