Patient Acceptability and Technical Reliability of Wearable Devices Used for Monitoring People With Parkinson Disease: Survey Study by Tasmin Alanna Rookes, Amit Batla, Megan Armstrong, Gareth Ambler, Kate Walters, Anette Schrag

“…The ActivInsights device was more acceptable than the wrist- and trunk-worn Axivity AX3 devices, as more participants found it to be comfortable (n=15, 100% vs n=5, 71%; PPPPPPP ConclusionsAcceptability of wearables for monitoring Parkinson was satisfactory, especially when wrist-worn, although a few participants experienced difficulties in correct use, and there were some errors with the data upload.…”
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Differences in functional outcomes for adult patients with prosthodontically-treated and -untreated shortened dental arches: a systematic review. by Saadika Khan, Alfred Musekiwa, Usuf M E Chikte, Ridwaan Omar

“…No on-going studies were found and no eligible studies were excluded for failure to report the reviewer's pre-specified outcomes. …”
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Integrating Satellite-Based Precipitation Analysis: A Case Study in Norfolk, Virginia by Imiya M. Chathuranika, Dalya Ismael

“…The additive bias correction (ABC) method overestimated mean monthly precipitation, while the PERSIANN-Cloud Classification System (CCS), adjusted with multiplicative bias correction (MBC), was found to be the most accurate bias-adjusted model. …”
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Polyomaviruses and the risk of breast cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Tahoora Mousavi, Fatemeh Shokoohy, Mahmood Moosazadeh

“…Data analysis was performed using STATA software, and standard errors of prevalence were calculated using the binomial distribution formula. …”
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Association between maternal and child health care and neonatal death in Angola: a secondary analysis of Angola Demographic Health Survey 2015–16 by Akiko Saito, Masahide Kondo

“…The individual sample weight, sample strata for sampling errors/design, and cluster number were incorporated in a descriptive and logistic regression analysis to account for the unequal probability sampling in different strata. …”
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Drug-Coated Balloon for De Novo Coronary Artery Lesions: A Systematic Review and Trial Sequential Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials by Wei Liu, Min Zhang, Guangping Chen, Zongzhuang Li, Fang Wei

“…Trial sequential meta-analysis (TSA) was performed to assess the false positive and false negative errors. Results. A total of 2,137 patients enrolled in 12 RCTs were analyzed. …”
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Impact of Prolonged Exposure to Video Display Terminals on Macular Pigment Optical Density in Young Adult Filipinos by Ronald Y. Tiu, MD, Eleonore B. Iguban, MD

“…Both groups had similar profiles, except for refractive errors, which were significantly higher in the prolonged VDT exposure group (p = 0.02). …”
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The impact of changes in fibromyalgia diagnosis criteria: using NAMCS data (2010–2019) to identify trends by Anthony Rubano, Michael R. Jiroutek, Susan Avila Misciagno

“…Both rheumatoid arthritis (OR 5.51, 95% CI 2.87–10.58) and depression (OR 2.61, 95% CI 1.90–3.58) were found to be strongly associated with a fibromyalgia diagnosis. …”
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Compensation Claims After Treatment of Achilles Tendon Ruptures in Norway From 2010 to 2020 by Tor Kristian Molstad Andresen MD, Per-Henrik Randsborg MD, PhD, Ståle Bergman Myhrvold MD, PhD, Rune Bruhn Jakobsen MD, PhD

“…Background: Compensation claims caused by medical treatment errors provide valuable insights into patients' experiences with received medical treatment and can help identify injuries and disabilities that might be preventable through optimized care. …”
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Melt Pond Evolution along the MOSAiC Drift: Insights from Remote Sensing and Modeling by Mingfeng Wang, Felix Linhardt, Victor Lion, Natascha Oppelt

