Impact of Transitioning to a Level 1 Trauma Center on Orthopaedic Surgical Volume and Resident Education by Darlington Nwaudo, MD, Solomon Egbe, BA, Audrey Litvak, BA, Jason Strelzow, MD, FAOA

“…This study evaluates the effects of upgrading a major academic center to an adult Level 1 trauma center (L1TC) on orthopaedic case volume, complexity, and residents’ training experience. …”
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Extending Signaling Theory in Online Health Communities to Address Medical Information Asymmetry: Systematic Review With Narrative Synthesis by Shanshan Guo, Kaichao Wang, Lizhen Yang, Yuanyuan Dang

“…Uncertain disease contexts or dense signal environments diminish signal effectiveness, particularly for affective signals. Fourth, signal classification in OHCs has become increasingly multidimensional. …”
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Intra-Articular Steroid Injections and their Associations with Superficial Surgical Site Infections and Nonunion Rates by Jenny Nguyen BSc, Kyra Robinson BS, Michelle M. Coleman MD, PhD

“…This study aims to examine the effects of preoperative IACI after foot and ankle joints on rates of SSI and nonunion. …”
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Western Asian and Northern African residential building stocks: archetype analysis by Sahin Akin, Aida Eghbali, Chibuikem Nwagwu, Edgar Hertwich

“…By leveraging the region-specific insights provided by this research, governments can design more effective strategies for reducing ALCGHGE and resource use in residential sectors, contributing to broader climate change-mitigation efforts.…”
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Oral Urate-Lowering Therapy Use and Efficacy Following Pegloticase Treatment: Findings from a Rheumatology Network Database by Lissa Padnick-Silver, Andrew Concoff, Hong-Ye Gao, Qianhong Fu, Brian LaMoreaux, N. Lawrence Edwards

“…Methods Patients in the United Rheumatology (UR)-NICE data repository with first pegloticase code (J2507) in 2012–2022 and data for ≥ 60 days following last infusion were included. …”
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Antibiotic Prescription in Dentistry: Trends, Patient Demographics, and Drug Preferences in Germany by Lisa Lotta Cirkel, Jens Martin Herrmann, Claudia Ringel, Bernd Wöstmann, Karel Kostev

“…Patients with at least one AB prescription (ATC code: J01) issued by a dentist in 2024 were analyzed. …”
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Evaluating water injection compatibility and scale-formation reduction in a middle east reservoir using direct pore-scale visualization and NaOH treatment by Ghazal Amiri, Hamid Reza Jahangiri, Mostafa Jalalpoor

“…However, it can lead to certain side effects, such as scale precipitation in production wells and surface facilities due to water incompatibility. …”
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Tracing Missing Surgical Specimens: A Quality Improvement Strategy for Adverse Events Based on Root Cause Analysis by Huang LL, Yang JH, Hong WW, Wang BL, Chen HF

“…Over two years, no surgical pathology specimens were lost post-intervention.Conclusion: The RCA-driven reforms effectively addressed systemic flaws in specimen management, demonstrating that targeted process redesign, ergonomic tools, and digital tracking can mitigate risks of medical errors. …”
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Assessing disparities in cancer resources distribution in Mexico by Elysse Bautista-Gonzalez, Andrés Quintero Leyra, Teresa Verenice Munoz Rocha, Heber Tomás Reyes-García, Enrique Soto-Perez-de-Celis, Alejandra Palafox Parrilla, Alejandro Mohar Betancourt, Richard Sullivan

“…Abstract Background Given the rising cancer burden, the capacity of Mexico’s healthcare system to effectively address cancer care through its current available infrastructure becomes increasingly critical. …”
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Endovascular thrombectomy versus intravenous tissue plasminogen activator for vertebrobasilar stroke treatment: insights from the national inpatient sample by Ram Saha, Gaurav Nepal, Dhanshree Solanki, Ahmed Shaheen, Mohammed Maan Al-Salihi, Shamser Singh Dalal, Anil Roy

