The Scania Accelerated Intermittent Theta-burst Implementation Study (SATIS)-Lessons from an accelerated treatment protocol. by Marcus Persson, Viktor Fabri, Alexander Reijbrandt, Annika Lexén, Hans Eriksson, Pouya Movahed Rad

“…<h4>Conclusion</h4>SATIS provided further insights into the potential benefits and challenges associated with aTBS protocols. Effectiveness and drop-out rates were comparable to national data of conventional iTBS, but with a markedly faster time to response. …”
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Sustainability of One WASH Facilities in the Rural Settings of North Shoa Zone, Amhara Region, North East Ethiopia, 2020 by Muluken Tessama Aemiro, Yohannes Getachew

“…The Government of Ethiopia launched the programme to improve the way water, and sanitation is provided to the people improving the WASH financing effectively, decreasing school children drop-out rates and improving the health status. The main aim of this study is to assess factors related to the sustainability of one WASH facilities in the rural settings of North Shoa zone, North East Ethipia. …”
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School feeding program and students Performance: A case Study of Selected Primary Schools in North “A” District, Zanzibar. by Suleiman Hamad, Halima

“…The research used both simple random and purpose sampling techniques in identifying the sample population. the methods that were used in data collection included questionnaire, observation and interview, data collected was edited, coded, entered into computer and analyzed with excel, a Microsoft statistical package, the results were presented in tables, basing on results from the study, from objective one above, it was found out that school feeding program increase enrolment and attendance. from the research question two it was found out as indicated by the respondents from selected primary schools in north “A” Zanzibar that, too few text books and insufficient instructional which forced many children , especially girls to drop out early in schools. The study discovered the relationship between school feeding and academic performance where children served with rice and beans performed better in their academic performance as compared with children served with Ugali at lunch time. …”
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An exploratory study to evaluate efficacy and safety of frequent Transcutaneous Electrical Stimulation for Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy by Fumio Takano, Kaori Ueda, Takuji Kurimoto, Mina Arai, Takayuki Nagai, Yuko Yamada-Nakanishi, Makoto Nakamura

“…Fourteen patients participated in the study; four dropped out. The median (interquartile range) LogMAR values before stimulation and 1, 4, and 8 weeks after ES were 1.60 (1.45–1.80), 1.70 (1.35–1.80), 1.60 (1.43–1.73), and 1.50 (1.43–1.73), respectively, indicating no significant improvement (primary outcome: Wilcoxon’s signed rank test, p = 1.000, secondary outcome: Friedman test, p = 0.229). …”
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A Study to Inform the Design of a National Multicentre Randomised Controlled Trial to Evaluate If Reducing Serum Phosphate to Normal Levels Improves Clinical Outcomes including Mor... by Ramya Bhargava, Philip A. Kalra, Paul Brenchley, Helen Hurst, Alastair Hutchison

“…Secondary endpoints: consent rate, drop-out rates, and cardiovascular events. Discussion. …”
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Comparison of warm sitz bath and electronic bidet with a lower-force water flow for postoperative management after hemorrhoidectomy (BIDLOW) by Yoon-Hye Kwon, Seung-Bum Ryoo, Heung-Kwon Oh, Jae Bum Lee, Hyung-Joong Jung, Kee-Ho Song, Seung Chul Heo, Rumi Shin, Joongyub Lee, Kyu Joo Park

“…Twenty-six patients dropped out after randomization, and the final analysis included 34 patients in the electronic bidet group and 41 in the sitz bath group. …”
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Teenage Pregnancy: Impact of the Integral Attention Given to the Pregnant Teenager and Adolescent Mother as a Protective Factor for Repeat Pregnancy by Maria José Carvalho Sant'Anna, Kepler Alencar Mendes Carvalho, Amanda Melhado, Verônica Coates, Hatim A. Omar

“…The mean age of the adolescents was 15.7 years, 3.52% had repeat pregnancy within a mean follow-up of 23 months after childbirth, the mean education level was 8.1 years, 30.5% dropped out of school, with 79.4% occurring before pregnancy, 64.6% used no contraceptives, 68.3% were single, and 81.3% had a positive role model. …”
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To what extent is socioeconomic status associated with not taking up and dropout from cardiac rehabilitation: a population-based follow-up study by Thomas Maribo, Christina M Stapelfeldt, Marie Louise Svendsen, Birgitte Bitsch Gadager, Maiken Bay Ravn, Sanne Moeller Palner

“…Patients were followed up regarding no uptake of or dropout from CR in the primary healthcare setting.Statistical methods The associations between the four SES indicators and either no uptake or dropout from CR were analysed using logistic regression with adjustment for age, sex, nationality and comorbidity.Results Overall, 25% (n=507) of the referred patients did not take up CR and 24% (n=377) of the participators dropped out the CR. All adjusted ORs, except one (education/dropout) demonstrated that low SES compared with high are statistically significantly associated with higher odds of not taking up CR and dropout from CR. …”
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A deep learning based model for diabetic retinopathy grading by Samia Akhtar, Shabib Aftab, Oualid Ali, Munir Ahmad, Muhammad Adnan Khan, Sagheer Abbas, Taher M. Ghazal

“…The model also contains max pooling, drop out and fully connected layers. Our proposed RSG-Net model achieved a testing accuracy of 99.36%, specificity of 99.79% and a sensitivity of 99.41% in classifying diabetic retinopathy into 4 grades and it achieved 99.37% accuracy, 100% sensitivity and 98.62% specificity in classifying DR into 2 grades. …”
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Uncertainty-aware deep learning in healthcare: A scoping review. by Tyler J Loftus, Benjamin Shickel, Matthew M Ruppert, Jeremy A Balch, Tezcan Ozrazgat-Baslanti, Patrick J Tighe, Philip A Efron, William R Hogan, Parisa Rashidi, Gilbert R Upchurch, Azra Bihorac

