Protocol for a systematic review of economic evaluations considering costs and health outcomes of weather and climate-related extreme events in humans by Collins Iwuji, Saeideh Babashahi, Kingsley Orievulu, Ekeminiabasi Eyita-Okon, Dominic Kniveton

“…A comprehensive search will be conducted using several search engines, for example, PubMed, Scopus and Institute for Scientific Information Web of Science. Peer-reviewed and grey literature published in English that evaluated the health outcomes and costs of extreme climate events will be retrieved without restriction on the publication year or geographical location. …”
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Evaluation of Person-Centredness in Rehabilitation for People Living with Dementia Is Needed: A Review of the Literature by Kate Allen Christensen, Karen-Margrethe Lund, Jette Thuesen

“…The study included peer-reviewed articles from year 2000 to 2018 in Danish, English, Norwegian, or Swedish. …”
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Amyand’s Hernia in Adults – an Analysis of Recent Literature by Sajad Ahmad Salati, Lamees Sulaiman AlSulaim, Mohammad Ahmed Elmuttalut

“…Hence, a systematic analysis of twenty-six case reports of Amyand’s hernia published in the peer-reviewed literature in the year 2023 is presented with emphasis on variables including age of the patient, gender, clinical presentation, side of the inguinal hernia, imaging modalities used for evaluation, achievement of preoperative diagnosis or otherwise, classification, appendix management, hernia management, surgical approach, and outcomes. …”
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INVISIBLE LABORATORY OF UNIVERSITY LECTURER’S MENTAL WORK by Alevtina S. Robotova

“…The paper emphasizes the integrative character of university lecturer activities, which includes, besides teaching, research work, scientific guidance and consulting, membership in different councils and editorial boards, peer reviewing, and writing of articles, monographs, textbooks, and courses. …”
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Availability of caregiver-friendly workplace policies (CFWPs): an updated international scoping review protocol by Allison Williams, Reed Ciarloni

“…The results of this study will be disseminated through peer-reviewed publication and conferences.…”
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Service delivery approaches related to hearing aids in low- and middle-income countries or resource-limited settings: A systematic scoping review. by Lauren K Dillard, Carolina M Der, Ariane Laplante-Lévesque, De Wet Swanepoel, Peter R Thorne, Bradley McPherson, Victor de Andrade, John Newall, Hubert D Ramos, Annette Kaspar, Carrie L Nieman, Jackie L Clark, Shelly Chadha

“…We searched 3 databases (PubMed, Scopus, Ovid MEDLINE) for peer-reviewed articles from 2000 to 2022 that focused on service delivery approaches related to hearing aids in LMIC or resource-limited settings. …”
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A scoping review examining the relationship between green tea and skin cancers by Ram Lakhan, Louisa Summers, Olugbemiga Ekundayo, Jedidiah Radosevich, Sierra Turner, Sangyal Dorjee, Vinayak K. Nahar, Manoj Sharma

“…The inclusion criteria were: (1) articles published in the past approximately ten years; (2) in the English language; (3) published in peer-reviewed journals in the above databases; and (4) all accounts of descriptive and epidemiological or evaluation studies. …”

Being Smart About Gluten and Gluten-Free Issues, Part 1: What Are the Health Concerns Surrounding Gluten? by Abigail Dicks, Amy Harder, Amy Simonne

“…The resources used in this article are research and evidence based and/or peer reviewed to provide straightforward and simple information about a few gluten-related topics. …”
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Being Smart About Gluten and Gluten-Free Issues, Part 1: What Are the Health Concerns Surrounding Gluten? by Abigail Dicks, Amy Harder, Amy Simonne

“…The resources used in this article are research and evidence based and/or peer reviewed to provide straightforward and simple information about a few gluten-related topics. …”
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Nanoparticle Therapies: Targeted Treatment for Bladder Cancer With Reduced Side Effects [Letter] by Sun J

