Trends in Antimicrobial Resistance of Uropathogens Isolated from Urinary Tract Infections in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh by Sara Sadia Chowdhury, Promi Tahsin, Yun Xu, Abu Syed Md. Mosaddek, Howbeer Muhamadali, Royston Goodacre

“…<b>Background/Objectives</b>: Urinary tract infection (UTI) is a prevalent microbial infection in medical practise, leading to significant patient morbidity and increased treatment costs, particularly in developing countries. This retrospective study, conducted at a tertiary care hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh, aims to examine the antimicrobial resistance (AMR) patterns of uropathogens and evaluate whether these patterns are influenced by demographic factors such as gender, age, or patient status. …”
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Pulmonary artery catheter use in acute myocardial infarction‐cardiogenic shock by Saraschandra Vallabhajosyula, Aditi Shankar, Sri Harsha Patlolla, Abhiram Prasad, Malcolm R. Bell, Jacob C. Jentzer, Shilpkumar Arora, Saarwaani Vallabhajosyula, Bernard J. Gersh, Allan S. Jaffe, David R. Holmes Jr, Shannon M. Dunlay, Gregory W. Barsness

“…The PAC cohort had higher in‐hospital mortality (adjusted odds ratio 1.07 [95% confidence interval 1.04–1.10]), longer length of stay (10.9 ± 10.9 vs. 8.2 ± 9.3 days), higher hospitalization costs ($128 247 ± 138 181 vs. $96 509 ± 116 060), and lesser discharges to home (36.3% vs. 46.4%) (all P < 0.001). …”
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Colorectal cancer risk factors: A multi-center, case-control study in Egypt by Essam A. El-Moselhy, Mohamed M. Abdel-Halim, Alshaimaa M.M. Eid Eid, Ahmed M. Ghazy, Neamat A. Abdelmageed, Amir A. Eldamaty, Sherif A. Sherif, Asmaa A. Attia, Fatma M. Kotb, Abdelhamid A. Abdelhafez, Mohamad M. Abdelnaser, Mohamed H. El Sisi, Ahmed M. Abdelnaby, Moshira A. Ibrahim, Osama O. Khalil, Mohmed Tag El-Din, Esam M. Osman, Abd-Elnaser S. Mohammed, Alyaa H. Abo-Rahma, Ahmed E. Abdrabo, Ayman M. El Guindy, Karima M-S Kholief

“…Significant healthcare-RFs were non-compliance with medical follow-up and noncovered healthcare costs (MLE-OR = 3.72 and 3.7, respectively). Significant sociodemographic-RF was male-sex (MLE-OR = 2.86). …”
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Intranasal influenza-vectored vaccine expressing pneumococcal surface protein A protects against Influenza and Streptococcus pneumoniae infections by Kimberly Freitas Cardoso, Lara Regina Alves de Souza, Beatriz Senra Álvares da Silva Santos, Ketyllen Reis Andrade de Carvalho, Sarah Giarola da Silva Messias, Ana Paula de Faria Gonçalves, Flora Satiko Kano, Pedro Augusto Alves, Marco Antônio da Silva Campos, Marcelo Pascoal Xavier, Cristiana Couto Garcia, Remo Castro Russo, Ricardo Tostes Gazzinelli, Érica Azevedo Costa, Nelson Rodrigo da Silva Martins, Eliane Namie Miyaji, Alexandre de Magalhães Vieira Machado, Márcio Sobreira Silva Araújo

“…Despite reducing mortality, pneumococcal vaccines have high production costs and are serotype specific. The emergence of new circulating serotypes has led to the search for new prevention strategies that provide a broad spectrum of protection. …”
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Analysis of dog movement using a single accelerometer in different body positions—a new approach by Rainer da Silva Reinstein, Franciéli Mallmann Pozzobon, Pâmela Caye, Amanda Oliveira Paraguassú, Brenda Viviane Götz Socolhoski, Otávio Henrique de Melo Schiefler, Ricardo Pozzobon, Ricardo Pozzobon, Daniel Curvello de Mendonça Müller, Maurício Veloso Brun, Maurício Veloso Brun, Maurício Veloso Brun

