Occupational Risks in Occupational Therapy Service Learning: A Single-Site “Fear Factor” Study in South Africa by Deshini Naidoo, Pragashnie Govender, Stephanie Nicole Naidoo, Naledi Ngubane, Zamankosi Nkosi, Aziza Mulla

“…In this explorative qualitative study, purposeful homogenous sampling was used to recruit third and fourth level occupational therapy students who completed a Bachelor of Occupational Therapy degree. …”
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‘Obviously, because it’s a tear it won’t necessarily mend itself’: a qualitative study of patient experiences and expectations of treatment for a meniscal tear by Charles E Hutchinson, Nicholas Parsons, Imran Ahmed, Andrew James Price, Andrew Metcalfe, Sophie Staniszewska, Chetan Khatri, Fatema G Dhaif

“…The aim of this study was to explore the experiences and expectations of treatment of patients aged 18–55 years with a meniscal tear of the knee.Design Qualitative study involving semistructured interviews.Setting Participants were selected from nine secondary care centres in England.Participants 10 participants diagnosed with a meniscal tear were recruited from the Meniscal Tear Outcome cohort study using a purposive sampling strategy until data saturation was achieved. …”
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Cardiac Function and Fatigue During Exoskeleton-Assisted Sit-to-Stand Maneuver and Walking in People with Stroke with Moderate to Severe Gait Disability: A Pilot Cross-Sectional St... by Raimondas Kubilius, Darius Ruočkus, Vitalija Stonkuvienė, Rugilė Vareikaitė, Rebecca Cardini, Thomas Bowman

“…Methods. Five PwST were recruited in this pilot cross-sectional study. We observed three experimental conditions: walking without and with the UAN.GO exoskeleton and walking with the UAN.GO combined with the OPTIGO walker. …”
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Innovation through Wearable Sensors to Collect Real-Life Data among Pediatric Patients with Cardiometabolic Risk Factors by Kestens Yan, Barnett Tracie, Mathieu Marie-Ève, Henderson Mélanie, Bigras Jean-Luc, Thierry Benoit, Maxime St-Onge, Lambert Marie

“…Proof of concept and tools are presented using data collected among the first 37 participants recruited in 2011. Results. Valid accelerometer data was available for 5.6 (SD=1.62) days in average, heart rate data for 6.5 days, and GPS data was available for 6.1 (2.1) days. …”
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Assessment of cardiac iron deposition and genotypic classification in pediatric beta-thalassemia major: the role of cardiac MRI by Siqi Zhang, Wen Zhao, Longwei Sun, Guohua Liang, Xiaodong Wang, Hongwu Zeng

“…Methods CMR data for cardiac iron deposition evaluation, which recruited pediatric participants between January 2021 and December 2024, were analyzed with CVI42. …”
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Extrinsic mortality and senescence: a guide for the perplexed by de Vries, Charlotte, Galipaud, Matthias, Kokko, Hanna

“…Thereafter, a model with ten different choices for population regulation shows that high extrinsic mortality favours fast life histories (Williams) if increasing density harms the production of juveniles or their chances to recruit into the population. If instead increasing density harms the survival of older individuals in a population, then high extrinsic mortality favours slow life histories (anti-Williams). …”
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Family factors associated with dental caries among 5-year-old preschool children by Giovanna Torqueto Castilho, Marília Narducci Pessoa, Caroline Correa de Oliveira, Letícia Santos Alves de Melo, Elaine Pereira Silva Tagliaferro, Vanessa Pardi

“…BackgroundAlthough dental caries is largely preventable, it remains highly prevalent among children.AimEvaluate family factors associated with the prevalence of dental caries in 5-year-old children.DesignThis cross-sectional study recruited 5-year-old children from public preschools in Araraquara, São Paulo, Brazil. …”
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Effects of a hybrid digital cognitive–behavioural therapy for insomnia and emotion regulation in the workplace (SLEEP): study protocol for a randomised waitlist control trial by Nicole K Y Tang, Caroline Meyer, Talar Rita Moukhtarian, Krishane Patel, Carla Toro, Sean Russel, Guy Daly, Lukasz Walasek

“…Assessments take place at baseline (T0), week 8 post-treatment (T1) and week 12 postrandomisation (T2). We will recruit 156 workers with sleep and ER problems ranging from subclinical to clinical levels not engaged in treatment at the time of the trial.Ethics and dissemination Full approval was given by the University of Warwick Biomedical and Research Ethics Committee (BSREC 45/20-21). …”
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Choroidal and Retinal Thickness of Highly Myopic Eyes with Early Stage of Myopic Chorioretinopathy: Tessellation by Yanping Zhou, Minlu Song, Minwen Zhou, Yiming Liu, Fenghua Wang, Xiaodong Sun

“…In this study, 115 highly myopic eyes were recruited and divided as tessellated fundus (n=93) and normal fundus (n=22). …”
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Identifying Top-Performing Students via VKontakte Social Media Communities Using Advanced NLP Techniques by Sergei S. Gorshkov, Dmitry I. Ignatov, Anastasia Yu. Chernysheva, Vyacheslav L. Goiko, Vitaliy V. Kashpur

