Exploring the inequalities experienced by health and care workforce and their bases - A scoping review protocol. by Roomi Aziz, Anuj Kapilashrami, Reza Majdzadeh

“…PubMed, Web of Science, CINAHL and SCOPUS will be used to identify relevant literature. All types of published study designs in English language will be included if they discuss any inequality experienced by any category of health and care workers. …”
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Evidence-based practice models and frameworks in the healthcare setting: a scoping review by Jarrod Dusin, Andrea Melanson, Lisa Mische-Lawson

“…Specifically, how EBP models and frameworks used in healthcare settings align with the original model of (1) asking the question, (2) acquiring the best evidence, (3) appraising the evidence, (4) applying the findings to clinical practice and (5) evaluating the outcomes of change, along with patient values and preferences and clinical skills.Design A Scoping review.Included sources and articles Published articles were identified through searches within electronic databases (MEDLINE, EMBASE, Scopus) from January 1990 to April 2022. …”
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Treatment and outcomes of high-risk neuroblastoma in Southeast Asia: a single-institution experience and review of the literature by Anselm Chi-Wai Lee, Chan Hon Chui, Robert Kwok, Kim Shang Lee, Chee Meng Fong, Wilfred Hing-Sang Wong

“…Their five-year overall survival rate compared to patients whose initial chemotherapy was done elsewhere was 81.6% versus 41.1% (P = 0.011), and that of event-free survival was 69.7% versus 36.1% (P = 0.032). Published treatment results were obtained from four countries in Southeast Asia with five-year overall survival rates from 13.5% to 28.2%. …”
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Neuromuscular and structural tendon adaptations after 6 weeks of either concentric or eccentric exercise in individuals with non-insertional Achilles tendinopathy: protocol for a r... by Deborah Falla, Eduardo Martinez-Valdes, Ignacio Contreras-Hernandez

“…The results of the study will be published in peer-review journals.Trial registration number ISRCTN46462385.…”
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Challenges And Strength: A Scoping Review On Online Assessment Practices In Healthcare Professions by Hareem Fatima, Mahwish Niaz, Aisha Rafi, Hassan Salim, Ayesha Yousaf, Muhammad Faraz Sipra

“… Objective: The objective of this scoping review is to carry out a systemic search of published articles to identify and explore the strengths and challenges encountered by students, teachers, and administrative staff in the realm of online assessment, particularly in the context of the ongoing challenges posed by the Coronavirus pandemic, taking into consideration the needs and requirements in online education. …”
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Online Education after the Pandemic: Student Problems and Opportunities Research Using Big Data Tools by A. V. Bogdanova, Yu. K. Aleksandrova, V. L. Goiko, V. V. Orlova

“…The study is based on a thematic analysis of messages published in university communities on the VKontakte social network using big data tools. …”
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Rubella and Congenital Rubella Syndrome in the Philippines: A Systematic Review by Anna Lena Lopez, Peter Francis N. Raguindin, Maria Asuncion Silvestre, Xenia Cathrine J. Fabay, Ariel B. Vinarao, Ricardo Manalastas

“…Results. 15 locally published and unpublished studies were reviewed. Susceptibility to rubella among women of childbearing age was higher in rural communities. …”
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Materiality in reporting integration in South Africa: A natural language processing analysis by Cornelis T. van der Lugt, Hans-Peter Bakker, Nadia Mans-Kemp

“…Method: Natural language processing was applied to 256 reports published by the highest and lowest quality reporters in South Africa as determined by the Ernst Young Excellence in Integrated Reporting Awards. …”
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Artificial intelligence in degenerative cervical disease: A systematic review of MRI-based diagnostic models by Qian Du, Xinxin Shao, Minbo Zhang, Guangru Cao

“…Methods A comprehensive literature search was conducted in three databases—PubMed, Embase, and Web of Science—covering studies published between January 2010 and March 2024. Studies were included if they employed AI techniques for the diagnosis or prognosis of DCD using MRI. …”
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High fire frequency in California chaparral reduces postfire shrub regeneration and native plant diversity by Ashley R. Grupenhoff, Hugh D. Safford

“…Our study area is one of the most frequently burned areas in California, which allowed us to investigate higher fire frequencies than previously published in the scientific literature for California. …”
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UAlpha40: A comprehensive dataset of Urdu alphabet for Pakistan sign languageMendeley Data by Sameena Javaid, Shahood Sajid, Yusra Khan Baloch

“…The standard gestures for USL are published by the Family Educational Services Foundation (FESF) for the deaf and mute community of Pakistan. …”
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Educational Interventions for Haemodialysis Patients in the Transplant Process: A Systematic Review by Ester Oriol‐Vila, Laura Rota‐Musoll, Esmeralda Molina‐Robles, Carme Roure‐Pujol, Emilia Chiverches‐Pérez

“…Methods On clinical trials published in Spanish and English, between January 2005 and July 2022, in the main databases. …”
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Lithuanian bibliophiles in the XVIII century by Levas Vladimirovas

“… The level of culture, education, publishing, and book dissemination influences the number of bibliophiles in society. …”
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Zika, a Mosquito-Transmitted Virus by L. Phil Lounibos, Barry W. Alto, Nathan D. Burkett-Cadena, Cynthia C. Lord, Chelsea T. Smartt, C. Roxanne Rutledge Connelly, Jorge R. Rey

“…Connelly, and J. R. Rey, and published by the Department of Entomology and Nematology, February 2016. …”
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Beyond the spotlight: Unveiling the gender bias curtain in movie reviews. by Jad Doughman, Wael Khreich

“…This work aims to leverage our language-model-powered gender bias detection system to measure benevolent sexism, hostile sexism, explicit marking of sex, dehumanization, and generic pronouns in reviews published by professional critics. Therefore, we analyzed 17,165 professionally written reviews, comprising a total of 735,000 sentences. …”
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A Universal Analysis Pipeline for Hybrid Capture-Based Targeted Sequencing Data with Unique Molecular Indexes by Min-Jung Kim, Si-Cho Kim, Young-Joon Kim

“…For the analysis, we evaluated several published tools. We focused mainly on the compatibility of the input and output of each tool. …”
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Brugada Syndrome and Pregnancy: Highlights on Antenatal and Prenatal Management by Laura Giambanco, Domenico Incandela, Antonio Maiorana, Walter Alio, Luigi Alio

“…About obstetrical management, very few data or reports have been published since this syndrome has been diagnosed in late 1992. …”
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Tuberculosis commodities supply chain performance in the WHO African region: A scoping review. by Alison T Mhazo, Stanford Miyango, Lifton Palani, Charles C Maponga

“…Twenty-five studies published between 2009 and 2023 met the eligibility criteria, inclusive of 21 peer reviewed publications and four reports. …”
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A systematic literature review of aggregate production planning (APP): Social and economic perspectives by Wan Yee Leong, Kuan Yew Wong, Ali Anjomshoae

“…Design/methodology/approach: We reviewed the most recent APP papers published in the last 13 years from 2010 to 2023 and systematically classified them based on model type, solution approach, objective function, and social and economic parameters involved in the studies. …”
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The urinary microbiome in association with diabetes and diabetic kidney disease: A systematic review. by Tiscar Graells, Yi-Ting Lin, Shafqat Ahmad, Tove Fall, Johan Ärnlöv

“…<h4>Conclusion</h4>This systematic review summarizes trends seen throughout published data available to have a first baseline knowledge of the urinary microbiome, and its microbiota, in association with diabetes including the decreased richness and α-diversity in urinary microbiota in individuals with diabetes compared to healthy controls and the decreased α-diversity with the evolution of kidney disease independently of the cause.…”
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