Defining indicators for disease burden, health outcomes, policies and barriers and facilitators to health services for migrant populations in the Middle East and North African regi... by Charles Agyemang, Ali Ardalan, Farah Seedat, Bouchra Assarag, Nuria Casamitjana, Kolitha Wickramage, Sally Hargreaves, Ana Requena-Mendez, Fouad M Fouad, Dominik Zenner, Anna Deal, Stella Evangelidou, Wafa Saidi, Chiaki Ito, Oumnia Bouaddi, Moudrick Abdellatifi, Alba Cuxart-Graell, Hassan Edries, Eman Elafef, Taha Maatoug, Anissa Ouahchi, Liv Mathilde Pampiri, Sara Arias, Adel Abdelkhalek, Ahmed Hamed Arisha, Ibrahim Ahmed Bani, Aasmaa Chaoui, Wafa Chemao-Elfihri, Kenza Hassouni, Mahmoud Hilali, Mohamed Khalis, Wejdene Mansour, Ali Mtiraoui, MENA Migrant Health Working Group, Asad Adam, Adnene Ben Haj Aissa, Salma Altyib, Hanen Ben Belgacem, Imane Belkhammar, Thomas Calvot, Luciana Ceretti, Nelly Chavassieux, Hassan Chrifi, Mohamed Douagi, Algdail Elnil, Gonzalo Fanjul, Ahmed Hamed, Abdedayem Khelifi, Lora Makhlouf, Maissa Mokni, Davide Olchini, Tarik Oufkir, Nasong Park, Giuseppe Raffa, Sandra Santafé, Alice Sironi, Fatma Temimi, Zeineb Turki

“…We will search electronic databases for studies in any language (year 2000–2023), reference-check relevant publications and cross-check included studies with experts. …”
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Wood-based Columns Reinforced with Fiber-Reinforced Polymer: A Systematic Literature Review by Pedro Ignácio Lima Gadêlha Jardim, Herisson Ferreira dos Santos, Lucas Willian Aguiar Mattias, Victor Almeida De Araujo, Júlio Cesar Molina, André Luis Christoforo

“…This systematic literature review involves the FRP as reinforcement in wood-based columns, using Engineering Village and Web of Science databases and PRISMA protocol to follow the procedures and ensure the quality of sampling. …”
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An insight into brucellosis in wild boar and domestic pigs in Europe: A systematic review by Zita Martins Ruano, Teresa Letra Mateus, Madalena Vieira-Pinto

“…A systematic search was conducted in four databases to identify relevant original research articles. …”
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Prospects of oral anticoagulant therapy in patients with atrial fibrillation and chronic anemia: a narrative review by Tatyana S. Degtyareva, Kristina G. Pereverzeva, Sergey S. Yakushin, Natalia N. Peregudova

“…The search was carried out in PubMed and Library electronic databases from 2010 to 2023. Based on the analysis of full text literature, the authors concluded that currently oral anticoagulants in patients with AF and mild chronic anemia (Hb 90 g/L) and, according to some studies, in patients with moderate anemia (Hb 80 g/L) are considered reasonable. …”
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Leadership Competencies in Turbulent Environments (A Meta-synthesis Study) by Javad Pourkarimi, Mahsa Azizi

“…The research community consisted of 483 scientific documents published between 2016 and 2023, which were sourced from 8 international and 4 domestic databases. The databases searched included ProQuest, Google Scholar, ScienceDirect, PubMed, Sage, Emerald, ResearchGate, Springer, SID, IranDoc, Normex, and MagIran. …”
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The Effect of Reflective Thinking Based Practices on Retention Scores: A Mixed-Meta Method by Emrah Cinkara, Cihan Salma, Veli Batdi

“…For the meta-analysis, nine studies that met the inclusion criteria in specific databases were identified. Using CMA and MetaWin programs, the meta-analysis revealed a significant effect size of g=1.550 across all nine studies, indicating that reflective thinking practices positively influence retention scores. …”
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Caregiver burden and its prevalence, measurement scales, predictive factors and impact: a review with an Asian perspective by Yu Xian Loo, Shi Yan, Lian Leng Low

“…PubMed® and Scopus® databases were searched using the key terms ‘caregiver’, ‘burden’, ‘stress’, ‘strain’ and ‘Singapore’. …”
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Pain Management during Ultrasound Guided Transvaginal Oocyte Retrieval – A Narrative Review by Puvithra Thanikachalam, Dilip Kumar Govindan

“…Medline, Embase, PubMed and Cochrane electronic databases were searched according to modified Preferred Reporting Items for Systemic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines. …”
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Weight bias and stigma in healthcare professionals: a narrative review with a Singapore lens by Anthony James Goff, Yingshan Lee, Kwang Wei Tham

