The system can change: a feasibility study of a doula-clinician collaborative at a large tertiary hospital in the United States by Jeannette C. Myrick, Lily Schneider, Christina Gebel, Kathleen Clarke, Stephanie Crawford, Lucy Chie, Chloe Zera, Karen M. Emmons, Elysia Larson

“…From 2022–2023, the SBC adopted 11 implementation strategies and piloted or fully implemented 10 of them. …”
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Cost-Benefit Analysis of Genetic Testing as a Prenatal Diagnostic Tool for Thalassemia: A Single-Center Study From Central Thailand by Malasai K, Jittikoon J, Udomsinprasert W, Talungchit P, Youngkong S, Sangroongruangsri S, Mahasirimongkol S, Chaikledkaew U

“…The study compared the scenarios with and without genetic testing, adopting a societal perspective that accounted for costs during pregnancy and the lifetime of a child born with thalassemia. …”
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Comparison of HCG Trigger versus Dual Trigger in Improving Pregnancy Outcomes in Patients with Different Ovarian Responses: A Retrospective Study by Ke Xu, Jinrong Wang, Shuangshuang Yang, Zhenjing Wang, Ning Hou, Mei Sun

“…The results of this study highlight the necessity of adopting a customized and individualized treatment approach that should be based on the patient’s ovarian response. …”
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Early childhood deprivation and the impact of negative life events on mental health in later life: a test of the stress sensitization hypothesis by Jala Rizeq, Mark Kennedy, Kirellos Miseih, Wangjingyi Liao, Edmund J. S. Sonuga-Barke

“…Of these, 124 (66 females) grew up as infants and small children in severely depriving Romanian orphanages before being adopted into UK families before the age of 43 months. …”
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Angiographic Restenosis in Coronary Bifurcations Treatment with Regular Drug Eluting Stents and Dedicated Bifurcation Drug-Eluting BiOSS Stents: Analysis Based on Randomized POLBOS... by Robert J. Gil, Jacek Bil, Adam Kern, Luis A. Iñigo-Garcia, Radoslaw Formuszewicz, Slawomir Dobrzycki, Dobrin Vassilev, Roxana Mehran

“…Morphological pattern of in-stent restenosis according to the modified Mehran classification adopted for bifurcation lesions was assessed with bifurcation dedicated quantitative coronary angiographic software (CAAS 5.11, Pie Medical Imaging BV, the Netherlands). …”
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APPLICATION OF FAST-TRACK LEGISLATION METHOD IN PRESIDENTIAL SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT IN INDONESIA by Wand Mei Herry Susilowati

“…A qualitative method was adopted in the research using statutory, conceptual, comparative, and case methodologies. …”
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Genetically predicted causal link between the plasma lipidome and pancreatic diseases: a bidirectional Mendelian randomization study by Liaoyi Lin, Yingbao Huang, Songzan Qian, Lifang Chen, Houzhang Sun

“…Inverse variance weighted was adopted as the main statistical method. Bayesian weighted MR was employed for further verification. …”
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A Bio-Inspired Visual Neural Model for Robustly and Steadily Detecting Motion Directions of Translating Objects Against Variable Contrast in the Figure-Ground and Noise Interferenc... by Sheng Zhang, Ke Li, Zhonghua Luo, Mengxi Xu, Shengnan Zheng

“…Thirdly, the non-linear instantaneous feedback mechanism in divisive contrast normalization is adopted to reduce local contrast sensitivity; further, the parallel ON and OFF contrast pathways are activated. …”
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Re-Engagement in Physical Activity Slows the Decline in Older Adults’ Well-Being – A Longitudinal Study by Hon Lon Tam PhD, Kai Chow Choi PhD, Ying Lau PhD, Leona Yuen Ling Leung DN, Alex Siu Wing Chan PhD, Lilin Zhou BSc, Eliza Mi Ling Wong PhD, Jonathan Ka Ming Ho DN

“…The generalized estimating equations model was adopted to examine the differences between various physical activity engagement patterns and older adults’ well-being. …”
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Unexplored avenues: a narrative review of cognition and mood in postmenopausal African women with female genital circumcision/mutilation/cutting by Rohina Kumar, Noelia Calvo, Gillian Einstein, Gillian Einstein, Gillian Einstein, Gillian Einstein, Gillian Einstein, Gillian Einstein

“…Future research should adopt mixed-methods with culturally sensitive methodologies to investigate the lived experience of ageing as well as cognitive changes. …”
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THE PLANNING AND ORGANIZATION OF ECT TREATMENTS IN FINLAND – RESULTS FROM A NATIONAL SURVEY by SAANA KARTTUNEN, LAURI VIRTANEN, ANU HOLM, NIKO SEPPÄLÄ, PETRI SUMIA, ERIKA JÄÄSKELÄINEN, KAIJA JÄRVENTAUSTA

