Temporal changes in hospital readmissions for postpartum hypertension in the US, 2010 to 2019; a serial cross-sectional analysis. by Ashwini Deshpande, Deepti Agnihotri, Alexa I K Campbell, Jerome J Federspiel, Evan R Myers, Osondu Ogbuoji

“…In this paper, we estimate the trends in the incidence of readmissions for postpartum hypertension within 42 days of delivery discharge in the US, disaggregated by median household income.<h4>Methods and findings</h4>Using National Readmissions Database, we calculated the readmission rates for postpartum hypertension, both overall and stratified by ZIP Code median household income for each year between 2010 and 2019. …”
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Alligator Abundance and Hydrology (2003–2013): What Long-term Monitoring Can Tell Us about Everglades Restoration by Rebecca G. Harvey, Jeff Beauchamp, Robin Bijlani, Frank J. Mazzotti, Laura A. Brandt

“…Thus, trends in alligator populations can tell us whether restoration projects are successful. …”
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Application of the Social Cognitive Theory amid food parenting practices of Black immigrant mothers in the US: A qualitative study. by Phoebe P Tchoua, Mary Brannock, Deborah Quesenberry

“…<h4>Background</h4>Children of Black immigrant parents living in the US are at elevated risk of being overweight or obese, thus increasing their risks of morbidity and mortality as they age. …”
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Serum alpha-1 acid glycoprotein and gallstone risk in US adult women: a cross-sectional analysis of the NHANES by Xiaocheng Li, Peiling He

“…Sensitivity analyses using multiple imputation further supported the conclusion that AGP was associated with increased gallstone risk.ConclusionAGP is significantly associated with an increased risk of gallstones in U.S. adult women, suggesting its potential as a biomarker for risk stratification. …”
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Association between the exposure to brominated flame retardants and psoriasis risk among U.S. adults: A population-based study by Jingbo Zhang, Xiangyun Shi, Genlong Bai, Jin Chen, Yidian Fu, Aijun Chen

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Co-opting the ‘public’ in public health: homelessness and the specious logic of discretionary displacement in a mid-sized US city by Lesley Jo Weaver, Claire W. Herbert, Dylan J. Podrabsky, Mackenzie L. Ní Flainn

“…In the name of public health protection, individuals and communities perceived to be diseased have long been coercively regulated through surveillance, sequestration, or various forms of criminal punishment. In the U.S., people experiencing homelessness (PEH) have been increasingly targeted by social control measures such as containment, banishment, or arrest, often under the guise of public health protection. …”
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Ulnar morphology in Sahelanthropus tchadensis, what it tells us on the locomotor repertoire of the last common ancestor of humans and chimpanzees (LCA) by Julian Karoui Canedo, Guillaume Daver, Alicia Blasi-Toccacceli, Nekoulnang D. Clarisse, Andossa Likius, Hassane-Taisso Mackaye, Abderamame Moussa, Adoum Mahamat, Laurent Pallas, Jérôme Surault, Franck Guy

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Ruth Milkman and Eileen Appelbaum, Unfinished Business: Paid Family Leave in California and the Future of U.S. Work-Family Policy by Éveline Thévenard

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Responses of dry edible bean crop growth and water productivities under different irrigation scenarios in the U.S. high plains by Angie Gradiz, Xin Qiao, Saleh Taghvaeian, Wei-zhen Liang, Daran Rudnick, Abia Katimbo, Jun Wang, Swathi Palle

“…This three-year (2021–2023) study investigated the impacts of irrigation treatments, ranging from rainfed to over-irrigated conditions, on soil water dynamics, canopy cover, leaf area index, yield, actual evapotranspiration, and water productivities for dry edible beans grown in western Nebraska, U.S. Although dry beans are often considered a shallow-rooted crop, our results demonstrated their ability to adapt to drought stress by extracting soil water from significantly deeper depths than previously expected. …”
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Dental Approach to Craniofacial Syndromes: How Can Developmental Fields Show Us a New Way to Understand Pathogenesis? by Inger Kjær

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Association between mixed exposure of non-persistent pesticides and liver fibrosis in the general US population: NHANES 2013–2016 by Shuge Shu, Yuan Li, Xiangyu Yu, Xinting Chen, Ummara Abdullah, Yongquan Yu

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Policy Style and The US Policy Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Rebuttal to Lawrence D. Brown’s Fomenters of Fiasco by Kristin Taylor, Rob DeLeo, Thomas Birkland, Deserai Anderson Crow

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Layering Public Park Histories: Uncovering the Effects of Restoration Idea[l]s in Post-War Urban Spaces in Germany and the U.S. by Laura Brannan Fretwell, Eliane Schmid

“…The two case studies of post-war park development in Richmond, Virginia, U.S., and Hamburg, DE, exemplify the social and political effects of restoration ideas and ideals on beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries. …”
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Antimicrobial use regulations are associated with increased susceptibility among bovine Salmonella isolates from a U.S. surveillance system by Claudia Cobo-Angel, Maya Craig, Marwan Osman, Kevin J. Cummings, Casey L. Cazer

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The interpersonal theory of suicide risk in male US service members/veterans: the independent effects of perceived burdensomeness and thwarted belongingness by Rebecca K. Blais, Kevin J. Grimm

“…Introduction: Suicide rates remain high among US military service member/veteran (SM/V) males with overall trends showing an upward trajectory. …”
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A cross-sectional survey benchmarking the coverage and importance of obesity-related competencies in U.S. dietetic supervised practice programs by Rosanna P. Watowicz, Varsha Krishnan, W. Scott Butsch

“…The objective of this study was to benchmark the inclusion of obesity-related competencies in dietetic supervised practice programs, as self-reported by supervised practice directors, to begin to understand the training that U.S. RDNs receive. Methods This was an exploratory, cross-sectional, online survey of U.S. dietetic supervised practice directors distributed in July of 2022. …”
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A real-world analysis of antidepressant medications in US veterans aged 60 years and older: a comparative analysis by Ryan D Pittman, S Scott Sutton, Joseph Magagnoli, Tammy H Cummings

Erratum to “Abdominal Wall Abscess due to Acute Perforated Sigmoid Diverticulitis: A Case Report with MDCT and US Findings” by Vasileios Rafailidis, Anna Gavriilidou, Christos Liouliakis, Asimina Tsimitri, Sofia Paschaloudi, Vasiliki Karadimou

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Correction: Parity and post-reproductive mortality among U.S. Black and White women: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study. by PLOS One Staff

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The Association of Sleep Disorder, Obesity Status, and Diabetes Mellitus among US Adults—The NHANES 2009-2010 Survey Results by Jian Liu, John Hay, Brent E. Faught

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