FROM MIGRATION ASPIRATIONS TO INTEGRATION: CONTRASTING PIONEER AND RECENT MOLDOVAN MIGRANTS IN ROMANIA by Monica ROMAN, Vlad I. ROȘCA, Elena-Maria PRADA, Ioana MANAFI

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Comparative analysis of the ten Tusscher and Tomek human ventricular cell models at cellular, tissue, and organ levels: Implications for post‐infarct ventricular tachycardia simulation by Ruiqing Dong, Zhenyin Fu, Chuxin Zhang, Yumeng Liu, Yiming Wang, Nan Zhang, Zefeng Wang, Jun Hou, Ling Xia, Yongquan Wu, Shijie Zhou, Dongdong Deng

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Cost-effectiveness of comparative survey designs for helminth control programs: Post-hoc cost analysis and modelling of the Kenyan national school-based deworming program. by Mark Minnery, Collins Okoyo, Grace Morgan, Andrew Wang, Olatunji Johnson, Claudio Fronterre, Antonio Montresor, Suzy J Campbell, Charles Mwandawiro, Peter Diggle

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Untapped potential of post‐exposure prophylaxis in sub‐Saharan Africa: a comparative analysis of PEP implementation planning in Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Uganda and Zambia by Danielle Resar, Ambele Judith Mwamelo, Adebanjo Olowu, Janeen Drakes, Helder Macul, Eduarda de Gusmao, Julie Franks, Nere Otubu, Oluwakemi Osowale, Opeyemi Abudiore, Trevor Mwamba, Madaliso Silondwa, Prudence Haimbe, Hilda Shakwelele, Elo Otobo, Richard Borain, Marian Honu, Chidera Chizaram Igbomezie, Christopher Obermeyer, Tasha Vernon, Karin Hatzold, Heather Ingold, Michelle Rodolph, Sarah Yardly Jenkins

“…In 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) released new guidance emphasizing the need for timely access to PEP, including through community‐based channels and task‐sharing to mitigate barriers such as stigma and ensure timely access. We conducted a comparative analysis of PEP implementation planning to understand how PEP is currently integrated into HIV prevention programmes, and to identify barriers and opportunities for optimizing the impact of PEP in the method mix. …”
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Pre- and post-irrigation with biosynthesized and chemically synthesized silver nano-particles: a comparative analysis of dentin micro-hardness, surface roughness, and chemical changes by Neena Chandran, Sindhu Ramesh, Reshmi Haridas, Apoorva Kamath, Abdul Kader, Kavya Maheesan

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Comparing and Evaluating Five-Day Chemotherapy Agents Actinomycin D and Methotrexate in Low-Risk Post-Molar Gestational Trophoblastic Neoplasia: A Retrospective Analysis by Juan Xu, Xinmei Wang, Pengpeng Qu

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THE ALIENATION ALONG THE SOCIAL CONTRACT: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF BASIC FEATURES OF ALIENATION AND DEALIENATION IN THE CONSTITUTIONS OF BURGIUM-DEMOCRATIC, SOCIALIST, POST-SOCIALIST AND THEOCRATIC AND CLERICAL STATES by Igor V. Levakin

“…In the context of methodology of the legal political science (the political science of law), the system comparative analysis of major features of alienation and de-alienation, corresponding to the constitutions of bourgeois – democratic, socialist, post-socialist, theocratic and clerical states, is performed. …”
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Osteonecrosis of the femoral head in post-COVID-19 patients: a retrospective comparative study by Jichang Seong, Abduaziz Babakulov, Saodat Asilova, Babamukhamedova Shakhnoza, Makhmudova Nodira, Akbarjon Mirzayev

“…This study aimed to evaluate COVID-19-related factors potentially contributing to ONFH development in post-COVID-19 patients. Methods A retrospective analysis was conducted on 84 patients with ONFH and a confirmed history of COVID-19. …”
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The comparative effectiveness of active and passive stretching post-massage: effects on knee injury recovery by Arif Kurniawan, Ahmad Nasrulloh, Sulistiyono Sulistiyono, Ali Satia Graha, Hadwi Prihatanta

“…Massage and stretching are non-pharmacological interventions commonly employed in physical therapy for post-injury rehabilitation. Objective: This study aimed to 1) determine the effectiveness of active stretching after massage in reducing pain, increasing ROM, and improving knee function; 2) determine the effectiveness of passive stretching after massage for thesame outcomes; and 3) compare the effectiveness of active and passive stretching after massage in achieving these outcomes. …”
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Comparative efficacy studies of nine Chinese traditional patent medicines for the treatment of post-myocardial infarction heart failure: A Bayesian network by Fuyun Jia, Shengwei Gao, Qiaochu Zhu, Opoku Bonsu Francis, Rui Liu, Yadong Wang, Rui Zhang, Shichuan Chen, Zilian Zhan, Xi Zhang, Qiang Xu

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The impact of post-COVID syndrome across a multitude of health domains: a comparative analysis in previously hospitalized versus non-hospitalized COVID-19 survivors by Elif Yildirim, Ipek Ozmen, Meral Sahin, Begum Ozpolat, Ahmet Kursat Karaman, Emine Aksoy

