Prevalence of Hepatitis C Virus Among Hospitalized Patients in a Tertiary Hospital in Italy: The Basis for a National Screening Assessment Model? by Giulia Morsica, Massimo Locatelli, Gema Hernandez-Ibarburu, Francesca Rusconi, Alba Segovia-Hilara, Davide Di Napoli, Matteo Moro, Salvatore Mazzitelli, Hamid Hasson, Federico Esposti, Roberts Mazzuconi, Antonella Castagna

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Global, regional and national burden of asthma attributable to NO2 from 1990 to 2021: an analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Chunyi Zhang, Jian Sun, Jingli Li, E Qin, Lingjing Liu, Guimei Pu

“…Objectives This study aims to systematically assess the global, regional, and national burden of asthma attributable to nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) pollution.Design and setting Analysis of population-level data from 1990 to 2021 obtained from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021, covering 204 countries and territories.Participants Participants included patients with asthma attributable to NO₂ pollution.Main outcomes and measures Asthma-related disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) and age-standardised DALY rates (ASDR) attributable to NO₂ pollution across 204 countries and territories. …”
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A Robotic Guide for Blind People. Part 1. A Multi-National Survey of the Attitudes, Requirements and Preferences of Potential End-Users by Marion A. Hersh, Michael A. Johnson

“…This paper reports the results of a multi-national survey in several different countries on the attitudes, requirements and preferences of blind and visually impaired people for a robotic guide. …”
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The impact of the National Syphilis Prevention Program on the prevalence of syphilis among people living with HIV in China: a systematic review and meta‐analysis by Qingling Zeng, Yuhui Yang, Limin Zhang, Jiangyu Yan, Jian Wang, Jingmin Nie, Qingmei Wang, Yu Luo, Gaoming Li

“…Abstract Introduction In 2010, China launched the 10‐year National Syphilis Prevention and Control Program to curb the spread of syphilis by integrating syphilis screening and treatment with HIV services. …”
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Association of Urinary Phthalates with Self-Reported Eye Affliction/Retinopathy in Individuals with Diabetes: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2001–2010 by Manju Mamtani, Joanne E. Curran, John Blangero, Hemant Kulkarni

“…Using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2001–2010, we studied the association of 12 urinary phthalate metabolites with self-reported eye affliction/retinopathy in 1,004 participants with diabetes. …”
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Designing a Data-Driven Energy Management Service: A Case Study of South Korea’s National Industrial Complex by Tagir Salakhov, Jaejoon Choi, Minjun Kim

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Knowledge, practice, and information sources regarding infectious diseases among Chinese children and adolescents: a National-Level cross-sectional study by Yuan Zeng, Feifei Li, Wei Liang, Yinyue Liu, Zhiyong Zou, Julien S. Baker, Yanhui Dong, Jun Ma, Jie Hu, Yide Yang, Bin Dong

“…Methods This study used data collected from the baseline survey of a China national multi-centered cluster-randomized controlled trial in 2013. …”
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Sosyal Medyada Mutluluk İmgesi Bulunan Fotoğrafların Renk Tercihleri Üzerine Göstergebilimsel Bir Analiz: National Geographic Instagram Hesabı Örneği by Beste Budan

“…National Geographic Instagram hesabında bulunan tüm fotoğrafların incelenmesinin ardından, bu fotoğraflar arasından içeriğinde mutluluk temsili bulunan fotoğraflar tespit edilmiştir. …”
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Association of Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors With Estimated Dietary Salt Consumption in Bangladeshi Adults: A Nationally Representative Cross‐Sectional Study by Lingkan Barua, Tahmina Akhter, Rijwan Bhuiyan, Halima Akter Sathi, Palash Chandra Banik, Mithila Faruque, Muhammad Aziz Rahman, Sheikh Mohammed Shariful Islam

