Prediction accuracy of discrete choice experiments in health-related research: a systematic review and meta-analysisResearch in context by Ying Zhang, Thi Quynh Anh Ho, Fern Terris-Prestholt, Matthew Quaife, Esther de Bekker-Grob, Peter Vickerman, Jason J. Ong

“…Interpretation: DCEs are valuable for capturing health-related preferences and possess reasonable external validity to predict health-related behaviours, particularly for opt-in choices. …”
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Resurgence of Mumps among Lower Socioeconomic Class of Children in Ahmedabad: A Cross-sectional Study of 115 Cases in a Tertiary Care Center by Dipti V Patel, Zeel Patel, Snehal V Patel, Pooja Gandhi, Gayatri Parmar, Param S Patel

“…Detailed history in the form of demographic data, clinical presentation, vaccination status for measles–rubella (MR)/measles–mumps–rubella (MMR), reasons for nonvaccination, and history related to complications. …”
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Allergen immunotherapy in Italy: How, when, and why—A real-world study conducted through a patient association by Giovanni Paoletti, MD, Emanuele Nappi, MD, Maria Chiara Bragato, MD, Paola Valli, MD, Mattia Giovannini, MD, Domenico Gargano, MD, Luca Pecoraro, MD, Deborah Diso, MSc, Simona Barbaglia, MSc, Giorgio Walter Canonica, MD, Enrico Heffler, MD, PhD

“…Only 53.8% knew about AIT's existence, and AIT was proposed to only 33.1% of the 858 patients affected by allergic rhinitis and/or allergic asthma, of which 29.2% decided not to initiate the therapy. Common reasons for AIT refusal were related to indecisiveness (26.5%), costs (22.9%), and skepticism (19.3%). …”
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Eicosapentaenoic Acid and Docosahexaenoic Acid as an Antimicrobial Agent in Orthopedics—An In Vitro Study About the Race for Surface by Christopher Spiegel, Burak Ünalan, Andreas Kaserbacher, Rohit Arora, Débora C. Coraça-Huber

“…<i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> is one of the main reasons for prosthetic joint infections. Its capability of forming biofilms and developing mechanisms against antibiotics is one of the most dangerous clinical topics being currently discussed. …”
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Seasonal Mathematical Model of Salmonellosis Transmission and the Role of Contaminated Environments and Food Products by Mohammed H. Alharbi, Fawaz K. Alalhareth, Mahmoud A. Ibrahim

“…The model was able to conduct an analysis based on the estimated 0.606 value of <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msub><mi mathvariant="script">R</mi><mn>0</mn></msub></semantics></math></inline-formula>, and this meant that the model was able to fit reasonably well for both the cumulative and the new individual case data, which in turn, suggests the disease is curable. …”
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Efficacy and Safety of Dual Antiplatelet Therapy in Patients Undergoing Coronary Stent Implantation: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis by Yi Xu, Yimin Shen, Delong Chen, Pengfei Zhao, Jun Jiang

“…DAPT 3Mo + P2Y12 might be a reasonable trade-off in patients with high risk of bleeding accompanied by ischemia.…”
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Long-Term Outcomes of a Health Information System-Based Feedback Intervention Study of Antimicrobial Prescriptions in Primary Care Institutions: Follow-Up of a Randomized Cross-Ove... by Yan Y, Yang J, Lu Y, Cui Z, Chang Y

“…Although the IAPRs and the APRs consistently remained below the baseline point, both rates experienced a rebound within a certain range following the stop of the intervention in the two groups. It is reasonable to think that the desired effects will be difficult to maintain without sustained implementation of feedback intervention.Keywords: long-term outcomes, feedback intervention, antimicrobial prescriptions, health information system, primary care institutions…”
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The role of the Hygiene Department of Stephen Bathory University in the development and promotion of Public Health in Vilnius in the years 1922–1939 by Aistis Žalnora

“…Biomedical treatment had become much more effective, and the development of social hygiene research in Eastern Europe had experienced stagnation. For ideological reasons the disease etiology in the Soviet bloc could not be associated with social factors. …”
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New Approach to Improving the Prognosis of Ischemic Stroke by Regulating SCFAs with Acupuncture-Rehabilitation Therapy Based on Gut-Brain Axis by TANG Qiang, LIU Chong, CHAI Fanglei, ZHANG Jinpeng, LI Hongyu, ZHU Luwen

“…Ischemic stroke is a cerebrovascular disease caused by interruption of cerebral artery blood flow due to various reasons, which would lead to ischemia and hypoxia of local brain tissues and necrosis, and finally corresponding neurological functional defects. …”
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Hypofractionated image-guided radiotherapy with 70 Gy in 28 fractions for prostate cancer confined to the pelvis: a single institute experience in Taiwan by Hui-Lei Mu, Mau-Shin Chi, Hui-Ling Ko, Guang-Dar Juang, Thomas I-Sheng Hwang, Kwan-Hwa Chi, Kai-Lin Yang

“…Therefore, as a solution to enhance patient convenience, hypofractionated radiotherapy is a reasonable option for the definitive treatment of prostate cancer. …”
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Dental rehabilitation of a patient with a decrease in bite height due to pathological abrasion of hard tooth tissues (clinical case) by V.M. Sokolovska, N.V. Tsvetkova, V.Y. Davydenko, O.A. Pysarenko, Y.E. Tarashevska

