Role of comprehensive geriatric assessment in healthcare of older people in UK care homes: realist review by Claire Goodman, Tom Dening, Neil H Chadborn, Maria Zubair, Lídia Sousa, John R F Gladman, Adam, L Gordon

“…It will be of use to teams developing, implementing or auditing CGA in care homes. All three components are required to make CGA work—this may explain why attempts to implement CGA by interventions focused solely on assessment or care planning have failed in some long-term care settings.Trial registration number CRD42017062601.…”
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Development, usability and acceptability of an integrated eHealth system for spondyloarthritis in the Netherlands (SpA-Net) by Astrid van Tubergen, Casper Webers, Annelies Boonen, Esther Beckers, Yvonne van Eijk-Hustings, Harald Vonkeman, Mart van de Laar

“…Both considered SpA-Net a valuable addition to current care.Trial registration number NTR6740.…”
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Could a feedback device help manage work-related shoulder disorders?: protocol of a mixed methods pilot study by Philippe Meidinger, Quan Nha Hong, Jean Tittley, Alexandre Campeau-Lecours, Jean-Sébastien Roy

“…Discussion A holistic approach combining qualitative and quantitative elements will enable us to determine the SWL usability and whether the conduct of a full RCT is feasible. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov NCT06693479.…”
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FACT: a randomised controlled trial to assess the feasibility of QbTest in the assessment process of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) for young people in prison—a fe... by Charlotte Lucy Hall, Prathiba Chitsabesan, Charlotte Lennox, Lesley-Anne Carter, Susan Young, Abdullah Kraam, Nikki Brown, Lloyd Wilkinson-Cunningham, Mindy Reeves

“…The findings will be published in peer-reviewed journals, presented at relevant conferences and disseminated to the public via summaries cocreated with our patient and public involvement group.Trial registration number ISRCTN17402196…”
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Optimisation of aetiological examination processes for enhanced quality and efficiency in hospitalised patients prior to antimicrobial therapy: a multicentre quasi-experimental stu... by Yan Liu, Mei Lin, Xiao Zhong, Li-Hua Xiao, Lan-Fang Mo, Shan-Wen Yang, Lan-Fang He, Qin-Fei Wu, Xiao-Feng Luo

“…These measures were evaluated before and after process optimisation.Results Postoptimisation, key metrics improved significantly: pathogen submission rate (50.82%–71.77%), specimen qualification rate (90.20%–98.71%), submission time (192–104 min) and antimicrobial adjustment rate (74.11%–93.24%; all p<0.001).Conclusions Process management effectively enhanced aetiological examination quality and efficiency, with potential for widespread adoption.Trial registration number Not applicable as this was a quasi-experimental study.…”
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Different artificial neural networks for predicting burnout risk in Italian anesthesiologists by Marco Cascella, Alessandro Simonini, Sergio Coluccia, Elena Giovanna Bignami, Gilberto Fiore, Emiliano Petrucci, Alessandro Vergallo, Giacomo Sollecchia, Franco Marinangeli, Roberto Pedone, Alessandro Vittori

“…Despite substantial differences among the six implemented algorithms, no significant variation in prediction performance was observed. …”
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Randomised controlled interventions on physical activity, diet or their dual approach to better public health and the links to body mass index in 10–19 years: a systematic review a... by Thomas Rosemann, Gerhard Ruedl, Clemens Drenowatz, Georg Göbel, Derrick R Tanous, Mohamad Motevalli, Joel Craddock, Markus Schauer, Werner Kirschner, Katharina C Wirnitzer

“…This study hypothesises that appropriately planned physical activity (PA) intervention for pupils performed in the secondary school setting and during compulsory school time results in healthier body weight management.Methods A systematic review and meta-analysis was performed following Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines, a protocol, and a PROSPERO trial registration (CRD4202347770). The intended study population was pupils (aged 10–19) of secondary schools without major nutritional deficiency or unstable health conditions. …”
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Towards MR-Only Radiotherapy in Head and Neck: Generation of Synthetic CT from Zero-TE MRI Using Deep Learning by Souha Aouadi, Mojtaba Barzegar, Alla Al-Sabahi, Tarraf Torfeh, Satheesh Paloor, Mohamed Riyas, Palmira Caparrotti, Rabih Hammoud, Noora Al-Hammadi

“…This study investigates the generation of synthetic CT (sCT) images from zero echo time (ZTE) MRI to support MR-only radiotherapy, which can reduce image registration errors and lower treatment planning costs. …”
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A quantum-resilient lattice-based security framework for internet of medical things in healthcare systems by Zeyad Ghaleb Al-Mekhlaf, Murtaja Ali Saare, Jalal Mohammed Hachim Altmemi, Mahmood A. Al-Shareeda, Badiea Abdulkarem Mohammed, Gharbi Alshammari, Reem alrashdi, Yasser A. Alkhabra, Ibrahim Alreshidi

“…To this end, we design a five-phase IoMT-friendly framework—Initialization, Registration, Authentication, Data Exchange, and Treatment—where each phase is backed up by lightweight cryptography primitives that can be easily implemented on the low-resource IoMT devices. …”
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A performance enhanced distributed computing framework for clustering by local direction centrality upon Apache Spark by Zhipeng Gui, Zichen Huang, Huan Chen, Dehua Peng, Yuhang Liu, Guangyao Fang, Qianxi Lan, Anqi Zhao, Huayi Wu

