The Role of the Longitudinal Integrated Curriculum in the Field of Family Medicine in General Medical Education by Abtin Heidarzadeh, Mahdi Aghabagheri, Babak Sabet

“…A key aspect of this education involves understanding how to provide care within the framework of the family and the local community. 5) Faculty development supported by ongoing faculty development programs enhances the quality of teaching in family medicine and ensures that educators are well-prepared to provide effective mentorship(3). …”
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Optimization study of dynamic emergency feeder bus paths with the sudden interruption of urban railway traffic by Dejie Xu, Huilin Geng, Changwu Hui, Liang Gong, Hang Yuan, Qian Liu

“…Existing bus feeder programs are often inadequate in responding effectively to dynamic and real-time fluctuations in passenger flow during such disruptions, particularly when combined with complex road traffic conditions. …”
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Web-Based Human Papillomavirus Education and Professional Skills Intervention for Health Care Providers: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial by Jacob Martinez, Jacquelin I Cordero, Meagan Whitney, Katie L LaRoche, Gabriel Frietze, Eva M Moya, Kristin Gosselink

“…Tailored web-based educational programs for health care professionals, designed to address regional and patient population characteristics, may be a promising approach to enhancing the real-world implementation of clinical practice guidelines. …”
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Drivers of inequality in Millennium Development Goal progress: a statistical analysis. by David Stuckler, Sanjay Basu, Martin McKee

“…The common separation between NCDs, child mortality, and infectious syndromes among development programs may obscure interrelationships of illness affecting those living in poor households--whether economic (e.g., as money spent on tobacco is lost from child health expenditures) or biological (e.g., as diabetes or HIV enhance the risk of tuberculosis).…”
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Technologies for Interoperable Internet of Medical Things Platforms to Manage Medical Emergencies in Home and Prehospital Care: Scoping Review by Mattias Seth, Hoor Jalo, Åsa Högstedt, Otto Medin, Bengt Arne Sjöqvist, Stefan Candefjord

“…Message queuing telemetry transport (MQTT; 7/30, 23%) and WebSocket (7/30, 23%) were commonly used for real-time emergency alerts, while fog and edge computing were often combined with cloud computing for enhanced processing power and reduced latencies. …”
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Unified Mobile App for Streamlining Verbal Autopsy and Cause of Death Assignment in India: Design and Development Study by Harleen Kaur, Stuti Tripathi, Manjeet Singh Chalga, Sudhir K Benara, Amit Dhiman, Shefali Gupta, Saritha Nair, Geetha Menon, B K Gulati, Sandeep Sharma, Saurabh Sharma

“…The app has been designed to integrate real-time data collection by frontline health workers and seamless data transmission and digital reporting of COD by physicians. …”
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Engaging Community-Dwelling Older Adults in Research: Qualitative Substudy of Factors Impacting Participation by Bryah Boutilier, Grace Warner, Brianna Wolfe, Sorayya Askari, Elaine Moody, Parisa Ghanouni, Tanya Packer

“… BackgroundInnovative approaches to community-level data collection are crucial to inform policies and programs that support people in aging well within their communities. …”
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The model of intermediate assessment of future teachers’ professional competencies by I. V. Golovina, Kh.-Akh. S. Khaladov, T. Yu. Medvedeva, G. A. Paputkova, A. V. Milekhin

“…However, in modern conditions, in order to assess the quality of pedagogical education, it is necessary to develop mechanisms for assessing the level of preparedness of a student (graduate) to solve real problems of professional pedagogical activity, including in the process of intermediate and final certification. …”
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MODERN FAMILY VALUES AND THEIR FEATURES by NESMEIANOVA I.A.

“…Taking into account modern changes in the world and society, a classification of family values is proposed, and the idea of scientists is emphasized that real relationships in families should be reflected in the current legislation. …”
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Periodontitis promotes tumor growth and immune evasion via PD-1/PD-L1 by Suli Wang, Fujiao Nie, Qiuyue Yin, Haoyang Tian, Pizhang Gong, Jinhong Ju, Jiayi Liu, Pishan Yang, Chengzhe Yang

“…Abstract Background Our study investigated the role of experimental periodontitis on tumor growth, local and systemic immunosuppressive status, and programmed death receptor 1 (PD-1) / programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression in oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) and prostate cancer. …”
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Vaccine Hesitancy and Immunization Patterns in Central and Eastern Europe: Sociocultural, Economic, Political, and Digital Influences Across Seven Countries by Kurpas D, Stefanicka–Wojtas D, Soll–Morka A, Lomper K, Uchmanowicz B, Blahova B, Bredelytė A, Dumitra GG, Hudáčková V, Javorska K, Juhász Z, Manulik S, Mohos A, Skarbalius E, Tkachenko VI, Uchmanowicz I

“…Differences were influenced by healthcare system structure, public trust, exposure to misinformation, and digital communication strategies.Conclusion: Addressing vaccine hesitancy requires targeted, context-sensitive communication and digital literacy programs. Additionally, policy reforms to enhance accessibility, particularly in rural areas, and real-time monitoring systems can strengthen vaccination rates. …”
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Spatial Distribution of Poverty, Food Insecurity and Effective Factors in Urban Areas of Iran by M. Shabanzadeh-Khoshrody, E. Javdan, K. Shemshadi

