Comparative analysis of the frequency of comorbid diseases in axial psoriatic arthritis and other variants of axial spondyloarthritis. Data from a hospital cohort by A. A. Yanushonite, Yu. L. Korsakova, T. V. Korotaeva, E. E. Gubar, E. Yu. Loginova, M. M. Urumova, A. E. Dimitreva, S. I. Glukhova

“…The diagnosis of comorbid diseases was confirmed using ICD-10 codes. The Cumulative Illness Rating Scale (CIRS), Charlson comorbidity index (CCI) and the weighted version of Functional Comorbidity Index (w-FCI) were used to assess comorbidity.Results and discussion. …”
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Components of a Digital Storytelling Intervention for Human Papillomavirus and Cancer Prevention Among LGBTQ+ Individuals: Formative Mixed Methods Inquiry by Gabrielle Darville-Sanders, Dominique Munroe, Emilie Corluyan, Utibeabasi Ikoiwak, Jennifer Nguyen, Chad Mandula, Portia Thomas, Brandon Sanders

“…Key informant interviews were conducted via Zoom with participants who completed the intake surveys and consented to be interviewed. Transcripts were coded and analyzed using the constant comparison method for emergent themes surrounding components of effective DST campaigns. …”
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Lived Experience of Widowhood: A Phenomenological Study Among Women by Hossein Afrasiabi, Sara Sadeghiyeh

“…Findings The interviews with the widows were coded and analyzed using thematic analysis. First, a basic code was attached to each part of the phrase. …”
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Food-related behaviors of rural (Asaase Kooko) and peri-urban (Kaadjanor) households in Ghana by Prince Kwabena Osei, Megan A. McCrory, Matilda Steiner-Asiedu, Edward Sazonov, Mingui Sun, Wenyan Jia, Tom Baranowski, Gary Frost, Benny Lo, Alex Kojo Anderson

“…All interviews were audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim by professional transcribers, and manually coded using the directed content analysis approach.ResultsAll but three key informants were mothers, who were also the main food preparers for their households. …”
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The challenge of multidrug resistance in hospitalized pediatric patients with urinary tract infections by Zeinab El Zein, Zeinab El Zein, Celina F. Boutros, Marwa El Masri, Elsy El Tawil, Maher Sraj, Yara Salameh, Sarah Ghadban, Rim Salameh, Silma El Baasiri, Amani Haddara, Mayse Nasser, Shady Tabbara, Sarah Khafaja, Sarah Khafaja, Rawan Korman, Soha Ghanem, Dany Al Hamod, Ghassan S. Dbaibo, Ghassan S. Dbaibo

“…Children aged ≥ 5 years were nearly twice as likely to present with an MDR uropathogen compared to those < 5 years of age (p < 0.001). …”
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Abstract 164: Chronic Total Occlusion of the Bilateral Internal Carotid Arteries, Vertebral Arteries and Basilar Artery by Luis Paixao, Derek Holder, Brendan Eby

“…Diagnosis of Moyamoya disease stage VI ("disappearance of the Moyamoya") was entertained but felt to be less likely given involvement of the proximal ICAs and posterior circulation. …”
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Detecting Dysglycemia Using the 2015 United States Preventive Services Task Force Screening Criteria: A Cohort Analysis of Community Health Center Patients. by Matthew J O'Brien, Ji Young Lee, Mercedes R Carnethon, Ronald T Ackermann, Maria C Vargas, Andrew Hamilton, Nivedita Mohanty, Sarah S Rittner, Jessica N Park, Amro Hassan, David R Buchanan, Lei Liu, Joseph Feinglass

“…Racial/ethnic minorities were significantly less likely to be eligible for screening yet had higher odds of developing dysglycemia than whites (odds ratio [95% CI]: Blacks 1.24 [1.09-1.40]; Hispanics 1.46 [1.30-1.64]; and Other 1.33 [1.16-1.54]). …”
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Conveying Equipoise during Recruitment for Clinical Trials: Qualitative Synthesis of Clinicians' Practices across Six Randomised Controlled Trials. by Leila Rooshenas, Daisy Elliott, Julia Wade, Marcus Jepson, Sangeetha Paramasivan, Sean Strong, Caroline Wilson, David Beard, Jane M Blazeby, Alison Birtle, Alison Halliday, Chris A Rogers, Rob Stein, Jenny L Donovan, ACST-2 study group, By-Band-Sleeve study group, Chemorad study group, CSAW study group, Optima prelim study group, POUT study group

“…A sample of appointments was independently coded by three researchers to optimise reliability in reported findings. …”
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Associations between multimorbidity and adverse health outcomes in UK Biobank and the SAIL Databank: A comparison of longitudinal cohort studies. by Peter Hanlon, Bhautesh D Jani, Barbara Nicholl, Jim Lewsey, David A McAllister, Frances S Mair

“…Multimorbidity (n = 40 long-term conditions [LTCs]) was identified from primary care Read codes and quantified using a simple count and a weighted score. …”
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Prevalence and incidence of moderate and severe mental illness in the second postpartum year in England (1995–2020): a national retrospective cohort study using primary care dataRe... by Ellie Jones, Laura Quinn, Jamie-Rae Tanner, Jelena Jankovic, Giles Berrisford, Christine MacArthur, Beck Taylor

