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Relationship between the Incidence of Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia and Gestatinal Age as a Risk Factor

Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia (NH) or neonatal jaundice is characterized by elevated serum levels of total bilirubin in the blood and yellow color of the baby's skin, sclera, and mucous membranes. Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia can cause mild-moderate-severe neurological disorders, up to death, if left untreated. The incidence of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia (NH) in Indonesia in 2016 reached 51.47% of cases where 33.3% of the total NH cases were related to prematurity. The purpose of this study is to determine the incidence of NH in RSAB Harapan Kita This research is a type of quantitative analytical research with a cross sectional approach. The study population is babies born at RSAB Harapan Kita for the period January 2022 – December 2022. Using a random sampling technique with the slovin formula and a margin of error of 5%, a sample of 315 patients met the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Furthermore, statistical analysis was carried out using the chi-square test. As many as 158 (50.2%) babies born at RSAB Harapan Kita experienced NH with the most results of female babies (54.4%), aged 24-48 hours (48.1%), low birth weight (57%), and premature gestational age (67.7%). Bivariate analysis of the association of gestational age with NH incidence has a significance value of <0.001 which proves a significant association. Conclusions: There is a significant association between preterm gestational age and NH incidence
Health disparities in preterm births

Introduction Black African American (B/AA) women have a 2-fold to 3-fold elevated risk compared with non-Hispanic White (W) women for preterm birth. Further, preterm birth is the leading cause of mortality among B/AA infants, and among survivors, preterm infant adverse health outcomes occur disproportionately in B/AA infants. Racial inequities in maternal and infant health continue to pose a public health crisis despite the discovery >100 years ago. The purpose of this study was to expand on reported preterm infant outcome disparities. A life-course approach, accumulation of lifelong stress, including discrimination, may explain social factors causing preterm birth rate and outcome inequities in B/AA mothers. Methods Anthropometric measures and clinical treatment information for 197 consented participants were milled from electronic health records across 4 years. The Neonatal Infant Stressor Scale was used to tally acute and chronic painful/stressful procedures. Neurobehavioral differences were investigated using the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Network Neurobehavioral Scale. Results B/AA mothers gave birth to preterm infants earlier than W mothers. NICU hospitalization stays were extended more than 2 weeks for the significantly smaller B/AA preterm infants in comparison to the age-matched W preterm infants. A higher number of chronic lifesaving procedures with demonstrated altered stress response patterns were recorded for B/AA preterm infants. Discussion This cross-sectional analysis of preterm birth rates and preterm infant developmental and neurodevelopmental outcomes are presented in the context of NICU stress and pain, with attendant implications for infant mortality and future health disparities. Preterm birth rate and outcome inequities further support the need to develop interventions and policies that will reduce the impact of discrimination and improve social determinants of health for Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color.
Offspring sex ratio and partially asynchronous hatching in the Little Bittern (Ixobrychus minutus) population in south-western Slovakia

Birds are one of the best-studied animal groups in Europe. Despite this, there are several bird species, including the Little Bittern (Ixobrychus minutus), of which the breeding biology is still little known. Here, I examine the sex of offspring in relation to hatching order, the degree of hatching asynchrony and some other aspects of nesting biology (such as breeding phenology, clutch size, egg and nestling survival) of the Little Bittern in the south-western Slovakian population. Egg-laying occurred from 5 May to 10 July, but the majority of clutches were initiated in May. Mean clutch size was 5.2 ± 0.92 (SD) eggs. Parents initiated full incubation predominantly after laying the third egg (86.4% of cases) of the clutch, which led to only partially asynchronous hatching of eggs. However, no evidence was found for offspring sex ratio adjustment according to hatching order. Nevertheless, survival rates of eggs and nestlings were relatively high (80.9% and 94.3 %, respectively). The possible causes of observed patterns are discussed.
Outcomes of early hospital readmission after kidney transplantation: Perspectives from a Canadian transplant centre

