Unveiling health disparities: Diagnostic prevalences in a transgender cohort versus matched controls. by Laurel Hiatt, Blessing S Ofori-Atta, Amanda V Bakian, Nicole L Mihalopoulos, Brooks R Keeshin, Anna Docherty, Michael Staley, Alison Fraser, Emily Sullivan, Erin A Kaufman, Hilary Coon, Anne V Kirby

“…<h4>Objective</h4>To leverage the Utah Population Database's demographic, vital, and health records and examine population-level diagnostic prevalences in TGD individuals and an age-matched general cohort.<h4>Participants</h4>6,664 TGD individuals were identified using ICD codes for gender incongruence between 1995 and 2021; 64,124 age-matched individuals comprised the control cohort.…”
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Stress resistance in barley cultivars of various agroecological origin under extreme continental climate conditions by O. A. Yusova, P. N. Nikolaev, Ya. B. Bendina, I. V. Safonova, N. I. Aniskov

“…According to the genetic profiles for alleles of hordein-coding loci, provided by the Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, more than 70% of the studied barley cultivars (‘Chelyabinsky 99’, ‘Priazovsky 9’, ‘Zadel’, ‘Sokol’, ‘Zernogradsky 584’, ‘Zadonsky 8’, ‘Khadzhibey’, ‘Beatrice’, ‘Knyazhich’, ‘Zevs’, ‘Kazak’) were linear in their hordein-coding loci. …”
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Modeling the challenges affecting the internationalization of the Persian Gulf Pro League by Sajad Soroush, Geoff Dickson, Nasrollah Sajjadi, Ebrahim Alidoust Ghahfarokhi

“…The data was analyzed using grounded theory method, including open, axial, and selective coding. During the analysis, we identified 85 codes that generated 49 general concepts. …”
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Extracting diagnoses and investigation results from unstructured text in electronic health records by semi-supervised machine learning. by Zhuoran Wang, Anoop D Shah, A Rosemary Tate, Spiros Denaxas, John Shawe-Taylor, Harry Hemingway

“…<h4>Methods</h4>We developed a novel machine learning algorithm, the 'Semi-supervised Set Covering Machine' (S3CM), and tested its ability to detect the presence of coronary angiogram results and ovarian cancer diagnoses in free text in the General Practice Research Database. For training the algorithm, we used texts classified as positive and negative according to their associated Read diagnostic codes, rather than by manual annotation. …”
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Why the oldest old in China bypass primary care: culture, family, and health system limitations by Marius Wamsiedel, Boyang Li

“…Initially, we used the constructive grounded theory approach of inductive coding to allow codes to emerge from participants’ narratives. …”
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NLRP3 Inflammasome Polymorphism and Macrovascular Complications in Type 2 Diabetes Patients by Jasna Klen, Katja Goričar, Andrej Janež, Vita Dolžan

“…We investigated common polymorphisms in inflammasome coding genes and the risk for macro- and microvascular complications in T2D. …”
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De-novo assembled mitochondrial genome of Bhadawari buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) reveals close divergence to Egyptian buffalo by Ameya Santhosh, Vikas Vohra, Ravi Kumar Gandham, Rani Alex, Gopal Gowane

“…Phylogenetic analysis was done on 24 assembled mitochondrial genomes from the Bovidae family using the Maximum Likelihood method and General Time Reversible Substitution Model. Results The complete circularized mitochondrial assembly of Bhadawari consists of 16,358 bp and this encodes 36 genes (13 Protein coding 22 tRNA and 2 rRNA sequences). …”
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Performance of Stud Clusters in Precast Bridge Decks by Chang-Su Shim, Dong-Wook Kim, Mai Xuan Nhat

“…Fatigue tests showed that the fatigue endurance of clustered stud connectors with spacing of more than three times stud diameter can be evaluated using current design codes.…”
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Usage of meta- Synthesis methodology in analyzing paradigm shifts based on spiritual urbanism approach by Farzaneh madani, Afson Mahdavi, mojtaba rafiyan, Fatemeh Mohammad Niae Qaraee

