Impact of social isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of university students and recommendations for the post-pandemic period: A systematic review by Tamiris Beppler Martins, Joaquim Henrique Lorenzetti Branco, Taís Beppler Martins, Gilmar Moraes Santos, Alexandro Andrade

“…Method: This systematic review was conduced in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines and was registered in the International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (PROSPERO). Database searches were performed up to December 2024 in PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science, Scopus, CINAHL, and PsycNET, using the terms “COVID-19,” “social isolation,” “mental health,” and “college students.” …”
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Developing and validating a drug recommendation system based on tumor microenvironment and drug fingerprint by Yan Wang, Xiaoye Jin, Rui Qiu, Bo Ma, Sheng Zhang, Xuyang Song, Jinxi He

“…The model was trained and validated using the Genomics of Drug Sensitivity in Cancer (GDSC) database, followed by independent validation with the Cancer Cell Line Encyclopedia (CCLE) dataset. …”
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Development and assessment of a mortality risk prediction nomogram model for pneumocystis disease in ICU within 28 days by Yiru Weng, Tingting Zhou, Honghua Ye

“…From 2008 to 2022, clinical data on patients with Pneumocystis were collected using the American Critical Care Medical Information Database IV (MIMIC-IV). Initially, 63 significant predictive indicators were included, with ICU admission as the time node and all-cause mortality within 28 days as the outcome. …”
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Use of Digital Health Interventions for Cancer Prevention Among People Living With Disabilities in the United States: A Scoping Review by Chinenye Lynette Ejezie, Lea Sacca, Sylvia Ayieko, Sara Burgoa, Yasmine Zerrouki, Diana Lobaina, Goodness Okwaraji, Christine Markham

“…The Embase, PubMed, Ovid MEDLINE, and CINAHL/EBSCO databases were searched for peer‐reviewed articles published from database inception to February 5, 2024. …”
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Psychometric properties of self-reported financial toxicity measures in cancer survivors: a systematic review by Yan Hu, Zheng Zhu, Weijie Xing, Lucylynn Lizarondo, Jian Peng, Huan Wen, Yanling Sun, Winnie K W So

“…Objective The aim of this systematic review was to summarise the psychometric properties of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) measuring financial toxicity (FT) in cancer survivors.Design This systematic review was conducted according to the guidance of the Consensus-Based Standards for the Selection of Health Measurement Instruments (COSMIN) methodology.Data sources Comprehensive searches were performed in PubMed, MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, PsycINFO, Web of Science, ProQuest and Cochrane Library from database inception to February 2022.Eligibility criteria for selecting studies We included studies that reported any PROMs for measuring FT in cancer survivors who were ≥18 years old. …”
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Visual, clinical and quality of life outcomes of a new multifocal IOL with optimized diffractive grating: a non-randomized clinical trial by João Marcelo de Almeida Gusmão Lyra, Mariana Silva Gois de Almeida, Lucila de Albuquerque Barbosa Lira, Laís Oliveira dos Santos, Mateus Lins dos Santos, Jorge Artur Peçanha de Miranda Coelho

“…Trial Registration This trial was registered at the ReBEC (Registro Brasileiro de Ensaios Clínicos – Brazilian Registry of Clinical Trials)database under the registration code RBR-772s6y at April 6th, 2020.…”
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Propensity score matched cohort study on magnesium supplementation and mortality in critically ill patients with HFpEF by Lijun Song, Jianjun Ying, Min Li, Lan Ying, Chenliang Zhao

“…This study extracted HFpEF patient data from the MIMIC-IV database between 2008 and 2019. Propensity score matching was conducted to ensure that patients receiving magnesium supplementation (including magnesium sulfate and magnesium oxide) were balanced with those not receiving it in terms of baseline characteristics. …”
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ANALYSIS OF GENETIC CHARACTERISTICS OF INFLUENZA VIRUS A/CHICKEN/CHELYABINSK/30/2019 H9N2 ISOLATED IN CHELYABINSK OBLAST by N. G. Zinyakov, Щю S. Osipova, P. B. Akshalova, V. Yu. Sosipatorova, A. V. Andriyasov, D. B. Andreychuk, I. A. Chvala

