Using spatio-temporal surveillance data to test the infectious environment of children before type 1 diabetes diagnosis. by Pierre Bougnères, Sophie Le Fur, Isis-Diab collaborative group, Sophie Valtat, Yoichiro Kamatani, Mark Lathrop, Alain-Jacques Valleron

“…We report the methods and results of a geographical approach that maps the addresses of patients to a communicable diseases surveillance database. We mapped the addresses of patients at birth, infancy and T1D diagnosis to the weekly estimates of the regional incidences of 5 frequent communicable diseases routinely collected since 1984 by the French Sentinel network. …”
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From bed to bench and back again: Challenges facing deployment of intracranial pressure data analysis in clinical environments by Laura Moss, Martin Shaw, Ian Piper, Christopher Hawthorne

“…Whilst their potential clinical impact may be significant, few models based on ICP data are routinely available at a patient’s bedside. …”
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A pilot study on the clinical feasibility of 5G remote robot-assisted gastrectomy by Mingze Zhang, Ming Hu, Jing Yang, Wutang Jing, Jin Guo, Hui Cai, Yuntao Ma

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Exploratory integration of near-infrared spectroscopy with clinical data: a machine learning approach for HCV detection in serum samples by Eloy Pérez-Gómez, José Gómez, José Gómez, Jennifer Gonzalo, Sergio Salgüero, Daniel Riado, María Luisa Casas, María Luisa Gutiérrez, Elena Jaime, Enrique Pérez-Martínez, Rafael García-Carretero, Javier Ramos, Conrado Fernández-Rodríguez, Conrado Fernández-Rodríguez, Myriam Catalá, Myriam Catalá, Luca Martino, Óscar Barquero-Pérez

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A Characterisation and Profiling of District Health Indicators in Zimbabwe: An Application of Principal Component Analysis in a Data Limited Setting by Shepherd Shamu, Simbarashe Rusakaniko, Charles Hongoro

“… # Method This was a retrospective analysis of secondary data to derive composite indices for the 57 administrative health districts in Zimbabwe using routinely collected secondary data. …”
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Design of a Randomized Sham-Controlled Trial: Strengthening Positive Treatment Expectations Using a Communication Model for Maximized Antiemetic Effects of Acupuncture and Antiemet... by Widgren Ylva MSP, Fransson Per PhD, Englund Erling PhD, Efverman Anna PhD

“…If proven effective, the communication model of strengthening positive treatment expectations in patients with risk for nausea and vomiting can be implemented in routine clinical care as part of side-effect management for patients with cancer. …”
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Protocol for an evaluation of the initiation of an integrated longitudinal outpatient care model for severe chronic non-communicable diseases (PEN-Plus) at secondary care facilitie... by Archana Shrestha, Biraj Man Karmacharya, Robert Kalyesubula, Isaac Ssinabulya, Zipporah Ali, Alma J Adler, Ana Olga Mocumbi, Neil Gupta, Meghnath Dhimal, Bhagawan Koirala, Gedeon Ngoga, Symaque Dusabeyezu, Gene Kwan, Gene Bukhman, Lilian Mbau, Beatriz Manuel, Giovanni Putoto, Santigie Sesay, Emily B Wroe, Yogeshwar Kalkonde, Sergio Chicumbe, Lauren Brown, Abha Shrestha, Lucia González, Matthew M Coates, Jones K Masiye, Mary Theodory Mayige, Wubaye Walelgne Dagnaw, Chiyembekezo Kachimanga, Ana Mocumbi, Ryan McBain, Apoorva Gomber, Fabio Manenti, Roma Chilengi, Yogesh Jain, Sam Patel, Gladwell Gathecha, Julie Makani, Amy McLaughlin, Celina Trujillo, Laura Drown, Reuben Mutagaywa, Todd Ruderman, Gina Ferrari, Chantelle Boudreaux, Humberto Muquingue, Mary Mayige, Jonathan Chiwanda Banda, Andrea Atzori, Neusa Bay, Wondu Bekele, Victoria M Bhambhani, Remy Bitwayiki Nkwiro, Dawson Calixte, Katia Domingues, Darius Fenelon, Innocent Kamali, Catherine Karekezi, Alexio Mangwiro, Fastone Mathew Goma, Emmanuel Mensah, Nicole Mocumbi Salipa, Alvern Mutengerere, Marta Patiño, Devashri Salvi, Fameti Taero, Emílio Tostão, Sterman Toussaint, Abhijit Gadewar, Sunil Jadhao, Chetanya Malik, Alma Adler, Victoria Bhambhani, Susan Donnellan, Kaita Domingues, Sheila Klassen, Andrew Marx, Maia Olsen, Catherine Player, Ramon Ruiz, Ada Thapa, Leslie Wentworth, Allison Westervelt, Ariana Wolgin, Emily Yale, Michael Abiyu, Lemma Ayele, Zelalem Mengistu, Temesgen Sileshi, Natnael Alemayehu, Natnael A Abebe, Nancy Larco, Gideon Ayodo, Peter Mokaya, Jones Masiye, Evelyn Chibwe, Noel Kasomekera, Nicole M Salipa, Riaze Rafik, Lucy Ramirez, Shiva Adhikary, Krishna Aryal, Phanindra Baral, Biraj Karmachaya, Abhinav Vaidhya, Ann Akiteng, Frank Mugabe, Sarah Asio Eragu, Bernard Bukar, Namasiku Siyumbwa, Wibroad Mutale, Kudakwashe Madzeke, Alaisa Mbiriri, Nyamayaro Wencelas, Porika Nyawai, Abaden Svisva, Laura Ruckstuhl

