Clinical, Diagnostic, and Metabolic Characteristics Associated with Nephrolithiasis in the Black Women's Health Study.

Nephrolithiasis (kidney stones) is a frequently occurring urologic condition resulting in significant patient morbidity and healthcare costs. Despite the higher prevalence of metabolic risk factors for nephrolithiasis among Black women, there have been few epidemiologic studies of kidney stones focusing on this group. We describe demographic and health characteristics, diagnostics, and metabolic profiles of US Black women with self-reported kidney stones.

Scholarly impact of student authorship in urology research.

Background: H-index is an indicator of research productivity considered in faculty promotion. We examine trends in female authorship and effect of student authorship on H-index of principal investigators (PI).

Methods: Author gender, degree, designation as student, PI, or other, were recorded from Journal of Endourology from 2011 to 2020.

The experience of self-compassion training among NHS healthcare professionals.

Self-compassion in healthcare professionals (HCPs) is under-researched and undervalued. Promoting self-compassion within healthcare could have far-reaching benefits. This research study explores the experience of four NHS HCPs receiving a single short self-compassion training, with recommended at-home practices completed over 4 weeks.

Bootstrapping for Estimating the Conservative Kill Ratio of the Surrogate to the Pathogen for Use in Thermal Process Validation at the Industrial Scale.

A surrogate is commonly used for process validations. The industry often uses the target log cycle reduction for the test (LCR) microorganism (surrogate) to be equal to the desired log cycle reduction for the target (LCR) microorganism (pathogen). When the surrogate is too conservative with far greater resistance than the pathogen, the food may be overprocessed with quality and cost consequences.