Sensitivity of future continental United States water deficit projections to general circulation models, the evapotranspiration estimation method, and the greenhouse gas emission scenario by S. Chang, W. D. Graham, S. Hwang, R. Muñoz-Carpena

“…In this study variance-based global sensitivity analysis and Monte Carlo filtering were used to evaluate the relative sensitivity of projected changes in precipitation (<i>P</i>), ET₀, and water deficit (defined here as <i>P</i>–ET₀) to choice of GCM, ET₀ estimation method, and RCP trajectory over the continental United States (US) for two distinct future periods: 2030–2060 (future period 1) and 2070–2100 (future period 2). …”
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Hyperkalemia Incidence in Patients With Non-Dialysis Chronic Kidney Disease: A Large Retrospective Cohort Study From United States Clinical Care by Sascha van Boemmel-Wegmann, Chris Bauer, Johannes Schuchhardt, Alexander Hartenstein, Glen James, Elena Pessina, Scott Beeman, Robert Edfors, Roberto Pecoits-Filho

“…Our study of 1.7 million patients from the United States found that patients with severe kidney damage, as well as those with type 2 diabetes mellitus or heart failure, have a higher risk of hyperkalemia than other patients, indicating they are priority groups for having their potassium levels and level of kidney damage checked regularly.…”
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Cost-effectiveness analysis of brief and expanded evidence-based risk reduction interventions for HIV-infected people who inject drugs in the United States. by Dahye L Song, Frederick L Altice, Michael M Copenhaver, Elisa F Long

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Facilitators for retaining men who have sex with men in pre-exposure prophylaxis care in real world clinic settings within the United States by Brooke G. Rogers, C. Sosnowy, A. Zanowick-Marr, P. A. Chan, L. A. Mena, R. R. Patel, W. C. Goedel, T. Arnold, C. Chu, D. Galipeau, M. C. Montgomery, K. Curoe, A. Underwood, J. Villalobos, C. Gomillia, A. S. Nunn

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Toward Using Twitter for PrEP-Related Interventions: An Automated Natural Language Processing Pipeline for Identifying Gay or Bisexual Men in the United States by Ari Z Klein, Steven Meanley, Karen O'Connor, José A Bauermeister, Graciela Gonzalez-Hernandez

“…There is a substantial gap, however, between the number of people in the United States who have indications for PrEP and the number of them who are prescribed PrEP. …”
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Landscape factors facilitating the invasive dynamics and distribution of the brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), after arrival in the United States. by Adam M Wallner, George C Hamilton, Anne L Nielsen, Noel Hahn, Edwin J Green, Cesar R Rodriguez-Saona

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Systemic Immune-Inflammation Index and Its Association with the Prevalence of Stroke in the United States Population: A Cross-Sectional Study Using the NHANES Database by Guangcheng Liu, Hao Qian, Liang Wang, Wei Wu

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Perceived Stress and Religious Coping among Pakistani-Origin Emerging Muslim Adults Living in Pakistan and the United States: A Cross-Cultural View by Amna Khan, Kiran Bashir

“…This study explored the relationship between Perceived Stress and Religious Coping levels among Muslim emerging adults of Pakistani origin living in Pakistan and Muslim emerging adults of Pakistani origin living in the United States (US). Participants (Pakistani Origin Muslims Living in Pakistan, n= 103; and Pakistani Origin Muslims Living in the US, n=50) were between 18-25 years old. …”
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Biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) as putative vectors of zoonotic Onchocerca lupi (Nematoda: Onchocercidae) in northern Arizona and New Mexico, southwestern United States by Chandler C. Roe, Chandler C. Roe, Olivia Holiday, Kelly Upshaw-Bia, Gaven Benally, Charles H. D. Williamson, Jennifer Urbanz, Guilherme G. Verocai, Chase L. Ridenour, Chase L. Ridenour, Chase L. Ridenour, Roxanne Nottingham, Morgan A. Ford, Derek P. Lake, Theodore A. Kennedy, Crystal M. Hepp, Crystal M. Hepp, Crystal M. Hepp, Jason W. Sahl

