The Impact of Preventive Protocols on Oral Health Outcomes in Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy or Radiotherapy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Carol Moussa, Laurent Estrade, Jeremy Glomet, Gael Y. Rochefort, Frédéric Denis, Maha H. Daou

“…<b>Background/Objectives</b>: Cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy (CT) or radiotherapy (RT) are at increased risk of oral complications. …”
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Contribution of direct-drinking water to calcium and magnesium and the influence on the height in school-age children by Hongru Gu, Yijing Gong, Zhao Li, Yanqiu Zhang, Jin Wu, Yi Wang, Min Ni, Jun Zhang, Hai Jiang

“…ObjectiveTo estimate the contribution of direct-drinking water provided in school to dietary intake (DI) and recommended nutrient intake (RNI) of calcium and magnesium, and to explore its influence on the height in school-age children.MethodsTap water and direct-drinking water samples were collected from schools in Taicang City to test the contents of calcium and magnesium, and compared by one-way ANOVA and post-hoc test. …”
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Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Neuropathic Pain and Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Traumatic Brain Injury: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Xin Li, Tijiang Lu, Hong Yu, Jie Shen, Zhengquan Chen, Xiaoyan Yang, Zefan Huang, Yuqi Yang, Yufei Feng, Xuan Zhou, Qing Du

“…The mean difference (MD) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) was estimated separately for outcomes to understand the mean effect size. …”
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Health service utilization in immigrants with multiple sclerosis. by Dalia L Rotstein, Ruth Ann Marrie, Karen Tu, Susan E Schultz, Kinwah Fung, Colleen J Maxwell

“…<h4>Background</h4>Access to neurology specialty care can influence outcomes in individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS), but may vary based on patient sociodemographic characteristics, including immigration status.<h4>Objective</h4>To compare health services utilization in the year of MS diagnosis, one year before diagnosis and two years after diagnosis in immigrants versus long-term residents in Ontario, Canada.…”
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Safe opioid prescribing: a prognostic machine learning approach to predicting 30-day risk after an opioid dispensation in Alberta, Canada by Vishal Sharma, Dean T Eurich, Salim Samanani, Vinaykumar Kulkarni, Luke Kumar

“…Objective To develop machine learning models employing administrative health data that can estimate risk of adverse outcomes within 30 days of an opioid dispensation for use by health departments or prescription monitoring programmes.Design, setting and participants This prognostic study was conducted in Alberta, Canada between 2017 and 2018. …”
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Oral creatine in hemodialysis patients increases physical functional capacity and muscle mass, an open label study. by Waldo Bernales-Delmon, Simón Schulz, Iván Guglielmi, Cynthia Saravia, Yasna Venegas, Jaime Joost, José Aguilar, Andrés Wulf, Paulina Bittner, María Claudia Martínez, Sandy Gómez, Catalina Chávez, Juan John, Felipe Matus, Carla Basualto-Alarcón

“…On dialysis days, creatine was administered immediately post-dialysis, while on non-dialysis days, patients took the supplement at home. …”
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Comparison of Lower Limb Joint Reaction Forces in Patients with Cerebral Palsy and Typically Developing Individuals by Yasar Mahsut Dincel, Alina Nawab Kidwai, Kerim Atmaca, Nese Aral Sozener, Yunus Ziya Arslan

“…However, these data may not fully capture the underlying causes of movement pathologies or effectively monitor post-treatment changes. Joint reaction forces (JRFs), estimated through simulation-based methods, provide valuable insights into the functional state of musculoskeletal components. …”
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Role of locoregional surgery in treating FIGO 2009 stage IVB cervical cancer patients: a population-based study by Yanhong Wang, Jingjing Su, Qunrong Cai, Zhigang Bai, Xinping Cao

“…The consistency of our findings was evaluated through sensitivity analysis.Results Matching resulted in two comparison groups with minor differences in most variables. Pre-and-post-PSM, the median CSS and OS in the surgery group were 1.3 and 1.5, 1.1 and 1.2 times of those in the non-surgery group, respectively. …”
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Incidence of acute kidney injury-associated mortality in hospitalized children: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Hamed Zarei, Amir Azimi, Arash Ansarian, Arian Raad, Hossein Tabatabaei, Shayan Roshdi Dizaji, Narges Saadatipour, Ayda Dadras, Neamatollah Ataei, Mostafa Hosseini, Mahmoud Yousefifard

“…However, the true burden of AKI-associated mortality in pediatric populations remains unclear. Objective To determine the pooled incidence of mortality independently associated with AKI in hospitalized children globally. …”
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Customizing Computerized Adaptive Test Stopping Rules for Clinical Settings Using the Negative Affect Subdomain of the NIH Toolbox Emotion Battery: Simulation Study by Saki Amagai, Aaron J Kaat, Rina S Fox, Emily H Ho, Sarah Pila, Michael A Kallen, Benjamin D Schalet, Cindy J Nowinski, Richard C Gershon

“…We then contrasted the original rules with fixed-length CATs (4‐12 items), a reduction of the maximum number of items to 8, and other modifications in post hoc analyses. Burden was measured by the number of items administered per simulation, precision by the percentage of assessments yielding reliability cutoffs (0.85, 0.90, and 0.95), and accurate score recovery by the root mean squared error between the generating θ and the CAT-estimated “expected a posteriori”–based θ. …”
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Prevalence and associated factors for poor mental health among young migrants in Sweden: a cross-sectional study by Sara Causevic, Anna Mia Ekström, Nicola Orsini, Anna Kagesten, Susanne Strömdahl, Mariano Salazar

