Demonstration of sizing nursing staff methods in intensive care by Érica Batassini, João Lucas Campos de Oliveira, Mariur Gomes Beghetto

“…This may support a methodological review in the standardization of nursing sizing in this area.…”
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Pathogenesis of Myeloproliferative Neoplasms: Role and Mechanisms of Chronic Inflammation by Sylvie Hermouet, Edith Bigot-Corbel, Betty Gardie

“…The aim of this paper is to review the different aspects of inflammation in MPNs, the molecular mechanisms involved, the role of specific genetic defects, and the evidence that increased production of certain cytokines depends or not on MPN-associated mutations, and to discuss possible nongenetic causes of inflammation.…”
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Challenges in the diagnosis of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction in individuals with obesity by Bas M. van Dalen, Jie Fen Chin, Praveen A. Motiram, Anneke Hendrix, Mireille E. Emans, Jasper J. Brugts, B. Daan Westenbrink, Rudolf A. de Boer

“…The challenges stem from a range of factors, including the use of body mass index as a conceptually suboptimal indicator of health risks associated with increased body mass, symptom overlap between HFpEF and obesity, limitations in physical examination, difficulties in electrocardiographic and echocardiographic evaluation, and reduced diagnostic sensitivity of natriuretic peptides in individuals with obesity. In this review, we examine these diagnostic challenges and propose a diagnostic algorithm specifically tailored to improve the accuracy and reliability of HFpEF diagnosis in this growing patient demographic. …”
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The Extracellular Matrix Contributes to Mechanotransduction in Uterine Fibroids by Phyllis C. Leppert, Friederike L. Jayes, James H. Segars

“…The ECM is not only the substance that surrounds cells, but ECM stiffness will either compress cells or stretch them resulting in signals converted into chemical changes within the cell, depending on the amount of collagen, cross-linking, and hydration, as well as other ECM components. In this review we present evidence that the stiffness of fibroid tissue has a direct effect on the growth of the tumor through the induction of fibrosis. …”
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Enhancing Rehabilitation Assessment with Artificial Intelligence: A Comprehensive Investigation of Posture Quality Prediction Using Machine Learning by Zhang Wenxi

“…This paper comprehensively reviews the application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in rehabilitation exercise assessment, with a particular focus on posture quality prediction. …”
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Trophic Factors from Tissue Stem Cells for Renal Regeneration by Kenji Tsuji, Shinji Kitamura

“…Taken together from many reports, many secreted factors from stem cells were needed for renal regeneration orchestrally with harmony. In this review, we focused on the effects and insights of stem cells and regenerative factors from stem cells.…”
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Design of a Flexible Pavement for Kabwohe- Masherukabuhweju Gravel Road Using Road Note and CBR. by Twinamatsiko, Zilberbel

“…From the results obtained, traffic range was established, the Average Daily Traffic was 490Vehicles/day excluding non- motorised traffic and Motorcycles taking up the greatest percentage of traffic , the sub grade physical properties such specific gravity and sieve analysis were calculated, consistence of subgrade strength was done by carrying our liquid and plastic limits of different soil samples and finally design of the pavement was carried out by use of CBR design charts as recommended by AAHSTO.This report is organized in chapters with chapter one as Introduction, two Literature review, three Methodology, four results and analysis, five Conclusion and Recommendations.…”
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Role of Micro Finance Institutions on the Social Economic Wellbeing of its Customers: A Case Study of Pride Microfinance Kabale Branch. by Natuhwera, Evas

“…The study was guided by three objectives namely: To find the effect of Microfinance Institutions towards the well-being of customers in pride microfinance banks, to establish the challenges hindering microfinance Institutions towards the well-being of its customers, to establish measures that can be adopted to solve challenges hindering the microfinance Institutions towards the well-being of customers in pride microfinance bank. The literature review for the study was extracted from different textbooks, manuals, reports, journals, and websites from different libraries and computer laboratories. …”
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Investigating the Factors that Affect Structural Integrity of Buildings Under Construction in Kampala Region. by Tusingwire, Moses

