A closer look: factors impacting HIV durable viral suppression among a cohort of clinic attendees in Trinidad & Tobago by Elena Cyrus, Deidre A. Okeke, Omari Lavia, Mary Jo Trepka, Allysha Maragh-Bass, Lunthita Duthely, Michael Sciauodone, Jeffrey Edwards

“…Conclusions Only a third of the study sample achieved DVS, with men less likely to reach this goal. Lesser engagement in care correlated with lower DVS rates. …”
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Factors Associated with the Utilization of Traditional Health Services among People with Non-Communicable Diseases in Indonesia: Findings from a Nationwide Survey by Iwan Abdi Suandana, Putu Ayu Swandewi Astuti, Pande Putu Januraga

“…Since a certain proportion of people with NCDs rely on traditional health services, improvement of the traditional health services quality is crucial, as well as engagement of these services to NCDs programs. …”
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Expression of Matrix Metalloproteinases and Their Tissue Inhibitors in Peripheral Blood Leukocytes and Plasma of Children with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease by Joanna B. Trojanek, Jacek Michałkiewicz, Renata Grzywa-Czuba, Wojciech Jańczyk, Lidia Gackowska, Izabela Kubiszewska, Anna Helmin-Basa, Aldona Wierzbicka-Rucińska, Mieczysław Szalecki, Piotr Socha

“…Association of MMP-2 and MMP-9 expression with serum liver injury parameters (ALT, GGT) may suggest leukocyte engagement in the early stages of NAFLD development which possibly precedes subsequent systemic inflammatory responses.…”
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Performance of digital early warning score (NEWS2) in a cardiac specialist setting: retrospective cohort study by Amitava Banerjee, Riyaz Patel, Baneen Alhmoud, Daniel Melley, Tim Bonnici

“…There is a need to define critical endpoints, engagement with clinical experts in development and further validation and implementation studies of EHR-integrated EWS in cardiac specialist settings.…”
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Overview of styles, content, learning effects and attitudes of students towards digitally enhanced physiotherapy education – a scoping review by Larissa Pagels, Oskar Schindler, Kerstin Luedtke

“…Gamification and virtual reality emerged as promising tools for enhancing engagement and learning outcomes. However, challenges included the limited direct interaction and perceived self-efficacy among students. …”
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Development of Chatbot-Based Oral Health Care for Young Children and Evaluation of its Effectiveness, Usability, and Acceptability: Mixed Methods Study by Kittiwara Pupong, Jaranya Hunsrisakhun, Samerchit Pithpornchaiyakul, Supawadee Naorungroj

“…High user satisfaction and engagement demonstrate its potential as an innovative tool for oral health education. …”
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Construction and Simulation of Online English Reading Model in Wireless Surface Acoustic Wave Sensor Environment Optimized by Particle Swarm Optimization by Bolan Zhou

“…College English teachers have been carrying out teaching reflections in their reading teaching practice and constantly exploring teaching modes and teaching directions that improve students’ reading engagement and reading comprehension ability. However, the current daily teaching of English reading still generally maintains the traditional teaching mode. …”
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மலரும் சருகும் நாவலில் நாடார் மக்களின் இனவரைவியல் / Ethnography of Nadar People in the Novel Malarum Sarugum... by ஜோ. கிளம்மி ஜெனி பிரியா / J. Clemy Jeni Priya

“…They have a habit of marrying after a proper engagement with a young woman. The practice of love marriage is also found among Nadar people. …”
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Characteristics of knowledge translation platforms and methods for evaluating them: a scoping review protocol by Taryn Young, Bey-Marrié Schmidt, Sara Cooper, Nasreen S Jessani

“…Strategies and tools include collaborative knowledge production, capacity building, information exchange and dialogue to facilitate relevant and timely engagement between researchers and decision-makers and other relevant stakeholders. …”
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Microlearning beyond boundaries: A systematic review and a novel framework for improving learning outcomes by Wali Khan Monib, Atika Qazi, Rosyzie Anna Apong

“…Based on Andragogy in Practice Model, Bloom's Taxonomy, and Sweller's CLT, we proposed a novel microlearning instructional design framework consisting of three integral components—differences consisting of individual, situational, and subject differences; guiding principles including specific-objective, bite-sized content, appropriate timeframe, interactive and engaging content, personalization, and selecting appropriate delivery medium and mode; and learning outcomes (cognitive, behavioural and affective). …”
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Social inclusion programming for older adults living in age-friendly cities: a scoping review by Josephine McMurray, Madalena Pamela Liougas, Adriana Fortino, Kari Brozowski

“…Key outcomes included an improved sense of belonging, increased engagement with community resources and activities, enhanced digital literacy and connectivity, and a reduction in feelings of loneliness and isolation. …”
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Acceptability and feasibility of shared medical appointments to support self-management of anxiety and depression in primary care in England: a qualitative study of service user/pa... by Fiona Graham, Mei Yee Tang, Megan Hanrahan

