Promoting the digital transformation of the South African quantity surveying profession through the implementation of change management theories by Karen Le Jeune, Krystle Ontong, Alireza Moghayedi

“…The paper offers a roadmap toward achieving digital transformation by the QS community based on a literature review study, however, it is suggested these be tested through empirical data collected among QS practices who have determinedly set about adopting 4IR technology. …”
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Mammography screening: Eliciting the voices of informed citizens. by Manja D Jensen, Kasper M Hansen, Volkert Siersma, John Brodersen

“…The proportion of participants who recommended continuation following what they stated were acceptable rates of mortality reduction and overdiagnosis rose from 21% at recruitment to 40% after information and deliberation. …”
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To be or not to be: a cross-sectional study on suicidal ideation, intensity of suicidal ideation and suicide attempts among medical students in Kerala, India by Sangeetha Merrin Varghese, Nikhil V Paulson, Pranathi Ajayan, Jithin Mathew Abraham, Pramod Thomas, Anoop Ivan Benjamin, George Chandy Matteethra

“…A total of 1102 students participated in the survey, which used the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale.Results The lifetime prevalence of suicidal ideation among medical students was 33.7% (30.88 to 36.54), and those with recent suicidal ideation were 15.2% (13.17 to 17.51). Those who had active suicidal ideation with specific plans were 5.4% (4.18 to 6.95), which puts them at 16 times higher risk of suicide when compared with their counterparts without suicidal ideation. …”
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Factors of suicide-related behaviors based on stress-vulnerability model and prevention strategies among nurses: a scoping review by Xiaoyu Yang, Xiaoyu Yang, Deying Hu, Lecheng Li, Lecheng Li, Rezvanguli Rezak, Rezvanguli Rezak

“…The strategies for preventing nurse suicide encompass primary prevention (for all nurses), secondary prevention (for nurses at risk of suicide), and tertiary prevention (for nurses who have attempted suicide).ConclusionThe suicide rate among nurses exceeds that of the general population. …”
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Women's perception of risks of adverse fetal pregnancy outcomes: a large-scale multinational survey by Irene Petersen, Hedvig Nordeng, Angela Lupattelli, Rachel L McCrea

“…Noticeably, 70% had not heard about thalidomide, but of those who had (2692/9113), the risk perception scores were 0.4–0.5 points lower in women below 25 years compared to women aged 26–30 years.Conclusions In general, women perceived the risks of giving birth to a child with birth defects low, but there were substantial disparities between women's perceived risks and the actual risks when it comes to over-the-counter agents against nausea and prescribed medication. …”
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Can serum orexin levels be used as a marker in childhood epilepsy? by Mutluay Arslan, Canan Üstün, Ayşe Nur Coşkun, Hasan Çelik, Hacı Nadir Yalçın, Eda Karaismailoğlu, Erdim Sertoğlu, Bülent Ünay

“…Material and methods: The study was conducted between December 2021 and December 2022 in the Department of Pediatric Neurology of a tertiary hospital. 30 epilepsy patients who had a seizure in the last 24 h, 30 epilepsy patients in remission, and 17 healthy controls were included in the study. …”
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Diagnostic yield of chest and thumb ECG after cryptogenic stroke, Transient ECG Assessment in Stroke Evaluation (TEASE): an observational trial by Peter Magnusson, Adam Lyren, Gustav Mattsson

“…The objective of this study was to assess the yield of newly diagnosed AF during 28 days of chest and thumb ECG monitoring two times per day in cryptogenic stroke.Methods This study, Transient ECG Assessment in Stroke Evaluation, included patients who had a stroke from Region Gävleborg, Sweden, between 2017 and 2019. …”
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A relationship between physical activity and healthy quality of life in students by Ali Ashkanı, Amin Azımkhanı, Mahdi Talebpour, Masoud Aghaeı, Sadegh Abbasıan

“…As well as invulnerability to many diseases and disorders, those who train regularly enjoy disciplined life, more performance and social relationships by acquiring freshness and further enjoy of life.…”
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Reliability and Validity of the Y-balance Test in Young Adults with Chronic Low Back Pain by Yousef Alshehre, Khalid Alkhathami, Kelli Brizzolara, Mark Weber, Sharon Wang-Price

“…Each group consisted of 6 males and 9 females who were 21-38 years of age (27.47 ± 5.0 years). …”
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Spanish version of the short European Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire HLS-Q12: Transcultural adaptation and psychometric properties. by Sergio Muñoz-Villaverde, Leticia Serrano-Oviedo, María Martínez-García, Yolanda Pardo, Llüisa Tares-Montserrat, Francisco Javier Gómez-Romero, Paloma Garcimartin

“…The sample consisted of 60 patients who initiated cancer treatment for the first time within a clinical trial. …”
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High Seroprevalence of Autoantibodies Typical of Autoimmune Liver Disease in Eastern Ethiopia: Is Chewing of Khat (Catha edulis) a Triggering Factor? by Stian Magnus Staurung Orlien, Tekabe Abdosh Ahmed, Nejib Yusuf Ismael, Nega Berhe, Trine Lauritzen, Svein Gunnar Gundersen, Asgeir Johannessen