“…Over 3 years, the countries and state are expected to: (1) establish PEN-Plus clinics in one or two district hospitals, (2) support these clinics to mature into training sites in preparation for national or state-level scale-up, and (3) work with the national or state-level stakeholders to describe, measure and advocate for PEN-Plus to support development of a national operational plan for scale-up.Methods and analysis Guided by Proctor outcomes for implementation research, we are conducting a mixed-method evaluation consisting of 10 components to understand outcomes in clinical implementation, training and policy development. Data will be collected through a mix of quantitative surveys, routine reporting, routine clinical data and qualitative interviews.Ethics and dissemination This protocol has been considered exempt or covered by central and local institutional review boards. …”
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A multi-country comparison between mobile phone surveys and face-to-face household surveys to estimate the prevalence of non-communicable diseases behavioural risk factors in low-... by Gulam Muhammed Al Kibria, Saifuddin Ahmed, Dustin G Gibson, Kennedy Lishimpi, Jones K Masiye, Daksha Shah, Melanie Cowan, Wilbroad Mutale, Namasiku Siyumbwa, Julián A Fernández-Niño, Champika Wickramasinghe, Leanne Riley, Stacy Davlin, Rachael Phadnis, Romina Costa Beltrán, Juan Carlos Zevallos Lopez, Juan Vásconez, Hicham El Berri, Samir Mounach, Mangla Gomare, Gulnar Khan, Niraj Dave, Udara Perera

“…MPS sampling frames were generated by random digit dialling, while data collection was done by interactive voice response and SMS. …”
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“The big topic is COVID”: A qualitative study about changes in HPV vaccine conversations between parents and primary care team members throughout the COVID-19 pandemic by Josheili Y. Llavona-Ortiz, Lauren J. Van Scoy, Benjamin Fogel, Casey Pinto, Jamelia Graham, William A. Calo

“…Pandemic-related disruptions in primary care delayed important discussions between providers and parents about routine vaccinations. Conversations have become even more challenging since the COVID-19 pandemic due to increased vaccine hesitancy. …”
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Effect of behavioural change communication through women development army on optimal complementary feeding practice among children aged 6–23 months in Southwest Ethiopia: a cluster... by Meseret Tamrat Gebretsadik, Dessalegn Tamiru, Assefa Legesse Sisay, Tefera Belachew

“…Initially, 438 mother-child pairs participated, and 404 pairs remained at the endline data collection. The intervention group, consisting of 219 pairs, received food-based BCC from the WDA, while the control group, also with 219 mother-child pairs, received routine health education by Health Extension workers. …”
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Pembrolizumab after platinum-based chemotherapy for metastatic urothelial cancer: comparison between patients from a Dutch nationwide cohort and KEYNOTE-045 by Anke Richters, Britt Suelmann, Mira Franken, Niven Mehra, Bart Rikhof, Hans Westgeest, Katja Aben, Debbie Robbrecht, Lambertus Kiemeney, Joost Boormans, Toine van der Heijden, Richard Meijer, Tom Arends, Saskia van der Meer, Filip Delaere, André Vis, Carl Wijburg, Ilze van Onna, Diederik Somford, Bart Wijsman, Thomas Kerkhofs, Joan van den Bosch, Annemarie Leliveld-Kors, Katja Goossens- van der Laan, Gerd-Jan Molijn, Luc Roelofs, Martijn Steffens, Tom Hermans, Marleen Duizer

