Cryoablation for advanced non-small cell lung cancer: a protocol for a systematic review by Dan Wang, Yu Chen, Hua Duan, Shu-Yue Zheng, Chufan Luo, Xueni Fang, Haoyue Pang, Man Wang, Tian Zhou, Quanwang Li, Kaiwen Hu

“…Here, we provide a protocol to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of cryoablation in the treatment of advanced NSCLC.Methods and analyses We will search PubMed, Embase, the Cochrane Library, Chinese Biomedical Database, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, Wanfang Database and Chinese Scientific Journal Database without language restrictions from inception until 1 February 2020. …”
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COVID-19 prevention and treatment information on the internet: a systematic analysis and quality assessment by Daniel Richardson, Ka Siu Fan, Shahi Abdul Ghani, Nikolaos Machairas, Lorenzo Lenti, Ka Hay Fan, Aneya Scott, Dimitri Aristotle Raptis

“…Unique links from the first 10 pages for each search term were identified and evaluated on its quality of information.Eligibility criteria for selecting studies All websites written in the English language, and provides information on prevention or treatment of COVID-19 intended for the general public were considered eligible. …”
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Syntax and semantic analysis in mathematical problem posing viewed from field dependent and field independent cognitive styles by Amirul Mukminin, Andang

“…The aspects analyzed in the problem posed are from the aspect of language style, namely syntax and semantics. Syntactic analysis is seen from the form of the problem posed in the form of assignments, relationships and suppositions. …”
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Macrophages infiltration and oral potentially malignant disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Lara Krusser Feltraco, Julia Rodrigues Fernandes, Leonardo Francisco Diel, Leonardo da Silva Bittencourt, Lisiane Bernardi, Marcelo Lazzaron Lamers

“…Design: a literature search was performed encompassing all Clinical studies assessing the presence of macrophages in dysplastic and non-dysplastic tissues in relation to the prognosis of potentially malignant disorders, without restrictions on year, language, or publication status (in press). Results: Twenty-one articles fully attended the inclusion criteria, which included oral lichen planus (9/21 articles), oral leukoplakia/dysplasia (11/21 articles), oral submucous fibrosis (2/21 articles) and chronic graft-versus-host disease (1/21 articles, n = 12 patients) lesions. …”
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Effect of exercise on kidney-relevant biomarkers in the general population: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Paul Welsh, Carlos Celis-Morales, Patrick Mark, Qiaoling Liu, Jennifer Lees

“…The following studies were excluded: (1) case-control studies, (2) studies where PA was measured at a single time point, (3) populations with known kidney disease, (4) studies evaluating the impact of a single episode/event of PA and (5) non-English language studies.Data extraction and synthesis Two independent reviewers extracted data from a pre-designed table and assessed the risk of bias using the Cochrane Risk of Bias tool. …”
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Exploring artificial intelligence-powered virtual assistants to understand their potential to support older adults’ search needs by Emily M. Langston, Varitnan Hattakitjamroen, Mario Hernandez, Hye Soo Lee, Hannah Ç. Mason, Willencia Louis-Charles, Neil Charness, Sara J. Czaja, Wendy A. Rogers, Joseph Sharit, Walter R. Boot

“…Results: Overall, Large Language Model (LLM)-based virtual assistants (Bard, ChatGPT-4) responded more accurately than non-LLM assistants (e.g., 6 % inaccurate responses for Bard vs. 60 % for Alexa) and provided substantially more supplemental information (79 % of responses with high supplemental information for Bard and 37 % for Chat-GPT, vs. 20 % or less for others). …”
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Impact of changes in primary care attachment: a scoping review by Kamila Premji, Leanda Godfrey, Antoine St-Amant, Jonathan Fitzsimon