“…The predominant method for quantifying uncertainty was Monte Carlo dropout, producing predictions from multiple networks for which different neurons have dropped out and measuring variance across the distribution of resulting predictions. …”
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Safety and Efficacy of Everolimus Plus Exemestane in Postmenopausal Women with Treatment-refractory Hormone Receptor-positive, Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2-negative Adv... by Yuan-Ching Chang, Kun-Ming Rau, Dar-Ren Chen, Tsu-Yi Chao, Ming-Feng Hou, Chiun-Sheng Huang*

“…Taiwanese patients (n = 22) had similar baseline characteristics compared with BOLERO-2 cohort; most (17/22) had discontinued due to disease progression. Only two patients dropped out due to unacceptable adverse events (AEs) despite worse stomatitis (any 77.3%; grade 3/4, 18.2%). …”
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Detachable Lip and Cheek Plumper for Rehabilitation of Facial Disfigurement by Nada Fathalla Abdelbagi, Ibrahim Ahmed Ismail, Fadia Awadalkreem, Mohammed Nasser Alhajj

“…The chief complaint was difficulty eating or drinking. Furthermore, he dropped out of school because of his facial deformity and his indistinct voice. …”
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MYSTICAL ASPECT OF EDITH STEIN'S ANTHROPOLOGY: FROM PHENOMENOLOGY TO THOMISM by J. A. Shabanova

“…At the same time, mystical does not drop out of the phenomenological series but fills it with new existential meaning. …”
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Can a physical activity program improve functional capacity and fatigue in people with cancer? A retrospective analysis by Aline Reinmann, Edouard Laré, Anne-Violette Bruyneel, Joseph Gligorov, Alexandre Bodmer, Thibaud Koessler

“…Conclusions Walking capacity and fatigue improved significantly after the PA program, but the drop-out rate was high. The program could be individualized based on an individual's initial walking capacity or fatigue score to enhance its effectiveness.…”
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A randomised controlled trial of fluoxetine versus naltrexone in compulsive sexual behaviour disorder: presentation of the study protocol by Jussi Jokinen, Josephine Savard, Katarina Görts Öberg, Cecilia Dhejne

“…The primary outcome measure is the Hypersexual Disorder: Current Assessment Scale (HD: CAS), and tolerability will be assessed by the Udvalg for Kliniske Undersogelser side effect rating scale (UKU), drug accountability, adherence to treatment and drop-out rate. Participants will complete questionnaires at regular intervals, with the main endpoint for efficacy after 8 weeks (end of treatment) and after 14 weeks (follow-up). …”
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The negative aspects of injury on motivation of sports and physical exercise practitioners by Hugo Enrico Souza Machado, Hugo Enrico Souza Machado, Andreza do Socorro Dantas Oliveira, Andreza do Socorro Dantas Oliveira, Eldimberg Souza da Cunha Júnior, Adriano Lopes Lemos, Eduardo Macedo Penna, Eduardo Macedo Penna, Daniel Alvarez Pires, Daniel Alvarez Pires

“…Thus, it indicates the need for a rehabilitation approach also focused on motivational issues, to improve overall heath and prevent physical activity drop out.…”
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The Effect of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on Motor Symptoms in Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia by J. Antczak, J. Pera, M. Dąbroś, W. Koźmiński, M. Czyżycki, K. Wężyk, M. Dwojak, M. Banach, A. Slowik

“…Results. One patient dropped out due to seizure, and 14 patients completed the study protocol. …”
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Exploring trust in religious leaders and institutions as a mechanism for improving retention in child malnutrition interventions in the Philippines: a retrospective cohort study by Lincoln Leehang Lau, Warren Dodd, Han Lily Qu, Donald C Cole

“…A logistic mixed-effects model was built to assess factors associated with programme dropout and a linear mixed-effects model for factors associated with WHZ at the end of the programme.Results Trust in religious leaders or institutions (−0.87 (95% CI: −1.43,–0.26)) was negatively associated with programme dropout, suggesting that with increasing levels of trust, decreasing proportions of children dropped out of treatment. Retention in the programme led to improved WHZ among participating children (−0.38 (95% CI: −1.43, 0.26)). …”
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Pretreatment attrition after rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis diagnosis with Xpert MTB/RIF or ultra in high TB burden countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Tom Decroo, Palmer Masumbe Netongo, Tinne Gils, Christelle Geneviève Jouego

“…No systematic review has quantified the proportion of pretreatment attrition in RR-TB patients diagnosed with Xpert in high TB burden countries.Pretreatment attrition for RR-TB represents the gap between patients diagnosed and those who effectively started anti-TB treatment regardless of the reasons (which include pretreatment mortality (death of a diagnosed RR-TB patient before starting adequate treatment) and/or pretreatment loss to follow-up (PTLFU) (drop-out of a diagnosed RR-TB patient before initiation of anti-TB treatment).Methods In this systematic review and meta-analysis, we queried EMBASE, PubMed and Web of science to retrieve studies published between 2011 and 22 July 2024, that described pretreatment attrition for RR-TB using Xpert in high TB burden countries. …”
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Enhancing stone expulsion: The efficacy of combined medical therapy with tamsulosin and dexamethasone in renal colic patients by Reza Kazemi, Mohammad Shahrashoub, Amir Javid, Narjes Saberi, Pouria Ghasemi, Saina Paymannejad

“…Data from four patients in the case group were omitted from the analysis due to the drop-out from the study. Results: Mean initial stone size was 6.5 ± 1.2 mm in the intervention, and 6.3 ± 1.0 mm in the control groups, which was not statistically significant (P = 0.488). …”
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