Multidimensional Population Health Modeling: A Data-Driven Multivariate Statistical Learning Approach by Zhiyuan Wei, Adil Baran Narin, Sayanti Mukherjee

“…In this paper, we propose a data-driven multivariate statistical learning approach to simultaneously model various aspects of population health—characterizing the length and quality of life—as a function of health behaviors, clinical care, socioeconomic factors, physical environment, and demographics. …”
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Redefine oral health: a call for inclusivity in the concept of oral health by Moréniké Oluwátóyìn Foláyan, Moréniké Oluwátóyìn Foláyan, Nicaise Ndembi, Nicaise Ndembi, Olunike Rebecca Abodunrin, Bridget Haire

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Association of blood urea nitrogen with 28-day mortality in critically ill patients: A multi-center retrospective study based on the eICU collaborative research database. by Ting Deng, Die Wu, Shan-Shan Liu, Xing-Lin Chen, Zhen-Wei Zhao, Lan-Lang Zhang

“…<h4>Objective</h4>Blood urea nitrogen (BUN) is a commonly used biomarker for assessing kidney function and neuroendocrine activity. Previous studies have indicated that elevated BUN levels are associated with increased mortality in various critically ill patient populations. …”
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Erectile dysfunction and its associated factors among the male population in Adigrat Town, Tigrai Region, Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study. by Haftom Tesfay Gebremedhin, Hagos Mehari Mezgebo, Gessessew Teklebrhan Geberhiwot, Tesfay Tsegay Gebru, Yowhans Ashebir Tesfamichael, Hailu Belay Ygzaw, Mulu Ftwi Baraki, Guesh Teklu Woledemariam, Tsegu Hailu Gebru, Haileslassie Tesfay Tadese, Gebreslassie Gebreegziabhier Kindeya, Telake Azale

“…<h4>Background</h4>Erectile dysfunction is one of the common sexual dysfunctions, but it is generally misunderstood as it is not a condition that threatens life. …”
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Study protocol for VIdeo assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy versus conventional Open LobEcTomy for lung cancer, a UK multicentre randomised controlled trial with an internal pilot (t... by Tim Batchelor, Babu Naidu, Chris A Rogers, Jane Blazeby, Alan Kirk, Paula Rogers, Stacey Stewart, Syed Qadri, Fiona Strachan, Sarah Wordsworth, Susan J Dutton, Arjun Nair, Amy Kerr, Rajesh Shah, Lisa Jones, Elizabeth A Stokes, Mark Ainsworth, Kathryn Saunders, Daisy Elliott, Rosie Harris, Sangeetha Paramasivan, Tom Treasure, Martyn Cain, Eric Lim, Michael Shackcloth, Joel Dunning, Niall McGonigle, Tim Brush, Lucy Dabner, Holly E Mckeon, Dawn Phillips, Holly Mckeon, Chloe Beard, Alba Realpe Rojas, Elizabeth Stokes, Andrew G Nicholson, Sofina Begum, Simon Jordan, Paulo De Sousa, Monica Tavares Barbosa, Eveline Internullo, Rakesh Krishnadas, Gianluca Casali, Doug West, Karen Bobruk, Catherine O’Donovan, Louise Flintoff, Amelia Lowe, Joanna Nicklin, Emma Heron, Jo Chambers, Becky Houlihan, Laura Beacham, Heather Hudson, Katy Tucker, Toni Farmery, Danielle Davis, Mike Shackcloth, Julius Asante-Siaw, Susannah Love, Sarah Feeney, Lindsey Murphy, Almudena Duran Rosas, Andrea Young, Ian Paul, Hyder Latif, Charlotte Jacobs, Alison Chilvers, Edward Stephenson, Nazalie Iqbal, Vladimir Anikin, Claire Prendergast, Hazem Fallouh, Maninder Kalkat, Richard Steyn, Nicola Oswald, Charlotte Ferris, Jo Webb, Joanne Taylor, Hollie Bancroft, Salma Kadiri, Zara Jalal Senior, Elizabeth Belcher, Dionisios Stavroulias, Francesco Di Chiara, May Havinden-Williams, Mahmoud Loubani, Karen Dobbs, Paul Atkin, Dominic Fellowes, Leanne Cox, Vipin Zamvar, Ruth Langley, Joy Adamson, Ian Hunt, Peter B Licht, Chris Hall, Mike Cowen, Keith Kerr, Nagmi Qureshi

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Matrimonial situation of the Rivne region in the mirror of all-Ukrainian and pan-European trends by Oksana Romaniv, Andriy Romaniv, Alla Onopriychuk

“…The conclusion can be made that at the current stage, the family in the Rivne Region continues to fulfil its main functions overall: birth, raising and maintenance of children. …”
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Designing a supply chain resilience assessment model with the approach of NDEA(case of study: government hospitals of Yazd province) by Mohsen Shafiei Nikabadi, Fereshteh Bahrami

“…Also, in order to enhance patient satisfaction, the factors that lead to the deterioration of the target function should be minimized ensuring adequate preparation to handle crisis situations effectively and achieve the desired situation with proper planning since hospitals are among the most important organizations that provide medical care, in order to be efficient and perform well, they must respond in the best possible way when confronting accidents.…”
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Case Report: The intersection of psychiatry and medicine: diagnostic and ethical insights from case studies by Francesco Monaco, Francesco Monaco, Annarita Vignapiano, Annarita Vignapiano, Martina D’Angelo, Fabiola Raffone, Valeria Di Stefano, Antonella Boccia, Anna Longobardi, Benedetta Di Gruttola, Michele Fornaro, Giulio Corrivetti, Giulio Corrivetti, Iolanda Martino, Luca Steardo, Luca Steardo, Luca Steardo