“…The mortality rate of VBAO is extremely high without treatment, ranging from 80 to 95%, underscoring the urgent need for effective and timely treatment strategies. In this study, we examined the trends of hospitalizations for Endovascular Thrombectomy (EVT) or intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (IV-tPA) as interventions for VBAO, their outcomes, associated complications, and predictors of mortality in patients undergoing these procedures.MethodsWe utilized the National Inpatient Sample (NIS) database to extract data from the years 2016 to 2018, using ICD-10 diagnosis and procedure codes specific to occlusion or thrombosis of the vertebral artery or basilar artery, IV-tPA, and EVT.ResultsBetween 2016 and 2018, a total of 37,310 patients were admitted with VBAO. …”
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Big Earth data processing using machine learning for integrated mapping of the dead sea fault, Jordan by Polina Lemenkova

“…The research presents an extended description in methodology, including the explanations of code snippets from the GMT modules and examples of the use of R libraries ‘raster’ and ‘tmap’. …”
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Secular trend of gout incidence in the UK: an age-period-cohort analysis by Michael Doherty, Xiang Ding, Guanghua Lei, Chao Zeng, Jie Wei, Yuqing Zhang, Weiya Zhang, Jing Ye, Na Lu

“…We aimed to examine the effects of the birth cohort on gout incidence using an age-period-cohort (APC) model.Design Cross-sectional study.Setting Nationwide data from the UK primary care database.Participants Individuals between 30 and 89 years of age were included. …”
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Local Self-Government Autonomy in Saint Petersburg by V. A. Semenov, V. V. Ereshkin

“…It has its own cultural code, which is expressed in special history, local customs and traditions, a multinational population, and a multitude of confessions. …”
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A nationwide population-based cross-sectional time series study of hospitalized chronic liver disease burden in Thailand from 2017 to 2022 by Rungfah Saehan, Apichat Kaewdech, Pimsiri Sripongpun, Naichaya Chamroonkul, Teerha Piratvisuth, Suthat Liangpunsakul, Ponlagrit Kumwichar

“…Strengthening prevention strategies, early diagnosis, and equitable access to effective therapies is essential. Enhanced public health interventions and ongoing surveillance are critical to mitigating the growing CLD burden.…”
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Impact of Perceived Social Stigma on Self-esteem in Patients with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome by Ebrahim Masoudnia, Hasan Chenaninasab

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The potential cost of hospital bed-days saved over 6 months for management of patients with hypomagnesaemia via same-day emergency care unit by Ryoon Wha Kang, Channa Nadarajah

“…This implies that, in 1 month, 20 bed-days and £16,293 would have been saved, allowing effective reallocation of resources and focused care from staff. …”
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Retrospective Analysis of Numerical Pain Rating Scale (NPRS) Scores in Diabetic Neuropathy Patients Receiving Gabapentin and Non-Gabapentin Therapies at an Indonesian Tertiary Hosp... by Rifky Alif Novianto, Hanik Badriyah Hidayati, Hermina Novida, Klára Bodová

“…Conclusion: Gabapentin used as monotherapy is effective for managing DNP, especially over 4–12 weeks. …”
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Coordinated Design of Power System Stabilizer and Virtual Inertia Control Using Modified Harris Hawk Optimization for Improving Power System Stability by Mohamad Almas Prakasa, Imam Robandi, Alberto Borghetti, Muhammad Ruswandi Djalal, Waseda Himawari

“…The proposed coordinated PSS-VIC design offers excellent scalability and can effectively improve power system stability across a wide-range of operating conditions.…”
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PyNET-Q×Q: An Efficient PyNET Variant for Q×Q Bayer Pattern Demosaicing in CMOS Image Sensors by Minhyeok Cho, Haechang Lee, Hyunwoo Je, Kijeong Kim, Dongil Ryu, Albert No

“…We also propose a knowledge distillation method called progressive distillation to train the reduced network more effectively. Consequently, PyNET-<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\text{Q}\times \text{Q}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> contains less than 2.5&#x0025; of the parameters of the original PyNET while preserving its performance. …”
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Exploring perceived barriers and facilitators to using mobile phone technology for delivering HPV test results in malawi: a qualitative study with HPV-Screened women, healthcare pr... by John C. Chapola, Lameck Chinula, Wezzie Dunda, Agatha Bula, Bettie Kasonkanji, Jennifer H. Tang

“…Data collected through the IDIs were recorded, transcribed, and translated. The transcripts were coded in NVivo 14 and analyzed using thematic analysis. …”
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