Social capital and physical activity: a literature review up to March 2024 by Zhendong Gao, Chen Soon Chee, Roxana Dev Omar Dev, Yutong Liu, Jianhong Gao, Rui Li, Fangyi Li, Xiaoxiao Liu, Tao Wang

“…When designing public health interventions in the future, it is crucial to tailor strategies to different populations and contexts to better leverage social capital in promoting physical activity.…”
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What's the role of kindness in the healthcare context? A scoping review by Angela Greco, Laura G. González-Ortiz, Luca Gabutti, Daniel Lumera

“…We will also explore whether this is a topic of interest to academics, which countries have conducted the most research on the subject, the practical implications for healthcare management, and potential directions for future research. Methods This scoping review was conducted using the Arksey and O’Malley framework. …”
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Planetary health education in undergraduate medical education in Germany: results from structured interviews and an online survey within the national PlanetMedEd Project by Fabio Grieco, Sandra Parisi, Anne Simmenroth, Michael Eichinger, Michael Eichinger, Janina Zirkel, Janina Zirkel, Sarah König, Jana Jünger, Jana Jünger, Eva Geck, Eva-Maria Schwienhorst-Stich

“…To adequately equip the future healthcare workforce, the current barriers to successfully integrating Planetary Health into medical education must be systematically addressed and overcome.…”
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Point-of-care tests in the emergency medical services: a scoping review by T. H. M. Moore, S. Dawson, K. Kirby, R. Body, A. Thompson, Y. O. Adepoju, R. Perry, H. Nicholson, J. Dinnes, K. Mitchell, J. Savović, S. Voss, J. R. Benger

“…A review of the research will inform how we target future research efforts to support effective implementation and avoid duplication. …”
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Cost-effectiveness Analysis of Lorlatinib in Patients Previously Treated with Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase Inhibitors for Non-small Cell Lung Cancer in Greece by George Gourzoulidis, Oresteia Zisimopoulou, Nadia Boubouchairopoulou, Christina Michailidi, Chrissy Lowry, Charalampos Tzanetakos, Georgia Kourlaba

“…Primary outcomes were patient life years (LYs), quality-adjusted life years (QALYs), total costs, and incremental cost-effectiveness ratios per QALY and LY gained. All future outcomes were discounted at 3.5% per annum. …”
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Validation of insurance claims data on aetiology, surgical type and prosthesis for isolated valve surgery: a retrospective observational surgery by Shao-Wei Chen, Victor Chien-Chia Wu, Pao-Hsien Chu, An-Hsun Chou, Chun-Yu Chen, Feng-Cheng Chang, Yi‐Hsin Chan, Chia-Pin Lin, Yu-Ting Cheng, Bo-Cheng Hou, Jo-Ting Huang

“…This study provides a potentially optimal framework for future research on valve diseases and surgeries using claims databases.…”
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Nutritional knowledge and practices of low-income women during pregnancy: a qualitative study in two Oaxacan cities by Marian Marian, Ramona L. Pérez, Amanda C. McClain, Samantha Hurst, Elizabeth Reed, Kathryn M. Barker, Rebecka Lundgren

“…Methods Guided by Ecological Systems Theory and an Intersectionality Framework, this qualitative study was carried out in Oaxaca City and Puerto Escondido, in Oaxaca, a Mexican state with high levels of food insecurity. …”
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The Relationship between Academic History and Audio-Visual History in Lithuania: A Closing of the Gap? by Rūta Šermukšnytė

“…The enhanced role of historians in the creation of Lithuanian documentary film and television is connected with changes in self-conception among audio-visual communications specialists (authors and their "supervising" critics) as well as among historians; these changes were visible by 1993. Out of this cooperation between audio-visual communications specialists and historians, there appeared works in Lithuanian audio-visual culture in which, because of the specific nature of cinematic and television methods, "neuralgic" themes in terms of historical consciousness were actualized (popularized), single-sided assessments of the past were rejected, and a history "open" to multiple viewpoints and to corrections in the future was created, thus demonstrating the problematic nature of history and more closely approaching the status of a scientific reconstruction. …”
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Advancing early detection of organ damage and cardiovascular risk prevention: the Suzhou cardiometabolic health study protocol - exploring the role of oral microbiome and metabolic... by Mengmeng Zhu, Mengmeng Zhu, Yiwen Li, Wenting Wang, Longkun Liu, Wenwu Liu, Jiayu Yu, Qian Xu, Jing Cui, Yanfei Liu, Keji Chen, Yue Liu, Yue Liu

“…This approach can not only fill the gap in traditional risk assessment but also provide new ideas for the early identification and intervention of CVD. In the future, the feasibility and effectiveness of this strategy will be verified through multicenter studies, and it is expected to be promoted to a wider medical system, significantly improving the health management level of high-risk groups for CVD.Trial registration numberhttp://itmctr.ccebtcm.org.cn, identifier ITMCTR2024000616.…”
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Building with Jelly, or, Concrete as the Concretion of the Abstract by Alan Díaz Alva