“…The article critically examines terms like medically unexplained symptoms and functional disorders, highlighting their limitations and potential for misuse. …”
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Targeting T cell exhaustion: emerging strategies in non-small cell lung cancer by Xianqiang Liu, Xianqiang Liu, Xiaowei Xi, Shengshan Xu, Hongyu Chu, Penghui Hu, Dong Li, Bin Zhang, Bin Zhang, Hejie Liu, Tianxiao Jiang, Zhuming Lu

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Guidelines for standard operation of imaging modalities in orbital diseases (2024) by Yi Shao, Jian-Min Ma, Xiao-Ming Huang, Expert Workgroup of Guidelines for the use of imaging equipment in orbital diseases (2024), Ophthalmic Imaging and Intelligent Medicine Branch Chinese Medicine Education Association, Ocular Oncology Committee of the Ophthalmology Branch of the Chinese Medical Doctor Association, Ophthalmology Committee of International Association of Translational Medicine, Chinese Ophthalmic Imaging Study Groups

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Protocol for an economic evaluation alongside a natural experiment to evaluate the impact of later trading hours for bars and clubs in the night-time economy in Scotland: The ELEPH... by Colin Angus, Emma McIntosh, Nurnabi Sheikh, Jim Lewsey, Niamh Fitzgerald, Carol Emslie, Houra Haghpanahan

“…On-trade alcohol premises (places where consumers can buy and consume alcohol such as bars, pubs, clubs and restaurants) are a significant component of this night-time economy, functioning as focal points for socialising, entertainment and cultural events. …”
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The Role of Nurse Social Support in Hospital Readmission in Patients With Heart Failure: A Cross‐Sectional Study by Mahdi Shamali, Birte Østergaard, Erla Kolbrún Svavarsdóttir, Mohsen Shahriari, Hanne Konradsen

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The evolution of personalized stroke thrombectomy by Emmanuel O. Mensah, Yew-Weng Fong, Yew-Weng Fong, Sandeep Muram, Christopher S. Ogilvy, Philipp Taussky

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The prevalence of posture pathology in school-aged children (results of a population-based study with the use of the computerized photo-geometric program “Posture”) by I. O. Afanasieva, M. V. Khaitovych, V. S. Potaskalova, I. V. Andrushchenko, V. V. Yevminov, I. O. Kudelia

“…According to foreign studies in the general population, the occurrence of idiopathic scoliosis in adolescents with an angle above 10º according to Cobb accounts for 0.93 % to 12.00 %. …”
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The impact of early life experiences on inhibitory control and working memory by Eva Dydenkova, Francis McGlone, Larisa Mayorova, Larisa Mayorova, Elena Nikolaeva

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Development of a core patient-centred outcome set for adults living with obesity: a modified delphi-based international consensusResearch in context by Teferi Mekonnen, Leanne Staniford, Spencer Connell, Zofia Das-Gupta, Umanga DeSilva, Yasmine Saoud, Isabel Miller, Mohapradeep Mohan, Simon Nienhuijs, Megha Poddar, Vaishali Chetan Deshmukh, Marli Conradie-Smit, Soo Huat Teoh, Sanjeev Sockalingam, Emilia Huvinen, Paolo Sbraccia, Ronald Liem, Michael Vallis, Kenneth Clare, Tracy Zvenyach, Karen Coulman, Marianela Aguirre Ackermann, Verónica Vázquez-Velázquez, Yudith Preiss Contreras, Josep Vidal, Agbo Urudinachi, María Fernanda Tejeda-Muñoz, Ian Patton, T Alafia Samuels, Morgan Emile Gabriel Salmon Leguede, Georgia Rigas, Ximena Ramos Salas, Michael Crotty, Bruno Halpern, Daniel Bessesen, Laura Pizzi, Omniyat Mohammed Al Hajeri, Arya M. Sharma

“…Interpretation: Adoption of this standardised outcome set enables clinicians, patients, and stakeholders to identify care gaps, monitor outcomes, and evaluate the quality of obesity care against global benchmarks. …”
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NATURE AND FEATURES OF OCCLUSIVE INTERFERENCES IN PATIENTS WITH TEMPOMANDIBULAR DISORDERS AND STRATEGIC APPROACHES TO THEIR TREATMENT by A.Yu. Fetsych, T.I. Pupin

“… Based on the presented retrospective and modern literature data on the stages of development of the theory of temporomandibular disorders, methods of diagnosis and treatment of patients with this pathology, it is evident that there is a need to develop an algorithm for the examination of patients, with the aim of identifying the general picture of the pathology, which makes it possible to assess the condition and functioning of all the main anatomical formations of the chewing apparatus. …”
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Surfactant-Enabled Nanocarriers in Breast Cancer Therapy: Targeted Delivery and Multidrug Resistance Reversal by Ashirwad Jadhav, Karuppiah Nagaraj

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Is there a role of genetics in acute and chronic urticaria—A systematic review and meta‐analysis by George N. Konstantinou, Indrashis Podder, Arunima Dhabal

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Characteristics of anesthetic management in elderly patients with frailty syndrome by O. A. Halushko, L. M. Zenkina

“…The most suitable for preoperative assessment were the Clinical Frailty Scale, the FRAIL scale, and the most informative was the Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment. Strictly controlled general anesthesia with extended monitoring and continuous adjustment of almost all organ functions should be considered for most frail patients when choosing an anesthesia method. …”
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