“…Participants represented a broad age group (22–74 years) and a range of socioeconomic backgrounds.Results Three main themes were established: (1) motivation to attend an SMA, (2) barriers and challenges to SMA engagement and (3) implementation preferences. The concept of SMAs was largely acceptable to participants, although participants reported several factors that would influence their decision to attend an SMA. …”
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KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TOWARDS OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES by Liezel G. Mohillo, Angie R. Jalandoon, Dave E. Marcial

“…Results show that academic librarians reinforce the trend of infrequent engagement in OER practices at the school. In terms of reuse, revise, remix, and redistribution, the respondents express a tendency to rarely engage in these practices at our school, with mean scores ranging from 5.31 to 5.75. …”
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Recruiting hard-to-reach populations via respondent driven sampling for mobile phone surveys in Colombia: a qualitative study by Camila Solorzano-Barrera, Mariana Rodriguez-Patarroyo, Angélica Tórres-Quintero, Deivis Nicolas Guzman-Tordecilla, Aixa Natalia Franco-Rodriguez, Vidhi Maniar, Prakriti Shrestha, Andrés I. Vecino-Ortiz, George W. Pariyo, Dustin G. Gibson, Joseph Ali

“…Recruitment strategies are valuable in part because hard-to-reach populations are often most accessible through their contacts within their social network who can serve as trust liaisons and drive engagement. Conclusions These findings may inform future studies where similar interventions are being considered to improve access to mobile phone-based data collection amongst hard-to-reach groups.…”
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A pilot mixed methods randomized control trial investigating the feasibility and acceptability of a culturally tailored intervention focused on beliefs, mistrust and race-congruent... by Meng-Jung Wen, Martha Maurer, Annika L. Pickard, Makenzie Hansen, Olayinka O. Shiyanbola

“…Barriers to participation were identified including schedule conflicts and difficulties in engagement.DiscussionFuture large-scale effectiveness trials should consider combining multimedia into recruitment methods, tailoring the program to address medication-taking goals, and addressing social and environmental barriers to support sustained lifestyle changes.…”
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A foundation systematic review of natural language processing applied to gastroenterology & hepatology by Matthew Stammers, Balasubramanian Ramgopal, Abigail Owusu Nimako, Anand Vyas, Reza Nouraei, Cheryl Metcalf, James Batchelor, Jonathan Shepherd, Markus Gwiggner

“…Therefore, greater clinical engagement, collaboration, and open sharing of appropriate datasets and code are needed.…”
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DEVELOPING A CELIOTM PROGRAMMING LEARNING TOOL TO FACILIATE TEACHING AND LEARNING DATA STRUCTURE CONCEPTS IN C++ FOR NOVICE PROGRAMMERS by Adam B. Mtaho, Masoud M. Masoud, Leonard J. Mselle

“…However, the pedagogical effectiveness of using such tools has not been successful because they are less engaging for learning DSA. This paper describes how the CeliotM programming learning tool was developed to facilitate learning data structure concepts in C++. …”
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Developing a new clinical governance framework for chronic diseases in primary care: an umbrella review by Walter Ricciardi, Gianfranco Damiani, Alessandra Buja, Vincenzo Baldo, Mark H Ebell, Roberto Toffanin, Mirko Claus

“…These interventions should be shaped by an approach to their clinical management that achieves the best clinical governance, which includes quality assurance, risk management, technology assessment, management of patient satisfaction and patient empowerment and engagement. This approach demands the implementation of a system of organisational, functional and professional management based on a population health needs assessment, resource management, evidence-based and patient-oriented research, professional education, team building and information and communication technologies that support the delivery system. …”
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Markedly Increased High-Mobility Group Box 1 Protein in a Patient with Small-for-Size Syndrome by Darren G. Craig, Patricia Lee, E. Anne Pryde, Ernest Hidalgo, Peter C. Hayes, Stephen J. Wigmore, Stuart J. Forbes, Kenneth J. Simpson

“…Murine mortality following 85% hepatectomy can be reduced by the use of soluble receptor for advanced glycation end products (sRAGE) to scavenge damage-associated molecular patterns and prevent their engagement with membrane-bound RAGE. Aims. To explore serum levels of sRAGE, high-mobility group box-1 (HMGB1) protein, and other soluble inflammatory mediators in a fatal case of SFSS. …”
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Identification of Epinastine as CD96/PVR inhibitor for cancer immunotherapy by Xiangrui Zhang, Lihan Zhang, Beibei Li, Qingchao Wang, Peixin Chen, Ranran Shi, Xiuman Zhou, Xiaoshuang Niu, Wenjie Zhai, Yahong Wu, Wenhui Shen, Xiaowen Zhou, Wenshan Zhao

“…Abstract Background Poliovirus receptor (PVR) and its receptor system, including TIGIT, CD226, and CD96, play a pivotal role in orchestrating tumor immune evasion. Upon engagement with PVR on tumor cells, CD96 exerts inhibitory effects on the function of T cells and NK cells, thereby fostering tumor immune evasion. …”
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