“…Both qualitative and quantitative findings were synthesised narratively.Eligibility criteria Peer-reviewed, English-language articles published between 1999 and 2024 on primary care attachment changes.Information sources PubMed, Scopus and Web of Science.Results Of 2045 studies screened, 31 met inclusion criteria, with 60% published after 2020. …”
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Evaluating the impact of ESICM 2023 guidelines and the new global definition of ARDS on clinical outcomes: insights from MIMIC-IV cohort data by Duanhong Song, Qingquan Chen, Shangbin Huang, Shengxun Qiu, Zeshun Chen, Yuanhang Cai, Yifu Zeng, Xiaoyang Chen, Yixiang Zhang

“…Methods Clinical consultation data from the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care IV database were extracted using Structured Query Language based on the PostgreSQL tool (version 10.0). …”
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Applications of Deep Learning to MRI Images: A Survey by Jin Liu, Yi Pan, Min Li, Ziyue Chen, Lu Tang, Chengqian Lu, Jianxin Wang

“…Deep learning provides exciting solutions in many fields, such as image analysis, natural language processing, and expert system, and is seen as a key method for various future applications. …”
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A Pilot Study on Cognitive Processing Characteristics and Cerebral Mechanisms of Native Chinese-Speaking Savant Calendar Calculators with Autism Spectrum Disorder by CHEN Jian, XU Shutian, WU Yuwei, CHEN Songmei, SHAN Chunlei

“…The MoCA score was 17, mainly characterized as cognitive dysfunction and obvious abstract and language function loss. (7) MRI examination: compared with the healthy subjects, the SCC patient had arachnoid cysts in the left anterior temporal lobe, small bilateral hippocampal volume, especially on the left side, and left parietal-occipital cortex atrophy with subcortical white matter gliosis was observed.ConclusionThe native Chinese patient with autism spectrum disorder has the ability of SCC, and the frontal lobe function and left parietal lobe function (reduced numerical calculation ability and ideomotor dysfunction) are impaired, except for good visuospatial ability. …”
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An Ontology for Digital Medicine Outcomes: Development of the Digital Medicine Outcomes Value Set (DOVeS) by Benjamin Rosner, Matthew Horridge, Guillen Austria, Tiffany Lee, Andrew Auerbach

“…MethodsFrom a starting point of a 4-generation–deep hierarchical taxonomy developed by ADviCE, we developed DOVeS using the Web Ontology Language through the open-source ontology editor Protégé, and data from 185 vendors who had submitted structured product information to ADviCE. …”
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Patient perspectives on telemedicine during the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed-methods community-based study by Marije J. Splinter, M. Kamran Ikram, Charles W. Helsper, Patrick J.E. Bindels, Evelien I.T. de Schepper, Silvan Licher

“…Prominent themes behind patient preferences for virtual or in-person consultations were lack of nonverbal communication, lack of physical examination, consultation scheduling, personal circumstances, and the presence of somatic and/or language barriers. Conclusions Based on the experiences of a large elderly patient population, we showed that preference for virtual or in-person consultations is dependent on personal and situational variety, and their interplay. …”
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Magnetic resonance imaging-based deep learning for predicting subtypes of glioma by Zhen Yang, Zhen Yang, Peng Zhang, Yi Ding, Liyi Deng, Tong Zhang, Yong Liu

“…The receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC), area under the curve (AUC) of the ROC were generated in the jupyter notebook tool using python language to evaluate the accuracy of the models in classification and comparing the predictive value of different MRI sequences.ResultsIDHwt, IDHmut-intact and IDHmut-codel were the best classified in the model containing only FLAIR sequences, with test set AUCs of 0.790, 0.737 and 0.820, respectively; and the worst classified in the model containing only T1w sequences, with test set AUCs of 0.621, 0.537 and 0.760, respectively.ConclusionWe have developed a set of models that can effectively classify glioma subtypes and that work best when only the FLAIR sequence model is included.…”
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Excerpts from The Freedom Fight: A Novel of Resistance and Freedom. by Pamela J. Olubunmi Smith

