A Cost-effectiveness Analysis of Brentuximab Vedotin in Relapsed or Refractory Systemic Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma by Margaret Hux, Denise Zou, Esprit Ma, Peter Sajosi, Andreas Engstrom, Ross Selby, Eugene Benson, Andrew Briggs, Vijayveer Bonthapally

“…Comparison with conventional chemotherapy was based on data from the Canadian British Columbia Cancer Agency registry from 40 patients starting salvage chemotherapy after front-line treatment between 1980 and 2012. …”
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Assessment of concentrated solar power (CSP) generation potential in Cameroon using a Multi-Criteria Analysis Method and Geographic Information System (GIS) by Fotsing Metegam Isabelle Flora

“…The overall potential amounts to approximately 37536.159 TWh/year for all ten Canadian regions. Thanks to the model, it has been possible to identify the most suitable regions for CSP investment and offers opportunities to carry out more in-depth studies in order to choose the right site.…”
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Mapping Biodiversity Coast‐to‐Coast‐to‐Coast Across Canada's Three Oceans Using eDNA Metabarcoding by Loïc Jacquemot, Brian P. V. Hunt, Shaorong Li, Angela D. Schulze, Christoph M. Deeg, Ben J. G. Sutherland, Amy Tabata, Connie Lovejoy, Kristina M. Miller

“…However, the detection of Pacific salmon eDNA in the Canadian Arctic suggests that these species may be extending their Pacific distribution range poleward. …”
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Feasibility and Reliability of a Novel Game-Based Test of Neurological Function in Youth: The Equilibrium Test Battery by Heather A Shepherd, Cody R van Rassel, Amanda M Black, Robert F Graham, Keith Owen Yeates, Carolyn A Emery, Kathryn J Schneider

“…# Background An estimated 11% of Canadian adolescents will sustain a sport-related concussion each year. …”
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Rural perinatal nursing in Canada: A hermeneutic literature review by Lela V. Zimmer, Martha L.P. MacLeod, Amanda De Smit, Steinunn Jónatansdóttir

“…Tweetable abstract: Canadian rural perinatal nurses’ practices are largely invisible in research and grey literature. …”
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Rate of malignancy for thyroid nodules with AUS/FLUS cytopathology in a tertiary care center – a retrospective cohort study by Kalpesh Hathi, Tarek Rahmeh, Vicki Munro, Victoria Northrup, Ali Sherazi, Christopher J. Chin

“…However, our malignancy rate is lower than some other Canadian centers and approximately half of our rFNAs were re-classified, highlighting the importance of establishing center-specific malignancy and rFNA re-classification rates to guide treatment decisions.…”
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Management of sudden sensorineural hearing loss among primary care physicians in Canada: a survey study by Benjamin Ng, Matthew G. Crowson, Vincent Lin

“…Methods An 18-question survey targeting Canadian family physicians was marketed through two, physician-only discussion groups on the social media platform Facebook. …”
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Mapping an evidence-based end-of-life care framework for older adults in Chinese nursing homes: protocol for a scoping review by Yuanyuan Zhao, Boon How Chew, Yuehua Tu, Eva Marie Gacasan

“…The data extraction process will be guided by the Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association model (CHPCA) and the Respectful Death model. …”
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Improving daily reference evapotranspiration forecasts: Designing AI-enabled recurrent neural networks based long short-term memory by Mumtaz Ali, Jesu Vedha Nayahi, Erfan Abdi, Mohammad Ali Ghorbani, Farzan Mohajeri, Aitazaz Ahsan Farooque, Salman Alamery

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Patient preferences for drug therapy in inflammatory arthritis: protocol for a living systematic review and evidence map to inform clinical practice guidelines by Rachelle Buchbinder, Peter Tugwell, Pablo Alonso-Coello, Mickael Hiligsmann, Nick Bansback, Laurie Proulx, Dawn P Richards, Wojtek Wiercioch, Glen Hazlewood, Samuel Whittle, Jordi Pardo Pardo, Marie Falahee, Holger Schünemann, Robby Nieuwlaat, Pakeezah Saadat, Simon Kuper

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Multi-Instance Contingent Fusion for the Verification of Infant Fingerprints by Tiwalade O. Odu, Moses O. Olaniyan, Tokunbo Ogunfunmi, Isaac A. Samuel, Joke A. Badejo, Aderemi A. Atayero

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Digital platforms as the dominant vector of the global labor market development by N. E. Petrovskaya

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Estimation of the Solar Wind Extreme Events by C. Larrodera, L. Nikitina, C. Cid

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Analytically Simple and Computationally Efficient Results for the GIX/Geo/c Queues by Mohan L. Chaudhry, James J. Kim, Abhijit D. Banik

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A retrospective cohort study: do patients with graves’ disease need to be euthyroid prior to surgery? by Abrar Al Jassim, Tim Wallace, Sarah Bouhabel, Agnieszka Majdan, Michael Hier, Veronique-Isabelle Forest, Richard Payne

“…Methods A retrospective cohort study was conducted at two Canadian centers, one in Montreal and the other in Nova Scotia. …”
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Built environment change for injury prevention: insights from public health professionals across public health units in Ontario, Canada by Emily McCullogh, Alison Macpherson, Daniel W. Harrington, Ian Pike, Brent Hagel, Claire Buchan, Pamela Fuselli, Sarah A. Richmond

“…Methods Qualitative data were collected for a larger pan-Canadian study examining barriers and facilitators to BE change from the perspectives of injury prevention and transport professionals working across a variety of sectors, including public health, using key informant interviews (KI) and virtual focus groups (VFGs). …”
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Participation in a pre-registration student interprofessional education (IPE) society: influence on subsequent professional practice by Christine Hirsch, Emily Audet, Emily Audet, Ekrahh Dawood, Freya Beardmore, Nafeesa Hussain, Wing Chi Wong, Robert J. Barry, Sharon Buckley

“…Resulting themes were reviewed for relevance to the University of Birmingham (UK) IPE Framework, which uses the competency domains of the Canadian Interprofessional Health Collaborative Competency Framework as the required learning outcomes for IPE at Birmingham.ResultsEight interviews with former KASE members were conducted between November 2022 and March 2023. …”
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Predicting complications of major head and neck oncological surgery: an evaluation of the ACS NSQIP surgical risk calculator by Peter S. Vosler, Mario Orsini, Danny J. Enepekides, Kevin M. Higgins

“…Methods Patient records at a major Canadian tertiary care referral center between July 2015 and March 2017 were reviewed for surgical cases including one of six major head and neck oncologic surgeries: total thyroidectomy, total laryngectomy, hemiglossectomy, partial glossectomy, laryngopharyngectomy, and composite resection. …”
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Innovations that helped with accessing and delivering primary care for infants and young children during COVID-19 by Kimberley McFadden, Helen Valkanas, Leslie Rourke, Patricia Li, Imaan Bayoumi

“…The survey was sent to parent groups and primary care providers across the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec from May to October 2023. …”
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New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) to assess killer whale (Orcinus orca) estrogen receptor alpha (ERα) transactivation potencies by DDTs and their risks by Dave Arthur R. Robledo, Takahito Kumagawa, Mari Ochiai, Hisato Iwata

“…Risk assessments indicated that the o,p’-DDT-estrogenic equivalency quantities of DDTs in the blubber of both Irish and Canadian Arctic killer whales exceeded the in vitro REC10 of o,p’-DDT, suggesting a significant risk of kwERα-mediated endocrine disruption in these populations. …”
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