Conceptualising Centres of Clinical Excellence: A Scoping Review by Elizabeth A Lynch, Jeroen M Hendriks, Natalie Ann Fini, Thoshenthri Kandasamy, Rachel C Stockley, Lemma N Bulto

“…More than half were published in the USA (n=25, 56%). All but one initiative focused on one clinical condition/population, most commonly cardiovascular disease (n=8, 17%), spinal surgeries (n=4, 9%) and pituitary tumours (n=4, 9%). …”
Get full text

Retrospective evaluation of autotransfusion using a cell saver device versus allotransfusion in the perioperative management of acute hemoperitoneum in 43 dogs (2017–2021) by Fabienne Blunschi, Dennis Gluding, Esther Hassdenteufel, Matthias Schneider, Hendrik Lehmann

“…Increase in hematocrit over time was similar in all subgroups that received any form of blood transfusion (AA-, AO-, CS-group). …”
Get full text

Oscillometry reference values for children and adolescents by Christoph Valach, Emiel F. M. Wouters, Alina Ofenheimer, Pasquale Pio Pompilio, Alessandro Gobbi, Marie-Kathrin Breyer, Sylvia Hartl, Chiara Veneroni, Tobias Mraz, Caspar Schiffers, Otto Chris Burghuber, Ahmad Karimi, Christoph Gross, Charles Irvin, Robab Breyer-Kohansal

“…Results Reference equations for all oscillometry parameters were created for Caucasian children aged 6 to 17 years with a height span from 101 to 183 cm and a lung volume span from 1.7 to 8.8 L TLC. …”
Get full text

An Innovation to Address the Anterior Pelvic Ring Disruptions by Ramesh Perumal, Harish Mahesan, Dheenadhayalan Jayaramaraju, Rajasekaran Shanmuganathan

“…Materials and methods: A total of 21 patients between 2015 and 2018 with disrupted pelvic ring injuries for which open reduction and 4.5 DCP fixation are included in the study and classified according to Young–Burgess. All are evaluated as per advanced trauma life support (ATLS) protocol, and appropriate X-rays and computed tomography (CT) scans are taken. …”
Get full text

Prevalence of ESBL resistance genes and fecal carriage of multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from patients with chronic kidney disease at the Laquintinie Hospital... by Ballue S.T. Dadjo, Armelle T. Mbaveng, Michael F. Kengne, Ornella D. Tsobeng, Giresse D.T. Fonjou, Victor Kuete

“…The Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates had a high rate of resistance to ceftazidime (72.41 %) in patients with CKD compared to patients without CKD (69.23 %). All isolates had a high resistance to ticarcillin (93.10 % and 92.31 %). …”
Get full text

Ignition and flame propagation behaviors of titanium alloys in oxygen-enriched atmospheres by Congzhen Wang, Jianjun Li, Yajun Li, Guangyu He, Jinfeng Huang, Cheng Zhang

“…The results show that the ignition phenomenon of the four titanium alloys all involve a sharp increase in temperature, explosive melting, and visible light. …”
Get full text

Case report: Clonal evolution analysis of a rare case of meningioma lung metastases identifies actionable alterations in matched longitudinal tumour samples by Nicola Cosgrove, Orla M. Fitzpatrick, Orla M. Fitzpatrick, Liam Grogan, Liam Grogan, Bryan T. Hennessy, Bryan T. Hennessy, Simon J. Furney, Sinead Toomey

“…In the same cancer clone as NF2, we identified a BRCA2 (p.E51K) mutation was present in all tumors, which may represent a potential driver event, though evidence supporting this is currently limited. …”
Get full text

A bibliometric analysis of the economic effects of using artificial intelligence and ChatGPT tools in higher education institutions by Anna Vorontsova, Svitlana Tarasenko, Wojciech Duranowski, Arkadiusz Durasiewicz, John Soss, Artem Bilovol

“…A total of 234 articles were selected, all demonstrating positive growth both in scholarly output and citation count. …”
Get full text

Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of pregnant women regarding epidural analgesia: a multicentre study from a developing country by Ramzi Shawahna, Dana Khaskia, Donya Ali, Hajar Hodroj, Mohammad Jaber, Iyad Maqboul, Hatim Hijaz

“…Future studies should focus on educating pregnant women about all approaches that can be used to reduce labour pain including their risks and benefits.…”
Get full text

Physical fitness of young Greco-Roman athletes under the restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic by Ruslan Rusanov, Leonid Vostroknutov, Shi Ke, Katarzyna Prusik, Julia Golenkova

“…Tests were used to determine strength abilities, speed-strength abilities, coordination readiness and flexibility development. The  study included  all  students whose  parents agreed to participate in the study. …”
Get full text