“…Here, our study aimed to identify the occurrence of O. lupi infected dogs in northern Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah, United States and identify the vector of this nematode. …”
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Transition Cow Nutrition and Management Strategies of Dairy Herds in the Northeastern United States: Associations of Nutritional Strategies with Analytes, Health, Milk Yield, and Reproduction by Allison L. Kerwin, Winfield S. Burhans, Daryl V. Nydam, Thomas R. Overton

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The short-term cost-effectiveness of once-daily liraglutide versus once-weekly exenatide for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus in the United States. by Bruce Wang, Joshua A Roth, Hiep Nguyen, Eugene Felber, Wes Furnback, Louis P Garrison

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Association between depression and HIV infection vulnerable populations in United States adults: a cross-sectional analysis of NHANES from 1999 to 2018 by Yan Xu, Yuexin Huang, Jie Peng, Ruiti Tang, Bin Luo, Zhiwei Xia

“…In addition, prevention efforts focusing on HIV disclosure and HIV infection vulnerable populations in the United States should address common co-prevalent depression to reduce new HIV infections.…”
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Confirmation and Characterization of the First Case of Acetolactate Synthase (ALS)-Inhibitor—Resistant Wild Buckwheat (<i>Polygonum convolvulus</i> L.) in the United States by Balaji Aravindhan Pandian, Abigail Friesen, Martin Laforest, Dallas E. Peterson, P. V. Vara Prasad, Mithila Jugulam

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Cytomegalovirus infection in heart transplant recipients: Epidemiology, risk factors, and long-term outcomes from a major transplant center in the United States by Bismarck S. Bisono-Garcia, MD, Zachary A. Yetmar, Vaisak Nair, Lisa Brumble, Holenarasipur R. Vikram, Raymund R. Razonable, Elena Beam

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Comparison of In‐Hospital Mortality and Length of Stay in Acute ST‐Segment‐Elevation Myocardial Infarction Among Urban Teaching Hospitals in China and the United States by Hedong Han, Xin Wei, Qian He, Yamei Yu, Yiming Ruan, Cheng Wu, Yang Cao, Eyal Herzog, Jia He

“…In total, 32 228 patients in China and 76 117 patients in the United States were included. Overall in‐hospital mortality was 8.23% in China and 7.96% in the United States (P<0.001). …”
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A Spatial Gaussian-Process Boosting Analysis of Socioeconomic Disparities in Wait-Listing of End-Stage Kidney Disease Patients across the United States by Sounak Chakraborty, Tanujit Dey, Lingwei Xiang, Joel T. Adler

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Effect of atrial fibrillation on mortality in SARS-CoV-2 patients: A propensity score-matched analysis of nationwide hospitalizations in the United States by Daniel Antwi-Amoabeng, Bryce D. Beutler, Mark B. Ulanja, Vijay Neelam, T. David Gbadebo

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Predicting newborn birth outcomes with prenatal maternal health features and correlates in the United States: a machine learning approach using archival data by Robert D. Henry

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Dietary Micronutrient Intake and the Prevalence of Metabolic Conditions among Children from the United States–Affiliated Pacific Region in the Children’s Healthy Living Program by Lucia A Seale, Ashley B Yamanaka, Kristi Hammond, Eunjung Lim, Lynne R Wilkens, Pauline McFall, Tanisha F Aflague, Patricia Coleman, Travis Fleming, Leslie Shallcross, Jonathan Deenik, Rachel Novotny

“…Childhood obesity is a health disparity throughout the United States–Affiliated Pacific (USAP) region. Objectives: The study examined the association between micronutrient intake with body mass index (BMI in kg/m2) and the presence of insulin resistance proxy, acanthosis nigricans (AN), in 3529 children aged 2–8 y from the USAP region in the Children’s Healthy Living study. …”
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Assessment of mechanical bowel preparation prior to nephrectomy in the minimally invasive surgery era: insights from a national database analysis in the United States by Stephen Schmit, Kamil Malshy, Alexander Homer, Borivoj Golijanin, Christopher Tucci, Rebecca Ortiz, Sari Khaleel, Elias Hyams, Dragan Golijanin

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