Embracing Growth, Adaptability, Challenges, and Lifelong Learning: A Qualitative Study Examining the Lived Experience of Early Career Nurses by Liz Ryan, Di Stratton-Maher, Jessica Elliott, Tracey Tulleners, Geraldine Roderick, Thenuja Jayasinghe, Joanne Buckley, Jamie-May Newman, Helen Nutter, Jo Southern, Lisa Beccaria, Georgina Sheridan, Danielle Gleeson, Haiying Wang, Sita Sharma, Jing-Yu (Benjamin) Tan, Linda Ng, Blake Peck, Tao Wang, Daniel Terry

“…Follow-up semi-structured interviews were conducted among twenty-five ECNs between 2022 and 2024 using purposive sampling to recruit ECNs who had graduated four years ago. …”
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RIDGE LEAST ABSOLUTE DEVIATION PERFORMANCE IN ADDRESSING MULTICOLLINEARITY AND DIFFERENT LEVELS OF OUTLIER SIMULTANEOUSLY by Netti Herawati, Subian Saidi, Dorrah Azis

“…This signifies that RLAD is more precise in estimating the regression coefficients for each sample size and various outlier levels studied.…”
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Measurement quality metrics to improve absolute microbial cell counting by Kirsten Parratt, David Newton, Joy Dunkers, Jennifer Dootz, Monique Hunter, Alshae' Logan-Jackson, Laura Pierce, Sumona Sarkar, Stephanie L. Servetas, Nancy J. Lin

“…The quality metrics illustrate large differences in proportionality and variability across methods, with total cell counts in good agreement and viable cell count having more variability. …”
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Chronic conditions and health literacy in Brazilian community-dwelling older people: a cross-sectional study by Madson Alan Maximiano-Barreto, Ana Caroline Pinto Lima, Daiene de Morais, Élen dos Santos Alves, Bruna Moretti Luchesi

“…The participants also answered a health literacy test and were then divided into three groups based on the score: “lower health literacy”, “intermediate health literacy” and “higher health literacy”).Results Men accounted for slightly more than half of the sample (50.5%) and age ranged from 60 to 97 years (X᷈: 69; [IQR: 66–77] years). …”
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Planetary health in action: developing a heatwave vulnerability tool for primary care by Karolina Griffiths, Paul Basso-Bert, Mireille Abraham, Elise Chin, Layana Caroupaye-Caroupin, Manal Ahikki, Emilie Agrech, Camille Debrock, Rim Sabri, Grégoire Mercier, François Carbonnel

“…Background: Heatwaves are becoming longer and more frequent. Despite the availability of open environmental data, little is operable and formatted for primary care use. …”
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Microfluidics as a promising technology for personalized medicine by Zahra Oushyani Roudsari, Zahra Esmaeili, Nafiseh Nasirzadeh, Saeed Heidari Keshel, Farshid Sefat, Hassan Bakhtyari, Samad Nadri

“…Consequently, in recent decades, the utilization of interdisciplinary technologies such as microfluidic systems had a significant increase to provide more accurate high throughput diagnostic/therapeutic methods. …”
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The tsunami of antibiotic resistance as a global health crisis in otorhinolaryngology patients; a cross-sectional study by Peter Milad, Ossama Ibrahim Mansour, Mohammed Shehata Taha, Tarek Ashmawy, Heba Mahmoud Abdelmageed, Samia Abdou Girgis, Azza Omran, Anas Askoura, Omar Yassin, Amr Hamed, Mena Maher Nassif

“…Conclusion Throat organisms were found to be more susceptible to Amoxicillin-clavulanic acid (ACA), Cefuroxime, and ceftriaxone respectively, Ear organisms were found to be more susceptible to ACA, ceftriaxone, and cefuroxime respectively, as for nose organisms, they were found to be more susceptible to ACA, ceftriaxone, and ciprofloxacin respectively. …”
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Respiratory rate and its associations with disease and lifestyle factors in the general population - results from the KORA-FF4 study. by Ina-Maria Rückert-Eheberg, Alexander Steger, Alexander Müller, Birgit Linkohr, Petra Barthel, Melanie Maier, Julia Allescher, Moritz F Sinner, Konstantinos D Rizas, Wolfgang Rathmann, Karl-Ludwig Laugwitz, Stefan Kääb, Annette Peters, Georg Schmidt

“…Stratified analyses showed that education appeared to be more relevant in women, while the effect of diabetes was more pronounced in men.…”
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Compartmental analysis of retinal vascular parameters and thickness in myopic eyes using SS-OCTA by Chen Zeng, Chong Tang, Yixin Tan, Juxian Liu, Kai Shi, Qi Li

“…More alterations were proved in nasal peripapillary sectors in high myopes. …”
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Understanding Green Product Purchase Intentions Using the Theory of Planned Behavior: Case study of Algerian Consumers’ by Sidi Mohammed Benachenhou, Imene Dali Youcef, Salah Hamouti

