Determinants of Dropping Out of Remote Patient-Reported Outcome–Based Follow-Up Among Patients With Epilepsy: Prospective Cohort Study by Sofie Bech Vestergaard, Mette Roost, David Høyrup Christiansen, Liv Marit Valen Schougaard

“… Abstract BackgroundThe use of patient-reported outcome (PRO) measures is an emerging field in health care. In the Central Denmark Region, epilepsy outpatients can participate in remote PRO-based follow-up by completing a questionnaire at home instead of attending a traditional outpatient appointment. …”
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What about physician wellness? Impact of a quality improvement intervention by Pamela Mathura, Isabella Pascheto, Jennifer Ringrose, Gillian Ramsay

“…Background Emergency department (ED) consultations with general internal medicine (GIM) are required when patients need admission, assistance with safe disposition or evaluation and management of complex or acute medical needs. …”
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Development and Validation of the RCOS Prognostic Index: A Bedside Multivariable Logistic Regression Model to Predict Hypoxaemia or Death in Patients with SARS-CoV-2 Infection by Gerardo Alvarez-Uria, Sumanth Gandra, Venkata R. Gurram, Raghu P. Reddy, Manoranjan Midde, Praveen Kumar, Ketty E Arce

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Energy Management Systems Using Smart Grids: An Exhaustive Parametric Comprehensive Analysis of Existing Trends, Significance, Opportunities, and Challenges by Nitasha Khan, Zeeshan Shahid, Muhammad Mansoor Alam, Aznida Abu Bakar Sajak, M. S. Mazliham, Talha Ahmed Khan, Syed Safdar Ali Rizvi

“…Furthermore, in this article, the authors review the literature on the enabling technologies of smart grid and investigate the energy management system, which is among one of the major emerging technologies and quantifications of the various uncertainty techniques. …”
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Study on the LES of Premixed Gas Flame Dynamics in a Weak Confinement Structure: The Influence of Continuous Obstacle Plates by X. Shao, J. Gao, B. Hao, B. Ai, Y. Han, Y. Wu, B. Guo

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Economic, social and cultural human rights in the context of preventing the spread of COVID-19 in Ukraine by O. I. Zozulia

“…Anti-epidemic measures introduced in Ukraine to prevent the spread of COVID-19 include significant (though often implicit) restrictions on the implementation of economic, social and cultural human rights, where the issues of reasonableness and legitimacy require particular attention, when the state of emergency in Ukraine is not announced. Dialectical, formal and legal, comparative and legal, system and structural, logical and semantic and other methods of scientific cognition have been used to solve the set tasks. …”
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The Protective Role of Ambient Ultraviolet Radiation Against Dementia: An Ecological Analysis of Global Data by Wenpeng You

“…Results A significant inverse correlation between UVR and dementia incidence was identified (r = −0.764, p < 0.001), which persisted after adjusting for confounding factors. UVR emerged as the strongest predictor of dementia incidence, explaining a substantial portion of the variance, followed by aging as the second strongest predictor. …”
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Genomic analysis of the main epidemiological lineages of Acinetobacter baumannii in Mexico by Barrios-Camacho Humberto, Lozano-Aguirre Luis, Duran-Bedolla Josefina

“…Acinetobacter baumannii has emerged as a critical global health threat due to its exceptional survival skills in adverse environment and its ability to acquire antibiotic resistance, presenting significant challenges for infection treatment and control. …”
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COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance Level in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Addisu Tadesse Sahile, Girma Demissie Gizaw, Tennyson Mgutshini, Zewdu Minwuyelet Gebremariam, Getabalew Endazenaw Bekele

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Qualitative systematic review on the lived experience of functional neurological disorder by Loyola McLean, Andrea Szasz, Anthony Korner

“…Two authors used an integrative immersion approach to identify the literature’s main themes using line-by-line and top-down methods.Results Eight main themes were identified: lost, body–mind dualism, preceding stressful events, relatedness, stigma, the battle or fight, the burden and losses of the illness and trust versus mistrust. From these emerged a central overarching theme of relationally regulated selves, which posits the essence of the lived experience of FND as responding to stressful experiences within a relational, regulatory context.Conclusions The prevalent themes give valuable insight into the lived experience of FND and the impact of stressors, past and present, and the relational environment in the development of and recovery from the disorder. …”
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Physicians’ perception towards continuing professional development in government teaching hospitals of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia-mixed method design by Merahi Kefyalew Merahi, Walelegn Worku Yallew