“…In the scientific literature, this pathological condition is described under the name "occlusion" that decreases. The reasons that cause it include partial or complete loss of teeth, irrational prosthetics and untimely restoration of dentition defects, doctors' mistakes in the restructuring of the masticatory apparatus, and a generalized form of pathological abrasion of hard tooth tissues. …”
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Secular trends of physical fitness for college students in Anhui Province over the past decade by Jianzhong Sun, Hui Liang, Lei Wang, Zhongju Chen, Cunjian Bi, Feng Zhang

“…It is crucial to promptly identify the underlying reasons for the deteriorating physical fitness among college students, particularly in relation to obesity, and to implement effective measures promptly to address this issue.…”
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Application of dynamic systems modeling approach to rank optimal urban waste management strategies using SWOT method by Hamid Shahbandarzadeh, Mohammad Hossein Kabgani

“…First, we identified and modelled the factors affecting municipal waste production with dynamic systems. The reasons for using the dynamic systems approach for this research can also be enumerated as follows: 1) an appropriate approach in determining and predicting the effects of factors affecting waste production, 2) helping to understand the relationships between variables and examining the behaviour and structure of systems, incredibly complex systems (creating a conceptual model), 3) a flexible approach with the ability to analyze quantitatively and qualitatively, 4) the ability to review the system in the future under different scenarios and policies of decision makers and 5) dynamic system models are considered as simulation models; therefore, they have the advantages of using the simulation method over the analysis methods. …”
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Clinical experience with cyclosporine eye drops for severe dry eye by O.I. Lebedev, A.V. Surov, E.V. Akentieva

“…Therefore, immunosuppressants are pathogenetically reasonable for this disorder. Topical 0.05% cyclosporine emulsion may provide good treatment outcomes when tear replacement drops and corneal protective remedies are ineffective. …”
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OPTIMALISASI PENCAHAYAAN ALAMI DENGAN USEFUL DAYLIGHT ILLUMINANCE PADA DESAIN RUMAH TOKO (RUKO) DI KOTA LHOKSEUMAWE by Atthaillah Atthaillah, Amril Bakhtiar, Badriana Badriana

“…The UDI metric utilized were for several reasons, firstly, the metric used meteorogical data for a certain location for the daylight simulation, thus, it represented a more accurate result for a specific geographical location of the study.  …”
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Long-term effects of orthognathic surgery on masticatory function in individuals with cleft lip and palate: A prospective study by Patricia Martins Bueno, Paulo Alceu Kiemle Trindade, Laís Hollara Medeiros, Leide Vilma Fidélis da Silva, Ivy Kiemle Trindade-Suedam

“…Three variables were evaluated: 1) Bite Force (BF) (measured in Newtons – N) presented as the average of the bite force from the right and left molars (x‾ RM + LM), using a gnathodynamometer (IDDK Kratos), 2) Masticatory Efficiency (ME) (ranging from 0 to 1, with values closer to 1 indicating poorer efficiency), assessed through a dual-color masticatory gum test analyzed visually and optoelectronically (ViewGum©), and 3) Masticatory Capacity (MC): patient-reported ability to chew, rated on a two-point scale (P/R = poor to reasonable, G/O = good to optimal). Results: In the PRE-ORTHOG phase, the BF for the CLP group (x‾ RM + LM = 285 ± 141) was significantly lower compared to the CON group (x‾ RM + LM = 524 ± 202). …”
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Adapting the Technology Acceptance Model to Examine the Use of Information Communication Technologies and Loneliness Among Low-Income, Older Asian Americans: Cross-Sectional Survey... by Pauline DeLange Martinez, Daniel Tancredi, Misha Pavel, Lorena Garcia, Heather M Young

“…The 3-factor structural equation modeling revealed reasonable fit indexes (χ2133=345.132; P<.001, chi-square minimum (CMIN)/df = 2595, comparative fit index (CFI)=0.93, Tucker-Lewis Index (TLI)=0.88). …”
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Descemet Endothelial Thickness Comparison Trial 1 (DETECT 1): outcome masked, placebo-controlled trial comparing two types of corneal transplant surgeries and effect of rho kinase... by Thomas M Lietman, Jennifer Rose-Nussbaumer, Bennie H Jeng, Benjamin F Arnold, Winston Chamberlain, Charles C Lin, Jennifer Y Li, William Gensheimer, Jameson Clover, Nicole Varnado, Sarah Abdelrahman

“…Data from the trial will be made available on reasonable request.…”
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Code-Switching in Algerian English as a Foreign Language Speakers’ Facebook Interactions: Exploring Functions and Motives by Saida Tobbi

“…The research was conducted with second-year English-major students at Batna 2 University, analyzing their Facebook interactions to uncover the purposes and underlying reasons for code-switching. A mixed-methods approach was adopted to provide both quantitative and qualitative insights. …”
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Parental Mental Health and Child Maltreatment in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Importance of Sampling in a Quantitative Statistical Study by Lara Engelke, Claudia Calvano, Steffi Pohl, Sibylle Maria Winter, Babette Renneberg

“…Specifically, we aimed to (1) investigate if outcomes on parental health and child maltreatment during the COVID-19 pandemic from a convenience sample differ from those of a specific representative sample and (2) investigate reasons for differences in the results. …”
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