“…Traditional methods, such as force platforms and three-dimensional kinematic systems, though accurate, are often costly and require specialized equipment, limiting their broader application. …”
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Effects of Correction of Acidosis on Body Composition in Patients Suffering from Chronic Kidney Disease on Haemodialysis: A Prospective Interventional Study by Atul Sajgure, Chetan Phadke, Charan Bale, Pavan Wakhare, Nilesh Shinde, Vivek Biradar, Shreeharsh Godbole, Tushar Dighe

“…This leads to a worsening clinical condition for patients and an increased need for in-hospital care, often requiring intensive care, which further drives up treatment costs. Metabolic acidosis also has implications for bone and muscle health. …”
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Gene Flow Between Populations With Highly Divergent Mitogenomes in the Australian Stingless Bee, Tetragonula hockingsi by Genevieve Law, Carmen R. B. daSilva, Inez Vlasich‐Brennan, Benjamin A. Taylor, Brock A. Harpur, Tim Heard, Scott Nacko, Markus Riegler, James B. Dorey, Mark I. Stevens, Nathan Lo, Rosalyn Gloag

“…Our observations suggest that coadapted sets of mitochondrial and nuclear genes unique to each population of T. hockingsi may play a role in maintaining population boundaries, though more study is needed to confirm the fitness costs of mito‐nuclear incompatibilities in hybrid individuals.…”
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“Vaccinating a child is upon the woman”: implications for improving uptake for the recently introduced second dose of measles-containing vaccine based on a rapid community assessme... by Adelline Twimukye, Nessa Ryan, Flavia Vivian Najjuma, Yvette Wibabara, Judith Nanyondo, Shillah Nakato, Maria Sarah Nabaggala, Ciara Sugerman, Daniel Kadobera, Rita Atugonza, John Kamulegeya, Joseph Magoola, Racheal Beyagira, Mohammed Lamorde, Alex Riolexus Ario, Alfred Driwale, Shibani Kulkarni

“…At the individual level, female caregiver's heavy workload and limited decision-making power hindered their ability to take children for vaccination, with mothers often relying on fathers and depended on men for transport costs to immunization centers. At the household level, participants mothers were primarily responsible for taking children to vaccination centers, while fathers were less involved in child health. …”
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P-18 ANTI-HBC POSITIVITY IS AN INDEPENDENT PREDICTIVE FACTOR FOR HCC DEVELOPMENT AND SHOULD BE INCORPORATED TO THE HCC RISK SCORE PREDICTION MODEL IN ADVANCED FIBROSIS by Marcus Vinicius de Acevedo Garcia Gomes, Diogo Delgado Dotta, Manuella Andrade Oliveira Sobral, Isabela Bodaczny Taliberti, Alexandre Belucci Trazzi, Eduardo Pombo Nascimento, Betania da Silva Rocha, Patricia Momoyo Yoshimura Zitelli, Rosa Maria Nascimento Marcusso, Mario Guimaraes Pessoa

“…In that context, identifying higher risk populations to intensify its surveillance is important to allow early hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) detection and optimize costs. Our group previously demonstrated a risk association between anti-HBc and HCC, since the presence of hepatitis B virus infection has oncogenic properties. …”
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Integrating Drosophila and Vibrio fischeri models for toxicity evaluation: uncovering detoxification trends in psoralea Fructus-TCM formulations by Cheng Zhang, Yina Li, Fangyang Li, Wanyun Dang, Zhuo Shi, Chunqi Yang, Chengrong Xiao, Xianglin Tang, Yuguang Wang, Yuguang Wang, Yuguang Wang, Yue Gao, Yue Gao, Yue Gao, Yue Gao

