Ethics and end-of-life in pediatric and neonatal ICUs: a systematic review of recommendations by Diana Špoljar, Sunčana Janković, Dina Vrkić, Geraldine McNamara, Marko Ćurković, Milivoj Novak, Boris Filipović-Grčić, Stefan Grosek, Chris Gastmans, Bert Gordijn, Ana Borovečki

“…The search data were gathered and deduplicated, partly by Mendeley software. …”
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Microplastics in beach sediments, seawater, and common fish in tourist destinations by M. Go, A. Ybanez, A. Ilano, F. Cababat, L. De La Calzada

“…This study aims to quantify microplastics in beach sediments, seawater, and the gastrointestinal tract and muscles of three fish species, Selar crumenophthalmus, Auxis thazard, and Sardina pilchardus, which are commonly found in the municipalities of Moalboal and Badian, tourist destinations in Southern Cebu Province, Philippines.METHODS: This study followed the approved procedures outlined in prior studies for gathering, handling, and examining microplastics found in sediment, seawater, and fish tissue samples. …”
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CHARACTERISTICS OF THE 2007 CANICULAR SUMMER IN ROMANIA by OCTAVIA BOGDAN, ION MARINICĂ, LOREDANA-ELENA MIC

“…Mit einem kontinentalgemäßigten Klima, kennzeichnet sich Rumänien durch die Anwesenheit der vier Jahreszeiten: zwei extreme u.z. warmer Sommer, manchmal heiß, und kalter Winter, manchmal frostig, sowie zwei Übergangsjahreszeiten – der Frühling und der Herbst, in denen sich die Klimamerkmale der ersten zwei gegenseitig durchdringen. …”
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Effect of technology application in enhancing the weaknesses of market access, financial resources, and supplier resources on the aluminum industry by M.S. Mohamad Salleh, H. Vasudevan

“…Data from the Bumiputera aluminum industry was gathered through purposive sampling. As a minimal 75 sample size, a total of 80 questionnaires were distributed to Bumiputera respondents who have been working in the Malaysian aluminum industry. …”
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PENGEMBANGAN LEMBAR KERJA PESERTA DIDIK (LKPD) FISIKA BERBASIS ETNOSAINS MENGGUNAKAN MODEL DISCOVERY LEARNING UNTUK MENINGKATKAN KETERAMPILAN BERPIKIR KRITIS SISWA SMA by Liza Septiaahmad, Indra Sakti, Iwan Setiawan

“…This research was a type of development research (Research and Development) with type 1 design consisting of 5 stages, namely: 1) potential and problems 2) literature study and information gathering 3) product design 4) design validation 5) tested design. …”
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Feminine Characterization of The God by Ibrahim Bor

“…They portray God not only as a father or male figure but also with feminine attributes, such as a mother, lover, or friend. …”
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Evaluation of treadmill cardiopulmonary exercise testing and field measurement results in women’s youth and adult national team water polo players by Mark Zamodics, Mate Babity, Attila Mihok, Csaba Bognar, Agnes Bucsko-Varga, Panka Kulcsar, Dora Boroncsok, Regina Benko, Alexandra Fabian, Balint Lakatos, Hajnalka Vago, Attila Kovacs, Bela Merkely, Orsolya Kiss

“…The benefits of treadmill-based cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) are well known. However, water polo trainings involve completely different movements in a distinct environment.Our objective was to analyze data from elite youth and adult water polo players, gathered through CPET and age- and sport-specific swimming tests. …”
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Pola Kejadian ISPA pada Balita di Wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Anak Air Padang Tahun 2012 by Aidil Rahman Novesar, Eryati Darwin, Finny Fitry Yani

“…The distribution and the frequency based on months, was gathered in November as the highest rate occurrences of 16,56% and September as the lowest, 5.10%.…”
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Public Health Messaging on Twitter During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Observational Study by Ashwin Rao, Nazanin Sabri, Siyi Guo, Louiqa Raschid, Kristina Lerman

“…MethodsFor this observational study, we gathered a dataset of >539,000 original posts or reposts from 489 PHEs and 356 pseudoexperts on Twitter (subsequently rebranded X) from January 2020 to January 2021, along with the replies to the original posts from the PHEs. …”
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Effectiveness of Virtual Reality Technology Interventions in Improving the Social Skills of Children and Adolescents With Autism: Systematic Review by Xipeng Yang, Jinlong Wu, Yudan Ma, Jingxuan Yu, Hong Cao, Aihua Zeng, Rui Fu, Yucheng Tang, Zhanbing Ren

“…These researchers also independently extracted information regarding gathered data on the sources, samples, measurement methods, primary results, and data related to the main results of the studies that met the inclusion criteria. …”
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Migration of Health Workers and Its Impacts on the Nigerian Health Care Sector: Protocol for a Scoping Review by David Omiyi, Ebenezer Arubuola, Marcus Chilaka, Md Shafiqur Rahman Jabin

