Breast screening participation and retention among immigrants and nonimmigrants in British Columbia: A population‐based study by Ryan R. Woods, Kimberlyn M. McGrail, Erich V. Kliewer, Arminee Kazanjian, Colin Mar, Lisa Kan, Janette Sam, John J. Spinelli

“…Participation rates for immigrant women from the most common birth countries, such as China/Macau/Hong Kong/Taiwan (45.7%), India (44.5%), the Philippines (45.9%), and South Korea (39.0%), were lower than the nonimmigrant rates (51.2%). …”
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Comparison of Breastfeeding Self-efficacy in Mothers with Different Ages by Elham Eslami, Sedigheh Pakseresht, Maryam Niknami, Zahra Atrkar Roshan

“…Abstract Introduction: Breastfeeding is one of the most important health-promoting behaviors and one of the main goals of the World Health Organization. …”
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Cardiometabolic multimorbidity and the risk of sudden cardiac death among geriatric community dwellers using longitudinal EHR-derived data by Yue Li, Yue Li, Zihan Mei, Zhengkun Liu, Ji Li, Guolei Sun, Marcus Eng Hock Ong, Marcus Eng Hock Ong, Jiancheng Chen, Haojun Fan, Chunxia Cao

“…The count of CMDs was also entered as a continuous variable to examine the potential additive effect of CMM on SCD. …”
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SLOW SLIP EVENTS: PARAMETERS, CONDITIONS OF OCCURRENCE, AND FUTURE RESEARCH PROSPECTS by G. G. Kocharyan, S. B. Kishkina, V. A. Novikov, A. A. Ostapchuk

“…Velocities of slip propagation along the fault strike are variable from a few hundred metres to 20–30 km/day. …”
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Increased Occupational Exposure to Body Fluids in Healthcare Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Retrospective study from 2013 to 2022 by Karla A. Romero-Mora, María Gómez-Palacio-Schjetnan, Laura L. Jiménez-Sánchez, Claudia Alvarado-de la Barrera, Akio Murakami-Ogasawara, Samuel E. Schulz-Medina, Santiago Ávila-Ríos

“…Median age of exposed HCWs was 21 years (standard deviation = 9.65). Nurses were the most exposed (n = 172, 35.6%), mainly in patients room (n = 223, 46%). …”
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The impact of life events on health-related quality of life in rural older adults: the moderating role of social support by Lijun Liu, Jiaman Li, Yiwen Tang, Cheng Chen, Chan Yu, Xiaofeng Li, Li Peng, Daikun Zheng

“…BackgroundGlobal aging is one of the most significant social trends of the 21st century. …”
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Maternal and gestational factors associated with congenital anomalies among live births: a nationwide population-based study in Brazil from 2012 to 2020 by Qeren Hapuk Rodrigues Ferreira Fernandes, Enny S. Paixão, Maria da Conceição Nascimento Costa, Maria Glória Teixeira, Mauricio Lima Barreto, Angelina Xavier Acosta

“…It was followed by a multilevel framework with three models, in which Model 1 included distal variables, Model 2 added an intermediate variable, and Model 3 incorporated all variables. …”
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The Short-Term Efficacy of Straw Incorporation on Soil Detachment in Sloping Farmland by Chong Yao, Songzhu Ye, Siyuan Chen, Zhijia Gu, Wei Yan, Ming Zhu, Li Song, Mingjun Zhang, Faqi Wu

“…The <i>Dc</i> exhibited a power function relationship with hydraulic parameters and stream power was the most appropriate hydraulic variable to express <i>Dc</i> for different straw incorporation rates. …”
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Clinical spectrum and uncommon features of McCune-Albright syndrome in children: a cohort study from a National Referral Center by Solène Bergignat, Roland Chapurlat, Roland Chapurlat, Roland Chapurlat, Marc Nicolino, Marc Nicolino, Kevin Perge, Kevin Perge

“…These uncommon abnormalities mostly occurred in patients with significant involvement of multiple other tissues.…”
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Chemical weathering in hardened volcanic horizons (tepetates) of the State of Mexico by Otilio A. Acevedo-Sandoval, Francisco Prieto-García, Judith Prieto-Méndez, Yolanda Marmolejo-Santillán, Claudia Romo-Gómez

“… Weathering is one of the most important phenomena that affect the balance dynamics of the Earth's crust. …”
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The effect of perceived social support on the professional socialization of final-year nursing students: A cross-sectional correlational study by Vahid Yousofvand, Nayereh Falahan, Amir Sadeghi, Naser Kamyari, Behrad Sadeghi

