Correlates and predictors of homonegativity among Mexican medical students by José Moral de Rubia, Adrián Valle de la O

“…This phenomenon when manifested in health professionals can lead to the violation of the rights of patients and colleagues. …”
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Aging Well and the Intersection of Flourishing, Connectedness, and Sense of Meaningfulness in a Changing World: Implications for Personal and Societal Responsibility by Aslı Gözde Akış, Nilüfer Korkmaz Yaylagül, Terence Seedsman

“…To apprehend and confront the challenges surrounding aging well will require new forms of communication and partnership undertakings involving the government, policymakers, health professionals, the general public and especially people destined to live into older age. …”
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Skills Acquired by Students in the Orthodontics Residence. Academic Year 2008-2009 by Clotilde de la Caridad Mora Pérez, Eduardo Maikel Curbeira Hernández, Amarelys Morera Pérez, Yuritza Hernández Núñez, Jorge A. Rodríguez López

“…<strong>Conclusions</strong>: the difficulties found in the knowledge system and acquired skills, as stated in the program, justify the development of strategies to raise academic efficiency, considering that orthodontics is part of the knowledge system and the subjects needed to form these professionals.…”
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Technologies for increasing students’ institutional trust in authorities during globalisation of the network information space by V. A. Yudina, V. V. Bondarenko, I. A. Yurasov

“…As a result of the empirical study, the authors have determined the level of trust in regional and federal authorities, individual socio-economic and political institutions put by students from higher and secondary professional educational organisations; the authors have also identified the causes of low awareness and involvement of student youth in public processes of regional development, and low participation in the activities of specialised all-Russian and regional youth organisations. …”
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Discovering Object Stories: Linking Unstructured Museum Data Through Semantic Annotation by Sarah Middle, Maria Aristeidou, Elton Barker, Daniel Pett, Sarah Alcock

“…A user evaluation with cultural heritage professionals revealed usability challenges and areas for improvement, with Recogito Studio receiving a UMUX score of 73.3 and recommendations include enhancing geo-tagging, incorporating Named Entity Recognition, and developing automated workflows for Linked Open Data production.…”
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The Impacts of Educational Asthma Interventions in Schools: A Systematic Review of the Literature by Ana Carla Carvalho Coelho, Laís Souza Barretto Cardoso, Carolina de Souza-Machado, Adelmir Souza-Machado

“…Seventeen articles were selected (N=5,879 subjects). 94% of the interventions (16 of 17 studies) were applied in developed countries that were led by health professionals and most of them targeted asthmatics. Asthma education promotes the improvement of knowledge about the disease in at least one of the evaluated areas. 29% of the interventions (5 of 17 studies) showed a reduction of the asthma symptoms, 35% (6 of 17 studies) reduction of the hospitalization instances and emergency visits, 29% (5 of 17 studies) reduction of school absenteeism, and 41% (7 of 17 studies) increase in the quality of life of the individuals. …”
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Teledermatology: Canadian dermatologists’ practice patterns, perceived challenges and future recommendations by Sidra Sarfaraz, Tarek Turk, Samuel A. J. Lowe, Luvneet Verma, Marlene Dytoc

“…Overall, teledermatology offers convenience, access, and improved safety for patients and healthcare professionals. However, addressing challenges related to physical examinations, accurate diagnoses, and photo quality is essential for optimal care delivery. …”
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Patient Perspectives on Engagement in Recovery after Hip Fracture: A Qualitative Study by Joanie Sims-Gould, Sarah Stott-Eveneshen, Lena Fleig, Megan McAllister, Maureen C. Ashe

“…Implications for rehabilitation include the necessity for early and ongoing engagement of rehabilitation professionals.…”
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Risk of Fungal Infection to Dental Patients by Jaqueline Lopes Damasceno, Rafael Aparecido dos Santos, Amir Horiquini Barbosa, Luciana Assirati Casemiro, Regina Helena Pires, Carlos Henrique Gomes Martins

“…As for yeasts, all the Candida spp. isolates grew as biofilm, but none of the Rhodotorula spp. isolates demonstrated this ability. Given that professionals and patients are often exposed to water and aerosols generated by the dental procedure, the several fungal species detected herein represent a potential risk especially to immunocompromised patients undergoing dental treatment. …”
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Towards Transparent Diabetes Prediction: Combining AutoML and Explainable AI for Improved Clinical Insights by Raza Hasan, Vishal Dattana, Salman Mahmood, Saqib Hussain

