Who is protected and who is not? Evaluating the effects of the long-term care insurance system and disparities in healthcare utilization and costs of the South Korean elderly popul... by Minsung Sohn, Hojoon Sohn, Mankyu Choi

“…The use of an appropriate LTCS can reduce unnecessary medical utilization and the resulting costs such as those for hospital admission, delayed discharge, and emergency room visits. Methods This study evaluated whether the LTCS has a savings effect on medical use for older adults and whether the effect varies depending on income level, using longitudinal data obtained from an Elderly Cohort Database compiled from 2002 to 2013, which is a sample of 10% of the elderly population in Korea. …”
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Understanding patient views and experiences of the IDENTIfication of PALLiative care needs (IDENTI-Pall): a qualitative interview study protocol by Sarah Mitchell, Isabel Leach, Nicola Turner, C R Mayland

“…Introduction More people are living with multimorbidity, defined as two or more long-term physical or mental health conditions. …”
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QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG TUBERCULOSIS PATIENTS WITH AND WITHOUT DIABETES MELLITUS BEFORE AND AFTER ANTI-TB DRUGS ADMINISTRATION by Alesandro Ksatriaputra, Fathur Nur Kholis, Dwi Ngestiningsih, Bambang Hariyana

“…TB without diabetes mellitus patients have more significant changes in quality of life compared to TB with diabetes mellitus patients.…”
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Cold storage surpasses the impact of biological age and donor characteristics on red blood cell morphology classified by deep machine learning by Yuanheng Zhao, Mackenzie Brandon-Coatham, Mahsa Yazdanbakhsh, Olga Mykhailova, Nishaka William, Rafay Osmani, Tamir Kanias, Jason P. Acker

“…Deep machine learning surpasses traditional microscopy-based classification methods, offering more accurate and consistent results while reducing time and labor intensity. …”
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The Relationship of Neck pain and Smart Phones Usage among students: A Cross-Sectional Study in Erbil City by ShwanQadir Media, Alaa Usama Ahmed

“…Investigator inquired about participants sociodemographic characteristics, purpose and hours of using phones, hand dominance, how to enter data, frequent position while using the phone.Whether other devices are applied for study, neck pain and its severity ,pain relief medications and the usual exercise routine of the respondents. Results: More than two third of the studied sample (63.5%) had neck pain, and (36.5%) were free from pain during smartphone use in last 12 months. …”
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A novel competitive learning prototype for image ordinal classification by Chao Zhang, Chao Feng, Jianmei Cheng, Keren Fu

“…In this work, we adopt the concept of Mixing techniques, including Mosaic, CutMix and Mixup, which are powerful data augmentation strategies that blend two or more samples and their corresponding labels in a proportional manner during the training process, to bolster the task of ordinal classification. …”
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The impact of mandatory conflict of interest disclosures on editors’ manuscript acceptance decisions: A cross‐sectional observational study by Carl T. Berdahl, Newton Addo, Michael L. Callaham

“…Results Out of 1312 manuscripts in the sample, 65.1% had no COI declarations, and 34.9% had one or more. …”
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Microscopic Numerical Analysis of Sand Liquefaction Under Subway Train Load by Jin Zhang, Jiale Yang, Chuanlong Xu, Xianzhang Ling, Chen Liu, Mohsen Saleh Asheghabadi

“…Conversely, the pore pressure, anisotropy, and energy exhibit opposite trends, continuing until the sample reaches a state of liquefaction failure. Notably, when the dynamic stress amplitude increases or the loading frequency decreases, the rate of reduction in coordination number, mechanical coordination number, porosity, contact force chains, and strain energy becomes more pronounced. …”
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Rolling Prediction of Emergency Supplies Based on Postdisaster Multisource Time-Varying Information by Wei Li, Ming Zhang, Boquan Li, Songrui Li, Zhifeng Qiu

“…The method implements attribute reduction of original data samples based on rough set theory and predicts cumulative death tolls in each rolling period by using the rolling time-domain as the basic framework and combining a support vector machine (SVM). …”
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Multiscale Entropy of Electroencephalogram as a Potential Predictor for the Prognosis of Neonatal Seizures. by Wen-Yu Lu, Jyun-Yu Chen, Chi-Feng Chang, Wen-Chin Weng, Wang-Tso Lee, Jiann-Shing Shieh