“…Identifying potentially high-performing students is crucial for universities aiming to enhance educational outcomes, for companies seeking to recruit top talents early, and for advertising platforms looking to optimize targeted marketing. …”
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Brighter children? The association between seasonality of birth and child IQ in a population-based birth cohort by Vincent W V Jaddoe, Régine P M Steegers-Theunissen, Henning Tiemeier, Albert Hofman, Frank C Verhulst, Nina H Grootendorst-van Mil

“…In the current study, we explored the role of sociodemographic and biological factors in the association between season of birth and child IQ.Design In a prenatally recruited birth cohort (born in 2002–2006), we examined the association between season of birth and non-verbal IQ at age 6 years among 6034 children. …”
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What are healthcare providers’ understandings and experiences of compassion? The healthcare compassion model: a grounded theory study of healthcare providers in Canada by Aynharan Sinnarajah, Shane Sinclair, Thomas F Hack, Shelley Raffin-Bouchal, Susan McClement, Kelli Stajduhar, Pavneet Singh, Neil A Hagen, Harvey Max Chochinov

“…Data were independently and collectively analysed by the research team in accordance with Straussian grounded theory.Setting and participants 57 healthcare providers were recruited from urban and rural palliative care services spanning hospice, home care, hospital-based consult teams, and a dedicated inpatient unit within Alberta, Canada.Results Five categories and 13 associated themes were identified, illustrated in the Healthcare Provider Compassion Model depicting the dimensions of compassion and their relationship to one another. …”
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Investigating the impacts of auditory and visual feedback in advanced driver assistance systems: a pilot study on driver behavior and emotional response by Zhao Zou, Aila Khan, Michael Lwin, Fady Alnajjar, Omar Mubin

“…A group consisting of five participants (N = 5) was recruited to take part in two sets of driving experiments. …”
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Explainable machine learning models for identifying mild cognitive impairment in older patients with chronic pain by Xiaoang Zhang, Yuping Liao, Daying Zhang, Weichen Liu, Zhijian Wang, Yaxin Jin, Shushu Chen, Jianmei Wei

“…Methods A total of 612 older patients with chronic pain were recruited between October 2023 and July 2024. Data collected included patients’ general information, cognitive function, pain level, depression, and sleep quality. …”
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Associations between White Blood Cell Count and the Development of Incidental Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease by Goh Eun Chung, Jeong Yoon Yim, Donghee Kim, Min-Sun Kwak, Jong In Yang, Su Jin Chung, Sun Young Yang, Joo Sung Kim

“…In this retrospective longitudinal cohort study, we recruited participants who underwent abdominal ultrasonography and blood samplings during medical checkups in both 2005 and 2010. …”
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Adjuvant postbiotic administration improves dental caries prognosis by restoring the oral microbiota by Qing Liu, Teng Ma, Cuijiao Feng, Yalin Li, Hao Jin, Xuan Shi, Lai-Yu Kwok, Yan Shi, Tingtao Chen, Heping Zhang

“…Thus, oral microbiota follow-up intervention after filling would be necessary for improving dental caries prognosis. We recruited 9 caries-free individuals, and 89 dental caries subjects (5 dropouts). …”
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Modulating Brain Connectivity by Simultaneous Dual-Mode Stimulation over Bilateral Primary Motor Cortices in Subacute Stroke Patients by Jungsoo Lee, Eunhee Park, Ahee Lee, Won Hyuk Chang, Dae-Shik Kim, Yong-Il Shin, Yun-Hee Kim

“…Twelve healthy subjects were also recruited as the control group. The interhemispheric connectivity of the contralesional M1, interhemispheric connectivity between bilateral hemispheres, and global efficiency of the motor network noticeably increased in the dual-mode stimulation group compared to the rTMS-only group. …”
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Adherence to Antihypertensive Medications in Iranian Patients by Azin Behnood-Rod, Omid Rabbanifar, Pirouz Pourzargar, Alireza Rai, Zahra Saadat, Habibollah Saadat, Yashar Moharamzad, Donald E. Morisky

“…We determined adherence to antihypertensive(s) and its associated factors among 280 Iranian patients. Methods. They were recruited consecutively from private and university health centers and pharmacies in four cities. …”
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Assessment of Sodium and Potassium Intakes in Children Aged 6 to 18 Years by 24 h Urinary Excretion in City of Rabat, Morocco by Naima Saeid, Mohammed Elmzibri, Abdeslam Hamrani, Qandoussi Latifa, Hakim Belghiti, Hicham El Berri, Kaoutar Benjeddou, Amina Bouziani, Hasnae Benkirane, Youness Taboz, Asmae Elhamdouchi, Khalid El Kari, Hassan Aguenaou

“…The study was conducted on 131 children aged 6–18 years recruited from Rabat and its region. Sodium excretion and potassium excretion were measured on 24 h urinary collection, and the creatinine excretion was used to validate completeness of urine collections. …”
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The role of IFN-γ/CXCL10 axis in Mycoplasma pneumonia infection by Yanxia Zou, Feng Huang, Jiying Sun, Yidan Zheng, Ge Dai, Ting Wang, Canhong Zhu, Yongdong Yan, Renzheng Wang, Zhengrong Chen

“…In addition, IFN-γ-stimulated macrophages greatly promoted the trans-migration of Th1 cells. our data show that Th1 cells-derived IFN-γ augments CXCL10 production in macrophages via the JAK-STAT1 pathway, which subsequently recruits more immune cells like Th1 cells into the infection sites, thereby constituting a positive feedback loop and aggravating the type I inflammatory responses in MPP patients.…”
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