Efficacy and safety of high-voltage versus standard-voltage pulsed radiofrequency ablation for patients with neuropathic pain: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis by Zheng Wang, Yitong Jia, Yanhui Ma, Tengteng Wang, Kunpeng Feng, Guang Feng, Tianlong Wang

“…Introduction Pulsed radiofrequency (PRF) ablation is commonly used for the treatment of neuropathic pain (NP). However, it is unclear whether increasing the output voltage of PRF can safely improve its efficacy. …”
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Coordinated control and protection scheme for fault identification in hybrid three-terminal DC line based on pre-estimation of fault characteristics by Xincui Tian, Ziqian Liu, Jieshan Shan, Jinyun Yu, Jinxiong Wang, Qiang Li, Shihong Zhang, Tuoji Zhu, Jian Hu, Kaiwen Chen, Hongchun Shu

“…In the case of high resistance faults, the control system intentionally delays taking the action and waits for the control strategy to be corrected based on the results of the opposite end in the process. …”
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Perception of traumatic childbirth of women, influencing factors and its relationship with post-traumatic stress disorder by Weiwei Wei, Weiwei Wei, Xiaoyan Feng, Xiaoyan Feng, Hong Qin, Hong Qin, Xiaochang Yang, Xiaochang Yang

“…Work, exercise and learning about delivery during pregnancy may be promising protective factors for perceived PBT; the use of pain relief or doula accompaniment are still effective ways to Improve the delivery experience.…”
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Barriers to and facilitators of access to mental health services among pregnant adolescents and young mothers in Belize by Olusola Oladeji, Joanna Lai, Natalia R. Velazquez, Mohammed I. Bammai, Ghanshyam Kandel, Andria Spyridou, Natalia L. Beer, Angella E. Baitwabusa, Juliet Simmons, Fidel L. Cuellar, Iveth Quintanilla, Jeffan Augustine

“…The second theme was health systems and highlighted a lack of trust and confidence in health care providers, as well as limited access to mental health services due to insufficient human resources, long waiting times, and transportation costs. The third theme was stigma about teenage pregnancy and mental health issues. …”
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“Salud Mamaria”, an internet-based psychoeducational program during the breast cancer diagnosis process: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial by Reyna Jazmín Martínez-Arriaga, Alejandro Dominguez-Rodriguez, Sergio Osvaldo Meza-Chavolla, Yineth Alejandra Muñoz-Anacona, Adrián Antonio Cisneros-Hernández, Joel Omar González-Cantero, Leivy Patricia González-Ramírez, Paulina Erika Herdoiza-Arroyo, Norma Alicia Ruvalcaba-Romero, Fabiola Macías-Espinoza, Said Jiménez

“…“Salud Mamaria” is an Internet-Based Psychoeducational Program (IBPP) that comprises three interventions: A (“Improving Your Health Habits and Self-Care”), B (“Waiting for the Result of Your Biopsy”), and C (“Supporting You After Your Breast Cancer Diagnosis”). …”
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Dynamic Service Placement in Edge Computing: A Comparative Evaluation of Nature-Inspired Algorithms by Aqeel H. Kazmi, Alessandro Staffolani, Tianhao Zhang, Christian Cabrera, Siobhan Clarke

“…Particle Swarm Optimization excels in minimizing average waiting time and placement decision time. The Artificial Bee Colony maintains low average latency, whereas the RL Proximal Policy Optimization demonstrates superior performance in terms of balancing the utilization of network resources.…”
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The Effect of The Mind Map Method on The Students’ Memory in Thematic Learning by Dea Amelia Harits, Mizaniya Mizaniya

“…This was demonstrated by Sig. (2-tailed) t test result with a significance of 0.000 less than 0.05. …”
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Türk Üniversiteleri Sıralama Göstergelerinin Ağırlıklandırılması: University Ranking by Academic Performance (URAP) Türkiye Genel Sıralaması Örneği by Durmuş Özbaşı, Barış Uslu

“…Araştırmada kullanılan veri seti, 2010-2018 arası URAP TürkiyeGenel Sıralamaları’na ait puanlar kullanılarak oluşturulmuştur. Türküniversiteleri sıralaması için URAP tarafından kullanılan beş gösterge Makale, ToplamAtıf, Toplam Bilimsel Doküman, Doktora Mezun Öğrenci Sayısı ve ÖğretimÜyesi/Öğrenci puanlarıdır. …”
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Efficiency of four trap types and human landing catch in the sampling of Mansonia (Diptera, Culicidae) in Porto Velho, Rondônia, Brazil by Nercy Virginia Rabelo Furtado, José Ferreira Saraiva, Kaio Nabas Ribeiro, Noel Santos Fernandes Neto, Jéssica Fernanda dos Santos Barroso, Cynara de Melo Rodovalho, Dario Pires Carvalho, Allan Kardec Ribeiro Galardo, José Bento Pereira Lima

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ANALYSIS OF THE RESULTS OF SIMULATIVE MODELLING OF THE INFORMATION SECURITY SYSTEM IN THE CORPORATE NETWORKS OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS by Vagif Gasimov, Balami Ismailov

