Impact of Undetected Comorbidity on Treatment and Outcomes of Breast Cancer by Robert I. Griffiths, Michelle L. Gleeson, José M. Valderas, Mark D. Danese

“…Two comorbidity indices were constructed: the National Cancer Institute index, using 12 months of claims before cancer, and a second index for previously undetected conditions, using three months after cancer. …”
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Cognitive-Behavioral Therapists’ Experience on Relevance of Sleep and Sleep Disorders in Training and Clinical Practice: A Survey Study from Italy by Chiara Baglioni, Andrea Galbiati, Debora Meneo, Greta Cavadini, Francesca Gelfo, Francesco Mancini, Carlo Buonanno

“…Adding information on different countries is important, as national health systems differ significantly, and distinct evidence-based pathways for change may be proposed. …”
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Association between the dietary index for gut microbiota and diabetes: the mediating role of phenotypic age and body mass index by Yingxuan Huang, Xiaobo Liu, Chanchan Lin, Xinqi Chen, Yingyi Li, Yisen Huang, Yubin Wang, Xiaoqiang Liu

“…This study aims to investigate the association between DI-GM and the risk of diabetes and analyze the mediating roles of phenotypic age and body mass index (BMI).MethodsUtilizing data from the National Health and nutrition examination survey (NHANES) 1999–2018, we included 17,444 adults aged 20 years and older. …”
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Driving Risk Analysis Based on Driving Experience at Hook-Turn Intersection Using the Emerging Virtual Reality Technology by Taeho Oh, Yanping Xu, Zhibin Li, Inhi Kim

“…Australia allows people from 44 nations to convert their home country driver’s license to an Australian driver’s license without a driving test. …”
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‘Let's work together to pass medical school’: a qualitative study of medical student attitudes to teamwork, competition and collaboration by Helen R. Watson, Paul Millin, James Close, Robert Jeffery, Holly Stephenson, Daniel Zahra

“…Since then, we have made considerable enhancements to our transferable skills curriculum, moved away from norm referencing, and there have been national changes to the way that graduate Foundation training places are allocated. …”
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La centralité du foncier dans le régime d’accumulation du capital en Chine by Natacha Aveline-Dubach

“…Three main characteristics of Johnson’s DS framework (1982) are mobilized to highlight the role of property value enhancement in the regime of capital accumulation in China, i.e. the primary focus on GDP growth, state control over capital allocation to the economy, and manifestations of economic nationalism. It is argued that the Chinese state — at both central and local level — has used the mechanism of property value enhancement as a major tool to ensure a smoother economic transition, by encouraging residential investment as a quasi exclusive saving vehicle. …”
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Pharmacist prescriber in Italy and possible changes to current legislation: survey of attitudes among pharmacists, family doctors and users by Francesca Baratta, Irene Pignata, Lorenzo Ravetto Enri, Paola Brusa

“…The extension of the duties of the Italian pharmacist to include prescribing would be extremely important considering the challenges the National health system is facing regarding the shortage of healthcare workers.Methods In this article, we report the findings of a survey on the role of the pharmacist prescriber conducted among pharmacists, family doctors, and pharmacy users in the North-West of Italy. …”
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Models of Russia's Participation in Regional Economic Integration by D. I. Ushkalova

“…It is founded that appearance of such long-term integration effects is possible only in the context of coalescence of national economies at the microlevel based on development of system of communications between enterprises including intrasectoral industrial cooperation. …”
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Phakic Posterior Chamber Intraocular Lens with a Central Hole in Treating Patients with Moderate to High Myopia: A Meta-Analysis by Ying Tang, Jian Ye

“…PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, Clinical Trial, China Biomedical Literature Database (CBM), China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), and China Science Periodical Database (CSPD) were searched online. …”
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Association of Choline Intake with Blood Pressure and Effects of Its Microbiota-Dependent Metabolite Trimethylamine-N-Oxide on Hypertension by Guo-dong He, Xiao-cong Liu, An-shang Lu, Ying-qing Feng

“…For the population study, the association of TC intake with hypertension, as well as blood pressure, was determined through logistic along with multiple linear regression analysis from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2007 to 2018, respectively. …”
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Evaluation of undergraduate forensic medicine education in Nepal: a critical analysis using Schwab’s five commonplaces and Schubert’s curriculum images by Alok Atreya, Roshani Rajbanshi, Ritesh G. Menezes, Apurba Acharya