“…The comparative analysis of all genomic segments using the GenBank database revealed a close relationship (over 99%) between the A/chicken/Chelyabinsk/30/2019 H9N2 virus and the A/H9 infl uenza virus isolates circulating in Israel in 2006–2012. …”
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Intra-Articular Application of Sluijter-Teixera Poisson Pulsed Radiofrequency in Symptomatic Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis: Focus upon Clinical Efficacy and Safety by D. Filippiadis, A. Tsochatzis, E. Petsatodis, S. Galanis, G. Velonakis, C. Giankoulof, A. Kelekis

“…Materials and Methods. Institutional database research of two centers identified 39 cases of knee osteoarthritis patients treated with intra-articular STP PRF. …”
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Down syndrome and outcomes in critically ill pediatric patients by José Tantaleán Da Fieno, Rosa León Paredes, Patricia Palomo Luck, Carlos Del Águila Villar, Emiliana Rizo Patrón

“…We aimed to investigate the association between DS and clinical outcomes in pediatric patients admitted to the PICU at the Instituto Nacional de Salud del Niño (National Institute for Child Health, INSN for the acronym in Spanish) and to assess nutritional status within the study cohort.MethodsThis study involved the secondary analysis of a database. We included patients consecutively admitted to INSN, a tertiary care children's hospital in Lima, Peru. …”
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Mortality trends and disparities for coexisting chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and cardiovascular disease: A retrospective analysis of deaths in the United States from 1999-... by Aman Goyal, Humza Saeed, Wania Sultan, Ajeet Singh, Abdullah, Muhammad Khubaib Arshad, Zubair Amin, Mah I Kan Changez, Gauranga Mahalwar, Rozi Khan, Wael AlJaroudi

“…<h4>Methods</h4>This study analyzed death certificates from the CDC WONDER database for individuals aged 25 and older who died between 1999 and 2020 with both CVD (ICD I00-I99) and COPD (ICD J41-J44). …”
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A Systematic Review of Maternal and Child Health Policies in Addressing Stunting: Trends and Challenges by Pratiwi Ramlan, Phill Sukri, Muh. Tang Abdullah, Muhammad Akmal Ibrahim, Jamaluddin Ahmad, Khaeriyad Adri

“…Methods: This study utilized a research methodology that included a bibliometric analysis of publications retrieved from the Scopus Database relating to maternal and child health policies in reducing stunting prevalence using the keywords “maternal and child health policies” and “stunting”. …”
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Comparative Analysis of COVID‐19 Severity and Mortality Among Vaccinated and Unvaccinated Individuals During the Delta Variant Surge in a Tertiary Care Center: A Cohort Study by Fatemeh Hasani, Zahra Norouzi, Kimia Jazi, Gholamreza Roshandel, Alireza Norouzi

“…This retrospective cohort study was designed based on the medical care monitoring center database of Sayyad Shirazi Hospital. Methods COVID‐19 confirmed patients' data were extracted for this study from June 22, 2021, to September 22, 2021 including demographic characteristics, signs and symptoms, ICU admission, need for aggressive oxygen therapy, including intubation, mortality, and vaccination status. …”
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Understanding Individual Differences in Happiness Sources and Implications for Health Technology Design: Exploratory Analysis of an Open Dataset by Edel Ennis, Raymond Bond, Maurice Mulvenna, Colm Sweeney

