A qualitative report on the experiences of physicians during the pandemic of COVID-19 by Atefeh Vaezi, Sedigheh Farzi, Fariba Taleghani, Shaghayegh Haghjooy Javanmard

“…Data were analyzed using content analysis method. Our study identified seven main categories with 17 subcategories, encapsulating healthcare professionals’ experiences during the pandemic. …”
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Effectiveness and priority of irradiation and six NSAIDs in prevention heterotopic ossification after total hip arthroplasty: a network meta-analysis of randomized controlled studi... by Fei Yang, Fei Yang, Lei Wen, Lei Wen, Changshun Chen, Changshun Chen, Qiao Zhao, Zhiwei Feng, Zhiwei Feng, Bin Ran, Xuwei Luo, Dongqin Xiao, Qifan Fang

“…Using the criteria for assessing bias in the Cochrane Collaboration Network, two writers independently evaluated the quality of the included studies. …”
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Economic evaluation of acupuncture as an adjunctive treatment with usual care for mild-to-moderate knee osteoarthritis: A Markov model-based analysis by Eunhye Hyun, Byung-Cheul Shin, NamKwen Kim, Byungmook Lim

“…Background: Collaborative care (CC), in which acupuncture is combined with usual care (UC), improves clinical outcomes and increases costs in knee osteoarthritis (KOA). …”
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Selecting learning partners: memory for participation and competence by Oktay Ülker, Daniel Bodemer

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A meta-analysis of the diverse invasion and migration responses of lung cancer cells to photon irradiation by Yan Zhang, Qibin Fu, Xiaorui Huang, Tuchen Huang

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Exploring the use of COVID-19 antigen rapid diagnostic tests among displaced populations in Iraq: findings from a pilot project in four IDP camps by Lara Abou Ammar, Caitlin M. Wolfe, Lamiaa Nagib, Mohammed Slebei, Sezan Shawkat, Dilman Amo, Raveen Abdullah, Rawshan Abdulmalik, Hiwa Muhammed Amin, Huda Shafiq, Shivan Hafthalah, Aso Qahraman, Jirjees Mohammed, Hassan Ghawji, Srinath Satyanarayana, Nevin Wilson, Sanjay Sarin, Kekeletso Kao, Nellie Ghusayni

“…Methods Secondary analysis was conducted using de-identified cross-sectional data collected from November 2022-March 2023 in four IDP camps in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. …”
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Development of machine learning predictive models and risk scoring system for survival in breast cancer patients with type II diabetes: a retrospective cohort study by Claire Chenwen Zhong, Junjie Huang, Zhaojun Li, Yu Jiang, Zehuan Yang, Ziwei Huang, Qi Dou, Yu Li, Martin C.S. Wong

“…Methods: Data were obtained from the Hong Kong Hospital Authority Data Collaboration Laboratory, covering 2000 to 2020. …”
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Undergraduate Research on Physics-Informed Graph Attention Networks for COVID-19 Prediction by Yu Liang, Dalei Wu

“…The results indicate the proposed ensemble outperforms baseline methods. Besides being documented on GitHub, this work has resulted in two journal papers.…”
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Pearl River Delta: Scales, Times, Domains by Liang Xiong

“…The mapping approach provided a probable vision of 2080, and a possible alternative vision. …”
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Assessing the economic case for public health interventions provided in non-health public sector settings: a feasibility study in job centres in Cornwall, South West of England by Richard Alan Sharpe, Andrew James Williams, Ruth Goldstein, Tim Taylor

“…The number of people with probable depression and/or anxiety reduced at follow up (23.82%). …”
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Multiscale Modeling of Meandering Fluvial Reservoir Architecture Based on Multiple-Point Geostatistics: A Case Study of the Minghuazhen Formation, Yangerzhuang Oilfield, Bohai Bay... by Jia Li, Chengyan Lin, Xianguo Zhang, Chunmei Dong, Yannan Wei, Wenyan Ning, Changcheng Han, Wei Guo

“…Models of different scales are combined by the probability cube obtained by lateral accretion azimuthal data as an auxiliary variable. …”
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Validism in the Elderly. Social Context and Functional Capacity by Mairovy Hernández Romero, Hilda María Delgado Acosta, Lourdes Elena Duany Badell, Belkis González Aguiar, Ismaray Sacerio González, Zenia Tamara Sánchez García

“…<br /><strong>Objective:</strong> to describe the social context and functional capacity in gerontos of clinic # 8 of Health Area I of the Cienfuegos municipality during the year 2022.<br /> <strong>Method:</strong> a descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out. …”
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A Novel Policy Distillation With WPA-Based Knowledge Filtering Algorithm for Efficient Industrial Robot Control by Gilljong Shin, Seongjin Yun, Won-Tae Kim