“…Secondly, it joins the ranks of the works of only two other leading contemporary Yorùbá writers, whose attention to language make them the remaining literary and linguistic purists of the previous generation of Yorùbá writers. …”
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A woman’s place is in theatre: women’s perceptions and experiences of working in surgery from the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland women in surgery working grou... by Maria Irene Bellini, Yitka Graham, Catherine Hayes, Roxanna Zakeri, Rowan Parks, Vassilios Papalois

“…Accounts of gendered language in the workplace were reported by 59% (n=47), with 32% (n=25) of surveys participants having used it. …”
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Barriers to healthcare professionals screening, recognizing, and managing delirium in the adult patients receiving specialist palliative care: a mixed-methods systematic review by Fang Qian, Danyang Yao, Huanhuan Shi, Tao-Hsin Tung, Dongjun Bi

“…Literature was sourced from PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, CINAHL, The Cochrane Library, and Clinical Trials databases from their inception to November 16, 2024, without language restrictions. Studies that were primary quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods research, and reported the barriers to healthcare professionals’ screening, recognition, and management of delirium in adult patients receiving specialist palliative care (including inpatient hospice/hospital care, consultation teams, and outpatient/community services) were included. …”
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Multicentric study of adherence to antiseizure medications among adults with epilepsy attended in neurology departments in Burkina Faso by Alfred Anselme Dabilgou, Alassane Dravé, Julie Marie Adeline Wendlamita Kyelem, Adama Kaboré, Christian Napon, Athanase Millogo, Kapouné Karfo, Jean Kaboré

“…Rural residence, celibacy, or divorce, low level of education, perception of stigmatization, and short duration of epilepsy were associated with non‐adherence. Plain Language Summary Studies on adherence to antiseizure medications are rare in Africa while patients do not have access to adequate treatment. …”
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The sphingosine‐1‐phosphate signaling pathway (sphingosine‐1‐phosphate and its receptor, sphingosine kinase) and epilepsy by Lin Wang, Qingxia Kong, Xinyi Leng, Howan Leung, Yang Li

“…Here, we summarize and analyze the role of the S1P signaling pathway in epilepsy, provide a basis for finding potential therapeutic targets and/or epileptogenic biomarkers, analyze the reasons for these controversies, and put forward our opinions. Plain Language Summary This article combines the latest research literature at home and abroad to review the sphingosine 1‐phosphate signaling pathway and epileptogenesis, drug‐resistant epilepsy, epilepsy comorbidities, other diseases that can cause epilepsy, as well as the sphingosine‐1‐phosphate signaling pathway regulators and epilepsy, with the expectation of providing a certain theoretical basis for finding potential epilepsy treatment targets and/or epileptogenic biomarkers in the sphingosine‐1‐phosphate signaling pathway.…”
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Maternal care utilization and provision during the COVID-19 pandemic: Voices from minoritized pregnant and postpartum women and maternal care providers in Deep South. by Ran Zhang, Tiffany Byrd, Shan Qiao, Myriam E Torres, Xiaoming Li, Jihong Liu

“…Participants reported a desire for support groups to alleviate the pressures of pregnancy and provide a platform for shared experiences. Language barriers were identified as an obstacle for Hispanic participants. …”
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Prevalence of COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Among Healthcare Workers in Nigeria: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Taagbara Jolly Abaate, Dabota Yvonne Buowari, Utchay A. Agiri, Tamunodiepiriye Inimgba, Vivian Ifeoma Ogbonna, Chizaram Onyeaghala, Glory Ovunda Worgu, Abiye Somiari, Emmanuella I. Ezebuiro, Ibe Arthur Onuah

“…ObjectiveThe purpose of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to determine the prevalence of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among Nigerian healthcare professionals.MethodsAn extensive language-unrestricted literature search was conducted across PubMed, Scopus, the Cochrane Library, and the African Index Medicus to identify studies reporting hesitancy to COVID-19 vaccines among healthcare workers in Nigeria. …”
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