“…The absolute deviation of the maximum pond coverage simulated by the new scheme is within 3%, while differences among parameterization schemes exceed 50%. Errors were found to be primarily due to the calculation of macroscopic meltwater loss, which is related to sea ice surface topography. …”
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Identification of stable reference genes in Edwardsiella ictaluri for accurate gene expression analysis. by Jingjun Lu, Hossam Abdelhamed, Nawar Al-Janabi, Nour Eissa, Mark Lawrence, Attila Karsi

“…However, no consensus was found among the programs for unstable reference genes under both conditions.…”
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Visual Impairment Prevalence, Causes, and Role of Healthcare Access: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis in Iran by Mehrdad Afarid, Hossein Molavi Vardanjani, Hamideh Mahdaviazad, Marzieh Alamolhoda, Saman Farahangiz

“…Based on BCVA, we found that the pooled prevalence of cataracts was 37.4% (95% CI: 29.5–45.3%) as the most common cause of VI. …”
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Variations in Oppel–Kundt Illusion Strength Among Depressive and Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorder Groups: Impact of Benzodiazepine Use by Edgaras Diržius, Rasa Pakanavičiūtė, Deimantė Andriuškevičiūtė, Darius Leskauskas, Aleksandr Bulatov

“…The patients who were taking benzodiazepines made greater errors evaluating OK figures than those who were not. …”
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The Effects of Intravenous Immunoglobulins in Women with Recurrent Miscarriages: A Systematic Review of Randomised Trials with Meta-Analyses and Trial Sequential Analyses Including... by Pia Egerup, Jane Lindschou, Christian Gluud, Ole Bjarne Christiansen, ImmuReM IPD Study Group

“…No significant difference in the frequency of no live birth was found when IVIg was compared with placebo or treatment as usual (RR 0.92, 95% CI 0.75-1.12, p = 0.42). …”
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Study on perspective taking in online discussions among university students with hearing impairments by A. A. Gareyev, Yu. V. Krasavina, E. P. Ponomarenko, A. A. Shishkina

“…Practical significance. The study found that online discussions significantly enhance the cognitive engagement of DHH students, potentially fostering the development of their communication skills in a digital environment. …”
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Email invitations to publish: Academically sound (such as SAFP) versus potentially predatory journals by Gina Joubert, Omololu Aluko

“…Conclusion: Clear differences were found between email invitations from accredited versus non-accredited journals. …”
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Reducing electrocardiographic interference in the multichannel electromyogram to help muscle fatigue assessment in low-intensity contractions by José Dilermando Costa Junior, José Manoel de Seixas, Antonio Mauricio Ferreira Leite Miranda de Sá

“…While the ECG interference seems to hamper the detection of muscle fatigue in the low-contraction regime, the association ICA+TS preserved better the EMG low-frequency content, and the entropy-based automatic detection was found to be more suitable, avoiding possible errors that might arise from manual detection procedures.…”
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Solar Flare X‐Ray Impacts on Long Subionospheric VLF Paths by Samuel R. G. Belcher, Mark A. Clilverd, Craig J. Rodger, Sophie Cook, Neil R. Thomson, James B. Brundell, Tero Raita

“…Good agreement is found between peak long X‐ray wavelength fluxes (XL, 0.1–0.8 nm) derived for M‐class and X‐class flares and those measured by the GOES satellites. …”
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GDDKIA xml service, road traffic incidents data: availability and quality research by Natalia Dziuba, Stanisław Szombara

“…During the study, it was found that many of the points that were supposed to represent the locations of road incidents were at a significant distance from the actual road axes, indicating errors in geolocalisation. …”
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Modified planar sensors for the separate detection of certain cephalosporin antibiotics by Kulapina, Elena Grigorievna, Mursalov, Ruslan K., Kulapina, Olga Ivanovna

“…Optimal ratios of modifi ers in carbon-containing inks (Fe3O4 : CPCh = 1 : 2.5) have been found. The main electroanalytical characteristics of the modifi ed sensors are determined. …”
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