Maternal care utilization and provision during the COVID-19 pandemic: Voices from minoritized pregnant and postpartum women and maternal care providers in Deep South. by Ran Zhang, Tiffany Byrd, Shan Qiao, Myriam E Torres, Xiaoming Li, Jihong Liu

“…Participants were recruited from Obstetrics and Gynecology clinics, pediatric clinics, and community health organizations in South Carolina, and all births took place in 2021. Interview transcripts were analyzed thematically.…”
Get full text

Mobile health van as an intervention to provide clinical support and health promotion to street children and marginalised populations in the National Capital Region of Delhi: a mix... by Shanti Raman, Rajeev Seth, Yawar Qaiyum, Tanu Girotra Girotra, Id Mohammad, Indra Taneja

“…Qualitative data were provided by two recent focus group discussions carried out in the community; one with 18 mothers and another with a mixed group of 12 adults—all had used MHV clinics for children in their families. …”
Get full text

Functional Prediction of Hypothetical Proteins from and Validation of the Predicted Models by Using ROC Curve Analysis by Md. Amran Gazi, Sultan Mahmud, Shah Mohammad Fahim, Mohammad Golam Kibria, Parag Palit, Md. Rezaul Islam, Humaira Rashid, Subhasish Das, Mustafa Mahfuz, Tahmeed Ahmeed

“…Amino acid sequences of all these 674 HPs were studied and the functions of a total of 39 HPs have been assigned with high level of confidence. …”
Get full text

Agrobiological characteristics of hulless barley cultivars developed at Omsk agrarian Scientific Center by P. N. Nikolaev, O. A. Yusova, N. I. Aniskov, I. V. Safonova

Get full text

A dynamic optimization of soil phosphorus status approach could reduce phosphorus fertilizer use by half in China by Haiqing Gong, Yulong Yin, Zhong Chen, Qingsong Zhang, Xingshuai Tian, Zihan Wang, Yingcheng Wang, Zhenling Cui

“…Our evaluation extends to estimating future soil P status and P fertilizer inputs across all counties in China for three cereal crops (wheat, rice, and maize). …”
Get full text

Measles and Pregnancy: Immunity and Immunization—What Can Be Learned from Observing Complications during an Epidemic Year by Rosalia Ragusa, Armando Platania, Mario Cuccia, Gaetano Zappalà, Gabriele Giorgianni, Placido D’Agati, Maria Alessandra Bellia, Marina Marranzano

“…To reduce the rate of measles complications, gynaecologists should investigate vaccination history and antibody test results in all women of childbearing age. During a measles outbreak, gynaecologists and midwives should be active proponents of vaccination administration and counteract any vaccine hesitancy not only in patients but also among health care workers.…”
Get full text

P. TILLICHO ONTOLOGIJA IR I. KANTO TRANSCENDENTALINĖ FILOSOFIJA by Mindaugas Briedis

“…Though Tillich agrees with Kant that faith being of an existential character involving the whole of human existence, does not constitute a theoretical problem of the sort we encounter in empirical inquiry, but because of this wholeness Tillich sees Kant’s moral solution concerning nature of religion as reductive and suggests that an act of faith is a matter of all mental functions (intellect, will, emotion) of human being. …”
Get full text

Investigation of the Prevalence and Diagnosis of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in a Group of Elderly Individuals Residing in an Island Area of Ningbo by Wei Sheng, Youchang Huang, Zaichun Deng, Hongying Ma

“…Adults ≥60 years of age were selected from an island area of Ningbo. All participants completed a COPD-Screening Questionnaire and underwent a post-bronchodilator pulmonary function test. …”
Get full text

Expression and Significance of Immune Checkpoints in Clear Cell Carcinoma of the Uterine Cervix by Liju Zong, Qianqian Zhang, Yuncan Zhou, Yujia Kong, Shuangni Yu, Jie Chen, Youzhong Zhang, Yang Xiang

“…Nineteen samples (38%) were negative for all 4 of these markers, whereas 31 (62%) expressed at least 1 marker. …”
Get full text

Examining the intersection of child protection and public housing: development, health and justice outcomes using linked administrative data by John W Lynch, Emma Baker, Alicia Montgomerie, Catia Malvaso, Rhiannon Megan Pilkington

“…Objective We described development, health and justice system outcomes for children in contact with child protection and public housing.Design Descriptive analysis of outcomes for children known to child protection who also had contact with public housing drawn from the South Australian (SA) Better Evidence Better Outcomes Linked Data (BEBOLD) platform.Setting The BEBOLD platform holds linked administrative records collected by government agencies for whole-population successive birth cohorts in SA beginning in 1999.Participants This study included data from birth registrations, perinatal, child protection, public housing, hospital, emergency department, early education and youth justice for all SA children born 1999–2013 and followed until 2016. …”
Get full text