“…This research has through a literature review identified three elements of Material quality, workmanship quality, and methods of executing work to be assessed for being the influencing factor to structural integrity loss. …”
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Failure of Value Co-creation; Co-destruction of Brand Value in Social Media by Ghazale Taheri, Azim Zarei, Davood Feiz, Mehdi Dehghani soltani

“…This study utilizes a systematic review methodology of scientific literature to examine all facets of the phenomenon under investigation. …”
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Does pregabalin offer potential as a first-line therapy for generalized anxiety disorder? A meta-analysis of efficacy, safety, and cost-effectiveness by Narcis Cardoner, Narcis Cardoner, Narcis Cardoner, Narcis Cardoner, Luis Gutiérrez-Rojas, Luis Gutiérrez-Rojas, Pilar Saiz, Pilar Saiz, Pilar Saiz, Pilar Saiz, Pilar Saiz, Guillermo Lahera, Guillermo Lahera, Guillermo Lahera, Guillermo Lahera, Miguel Ángel Álvarez-Mon, Miguel Ángel Álvarez-Mon, Miguel Ángel Álvarez-Mon, Miguel Ángel Álvarez-Mon, Pino Alonso Ortega, Pino Alonso Ortega, Pino Alonso Ortega, Pino Alonso Ortega, María Pérez-Páramo

“…Meta-analyses were conducted using Review Manager 5.4 software, employing odds ratios (ORs) and mean differences (MDs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs). …”
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Impact of the Mediterranean Diet on Patients With Psoriasis: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial by Javier Perez-Bootello, Emilio Berna-Rico, Carlota Abbad-Jaime de Aragon, Ruth Cova-Martin, Leticia Goni, Asuncion Ballester-Martinez, Pedro Jaen-Olasolo, Nehal Mehta, Joel M Gelfand, Miguel Angel Martinez-Gonzalez, Alvaro Gonzalez-Cantero

“…This study protocol was approved by the Institutional Review Board of the Hospital Ramón y Cajal (Madrid) in July 2023. …”
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Decreased attenuation difference between non-contrast and portal-venous phases of CT predicts the ultrasonography-unspecified adnexal torsion by Weili Xie, Zhongren Huang, Hongmei Kuang, Xiaoxing Li, Rixin Zhang, Wei Zeng, Cheng Jin, Junyuan Zhong, Jidong Peng, Weiling Cheng, Fuqing Zhou

“…Two senior radiologists independently reviewed the CT images and determined the Hounsfield unit difference between non-contrast vs portal venous phases (ΔHUPV-NC) in both derivation and validation samples. …”
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Pathway Of Low Anterior Resection syndrome (LARS) relief after Surgery (POLARiS): protocol for an international, open-label, multi-arm, phase 3 randomised superiority trial within... by Deborah D Stocken, Charles H Knowles, Jared Torkington, David Jayne, Julie Hepburn, Laura Knight, Neil Corrigan, Julie Cornish, Katie Gordon, Ashley Douglas, Kate Wilson, Megan Dale, Julie Croft, Christina Lloydwin, Alexandra Harriet Coxon-Meggy, Judith White, Alun Meggy, Aaron Quyn, Emily Farrow, Kheng-Seong Ng, Hannah Mather, Huey Yi Chong, Betty Tan, Ralph Powell, Andrea Warwick

“…The results of this trial will be disseminated to participants on request and published on completion of the trial in a peer-reviewed journal and at international conferences.Trial registration number ISRCTN12834598; ACTRN12623001166662.…”
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Longitudinal genetic studies of cognitive characteristics by R. N. Mustafin, A. V. Kazantseva, R. F. Enikeeva, S. B. Malykh, E. K. Khusnutdinova