“…All women registered with a General Practitioner with third trimester, delivery code or postpartum medical record 1995–2020 were included. …”
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Abstract 041: Readmission Rates and Etiologies among Patients with Intracerebral Hemorrhage: A United States Nationwide Analysis by Ibrahim Laswi, Maryam Arabi, Yousef Al‐Najjar, Soha Dargham, Salman Al Jerdi, Charbel Abi Khalil

“…Methods We identified patients with a primary diagnosis of ICH (ICD‐10 code: I61.x) from 2016‐2019 using the Nationwide Readmission Database (NRD). …”
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Use of Large Language Models to Classify Epidemiological Characteristics in Synthetic and Real-World Social Media Posts About Conjunctivitis Outbreaks: Infodemiology Study by Michael S Deiner, Russell Y Deiner, Cherie Fathy, Natalie A Deiner, Vagelis Hristidis, Stephen D McLeod, Thomas J Bukowski, Thuy Doan, Gerami D Seitzman, Thomas M Lietman, Travis C Porco

“…However, public health actions for likely outbreaks could benefit more by knowing additional epidemiological characteristics, such as outbreak type, size, and severity. …”
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Overall and cause-specific hospitalisation and death after COVID-19 hospitalisation in England: A cohort study using linked primary care, secondary care, and death registration dat... by Krishnan Bhaskaran, Christopher T Rentsch, George Hickman, William J Hulme, Anna Schultze, Helen J Curtis, Kevin Wing, Charlotte Warren-Gash, Laurie Tomlinson, Chris J Bates, Rohini Mathur, Brian MacKenna, Viyaasan Mahalingasivam, Angel Wong, Alex J Walker, Caroline E Morton, Daniel Grint, Amir Mehrkar, Rosalind M Eggo, Peter Inglesby, Ian J Douglas, Helen I McDonald, Jonathan Cockburn, Elizabeth J Williamson, David Evans, John Parry, Frank Hester, Sam Harper, Stephen Jw Evans, Sebastian Bacon, Liam Smeeth, Ben Goldacre

“…Limitations of our study were that reasons for hospitalisation or death may have been misclassified in some cases due to inconsistent use of codes, and we did not have data to distinguish COVID-19 variants.…”
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Body Mass Index in Late Adolescence and Later Life Kidney Outcomes: A Population-Based Cohort Study in Swedish Men by Monika Vitkauskaitė, Ernesta Mačionienė, Rytis Stankevičius, Marius Miglinas, Joachim H. Ix, Mattias Brunström

“…During this period, the incidence of CKD-based on diagnosis codes was 5,590, whereas 2,357 subjects were diagnosed with end-stage kidney disease and 8,023 with AKI, respectively. …”
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Factors associated with suicide risk among Chinese adults: A prospective cohort study of 0.5 million individuals. by Rongqin Yu, Yiping Chen, Liming Li, Junshi Chen, Yu Guo, Zheng Bian, Jun Lv, Canqing Yu, Xianmin Xie, Dan Huang, Zhengming Chen, Seena Fazel

“…A limitation of the study is that there is likely underreporting of mental disorders due to the use of self-report information for some diagnostic categories.…”
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Data of vegetation structure metrics retrieved from airborne laser scanning surveys for European demonstration sitesZenodo by W. Daniel Kissling, Wessel Mulder, Jinhu Wang, Yifang Shi

“…Certain striping patterns, likely resulting from overlapping flight lines and increased point density, are present in some metrics, though their overall impact appears minimal. …”
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Adapting a Mobile Health App for Smoking Cessation in Black Adults With Anxiety Through an Analysis of the Mobile Anxiety Sensitivity Program Proof-of-Concept Trial: Qualitative St... by Marshall K Cheney, Adam C Alexander, Lorra Garey, Matthew W Gallagher, Emily T Hébert, Anka A Vujanovic, Krista M Kezbers, Cameron T Matoska, Michael J Zvolensky, Michael S Businelle

“… BackgroundAt least half of smokers make a serious quit attempt each year, but Black adults who smoke are less likely than White adults who smoke to quit smoking successfully. …”
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ML Auditing and Reproducibility: Applying a Core Criteria Catalog to an Early Sepsis Onset Detection System by Markus Schwarz, Ludwig Christian Hinske, Ulrich Mansmann, Fady Albashiti

“…An algorithmic error is most likely responsible for the missing lead time to sepsis onset metric. …”
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CHEMICAL AND SENSORY CHARACTERISTIC OF SORGHUM (Sorghum bicolor) TAPAI WITH TRADITIONAL PACKAGING by Andre Yusuf Trisna Putra, Rosida Rosida, Khoirul Azmir

“…</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US">B</span><span lang="IN">itter taste, sandy texture and unpleasant aroma</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"> in sorghum cause people do not like</span><span lang="IN">. Therefore, this study aimed to develop tapai from sorghum. …”
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Punjab's Linguistic Land Scape: Postcolonial Reading of Literary, Political and Social Contexts by Sajid Javed

“…The various departments like Hindoostanee, Punjabi, Persian, Arabic and other local languages were established for this purpose. …”
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