What are the barriers and facilitators to self-management of chronic conditions reported by women? A systematic review by Dawn Dowding, Rohna Kearney, Lucy Dwyer

“…Data relevant to the topic will be extracted and critical appraisal of all included publications undertaken.Ethics and dissemination No ethical or Health Research Authority approval is required to undertake the systematic review. …”
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Protocol for differentiating cardiomyocytes and generating engineered heart tissues from human feeder-free extended pluripotent stem cells by Zhongjun Wan, Shanshan Wen, Ran Zheng, Li Li, Wei Jiang, Donghui Zhang

“…We then detail procedures for constructing and culturing three-dimensional EHTs followed by their contraction force measurement and optical mapping.For complete details on the use and execution of the protocol, please refer to Zheng et al.1 and Li et al.2 : Publisher’s note: Undertaking any experimental protocol requires adherence to local institutional guidelines for laboratory safety and ethics.…”
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The Factor of Food in Biopolitics and National Security by S. A. Kravchenko

“…There offered a concrete roadmap motion to it, in particular, intending to strengthen the natural sciences and engineering for the production of food with the theoretical instruments of social sciences and humanities; to replace the outdated positivistic, scientistic postulate «knowledge - power" with the formula of ethical, humanistically oriented responsibility of scientists: "the integral knowledge of all sciences - quality food for the health of all people"; to rediscover the nature of formal rationality and its modern variations that in practice lead to the organized social irresponsibility that can be substituted by different types of value rationality, the ideology of humanism, ethics of eating healthy organic food produced in "ecologically friendly environment".…”
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Experiences and Perspectives of Student Nurses Toward Volunteerism during Health Emergencies: A Systematic Review by Pradeepti Prashar, Dinesh Kumar Sharma, Bandana Mohinder, Santosh Kumari

“…Research shows that nursing students worldwide are willing to help in health emergencies. Professional ethics, humanity, and learning motivate. Self-care issues, system support issues, and psychological impacts are obstacles. …”
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Comparative efficacy of robot-assisted therapy associated with other different interventions on upper limb rehabilitation after stroke: A protocol for a network meta-analysis. by Qian Liu, Zuoyan Liu, Yang Xu, Li Liu, Fang Wang, Fanyu Zhao, Hong Cheng, Xiuying Hu

“…The probabilities of rehabilitation interventions will be ranked according to the surface under the cumulative ranking curve.<h4>Ethics and dissemination</h4>Ethical approval is not needed for reviewing published studies. …”
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Auditors in the digital age: a systematic literature review by Diogo Leocádio, Luís Malheiro, João Carlos Gonçalves dos Reis

“…Future investigations should focus on the ethical implications of automation in auditing practices and develop innovative frameworks tailored to diverse organizational contexts. …”
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Effect of traditional Chinese exercise on abnormal lipid metabolism in patients with atherosclerosis: a protocol for meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials by Chen Wang, Peizhen Zhang, Yuting Yang

“…In addition, funnel plots generated by Begg’s and Egger’s tests will be used to assess reporting bias.Ethics and dissemination Ethical approval and consent are not necessary as no primary data will be collected. …”
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Health Equity and Its Economic Determinants (HEED): protocol for a pan-European microsimulation model for health impacts of income and social security policies by Alastair H Leyland, Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi, Anna Pearce, Mikael Rostila, Matteo Richiardi, Daniel Kopasker

“…No further ethical approval will be required for our main analytical datasets. …”
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Standard of prevention for infectious diseases' prevention clinical trials during pandemics: learning lessons for global policies from biomedical HIV prevention clinical trials and... by Moréniké Oluwátóyìn Foláyan, Karine Dubé, Nicaise Ndembi, Nicaise Ndembi

“…Using COVID-19 prevention research as an example, this paper discusses the reasons why a standard of prevention package must be defined for infectious diseases prevention research, what the minimum content of this package may be, the importance of stakeholder engagement in defining the package, the role of the government, and ethical considerations. As the experience from the HIV pandemic had shown, multiple ethics guidelines argue for a comprehensive standard of prevention package for biomedical HIV prevention trials that does not preclude the inclusion of newly developed HIV prevention tools including those experimental products listed for emergency use during health crisis. …”
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The co-occurrence of the SAVA syndemic, depression and anxiety as barriers to antiretroviral therapy adherence among sub-Saharan Africa population groups: A scoping review protocol... by Anton Delport, Hanani Tabana, Lucia Knight, Edwin Wouters