“…Through this study, we build a theoretical framework that combines the ideas and perspectives of previous studies on sustainable consumption.Methods: In order to validate our research hypotheses, questionnaires were used to collect primary data from a sample of 219 participants in Algeria. …”
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Epidemiological profile of patients treated at the Cornea's Department of the Reference Center in Ophthalmology, Goiás, Brazil by Fernanda Mendonça Galvão, Alexia Larissa de Souza, Hugo Mendes Silva, Marcia Cristina Toledo, Victor Falcão Pereira Costa, Yael Porto Silva, Cláudia Gomide Vilela de Sousa Franco, Larissa Fernanda Queiroz Elias, Marcos Rassi Fernandes

“…Keratoconus was more prevalent among 11 to 40-year-old individuals, and sex differences were absent (p = 0.283). …”
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Modification of activated carbon prepared from black liquor with the copper ion and its application to adsorption phenol by Amir Mohammadpour, Ahmad Hallajisani, Mohammad Azadfallah, Yahya Hamzeh

“…The growing demand for effective and environmentally friendly phenol removal methods has led to a growing interest in investigating the potential of using biomass-derived activated carbon. …”
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Diabetes medication prescribing trends based on provider type and location in the United States by Susan D. Meeke, Megan M. Weemer

“…Background: As primary care physician numbers continue to decline, more patients with type 2 diabetes are likely to receive care from advanced practice providers (APPs), including physician assistants and nurse practitioners. …”
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Is consumer response to plain/standardised tobacco packaging consistent with framework convention on tobacco control guidelines? A systematic review of quantitative studies. by Martine Stead, Crawford Moodie, Kathryn Angus, Linda Bauld, Ann McNeill, James Thomas, Gerard Hastings, Kate Hinds, Alison O'Mara-Eves, Irene Kwan, Richard I Purves, Stuart L Bryce

“…Findings were largely consistent, irrespective of location and sample.<h4>Conclusions</h4>The evidence strongly suggests that standardised packaging will reduce the appeal of packaging and of smoking in general; that it will go some way to reduce consumer misperceptions regarding product harm based upon package design; and will help make the legally required on-pack health warnings more salient.…”
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Mortality and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) among enforcers and non-enforcers in the National Hockey League (NHL) by Jeffrey S. Markowitz

“…Goalies and players with less than 30 games of NHL experience were excluded.ResultsThe matching procedure resulted in equivalent cohorts with respect to birth year (1969.9) and first NHL season played (1991.3). Significantly more ENFs had died (n = 23, 9.6% vs. n = 9, 3.8%; p = 0.01) and significantly more ENFs had been given a diagnosis of CTE (n = 7, 2.9% vs. n = 1, 0.4%; p &lt; 0.05). …”
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International trade market forecasting and decision-making system: multimodal data fusion under meta-learning by Yiming Bai, Muhammad Asif

“…Initially, the mel-frequency cepstral coefficients (MFCC) method is employed to transform the original audio signal into more discriminative spectral features. …”
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Occurrence of Cytomegalovirus among pregnant antenatal women within Bauchi metropolis, Nigeria by Timothy Waje, Mahmud Yerima Iliyasu, Ahmed Faruk Umar, Ediga B. Agbo

“…Abstracts: Objectives of the research: The objectives of this research were to investigate the occurrence of Cytomegalovirus, determine the prevalence rate and in relation to certain demographic and risk factors, clinical variables, and outcomes among an antenatal cohort of women in the Bauchi metropolis, Nigeria. Patients and methods: Ethical approval was obtained from the relevant ethical committees for blood sample collection. …”
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Long-Term Effects of Cataract Surgery on Tear Film Parameters by Vincent D. Venincasa, Anat Galor, William Feuer, David J. Lee, Hermes Florez, Michael J. Venincasa

“…Methods. 29 patients were seen at the Miami Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) who had cataract surgery by phacoemulsification in one eye more than 3 months prior to the study date and had no history of surgical intervention in their fellow eye. …”
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Impact of an exercise program combined with dietary advice on avoiding insulin prescription in women with gestational diabetes: a randomized controlled trial by Michel Boulvain, Véronique Othenin-Girard, François R. Jornayvaz, Bengt Kayser

“…Population Pregnant women at 25–35 weeks of gestation diagnosed with GDM. Methods Women in the intervention group participated in weekly, supervised, 30–45 min exercise sessions and were encouraged to accumulate more than 5000 steps per day, tracked by a pedometer, in addition to receiving usual care. …”
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An evidence synthesis approach for combining different data sources illustrated using entomological efficacy of insecticides for indoor residual spraying. by Nathan Green, Fiacre Agossa, Boulais Yovogan, Richard Oxborough, Jovin Kitau, Pie Müller, Edi Constant, Mark Rowland, Emile F S Tchacaya, Koudou G Benjamin, Thomas S Churcher, Michael Betancourt, Ellie Sherrard-Smith

“…<h4>Results</h4>Many more data are available in aggregated format (N = 23 datasets, 4 studies) relative to comprehensive format (N = 2 datasets, 1 study). …”
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