“… This study aimed to evaluate the impact of post-COVID syndrome across a multitude of health domains among COVID-19 survivors via comparative analysis in previously hospitalized vs. non-hospitalized patients. …”
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Enhancing Medium-Term Load Forecasting Accuracy in Post-Pandemic Tropical Regions: A Comparative Analysis of Polynomial Regression, Split Polynomial Regression, and LSTM Networks by Agus Setiawan

“…Three distinct methods, namely polynomial regression, split polynomial regression, and Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) networks, were employed and compared to predict the electricity load demand. The analysis found that LSTM outperformed the other methods, exhibiting the lowest error rates with Mean Absolute Percentage Error (MAPE) at 3.86% and Root Mean Squared Error (RMSE) at 1247.93. …”
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Protecting Employee Privacy and Security in the Age of Digital Performance Monitoring: A Legal Comparative Analysis of Post-Communist Countries – Poland, Croatia, and the Republic of North Macedonia by Dorota Domalewska, Sanja Tišma, Katerina Veljanovska

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The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Clinical and Epidemiological Profile of Severe Acute Respiratory Infection in Bahia, Brazil: A Comparative Analysis of Pre- and Post-Pandemic Trends by Káriton Magalhães Bronze, Uener Ribeiro dos Santos, Galileu Barbosa Costa, Anaiá da Paixão Sevá, Maíra Guimarães Kersul, Cathianne Sacramento Pinto, George Rego Albuquerque, Ana Paula Melo Mariano, Sandra Rocha Gadelha

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Association between rapid and sustained remission and clinician- and patient-reported outcomes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: post hoc analysis of data from the SELECT-COMPARE study by Laure Gossec, Jayesh Patel, Aditi Kadakia, Siran Fang, Yi Peng, Sander Strengholt, Peter C. Taylor, Andrew Östör

“…This study assessed the association of rapid and sustained remission with long-term clinician- and patient-reported outcomes (CRO/PROs) in patients treated with b/tsDMARDs. Methods This post hoc analysis used pooled data on patients with moderately-to-severely active RA receiving upadacitinib or adalimumab from the SELECT-COMPARE trial (NCT02629159) and its open-label long-term extension (up to 5 years). …”
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Comparing Intramedullary Nails versus Dynamic Hip Screws in the Treatment of Intertrochanteric Hip Fractures on Post-operative Rehabilitation Outcomes – A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Chantal Backman RN, MHA, PhD, Ashley Lam BHSc, Rosie Papp BSc, Aurelie Tonjock Kolle RN, MScN, Franciely Daina Engel PhD, Wenshan Li PhD, Soha Shah MD, FRCSC, Colleen Webber PhD, Peter Tanuseputro MD, Marie-Cecile Domecq MLS, Steve Papp MD, MSc, FRCSC

“…Objective We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to compare post-operative rehabilitation outcomes between two common treatments in patients who have suffered an intertrochanteric hip fracture: intramedullary nails vs dynamic hip screws. …”
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Comparative analysis of long-term organ damage in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus using belimumab versus standard therapy: a post hoc longitudinal study by Murray B Urowitz, Robert L Ohsfeldt, Ronald C Wielage, Yumi Asukai, Sulabha Ramachandran, John J Dever, Mehdi Zakerifar, Ashish V Joshi

“…Propensity score matching can be used to match belimumab-treated patients from LTE studies with standard therapy–treated patients from observational cohort studies. This analysis was designed to compare organ damage progression between treatment groups (belimumab plus standard therapy vs standard therapy alone) in patients with SLE with ≥5 years of follow-up, reproducing our previous study with more generalisable data.Methods This exploratory post hoc analysis used a heterogeneous population of US and non-US patients receiving monthly intravenous belimumab from pooled BLISS LTE trials (BEL112234/NCT00712933) and standard therapy–treated patients from the Toronto Lupus Cohort. …”
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New insights into the salt-responsive regulation in eelgrass at transcriptional and post-transcriptional levels by Huan Zhao, Huan Zhao, Xu Dong, Xu Dong, Dazuo Yang, Dazuo Yang, Qingchao Ge, Qingchao Ge, Peng Lu, Peng Lu, Chang Liu, Chang Liu

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A pharmacovigilance analysis of post-marketing safety of durvalumab by An-Ju Tan, Wan-Ying Liu, Jun-Li Lu, Qing-Ying Tan, Yu Yan, Dun-Chang Mo

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Construct comparability and the limits of post hoc modeling: insights from International Baccalaureate multi-language assessments by Louise Badham, Louise Badham, Michelle Meadows, Jo-Anne Baird

“…These ranged from different DP subjects being linked by “general academic ability,” to linking English, Spanish and Chinese language versions of literature with the more relevant construct of “literary analysis.” Ultimately, the Rasch analyses produced three different rank orders of “difficulty” for the assessments, illustrating the limitations of post hoc construct comparability investigations. …”
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