Forty years of HIV infection and AIDS in Taiwan: Reflection on the past and looking toward the future by Sung-Hsi Huang, Hsun-Yin Huang, Stephane Wen-Wei Ku, Po-Hsien Kuo, Kuan-Yin Lin, Guan-Jhou Chen, Chia-Chi Lee, Yen-Fang Huang, Chien-Ching Hung

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Economic Evaluation of Robotic-assisted Radical Prostatectomy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis by Tanan Bejrananda, Win Khaing, Sajesh K. Veettil, Therdpong Thongseiratch, Nathorn Chaiyakunapruk

“…Methods: Relevant CEA studies of RARP were identified by searching the PubMed, Embase, Scopus, International Health Technology Assessment database, Tufts CEA Registry, and Centre for Reviews and Dissemination databases from January 2005 to October 2023. …”
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“Equity” in genomic health policies: a review of policies in the international arena by Prabhathi Basnayake Ralalage, Prabhathi Basnayake Ralalage, Tala Mitchell, Claire Zammit, Gareth Baynam, Gareth Baynam, Emma Kowal, Libby Masey, Julie McGaughran, Tiffany Boughtwood, Misty Jenkins, Gregory Pratt, Angeline Ferdinand

“…This policy review sets out to explore the concept of equity in access to genomic care, the level of inclusion of equity and how it is addressed and what mechanisms are in place to achieve equity in genomic care in the international health policy.MethodsA systematic search for genomic policies was conducted using 3 databases. …”
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Determinants of healthcare utilization under the Indonesian national health insurance system – a cross-sectional study by Qinglu Cheng, Rifqi Abdul Fattah, Dwidjo Susilo, Aryana Satrya, Manon Haemmerli, Soewarta Kosen, Danty Novitasari, Gemala Chairunnisa Puteri, Eviati Adawiyah, Andrew Hayen, Anne Mills, Viroj Tangcharoensathien, Stephen Jan, Hasbullah Thabrany, Augustine Asante, Virginia Wiseman

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Global, regional, national prevalence, mortality, and disability-adjusted life-years of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma and trend analysis from 1990 to 2021 and prediction to 204... by Chengling Liu, Xingchen Liu, Pengjuan Cao, Xin Li, Haiming Xin, Sailin Zhu

“…To evaluate disparities in cSCC burden, we combined the SDI with the inequality slope and concentration indices for an international health inequality analysis. Decomposition analysis assessed the effects of population growth, aging, and epidemiological trends on disease burden, while frontier analysis linked cSCC outcomes with socio-demographic development. …”
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Validation of heavy metals in geothermal to support water management practices and mitigation strategies by G.M. Idroes, D.P. Rezeki, K. Khairi, K. Khairan, R. Idroes, E. Suhartono, R. Prasetio, S.A. Rahman, S. Suhendrayatna

“…This confirmed that the identified concentrations of metals were reliable and could serve to evaluate the possible health risks faced by residents and users of the water source.FINDINGS: The analysis revealed that copper, chromium, zinc, and iron concentrations were within the permissible limits for safe drinking water as established by national and international health guidelines. However, elevated concentrations of lead and cadmium were detected in multiple sampled locations, surpassing the recommended safety thresholds. …”
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Immune correlates of early clearance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis among tuberculosis household contacts in Indonesia by Todia P. Setiabudiawan, Lika Apriani, Ayesha J. Verrall, Fitria Utami, Marion Schneider, Agnes R. Indrati, Pauline P. Halim, Paulina Kaplonek, Hadar Malca, Jessica Shih-Lu Lee, Simone J. C. F. M. Moorlag, L. Charlotte J. de Bree, Vera P. Mourits, Leo A. B. Joosten, Mihai G. Netea, Bachti Alisjahbana, Ryan P. McNamara, Galit Alter, Arjan van Laarhoven, James E. Ussher, Katrina Sharples, Valerie A. C. M. Koeken, Philip C. Hill, Reinout van Crevel

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Trabeculectomy versus stepwise treatment for breaking the attack of acute primary angle closure in patients with long attack duration: study design and protocol for a multicentre r... by Jing Jiang, Qing Zhang, Bo Qu, Chao Dai, Mingguang He, Ye Zhang, Ning-Li Wang, Shuning Li, Guangxian Tang, Su Jie Fan, Zhi Li, Chi Liu, Xinqi Chang, Yanyan Cheng

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Socioeconomic indicators related to the global burden of breast cancer in women in 2020: an analysis of WHO data by Tingting XU, Ruoyu YANG, Jingjing LI, Yiying FANG

“…The mean values of the 10 selected indicators representing national socioeconomic development were as follows: 2 138.06 ± 7 465.03 million for total female population, 26.58 ± 17.12 μg/m3 for mean annual urban particulate matter concentration; 63.97 ± 57.32 per 10 000 population for density of physicians, 4.01 ± 4.11 per 10 000 population for density of pharmacists, 4.11 ± 4.32 US dollars for net official development assistance received by the medical research and basic health sector per capita, 63.65 ± 20.31 for average of 13 International Health Regulations Core Capacity Scores, 10. 41 ± 5.17% for the percentage of government health expenditure, 68.00 ± 28.65% for the percentage of the population using safely managed sanitation services, 66.05 ± 95.28 million US dollars in official development assistance (ODA) provided through government-coordinated expenditure plans specifically for water and sanitation, and 0.587 ± 0.190 for the inequality-adjusted Human Development Index (HDI). …”
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Investigating mental health disparities in rural sexual and gender minority adults: protocol for the rural exploration and approaches to LGBTQ + Mental Health (REALM) prospective c... by Shoshanna L. Fine, Kalai Willis, Iaah L. Lucas, Kirsten F. Siebach, Jennifer L. Glick, Mariah Valentine-Graves, Savannah Winter, Michael Smith, Thomas Waltz, Gina Bailey Herring, Marissa Hannah, Holly C. Wilcox, Travis Sanchez, Stefan D. Baral, Sarah M. Murray

