Racial disparities in diabetes care and outcomes for people with visual impairment: a descriptive analysis of the TriNetX research network by Charisse Madlock-Brown, Austin Lee, Jaime Seltzer, Anthony Solomonides, Nisha Mathews, Jimmy Phuong, Nicole Weiskopf, William G. Adams, Harold Lehmann, Juan Espinoza

“…White individuals without visual impairments were less likely to receive an A1C test or a GFR test, while African American individuals with visual impairment were more likely to get both. …”
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Factors associated with hypertension among patients with type 2 diabetes: evidence from a resource-limited setting—Southern Ethiopia by Begidu Yakob, Eskinder Israel, Mesfin Menza Jaldo, Awoke Abraham, Tagese Yakob

“…The data were cleaned, coded, and entered into Epi-data version 4.6.0.2 and exported to STATA version 14 for analysis. …”
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Cancer awareness amongst nurses in a tertiary care hospital in North Delhi, India by Ranga Raju Ranga Rao, Rudra Prasad Acharya, Peush Bajpai, Waseem Abbas, Ruchika Khetrapal

“…The questionnaires were coded, and information on personal details was not included. …”
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Global economic burden of schizophrenia: letter in response by Neil AL, Carr VJ

“… Authors' reply Huey Yi Chong,1 Siew Li Teoh,1 David Bin-Chia Wu,1 Chiun-Fang Chiou,2 Nathorn Chaiyakunapruk1,3–51School of Pharmacy, Monash University Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia; 2Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies Asia Pacific, Singapore; 3Center of Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research (CPOR), Department of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok, Thailand; 4School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA; 5School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, AustraliaWe thank Dr Neil and Professor Carr for their comments regarding our published systematic review “Global economic burden of schizophrenia: a systematic review”.1 We would like to address and clarify issues raised in their letter.The authors made a good point related the absence of “psychotic disorders” in our review. …”
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Developing an Internet-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Intervention for Adolescents With Anxiety Disorders: Design, Usability, and Initial Evaluation of the CoolMinds Interventi... by Nikita Marie Sørensen, Helene Skaarnes, Kim Mathiasen, Mikael Thastum, Johanne Jeppesen Lomholt

“…Participants generally liked content that was relatable and age appropriate and felt motivating. …”
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The XMAGNET Exascale MHD Simulations of SMBH Feedback in Galaxy Groups and Clusters: Overview and Preliminary Cluster Results by Philipp Grete, Brian W. O’Shea, Forrest W. Glines, Deovrat Prasad, Benjamin D. Wibking, Martin Fournier, Marcus Brüggen, G. Mark Voit

“…In this paper, we present results that focus on a Perseus-like cluster. We find that the simulated clusters are self-regulating, with the cluster cores staying at a roughly constant thermodynamic state and AGN jet power staying at physically reasonable values (≃10 ^44 –10 ^45 erg s ^–1 ) for billions of years without a discernible duty cycle. …”
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The Effect of Stellar Magnetic Activity on Measurements of Morning and Evening Asymmetry of Planetary Terminator by N. Kostogryz, A. I. Shapiro, L. Carone, L. Gizon, Ch. Helling, S. Kiefer, S. Mercier, S. Seager, S. K. Solanki, Y. Unruh, J. de Wit, V. Witzke

“…We model the limb darkening and stellar limb asymmetry in solar-like stars using the 3D radiative magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) code Max-Planck-Institute für Sonnensystemforshung (MPS)/University of Chicago Radiative MHD (MURaM) to simulate magnetized stellar atmospheres and the MPS-ATLAS code to synthesize spectra using a ray-by-ray approach. …”
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Regional analysis and stage-specific incidence of breast cancer in Kazakhstan: A comprehensive study by Nurbek Igissin, Assem Toguzbayeva, Zhansaya Telmanova, Gulnur Igissinova, Dulat Turebayev, Dariyana Kulmirzayeva, Nariman Syzdykov, Rustem Moldagali, Daulet Baibosynov, Zarina Bilyalova

“…In contrast, advanced-stage (III-IV) incidence has generally declined, except in regions like Kostanay, North Kazakhstan, and Atyrau, where late-stage cases are increasing. …”
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Evaluating the impact of existing legislation in Europe with regard to Female Genital Mutilation. Spanish National Report by VVAA .

“…In Spain, since october 2003, we have anew specific legislation, but before Female Genital Mutilation was liable too under the general offence of injuries in the Penal Code. In this Report, like in the other of the project, we have examined the possibilities and difficulties in the implementation of the spanish national legislation, in order to recommend a legislative and political strategy through Europe.   …”
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Evaluating the impact of existing legislation in Europe with regard to Female Genital Mutilation. Spanish National Report by VVAA .

