W-SITTING IN CHILDHOOD: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW by David Gonçalves Nordon, Caroline de Gouveia Buff Passone, Clovis Artur Almeida da Silva, Patrícia Moreno Grangeiro

“…ABSTRACT Objective: Despite the lack of science-based evidence, many specialists and non-specialists consider W-sitting detrimental to children. …”
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Information Compression as a Unifying Principle in Human Learning, Perception, and Cognition by J. Gerard Wolff

“…This paper reviews evidence for the idea that much of human learning, perception, and cognition may be understood as information compression and often more specifically as “information compression via the matching and unification of patterns” (ICMUP). …”
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Spiritual well-being and burnout syndrome in healthcare: A systematic review by Francesco CHIRICO, Kavita BATRA, Ravi BATRA, Gülçin Güler ÖZTEKİN, Giuseppe FERRARI, Pietro CRESCENZO, Gabriella NUCERA, Lukasz SZARPAK, Manoj SHARMA, Nicola MAGNAVITA, Murat YILDIRIM

“…Therefore, a systematic review was conducted to synthesize evidence for understanding association between spirituality and BOS. …”
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Questioning the Challenge to Screen Use Guidelines by Catherine L'ecuyer, José Víctor Oron Semper, Irene Montiel, Alfonso Osorio, Jesús López-Fidalgo, M. Angustias Salmerón Ruiz

“…We demonstrate that some of the review's main conclusions are not consistent with its own findings and that they fail to explain the relationship between their findings and the discreditation of current guidelines. Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence and investigators should be careful in questioning public health recommendations based on incomplete evidence.…”
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Suggestions and Considerations for Application of Movement Screens to Clinical Practice by Andrew Skibski, James Onate, L. Colby Mangum

“…The purpose of this commentary is to discuss various considerations for implementing movement screens and assessment tools into clinical practice. # LEVEL OF EVIDENCE 5…”
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Pronunciation of â--shâ in the third person singular bound suffix by حمیدرضا سلمانی, مجید دادفر

“…In this paper we add some new evidence from reliable sources and texts to pre-mentioned ones of Hsmidians, this new evidence can be used in future linguistic studies…”
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The Association of Sleep Disordered Breathing with Heart Failure and Other Cardiovascular Conditions by Elizabeth Stopford, Karthik Ravi, Vikrant Nayar

“…An abundance of evidence exists in support of primary and secondary prevention for tackling the scourge of cardiovascular disease. …”
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Appropriating Epistemic Norms of Science through Sustained Practice with Argumentation: Can It Happen? A Learning Progressions Perspective by Mehmet Aydeniz, Kader Bilican

“…Data were analyzed using the Claim, Evidence and Reasoning (CER) Framework. Findings reveal several patterns regarding students’ use of claim, evidence, and reasoning across 4 tasks that were subject to our evaluation. …”
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Application of Handheld Tele-ECG for Health Care Delivery in Rural India by Meenu Singh, Amit Agarwal, Vineet Sinha, Rohit Manoj Kumar, Nishant Jaiswal, Ishita Jindal, Pankaj Pant, Munish Kumar

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Implementation strategies in emergency management of children: A scoping review. by Alex Aregbesola, Ahmed M Abou-Setta, George N Okoli, Maya M Jeyaraman, Otto Lam, Viraj Kasireddy, Leslie Copstein, Nicole Askin, Kathryn M Sibley, Terry P Klassen

“…Thus, practice change in EDs attending to children requires evidence-informed considerations regarding the best approaches to implementing research evidence. …”
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Assessing the impact of paternal emigration on children ‘left-behind’—A cohort analysis by Natalia Norori, Lucy Barrass, Maria Theresa Redaniel, Nanette R. Lee, Laura D. Howe, Duleeka Knipe

“…We found evidence that household composition modified associations for depressive symptoms. …”
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Efficacy and safety of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) for acute and chronic pain in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 381 studies (the meta-TENS... by Gareth Jones, Mark I. Johnson, Carole A. Paley, Matthew R. Mulvey, Priscilla G. Wittkopf