“…The first section examines the general features of selected research, the unreliability of studies on the impact of spirituality on urban space production, and the second section elaborates on the theoretical framework of research on spatial spirituality. production of spiritual-…”
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Designing an Earnings Management Improvement Model for Iranian knowledge-based Firms by Khadijeh Ghasemi, Hosein Jabbari, Meysam Arabzadeh, Hosein Panahian

“…The constant comparative method in the three stages of open, axial, and selective coding based on the Strauss et al. (1996) method and the MAXQDA software was employed to analyse the data. …”
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Radar Scattering Analysis of Multi-Scale Complex Targets by Fast VSBR-MoM Method in Urban Scenes by Zhou Cong, Jihong Gu, Ying Zhang, Jie Yang, Dazhi Ding

“…When addressing mixed multi-scale electromagnetic problems, this technique proves to be more efficient and easier to implement in general-purpose computer codes. Furthermore, this method is accelerated using the local coupling (LC) theory and fast multipole method (FMM). …”
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Factors influencing early mobilisation for patients undergoing pancreatic surgery from multiple perspectives: a qualitative descriptive study by Li-Li Zhou, Zhi Li, Yun-Xia Ni, Shu Gong

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Identification of Aspergillus westerdijkiae and its potential risk of Ochratoxin A synthesis in Cannabis inflorescences by Emily Aguirre-Ortega, Mónica J. Henao-López, Jolián A. Vargas-Alzate, Katherin Castro-Ríos, Claudia N. Montoya-Estrada

“…Nowadays, fungal contamination of medical Cannabis inflorescences during postharvest has become an increasingly frequent and worrisome problem for consumers and the industry in general. This is because some of these microorganisms can produce secondary metabolites, such as mycotoxins, which can be toxic to humans. …”
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Clarifying the challenges, requirements and methods of commercialization of defense technologies: a systematic review by Mohammad Hasan Ahmadzadeh Fard, Hossain Bahramipour, Fatemeh hesabi

“…Based on this, both defense and non-defense industries and the national innovation ecosystem in general benefit from the commercialization and transfer of defense technologies. …”
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Designing an E-Business Model in Iranian Sports Tourism with Emphasis on Organizational Factors by Abolfazl Farahani, Lachin Noorollahi, Alimohammad Safania, Reza Nikbakhsh

“…According ‎to the study, e-business ‎Sports tourism is a multi-sectoral structure that is affected by ‎a set of ‎underlying factors, ‎intervening conditions, causal conditions, strategies and ‎consequences.‎Conclusion: In general in the world at present, e-business tourism sports will not succeed if ‎they are ‎‎not equipped ‎with these organizational skills‎. …”
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A Qualitative Study on the Design and Implementation of a First Responder Operational Stress Injury Clinic by Sarah E. MacLean, Nicole E. Edgar, Chloe Ahluwalia, Valerie Testa, Simon Hatcher

“…Interviews were analyzed and coded using thematic analysis by two independent coders. …”
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On the Preservation of Cultural and Ethnic Identity of “Russian Germans” by Tatiana V. Govenko

“…Later, this situation got worse due to the Stalin regime, Nazi attack on the Soviet Union, and general reluctance of the state to preserve this ethnic group in a favorable condition. …”
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Organizational journeys toward strong cultures of sustainability: a qualitative inquiry by Manuel Riemer, Manuel Riemer, Joel Marcus, Benjamin Kai Reimer-Watts

“…The qualitative data were analyzed using template analysis combined with applying a team-based approach to open coding.ResultsThe results indicate that while COS development is not a direct, clear, or linear process, there are several common factors that descriptively capture the process of COS formation. …”
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A Novel Similarity Score for Link Prediction Approach Using Financial Transaction Networks and Firms&#x2019; Attribute by Aparajita Bose, Byunghoon Kim

“…While several link prediction studies exist for general networks, limited research has specifically addressed the unique characteristics of financial transaction networks. …”
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Biological function and application of glucan-water dikinase: a review by Sun Xiao, Bao Jinsong

“…Starch phosphorylation is a general phenomenon existing naturally in the plant kingdom. …”
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