“…In Spain, since october 2003, we have anew specific legislation, but before Female Genital Mutilation was liable too under the general offence of injuries in the Penal Code. In this Report, like in the other of the project, we have examined the possibilities and difficulties in the implementation of the spanish national legislation, in order to recommend a legislative and political strategy through Europe.   …”
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Renewable Energy Sources and the New Paradigm in Energy Engineering by Eden Mamut

“…</p><p>The major disappointment at the end of “Rio + 20” Conference held in 2012, was that the final resolution was blocked by the group of the Non-Aligned Countries on the argument that the developed countries have already a set of technologies on the shelf and would like to impose them to the developing countries. …”
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Dynamic changes in aroma of large-leaf yellow tea during the whole processing at an industrial scale: From fresh leaf to finished tea by Jing Wang, Yuemeng Hu, Zhenyu Guan, Ronggang Zhai, Jieyao Yu, Marina Rigling, Yanyan Zhang, Xiaochun Wan, Xiaoting Zhai

“…In contrast, floral compounds like geraniol and linalool declined progressively, while pyrazines were mainly generated during the final roasting and increased with roasting intensity. …”
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Diagnostic work-up of anemia and associated health outcomes in people with heart failure by Guobin Su, Ruowei Xiao, Dongze Ji, Kaiyu He, Anna Hallert, Gianluigi Savarese, Lars H. Lund, Yang Xu, Juan Jesus Carrero

“…Although iron testing is recommended, it is uncertain that solely emphasizing iron testing could result in lesser attention to other causes, like bleeding or cancer. This study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic work-up of incident anemia in patients with HF in routine care and associated health outcomes. …”
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Burden and risk factors of premature drowning mortality in 204 countries and territories, 1980–2021 by Yunfei Liu, Dongmei Luo, Panliang Zhong, Jiajia Dang, Di Shi, Shan Cai, Ziyue Chen, Mohammad Fayaz, Pugazhenthan Thangaraju, Jun Ma, Zhiyong Zou, Yi Song, Susan M. Sawyer

“…Encouragingly, certain countries like China (net drift: − 2.54%) and India (− 1.75%) demonstrated significant progress. …”
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Large-scale evidence generation and evaluation across a network of databases for type 2 diabetes mellitus (LEGEND-T2DM): a protocol for a series of multinational, real-world compar... by Rohan Khera, Yuan Lu, Harlan M Krumholz, Martijn J Schuemie, Ruijun Chen, George Hripcsak, Marc A Suchard, Patrick B Ryan, Anna Ostropolets

“…LEGEND-T2DM is dedicated to open science and transparency and will publicly share all analytic code from reproducible cohort definitions through turn-key software, enabling other research groups to leverage our methods, data and results to verify and extend our findings.…”
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Using linked data to explore medical complications associated with Robson classification of cesarean deliveries in Massachusetts, 2011 to 2018AJOG Global Reports at a Glance by Ruby Barnard-Mayers, MPH, Eugene Declercq, PhD, Eleanor J. Murray, ScD, Tina D. Yarrington, MD, FACOG, Martha M. Werler, DSc

“…Conclusion: While cesarean delivery rates, maternal risk factors, and labor and delivery complications followed similar patterns across Robson groups, there were notable discrepancies, especially in births with noncephalic presentations where maternal comorbidity rates matched lower cesarean-risk groups like the nulliparous single-term cephalic births.…”
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Influence of social media and the digital environment on international migration of health workforce from low- and middle-income countries post COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review... by Gladys Dzansi, Amankwa Abdul-Mumim, William Menkah, Vivian Ametefe, Eugenia Xatse, Believe Adzoa Azanku

“…Data from grey sources will be converted to transcripts, coded and grouped into themes and subthemes consistent with thematic analysis strategies. …”
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A real-world disproportionality analysis of FDA adverse event reporting system (FAERS) events for lecanemab by Linlin Yan, Linhai Zhang, Zucai Xu, Zhong Luo

“…Using the Reporting Odds Ratio (ROR), Proportional Reporting Ratio (PRR), Bayesian Confidence Propagation Neural Network (BCPNN), and Multi-item Gamma Poisson Shrinker (MGPS) algorithms, we conducted a comprehensive analysis of lecanemab-related AEs, restricting the analysis to AEs with the role code of primary suspect (PS).ResultsA total of 811 AEs reports related to lecanemab used in AD patients and 506 AEs in Non-AD patients were included. …”
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Impact of Midfoot Charcot Arthropathy (Brodsky Type 1) on Patient Reported Outcome Scores by Seth J. Tysor BS, Christopher E. Gross MD, Daniel J. Scott MBA, MD, Joshua L. Morningstar BS, Joseph Cutrone BS, Michael Otten MD

“…We will compare these values with PROMs from conditions like ESRD, knee and hip arthritis, highlighting Charcot arthropathy's comparable debilitation. …”
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Impediments to Physicians’ Workplace Contentment and Wellness: A Multifaceted Qualitative Inquiry by Saman Javed, Noshaba Batool, Nida Kamal, Bahaudin G. Mujtaba

“…The interview transcriptions were analyzed and categorized into codes and themes using qualitative data analysis (QDA miner) software. …”
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