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Catastrophic expenditure associated with childhood hospitalisation for acute illness in Kenya and Uganda: a cross-sectional study by Sassy Molyneux, Johnstone Thitiri, Laura Mwalekwa, Molline Timbwa, Anna Vassall, Kirkby D Tickell, Judd L Walson, James Berkley, John Mukisa, Ezekiel Mupere, Peter Olupot-Olupot, Priya Sukhtankar, Sheila Murunga, Julie Jemutai, George Paasi, Benson Singa, Shalton Mwaringa, Rebecca Gathoni Njuguna, Yoko V Laurence, Caroline Ogwang, Mwanajuma Juma, Narshion Ngao, Christina Lancioni, Md Fakhar Uddin

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Journal of Health and Social Sciences: A reputable, DOAJ-indexed, free, open access journal by Francesco Chirico

“…JHSS is also a place where research from developing countries, which is often underrepresented in the international health debate, is represented to a similar extent as research from developed countries. …”
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Designing a comprehensive behaviour change intervention to promote and monitor exclusive use of liquefied petroleum gas stoves for the Household Air Pollution Intervention Network... by J Jaime Miranda, William Checkley, Kyle Steenland, Vanessa Burrowes, Kirk R Smith, Aris Papageorghiou, Abigail Jones, Ghislaine Rosa, Anaité Díaz-Artiga, Gurusamy Thangavel, Kalpana Balakrishnan, Joshua P Rosenthal, Thomas F Clasen, Steven A Harvey, Amit Verma, Kendra N. Williams, Lisa M. Thompson, Zoe Sakas, Mayari Hengstermann, Ashlinn Quinn, Elisa Puzzolo, Jennifer Peel, Vigneswari Aravindalochanan, Dana Boyd Barr, Alejandra Bussalleu, Devan Campbell, Eduardo Canuz, Adly Castañaza, Howard Chang, Yunyun Chen, Marilú Chiang, Maggie L Clark, Rachel Craik, Mary Crocker, Victor Davila-Roman, Lisa de las Fuentes, Oscar De León, Ephrem Dusabimana, Lisa Elon, Juan Gabriel Espinoza, Irma Sayury Pineda Fuentes, Sarada Garg, Dina Goodman, Savannah Gupton, Meghan Hardison, Stella Hartinger, Phabiola M Herrera, Shakir Hossen, Penelope Howards, Lindsay Jaacks, Shirin Jabbarzadeh, Michael A Johnson, Katherine Kearns, Miles Kirby, Jacob Kremer, Margaret A Laws, Pattie Lenzen, Jiawen Liao, Amy E Lovvorn, Fiona Majorin, Eric McCollum, John McCracken, Julia N McPeek, Rachel Meyers, Erick Mollinedo, Lawrence Moulton, Krishnendu Mukhopadhyay, Luke Naeher, Abidan Nambajimana, Durairaj Natesan, Florien Ndagijimana, Azhar Nizam, Jean de Dieu Ntivuguruzwa, Ricardo Piedrahita, Ajay Pillarisetti, Naveen Puttaswamy, Sarah Rajkumar, Usha Ramakrishnan, Rengaraj Ramasami, Davis Reardon, Barry Ryan, Sudhakar Saidam, Sankar Sambandam, Jeremy A Sarnat, Suzanne Simkovich, Sheela S Sinharoy, Damien Swearing, Ashley Toenjes, Lindsay Underhill, Jean Damascene Uwizeyimana, Viviane Valdes, Kayla Valentine, Lance Waller, Megan Warnock, Wenlu Ye, Bonnie Young

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Psychometric Validation of the Persian Version of Multidimensional Health Locus of Control Scale (MHLC-C) for Menopausal Women by Khadijeh Khademi, Mohammad Hossein Kaveh, Mahin Nazari, Abdolrahim Asadollahi

“…Significant correlations were found between internal health control and factors related to doctors and other people, indicating that internal health control directly influences these factors in managing menopausal symptoms and health problems. …”
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Automated Internal Defect Identification and Localization Based on a Near-Field SAR Millimeter-Wave Imaging System by Quoc Cuong Bui, Weizhi Lin, Qiang Huang, Gyung-Su Byun

“…This integration of hardware and software components yields a versatile, low-cost framework for rapid internal health inspection that adapts to various industrial applications and object sizes.…”
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Warm and humid environment induces gut microbiota dysbiosis and bacterial translocation leading to inflammatory state and promotes proliferation and biofilm formation of certain ba... by Yinrui Guo, Jianlang He, Shaojie Li, Shiqi Zou, Haiting Zhang, Xin Yang, Jian Wang

“…Understanding these external symptoms is essential, as they reflect internal health status. Warm, humid environments favor microorganism growth, potentially disrupting gut microbiota and bacterial translocation, which could induce an immune-inflammatory response. …”
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