Towards a cervical cancer-free future: women’s healthcare decision making and cervical cancer screening uptake in sub-Saharan Africa by Bright Opoku Ahinkorah, Abdul-Aziz Seidu, Richard Gyan Aboagye, Bernard Yeboah-Asiamah Asare, Joshua Okyere, Bupe Mwamba

“…Compared with women whose healthcare decisions were made solely by husbands/partners/someone else, the likelihood of cervical cancer screening uptake was significantly higher among women who took healthcare decisions in consultation with their husbands/partners (aOR=1.38; 95% CI 1.19 to 1.59), but highest among those who made healthcare decisions alone (aOR=1.66; 95% CI 1.44 to 1.91). …”
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Preliminary effectiveness of social prescription and virtual patient information in increasing tertiary prevention among cancer patients (ESPRIT): protocol for a single-centre, ran... by Karen Steindorf, Michael Koller, Michael Leitzmann, Wolfgang Herr, Daniel Heudobler, Lisa Boyer, Anne Herrmann, Tobias Pukrop, Christine Bernardi, Sabine Einhell

“…Cost-effectiveness and the time spent in the consultation, as well as potential implementation barriers and facilitators, will also be explored as part of a mixed-methods hybrid design. …”
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plaTform fOr Urinary tract infection diagnostiC evAluatioN (TOUCAN): a protocol for a prospective diagnostic accuracy study of point-of-care testing in patients suspected of acute... by Thomas R Fanshawe, Philip J Turner, Gail N Hayward, Margaret Glogowska, Alastair D Hay, Michael Moore, Mark Lown, Christopher C Butler, Mandy Wootton, Mark H Wilcox, Jane Freeman, Nicola Kenealy, Valerie Tate, Owain Llion, Rebecca Lowe

“…We will publish the findings of The plaTform fOr Urinary tract infection diagnostiC evAluatioN evaluations in peer-reviewed medical journals and more broadly following a dissemination plan formulated by a communications specialist in consultation with patients and the public.Trial registration number ISRCTN80937472.…”
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Evidence adaptation and tailored implementation of family bereavement support in specialised palliative care: A multi-method study by Myrta Kohler, Qëndresa Thaqi, Silke Kuske, Torsten Schwalbach, Marco Riguzzi, Rahel Naef

“…Methods: Multi-method implementation research project combining community engagement strategies, qualitative contextual analysis, and theory-driven implementation design processes for integrating evidence-informed interventions in new contexts: First, evidence was identified and adapted through co-design staff workshops and service user consultations, following intervention adaptation guidelines. …”
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Evaluation of treatment for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma using plasma D-dimer levels by Ruonan Shao, Danchen Meng, Beibei Gao, Lu Zhang, Qingqi Meng, Yanqiu Hou, Zhangbiao Long, Jinsong Yan, Xiaofeng Shi

“…Patients showed statistically different plasma D-dimer levels at initial consultation across treatment-response groups: CR (0.63 µg/mL [0.43–1.27]), PR (1.39 µg/mL [0.73–2.46]), SD (0.89 µg/mL [0.59–1.24]), and PD (1.34 µg/mL [0.67–2.62]). …”
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Quality Assessment of Systematic Review of the Bariatric Surgery for Diabetes Mellitus by Xinye Jin, Jinjing Wang, Xueqiong Li, Ping An, Haibin Wang, Wenfeng Mao, Qi Zhou, Yaolong Chen, Jie Wang, Kang Chen, Yiming Mu

“…Disagreements were solved by discussions or through consultation with a third reviewer. Reviewers extracted data (characteristics of included SRs, e.g., publication year, language, and number of authors) into the predefined tables in the Microsoft Excel 2013 sheet. …”
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Ibero-American consensus statement on migraine treatment by José Miguel Láinez, Oscar Pradilla, Pablo Irimia, Fidel Sobrino, Michel Volcy, Pedro Kowaks, Ildefonso Rodríguez Leyva, Fiorella Martín, Lucía Zavala, Alex Espinoza