BACKGROUND Early hospital readmissions (EHRs) after kidney transplantation range in incidence from 18%-47% and are important and substantial healthcare quality indicators. EHR can adversely impact clinical outcomes such as graft function and patient mortality as well as healthcare costs. EHRs have been extensively studied in American healthcare systems, but these associations have not been explored within a Canadian setting. Due to significant differences in the delivery of healthcare and patient outcomes, results from American studies cannot be readily applicable to Canadian populations. A better understanding of EHR can facilitate improved discharge planning and long-term outpatient management post kidney transplant. AIM To explore the burden of EHR on kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) and the Canadian healthcare system in a large transplant centre. METHODS This single centre cohort study included 1564 KTRs recruited from January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2017, with a 1-year follow-up. We defined EHR as hospitalizations within 30 d or 90 d of transplant discharge, excluding elective procedures. Multivariable Cox and linear regression models were used to examine EHR, late hospital readmissions (defined as hospitalizations within 31-365 d for 30-d EHR and within 91-365 d for 90-d EHR), and outcomes including graft function and patient mortality. RESULTS In this study, 307 (22.4%) and 394 (29.6%) KTRs had 30-d and 90-d EHRs, respectively. Factors such as having previous cases of rejection, being transplanted in more recent years, having a longer duration of dialysis pretransplant, and having an expanded criteria donor were associated with EHR post-transplant. The cumulative probability of death censored graft failure, as well as total graft failure, was higher among the 90-d EHR group as compared to patients with no EHR. While multivariable models found no significant association between EHR and patient mortality, patients with EHR were at an increased risk of late hospital readmissions, poorer kidney function throughout the 1st year post-transplant, and higher hospital-based care costs within the 1st year of follow-up. CONCLUSION EHRs are associated with suboptimal outcomes after kidney transplant and increased financial burden on the healthcare system. The results warrant the need for effective strategies to reduce post-transplant EHR.
The World is Not Enough (WINE): Harvesting Local Resources for Eternal Exploration of Space

The World is Not Enough (WINE) is a new generation of CubeSats that take advantage of In Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) to explore space. The WINE uses existing CubeSat technology and combines it with 3D printing technology and ISRU, a water extraction system. 3D printing enables development of steam thrusters as well as tanks that fit within the available space within the CubeSat. The ISRU module captures and extracts water assisted by heat generated by the CubeSat electronics system supplemented by power from solar charged batteries. The extracted water is used as fuel for propulsion to fly to another location. The WINE is ideally suited as a prospecting mission and reconnaissance mission. 6U CubeSat Design
Why Living in a Sport Management Learning Community Matters

Living learning communities (LLCs) improve students’ social connection and involvement through intentional planning and relationships with faculty and peers. This case study explored student experiences in a living learning community known as the Sport Management and Media Living Learning Community (SMM LLC) at Elon University. Informed by the research about best practice for living learning communities (Inkelas, et al., 2018) and the mattering of relationships (Felton & Lambert, 2020), the study explored students’ perceptions of living in the SMM LLC. The focus group and interviews revealed students’ experiences focused on the importance of relationships with faculty and peers that matter. The findings revealed two themes - the SMM LLC as a place to develop community and friendships and catalyst for involvement. The study offers implications and opportunities for future research and practice for why sport management faculty should implement LLCs at their university to enhance the student experience through an intentional engaged learning design.
Large earthquakes and creeping faults

Faults are ubiquitous throughout the Earth's crust. The majority are silent for decades to centuries, until they suddenly rupture and produce earthquakes. With a focus on shallow continental active‐tectonic regions, this paper reviews a subset of faults that have a different behavior. These unusual faults slowly creep for long periods of time and produce many small earthquakes. The presence of fault creep and the related microseismicity helps illuminate faults that might not otherwise be located in fine detail, but there is also the question of how creeping faults contribute to seismic hazard. It appears that well‐recorded creeping fault earthquakes of up to magnitude 6.6 that have occurred in shallow continental regions produce similar fault‐surface rupture areas and similar peak ground shaking as their locked fault counterparts of the same earthquake magnitude. The behavior of much larger earthquakes on shallow creeping continental faults is less well known, because there is a dearth of comprehensive observations. Computational simulations provide an opportunity to fill the gaps in our understanding, particularly of the dynamic processes that occur during large earthquake rupture and arrest.
The Ivanovo Oblast Economy: An IO Model

The article develops an approach to the analysis and forecasting of a regional economy that depends on the use of a system of coordinated statistics, a regional-level analogue of the national economic accounting system. The approach was tried out and consistently applied at IEF, RAS, as part of a project to draw up regional development programs for Primorskii krai, Yakutia, and Moscow. Logical rigor was imparted to it in the frame- work of an Ivanovo oblast project, when a system of interindustry balances of claims and liabilities for the region was developed, and based on it, an interindustry regional model coordinated with an IO model of the Russian economy.
Post‐rift magmatic evolution of the eastern North American “passive‐aggressive” margin

Understanding the evolution of passive margins requires knowledge of temporal and chemical constraints on magmatism following the transition from supercontinent to rifting, to post‐rifting evolution. The Eastern North American Margin (ENAM) is an ideal study location as several magmatic pulses occurred in the 200 My following rifting. In particular, the Virginia‐West Virginia region of the ENAM has experienced two postrift magmatic pulses at ∼152 Ma and 47 Ma, and thus provides a unique opportunity to study the long‐term magmatic evolution of passive margins. Here we present a comprehensive set of geochemical data that includes new 40Ar/39Ar ages, major and trace‐element compositions, and analysis of radiogenic isotopes to further constrain their magmatic history. The Late Jurassic volcanics are bimodal, from basanites to phonolites, while the Eocene volcanics range from picrobasalt to rhyolite. Modeling suggests that the felsic volcanics from both the Late Jurassic and Eocene events are consistent with fractional crystallization. Sr‐Nd‐Pb systematics for the Late Jurassic event suggests HIMU and EMII components in the magma source that we interpret as upper mantle components rather than crustal interaction. Lithospheric delamination is the best hypothesis for magmatism in Virginia/West Virginia, due to tectonic instabilities that are remnant from the long‐term evolution of this margin, resulting in a “passive‐aggressive” margin that records multiple magmatic events long after rifting ended.
Inference for extremal regression with dependent heavy-tailed data