“…The present review describes longitudinal studies of cognitive traits and functions determining the causes of their variations and their possible correction to prevent cognitive impairment. …”
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Same data, different analysts: variation in effect sizes due to analytical decisions in ecology and evolutionary biology by Elliot Gould, Hannah S. Fraser, Timothy H. Parker, Shinichi Nakagawa, Simon C. Griffith, Peter A. Vesk, Fiona Fidler, Daniel G. Hamilton, Robin N. Abbey-Lee, Jessica K. Abbott, Luis A. Aguirre, Carles Alcaraz, Irith Aloni, Drew Altschul, Kunal Arekar, Jeff W. Atkins, Joe Atkinson, Christopher M. Baker, Meghan Barrett, Kristian Bell, Suleiman Kehinde Bello, Iván Beltrán, Bernd J. Berauer, Michael Grant Bertram, Peter D. Billman, Charlie K. Blake, Shannon Blake, Louis Bliard, Andrea Bonisoli-Alquati, Timothée Bonnet, Camille Nina Marion Bordes, Aneesh P. H. Bose, Thomas Botterill-James, Melissa Anna Boyd, Sarah A. Boyle, Tom Bradfer-Lawrence, Jennifer Bradham, Jack A. Brand, Martin I. Brengdahl, Martin Bulla, Luc Bussière, Ettore Camerlenghi, Sara E. Campbell, Leonardo L. F. Campos, Anthony Caravaggi, Pedro Cardoso, Charles J. W. Carroll, Therese A. Catanach, Xuan Chen, Heung Ying Janet Chik, Emily Sarah Choy, Alec Philip Christie, Angela Chuang, Amanda J. Chunco, Bethany L. Clark, Andrea Contina, Garth A. Covernton, Murray P. Cox, Kimberly A. Cressman, Marco Crotti, Connor Davidson Crouch, Pietro B. D’Amelio, Alexandra Allison de Sousa, Timm Fabian Döbert, Ralph Dobler, Adam J. Dobson, Tim S. Doherty, Szymon Marian Drobniak, Alexandra Grace Duffy, Alison B. Duncan, Robert P. Dunn, Jamie Dunning, Trishna Dutta, Luke Eberhart-Hertel, Jared Alan Elmore, Mahmoud Medhat Elsherif, Holly M. English, David C. Ensminger, Ulrich Rainer Ernst, Stephen M. Ferguson, Esteban Fernandez-Juricic, Thalita Ferreira-Arruda, John Fieberg, Elizabeth A. Finch, Evan A. Fiorenza, David N. Fisher, Amélie Fontaine, Wolfgang Forstmeier, Yoan Fourcade, Graham S. Frank, Cathryn A. Freund, Eduardo Fuentes-Lillo, Sara L. Gandy, Dustin G. Gannon, Ana I. García-Cervigón, Alexis C. Garretson, Xuezhen Ge, William L. Geary, Charly Géron, Marc Gilles, Antje Girndt, Daniel Gliksman, Harrison B. Goldspiel, Dylan G. E. Gomes, Megan Kate Good, Sarah C. Goslee, J. Stephen Gosnell, Eliza M. Grames, Paolo Gratton, Nicholas M. Grebe, Skye M. Greenler, Maaike Griffioen, Daniel M. Griffith, Frances J. Griffith, Jake J. Grossman, Ali Güncan, Stef Haesen, James G. Hagan, Heather A. Hager, Jonathan Philo Harris, Natasha Dean Harrison, Sarah Syedia Hasnain, Justin Chase Havird, Andrew J. Heaton, María Laura Herrera-Chaustre, Tanner J. Howard, Bin-Yan Hsu, Fabiola Iannarilli, Esperanza C. Iranzo, Erik N. K. Iverson, Saheed Olaide Jimoh, Douglas H. Johnson, Martin Johnsson, Jesse Jorna, Tommaso Jucker, Martin Jung, Ineta Kačergytė, Oliver Kaltz, Alison Ke, Clint D. Kelly, Katharine Keogan, Friedrich Wolfgang Keppeler, Alexander K. Killion, Dongmin Kim, David P. Kochan, Peter Korsten, Shan Kothari, Jonas Kuppler, Jillian M. Kusch, Malgorzata Lagisz, Kristen Marianne Lalla, Daniel J. Larkin, Courtney L. Larson, Katherine S. Lauck, M. Elise Lauterbur, Alan Law, Don-Jean Léandri-Breton, Jonas J. Lembrechts, Kiara L’Herpiniere, Eva J. P. Lievens, Daniela Oliveira de Lima, Shane Lindsay, Martin Luquet, Ross MacLeod, Kirsty H. Macphie, Kit Magellan, Magdalena M. Mair, Lisa E. Malm, Stefano Mammola, Caitlin P. Mandeville, Michael Manhart, Laura Milena Manrique-Garzon, Elina Mäntylä, Philippe Marchand, Benjamin Michael Marshall, Charles A. Martin, Dominic Andreas Martin, Jake Mitchell Martin, April Robin Martinig, Erin S. McCallum, Mark McCauley, Sabrina M. McNew, Scott J. Meiners, Thomas Merkling, Marcus Michelangeli, Maria Moiron, Bruno Moreira, Jennifer Mortensen, Benjamin Mos, Taofeek Olatunbosun Muraina, Penelope Wrenn Murphy, Luca Nelli, Petri Niemelä, Josh Nightingale, Gustav Nilsonne, Sergio Nolazco, Sabine S. Nooten, Jessie Lanterman Novotny, Agnes Birgitta Olin, Chris L. Organ, Kate L. Ostevik, Facundo Xavier Palacio, Matthieu Paquet, Darren James Parker, David J. Pascall, Valerie J. Pasquarella, John Harold Paterson, Ana Payo-Payo, Karen Marie Pedersen, Grégoire Perez, Kayla I. Perry, Patrice Pottier, Michael J. Proulx, Raphaël Proulx, Jessica L Pruett, Veronarindra Ramananjato, Finaritra Tolotra Randimbiarison, Onja H. Razafindratsima, Diana J. Rennison, Federico Riva, Sepand Riyahi, Michael James Roast, Felipe Pereira Rocha, Dominique G. Roche, Cristian Román-Palacios, Michael S. Rosenberg, Jessica Ross, Freya E. Rowland, Deusdedith Rugemalila, Avery L. Russell, Suvi Ruuskanen, Patrick Saccone, Asaf Sadeh, Stephen M. Salazar, Kris Sales, Pablo Salmón, Alfredo Sánchez-Tójar, Leticia Pereira Santos, Francesca Santostefano, Hayden T. Schilling, Marcus Schmidt, Tim Schmoll, Adam C. Schneider, Allie E. Schrock, Julia Schroeder, Nicolas Schtickzelle, Nick L. Schultz, Drew A. Scott, Michael Peter Scroggie, Julie Teresa Shapiro, Nitika Sharma, Caroline L. Shearer, Diego Simón, Michael I. Sitvarin, Fabrício Luiz Skupien, Heather Lea Slinn, Grania Polly Smith, Jeremy A. Smith, Rahel Sollmann, Kaitlin Stack Whitney, Shannon Michael Still, Erica F. Stuber, Guy F. Sutton, Ben Swallow, Conor Claverie Taff, Elina Takola, Andrew J. Tanentzap, Rocío Tarjuelo, Richard J. Telford, Christopher J. Thawley, Hugo Thierry, Jacqueline Thomson, Svenja Tidau, Emily M. Tompkins, Claire Marie Tortorelli, Andrew Trlica, Biz R. Turnell, Lara Urban, Stijn Van de Vondel, Jessica Eva Megan van der Wal, Jens Van Eeckhoven, Francis van Oordt, K. Michelle Vanderwel, Mark C. Vanderwel, Karen J. Vanderwolf, Juliana Vélez, Diana Carolina Vergara-Florez, Brian C. Verrelli, Marcus Vinícius Vieira, Nora Villamil, Valerio Vitali, Julien Vollering, Jeffrey Walker, Xanthe J. Walker, Jonathan A. Walter, Pawel Waryszak, Ryan J. Weaver, Ronja E. M. Wedegärtner, Daniel L. Weller, Shannon Whelan, Rachel Louise White, David William Wolfson, Andrew Wood, Scott W. Yanco, Jian D. L. Yen, Casey Youngflesh, Giacomo Zilio, Cédric Zimmer, Gregory Mark Zimmerman, Rachel A. Zitomer