“…Although the government's support policies have aimed at improving the living conditions of households, but the cost and income information of the Iranian Statistics Center shows that due to inflationary conditions and its impact on real income and purchasing power of consumers, these programs have not had the necessary effect in reducing poverty and food insecurity. …”
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Efficiency and safety of the Russian-made KERATOLINK device used to treat patients with stage I–II keratoconus and pellucid marginal corneal degeneration by A. T. Khandzhyan, E. N. Iomdina, A. V. Ivanova, A. S. Sklyarova, N. V. Khodzhabekyan, I. V. Manukyan

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The intersection of Interprofessional Education and One Health: A qualitative study in human and veterinary medical institutions by Claire Tucker, Jake Keyel, Amy Blue, Ruthanne Chun, Amara Estrada, Hossein Khalili, Anuja Riles, Rohini Roopnarine, Brian Sick, Sue VandeWoude, Brittany Watson, Lauren Wisnieski, Tracy Webb

“…IPE is common at human medical institutions, while One Health is more common in graduate and veterinary programs. The connection between IPE and One Health is still being explored both in scholarship and in real-world professional settings. …”
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Safety of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Patients with Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices by Hugo Lanz, Katharina Strauß, Julia Höpler, Marie Kraft, Sabine Hoffmann, Leonhard Binzenhöfer, Nils Gade, Daniel Roden, Inas Saleh, Stefan Kääb, Korbinian Lackermair, Sebastian Sadoni, Christian Hagl, Steffen Massberg, Heidi Estner, Stephanie Fichtner, Enzo Lüsebrink

“…The purpose of this study was to assess the safety and device function following MRI in an unrestricted real-world cohort of patients with a wide array of cardiac devices. …”
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Breast cancer risk and prevention in 2024: An overview from the Breast Cancer UK ‐ Breast Cancer Prevention Conference by Britta Stordal, Michelle Harvie, Michael N. Antoniou, Michelle Bellingham, Doris S. M. Chan, Philippa Darbre, Oskar Karlsson, Andreas Kortenkamp, Pamela Magee, Stefano Mandriota, Elisabete Silva, James E. Turner, Laura N. Vandenberg, D. Gareth Evans

“…There is also a need to assess real‐life exposure to environmental‐chemical mixtures during pregnancy, and their potential involvement in programming adverse foetal health outcomes in later life. …”
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Weighted Gene Co-Expression Network Analysis Identifies Hub Genes Governing Resistance to <i>Fusarium oxysporum</i> f. sp. <i>niveum</i> in Watermelon (<i>Citrullus lanatus</i>) by Chen Zhang, Xufeng Fang, Jing Zhang, Xinying Wang, Zhao Liu, Shusen Liu, Zhengfeng Song, Peng Gao, Feishi Luan

“…Protein–protein interaction networks identified 35 hub genes, including receptor-like kinases; WRKY and ethylene-responsive factor transcription factors; and genes involved in cell wall reinforcement, hormone signaling, defense metabolism/detoxification, programmed cell death regulation, and antimicrobial compound biosynthesis. …”
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A description of the clinical signs and lesions of African swine fever, and its differential diagnoses in pigs slaughtered at selected abattoirs in central Uganda by John E. Ekakoro, John E. Ekakoro, Aisha Nassali, Cole Hauser, Krista Ochoa, Dickson Ndoboli, Rodney Okwasiimire, Edrine B. Kayaga, Eddie M. Wampande, Karyn A. Havas

“…However, surveillance programs in Uganda will require confirmatory laboratory diagnosis due to the occurrence of pathogens that cause similar clinical signs and lesions.…”
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Public perception of COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia during the Omicron wave: recommendations for policy improvement by Mohammed J. Almalki, Amani A. Alotaibi, Abdulrahman M. Jabour, Ali Elamin, Wafa A Hetany, Hamza Abdullah M. Adam, Hassan N Moafa, Ahmed S. Alamer, Anwar Alsharif, Sami M. Almalki

“…A few participants were hesitant to adhere to preventive measures because they had already been vaccinated or believed that COVID-19 was not real or severe. This hesitancy raises public health concerns, suggesting that some individuals may underestimate the risks associated with COVID-19 and future pandemics.ConclusionThis study provides valuable insights into how Saudi citizens perceived COVID-19 during the Omicron wave. …”
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Field programmable silicon microring WDM transceiver leveraging monolithically integrated phase-change materials by Xing Yang, Shihuan Ran, Ziquan Li, Liangjun Lu, Yu Li, Ngon Phu Wai, MingHua Zhang, Guo-Qiang Lo, Jianping Chen, Linjie Zhou

“…Additionally, as enabled by such unique programmability, we propose a feedback scheme to counteract ambient temperature fluctuations as a real-time thermal management strategy during operation, employing one of the MRRs as an optical power monitor to stabilize the modulation of the remaining resonators. …”
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