“…Background Young migrants face multiple challenges that can affect their mental, sexual and reproductive health. Objective To assess the prevalence of self-reported poor mental health and its associated demographic, post-migration and sexual risk behaviour factors among young migrants (aged 15–25) in Sweden. …”
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Risk prediction models for delayed gastric emptying in patients after pancreaticoduodenectomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Juan Li, Zhifeng Gu, Lumei Huang

“…Objectives Although several risk prediction models for delayed gastric emptying (DGE) after pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) have been developed, their suitability for clinical application and future studies remains uncertain. …”
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Impact of 2014 Japanese practice guidelines on treatment patterns in patients with myasthenia gravis: an insurance claims database study by Akiyuki Uzawa, Shingo Konno, Makoto Samukawa, Izumi Mishiro, Hiroshi Todaka, Kentaro Taki, Céline Quelen, Adrianna Czubin, Renata Majewska, Kunihiko Shiraiwa, Yohei Ohashi

“…This highlights the need to improve awareness of guidelines by healthcare providers in order to decrease the burden of higher-dose OCS.Trial registration number Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN-CTR): UMIN000051155; Post-results.…”
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Healthcare utilization associated with antimicrobial resistance at a tertiary hospital in Vietnam: A retrospective observational study from 2016 to 2021. by Nga Thi-Quynh Nguyen, Nhien Phan-Thuy Nguyen, Quynh Thuy Truong, Thao Phuong Huynh, Hong-Nguyen Tran-Thi, Minh Van Hoang, Hai-Yen Nguyen-Thi

“…<h4>Background</h4>Despite the increasing burden of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), specifically on priority ESKAPE pathogens, studies examining the economic impact of AMR in low- and lower-middle-income countries have been scarce and require further investigation to optimize the post-COVID resource allocation.<h4>Objectives</h4>To quantify the incremental hospital costs and length of stay (LOS) associated with antimicrobial-resistant versus -susceptible among priority ESKAPE pathogens from the healthcare sector perspective.…”
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Statistical and health economic analysis plan for a secure care hospital evaluation of manualised (interpersonal) art-psychotherapy: the SCHEMA randomized controlled trial by Jennifer Condie, Matthew Franklin, Katie Aafjes-van Doorn, Paula Foscarini-Craggs, Iain McKinnon, Toni Leigh Harrison, Arman Iranpour, Ania Zubala, Sophie Rose, Elizabeth Randell, Rachel McNamara, Muhammad Riaz, Simon Hackett

“…Abstract Background The SCHEMA trial evaluates whether interpersonal art psychotherapy reduces the frequency/severity of aggressive incidents or patient distress associated with psychiatric symptoms, compared to usual care. Objective To describe the statistical and health economic analysis plan. …”
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Family formation among adolescent Rohingya refugees; trajectories into adolescent marriage and childbearing in Cox’s Bazar Bangladesh by Linnea A. Zimmerman, Shatha Elnakib, Anam Ali, Rumana Akter, Tofajjel Hossain, Tom Traill, Kate Mieth, Tahia Hasan, Tanvir Hasan, W. Courtland Robinson

“…Methods We use data from 1,565 females and 722 males aged 15–24, collected within fifteen camps in Cox’s Bazar, to estimate hazard of first marriage and of child marriage and data from 643 married females to estimate hazard from marriage to first birth. …”
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Minimum clinically important difference in Quantitative Lung Fibrosis score associated with all-cause mortality in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: subanalysis from two phase II tria... by Matthew S Brown, Jonathan Goldin, Grace Hyun Kim, Xueping Zhang, Lona Poole

“…This study aimed to assess the change in QLF score associated with a minimum clinically important difference (MCID) of IPF symptoms and physiological lung function, and also determine the MCID of QLF change associated with all-cause mortality to serve as an imaging biomarker to confirm disease progression and response to therapy.Design and study setting We conducted post hoc analyses of prospective data from two IPF phase II studies of pamrevlumab, a fully human monoclonal antibody that binds to and inhibits connective tissue growth factor activity.Participants Overall, 152 patients with follow-up visits after week 24.Methods We used the anchor-based Jaeschke’s method to estimate the MCID of the QLF score that corresponded with the already established MCID of St. …”
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What proportion of people have long-term pain after total hip or knee replacement? An update of a systematic review and meta-analysis by Rachael Gooberman-Hill, Michael R Whitehouse, Hung-Yuan Cheng, Andrew David Beswick, Vikki Wylde, Wendy Bertram, Mohammad Ammar Siddiqui

“…Univariate meta-analysis estimated 13.8% (8.5% to 20.1%) and 13.7% (4.8% to 31.0%) of patients experiencing long-term pain 6 and 12 months after THR, respectively, though concerns in risk of bias results reduced confidence in these findings.Conclusions Our review suggests that approximately 22% of patients report pain 3 months post-TKR, with 12%–15% experiencing long-term pain up to 2 years. …”
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Prevalence of obstetric violence in high‐income countries: A systematic review of mixed studies and meta‐analysis of quantitative studies by Laura Katrina Fraser, Naomi Cano‐Ibáñez, Carmen Amezcua‐Prieto, Khalid Saeed Khan, Ronald F. Lamont, Jan Stener Jørgensen

“…Abstract Introduction Obstetric violence, or mistreatment of women in obstetric care, can have severe consequences such as fear of future childbirth, post‐traumatic stress disorder, and depression. Material and Methods The primary objective was to estimate the prevalence of obstetric violence in high‐income countries. …”
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Bullet Shooting Cloud–Cloud Collision in MIR Bubble N65 by En Chen, Xi Chen, Min Fang, Xuepeng Chen, Qianru He, Tian Yang

“…A total of 354 young stellar objects (YSOs) are found, which are clustered into eight minimum spanning tree groups. …”
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