Nonparametric inference on tail conditional quantiles and their least squares analogs, expectiles, remains limited to i.i. d. data. We develop a fully operational inferential theory for extreme conditional quantiles and expec-tiles in the challenging framework of α − mixing, conditional heavy-tailed data whose tail index may vary with covariate values. This requires a dedicated treatment to deal with data sparsity in the far tail of the response, in addition to handling difficulties inherent to mixing, smoothing, and sparsity associated to covariate localization. We prove the pointwise asymptotic normality of our estimators and obtain optimal rates of convergence reminiscent of those found in the i.i. d. regression setting, but which had not been established in the conditional extreme value literature. Our assumptions hold in a wide range of models. We propose full bias and variance reduction procedures, and simple but effective data-based rules for selecting tuning hyperpa-rameters. Our inference strategy is shown to perform well in finite samples and is showcased in applications to stock returns and tornado loss data.
Validation and cultural adaptation of the arabic versions of the Mini–Mental status examination – 2 and Mini-cog test

and Mini-Cog are widely used tests to screen for dementia. These scales have good reliability and validity and are easy to administer in clinical and research settings. Aim: The purpose of this study was to validate the Arabic versions of MMSE-2 and Mini-Cog. These scales were assessed against the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision ( DSM-IV-TR ) criteria for dementia, as the gold standard. Methods: The standard versions of the MMSE-2 and Mini-Cog were translated to Arabic follow-ing the back-translation method. Then, a trained rater administered these tests to 134 Arab elderly aged . 60 years. A physician, blind to the results of these two tests, assessed the participants for vascular dementia or probable Alzheimer’s disease, based on the DSM-IV-TR criteria. Results: The sample included 67.2% Qataris. The mean age was 74.86 years (standard deviation = 7.71), and 61.9% did not attend school. The mean of the adjusted scores of MMSE-2 based on age and education level was 19.60 (standard deviation = 6.58). According to DSM-IV-TR , 17.2% of the participants had dementia. Sensitivity and specificity of the MMSE-2 and the Mini-Cog together were 71.4% and 61.6%, respectively, which were better than those of each test alone. Conclusion: Together, the Arabic versions of MMSE-2 and Mini-Cog are good screening tools for cognitive impairment in Arabs.
Factors Influencing Resonance Frequency Analysis (RFA) Measurements and 5-Year Survival of Neoss Dental Implants

Background Diagnostic instruments based on resonance frequency analysis (RFA) can be utilised to assess dental implant stability during treatment and follow-up. Aim The aim of the present study was to investigate the influence of patient- and implant-related factors on implant stability and the 5-year implant survival. In addition, the influence of stability (ISQ value) at placement and abutment connection on implant survival was evaluated. Materials and Methods RFA measurements from a total of 334 consecutive patients with 745 dental implants (Neoss Ltd., Harrogate, UK) were retrospectively analysed after at least 5 years in function. Statistics were used to evaluate the influence of the different variables on implant stability and implant survival. Odds ratio calculations were performed to compare the risk for implant failure using 60, 65, 70, and 75 ISQ as threshold levels at placement and loading. Results A total of 20 implant failures in 14 patients were noted during the 5 years of follow-up, giving an overall cumulative survival rate (CSR) of 97.3% at the implant level and 95.8% at the patient level. Gender, jaw, position, bone quality, and implant diameter had an influence on implant stability at placement. Jaw, bone quality, and implant diameter had an influence on stability after 3-4 months of healing. More failures were observed in full than in partial rehabilitations. Age, gender, jaw, position, bone quantity, bone quality, implant diameter, and implant length had no influence on implant survival. Implants with ISQ values below the threshold levels showed lower survival rates compared to implants with values above these levels. Conclusions The present study showed a significantly higher risk for implant failure, showing an ISQ value below 70 and 75 at placement or after 3-4 months of healing. The results indicate that RFA measurements can be used to identify implants with increased risk for failure.
Arabinose Plays an Important Role in Regulating the Growth and Sporulation of Bacillus subtilis NCD-2