“…ABSTRACT This population‐based, nationally representative cross‐sectional study assessed the daily salt consumption status and its associated cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors using weighted data from the STEPwise approach to noncommunicable disease risk factor surveillance conducted in 2018 in Bangladesh. …”
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Depression, sleep, body image, and lifestyle: Prevalence and associated factors of depression among school-going adolescents in Delhi National Capital Region by Tejasvini Khanna, Bratati Banerjee, Madan M. Majhi, Dheeman Futela

“…Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 392 adolescents attending classes 8th–12th in two schools in Delhi National Capital Region. A pre-tested semi-structured questionnaire was used to collect sociodemographic and lifestyle data. …”
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Prevalence of Precancerous Conditions and Gastric Cancer Based upon the National Cancer Screening Program in Korea for 7 Years, Single Center Experience by Ji Hyuk Kang, Yun Jeong Lim, Jung Hyun Kang, Jae Nam Yang, Seung Min Shin, Jae Hyeuk Choi, Jin Ho Lee

“…Gastric cancer is the second most prevalent cancer and the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths in Korea. The National Cancer Screening Program (NCSP) has implemented esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) biennially for all Koreans starting in their 40s. …”
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Three-Year Outcomes of Patients with Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration Treated with Aflibercept under the National Health Insurance Program in Taiwan by Kang-Jung Lo, Jin-Yu Chang, Hsin-Yi Chang, Shih-Hwa Chiou, De-Kuang Hwang, Shih-Jen Chen

“…To observe and analyze the long-term outcomes of patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) treated with aflibercept monotherapy under the National Health Insurance (NHI) program in Taiwan. …”
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Predicting child mortality determinants in Uttar Pradesh using Machine Learning: Insights from the National Family and Health Survey (2019–21) by Pinky Pandey, Sacheendra Shukla, Niraj Kumar Singh, Mukesh Kumar

“…Methods: The study utilized data from the National Family and Health Survey (NFHS) - V. Four machine learning algorithms—Random Forests, Logistic Regression, K-Nearest Neighbors (KNN), and Naive Bayes—were applied alongside a traditional logistic regression model. …”
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Erratum to “Prostate Cancer in South Africa: Pathology Based National Cancer Registry Data (1986–2006) and Mortality Rates (1997–2009)” by Chantal Babb, Margaret Urban, Danuta Kielkowski, Patricia Kellett

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The marketing of an unsought service through an unobtrusive medium: a content analysis of the websites of members of the National Funeral Directors Association of South Africa by Cerneels Coetzee, Tania Maree, Cornelius van Heerden

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Global, regional, and national epidemiology of allergic diseases in children from 1990 to 2021: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Jun Zheng, Yi-jing Jin, Cheng-hai Wang, Chu Feng, Xin-yuan Lai, Shu-qing Hua, Jia-hui Tai

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Enhancing access to primary care is critical to the future of an equitable health service: using process visualisation to understand the impact of national policy in the UK by Ian Litchfield, Nicola Kay Gale, Sheila Greenfield, David Shukla, Micheal Burrows

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Key Mechanisms of Risk Management in South Africa’s National Government Departments: The Public Sector Risk Management Framework and the King III Benchmark by Tankiso Moloi

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Searching for electronic journal articles to support academic tasks. A case study of the use of the Finnish National Electronic Library (FinELib) by Pertti Vakkari, Sana Talja

“…</b> The data consist of a nationwide Web-survey of the end-users of FinELib, The Finnish National Electronic Library. The number of respondents was 900. …”
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Strategic SWOT analysis of the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital using Modified Delphi Technique: implications for strengthening national and regional health systems by Cyril Chukwudi Dim, Chinyere Ojiugo Mbachu, Nympha Onyinye Enebe, Wilson Chukwukasi Kassy, Johnpaul Ejikeme Nnagbo, Ikechukwu Emmanuel Obi, Nkiruka Pauline Onodugo, Nwamaka Ngozika Lasebikan, Obinna Donatus Onodugo

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