“…Furthermore, results will be discussed within the syndemics model of health, and summarised as a biosocial conceptual model.<h4>Ethics and dissemination</h4>The study will make use of secondary data that are readily available to the public and will not require ethical approval. …”
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1+(no)1=3, and more by Carmen García

“…From such stance, I discus the ethical implications of othering along with limitations of inclusivity and belonging as proposed by equality and diversity in both corporate and governmental policies. …”
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Peran Dokter sebagai Saksi Ahli Di Persidangan by Rika Susanti

“…The obligation of the doctor to make expert explanation is arranged in the book of the law in the crime and in medical ethics.The presence of the doctor as an expert witness can be requested by the prosecutor or the lawyer of the suspect upon approval the judge. …”
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A new method of distracting attention: Is it effective for pain and fear during phlebotomy in children? by Mine Aydemir Sahin, Yeliz Cigerci, Hamide Nur Cevik Ozdemir

“…A formal approval from the ethics committee was sought in order to proceed with the study. …”
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A scoping review protocol on brain PaCO2 levels at altitude. by Hanna Tang, Laurel Charlesworth, Manoj Lalu, Brian Dewar, Risa Shorr, Dariush Dowlatshahi

“…Key textual information will be synthesized in a tabular format Simple statistics on the frequency of papers, data will be presented via histogram.<h4>Ethics and dissemination</h4>This scoping review does not require ethical approval. …”
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Aetiopathogenesis, clinico-epidemiological and diagnostic aspects of human ocular trematode infections: a scoping review protocol by Harshi Weerakoon, Kosala Weerakoon, Piyumi Kodithuwakku, Anjana Silva, Susiji Wickramasinghe

“…Publications up to December 2024 will be searched across multiple databases, including MEDLINE/PubMed, Scopus, Science Direct, CINAHL and Google Scholar.Ethics and dissemination Since the study will make use of secondary data, ethical approval will not be required. …”
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Effectiveness of mHealth/eHealth interventions on obesity treatment: a protocol for umbrella review of meta-analyses by Xi Yang, Xiang-Guo Lei, Zhongheng Huang, Tamrakar Rashi

“…If possible, we will use funnel plot and Egger’s test to evaluate if publication bias existed.Ethics and dissemination Ethical approval is not required for the study, as we collected data only from available published materials. …”
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The Royal College of Psychiatrists Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Surveillance System for rare events and disorders: highlighting the need for an international network for surveil... by Muthukrishnan Venkatesan, Eleanor Smith, Marinos Kyriakopoulos, Aditya Narain Sharma

“…It will also facilitate the sharing of ideas regarding current methodology, ethics, the most appropriate means of evaluating units and their potential applications.…”
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The data-intensive research paradigm: challenges and responses in clinical professional graduate education by Chunhong Yang, Yijing Chen, Changshun Qian, Fangmin Shi, Fangmin Shi, You Guo, You Guo, You Guo, You Guo, You Guo

“…In response, this paper proposes a series of countermeasures, including curriculum reconstruction, faculty development, developing and sharing resources, updating the evaluation and assessment system, and strengthening ethics education. These initiatives aim to help clinical graduate education better adapt to this new paradigm, ultimately cultivating interdisciplinary talents in medical-computer integration.…”
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Protocol for a systematic review of economic evaluations considering costs and health outcomes of weather and climate-related extreme events in humans by Collins Iwuji, Saeideh Babashahi, Kingsley Orievulu, Ekeminiabasi Eyita-Okon, Dominic Kniveton

“…Data will be reported using descriptive statistics, graphical plots and a narrative synthesis.Ethics and dissemination An ethical assessment was not required. …”
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Remediating Cambridge: Human and Horse Co-Relationality in a Culture of Mis-Re-Presentation by Francesca A. Brady, Jennifer McDonell

“…Adopting a phenomenologically informed intersectional feminist ethics of care perspective, a counternarrative to the gendered, racialised and essentialising rights-based judgements about Cambridge’s illness and eventual death that dominated the popular media is provided. …”
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