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The Substantial Role of Cell and NanoparticleSurface Properties in the Antibacterial Potential of Spherical Silver Nanoparticles [Letter] by Shen D

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Phases, metrics, and techniques of product discovery by Gonçalo Canhoto, Rafael Almeida, Miguel Mira da Silva

“…The review is based on gray literature, which lacks the academic rigor of peer-reviewed sources despite providing valuable industry insights. …”
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Prevalence and factors associated with newborn care practices among caregivers: a protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis in sub-Saharan Africa by Solomon Mohammed Salia, Amidu Alhassan, Billie de Haas, Jelle Stekelenburg, Robert Kaba Alhassan

“…An online search on electronic databases such as CIHNAL, Scopus, PubMed, Web of Science, Google Scholar, and AJOL will be conducted from January 2021 to present to identify relevant academic, peer-reviewed quantitative studies published in English Language. …”
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An Overview of Reviews as a Trend Maker in the Field by L. K. Raitskaya, E. V. Tikhonova

“…Such a schema may serve as a guideline for authors of reviews made up for international peer-reviewed journals. The most popular publications by citations and number of publications entail reviews devoted to the culture of higher education; educational technologies and peculiarities of their application in the new educational landscape; online education as a new dimension of education requiring a special ecosystem; academic ethics of university teachers; soft skills development necessary for successful professional development; academic and scientific libraries as new centers for scientific and academic communication.…”
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Barriers and facilitators to Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WaSH) practices in Southern Africa: A scoping review. by Nkeka P Tseole, Tafadzwa Mindu, Chester Kalinda, Moses J Chimbari

“…Eighteen peer-reviewed articles from Southern Africa satisfied the inclusion criteria for this review. …”
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A scoping review of the residual barriers to skilled birth attendance in Ghana: A conceptual framework and a fish bone analysis. by Juliet Abredu, Catherine K Dwumfour, Boo Alipitio, Mawusi Alordey, Veronica Millicent Dzomeku, Sophie Witter

“…Out of the 89 articles retrieved for full screening, a total of 52 peer-reviewed articles and 1 grey article were selected for the final review. …”
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Exploring physician approaches to conflict resolution in end-of-life decisions in the adult intensive care unit: protocol for a systematic review of qualitative research by Richard Huxtable, Harleen Kaur Johal, Giles Birchley

“…The findings will be disseminated at academic conferences and through open-access publication in a peer-reviewed journal.PROSPERO registration number CRD42021193769.…”
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Effects of biophilic virtual reality on cognitive function of patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery: study protocol for a sham randomised controlled trial by Bin Gao, Yanling Zhou, Jianhua Wang, Binbin Zhu, Qiuyan Weng, Wenjun Luo, Xiuchao He, Lufei Jin, Qinwen Wang, Ahmad Khaled Ahmad Harb

“…Trial results will be submitted for publication in peer-reviewed journals, patient recruitment began in April 2021. …”
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Review of drug recalls and quality of pharmaceutical products in Nepal by Astha Neupane, Maheshwor Bastakoti, Sabita Tamang, Basant Giri

“…Objectives To evaluate the pattern of substandard and falsified pharmaceutical products recall in Nepal.Setting We analysed drug recall notices issued by the Department of Drug Administration (DDA), Nepal, and systematically reviewed peer-reviewed research articles during January 2010 to December 2020.Participants This study did not include human participants. …”
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Standardised protocol for a prospective cross-sectional multicentre clinical utility evaluation of two dual point-of-care tests in non-clinical settings for the screening of HIV an... by James Kiarie, Karel Blondeel, Igor Toskin, Jordi Casabona, Soe Soe Thwin, Massimo Mirandola, Rosanna Peeling, Ronald Ballard, Laura Fernàndez-López, Inga Upmace, Juliana Reyes-Urueña, Mara Vaselova, Mitja Ćosić, Simon Maljevac, William Mejías, Ander Pazos, Andrii Chernyshev

“…Results will be disseminated through peer-reviewed journals and relevant conferences.…”
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