“…Introduction and objectives: Migraine is the most common reason for neurology outpatient consultation; more than 80% of patients with migraine suffer some degree of associated disability. …”
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Designing a defensive silence failure model of creative employees in organizations by Azam Khosravi, karam khalili, Esfandyar Mohammadi

“…The 20 main themes that have been identified as influencing factors on breaking the defensive silence of creative employees in government organizations are: facilitating policies, motivational factors, job security, collaborative management, governance of meritocracy, leadership style, improvement of individual skills, organizational learning., strengthening professional ethics, quality of relationships, health of relationships, mutual trust, spirituality in the workplace, creative and critical atmosphere, cooperation culture, consulting and positive organizational psychology, reducing psychological pressures, creating attitudinal changes, changing organizational strategies, and strengthening strategic thinking. …”
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Explaining the model of value creation of tax income and gross domestic product based on tax system reforms by Bahram Ramazani, Mojtaba Malekichoobari, Sina Kheradyar

“…The statistical population of the research in the qualitative part includes 12 managers and assistants of the tax system, experts and consultants selected by non-probability sampling method with multiple strategies (intensity and snowball); and in the quantitative part it includes 265 people from those who were working in the administration of tax affairs of Tehran province, selected by random cluster sampling method. …”
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Identifying and analyzing drivers of innovative behavior based on strategic management of human resources in knowledge-based organizations by Mitra Sadoughi

“…Statistical population in the qualitative sector includes 11 faculty members of Islamic Azad University of Mazandaran Province, and in a targeted sampling; and in quantitative section including 411 managers, consultants, and other faculty active in Islamic Azad University growth and technology centers units of Mazandaran province, selected by the random sampling method. …”
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Validation Indicator Identification and Customer Ranking in Microloans: A Study at Middle East Bank in Iran by Azadeh Ahmadi Kousha, Faegh Ahmadi, Mohammad Hossein Ranjbar, Hamidreza Kordlouie

“…In the descriptive statistics section, various personality factors including age, gender, education, occupation, current debt status within the banking system, bounced checks history, money laundering records, bank account balance, transaction history, geographic location (residence and workplace), mobile phone model and operating system, as well as credit rating obtained from Iran's credit rating consulting company, were analyzed and presented using tables and graphs. …”
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Unraveling landslide failure mechanisms with seismic signal analysis for enhanced pre-survey understanding by J.-M. Chang, J.-M. Chang, C.-M. Yang, W.-A. Chao, W.-A. Chao, C.-S. Ku, M.-W. Huang, M.-W. Huang, T.-C. Hsieh, C.-Y. Hung

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Sistem Pakar Diagnosa Penyakit Campak Rubella pada Anak Menggunakan Metode Certainty Factor Berbasis Website by Pujianti Wahyuningsih, Sitti Zuhriyah

“…Abstarct The expert system application is an information system that can be used to help the society to find one of the solutions from a problem without consultation with the expert specialist. The purpose of this study is to build an expert system application based on a website that can be used to help the society to diagnose the rubella measles disease by early. …”
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Yoga programme for type-2 diabetes prevention (YOGA-DP) among high risk people in India: a multicentre feasibility randomised controlled trial protocol by Mark Hamer, Dorairaj Prabhakaran, Kavita Singh, Nikhil Tandon, Sanjay Kinra, Kaushik Chattopadhyay, Tess Harris, Pallavi Mishra, Sheila Margaret Greenfield, Sarah Anne Lewis, Nandi Krishnamurthy Manjunath, Rukamani Nair, Somnath Mukherjee, David Ross Harper