“…This study integrates Automated Machine Learning (AutoML) with Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) to improve diabetes risk prediction and enhance model interpretability for healthcare professionals. Using the Pima Indian Diabetes dataset, we developed an ensemble model with 85.01% accuracy leveraging AutoGluon’s AutoML framework. …”
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Ethical Aspects concerning Instrument Separation and Perforations during Endodontic Treatment: A Cross-Sectional Study by Raidan Ba-Hattab, Ishrat Rahman, Lubna K. Elsayed, Wejdan F. Alasmari, Randa Abidia, Somayah Abdelgaffar, Awsan Bahattab

“…Within the limitation of this survey, we concluded that most of the dental professionals did not hesitate to adhere to the correct ethical conduct, and they would inform the patient if an incident occurred.…”
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Pyogenic Spondylodiscitis due to Streptococcus constellatus in an Immunocompromised Male Patient: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Charalampos Potsios, Panagiota Xaplanteri, Vasileios Zoitopoulos, Panagiotis Patrinos, Iro Ioanna Giannakopoulou, Ilektra Tzivaki, Theodora Kafentzi, Konstantina Samanta, Konstantina Filioti, Panagiotis Sideris, Konstantinos Letsas, Konstantinos Koukios

“…Here, we describe the case of a 64-year-old male patient, a professional breeder, who attended the Emergency Department with sciatica and back pain that was worsening for a week. …”
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Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: A Bioethical Lens by Arcangelo Liso, Margherita Neri, Francesca Maglietta, Raffaele La Russa, Emanuela Turillazzi

“…In the final decision, the judgements of different parties, such as patients, family members, and healthcare professionals, intersect and overlap and this is particularly true when the patient is a minor. …”
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Tailoring Healthy Workplace Interventions to Local Healthcare Settings: A Complexity Theory-Informed Workplace of Well-Being Framework by Sarah L. Brand, Lora E. Fleming, Katrina M. Wyatt

“…Many healthy workplace interventions have been developed for healthcare settings to address the consistently low scores of healthcare professionals on assessments of mental and physical well-being. …”
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GIS Analysis of Land Cover Changes on the Territory of the Prokuplje Municipality by Aleksandar Valjarević, Dragica Živković, Dragana Valjarević, Vladica Stevanović, Jelena Golijanin

“…Topographic maps were scanned, and raster form was transformed to vector data with Geo Media Professional 6.1 and Global Mapper software. The monitoring in the period of 1969–2012, on the area of 758300000 m2, was performed, where some parameters were analyzed. …”
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The Influence of the Register of Non-Tax Revenues on the Efficiency of the Non-Tax Revenue System in the Republic of Croatia by Domagoj Karačić, Ivana Bestvina Bukvić, Mladena Bedeković

“…For the purposes of comparative analysis, the following forms of literature were taken into account: different national strategic documents of the Republic of Croatia, the European Commission reports, available statistical indicators and relevant foreign and domestic scientific and professional literature dealing with the problem of non-tax revenue. …”
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Sound Richness of Music Might Be Mediated by Color Perception: A PET Study by Masayuki Satoh, Ken Nagata, Hidekazu Tomimoto

“…Musically naïve subjects listened to familiar melodies with three kinds of accompaniments: (i) an accompaniment composed of only three basic chords (chord condition), (ii) a simple accompaniment typically used in traditional music text books in elementary school (simple condition), and (iii) an accompaniment with rich and flowery sounds composed by a professional composer (complex condition). Using a PET subtraction technique, we studied changes in regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) in simple minus chord, complex minus simple, and complex minus chord conditions. …”
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Nutraceuticals and Pharmaceuticals by E. A. Poluektova, A. G. Beniashvili, R. V. Maslennikov

“…The application of nutraceuticals, as well as their combined use with pharmaceuticals, in accordance with recommendations by scientific professional associations formulated on the basis of valid research studies can lead to an improvement in the quality of the life and longevity of the population. …”
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Preferable academic work forms of medical students in the era of digitalization by I. E. Zolin, A. A. Iudin, D. I. Iudin, A. I. Iudin

“…The work showed that behind the variety of medical students’ attitudes on the effectiveness of different forms of education, there is a willingness of young people to move away from traditional methods of obtaining professional knowledge and skills, and they clearly have a complex request for new forms of teaching, including using the Internet and electronic resources. …”
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Making Things Right: Nurses' Experiences with Workplace Bullying—A Grounded Theory by Donna A. Gaffney, Rosanna F. DeMarco, Anne Hofmeyer, Judith A. Vessey, Wendy C. Budin

“…The deliberate, repetitive, and aggressive behaviors of bullying can cause psychological and/or physical harm among professionals, disrupt nursing care, and threaten patient safety and quality outcomes. …”
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