“…In other words, analyses with results that were far from the mean were no more or less likely to have dissimilar variable sets, use random effects in their models, or receive poor peer reviews than those analyses that found results that were close to the mean. …”
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Phase IV adaptive randomised clinical trials evaluating efficacy and cost-efficacy of pre-emptive pharmacogenetic genotyping strategies in the Spanish National Health System: iPHAR... by Xandra García-González, Alberto M Borobia, Antonio J Carcas, Miriam Estébanez, Montserrat Carmona, Irene García García, Francisco Abad-Santos, Luis A López-Fernández, Esther Cubo, Iñaki Imaz-Iglesia, Alicia Marín-Candón, Miriam Saiz-Rodríguez, Irene Taladriz-Sender, Pedro Arias, Rocío Rosas-Alonso, Enrique Seco-Meseguer, Stefan Stewart, Elena Diago-Sempere, María del Mar García Saiz, Emilio J Laserna-Mendieta, Ana M Peiró, Magí Farré, Consuelo Rodriguez-Jimenez, Judith Sanabria-Cabrera, Lucia Pedrosa, Ignacio Bernardino, Javier Guiijarro-Eguinoa, Arturo Gómez López De Las Huertas, Susana Martín-López, Olga Hladun Alvaro, Vicente Arrate, Ana Fries, Daniel Rodriguez Díaz, Fernando Marqués García, Núria Alonso Pedrol, Modesto M Maestre Muñiz, Leticia Rodríguez Alcolado, Carlos Ortiz-Bautista, Angela Remesal-Doblado, María Isabel Lucena, Zaida Salmón González, Inmaculada Coca-Prieto

