What is the healthcare utilisation and out-of-pocket expenditure associated with osteoarthritis? A cross-sectional study by Alex Broom, David Sibbritt, Jon Adams, Lesley Ward, Jane Frawley, Tobias Sundberg, Jessica Bayes

“…Given the high individual and societal burden of OA, there is a need for further research into the concurrent use of different healthcare resources with a view to providing safe, cost-effective management of OA across the healthcare system and the wider community.…”
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Can the epidemiology of zoonotic disease be studied in routine health records? A feasibility study of the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) by Chris D. Poole, James Frost, Georgina Tarrant, Andrew Hancock, Isaac Odeyemi, Niels Wuyts, Alasdair J.C. Cook

“…Lyme disease emerged as the most common zoonotic disease in CPRD (3.67 incident cases per 100,000 person-years) while pasteurellosis was underreported.The CPRD demonstrates potential as a complementary surveillance tool for zoonotic diseases. …”
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Evaluation of the implementation of governmental policies and actions to create healthy food environments in Burkina Faso by Viviane Aurélie Tapsoba, Ella WR Compaore, Augustin Nawidimbasba Zeba, Jerome Winbetourefa Some, Julien Soliba Manga, Adama Diouf, Jean-Claude Moubarac, Stefanie Vandevijvere, Mamoudou H Dicko

“…Conclusions: The general results showed that there is a clear need for further improvements in policy and infrastructure support to promote healthy food environments. …”
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Opioid prescription patterns and pain severity among patients with opioid use disorder and other substance use disorders: a mixed methods study by Erin F. Madden, Gintare Daulys, Benjamin Tingey, Felicia Frabis, Pooja Lagisetty, Philip J. Kroth, Fares Qeadan

“…These findings highlight the need to address pain within addiction treatment and further examine effective pain management interventions for this complex patient population.…”
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miRNA panel from HER2+ and CD24+ plasma extracellular vesicle subpopulations as biomarkers of early-stage breast cancer by Griffin B. Spychalski, Andrew A. Lin, Stephanie J. Yang, Hanfei Shen, Jean Rosario, Kyle Tien, Kate French, Miriyam Ghali, Stephanie Yee, Melinda Yin, Michael D. Feldman, Emily F. Conant, Susan P. Weinstein, Erica L. Carpenter, David Issadore, Anupma Nayak

“…Therefore, there is a need for noninvasive, blood-based diagnostics that can accurately assess risk of malignancy for women with indeterminate lesions identified by mammography, such as BI-RADS category 4 breast lesions. …”
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Interpréter dans la grosseur du trait by François-Joseph Daniel

“…On the other hand, when the models are used to evaluate the nuisance, in the context of an already established and functioning facility, the discrepancies between the model results and the local residents’ experiential perceptions create a need for model validation in context. Furthermore, these discrepancies result in a more prudent use of simulations as an indication rather than a strict representation of reality, and necessitate the mobilisation of other complementary methods to qualify the odorous pollution.…”
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The Roman army in Central Portugal: Reassessing the archaeological evidence of two possible military sites by Gil Vilarinho, Alexandre Jorge Canha, João Fonte

“… Following a complementary non-invasive analysis including satellite and aerial imagery, as well as UAV-based photogrammetric and LiDAR surveys, this paper presents and discusses the Roman military evidence identified at Alto do Golado (São Pedro do Sul) and Modedufe (Lamego). …”
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A Non-Invasive, Label-Free Method for Examining Tardigrade Anatomy Using Holotomography by Minh-Triet Hong, Giyoung Lee, Young-Tae Chang

“…Background/Objectives: Holotomography is an advanced imaging technique that enables high-resolution, three-dimensional visualization of microscopic specimens without the need for fixation or staining. Here we aim to apply holotomography technology to image live <i>Hypsibius exemplaris</i> in their native state, avoiding invasive sample preparation procedures and phototoxic effects associated with other imaging modalities. …”
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Does Ecotourism Really Benefit the Environment? A Trend Analysis of Forest Cover Loss in Indonesia by Saraswati Sisriany, Katsunori Furuya

“…This study underscores the need for alternative or complementary approaches to conservation, as well as a robust examination of ecotourism’s limitations and potential within the broader context of sustainable development.…”
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Multilingual science: discussing language as a place of encounter in knowledge production and exchange by Suzina Ana Cristina

“…This article frames these issues from three complementary perspectives, that are: a decolonial perspective, a perspective on disruptive capacity, and a participatory perspective. …”
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Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease with [18F]PET in Mild and Asymptomatic Stages by Alexander Drzezga

“…Consequently, clinical measures of cognitive impairment, as used for definition of dementia, will not allow early diagnosis of AD-pathology in the mild or asymptomatic stages. Thus, a need for complementary sensitive biomarkers is apparent. …”
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The Use of Honeybee Hives May Boost Yields of Some Crops in Nepal by Kedar Devkota, Prashant Rijal, Charles Fernando dos Santos

“…Many pollination-dependent crops worldwide need bees for the highest productivity. If the crops are not pollinated, a pollination deficit will result. …”
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Reflexão sobre políticas públicas e gestão de acervos em instituições de memória em Portugal by Graça Filipe, Conceição Serôdio, Leonor Calvão Borges, Ana Margarida Dias da Silva

“…It is concluded that deaccessioning, an inverse process to accessioning, may be a necessary procedure and that the two are complementary, in a strategic and programmatic plan of the institutions. …”
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CFM-UNet: coupling local and global feature extraction networks for medical image segmentation by Ke Niu, Jiacheng Han, Jiuyun Cai

“…This limitation highlights the need for hybrid approaches that combine the strengths of both architectures. …”
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Ensemble Voting Method for Phonocardiogram Heart Signal Classification Using FFT Features by Adisaputra Zidha Noorizki, Heri Pratikno, Weny Indah Kusumawati

“…Heart disease is still one of the leading causes of death worldwide, hence the need for effective diagnostic tools. Phonocardiogram (PCG) signals have been explored as a complementary approach to electrocardiogram (ECG) to detect cardiac abnormalities. …”
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Danishefsky’s Diene vs Rawal’s Diene in [4+2] Hetero-Diels-Alder Reactions with Aldehydes by Oleksii I. Shamrai, Evgenij V. Zarudnitskii

“…The data obtained emphasize the complementary nature of DD and RD in synthetic applications, providing valuable recommendations for optimizing diene selection in complex organic transformations.…”
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Gender Factor in Associative Links of Words: Dictionary and Distributive-Semantic Model Data by T. A. Litvinova, E. S. Kotlyarova, V. A. Zavarzina

“…The relevance of the work is due to the need for a comprehensive study of the psychologically relevant meaning of the word. …”
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Enhancing creative performance among experienced newcomers: exploring the influence of knowledge exchange, learning goals, personality traits, and technostress by Linpei Song, Zhuang Ma

“…However, these newcomers still need context-specific and complementary knowledge from organizational insiders to achieve creative performance. …”
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Metaverse Tourism: An Overview of Early Adopters’ Drivers and Anticipated Value for End-Users by Alexios-Patapios Kontis, Stelios A. K. Ioannidis

“…The current study aims to explore the early adoption of the metaverse in the hospitality and tourism industry, with a particular focus on understanding adoption drivers for tourism providers and the anticipated benefits for end-users. Addressing the need for practical insights in a rapidly evolving digital landscape, the review identifies 33 real-world early cases of metaverse and non-fungible token (NFT) adoption, spanning from the first metaverse hotel in 2006 to ongoing digital twins of tourism destinations up to 2023. …”
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