“…Current assessment methods are often inefficient and costly, creating an urgent need for new strategies to evaluate herbal medicine toxicity. …”
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Lampsy: An Invisible Real-Time Epilepsy Video Monitoring and Automatic Seizure Detection Device by Vicente M. Garcao, Mariana Abreu, Francisca Sa, Ana Rita Peralta, Carla Bentes, Ana Fred, Hugo Placido da Silva

“…However, no video-based, medically certified seizure detection devices exist, possibly due to the hardware costs needed for accurate real-time video-based detection. …”
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Investigation and analysis of influencing factors on the economic burden of varicella disease in Qingyang, China, 2024 by Beiqin Liu, Xueping Li, Huailu Shi, Lin Yuan, Yongfeng Jing, Yuelong Hui, Meimei Xu, Yan Zhang, Kangjun Zhao, Qiqi Sun, Jingyu Fan, Mingyu Yang

“…The low coverage of varicella vaccination underscores the urgent necessity to implement targeted vaccination strategies and enhance public health education aimed at reducing disease-related costs.…”
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The Evolving Global Burden of Young‐Onset Parkinson's Disease (1990–2021): Regional, Gender, and Age Disparities in the Context of Rising Incidence and Declining Mortality by Yanjie Jiang, Hanyu Wang, Xingyi He, Rui Fu, Zhihui Jin, Qinwei Fu, Xinlang Yu, Wenshan Li, Xiaoyu Zhu, Shipeng Zhang, Yan Lu

“…ABSTRACT Background Young‐onset Parkinson's disease (YOPD) has emerged as a significant global public health challenge characterized by its early onset among individuals in their prime working years, complex disruptions to social roles, and a substantial socioeconomic burden encompassing diminished productivity, escalating healthcare costs, and markedly reduced quality of life. Methods Using Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2021 data, this study analyzed YOPD burden (ages 20–49) from 1990 to 2021, assessing age‐standardized incidence rate (ASIR), mortality rate (ASMR), disability‐adjusted life years rate (ASDR), and trends via Bayesian Age‐Period Cohort (BAPC) modeling. …”
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“We worked together to change things about our lives”: a longitudinal qualitative analysis exploring Hispanic/Latino and Somali immigrant health promoters’ perspectives on a social... by Abby M. Lohr, Manisha Salinas, Laura Suarez Pardo, Jhenitza P. Raygoza, Ahmed Mohamed, Enid Campos, Hana Dirie, Khadija Ali, María Graciela Porraz Capetillo, Hindi Elmi, Omar Nur, Luz Molina, Ahmed Osman, Thomas W. Valente, Joan M. Griffin, Mark L. Wieland, Irene G. Sia

“…Barriers included logistical challenges, navigating health-related differences between one’s country of origin and the US, and structural issues such as racism, high costs (e.g., food), and absence of an affordable gym. …”
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An Acceptance‐Based Guided Self‐Help Program for Weight Loss Maintenance in Adults Who Have Previously Completed a Behavioral Weight Loss Program: The SWiM Feasibility Study by Rebecca A. Jones, Julia Mueller, Rebecca Richards, Jennifer Woolston, Marie Stubbings, Fiona Whittle, Andrew J. Hill, Carly A. Hughes, Robbie Duschinsky, Stephen J. Sharp, Michelle Chester, Carlotta Schwertel, Struan Tait, Patricia Eustachio Colombo, Laura Kudlek, Clare E. Boothby, Jennifer Bostock, Penny Breeze, Alan Brennan, Francesco Fusco, Emma R. Lawlor, Stephen Morris, Simon J. Griffin, Amy L. Ahern

