Surgeon Sex and Postoperative Resource Utilization: A Population-Based Cohort Study by Kiyan Heybati, BHSc, Raj Satkunasivam, MD, MS, Khatereh Aminoltejari, MD, MSc, FRCSC, Hannah S. Thomas, MBChB, MS, Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD, Natalie Coburn, MD, MPH, Frances C. Wright, MD, Med, FRCSC, Lesley Gotlib Conn, PhD, Amy N. Luckenbaugh, MD, Sanjana Ranganathan, MD, Carlos Riveros, MD, Jason Sutherland, PhD, Colin McCartney, MBChB, PhD, FRCA, FFARCSI, FRCPC, Kathleen Armstrong, MD, MSc, FRCSC, Barbara Bass, MD, Allan S. Detsky, MD, PhD, CM, Angela Jerath, MD, MSc, Christopher J. D. Wallis, MD, PhD

“…Patients treated by male surgeons had higher use of postoperative resources versus those with female surgeons within 30 days (adjusted rate 33.1; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 28.0–39.2 versus 31.2; 95% CI: 25.8–37.7), 90 days, and 1 year. …”
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Modelling of circumferential surface topography of grinding wheel with random distribution of circular truncated cone abrasive grains by Xiaodong CHEN, Dexiang WANG, Feng GUO, Xinming LI, Jingliang JIANG

“…Finally, the real grinding wheel surface topography and the constructed grinding wheel surface topography model are compared and analyzed to determine the accuracy of the modeling method in this paper.ResultsA corundum grinding wheel model is constructed with a diameter and width of 20 mm and 4.5 mm, particle size code of F80, grinding wheel structure number of 7, abrasive rate of 48% and grinding particle size of 152 to 178 μm. …”
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Evaluating the potential of phenotypic age to enhance cardiovascular risk prediction over chronological age in the UK Biobank by Kristine J. S. Kwan, Shi-Shuai Xie, Hai-Lei Li, Xue-Guang Lin, Yi-Jie Lu, Bo Chen, Kai-Xin Ge, Shu-Ya Tang, Hui Zhang, Shuai Jiang, Jing-Dong Tang

“…Incident CVD occurred at a higher rate in the positive PhenoAgeAccel group (44.8% vs. 33.1%) at a comparatively shorter period (11.2 years vs. 12.4 years). …”
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Spatiotemporal and trend analysis of common cancers in men in Central Serbia (1999–2021) by Kričković Emina, Lukić Tin, Kričković Zoran, Stojšić-Milosavljević Anastazija, Živanović Milica, Srejić Tanja

“…Hot spot analysis revealed a decline in mortality rates, whereas incidence rates increased. New colorectal cancer incidence hotspots emerged in three counties, while consecutive bladder cancer hotspots appeared in two counties. …”
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Double fluorescence-guided surgery with 5-ALA and fluorescein sodium in grade 2 and grade 3 adult-type diffuse gliomas: retrospective analysis of 112 cases by Andrea Bianconi, Marta Bonada, Pietro Zeppa, Francesco Bruno, Pietro La Cava, Flavio Panico, Roberta Rudà, Antonio Melcarne, Diego Garbossa, Fabio Cofano

“…Fluorescence positive rate and pattern have been reported both for 5-ALA and for fluoresceine. …”
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Eradication of Helicobacter pylori for prevention of aspirin-associated peptic ulcer bleeding in adults over 65 years: the HEAT RCT by CJ Hawkey, Anthony J Avery, Carol AC Coupland, Colin J Crooks, Jennifer S Dumbleton, FD Richard Hobbs, Denise Kendrick, Michael Moore, Clive Morris, Gregory Rubin, Murray Smith, Diane Stevenson

“…Limitations and future work Studying subjects already established on aspirin probably contributed to the low event rate. A future study should investigate subjects starting on aspirin when the event rate is higher. …”
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Dynamic gas supply mechanism and theoretical production modes of free gas-rich deep coal reservoirs by Shida CHEN, Taiyuan ZHANG, Dazhen TANG, Hao XU, Shu TAO, Song LI, Shuling TANG

“…Furthermore, the first priority for commercial production capacity construction of deep CBM is determining rational production capacity targets and required well-controlled areas for varying deep geological units and synergistically optimizing well completion methods, well pattern density, fracturing parameters, production allocation rates, and production cycles under the guidance of geological and engineering integration.…”
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Prognostic significance of acute exacerbations and usual interstitial pneumonia in fibrotic interstitial lung disease by Yun Zhang, Zekai Cen, Qunli Ding, Yanan Ying, Chengna Lv, Tingting Wu

“…The Kaplan‒Meier survival analysis showed that the IPF group (HR 1.97, 95% CI 1.05–3.70, P = 0.011) had a worse survival rate than the FILD group, and landmark analyses showed that the survival of FILD patients with the UIP pattern (HR 3.07 95% CI 1.37–6.86 P = 0.006) was significantly shorter than that of FILD patients with the NSIP pattern 48 months after ILD diagnosis. …”
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Cancer Genetics in the Arab World by Waleed S. Al Amri PhD, Muna Al Jabri PhD, Aisha Al Abri MS, Thomas A. Hughes PhD

“…Cancer remains a major global health burden, with incidence rates rising globally. The Arab world, which is often regarded as an underrepresented population in literature, shows distinct patterns in cancer incidences, genetics, and outcomes in comparison with Western populations. …”
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Glucose‐Induced Developmental Dynamics: Understanding Male Prevalence in Early Mouse Embryo Stages by Fikri Ardhani, Asako Okamoto, Masayuki Shimada