“…Pain intensity was lower during or immediately after TENS compared with pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments used as part of standard of care (61 RCTs, 61 samples, n=3155, SMD = −0·72 (95% CI −0·95 to –0·50], low-certainty evidence). Levels of evidence were downgraded because of small-sized trials contributing to imprecision in magnitude estimates. …”
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Mental health and psychosocial support strategies in highly contagious emerging disease outbreaks of substantial public concern: A systematic scoping review. by Angela M Kunzler, Jutta Stoffers-Winterling, Marlene Stoll, Alexander L Mancini, Sophie Lehmann, Manpreet Blessin, Donya Gilan, Isabella Helmreich, Frank Hufert, Klaus Lieb

“…We assessed the level of evidence using a modified scheme from the Oxford Centre for Evidence-based Medicine and the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council.…”
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The epidemiology of Hepatitis B, C and D in Germany: A scoping review. by Gyde Steffen, Ida Sperle, Siv Aina Leendertz, Navina Sarma, Sandra Beermann, Roma Thamm, Viviane Bremer, Ruth Zimmermann, Sandra Dudareva

“…Evidence for these outcomes was weaker in populations at risk for VH. …”
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The Ediacaran-Cambrian Radiation of Animals within the Villuercas-Ibores-Jara UNESCO Global Geopark, Spain by Iván Cortijo, Teodoro Palacios, Sören Jensen, José María Barrera

“…Simple to more complex trace fossils are evidence of the “Cambrian substrate revolution”. Among carbonaceous compressions, sabelliditids provide evidence of tubular animals and vendotaenids possibly of algae. …”
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Perioperative hypothermia prevention: development of simple principles and practice recommendations using a multidisciplinary consensus-based approach by Fiona M Wood, Nicholas Ralph, Jed Duff, Judy Munday, David Sturgess, Mary-Anne Ramis

“…After evidence synthesis and development of draft recommendations, 219 perioperative clinicians provided feedback. …”
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Effect of probiotic and prebiotics supplementation on hemoglobin levels and iron absorption among women of reproductive age and children: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Aditi Apte, Ashwini Parge, Radhika Nimkar, Anju Sinha

“…However, the current evidence does not conclusively show the benefit of these interventions in improving hemoglobin levels in women and children.…”
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Chinese patent medicine tongxinluo capsule as a supplement to treat chronic coronary syndromes: a GRADE-assessed systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials by Shi-Bing Liang, Shi-Bing Liang, Shi-Bing Liang, Yi-Fei Wang, Yi-Fei Wang, Yi-Fei Wang, Zhen-Chao Niu, Zhen-Chao Niu, Yu-Fei Li, Hui-Min Zheng, Hui-Min Zheng, Jia-Ming Huan, Jie Yuan, Nicola Robinson, Nicola Robinson, Jian-Ping Liu, Yun-Lun Li, Yun-Lun Li, Yun-Lun Li

“…Data analyses were conducted using RevMan 5.4 software.ResultsTwenty studies involving 2091 participants were identified. Evidence supports the use of TXL plus WM for reducing angina frequency [SMD −2.50, 95% CI (−3.53, −1.48)], improving seattle angina questionnaire scores (P < 0.05), decreasing nitroglycerin dose [SMD −1.63, 95% CI (−2.26, −1.00)], and shortening angina duration [MD −1.50 min/once, 95% CI (−1.98, −1.02)]. …”
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The effects of exercise on neuromuscular function in people with chronic neck pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Angelo Marco Dirito, Deepa Abichandani, Ferozkhan Jadhakhan, Deborah Falla

“…Exercise may improve cervical neuromuscular function of people with neck pain although the evidence for this has not been systematically reviewed.…”
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BEST PROSTHESIS FOR UNICOMPARTMENTAL KNEE ARTHROSIS: FIXED OR MOBILE? by Fabrício Luz Cardoso, Deusimar Cristian dos Santos Gomez, Fabrício Roberto Severino, Patrícia Maria Moraes de Barros de Fucs

“…Urgent need for standardized, long-term, multicenter studies to inform evidence-based clinical practice. Level of Evidence I; Systematic review of randomized controlled trials.…”
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