“…One-hundred-and-sixty-nine individuals with current khat use were compared to 104 individuals who never used khat. Seroprevalence of antinuclear (ANA), antismooth muscle (SMA), and antimitochondrial antibodies (AMA) were determined and compared between the groups using logistic regression models to adjust for age and sex. …”
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The Strategy of Lexical Specialization Explicitation in Quran Translation: A Study on Majāz Mursal by Mahmud Yunus by Nasimah Abdullah, Saifulah Samsudin

“…Therefore, this study aims to explore the translation approach employed by Mahmud Yunus by utilising one of the explicitation strategies, namely lexical specification, as proposed by Klaudy and Károly in 2005, who view explicitation as a translation strategy that can reveal the implicit meaning present in the source language into the target language due to contextual factors. …”
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The Perceptions of Overweight and Obese Individuals Regarding Weight-Loss Dietary Supplement Advertisements: A Pilot Cross-Sectional Survey by Nik Nur Anis Ilyany Zamzuri, Nor Elyzatul Akma Hamdan, Nurul Ashikin Jamludin, Mohammad Suhaidi Shaari, Nur Syazwani Taridi, Mohd Shahezwan Abd Wahab, Janattul Ain Jamal

“…Despite these perceptions, about 40% reported purchasing a weight-loss DS after seeing such a product in an advertisement, while less than 50% of those who purchased weight-loss DS sought information from healthcare professionals. …”
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Case report: Atypical young case of MV1 Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease with unusually long survival by Lucie Yeongran Ahn, Mark L. Cohen, Mark L. Cohen, Ignazio Cali, Ignazio Cali, Tia Russell, Jessica Ludwig, Xun Jia, Alberto Bizzi, Lawrence B. Schonberger, Ryan A. Maddox, Rohini Paul, Tania C. Ghazarian, Jaspreet Garcha, Mostafa Hammoudi, Brian Stephen Appleby, Brian Stephen Appleby, Brian Stephen Appleby, Brian Stephen Appleby

“…Here, we present a 21-year-old female who died with a sporadic prion disease. She presented with psychiatric symptoms followed by a rapidly progressive neurocognitive and motor decline. …”
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Identification and Validation of TEAD Family’s Prognostic Effects and Immune Microenvironment Regulations in Glioma by Zhengyuan Huo, Shaorui Gu, Zheng Bian, Wenli Wang, Zhifeng Jiang

“…High TEAD expression was found to be substantially linked with isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) wild type, noncodeletion of 1p/19q, high WHO grade, and poor prognosis in glioma patients. …”
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Safety and Feasibility of Internal Fixation Using Bioabsorbable Versus Titanium Materials for Short‐Level Lamina Reimplantation: A Comparative Clinical Study by Dingbang Chen, Jinhan Song, Luosheng Zhang, Xin Gao, Quan Huang, Xinghai Yang

“…Methods We retrospectively enrolled patients who underwent short‐segment lamina replantation for intraspinal tumors in our center from February 2020 to November 2022. …”
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Language interpretation and translation in emergency care: A scoping review protocol. by Henry Li, Samina Ali, Lisa Hartling, Liz Dennett, Elena Lopatina, Kayathiri Ganeshamoorthy, Jaspreet Khangura

“…Our team includes our provincial health authority interpretation services lead who brings lived experience and will inform and validate our results and help identify future areas of needed research. …”
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SARS-CoV-2 positivity rates in tear secretions of inpatient COVID-positive individuals in an Indian tertiary care setting by Amit Raj, Prateek Nishant, Binod K Pati, Bhawesh C Saha, Prabhakar Singh, Asim Sarfaraz, Sanepalli Sravani, Kopal Shrivastav

“…This study aimed to determine the presence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in tears as detected by real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), among individuals who tested COVID-positive during the third wave of the COVID pandemic. …”
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Morphometric analysis of internal auditory canal using CT imaging: An observational study in South Indian adult population by Judica Sheryl, Senthil Ganesh P. Kannappan

“…The study included subjects aged between 25 and 86 years who underwent temporal computed tomography (CT) scans revealing characteristics of the IAC. …”
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Diagnosis of naturally‐occurring Cushing's syndrome by primary care veterinarians in selected European countries by Miguel F. Carvalho, Rodolfo O. Leal, Stefania Golinelli, Federico Fracassi, Carolina Arenas, Maria Pérez‐Alenza, Sara Galac, Carmel T. Mooney, Michael Bennaim

“…Among the former, 59.9% reported performing screening tests in the absence of supportive clinical signs but with consistent clinicopathological abnormalities. Of 2150 respondents who performed endocrine testing, 66.6% report always using the same initial screening tests regardless of their pretest suspicion of disease. …”
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