“…Conclusions Glucose availability accelerated embryonic development and created sex‐specific patterns of developmental timing, with male embryos exhibiting faster progression rates, which might be associated with differential X‐linked PDHA1 metabolic gene expression during early mouse embryogenesis.…”
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Automation of flow cytometry data analysis with elastic image registration by Allison Irvine, Mohamed Mahmoud Moustafa, Sahul Patel, Aniket Patel, Lilja Hardardottir, Francesca Delvecchio, Taylor Foreman, Jean Oak, Scott J. Bornheimer, Raffaello Cimbro

“…We developed a visual pattern recognition automated gating tool, BD ElastiGate Software (hereafter ElastiGate), to recapitulate the visual process of manual gating by automatically adjusting gates to capture local variability. …”
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Individualized Estimation of Baseline Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness Using Conditional Variational Autoencoder by Ou Tan, PhD, Keke Liu, MD, Aiyin Chen, MD, Dongseok Choi, PhD, Jonathan C.H. Chan, MD, Bonnie N.K. Choy, MD, Kendrick C. Shih, MD, Jasper K.W. Wong, MD, Alex L.K. Ng, MD, Janice J.C. Cheung, MD, Michael Y. Ni, MD, Jimmy S.M. Lai, MD, Gabriel M. Leung, MD, Ian Y.H. Wong, MD, David Huang, MD, PhD

“…Compared with the population means, both DL models significantly reduced the prediction error for overall and quadrant NFLT and decreased the false-positive rate of identifying abnormal NFLT thinning in both myopia groups (from 13.0%-27.0% to 6.3%∼9.4%). …”
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Optimizing fertilizer application and straw return to fields to minimize nitrogen and phosphorus runoff losses in double-rice cropping systems by Ying Zhang, Jian Zhu, Changjun Li, Hua Peng, Ji Liu, Yue Luo, Min Song, Yanjiao Dai, Kai Deng, Xionghui Ji

“…Unknown of long-term patterns of losses and mechanisms driving runoff N and P in double-rice cropping systems limited the development of effective mitigation strategies. …”
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Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Australasian Children and Adolescents by A. S. Day, D. A. Lemberg, R. B. Gearry

“…Many reports indicate increasing rates of inflammatory bowel disease, with data also showing changing patterns of this chronic disease in children and adolescents. …”
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Leveraging Social Media Data to Understand the Impact of COVID-19 on Residents' Dietary Behaviors: Observational Study by Chuqin Li, Alexis Jordan, Yaorong Ge, Albert Park

“…We then used the state obesity rates from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) to assess the correlation between state obesity rates and dietary images on Twitter. …”
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Paradigm shift of respiratory viruses causing lower respiratory tract infection in children during COVID-19 pandemic in India by Mannat Kang, Subhabrata Sarkar, Suresh Kumar Angurana, Pankaj Singh, Meenakshi Rana, Ishani Bora, Rishi Chetanya, Bharatendu Singh, Jayashree Muralidharan, Radha Kanta Ratho

“…No significant difference in positivity rate of Inf A pdmH1N1, Inf A H3N2 and Inf B was seen. …”
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Course of Chronic Trypanosoma cruzi Infection after Treatment Based on Parasitological and Serological Tests: A Systematic Review of Follow-Up Studies. by Yanina Sguassero, Cristina B Cuesta, Karen N Roberts, Elizabeth Hicks, Daniel Comandé, Agustín Ciapponi, Sergio Sosa-Estani

“…In the long-term, the rate of negativization was between 20% and 45%. The main sources of bias identified across cohort studies were the lack of control for confounding and attrition bias. …”
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Heritability and Genetics of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Evans Adu Asamoah, Christian Obirikorang, Emmanuel Acheampong, Max Efui Annani-Akollor, Edwin Ferguson Laing, Eddie-Williams Owiredu, Enoch Odame Anto

“…Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is observing an accelerating prevalence rate of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) influenced by gene-environment interaction of modifiable and nonmodifiable factors. …”
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Physician referrals of patients with neck and low back pain for physical therapy in outpatient clinics: a cross-sectional study by Amira Daher, Gali Dar

“…We measured the prevalence rates of physicians’ referral patterns for neck and low back pain according to age and sex, as well as therapeutic interventions prescribed by physical therapists. …”
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Immunodiagnostic plasma amino acid residue biomarkers detect cancer early and predict treatment response by Cong Tang, Patrícia Corredeira, Sandra Casimiro, Qi Shi, Qiwei Han, Wesley Sukdao, Ana Cavaco, Cecília Melo-Alvim, Carolina Ochôa Matos, Catarina Abreu, Steven Walsh, Gonçalo Nogueira-Costa, Leonor Ribeiro, Rita Sousa, Ana Lorena Barradas, João Eurico Fonseca, Luís Costa, Emma V. Yates, Gonçalo J. L. Bernardes

“…By measuring the total concentrations of cysteine, free cysteine, lysine, tryptophan, and tyrosine protein-incorporated biomarkers and analyzing the results with supervised machine learning, we identify 78% of cancers with 0% false positive rate (N = 97) with an AUROC of 0.95. The cancer, healthy, and autoimmune/infectious biomarker pattern are statistically significantly different (p < 0.0001). …”
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