“…This narrative review summarises systematic review findings about the presence of weight bias in healthcare professionals, and interventions to reduce weight bias or stigma in these professionals. Two databases (PubMed and Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature [CINAHL]) were searched. …”
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The effects of magnesium supplementation in autoimmune rheumatic diseases by Aaron Lerner, Jozélio Freire de Carvalho, Carina Benzvi, Motti Haimi

“…SciELO, PubMed, and Web of Science databases were screened between 1966 and April 2024 for the literature on this topic. …”
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Major data gaps and recommendations in monitoring regulations of activities in EU marine protected areas by Juliette Aminian-Biquet, Jennifer Sletten, Timothé Vincent, Margherita Pieraccini, Betty Queffelec, Anastasiya Laznya, Natașa Vaidianu, Joachim Claudet, Juliette Young, Barbara Horta e Costa

“…Using publicly available data on EU MPAs’ regulations for nine activities, we first show that MPA and MSP databases display significant gaps in data comprehensiveness. …”
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Validez y fiabilidad de la escala de participación de niños y adolescentes (CASP): una revisión sistemática by Elizabeth Roldán González, Andry Yasmid Mera Mamián, Ana Marcela Bolaños Roldán, Lina Giccela Suarez Muñoz, Paola Andrea García Marín

“…Methodology: A systematic review was conducted using the databases PubMed, Epistemonikos, Scopus, ScienceDirect, EBSCO, Wiley, LILACS, and WOS. …”
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The Croton genera (Euphorbiaceae) and its richness in chemical constituents with potential range of applications by Carlos Andrés Coy-Barrera, Laura Galvis, Maria Juliana Rueda, Sergio Alejandro Torres-Cortés

“…After extraction from electronic databases, articles were selected based on eligibility criteria. …”
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Application of oral nutritional supplements to control body weight loss in postoperative patients suffering from solid tumors: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Ying Liu, Zhen Wu, Tingting Shao, Wanzhen Zheng, Jing Huang

“…ObjectiveThis study aims to summarize the impact of oral nutritional supplements (ONSs) on mitigating body weight loss (BWL) in patients following surgical treatment for solid tumors.MethodsA systematic and comprehensive search of four major publicly available databases was conducted up to May 2024 to identify studies for inclusion in the analysis. …”
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Effects of School Closure on Transmission of COVID-19. A Rapid Systematic Review by Zana Faris Muhammed

“…There is limited evidence for the impact of school closure on the number of cases and spread of COVID-19 to inform management of future outbreaks.  Several databases were searched using an adapted search strategy to obtain studies that met the inclusion and exclusion criteria. …”
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Treatment adherence of diabetes mellitus patients: Is it affected by demographic and patient-related factors? A literature review by Paraskevi Theofilou

“…For this purpose, a systematic review was carried out, where relevant studies were searched in the PubMed and Google Scholar databases with specific keywords, and, subsequently, the most appropriate studies were selected (based on specific inclusion/exclusion criteria) and analyzed. …”
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Parental mediation and the use of social networks: A systematic review. by David Sevilla-Fernández, Adoración Díaz-López, Vanessa Caba-Machado, Juan Manuel Machimbarrena, Jessica Ortega-Barón, Joaquín González-Cabrera

“…Following the PRISMA protocol, this review was submitted to Prospero (ID: CRD42022345033), five electronic databases were examined (WOS, SCOPUS, ERIC, ProQuest Psychology, and PubMed), and to assess the risk of bias the ROBIS tool was used. 32 papers were selected. …”
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Challenges in the application of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs for children living in Gaza amid ongoing conflict started in October 2023 by Mohammed Qutishat

“…A comprehensive search of academic databases was conducted using specific keywords, including 15 relevant articles published post-October 2023. …”
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Rethinking Indonesian Anti-Money Laundering Laws in the Age of Online Gaming Economies by Shelvi Rusdiana, Tantimin, Winda Fitri

“…Utilizing a normative legal research method and a statutory approach, the research draws on secondary data from Law No. 8 of 2010 on the Prevention and Eradication of Money Laundering, sourced from Indonesian legal databases. The data are analyzed descriptively to evaluate their relevance to digital economies. …”
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IMPACT OF EXTERNAL DEBT ON FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF SELECTED EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC COUNTRIES by Hoang Minh Nguyen

“…Data were extracted from the World Bank and International Monetary Fund databases. This study employs random effects and fixed effects models, Driscoll-Kraay standard errors, and the generalized method of moments to test two hypotheses. …”
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