“…I argue that the homogenization of building practices and the unanimous popularity of reinforced concrete is a major aspect of this process which ought to be examined more closely. While Hui’s project provides us with conceptual tools useful to critique this foreclosing of alternative cosmotechnics and to imagine how modern technologies could be rechannelled towards future divergent trajectories, he does not delve into the precise mechanisms through which this monoculture has been established in the first place. …”
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How can Blood Flow Restriction Exercise be Utilised for the Management of Persistent Pain Following Complex Injuries in Military Personnel? A Narrative Review by Luke Gray, Peter Ladlow, Russell J Coppack, Robyn P Cassidy, Lynn Kelly, Sarah Lewis, Nick Caplan, Robert Barker-Davies, Alexander N Bennett, Luke Hughes

“…Additionally, the low-mechanical load nature of BFR exercise may allow for high-frequency use within residential military rehabilitation, providing a platform for conventional resistance training thereafter. Conclusion Future research needs to examine the differences in pain modulation between persistent pain and pain-free populations with BFR application, supporting the investigation of mechanisms for BFR-induced hypoalgesia, the dose-response relationship between BFR-exercise and pain modulation, and the efficacy and effectiveness of BFR application in complex musculoskeletal and persistent pain populations.…”
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Exploring the impact and mechanisms of behavioral activation on sleep disorders in colorectal cancer: a randomized controlled trial by Anlong Li, Runze Huang, Han Ge, Dajie Liu, Shaochun Liu, Yingxue Jia, Jiaying Chai, Xinyi Zheng, Lijun Liu, Chen Gan, Jian Xu, Ling Cheng, Mingjun Zhang, Huaidong Cheng

“…Mediator analysis indicates that physical activity partially mediates the effects of BA on sleep disturbances, with activation showing marginal significance. Future research should further investigate the underlying mechanisms and long-term effects of BA on sleep disturbances.…”
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An Assessment of Landslides Occurrence and its Implications on Local Community in Ibanda Sub County Kasese District, Uganda by Agaba, Chris

“…From the findings, the study recommends that there should be sustainable communication and education to farmers on effective ways to mitigate landslides, implementation of policies on settlements, and penalties curbing deforestation. Future researchers should investigate the influence government policies have on human activities in landslides prone areas. …”
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Training and Employee Performance in Uganda: A Case of National Water and Sewarage Corporation by moses Agaba

“…The study's specific goals were to examine the relationship between on-the-job training and employee performance, determine the relationship between off-the-job training and employee performance, and find out the challenges that affect training and employee performance at NWSC Rukungiri District. …”
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Linkages with Practice for Higher-Education Curriculum Innovation. by Nampala, Paul, Kalule, Stephen W., Mshenga, Patience M., Okello, Daniel M., Egeru, Anthony, Ekwamu, Adipala

“…This article is inspired by the debate on curriculum innovation for graduate training, emerging out of linkages between universities and agribusiness development actors, targeting entrepreneurial action and employability of graduates. …”
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Budgeting Practices and Performance of Town Councils in Uganda: A Case Study of Muhanga Town Council. by Kembabazi, Primah

“…The study findings on the effect of rolling budgets and forecasts on performance were; that forecasts are used to predict the future and encourage municipal performance, rolling forecasts have a fixed time frame which leads to the performance of the municipal council and rolling forecasts manage the weaknesses of traditional budgeting hence performance of the organization. …”
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Assessment of Teachers’ Turnover and its Impact on Academic Performance in Government Aided Secondary Schools of Kayonza Sub-County Kanungu District. by Biryomumeisho, Gideon

“…Additionally, the heavy workload, including large class sizes and additional administrative duties, was noted by 66.7% of respondents as a contributing factor to their decision to leave. …”
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Tax Reforms and Domestic Revenue mobilization: A case Study of Uganda Revenue Authority Kabale Branch. by Hillary, Niwamanya

“…For the study, 103 respondents were involved to provide relevant data. The study was carried out under the objectives; to assess different tax reforms established by URA, to find out the impact of tax reforms on domestic revenue mobilization and to establish the challenges faced by tax authorities during domestic revenue mobilization in URA. …”
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Career Guidance and Academic Performance in Secondary Schools in Kisoro District; A case Study of Namirembe and Nyanamo Comprehensive Secondary Schools in Bukimbiri Sub-County. by Robert, Mwesigwa

“…It was further noted that students’ attitude towards career guidance geared at improving academic performance was positive in the study area. It was found out that 29% of the respondents considered career guidance as a means to help students to broaden their knowledge; skills and abilities; though on the hand sighted irregularities that career guidance was meant for the rich who had the capacity to facilitate their children’s future the way they wished; and that career guidance was irrelevant at schools since it never provided anything new that they would get from their family members and their religious backgrounds. …”
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Lessons learned from implementation of the Workload Indicator of Staffing Need (WISN) methodology: An international Delphi study of expert users. by Grace , Nyendwoha Namaganda, Audrey, Whitright, Everd, Bikaitwoha Maniple

“…(3) what lessons have been learned that could inform future WISN implementation? and (4) what recommendations can be made to improve the WISN methodology? …”
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