“…Results will be disseminated via publication in peer-reviewed journals as well as presentation at international conferences. …”
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Harnessing Human-Centered Design for Evidence-Based Psychosocial Interventions and Implementation Strategies in Community Settings: Protocol for Redesign to Improve Usability, Enga... by Aaron R Lyon, Sean A Munson, Michael D Pullmann, Brittany Mosser, Tricia Aung, John Fortney, Alex Dopp, Katie P Osterhage, Helen G Haile, Kathryn E Bruzios, Brittany E Blanchard, Ryan Allred, Macey R Fuller, Patrick J Raue, Ian Bennett, Jill Locke, Karen Bearss, Denise Walker, Elizabeth Connors, Eric Bruns, Jenna Van Draanen, Doyanne Darnell, Patricia A Areán

“…MethodsAll 4 core studies received institutional review board approval by June 2024, and each pilot project will pursue institutional review board approval when awarded. …”
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Application of dynamic systems modeling approach to rank optimal urban waste management strategies using SWOT method by Hamid Shahbandarzadeh, Mohammad Hossein Kabgani

“…The present study explains a model to identify the factors affecting waste production in Bushehr.Methodology: The main dimensions of the model are taken from the review of the theoretical literature. A dynamic systems approach has also been used to identify urban waste management strategies. …”
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RETRACTION Primasoni, N., Sulistiyono, S., Arjuna, F., Shidiq, A. A. P., Zuriah, N., Sabariah, S., Rufi’i, R., Harmanto, H., Bahtra, R., Ardiyanto, S. Y., Safrudin, S., & Pavlovic,... by RETOS RETOS

“…Authors in the Word document of the article submitted for review: 3 Authors in the published PDF with modified authors: 6 Differences between the authors between both moments: +3 (Ali Muhaimin, Azizil Fikri, Rifqi Festiawan) …”
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