A microbial fungicide developed from Bacillus subtilis NCD-2 has been registered for suppressing verticillium wilt in crops in China. Spores are the main ingredient of this fungicide and play a crucial role in suppressing plant disease. Therefore, increasing the number of spores of strain NCD-2 during fermentation is important for reducing the cost of the fungicide. In this study, five kinds of carbon sources were found to promote the metabolism of strain NCD-2 revealed via Biolog Phenotype MicroArray (PM) technology. L-arabinose showed the strongest ability to promote the growth and sporulation of strain NCD-2. L-arabinose increased the bacterial concentration and the sporulation efficiency of strain NCD-2 by 2.04 times and 1.99 times compared with D-glucose, respectively. Moreover, L-arabinose significantly decreased the autolysis of strain NCD-2. Genes associated with arabinose metabolism, sporulation, spore resistance to heat, and spore coat formation were significantly up-regulated, and genes associated with sporulation-delaying protein were significantly down-regulated under L-arabinose treatment. The deletion of msmX, which is involved in arabinose transport in the Bacillus genus, decreased growth and sporulation by 53.71% and 86.46% compared with wild-type strain NCD-2, respectively. Complementing the mutant strain by importing an intact msmX gene restored the strain’s growth and sporulation.
Career selection trends among recent gastroenterology fellowship graduates

Various career paths exist for gastroenterology (GI) fellowship graduates across the country. These include further training, clinical or nonclinical job opportunities. Clinical career paths for those seeking jobs include academic positions or nonacademic positions (nonacademic hospital employed and private practice jobs). Data regarding career placement trends are limited. This study aims to explore temporal trends in career selection among new GI graduates. This is an observational cohort study. A list of GI fellowship programs was obtained from the FREIDA American Medical Association database. Programs with sufficient information on past graduate or alumni career placement after fellowship between 2017 and 2022 were included. Baseline characteristics and relevant information were collected. A Chi-square test was performed to assess the relationship between the categorical variables. A total of 203 GI fellowship programs were reviewed, among which only 21% (43/203) reported sufficient graduate career information. Across the 43 programs, 636 graduates were included. Thirty-three percent (210/636) of graduates were female. Forty-eight percent (308/636) of the graduates pursued nonacademic positions (nonacademic hospital employed and private practice jobs), 34% (216/636) into academic positions, and 17% (112/636) elected to do additional fellowship training. Both males and females were more likely to be employed in private practice (X2 = 12.8, df = 2, P = .002). Navigating through the decision-making process of selecting the first job after fellowship can be challenging. Our study reveals higher preference for nonacademic roles among graduates, consistent over 5 years, suggesting need to explore obstacles for academic positions or further training.
A Streamline Sustainable Business Performance Reporting Model by an Integrated FinESG Approach

ESG reporting and disclosure enable financial performance by attracting revenues and optimizing managerial decisions. Within this landscape falls the present study that aimed to examine the quality of ESG reporting connected to the financial performance of listed companies. Stratified analysis revealed four groups of companies according to the average value of ROA and ROE indicators, as well as four classes according to the average ESG disclosure score. The analysis of GRI topics and materiality disclosure scores showed an average disclosure level on ESG components, located between a satisfactory and a good level of disclosure. Also, companies were found to be more inclined to disclose data on the sustainability strategy but provided poor and vague information on the business model. The results of comparative clustering analysis based on FinESG reporting and disclosure scores showed that 31.57% of companies maintained their position in the final ranking. Content analysis of sustainability reports by Leximancer, v.5. 0 software highlighted that the most salient topic was “employees”, and it revealed correlations between the themes “employees” and “emissions”. The practical implications of the study were found in the promotion of an integrated reporting that best meets the needs of both stakeholders and those of environmental protection and the development of society.
Effect of feeding frequency and feeding rate on growth performance of juvenile silver pompano, Trachinotus blochii

The silver pompano Trachinotus blochii is ideal species for aquaculture and its success depends on the identification of proper feeding regimens. The objective of this work was to evaluate the ideal feeding rate and frequency for juvenile silver pompano. The experiments were carried out concurrently in a randomized design. A total of 180 fish (7.6 ±0.5g and 10.52±0.01 cm) were stocked in 18 tanks (1000 L) for 8 weeks and fed at 3%, 5%, 10% body weight (BW) per day either in single, or 3x and 6x equal feedings. Weight gain and the specific growth rate increased significantly with feeding rate. The apparent feed conversion ratio showed a significant difference, with the lowest value observed for fish fed 10% (BW/day) in a single feeding. Fish fed at higher feeding rates accumulated significantly more lipid within the body and had associated decreases in moisture, protein, and ash content, but carcass composition was unaffected by feeding frequency. Juvenile pompano show better growth performance when fed 10% BW/day 3 and 6 times a day. It is suggested that the growth of juvenile pompano can be optimized when they are fed at 10% BW/day in three daily feedings.