“…Advanced factories strongly need autonomous control methods of manufacturing robots flexibly responding to various requirements of the operational engineers. …”
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NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE BASED TELEMEDICINE APPLICATION FOR HYPERTENSION MANAGEMENT IN PRIMARY LEVEL OF HEALTH FACILITIES by Pandit Bagus Tri Saputra, Nabila Izzati, Primadita Esther Rosita, Desy Trilistyoati, Nur Moya Isyroqiyyah, Iffa Halimah Hasna, Niamita Eka Puspita Putri, Ervina Dyah italoka, Muhammad Rifqi Arya Putra, Andi Lestari Rahman, Lilik Djuari

“…Telemedicine is a health care provider without any direct contact, which has various methods. Today, telemedicine in Indonesia is growing rapidly along with technology and legal regulation in its implementation, increasing users by 700% in the first year of 2020. …”
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Multidisciplinary tuberculosis care: leveraging the role of hospital pharmacists by Maarten J Postma, Job F M van Boven, Deni Iskandar, Ivan S Pradipta, Ani Anggriani

“…We aimed to analyse hospital pharmacist-provided clinical pharmacy services (CPS) implementation in TB care.Method A nationwide survey-based online cross-sectional study was conducted on hospital pharmacists in Indonesia from 1 November 2022 to 22 November 2022. …”
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Sequence and taxonomic feature evaluation facilitated the discovery of alcohol oxidases by Yilei Han, Xuwei Ding, Junjian Tan, Yajuan Sun, Yunjiang Duan, Zheng Liu, Gaowei Zheng, Diannan Lu

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Relationships between intensity, duration, cumulative dose, and timing of smoking with age at menopause: A pooled analysis of individual data from 17 observational studies. by Dongshan Zhu, Hsin-Fang Chung, Nirmala Pandeya, Annette J Dobson, Janet E Cade, Darren C Greenwood, Sybil L Crawford, Nancy E Avis, Ellen B Gold, Ellen S Mitchell, Nancy F Woods, Debra Anderson, Daniel E Brown, Lynnette L Sievert, Eric J Brunner, Diana Kuh, Rebecca Hardy, Kunihiko Hayashi, Jung Su Lee, Hideki Mizunuma, Graham G Giles, Fiona Bruinsma, Therese Tillin, Mette Kildevæld Simonsen, Mette Kildevæld Simonsen, Hans-Olov Adami, Elisabete Weiderpass, Marianne Canonico, Marie-Laure Ancelin, Panayotes Demakakos, Gita D Mishra

“…<h4>Conclusions</h4>The probability of earlier menopause is positively associated with intensity, duration, cumulative dose, and earlier initiation of smoking. …”
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The effect of different teaching models on improving nursing humanistic care competencies: a network meta-analysis by Xiao Meixia, Xiong Qin, Jiang Rong, Li Lingxia, Fu Wenhao

“…The cumulative ranking probability plot indicated that the “Learning from Sisters” teaching mode was the best for improving nurses’ humanistic care ability, with a probability of 91.7%.ConclusionThe “Peer Teaching Mode”, based on its peer - assisted and collaborative - learning approach, shows the most advantages in the network meta - analysis results. …”
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Prevalence, risk factors and echocardiographic predictors of pulmonary hypertension in systemic lupus erythematosus: towards a screening protocol by Jorge Álvarez Troncoso, Clara Soto Abánades, Ángel Robles-Marhuenda, Sergio Alcolea Batres, María Fernández Velilla Peña, Santiago Jiménez Valero, Raquel Sorriguieta Torre, Juan José Rios-Blanco

“…Background Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) significantly affects the lungs and heart, and pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a severe manifestation that leads to considerable morbidity and mortality.Objectives We aimed to determine the prevalence and risk factors of probable SLE-PH, assess the main echocardiographic predictors and develop a potential screening strategy.Methods A prospective single-centre study was conducted on 201 patients with SLE who underwent transthoracic echocardiography. …”
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Assessing long-term effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of statin therapy in the UK: a modelling study using individual participant data sets by Borislava Mihaylova, Runguo Wu, Junwen Zhou, Claire Williams, Iryna Schlackow, Jonathan Emberson, Christina Reith, Anthony Keech, John Robson, Richard Parnell, Jane Armitage, Alastair Gray, John Simes, Colin Baigent

“…Objectives To develop a reliable evaluative framework, informed by large UK individual participant data (IPD), and to assess the long-term net health effects and cost-effectiveness of statin therapy across a wide range of UK population categories. Methods A CVD microsimulation policy model was developed using the Cholesterol Treatment Trialists’ Collaboration (CTTC) data and the UK Biobank (UKB) cohort data. …”
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