Community interventions for pandemic preparedness: A scoping review of pandemic preparedness lessons from HIV, COVID-19, and other public health emergencies of international concer... by Sali Hafez, Sharif A Ismail, Zandile Zibwowa, Nadin Alhamshary, Reem Elsayed, Mandeep Dhaliwal, Fiona Samuels, Ade Fakoya

“…Following screening and extraction, key themes were identified using a combined inductive/deductive approach. 130 papers met the criteria for inclusion. Interventions for preparedness were identified across the spectrum of CICICE. …”
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Peer support and social networking interventions in diabetes self-management in Kenya and Uganda: A scoping review. by Habil Otanga, Brian Semujju, Lynn Mwaniki, Justus Aungo

“…Hand searches were also conducted to select eligible papers. Data was extracted using a form prepared and piloted in line with PRISMA-ScR guidelines.…”
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Epidemiology and morbidity of spina bifida in Hispanic Americans: a systematic review by Roxanna M Garcia, Sandi K Lam, Sunny Abdelmageed, Megan Votoupal

“…Lower levels of maternal education, age and income were associated with an increased risk of spina bifida. Eleven papers found spina bifida had high morbidity among Hispanic Americans resulting in high financial, physical and socioeconomic impacts. …”
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Scapholunate advanced collapse of the wrist: a review by Nathalia A. Shchudlo, Shyngys K. Kuttygul, Artem R. Mironov

“…We selected 86 original articles and reviews out of 110 papers found. The selected ones reveal the issues of pathogenesis, radiological diagnosis and treatment of the pathology. …”
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Contextual factors influencing the use of digital health by patients and physicians in primary care: a scoping review protocol by Katarzyna Luchowska, Małgorzata Chmielewska, Katarzyna Byszek, Agata Olearczyk, Anna Gawrońska, Barbara Więckowska

“…The review will include quantitative, qualitative, mixed-methods studies, systematic, scoping or umbrella reviews, as well as text and opinion papers. The study selection process will be conducted by two researchers using Rayyan. …”
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Strengthening mycology research through coordinated access to microbial culture collection strains by D. Smith, A. Kermode, G. Cafà, A. G. Buddie, T. S. Caine, M. J. Ryan

“…The WDCM Analyzer of Bio-resource Citations reports that 79,224 strains from 131 collections from 50 countries have been cited in 145,133 papers published in 50,307 journals from January, 1953 until April, 2020. …”
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A META analysis and systematic review of the effects of exercise interventions on middle-aged and elderly patients with depression. by Zheng Zhang, Jia-Yun Liu, Kai-Tuo Zhu, Gui-Quan Huo

“…Following a rigorous screening process, we identified and included 12 papers, encompassing a total of 994 subjects.<h4>Results</h4>The meta-analysis unveiled a compelling overall effect size of exercise interventions on depressive symptoms in middle-aged and older individuals, represented by SMD = -0.41, with a 95% confidence interval of [-0.60, -0.22], and P < 0.0001. …”
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Efficacy and safety of hemoporfin photodynamic therapy in treating port-wine stains in Chinese children: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Jing Xu, Hongxin Li

“…The I2 statistic was used to evaluate the consistency of the results.ResultsA total of 19 papers were included. Meta-analysis showed that more than half of the children (56.3%) achieved efficacy I (improvement ≥ 60%). 17% of children achieved efficacy II (improvement ≥ 75%). …”
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The Efficacy of Chimeric Antigen Therapy in Viral Infectious Diseases: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials by Hossein Hatami, Elnaz Ataei, Mohammadjavad Nasiri, Hamed Ghorani

“…In the identification stage, a comprehensive search across databases, including Medline, Scopus, Cochrane Central Library, and Embase, identified 12183 papers. Finally, 7 articles with total of 134 individuals were examined. …”
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Economic Evaluations of Health Service Interventions Targeting Patients with Multimorbidities: A Scoping Literature Review by Lucia Ferrara, Vittoria Ardito, Valeria D. Tozzi, Rosanna Tarricone

“…Methods: We conducted a scoping review of papers published between 2010 and 2021 on PubMed, Science Direct, EconLit and Web Of Science. …”
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Advances in Stem Cell Therapy for Huntington’s Disease: A Comprehensive Literature Review by Siddharth Shah, Hadeel M. Mansour, Brandon Lucke-Wold

