Identifying Preferred Features of Influenza Vaccination Programs Among Chinese Clinicians Practicing Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine: Discrete Choice Experiment by Liuren Zhang, Linchen Chu, Maria E Sundaram, Yi Zhou, Xiu Sun, Zheng Wei, Chuanxi Fu

“…ObjectiveTo understand preferences for features of influenza vaccination programs and identify the optimal influenza vaccination program among clinicians practicing TCM and Western medicine. MethodsWe conducted a discrete choice experiment with a national sample of 3085 Chinese clinicians from various hospital levels (n=1013 practicing TCM) from January to May 2022. …”
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Use of the PPCS-R scale to analyse the impact of training and experience on self-perceived perioperative nursing competence: A multicentre cross-sectional study by Fabio Ferraiuolo, Federica Tempera, Silvia Iezzi, Rosanna De Serio

“…Aim: This study assessed self-perceived competence of perioperative nurses using the Perceived Perioperative Competence Scale-Revised (PPCS-R). Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 59 nurses working in two operating blocks in central Italy. …”
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Racism in medical education and the entanglement of contents and (con-)texts: a participative reflection on teaching materials and the everyday experiences of racialized students a... by Hans Vogt, Patricia Piberger, Patricia Piberger, Felicia Boma Lazaridou, Felicia Boma Lazaridou

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Experiences and Perceptions on Community Client-Led ART Delivery (CCLADS) Model of Antiretroviral (ART) Delivery: Patients’ and Providers’ Perspectives in South Western Uganda. by Kasande, Meble, Tusimiirwe, Happiness, Taremwa, Michael, Lamulatu, Kabiite, Amanyire, Mark, Nakidde, Gladys, Kabami, Jane

“…Patients perceived the model positively (cost-effective, improved quality care, no missed appointments), whereas others perceived it negatively (blood samples were not taken like before). Experiences also included enough time, learning some activities, and good adherence. …”
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The effect of healthier menu item price reductions in the out-of-home food sector on energy purchased and consumed: a restaurant-based pilot experiment by Rozemarijn Witkam, Jane Brealey, Rebecca Latham, Andrew Jones, Eric Robinson

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Feasibility and acceptability of a pilot randomized trial of a single session of imagery rescripting targeting the primary consequences of negative experiences with eating and appe... by Nichole R. Kelly, Kelly Jean Doty, Bonnie H. C. Schrag, Shaylah Bryant, Sammy Plezia, Nicholas J. Parr, Elizabeth L. Budd

“…Abstract Background Negative experiences related to eating and appearance (NEREAs), such as critical commentary from parents about food, are common and associated with depression and disordered eating. …”
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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the research activity and working experience of clinical academics, with a focus on gender and ethnicity: a qualitative study in the UK by Carmen Soto, Jessica Elizabeth Morgan, Paul Crampton, Paul Alexander Tiffin, Gabrielle M Finn, Amelia Kehoe, Ellie Taylor, John AG Buchanan, Abisola Olatokunbo Balogun

“…Objective To investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the research activity and working experience of clinical academics, with a focus on gender and ethnicity.Design Qualitative study based on interviews and audio/written diary data.Setting UK study within clinical academia.Participants Purposive sample of 82 clinical academics working in medicine and dentistry across all career stages ranging from academic clinical fellows and doctoral candidates to professors.Methods Qualitative semistructured interviews (n=68) and audio diary data (n=30; including 16 participants who were also interviewed) collected over an 8-month period (January–September 2020), thematically analysed.Results 20 of 30 (66.6%) audio diary contributors and 40 of 68 (58.8%) interview participants were female. …”
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Assessment of adverse childhood experiences in women: a study of reliability and predictive validity of self-reporting versus medical records abstraction in an American population by Walter A Rocca, Kent R Bailey, Liliana Gazzuola Rocca, Carin Y Smith, Michelle M Mielke, Kejal Kantarci, Dmitry Esterov, Ekta Kapoor, Jennifer R Geske

“…Objective To study the reliability and validity of adverse childhood experiences (ACE) scores measured using a questionnaire versus abstraction of medical records, and to test whether the scores vary by history of bilateral oophorectomy, or by age and presence of anxiety or depressive symptoms at the time of questionnaire administration.Design The study involved a reliability component and a predictive validity component.Setting A population-based sample in Olmsted County, Minnesota, was derived from the Mayo Clinic Cohort Study of Oophorectomy and Aging-2.Participants We included 198 women who underwent premenopausal bilateral oophorectomy for a non-malignant indication between 1988 and 2007 and 174 referent women of the same age randomly sampled from the general population (total of 372 women). …”
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Towards a sustainable rice husk ash-derived solid-phase extraction: Perfluoroalkyl substances as probe contaminants of waters by Petra Bianchini, Francesca Merlo, Mirko Prato, Silvia Dante, Andrea Serra, Guido Premoli, Antonella Profumo, Andrea Speltini

