Thesis Overview by Editor-in-Chief jCEC

“…The manuscript must be written with a minimal of 2 (two) and a maximal of 5 (five) pages. …”
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The role of Pharmaceutical Marketing in Prescribing Decisions in a Developing Country: A Comprehensive Study Exploiting Theory of Planned Behaviour by Mahmoud Al-Areefi, Mohamed Izham Mohamed Ibrahim, Abubakr Abdelraouf Alfadl

“…Ethical approval was obtained from the Ethical Committee of the Ministry of Public Health and Population (MoPHP), and participants provided written consent before enrolling in the study. …”
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Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Nurses Working in the Adult Intensive-Care Unit and Associated Factors towards the Use of Physical Restraint in Federally Administered Hospital... by Lielt Mersha Woldekirkos, Tilahun Jiru, Heyria Hussien, Belayneh Shetie

“…Only age significantly associated with practice. Lack of a written policy or guideline and not being trained on application of physical restraint were significantly associated with knowledge. …”
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Exploring the role of artificial intelligence in chemotherapy development, cancer diagnosis, and treatment: present achievements and future outlook by Bassam Abdul Rasool Hassan, Ali Haider Mohammed, Souheil Hallit, Souheil Hallit, Souheil Hallit, Diana Malaeb, Hassan Hosseini, Hassan Hosseini

“…Articles published within the last four years and written in English were included. The Prediction Model Risk of Bias Assessment tool was utilized to assess the risk of bias in the selected studies.ConclusionThis review underscores the substantial impact of AI, including ML and DL, on cancer diagnosis, chemotherapy innovation, and treatment response for both solid and hematological tumors. …”
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Impact of hydroxyurea on clinical and biological parameters of sickle cell anemia in children in Abidjan by MIREILLE YAYO- AYE, Adia Eusèbe Adjambri, Boidy Kouakou, Rebecca N'guessan-Blao, Louis Missa Adjé, Taïratou Kamagaté, Vincent Yapo, Duni Sawadogo

“…Children aged 5 to 15 years experiencing at least 3 vaso-occlusive crises (VOC) per year were included in the study after obtaining informed and written consent from their parents. Each patient received a daily dose of 15mg/kg of hydroxyurea. …”
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Justification and selection of a method for restricting water inflow to horizontal wells in low-permeability terrigenous reservoir conditions using the example of the YuS2 formatio... by Olga V. Savenok, Nailya Kh. Zharikova, Elizaveta P. Chuykova, Alexander E. Verisokin, Mahmoud Hadid, Larisa V. Povarova, Denis S. Kalashnikov, Anna S. Domanova

“…The authors developed the methodology for selecting candidate wells for waterproofing work, implemented in the form of a computer program written in the Python programming language. …”
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Analisis Usability Aplikasi Sistem Informasi Destinasi Wisata Pulau Ambon Berbasis Android by Sri Widyanti Ginting, I Made Sudarma

“…Data collection was carried out by distributing written questionnaires to 100 respondents in several tourism spots. …”
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Family cohesion, children’s thoughts, and children’s cognitive assessments: Mediating role of sport anxiety by Юмна Али, Сайед М. И. Шах

“…A purposive sampling technique was employed, selecting 200 sports education students and trainees. Informed written consent was obtained from all participants prior to data collection. …”
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Periodontal diseases in Down syndrome during childhood: a scoping review by Valentin Vergier, Anne-Margaux Collignon, Marjolaine Gosset, Anne-Laure Bonnet

“…Methods Our primary search was conducted via the PubMed/MEDLINE database and Google Scholar, covering the period from 1951–July 1st, 2024. Primary studies written in English or French were included. The excluded articles were reviews, in vitro or animal studies, studies on teenagers or adults, and studies involving patients with disabilities other than DS. …”
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The Efficacy of the Mulligan Concept to Treat Meniscal Pathology: A Systematic Review by Nathan C. Reep, Sydney N. Leverett, Rebecca M. Heywood, Russell T. Baker, Darren L. Barnes, Scott W. Cheatham

“… # Study Design Systematic Review # Methods A literature search was completed across multiple databases using combinations of the words "knee, function, mobilization with movement, MWM, mulligan concept, MC, meniscal pathology, meniscal derangement, and meniscal tear." Studies written within the prior 10 years that examined MC MWM techniques to treat knee meniscal injury were included. …”
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Impact of virtual reality with or without hypnosis before oocyte retrieval: A randomised study by Céline Pirard, Pascale Laurent, Christine Wyns, Maria-Grazia Giudice, Christine Watremez, Mona Momeni, Fabienne Roelants