“…<h4>Results</h4>Although there was no significant change in SamEn, the CI values showed significantly decreased over Channels C3, C4, and Cz in patients with neonatal seizures and later epilepsy compared with control group. More multifocal epileptiform discharges in EEG, more abnormal neuroimaging findings, and higher incidence of future developmental delay were noted in the group with later epilepsy.…”
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A longitudinal examination of loneliness in left-behind children: the interaction between self-esteem and academic self-efficacy matters by Yutao Zhou, Chengwen Fan, Shuge Zhang

“…Results Academic self-efficacy was a more proximal predictor of loneliness at baseline and its change over time. …”
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Working from home and health complaints: on the difference between telework and informal overtime at home by Alexandra Mergener, Nico Stawarz, Heiko Rüger, Inga Laß

“…The analytical sample was restricted to employees whose job tasks could be performed at home (N = 10,365).ResultsCompared to employer-directed non-users, working informal overtime at home is associated with more mental health complaints, while telework is associated with fewer mental and physical health complaints. …”
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To VR or not to VR: assessing cybersickness in navigational tasks at different levels of immersion by Luis Eudave, Martín Martínez

“…The advent of affordable, high-quality virtual reality (VR) devices has revolutionized experimental research in cognitive psychology and neuroscience, offering more immersive and naturalistic environments for studying skills like spatial navigation. …”
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COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS IMAGE RESULTS OF PANCREAS IN PORTAL VEIN PHASE ON CT SCAN ABDOMEN CONTRAST WITHOUT AND WITH MINIMUM INTENSITY PROJECTION IN CT SCAN 64 SLICE by Maria Ramandita, Lailatul Muqmiroh, Pramono Pramono

“…Methods: This study is a retrospective study with an observational analytic method to assess differences of pancreatic image in contrasting contrast CT scans with and with MinIP reforms on CT 64 slice modalities Philips Briliance. 30 images as samples, with the criteria set by the researchers. …”
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The Perspective of Leader-Member Exchange and Its Relation with Workplace Empowerment and Organizational Citizenship Behavior among Nurses by Nora A. A. Mohamed, Mahdia M. E. Morsi, Salwa I. Mahmoud

“…Also, more than half of nurses (51.1%) had a moderate level of organizational citizenship behavior. …”
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The effect of dance interventions on well-being dimensions in older adults: a systematic review by Ingrid Fonseca, María Rueda, Carlos Cabanzo

“…Many studies had small sample sizes or did not report effect sizes or randomization. …”
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Prevalence and determinants of Soil-Transmitted Helminths among urban vegetable farmers in Ghana. by Gerard Quarcoo, Samuel Armoo, Augustina Angelina Sylverken, Matthew Glover Addo

“…There is the need to assess the burden of STH among these farmers using more sensitive molecular assays.<h4>Methods</h4>This was a cross-sectional study involving 168 urban farmers from Accra and Tamale in Ghana's Greater Accra and Northern regions, respectively. …”
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Prevalence and Clinical Characterization of Human Rhinovirus in Hospitalized Children with Acute Lower Respiratory Tract Infection in Taiwan by Hsiu-Chuan Wang, Su-Boon Yong, Ting-I Lin, Yu-Shen Chen, Ching-Chung Tsai, Ya-Ling Huang, Yi-Feng Su, Jiu-Yao Wang, Yu-Tsun Su

“…Nasopharyngeal swab samples were collected to detect HRV, HRV species, and other common respiratory viruses. …”
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Cyber-victimization—influence of parental rules and impact on mental health among Indian adolescents by Rameshbabu Tamarana, Mansi Mathur, Varsha Madhusudan, P. Annapurna Kiranmai

“…This study examines the relationship between parental regulations on internet usage and the incidence of cyber-victimization among Indian adolescents, while also assessing the impact of cyber-victimization on mental health outcomes such as stress, anxiety, and depression.MethodsA sample of 224 adolescents (Mean age = 16.5 years SD = 2.34) was surveyed using standardized measures of cyber-victimization and mental health.ResultsMultiple linear regression analyses revealed that written-verbal cyber-victimization was a significant predictor of stress (β = 0.18, p &lt; 0.05), while impersonation, written-verbal cyber-victimization, and online exclusion significantly predicted anxiety (p &lt; 0.05). …”
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Does evidence support the American Heart Association's recommendation to screen patients for depression in cardiovascular care? An updated systematic review. by Brett D Thombs, Michelle Roseman, James C Coyne, Peter de Jonge, Vanessa C Delisle, Erin Arthurs, Brooke Levis, Roy C Ziegelstein

“…<h4>Results</h4>There were few examples of screening tools with good sensitivity and specificity using a priori-defined cutoffs in more than one patient sample among 15 screening accuracy studies. …”
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