Cataract surgery in Australia: a review of the regional literature and outcomes from 5018 cases at a tertiary teaching hospital by Chameen Samarawickrama, Muhammad A Khan, Brendon W H Lee, Lauren Sartor

“…A review of the Australian and New Zealand literature was undertaken to provide a benchmark of outcomes from the region.Methods The electronic medical record system was used to review three time-points for all phacoemulsification cataract surgeries at a tertiary-referral centre between May 2017 and August 2020: preoperative, intraoperative and one month postoperatively. …”
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Burnout among Nurses Working in Ethiopia by Abrha Hailay, Woldu Aberhe, Guesh Mebrahtom, Kidane Zereabruk, Guesh Gebreayezgi, Teklehaimanot Haile

“…A search strategy was implemented using electronic databases (PubMed/MEDLINE, Google Scholar, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, Africa-Wide Information, and African Index Medicus) which were systematically searched online to retrieve related articles using keywords. …”
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Nurturing care practices for children with developmental disabilities in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review protocol. by Silas Onyango, Margaret Nampijja, Paul Otwate, Nelson Langat, Linda Oloo, Kenneth Okelo, Patricia Kitsao-Wekulo

“…We will search the following electronic databases: PubMed, ScienceDirect, Scopus, Open Grey and African Journals Online (AJOL). …”
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The Impact of Socioeconomic Inequalities on the Risk of Hypertension in Bangladesh: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis by Kabir Hossain, Tonmoy Alam Shuvo, Asma‐Ul Hosna, Dipu Rani Dey

“…We systematically searched various electronic databases and rigorously selected 12 studies for inclusion in the analyses. …”
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An Innovative Drug Delivery System Loaded with a Modified Combination of Triple Antibiotics for Use in Endodontic Applications by Ardavan Parhizkar, Hanieh Nojehdehian, Fahimeh Tabatabaei, Saeed Asgary

“…Ceramic microparticles were made from β-tricalcium phosphate and hydroxyapatite and examined by “Scanning Electronic Microscope (SEM).” Then, fixed amounts of the selected antibiotics were added to a prepared PLGA solution and stirred thoroughly. …”
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Kinetics, thermodynamics, and catalysis of the cation incorporation into GeO2, SnO2, and (SnxGe1−x)O2 during suboxide molecular beam epitaxy by Wenshan Chen, Kingsley Egbo, Joe Kler, Andreas Falkenstein, Jonas Lähnemann, Oliver Bierwagen

“…Rutile GeO2 is a promising ultra-wide bandgap semiconductor for future power electronic devices whose alloy with the wide bandgap semiconductor rutile-SnO2 enables bandgap engineering and the formation of heterostructure devices. …”
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INNOVATIVE MECHANISMS FOR IMPLEMENTING STATE ECONOMIC POLICY FOR POST-WAR RECONSTRUCTION OF UKRAINE: QUANTUM TRANSFORMATIONS AS A DRIVER OF DEVELOPMENT by Oleksiy Shkuratov, Liudmila Antonova, Roman Dzyuba

“…It is emphasized that quantum technologies have once already overturned the usual reality, giving us smartphones, ultra-flat TVs and, in general, all modern electronics. The second quantum revolution involves the introduction of quantum computers, quantum cryptography and quantum communication, capable of accelerating the development of new materials, optimizing logistics chains and increasing the level of data security. …”
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The relationship between bats and human coronavirus: An exploratory review by Sajal BHATTACHARYA, Shakya SINHA, Rina TILAK, Sugeng Juwono MARDIHUSODO

“…Methods: A narrative review was conducted by using electronic databases- PubMed/Medline, Google scholar, Wiley Online Library, Semantic Scholar, and medXiriv- for searching all types of peer-reviewed and not peer-reviewed articles in English language, published from 2002 to 2020. …”
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Systematic review of interventions for improving the performance of community health workers in low-income and middle-income countries by Paul Montgomery, Madeleine Ballard

“…Objective To systematically review and critically appraise the evidence for the effects of interventions to improve the performance of community health workers (CHWs) for community-based primary healthcare in low- and middle-income countries.Design Systematic review following Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines.Methods 19 electronic databases were searched with a highly sensitive prespecified strategy and the grey literature examined, completed July 2016. …”
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Relationship between triglyceride levels and different snoring states: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Fei-Fei Hou, Bei-Bei Wang, Ye Chen, Qiong Wang, Qiong Wu, Li-Na Yan