“…First, the forensic medicine curriculum should be standardized and uniform to address national needs. There should be uniformity and improvement in practical hands-on training. …”
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Analysis of the low density lipoprotein receptor gene (<i>LDLR</i>) mutation spectrum in Russian familial hypercholesterolemia by V. B. Vasilyev, F. M. Zakharova, T. Yu. Bogoslovskaya, M. Yu. Mandelshtam

“…As everywhere, missense mutations prevail among all types of nucleotide substitutions in LDLR, but the highest national specificity is imparted by frameshift mutations: out of 27 variants reported, 19 (or 70 %) are specific for Russia. …”
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Association of Subclinical Hypothyroidism in Type 2 Diabetic Individuals by Noor ul ain, Sheikh Abdul Saeed, Muhammad sajid Abbas jaffri, Shazia Shakoor, Shah jabeen, Sana Kashif

“…Study type, settings & duration: This case control study was conducted at National Medical Center Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan from December 2022 to May 2023.   …”
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Cluster analysis of social determinants of health and HIV/AIDS knowledge among Peruvian youths using Kohonen’s self-organized maps: a data-exploration study based on a Demographic... by Alejandro Aybar-Flores, Alvaro Talavera, Elizabeth Espinoza-Portilla

“…Kohonen’s maps may benefit healthcare professionals and policymakers by offering a useful method for tailoring interventions and policies based on the detected profiles, thereby enhancing the visibility of these focal points at the national level.…”
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Impact on staff of providing non-invasive advanced respiratory support during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study in an acute hospital by David Wenzel, Christina Faull, Eleanor Wilson, Lucy Bleazard

“…Objectives To explore the experiences of healthcare workers providing non-invasive advanced respiratory support (NARS) to critically unwell patients with COVID-19.Design A qualitative study drawing on a social constructionist perspective using thematic analysis of semistructured interviews.Setting A single acute UK National Health Service Trust across two hospital sites.Participants Multidisciplinary team members in acute, respiratory and palliative medicine.Results 21 nurses, doctors (juniors and consultants) and physiotherapists described the provision of NARS to critically unwell COVID-19 patients as extremely challenging. …”
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Induction and Its Relevance to the Transformation of Sharia Economic Law in Indonesia: A Study of Four Madhhabs by Enang Hidayat

“…There are four principles of jurisprudence as products of Islamic thought influenced by inductive logic, which legitimize the fatwas of the National Sharia Board of the Indonesian Ulema Council (DSN-MUI), such as Fatwa No. 135/DSN-MUI/V/2020 on Shares, Fatwa No. 116/DSN-MUI/IX/2017 on Sharia Electronic Money, Law No. 41 of 2004 on Endowments, Article 16 paragraph (3) concerning endowed property such as money, and Supreme Court Regulation No. 2 of 2008 on the Compilation of Sharia Economic Law, Articles 112-115 (Book II) regulating Bai al-Wafa. …”
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Green Space and Child Weight Status: Does Outcome Measurement Matter? Evidence from an Australian Longitudinal Study by Taren Sanders, Xiaoqi Feng, Paul P. Fahey, Chris Lonsdale, Thomas Astell-Burt

“…Gender-stratified multilevel linear regressions were used to examine associations between green space and objective measures of weight status in the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children, a nationally representative source of data on 4,423 children aged 6 y to 13 y. …”
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Research on treatment-related aspects of depression from India in the preceding decade (2014–2023): An updated systematic review by Alankrit Jaiswal, S Umesh, Nishant Goyal

“…Background: The National Mental Health Survey reports a prevalence of 2.7% for depressive disorders in India. …”
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Retrospective analysis of spring barley cultivars developed by Omsk breeders (1936–2021) by P. N. Nikolaev, O. A. Yusova, N. I. Aniskov, O. N. Kovaleva, I. V. Safonova

“…Siberian barley ecotypes, characterized by increased adaptability to local harsh climate factors, should be further preserved in the national crop germplasm repository at VIR.…”
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Short-term and long-term revision rates after lumbar spine discectomy versus laminectomy: a population-based cohort study by Yao-Chun Hsu, Feng-Chen Kao, Chang-Bi Wang, Yuan-Kun Tu, Pao-Hsin Liu

“…This study aimed to compare these two surgical treatments in the postoperative revision rates.Design A population-based cohort study from analysis of a healthcare database.Setting Data were gathered from the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD).Participants We enrolled 16 048 patients (4450 women and 11 598 men) with a mean age of 40.34 years who underwent lumbar discectomy or laminectomy for the first time between 1 January 1997 and 31 December 2007. …”
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