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Geohazard features of the north-western Sicily and Pantelleria by Attilio Sulli, Marilena Calarco, Mauro Agate, Ludovico Albano, Alessandro Bosman, Giuseppe Di Grigoli, Francesco Gargano, Valeria Lo Presti, Eleonora Martorelli, Valentina Pennino, Andrea Sposato, Elisabetta Zizzo, Giusy Anzelmo, Alessandro Bonfardeci, Daniele Casalbore, Gaspare Ciaccio, Aida Maria Conte, Michela Ingrassia, Sara Innangi, Francesco Interbartolo, Erika Lai, Claudio Lo Iacono, Maurizio Gasparo Morticelli, Carlo Luzzu, Paolo Emanuele Orrù, Fabrizio Pepe, Martina Pierdomenico, Claudia Romagnoli, Daniele Spatola, Francesco Latino Chiocci

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Corrigendum: Organizational readiness for change towards implementing a sepsis survivor hospital to home transition-in-care protocol by Elaine Sang, Elaine Sang, Ryan Quinn, Michael A. Stawnychy, Michael A. Stawnychy, Michael A. Stawnychy, Michael A. Stawnychy, Jiyoun Song, Jiyoun Song, Jiyoun Song, Karen B. Hirschman, Karen B. Hirschman, Karen B. Hirschman, Sang Bin You, Sang Bin You, Katherine S. Pitcher, Katherine S. Pitcher, Nancy A. Hodgson, Nancy A. Hodgson, Nancy A. Hodgson, Patrik Garren, Melissa O'Connor, Sungho Oh, Sungho Oh, Kathryn H. Bowles, Kathryn H. Bowles, Kathryn H. Bowles, Kathryn H. Bowles

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Machine learning derivation of two cardiac arrest subphenotypes with distinct responses to treatment by Weidong Zhang, Chenxi Wu, Peifeng Ni, Sheng Zhang, Hongwei Zhang, Ying Zhu, Wei Hu, Mengyuan Diao

“…After an extensive literature review and expert consultations, key factors such as temperature (T), sodium (Na), creatinine (CR), glucose (GLU), heart rate (HR), PaO2/FiO2 ratio (P/F), hemoglobin (HB), mean arterial pressure (MAP), platelets (PLT), and white blood cell count (WBC) were identified as the most significant for cluster analysis. …”
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Development of a Comprehensive Fall Risk Assessment Tool for Older People in Elderly Care Institutions and Its Test by LUO Yuan, ZHANG Hua, WANG Sanxiang, ZHANG Mengxi, DENG Yuqian, RAN Haiye, LIU Jiaxin, ZHANG Yi, CHEN Xi, WU Yibo, ZHAO Liping

“…Methods From March to December 2021, the initial item pool of the tool was developed through a literature review, semi-structured interviews and 2 rounds of expert consultation and pre-investigation. Older people and nursing assistants in elderly care facilities were randomly selected to make a survey. …”
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Plaider la « bonne gouvernance sécuritaire » au Maroc : Domestiquer les savoirs de réforme en régime de contrainte consensuelle by Irene Lizzola

“…Here, the developmentalist discourse, strongly neoliberalized, imposes itself as the shared grammar allowing the most professionalized, internationalized, and least protesting actors to invest in the field of public security policies.This article is based on fieldwork carried out in Morocco between 2019 and 2022, for a discontinuous period of nine months, in the cities of Rabat and Casablanca, conducted both at the headquarters of the associations studied (CEDHD, FVJ, Institut Prometheus), through semi-structured interviews with their founding members (four of whom are used in this article) and consultation of their archives and publications (reports, studies, surveys), and, through non-participant observations, at activities (press conferences, seminars) organized by them, in partnership with institutions and the DCAF. …”
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Difference Analysis of Organic Matter Enrichment Mechanisms in Upper Ordovician-Lower Silurian Shale from the Yangtze Region of Southern China and Its Geological Significance in Sh... by Ming Wen, Zhenxue Jiang, Kun Zhang, Yan Song, Shu Jiang, Chengzao Jia, Weiwei Liu, Yizhou Huang, Tianlin Liu, Xuelian Xie, Yue Sun, Shichao Fan, Xiangni Cao, Lin Zhu, Chuanxun Zhou

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