“…ResultsThe process of selecting studies will be shown using a PRISMA ScR flowchart, and information gathering will be done through a charting table that has been prepared in advance. …”
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THE PLANNING AND ORGANIZATION OF ECT TREATMENTS IN FINLAND – RESULTS FROM A NATIONAL SURVEY by SAANA KARTTUNEN, LAURI VIRTANEN, ANU HOLM, NIKO SEPPÄLÄ, PETRI SUMIA, ERIKA JÄÄSKELÄINEN, KAIJA JÄRVENTAUSTA

“…The goal of this survey was both to gather information about the current situation in different neuromodulation units and to use the information in developing the practices in the Neuromodulation unit in Oulu University Hospital. …”
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Explaining the Antecedents and Consequences of the Glass Cliff in Service Organizations by Sara Kavoosi, Ali Safari, Ali Shaemi Barzoki

“…Upon reaching theoretical saturation, twenty individuals were selected through a combination of purposeful and snowball sampling methods. Insights gathered from the qualitative phase were subsequently transformed into a coherent set of propositions and hypotheses, which were rigorously tested in the quantitative phase. …”
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A community-based study to assess the prevalence and predictors of stunting among under-five children in Sheger City, Oromia, Ethiopia by Firomsa Botorie, Bilisom Balcha Abera, Abera Botorie, Abera Botorie, Asonya Abera, Abebe Dukessa Dubiwak, Abebe Dukessa Dubiwak, Tesfaye Getachew Charkos, Godana Arero Dassie

“…Children whose mothers were daily laborers (AOR: 10.3), whose mothers’ education level was primary school (AOR: 4.3), whose fathers were daily laborers (AOR: 4), who were born into families with an average birth interval of ≤24 months (AOR: 7.9), who were from families with a size ≥5 (AOR: 7.3), who had a history of diarrhea (AOR: 6.3), who had meals ≤3 times per day (AOR: 13.9), who were underweight (AOR: 2.8), who were breastfed for less than 2 years (AOR: 5.6), who had low dietary diversity (AOR: 6.3), and who experienced food insecurity (AOR: 3.6) were identified as the predictors of stunting in under-five children.ConclusionApproximately one-fifth of the under-five children were stunted in the study setting. …”
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The effect of exercise intervention on inhibitory function in obese and overweight children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Aona Chen, Chenggen Guo, Shuhua Qu

“…Methods A systematic search was conducted on Web of Science, PubMed, Cochrane Library, EBSCO, WanFang Database, and China Knowledge Resource Integrated Database (CNKI) to gather randomized controlled trials (RCTs) examining the impact of exercise interventions on inhibitory function in obese and overweight children and adolescents. …”
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The Croton genera (Euphorbiaceae) and its richness in chemical constituents with potential range of applications by Carlos Andrés Coy-Barrera, Laura Galvis, Maria Juliana Rueda, Sergio Alejandro Torres-Cortés

“…It aims to summarize information gathered worldwide from studies of Croton species concerning ethnobotanical, pharmacological, and other uses over the past ten years and the respective discussion. …”
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The Use of Electronic Consent (eConsent) Within the Ketamine for Long-Lasting Pain Relief After Surgery (KALPAS) Multicenter Trial by Doan LV, Burr J, Perez R, Martinez H, Cuevas R, Watt K, Wang J

“…When signing the eConsent, however, all potential participants are provided with a concise summary of the informed consent document, an approach not widely used by multicenter studies. eConsent has been noted to be beneficial to research staff when trying to gather informed consent from participants who live far away from the hospital, want to include their family and friends, and for researchers who can approach patients outside of their clinical appointments.Conclusion: The ability to consent patients remotely has allowed for a flexible workflow within sites and a more patient-centric process that focuses on including loved ones in the discussion and scheduling time to speak to a principal investigator. …”
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Geography and age drive racial and ethnic disparities in hospital mortality for paediatric community-acquired pneumonia in the United States: a retrospective population based cohor... by Cody-Aaron L. Gathers, Nadir Yehya, Anireddy Reddy, Paula M. Magee, Vanessa C. Denny, Michelle R. Mayeda, Amanda O’Halloran, Sanjiv D. Mehta, Stephanie Wanamaker, Jessica C. Fowler, Garrett Keim

“…Joint associations of race, ethnicity, age, and geographic region may partially inform potential mechanisms underlying these disparities. Funding: Dr. Gathers’ effort on this study was supported by a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Training Grant T32HL098054. …”
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Associations between social determinants of health and mental health disorders among U.S. population: a cross-sectional study by S. Tanarsuwongkul, J. Liu, M. Spaulding, K. Perea-Schmittle, M. Lohman, Q. Wang

“…Methods We analyzed data from a diverse group of participants enrolled in the All of Us research programme, a research programme to gather data from one million people living in the United States, in a cross-sectional design. …”
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Intestinal protozoa infections and associated factors among diarrheal under-five children in Borena district, central Ethiopia by Alebie Mesfin, Woynshet Gelaye, Getaneh Alemu

“…Absence of functional toiltet in the household (AOR = 1.952; 95 %CI: 1.195–3.187, p = 0.008), hand washing with water alone, rather than with soap/ash (AOR = 3.052; 95 %CI: 1.203–7.746, p = 0.019) and having frequent contact with animals (AOR = 2.103; 95 %CI: 1.238–3.574, p = 0.006) were associated with IPIs. …”
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