“…The goal of this study was to evaluate the effect of VR session with and without hypnosis before sedation for oocyte retrieval (OR) on anxiety levels and on pregnancy rate. Methods: After written informed consent, 342 women scheduled for OR under sedation were randomised in this double-blinded study (NCT03064061). …”
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Hepatitis C Infection and Periodontal Disease: Is there a Common Immunological Link? by Dorin Nicolae Gheorghe, Liliana Foia, Vasilica Toma, Amelia Surdu, Elena Herascu, Dora Maria Popescu, Petra Surlin, Cristin Constantin Vere, Ion Rogoveanu

“…The review of the existing scientific literature written in English was performed, searching for oral and periodontal manifestations of HCV infection and its impact on the oral fluids. …”
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Prevalence, Clinical Presentation, and Outcome of Tuberculosis in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Nepal by Ravi R. Pradhan, Mahesh Raj Sigdel

“…Tuberculosis was diagnosed based on clinical, radiological, and laboratory findings. Prior written informed consent was obtained. Approval was obtained from the Institutional Review Board of the Institute of Medicine. …”
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Epidemiological and Clinical Profile of Dermatoses Observed in Chronic Hemodialysis Patients at the National Teaching Hospital (NTH-HKM) of Cotonou, Benin by Hugues Adégbidi, Fabrice Akpadjan, Odile Houngbo, Jacques Vigan, Bérénice Dégboé, Nadège Agbessi, Christiane Koudoukpo, Félix Atadokpèdé

“…Included were all patients seen during the study period who had been on hemodialysis for at least three months, had at least one dermatological manifestation, and gave verbal or written consent. Chronic hemodialysis patients who did not wish to participate in the survey were excluded. …”
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Computational Methods for Information Processing from Natural Language Complaint Processes—A Systematic Review by J. C. Blandón Andrade, A. Castaño Toro, A. Morales Ríos, D. Orozco Ospina

“…It allows them to show the real perceptions of users and thus visualize the problems, which are regularly processed from oral or written natural language, derived from the provision of a service. …”
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The Association of Oxidative Stress Status with Open-Angle Glaucoma and Exfoliation Glaucoma: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Binghua Tang, Shengjie Li, Wenjun Cao, Xinghuai Sun

“…We searched PubMed, EMBASE, and the Web of Science for randomized controlled trials written in the English language between January 1, 1990, and November 30, 2016. …”
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Estimating the Effectiveness of Pfizer and Sinopharm Vaccines and their Relationship to Occupation, Residence, Smoking, and Body Mass Index During Pregnancy Smoking by Shahad Th. Jameel, Asmaa Haseeb Hwaid, Abdulrazak SH. Hasan

“…A total of 266 blood samples were collected. Written consent was obtained by the Research Ethics Committee in the Diyala Health Department(DHD/No-39072/Date-31/8/2022).The researchers collected the data using a specific questionnaire they created after conducting a brief interview with the participants. …”
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“Scarlet Cloak and the Forest Adventure”: a preliminary study of the impact of AI on commonly used writing tools by Barbara Bordalejo, Davide Pafumi, Frank Onuh, A. K. M. Iftekhar Khalid, Morgan Slayde Pearce, Daniel Paul O’Donnell

“…In order to provide a dataset, the authors applied different AI-enhanced tools to a number of texts of different styles that were written prior to the development of consumer AI tools, and evaluated their impact through key metrics such as readability, perplexity, and burstiness. …”
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Current challenges and implications for dengue, chikungunya and Zika seroprevalence studies worldwide: A scoping review. by Camille Fritzell, Dominique Rousset, Antoine Adde, Mirdad Kazanji, Maria D Van Kerkhove, Claude Flamand

“…Studies addressing the seroprevalence of dengue, chikungunya and/or Zika written in English or French and meeting the inclusion and exclusion criteria were included. …”
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Preoperative ANemiA among elderly undergoing Major Abdominal surgery (PANAMA) is associated with early postoperative morbidity and worse quality of life outcomes by Hairil Rizal Abdullah, Celestine Jia Ling Loh, Eunice Jie Yi Kok, Brenda Pei Yi Tan, Hanis Abdul Kadir, Phui-Sze Au-Yong

“…Patients were included if they were 65 years or older, could provide written informed consent and were planned for elective major abdominal surgery. …”
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