“… The analysis shows that the insufficient level of information security in service networks is the main cause of huge losses for enterprises. Despite the appearance of a number of works to solve this problem, there is currently no unified system for assessing information security. …”
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BioLake: an RNA expression analysis framework for prostate cancer biomarker powered by data lakehouse by Qiaowang Li, Yaser Gamallat, Jon George Rokne, Tarek A. Bismar, Reda Alhajj

“…To further enhance the analysis efficiency, BioLake supports online analysis for custom data, allowing researchers to upload their own data via a designed procedure without waiting for server-side approval. BioLake allows a one-time upload of custom data of up to 500 MB to ensure that researchers avoid issues with data being too large for upload. …”
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MEDICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL PORTRAIT OF PATIENTS DISSATISFIED WITH THE LEVEL OF DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGICAL CARE DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC by Galyna Shcherbata, Oksana Kovalska

“…Specifically, it is an individual who has already had an unsuccessful experience of visiting state health care facilities in the past, applies for a medical examination for work/study, mainly for the diagnosis of respiratory system organs, and is dissatisfied with the long waiting period until the appointed day of the examination and the long live queue for the examination, considers the attitude of the physician or another employee as unkind, is dissatisfied with the work of the diagnostic specialist and the opportunity to freely ask the physician the necessary questions, is dissatisfied with the low quality of medical equipment and cleanliness and comfort in the physician's office or the department. …”
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Provision and delivery of survivorship care for adult patients with haematological malignancies: A scoping review protocol. by Zoe-Anne V Baldwin, Steph Busby, David Allsup, Judith Cohen, Olufikayo Bamidele

“…Although previous reviews exist, patient populations, methodologies, and conclusions are varied, and further high-quality research and evaluation has been recommended.<h4>Aims</h4>The aim of the scoping review this protocol describes is to summarise current evidence on the provision and delivery of survivorship care for adult patients diagnosed with a haematological malignancy, and to identify existing gaps to inform future research.…”
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The Impact of Uncertainty on Pedestrians’ Decision to Start Roadway Crossing during the Clearance Phase by Milan Simeunović, Andrijana Jović, Pavle Pitka, Mladen Dobrić

“…At the pedestrian crosswalks with the timer, contributing factors have been determined, such as gender, the number of waiting pedestrians, distractions, arrival time, and age. …”
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Successful Antiviral Treatment with Direct-Acting Antivirals for Hepatitis C Virus Infection during Peritransplant Period in a Kidney Transplant Recipient by Giovanni Varotti, Ferdinando Dodi, Ernesto Paoletti, Andrea Bruno, Iris Fontana

“…If confirmed, patients should not necessarily be suspended from the waiting list during DAA therapy for HCV eradication.…”
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A novel bladder cancer surveillance schedule using bladder Cx for patients on annual surveillance by Arjun Guduguntla, Thomas Whish‐Wilson, Lauren Chandler, Dennis Gyomber

“…Outcomes measures were overall results of CxM and subsequent treatment patterns of patients, impact on waiting lists, cost comparison and patient satisfaction. …”
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A Greedy Tabu Dual Heuristic algorithm for the cyclic pickup and delivery problem with 3D loading constraints by Wei Xu, Bingjie Li, Wenjie Cui, Ruochen Li, Xiaodong Du, Lei Xing

“…The proposed method shows a 26.67% reduction in total distance traveled and a 46.60% decrease in waiting time compared to the traditional Milk-Run approach. …”
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The Comparison of Effectiveness of Gestalt Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy on Emotional Schemas and Post-Traumatic Growth by Afsaneh Abidizadegan, Seyed Asghar Mousavi, Mohammad Narimani

“…Objective: The aim of this research was to compare the efficacy of Gestalt therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy in enhancing emotional schemas and post-traumatic growth in adolescent girls diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder. …”
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شبکات التواصل الاجتماعى ودورها فى تطویر خدمات المعلومات بمکتبات قصور الثقافة بمحافظة الاسکندریة :دراسة میدانیة... by د. اسماء حسین محمد

“…Therefore, any information specialist must make the best use of it tofill the gaps that his library cannot do, either for lack of time or for a tight budget.Also, social networks help the information specialist to provide what is new to theusers, as they always needs to know the new trends and waits the library toprovide him with.Public libraries in today's world are no longer as they were in the past,especially in the developed countries, because of their use of moderntechnologies that have emerged in the field of communications and informationtechnology, which became known as the “era of information and knowledge”,which imposed a new reality and cast a shadow over public libraries in all itsaspects and components. …”
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AID PROHIBITION AS A TOOL OF THE U.S. FOREIGN POLICY: DE JURE AND DE FACTO by V. I. Bartenev

“…This paper examines the issue of aid prohibition. The first section contains a catalog and an original typology of effective universal (not country-specific) restrictions on foreign aid provision based on the type of the recipient government’s actions or inactions through its domestic policy or international behavior that trigger harming the U.S. economic interests. …”
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