“…MethodsThe HappyDB is an open database of 100,535 statements of what people consider to have made them happy, with some people asking to consider the past 24 hours (49,831 statements) and some considering the last 3 months (50,704 statements). …”
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Healthcare Costs and Resource Use Associated With Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia and Cervical Conization: A Retrospective Study of German Statutory Health Insurance Claims Data by Anna-Janina Stephan, Miriam Reuschenbach, Kunal Saxena, Vimalanand S. Prabhu, Christian Jacob, Kim M. Schneider, Wolfgang Greiner, Regine Wölle, Monika Hampl

“…**Methods:** We conducted a retrospective claims data analysis using the InGef Research Database from 2013 to 2018. Healthcare costs and resource utilization in a 24-month observation period (1:1:1 matching) were compared in 18- to 45-year-old women with CIN (1-3) who underwent a conization procedure (study cohort 1) and in women with CIN (1-3) who did not undergo conization (study cohort 2) to women with neither CIN nor conization (control group). …”
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Contemporaneous Emotion Regulation Theoretical Models: A Systematic Review by Camila Florencia Cremades, Cristian Javier Garay, Martín Juan Etchevers, Roberto Muiños, Graciela Mónica Peker, Juan Martín Gómez Penedo

“…Method: Our team conducted a systematic review in the form of a narrative synthesis following the guidelines of the PRISMA statement. The database used were SCOPUS, PUBMED, and Dialnet. We included articles published between 2018 and 2020, which have been peer-reviewed in indexed scientific journals, whose central theme was the theoretical presentation of the construct of emotional regulation. …”
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Incidence and Mechanisms of Coronary Perforations during Rotational Atherectomy in Modern Practice by Yen-Hsiang Wang, Wei-Jhong Chen, Yu-Wei Chen, Chih-Hung Lai, Chieh-Shou Su, Wei-Chun Chang, Chi-Yen Wang, Kae-Woei Liang, Tsun-Jui Liu, Wen-Lieng Lee

“…Patients who received coronary RA from April 2010 to December 2019 with keywords related to perforations were retrieved from database. The procedure details, angiography, and clinical information were reviewed in detail. …”
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The current and future cancer burden in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries by Saleh A. Alessy, Saleh A. Alqahtani, Jerome Vignat, Amid Abuhmaidan, Amani E. L. Basmi, Najla Al Lawati, Ameera Ali A‐Nooh, Wael Shelpai, Samar Alhomoud, Ali Al‐Zahrani, Freddie Bray, Ariana Znaor

“…Methods The estimated numbers of new cancer cases and deaths were extracted from the GLOBOCAN database developed by the International Agency for Research on Cancer; new cancer cases, cancer deaths, and corresponding age‐standardized incidence and mortality rates for the year 2020 are presented. …”
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A Clinical Mentorship and Quality Improvement Program to Support Health Center Nurses Manage Type 2 Diabetes in Rural Rwanda by Aphrodis Ndayisaba, Emmanuel Harerimana, Ryan Borg, Ann C. Miller, Catherine M. Kirk, Katrina Hann, Lisa R. Hirschhorn, Anatole Manzi, Gedeon Ngoga, Symaque Dusabeyezu, Cadet Mutumbira, Tharcisse Mpunga, Patient Ngamije, Fulgence Nkikabahizi, Joel Mubiligi, Simon Pierre Niyonsenga, Charlotte Bavuma, Paul H. Park

“…Data collected as part of the clinical mentorship program were extracted from an electronic database. Summary statistics are reported. Results. …”
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Comparison of the Efficacy and Safety of Intravitreal Conbercept with Intravitreal Ranibizumab for Treatment of Diabetic Macular Edema: A Meta-Analysis by Xiaolei Sun, Jingjing Zhang, Jingyi Tian, Shijiu Chen, Fanxing Zeng, Gongqiang Yuan

“…Relevant studies were identified through systemic searches of PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, Ovid, CNKI, and Wanfang database up to 28 February 2019. Changes in central retinal thickness (CRT) in μm and best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) in logMAR equivalents at 1, 3, and 6 months after initial treatment were performed by pooled analysis. …”
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