“…The family dimension was identified as the most influential predictor of professional socialization among final-year nursing students within the social support variable (p < 0.001, β = 0.447). …”
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Postural Balance in Italian Air Force Pilots: Development of Specific Normative Values by Vincenzo Fiorillo, Barbara Martino, Valeria Castelli, Eliana Filipponi, Leonardo Braga, Alessandro Randolfi, Emanuele Garzia, Federica Di Berardino

“…<b>Results</b>: Significant differences were observed between Army Aviators and Non-Aviators. The PREF variable showed the most consistent distinction, with military pilots demonstrating a superior performance (<i>p</i> < 0.01). …”
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Efficacy and safety of a biosimilar laronidase versus the reference laronidase in patients with mucopolysaccharidosis type I by Ali Rabbani, Mohammadreza Alaei, Samaneh Norouzi Asl, Aria Setoodeh, Marjan Shakiba, Shadab Salehpour, Peyman Eshraghi, Omid Salehpour, Araz Sabzvari, Hamidreza Kafi, Ali Jarollahi

“…Among all, nasopharyngitis was the most common reported AE. In conclusion, the biosimilar Laronidase was shown to have a comparable efficacy and safety profile compared with the reference Laronidase. …”
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Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal genotype and nuclear organization as driving factors in host plant nutrient acquisition and stable carbon storage by Robert Ferguson, Ken Mugambi, Matthew Villeneuve‐Laroche, Cynthia M. Kallenbach, Pedro M. Antunes, Nicolas Corradi

“…Summary Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are obligate root symbionts of most plants that improve plant growth by transferring nutrients into plant roots through networks of soil hyphae. …”
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Change of the elasticity COEFFICIENT of the walls of the common carotid artery as a predictor of adverse cardiovascular events in hypertensive patients after ischemic hemispheric s... by O. A. Lisovaya

“…The most optimal predictive value is the cutoff point of distensibility coefficient is equal to 27.05 kPa (AUC=0.847±0.038; 95% CI =0,774-0,921; sensitivity =90.6%, specificity=70.6%). …”
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ANALYSIS OF HYGIENE AND PERIODONTAL INDEXES OF CHILDREN WITH I TYPE DIABETES MELLITUS by O.V. Sheshukova, I.О. Kuz

“…Scientific studies of gingivitis during milk and variable occlusion in children with diabetes are quite rare. …”
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Association between rapid and sustained remission and clinician- and patient-reported outcomes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: post hoc analysis of data from the SELECT-COMP... by Laure Gossec, Jayesh Patel, Aditi Kadakia, Siran Fang, Yi Peng, Sander Strengholt, Peter C. Taylor, Andrew Östör

“…Rapid remission was associated with significantly greater improvements from baseline in all outcomes at Week 26 and significantly greater odds of achieving MCIDs (aOR range: 2.2–5.6) or normative values (aOR range: 1.6–9.8) in most PROs, including pain, fatigue, and physical functioning, over the variable 5-year follow-up; significantly lower swollen/tender joint counts were also observed. …”
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Estimating the Prevalence of and Clarifying Factors Associated With Multiple Tobacco Product Use in Japan: A Cross-sectional Study in 2022 by Takafumi Yamamoto, Hazem Abbas, Upul Cooray, Tetsuji Yokoyama, Takahiro Tabuchi

“…The estimated prevalence of MTP use was 6.8%. The most common combination of MTP use was cigarettes and HTPs. …”
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PSA density as a predictor of long-term infectious complications during transurethral resection of the prostate: determining an optimal cut-off value by S. N. Ivanov, M. I. Kogan, Yu. L.  Naboka, V. L. Medvedev, G. A. Palaguta

“…Infectious complications (ICs) after transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) are significant and potentially life-threatening conditions with an incidence 0.5% – 20.0%. Most publications provide data regarding early infectious complications. …”
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Evaluating the impact of the Bolsa Familia conditional cash transfer program on premature cardiovascular and all-cause mortality using the 100 million Brazilian cohort: a natural e... by Mauricio L Barreto, Alastair H Leyland, Liam Smeeth, Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi, Peter Craig, Mirjam Allik, Estela M L Aquino, Sanni Ali, Julia M Pescarini, Leila Amorim

“…To test the sensitivity of our findings, we will estimate models with different bandwidths, include potential confounders as covariates in the survival models, and restrict our data to locations with the most reliable data. In addition, we will estimate the effect of BFP on studied outcomes using propensity score risk-set matching, separately for individuals that applied ≤2010 and &gt;2011, allowing comparability with RDD. …”
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