“…As there are no national guidelines regarding practical organization of ECT treatment, collaborative efforts to identify and adopt good practices are needed. A larger survey about the treatment numbers and the technical treatment methods for different neuromodulation treatments is currently underway.…”
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Association of systemic immune-inflammation index (SII) with risk of psoriasis: a cross-sectional analysis of National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2011–2014 by Xuan Yang, Yuxin Pan, Yang Zhang, Yang Meng, Tang Tong, Mingyi Zhao

“…Multiple imputation was adopted as sensitivity analysis to address potential bias due to missing data. …”
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Practice of balanced scorecard implementation and its contributing factors among public primary hospital professionals in Central Gondar zone, Northwest Ethiopia by Seid Yeshaw, Seid Yeshaw, Geta Asrade, Asebe Hagos, Muluken Genetu Chanie, Nigusu Worku

“…Thus, since 2010, Ethiopia has adopted and implemented BSC in all its civil service organizations. …”
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Subsurface investigation for pre-foundation study utilizing integrated geophysical and geotechnical methods, UNILORIN campus by Gabriel Efomeh Omolaiye, Abdulhameed Kayode Oniyangi, Taofeeq Ayinde ISSA, Sodiq Bamidele Adam

“…WINRESIST and Surfer were used for the processing of resistivity data while Microsoft Excel was adopted for ground magnetic processing. However, the geotechnical analysis conducted on undisturbed samples picked at different depths from eight pits dug to a depth of 2.3 m revealed the following: bulk density (1.80 g/cm3-1.99 g/cm3), dry density (1.67 g/cm3-1.86 g/cm3) liquid limits (22.3%-34.1%), plastic limits (12.6%-19.8%), plasticity index (9.7%-14.3%) and cone penetration test (89.8 kN/m2-2110.3 kN/m2 at a depth of 0.1 m to 0.3 m), in which all these geotechnical analysis results classified the soil to be competent in variations and assess soil mechanical behaviour to support structural loads within study area. …”
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Totally endoscopic mitral valve repair with novel technique of left atrial exposure: five years experience from a single center by Thanh Dat Pham, Thanh Huyen Tran, Ngoc Thanh Le, Cong Huu Nguyen

“…Abstract Background .Endoscopic mitral valve repair has progressively been adopted as the standard approach for treating isolated mitral regurgitation across numerous renowned cardiac surgery centers worldwide. …”
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Comparison of Injury Severity Score, Glasgow Coma Scale, and Revised Trauma Score in Predicting the Mortality and Prolonged ICU Stay of Traumatic Young Children: A Cross-Sectional... by Yii-Ting Huang, Ying-Hsien Huang, Ching-Hua Hsieh, Chao-Jui Li, I-Min Chiu

“…Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis was also adopted with the value of the area under the ROC curve (AUC) for comparing trauma score prediction with patient mortality. …”
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The Disclosure of Leniency Statements and Other Evidence under Directive 2014/104/EU: An Undue Prominence of Public Enforcement? by Claudia Massa

“…Therefore, victims can only wait until the competition authority adopts a final infringement decision in order to start a probably successful follow-on action. …”
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University students’ ambition levels and vocational tendencies associated with common culture by H. A. Danaa, M. M. Al-mzary, W. N. Halasa, L. M. Obeidat, M. A. Rababah, M. Kh. Al-Alawneh

“…A quantitative method was adopted to analyse the data. The study sample consisted of 500 male and female students studying at Al-Balqa Applied University (BAU) chosen randomly. …”
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Optimal parameter identification of photovoltaic systems based on enhanced differential evolution optimization technique by Shubhranshu Mohan Parida, Vivekananda Pattanaik, Subhasis Panda, Pravat Kumar Rout, Binod Kumar Sahu, Mohit Bajaj, Vojtech Blazek, Lukas Prokop

“…With the above motivation, this article suggests a stage-specific mutation strategy for the proposed enhanced differential evolution (EDE) that adopts a better search process to arrive at optimal solutions by adaptively varying the mutation factor and crossover rate at different search stages. …”
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Who is engaging with lateral flow testing for COVID-19 in the UK? The COVID-19 Rapid Survey of Adherence to Interventions and Responses (CORSAIR) study by Nicola T Fear, Susan Michie, Richard Amlot, G James Rubin, Louise E Smith, Henry WW Potts

“…Increased uptake of testing was associated with being vaccinated (adjusted ORs (aORs)=1.52–2.45, 95% CI 1.25 to 3.07, analysed separately by vaccine dose), employed (aOR=1.94, 95% CI 1.63 to 2.32), having been out to work in the last week (aOR=2.30, 95% CI 1.94 to 2.73) and working in a sector that adopted LFT early (aOR=2.54, 95% CI 2.14 to 3.02) . …”
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