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The impact of life events and transitions on physical activity: A scoping review. by Hannes Gropper, Jannika M John, Gorden Sudeck, Ansgar Thiel

“…Our study indicates that, despite some emerging trends, similar events do not necessarily have similar impacts on PA across individuals. …”
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What happens when you stop using the combined contraceptive pill? A qualitative study protocol on consequences and supply needs for women who discontinued the combined contraceptiv... by Matthias Richter, Liane Schenk, Gertraud Stadler, Jana Niemann

“…Introduction For more than 60 years, contraceptive pills have been prescribed to mostly healthy biological women. An emerging body of research concerning the possible physiological and psychological side effects of hormonal contraception has been published over the past two decades. …”
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“National Champions” and Technological “Little Giants”: Chinese Industrial Policy Between Modernization and Tradition by I. V. Danilin

“…China is confronting escalating geopolitical and socio-economic challenges, prompting a structural reorganization of its economy centered on the high-tech sector and emerging technologies. This article examines China's contemporary industrial, technological, and innovation policies within the context of global economic disruptions and domestic structural constraints. …”
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Healthcare consumers' perceptions of incentive-linked prescribing: A scoping review. by Muhammad Naveed Noor, Haider Safdar Abbasi, Nina van Der Mark, Zahida Azizullah, Janice Linton, Afifah Rahman-Shepherd, Amna Rehana Siddiqui, Mishal Sameer Khan, Rumina Hasan, Sadia Shakoor

“…Quantitative and qualitative studies with patients and the general public, published in the English language were identified through searches of Scopus, Medline (OVID), EMBASE (OVID), and Google Scholar. Three themes emerged through the analysis of the 13 eligible studies: understanding of incentivisation, perceptions of hazards linked to ILP, and HCCs' suggestions to address it. …”
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The Primate Habituation Programme, Dzanga Sangha Protected Areas, Central African Republic: An overview by Terence Fuh Neba, Anna Feistner, Angelique Todd

“…Strong measures are in place to combat habitat loss and poaching in DSPA, but increased tourism, while providing income, can also negatively impact gorilla population health. Added to potential emerging diseases, human contact may increase stress and expose gorillas to human-borne pathogens, to which they may have little immunity. …”
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Effect of Low-Intensity High-Repetition Versus High-Intensity Low-Repetition Elastic Band Resistance Training on Functional Physical Fitness and Myokine Levels in Older Adults by Moon Jin Lee, Jun-Young Sung, Jiyoun Kim

“…In conclusion, both LI-HR and HI-LR RT effectively enhance functional fitness and key myokines, with LI-HR emerging as a promising, accessible option for older adults.…”
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An intuitionistic fuzzy extension to RAMS-RATMI methods for optimizing electrical discharge machining processes by Srinjoy Chatterjee, Shankar Chakraborty

“…Multi-Criteria Decision-Making (MCDM) approaches have emerged as competent mathematical tools capable of handling multiple input factors and their interactions with numerous conflicting responses to figure out the ideal EDM process parameter values. …”
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Discharge instructions given to women following delivery by cesarean section in Sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review. by Juliet Musabeyezu, Jenna Santos, Anne Niyigena, Ange Uwimana, Bethany Hedt-Gauthier, Adeline A Boatin

“…Only 5 studies provided recommendations for the evaluation and management of postpartum depression in c-section patients; these studies screened for depression at 4-8 weeks postpartum and highlighted connections between c-section delivery and the loss of self-esteem as well as connections between emergency c-section delivery and psychiatric morbidity.…”
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Impact of Combined Antiretroviral Treatment (cART) on Latent Cytomegalovirus Infection by Aura Temereanca, Luminita Ene, Gratiela Tardei, Camelia Grancea, Cristian L. Achim, Simona Ruta

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