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The aim of this study was to derivate and validate a nomogram based on independent predictors to better evaluate the 5-year risk of T2D in non-obese adults.

This is a historical cohort study from a collection of databases that included 12,940 non-obese participants without diabetes at baseline. All participants were randomised to a derivation cohort (n = 9651) and a validation cohort (n = 3289). In the derivation cohort, the least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) regression model was used to determine the optimal risk factors for T2D. Multivariate Cox regression analysis was used to establish the nomogram of T2D prediction. The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve, C-index, calibration curve, and decision curve analysis were performed by 1000 bootstrap resamplings to evaluate the discrimination ability, calibration, and clinical practicability of the nomogram.

After LASSO regression analysis of the derivation cohort, it was found that age, fatty liver, γ-glutamyltranspeptidase,mplemented tool to predict the 5-year risk of T2D in non-obese adults. With this model, early identification of high-risk individuals is helpful to timely intervene and reduce the risk of T2D in non-obese adults.

Previous research suggests that diabetic optic neuropathy (DON) can cause marked anatomical and functional variations in the brain, but to date altered functional synchronization between two functional hemispheres remains uncharacterized in DON patients. Voxel mirrored homotopic connectivity (VMHC) is a voxel-based method to evaluate the synchronism between two mirrored hemispheric by determining the functional connectivity between each voxel in one hemisphere and its counterpart. In this study, we aim to assess abnormal changes in interhemispheric functional connectivity in DON patients via the VMHC method.

The study included 28 adult DON patients (12 male, 16 female) and 28 healthy controls (12 male, 16 female) who were closely matched for sex and age. Participants were examined using resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging. The VMHC method was applied to investigate the abnormal state in bilateral hemispheres in DON patients and the same regions in healthy controls, as well as the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were used to evaluate characteristics. Associations between altered VMHC values in distinct cerebral regions and clinical features were assessed via correlational analysis.

Markedly lower VMHC values were evident in the right temporal inferior, the left temporal inferior, the right mid-cingulum, the left mid-cingulum, the right supplementary motor region, and the left supplementary motor region in DON patients compared with healthy controls. ROC curve analysis suggested that the application of VMHC is reliable for the diagnosis of DON.

Anomalous interhemispheric functional connectivity in specific brain areas caused by DON may indicate neuropathologic mechanisms of vision loss and blurry vision in patients with DON.

Anomalous interhemispheric functional connectivity in specific brain areas caused by DON may indicate neuropathologic mechanisms of vision loss and blurry vision in patients with DON.

A growing number of low- and middle-income countries are implementing small-scale community-based health insurance schemes to tackle the burdens posed by direct out-of-pocket payments. Apart from a few successful experiences, such schemes suffer from the problem of persistent low membership which could be attributed to either initial low enrollment or low renewal rate. However, there is a lack of comprehensive information on the factors that influence subscribers' policy renewal decisions. Hence, we systematically synthesize information to answer the review question "what are the barriers and facilitators of community-based health insurance policy renewal in low and middle-income countries?".

We searched PubMed, Scopus, and Hinari electronic databases in line with the PRISMA guidelines. Our search was limited to studies published from January 2005 to February 2020 in the English language. Additional studies and grey literature were searched using Google Scholar. We included quantitative, qualitative, and se are important areas of intervention for governments and other relevant stakeholders to retain members and maintain the sustainability of the schemes.

The review protocol was registered in PROSPERO international prospective register of systematic reviews (ID = CRD42020168971).

The review protocol was registered in PROSPERO international prospective register of systematic reviews (ID = CRD42020168971).

The dual burden of road traffic accidents and antimicrobial resistance in orthopaedic infections is challenging already strained health-care systems. Limited information exists in Tanzania on antimicrobial resistance surveillance to delineate the potential sources of multi-drug-resistant bacteria for specific mitigation strategies among orthopaedic patients.

A longitudinal study was conducted at Bugando Medical Centre in Mwanza city between January and May 2020. It involved the collection of rectal swabs/stools, hand swabs, and environmental sampling to identify extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing gram-negative bacteria. Participants' data were collected using a structured questionnaire and analysed to determine factors associated with ESBL colonization among index orthopaedic patients and correlates with other ESBL sources using OR (95% CI) and a cut-off

-value of ≤0.05.

We found that 47.2% (125/265) of index patients, 77.8% (14/18) of neighbouring patients, 8.3% (2/24) of health-care wtion among participants and in the environmentat this tertiary hospital. The importance of routine ESBL surveillance among orthopaedic patients with open fractures on admission and strengthened decontamination of health-care premises is reiterated.

Carbapenem-resistant

(CRKP) represents a serious problem worldwide. Herein, we describe the evolution of ceftazidime-avibactam (CZA) resistance by sequencing clinical isolates from a patient with CRKP infection undergoing CZA treatment.

In this study, six CRKP strains were isolated from sputum and blood samples of a patient with CRKP infection after intracerebral hemorrhage. Two strains were selected for whole-genome analysis.

Drug susceptibility testing showed that the MIC of CZA for CRKP strains isolated after 6 days of CZA treatment was 64-fold higher than that for three CRKP strains isolated before CZA treatment (4 vs >256 μg/mL), whereas the MIC of imipenem and meropenem was 128-fold (>32 vs 0.25 μg/mL) and 16-fold (> 32 vs 2 μg/mL) lower relatively, respectively. Multilocus sequence typing showed that all six CRKP strains isolated from the patient were ST11 and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis confirmed that they were of the same clone. DiRchemical Two strains were selected for whole-genome analysis.