“…A real-world case study on over 2 million enterprise registration POI data in Chinese mainland further validates that D-CDC can identify fine-grained and weakly connected aggregation patterns of large-scale geospatial data in an efficient manner.…”
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Association between physicians’ maldistribution and core clinical competency of resident physicians: a nationwide cross-sectional study by Kiyoshi Shikino, Yasuharu Tokuda, Yu Yamamoto, Taro Shimizu, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Masanori Nojima, Sho Fukui, Daiki Yokokawa, Koshi Kataoka, Yuji Nishizaki, Kazuya Nagasaki

“…Objectives With physician maldistribution recognised as a global issue, Japan implemented the physician uneven distribution (PUD) index as a strategic measure. …”
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HPV vaccination and Native Americans: protocol for a systematic review of factors associated with HPV vaccine uptake among American Indians and Alaska Natives in the USA by Sameer Vali Gopalani, Ami E Sedani, Amanda E Janitz, Shari C Clifton, Julie Stoner, Jennifer Peck, Ashley Comiford, Alicia L Salvatore, Janis Campbell

“…A data extraction form and quality assessment tool will be piloted, revised and implemented. If available, measures of frequency and association will be presented. …”
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High incidence of anterior cruciate ligament injuries in professional men's handball: Analysis of the ‘ACL registry in German Sports’ over seven consecutive seasons by Tobias Resch, Werner Krutsch, Johannes Weber, Jonas Krueckel, Frederik Hartz, Volker Alt, Leonard Achenbach, Dominik Szymski

“…Injuries were registered according to the direct reports of the injured players to the study office and double‐checked via media analysis. After injury registration, the players received a standardised questionnaire. …”
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Prescribing Vitamin-K-Antagonists Versus Direct Oral Anticoagulants Among Bavarian General Practitioners: A Qualitative Study by Nikoletta Zeschick, Julia Gollnick, Julia Muth, Franziska Hörbrand, Peter Killian, Norbert Donner-Banzhoff, Thomas Kühlein, Maria Sebastião

“…In 2014, a new system for drug expenditures, the Wirkstoffvereinbarung (WSV, Active substance agreement), was implemented in Bavaria, Germany to control pharmaceutical expenditures transparently. …”
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Classification of kinesiophobia in patients after cardiac surgery under extracorporeal circulation in China: latent profile and influencing factors analysis from a cross-sectional... by Qi Li, Rong Wang, Yanmei Gu, Tong Ren, Jing Jing Piao, Wenhui Xing, Yujing Liang

“…These findings provide a basis for implementing preventive interventions in cardiac rehabilitation.Trial registration number The research is registered with the Chinese Clinical Trial Registry (ChiCTR2200057895).…”
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Barriers and facilitators to anal cancer screening among men who have sex with men: a systematic review with narrative synthesis by IatTou Sam, Wen Dang, NgaTeng Iu, ZiYue Luo, Yu-Tao Xiang, Robert David Smith

“…Two researchers underwent selection and appraisal independently. PROSPERO registration number: CRD42024601449. Results 305 studies were identified with a total of 32 studies included, including 11 qualitative studies, 18 quantitative studies, and 3 mixed methods studies. …”
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Enhanced protection against malaria by indoor residual spraying in addition to insecticide treated nets: is it dependent on transmission intensity or net usage? by Philippa A West, Natacha Protopopoff, Alexandra Wright, Zuhura Kivaju, Robinson Tigererwa, Franklin W Mosha, William Kisinza, Mark Rowland, Immo Kleinschmidt

“…These results demonstrate that there is a supplementary benefit of IRS even when ITNs are effective.<h4>Trial registration</h4>ClinicalTrials.gov NCT01697852.…”
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Testing the effect of a dynamic descriptive social norm message on meat-free food selection in worksite cafeterias: a randomized controlled trial by Elif Naz Çoker, Rachel Pechey, Susan A. Jebb

“…The intervention was implemented with high fidelity, though out of 155 customers interviewed, 57% reported that they did not notice the messages, and only 2% correctly recalled the message. …”
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High-altitude HEMS missions—a retrospective analysis of 3,564 air rescue missions conducted between 2011 and 2021 by Eva Klocker, Lea Wienandts, Dario Josi, Simon Rauch, Roland Albrecht, Jürgen Knapp, Urs Pietsch

“…Demographic and epidemiological data, medical measures implemented on scene, and the on-scene time were then analyzed for both trauma and non-trauma patients. …”
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Impact of decreasing the proportion of higher energy foods and reducing portion sizes on food purchased in worksite cafeterias: A stepped-wedge randomised controlled trial. by James P Reynolds, Minna Ventsel, Daina Kosīte, Brier Rigby Dames, Laura Brocklebank, Sarah Masterton, Emily Pechey, Mark Pilling, Rachel Pechey, Gareth J Hollands, Theresa M Marteau

“…A total of 19 cafeterias were randomised to the order in which they introduced the 2 interventions. Availability was implemented first and maintained. Size was added to the availability intervention. …”
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