“…Interventions based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) demonstrate good evidence for long‐term weight loss, but are often costly and difficult to scale up. Guided self‐help programmes delivered using technology and non‐specialist coaches could increase scalability, but it is unclear whether delivering ACT‐based interventions in this way is feasible and acceptable. …”
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Using a robust decision making (RDM) approach to explore current and future vulnerabilities of a semi-arid coastal basin: a case study of the Quilimarí basin in Chile by David Poblete, David Poblete, Sebastián Vicuña, Sebastián Vicuña, Sebastián Vicuña, Sebastián Aedo, Edmundo Molina-Perez, Hermilo Cortés, Oscar Melo, Oscar Melo, Anahí Ocampo-Melgar, Kiara Tesen, Kiara Tesen, Francisco Suárez, Francisco Suárez, Juan Pablo Herane, Francisco Meza, Francisco Meza, Francisco Meza, Katherine Duarte, Diego González, Sarah Leray, Sarah Leray, Megan Williams, Megan Williams, Megan Williams, Aurora Gaxiola, Aurora Gaxiola, Aurora Gaxiola, Gabriela Alfaro, David Morales-Moraga, David Morales-Moraga

“…To explore current and future vulnerabilities we used a WEAP-MODFLOW water resources model that integrates data on extraction wells, irrigation schemes, agricultural production, potable water supply, and associated costs, including saline intrusion processes. The model simulates trade-offs between different objectives, such as groundwater extraction for agriculture and job creation versus potable water for rural communities. …”
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Comparing HemoCue® and Quantitative Buffy Coat® and Coulter Counter-measured haemoglobin concentrations in African children with acute uncomplicated malaria: a Bland–Altman analysi... by Dhol S. Ayuen, Peter Olupot-Olupot, Rita Muhindo, Marie A. Onyamboko, Seun Ajayi, Natenapa Chimjinda, Chiraporn Taya, Sophie Uyoga, Thomas N. Williams, Kathryn Maitland, Caterina Fanello, Nicholas P. J. Day, Walter R. Taylor, Mavuto Mukaka

“…However, laboratory methods for measuring haemoglobin (Hb) concentration, like the Coulter Counter and the Quantitative Buffy Coat® (QBC®), are costly and not widely accessible in resource-limited settings. …”
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Usefulness of differential somatic cell count for udder health monitoring: Effect of intramammary infections, days in milk, quarter location, and parity on quarter-level differenti... by Mariana Fonseca, Daryna Kurban, Jean-Philippe Roy, Débora E. Santschi, Elouise Molgat, Simon Dufour

“…ABSTRACT: Microbial infections of the mammary gland often cause mastitis, and it can lead to substantial economic losses within the dairy industry due to its direct negative impact on milk production and composition and the associated treatment costs. Somatic cell count has emerged as a critical indicator in monitoring udder health, and recently, the large-scale availability of differential cell count analysis potentially offers new insights into underlying physiological processes. …”
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Optimizing Fertilization Strategies to Promote Leaf-Use Ginkgo Productivity and Ecosystem Economic Benefits: An Integrated Evaluation of a Field Trial in Southern China by Mengrui Xiao, Shuangshuang Chu, Fenglin Zheng, Lihua Xian, Jie Lu, Dandan Liao, Jianhui Ouyang, Mandi Long, Douglass F. Jacobs, Dongnan Hu, Shucai Zeng

“…However, higher fertilizer rates were associated with elevated greenhouse gas emissions, nitrogen losses and ecological costs. Despite these drawbacks, all fertilization treatments resulted in increased net economic income. …”
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Retrospective Comparative Analysis of Prostate Cancer In-Basket Messages: Responses From Closed-Domain Large Language Models Versus Clinical Teams by Yuexing Hao, MS, Jason Holmes, PhD, Jared Hobson, MD, Alexandra Bennett, MD, Elizabeth L. McKone, MD, Daniel K. Ebner, MD, David M. Routman, MD, Satomi Shiraishi, MD, Samir H. Patel, MD, Nathan Y. Yu, MD, Chris L. Hallemeier, MD, Brooke E. Ball, MSN, Mark Waddle, MD, Wei Liu, PhD

“…This could lead to improved efficiency in health care workflows and reduced costs while maintaining or enhancing the quality of communication between patients and health care providers.…”
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