Spiritual intelligence: a scoping review on the gateway to mental health by Cristina Teixeira Pinto, Lúcia Guedes, Sara Pinto, Rui Nunes

“…Most studies (n = 48) were conducted in educational (n = 29) and healthcare (n = 19) settings, with the Spiritual Intelligence Self Report Inventory (SISRI-24) emerging as the predominant instrument for assessing SI (n = 39). …”
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Recent evidence comparing combination of conventional synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs with biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs in rheumatoid arthritis by Abhishek Zanwar, Sakir Ahmed, Durga Prasanna Misra, Vikas Agarwal, Aman Sharma, Anupam Wakhlu, Vir Singh Negi

“…Thus, keeping in mind, the similar efficacy and better cost-effectiveness of combination of csDMARDs, this should be the preferred strategy following failure of MTX monotherapy. bDMARDs should be reserved when combination csDMARDs fail, especially in an Indian scenario where most patients are poor and a majority of healthcare is not government-sponsored.…”
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Patient-Reported Outcomes of Visual Disturbances with a Trifocal Intraocular Lens: A Meta-Analysis by Dagny Zhu, Suyen Karki, Mukesh Dhariwal, Erkki Soini, Christian Asseburg

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Quantum secure patient login credential system using blockchain for electronic health record sharing framework by M. Natarajan, A. Bharathi, C. Sai Varun, Shitharth Selvarajan

“…Moreover, each block is linked with its nearby blocks, leading to a network controlled by patients responsible for storing and sharing the information. In healthcare, BCT can help with mobile health apps, monitoring equipment, sharing and keeping of clinical trial data, electronic medical records, and insurance information storage. …”
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Contrast-Based 3D/2D Registration of the Left Atrium: Fast versus Consistent by Matthias Hoffmann, Christopher Kowalewski, Andreas Maier, Klaus Kurzidim, Norbert Strobel, Joachim Hornegger

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Competing Legal Futures – “Commodification Bets” All the Way From Personal Data to AI by Marco Giraudo, Eduard Fosch-Villaronga, Gianclaudio Malgieri

“…Despite the transformative influence of AI in healthcare, retail, finance and more, regulatory responses to these developments are often contradictory, contributing to the opacity of the legal underpinnings of AI business. …”
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Evaluating AI-Driven Mental Health Solutions: A Hybrid Fuzzy Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Approach by Yewande Ojo, Olasumbo Ayodeji Makinde, Oluwabukunmi Victor Babatunde, Gbotemi Babatunde, Subomi Okeowo

“…Background: AI-driven mental health solutions offer transformative potential for improving mental healthcare outcomes, but identifying the most effective approaches remains a challenge. …”
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A Comprehensive Investigation of Anomaly Detection Methods in Deep Learning and Machine Learning: 2019–2023 by Shalini Kumari, Chander Prabha, Asif Karim, Md. Mehedi Hassan, Sami Azam

“…AD is crucial for various applications, including network security, fraud detection, predictive maintenance, fault diagnosis, and industrial and healthcare monitoring. Many researchers have proposed numerous methods and worked in the area of AD. …”
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Utilization Patterns of IV Iron and Erythropoiesis Stimulating Agents in Anemic Chronic Kidney Disease Patients: A Multihospital Study by Avani D. Joshi, David A. Holdford, Donald F. Brophy, Spencer E. Harpe, Darcy Mays, Todd W. B. Gehr

“…The low treatment rate of IV iron represents a gap in treatment practices and signals an opportunity for healthcare improvement in CKD anemic patients.…”
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Face Masks and Prevention of Respiratory Viral Infections: An Overview by Chiu-Sen Wang

“…Cloth masks and disposable masks provide reasonable protection for the public, while surgical masks and N95 respirators give higher levels of protection as needed in healthcare settings. Made with varied materials, these masks have different structural characteristics. …”
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Patient education interventions for adolescent and young adult kidney transplant recipients- a scoping review. by Michael Corr, Clare McKeaveney, Fina Wurm, Aisling Courtney, Helen Noble