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StUdy of Gestational diabetes And Risk using Electronic Data (SUGARED): a population-based cohort study—study protocol by Jonathan M Morris, Ibinabo Ibiebele, Deborah Randall, Siranda Torvaldsen, Tanya Nippita, Felicity Gallimore, Tessa L Weir, Sarah Glastras

“…The StUdy of Gestational diabetes And Risk using Electronic Data (SUGARED) project aims to use large population-based and routinely collected linked health data to (1) personalise risk prediction of adverse pregnancy outcomes for women undergoing glucose tolerance testing, (2) guide optimal birth timing for women with diet-controlled GDM and (3) examine variation in GDM management and pregnancy outcomes in New South Wales (NSW), Australia.Methods and analysis This retrospective cohort study using linked, routinely collected health data includes all women who gave birth from January 2016 to December 2020 in NSW. …”
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An end-to-end interpretable machine-learning-based framework for early-stage diagnosis of gallbladder cancer using multi-modality medical data by Huiyu Zhao, Chuang Miao, Yidi Zhu, Yijun Shu, Xiangsong Wu, Ziming Yin, Xiao Deng, Wei Gong, Ziyi Yang, Weiwen Zou

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Very first real-world data on zongertinib use in non-small cell lung cancer patients with HER2 mutations: A brief report by Oliver Illini, Anna Sophie Lang-Stöberl, Hannah Fabikan, Christoph Weinlinger, Arschang Valipour, Maximilian J. Hochmair

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“It's very important that you measure throughout that journey…”: patient perspectives towards quality-of-life data collection following haematopoietic cell transplant by Gemma Pugh, Lauren Young, Christina Yiallouridou, Dawn Hart, Karen Dean, Robert Danby

“…Patients feel that data should be collected routinely on a long-term basis via electronic methods.…”
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Using spherical video-based immersive virtual reality technology to investigate vocabulary mastery among university sophomores in EFL settings by I. Wayan Eka Dian Rahmanu, Gyöngyvér Molnár

“…The results illustrated that learners predominantly expressed high-frequency nouns, indicating a robust foundational vocabulary appropriate for routine communication. The focus on concrete nouns corresponds with their nature of being easier to illustrate than other parts of speech, including verbs and adjectives. …”
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Overcoming challenges and achieving high HPV vaccination uptake in Cameroon: lessons learned from a gender-neutral and single-dose program and community engagement by Andreas Ateke Njoh, Dur-E-Nayab Waheed, Tchokfe Shalom Ndoula Josue Kedakse, Lionel Junior Ebongue, Eugene Justine Kongnyuy, Adidja Amani, Afizu Chrakoh Tambasho, Yauba Saidu, Mohamed II Kaba, Clovis Nchinjoh Sangwe, Herman Kenfack, Judith Seungue, Daniel Nebongo, Nadege Edwige Nnang, Alex Vorsters, Laurent Cleenewerck de Kiev

“…Vaccination data from 2020 to 2023 were retrieved from Cameroon’s District Health Information Software (DHIS2), while information on the vaccine introduction process and challenges was sourced from Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) reports. …”
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Nonlinear mixed models and related approaches in infectious disease modeling: A systematic and critical review by Olaiya Mathilde Adéoti, Schadrac Agbla, Aliou Diop, Romain Glèlè Kakaï

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Prevalence of metabolic syndrome among adults treated at a district hospital outpatient department by Cara van Jaarsveldt, Tlholohelo Jabari, Elrine Zwarts, Simone Färber, Yothando Sikuza, Heinrich Schilling, Sebastiaan Pauw, Elizabeth Klein, Cornel van Rooyen, Gina Joubert, Chantelle C. van der Bijl

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Teach‐Back Communication Versus Pictorial‐Based Learning on Self‐Care Knowledge and Adherence, Self‐Efficacy and Peristomal Skin Healing in Patients After Emergency Surgery Colosto... by Zoleykha Rajabi, Mahnaz Khatiban, Seyedeh Nayereh Falahan, Ali Reza Soltanian

“…Analysis of covariance in SPSS‐21 software was used for data analysis with a significance level of 0.05 or less. …”
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