“…The method was evaluated for greenness using AGREEprep and SPMS metrics, and it was then applied to the analysis of actual water samples from Northern Italy.…”
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<i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i> Invasive Liver Abscess Syndrome (Klas/Ilas)—Experience of a Single Center and Up-to-Date Review of the Literature by Octavian Enciu, Elena-Adelina Toma, Valentin Calu, Dumitru Cătălin Pîrîianu, Andrei Ludovic Poroșnicu, Adrian Miron, Mircea Ioan Popa

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The experience of a multidisciplinary team in welcoming vulnerable migrants in a rural Italian reception centre: a study using multidimensional textual analysis by Mariachiara Figura, Gianluca Pucciarelli, Silvio Simeone, Paola Arcadi, Bartosz Uchmanowicz, Ercole Vellone, Rosaria Alvaro

“…Methods A qualitative study with semi-structured interviews was conducted in April 2022 with professionals working in an Italian reception center. …”
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Novel gas-diffusion microextraction followed by gas chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry methodology for the determination of fragrance allergens in cosmetic products by Ana Castiñeira-Landeira, Angel Gomez-Feas, Antonia M. Carro, Thierry Dagnac, Paulo J. Almeida, Maria Llompart

“…An efficient sample preparation method using gas-diffusion microextraction (GDME) followed by gas chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry (GC-MS/MS) is proposed for the first time to determine fragrance allergens in both aqueous and alcohol-based cosmetic products. …”
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Incorporating Patient-Reported Outcome Measures and Patient-Reported Experience Measures in Addiction Treatment Services in Belgium: Naturalistic, Longitudinal, Multicenter Cohort... by Amine Zerrouk, Charlotte Migchels, Clara De Ruysscher, Kim Fernandez, Jerome Antoine, Florian De Meyer, Frieda Matthys, Wim van den Brink, Cleo Lina Crunelle, Wouter Vanderplasschen

“…This paper presents the design and baseline characteristics of the study, indicators of attrition at 45-day follow-up, and the feasibility of the implementation of PROMs and PREMs in residential and outpatient services. MethodsA convenience sample of 189 treatment-seeking individuals with SUD from different inpatient (therapeutic communities and psychiatric centers) and outpatient treatment services was followed for six months. …”
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New possibilities of using perampanel in children. Efficacy and tolerability of perampanel in the treatment of epilepsy (literature review and experience of Svt. Luka’s Association... by K. Yu. Mukhin, O. A. Pylaeva, M. Yu. Bobylova, L. Yu. Glukhova

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Global retention models in reversed-phase liquid chromatography. A tutorial by P. Peiró-Vila, J.R. Torres-Lapasió, M.C. García-Alvarez-Coque

“…Developing methods in liquid chromatography for complex samples with hundreds of constituents presents significant challenges, particularly when standards are unavailable or unknown, as is the case of natural products such as medicinal plants. …”
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OptWake-YOLO: a lightweight and efficient ship wake detection model based on optical remote sensing images by Runxi Qiu, Nan Bi, Chaoyue Yin

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Patients' Perceptions: A Group Differences Study Twelve Months Before and Twelve Months During a Worldwide Pandemic by Nancy Valla

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Edification Dictums in the Language Consciousness of the Kazakh Ethnos by Галина Абрамова, Наталія Дмитрюк

“…Materials & Methods. Set of associations of instructive character singled out by the continuous sampling method into a separate fragment of the world paremiological image is a unique representative research material included into the Kazakh Associative Dictionary, in the 23 655 associative reactions of the students of different universities in Shymkent city for112 stimulus words, 272 sayings – edifications recorded in 200 questionnaires. …”
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Effect of RICAS (Remote Ischemic Preconditioning on Collaterals of Atherosclerosis Stroke): Rationale and Design by Zi‐Ai Zhao, Yan Lv, Hui‐Sheng Chen

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A novel principle of frequency characteristics-based current differential protection for outgoing lines of wind farms by Bingran Wang, Zengping Wang

“…The experiment results show that the proposed protection scheme, which is not affected by the CT saturation and requires sampling frequency of only 10 kHz, can identify internal faults in 6–7 ms.…”
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