“…Findings were validated through a consultation exercise with both young recipients and healthcare professionals.<h4>Results</h4>29 studies were eligible for inclusion in the review. …”
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Classification-augmented survival estimation (CASE): A novel method for individualized long-term survival prediction with application to liver transplantation. by Hamed Shourabizadeh, Dionne M Aleman, Louis-Martin Rousseau, Katina Zheng, Mamatha Bhat

“…Survival analysis is critical in many fields, particularly in healthcare where it can guide medical decisions. Conventional survival analysis methods like Kaplan-Meier and Cox proportional hazards models to generate survival curves indicating probability of survival v. time have limitations, especially for long-term prediction, due to assumptions that all instances follow a general population-level survival curve. …”
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Heparin Interaction with the Primed Polymorphonuclear Leukocyte CD11b Induces Apoptosis and Prevents Cell Activation by Meital Cohen-Mazor, Rafi Mazor, Batya Kristal, Erik B. Kistler, Inbal Ziv, Judith Chezar, Shifra Sela

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Experiences and Perspectives of Student Nurses Toward Volunteerism during Health Emergencies: A Systematic Review by Pradeepti Prashar, Dinesh Kumar Sharma, Bandana Mohinder, Santosh Kumari

“…The study emphasizes community preparedness and volunteers’ unique role in supporting healthcare professionals during crises. Volunteers seek out opportunities to help, unlike emergency responders. …”
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Patient Preferences for Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Medication Regimen Attributes and their Potential Impact on Adherence: Results from a Multi-national Conjoint Study by Ishan Hirji, Jessica Grinspan, Emuella Flood, Diana Chirovsky, Jennifer Devlen, Samuel Wagner, Catherine Davis

“…It is important for healthcare providers to be aware of the potential impact of treatment convenience on non-adherence and communicate closely with patients to decrease this potential.…”
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Metabolic control and its associated factors in type 1 diabetic people: longitudinal trajectory modeling by Zahra Khosravi, Ali Taghipour, Monavar Afzalaghaee, Habibollah Esmaily, Ahmad Khosravi

“…Conclusion Since there are different trajectories of metabolic control of diabetes, it is necessary for healthcare providers and health experts to plan behavioral interventions based on the location of individuals in different trajectories and the related significant risk factors. …”
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Hepatitis C Virus Infection and Hospital-Related Outcomes: A Systematic Review by Michelle Ng, Patrizia Maria Carrieri, Lindila Awendila, Maria Eugenia Socías, Rod Knight, Lianping Ti

“…People living with hepatitis C infection (HCV) have a significant impact on the global healthcare system, with high rates of inpatient service use. …”
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Transforming Education Through Blockchain: A Systematic Review of Applications, Projects, and Challenges by Xianxian Wang, Muhammad Younas, Yicun Jiang, Muhammad Imran, Norah Almusharraf

“…Blockchain technology has revolutionized several fields, including finance, healthcare, and supply chain management. The unique features of blockchain, notably decentralization, trustworthiness, and security, have attracted considerable attention from researchers investigating its application in education. …”
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ALTERNATIVE PARADIGM TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: THE INFLUENCE OF COMMUNITY BASED ORGANISATION ON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN OYO STATE, NIGERIA by Lawal Ayofe BAKARE, Victoria Olubukola OGUNYEMI

“…However, they have low satisfaction in the area of rehabilitation of and/or construction of primary healthcare facility, provision of blocks of classrooms for school(s) in the community, and provision of furniture/equipment for the school. …”
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Predictors of COVID-19 vaccine acceptability among refugees and other migrant populations: A systematic scoping review. by Yasaman Yazdani, Poojitha Pai, Shahab Sayfi, Arash Mohammadi, Saber Perdes, Denise Spitzer, Gabriel E Fabreau, Kevin Pottie

“…Lower vaccine acceptance was associated with mistrust in the host countries' government and healthcare system, concerns about the safety and effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines, limited knowledge of COVID-19 infection and vaccines, lower COVID-19 risk perception, and lower integration level in the host country. …”
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