“…For each string, the search results were categorized based on cell type, and papers that included a clinical analysis were categorized as well. …”
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Current utility, instruments, and future directions for intra-renal pressure management during ureteroscopy: scoping review by global research in intra-renal pressure collaborative... by Steffi Kar Kei Yuen, Wen Zhong, Yun Sang Chan, Daniele Castellani, Naeem Bhojani, Madhu Sudan Agarwal, Theodoros Tokas, Stefanie Croghan, Helene Jung, Thomas Herrmann, Bhaskar Somani, Vineet Gauhar

“…Results: Out of 1326 retrieved papers, 17 studies met the inclusion criteria, comprising 2 randomized controlled trials, 2 retrospective studies, and 13 observational studies. …”
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Masquelet’s induced membrane technique in the upper limb: a systematic review of the current outcomes by Davide Pederiva, Lapo De Luca, Cesare Faldini, Luigi Branca Vergano

“…Methods A systematic review of the literature was conducted using the PubMed and Google Scholar databases to identify all studies reporting the outcomes of the Masquelet induced membrane technique in the long bones of the upper limb (humerus, radius, and ulna) with a sample size of at least 3 patients. The papers had to include the length of the bone defect, a description of the protocol used for treatment, the complications of each case, and the anatomical location of the defect. …”
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A systematic scoping review to identify the design and assess the performance of devices for antenatal continuous fetal monitoring. by Kajal K Tamber, Dexter J L Hayes, Stephen J Carey, Jayawan H B Wijekoon, Alexander E P Heazell

“…Following the deletion of duplicates, the articles' titles and abstracts were screened and suitable papers underwent a full-text assessment prior to inclusion in the review by two independent assessors.…”
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Digital Strategy, Digital Leadership, Organizational Agility, and Digital Transformation for Agricultural Business Sustainability: A Human Resource Management Review by Zulkifli Zulkifli, Adnan Hakim

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Prevalence of Budd-Chiari Syndrome during Pregnancy or Puerperium: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Weirong Ren, Xiang Li, Jia Jia, Yan Xia, Fengrong Hu, Zhengyu Xu

“…Our study aims to systematically review this issue. Overall, 817 papers were initially identified via the PubMed, EMBASE, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, and Chinese Scientific and Technological Journal databases. …”
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Artificial intelligence in precision medicine for lung cancer: A bibliometric analysis by Yuchai Wang, Weilong Zhang, Xiang Liu, Li Tian, Wenjiao Li, Peng He, Sheng Huang, Fuyuan He, Xue Pan

“…Results After the data were filtered, this search yielded 4062 manuscripts. And 92.27% of the papers were published from 2014 onwards. The main contributing countries were China, the United States, India, Japan, and Korea. …”
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Towards global elimination of lymphatic filariasis: a systematic review of the application of spatial epidemiological methods to enhance surveillance and support elimination progra... by Angela Cadavid Restrepo, Colleen L Lau, Beatris Mario Martin, Helen J Mayfield

“…We use lymphatic filariasis (LF)—an NTD targeted for global elimination—as a case study to examine how spatial epidemiology has been used to enhance NTD surveillance.Methods We conducted a systematic literature review of spatial analytical studies of LF published in English across PubMed, Embase, Web of Science and Scopus databases, before 15 November 2022. Additional papers were identified from experts’ suggestions. …”
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Current Status and Global Research Trend Patterns of Insect Meal in Aquaculture From Scientometric Perspective: (2013–2022) by Raghuvaran N., Tincy Varghese, Prasanta Jana, Angela Brighty R. J., Muthiah Sethupathy A., Sudarshan S., Yahya Bin Abdullah Alrashdi, Adel Ehab Ibrahim, Sami El Deeb

“…In the scientometric analysis, a total of 354 papers published by 1800 authors in 124 different journals from the Web of Science (WoS) core collection were analyzed, evaluating the number of publications, most relevant authors, organizations, top cited countries, most globally cited publications, and trending research themes in this field. …”
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Sex differences in borderline personality disorder: A scoping review. by Xinyu Qian, Michelle L Townsend, Wan Jie Tan, Brin F S Grenyer

“…Data searching and screening processes followed the Joanna Briggs Institute methodology involving two independent reviewers, and a third reviewer if necessary, and identified 118 papers. Data regarding BPD symptoms, comorbid disorders, developmental factors, biological markers, and treatment were extracted. …”
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