“…Materials and methods A systematic search was conducted in four online electronic databases as of Jul 1, 2024. The standardized mean difference (SMD) and corresponding 95% confidence interval (CI) for TG levels in each study were pooled. …”
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Seroprevalence of TORCH Viral Agents in Pregnant Women in Turkey: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Elmas Pinar Kahraman Kilbas, Ihsan Hakki Ciftci, Imdat Kilbas, Hande Toptan

“…A systematic search was conducted using electronic databases between January 2005 and January 2024. …”
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Feeding Problems Assessment Tools in Children: A Scoping Review by Suci Destriatania, Judhiastuty Februhartanty, Fariz Nurwidya, Rini Sekartini

“…This scoping review aims to map current research, provide summary of the available feeding problem assessment tools for children, and review current implications and the gaps between tools, providing information that academics, practitioners, and parents may find useful. Three electronic databases (PubMed, Science Direct, and ProQuest) were searched using terms related to feeding problem assessment tools in children, which included, but were not limited to, “feeding difficult*”, “eating problem”, “eating difficult*”, “tool”, “child*”, and “pediatric”. …”
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Association between Anemia and Risk of Parkinson Disease by Yao-Chin Wang, Abel Po-Hao Huang, Sheng-Po Yuan, Chu-Ya Huang, Chieh-Chen Wu, Tahmina Nasrin Poly, Suleman Atique, Woon-Man Kung

“…We systematically searched articles on electronic databases such as PubMed, Embase, Scopus, and Google Scholar between January 1, 2000 and July 30, 2020. …”
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MEDICAL AND SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF MODERN INFERTILE WOMEN ACCORDING TO THE REGISTRY OF INFERTILITY COUPLES IN THE TRANSBAIKAL REGION by Татьяна Евгеньевна Белокриницкая, Наталия Ивановна Фролова, Дмитрий Владимирович Малько

“…An analysis of the medical and social characteristics of patients with infertility was carried out according to the data of an electronic questionnaire, which has been developed based on materials from the World Health Organization [WHO-RHR-HRP-19.3]. 1st group included 103 women living in city; 2nd group – 85 women living in the village. …”
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Ascertaining the Effectiveness of Coordination Training Interventions in Enhancing Sports Performance: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis by Ashwani Saini, Bipin Kumar Dubey, Rakesh Vishwakarma

“…Materials and methods. An electronic review was conducted to compile the literature related to this issue, using Scopus, PubMed, Google Scholar and ProQuest databases. …”
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Controversies in the Application of AI in Radiology—Is There Medico-Legal Support? Aspects from Romanian Practice by Ana-Maria Ungureanu, Sergiu-Ciprian Matei, Daniel Malita

“…<b>Methods</b>: A detailed search was conducted across three electronic databases including MEDLINE/PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science, with 53 papers serving as the literature corpus of our review. …”
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Visual Acuity Outcomes and Influencing Factors in a Cohort of UK Real-World Diabetic Macular Oedema Patients During the First Two Years of Anti-VEGF Treatment by Qing Wen, Helene Karcher, David M. Wright, Samriddhi Buxy Sinha, Usha Chakravarthy, Catarina Santos, Franklin Igwe, Recivall Salongcay, Katie Curran, Tunde Peto

“…Methods: Using Medisoft electronic medical records (UK), this retrospective cohort study analysed VA outcomes, changes, and determinants in DMO patients at year 1 and year 2 after initial anti-VEGF injection. …”
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Recreational prescription opioid misuse among college students in the USA: An application of the theory of planned behavior by Robert E. Davis, Martha A. Bass, Mary A. Ford, John P. Bentley, KoFan Lee, Nicole A. Doyle

“…Methods: A random sample of college students in the USA completed an electronic survey measuring TPB constructs, salient beliefs, RPOM, and demographic items. …”

The role of continuous monitoring in acute-care settings for predicting all-cause 30-day hospital readmission: A pilot study by Michael Joseph Pettinati, Kyriakos Vattis, Henry Mitchell, Nicole Alexis Rosario, David Michael Levine, Nandakumar Selvaraj

“…Data sources included continuous vital signs and activity, electronic health record (EHR) data – episodic physiological monitoring of laboratory and vital signs, demographics, hospital utilization history, and quality of life survey measures. …”
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Scoping review: relationship between glucose tolerance and pulmonary decline in cystic fibrosis by Raina Tomoda, Deborah Jane Holmes-Walker

“…This scoping review examines the existing literature on the relationship between oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) and continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) values, and percent predicted forced expiratory volume in one second (%FEV1) and forced vital capacity (FVC) to determine whether alternative glucose levels would be more appropriate for defining CFRD based on lung function decline. Electronic database searches were performed on Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online (MEDLINE), Excerpta Medica Database (EMBASE), and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials in June 2023. …”
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