Ready Medic One: A Feasibility Study of a Semi-Autonomous Virtual Reality Trauma Simulator by Robyn Lombardo, Nicholas Walther, Scott Young, Chad Gorbatkin, Zachary Sletten, Christopher Kang, Oanh Tran, Kyle Couperus

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An Autonomous Casualty Status Communication Tool by Shah, Rishi

“…Currently, military combat medics are tasked with stabilizing casualties that arise during an operation, and preparing them to be evacuated to higher echelons of care. …”
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Communaut’Health : Un jeu d’aménagement au service d’une stratégie intercommunale e-santé pour 2030 by Sarah Le Hir, Philippe Vidal, Alexandre Cuvier

“…Between cooperation and competition, players, taking on the role of mayor of one of the municipalities in the intermunicipal cooperation, must produce a community policy in the digital age to combat medical desertification and anticipate the effects of population aging. …”
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Victims of Medication trafficking by Nematollah Beyranvandi, Ghobad Kazemi

“…As a result of this descriptive study, it can be said that although many people consider drug trafficking and smuggling of any kind of goods as crimes without a victim, but the government, economy, drug manufacturers, consumers and activists and those in charge of combating Medication  trafficking They are among the most important victims in this field.…”
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International Humanitarian Law in regard to the Definition of the Term “Armed Forces” by I. I. Kotlyarov

“…The author comes to a conclusion that Additional Protocol 1 clarified the issue of determining rightful participants in a military conflict as pertaining to one of the categories: a) combatants – persons belonging to armed forces of a state, who are entitled to wage a war; b) non-combatants (medical workers, priests) from the body of armed forces, who do not have such a right. …”
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New insights about the PDGF/PDGFR signaling pathway as a promising target to develop cancer therapeutic strategies by Pratibha Pandey, Fahad Khan, Tarun Kumar Upadhyay, Moon Seungjoon, Moon Nyeo Park, Bonglee Kim

“…A growing body of experimental data shows that PDGFs target malignant cells, vascular cells, and stromal cells to modulate tumour growth, metastasis, and the tumour microenvironment. To combat medication resistance and enhance patient outcomes in cancers, targeting the PDGF/PDGFR pathway is a viable therapeutic approach. …”
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What are people’s attitudes toward medical insurance fraud whistleblowers? a study from China by Fangting Chen, Fangmin Deng, Jingran He, Jinpeng Xu, Jian Liu, Qi Shi, Hongyu Zhang, Ting Zhang, Qunhong Wu, Lijun Gao, Guomei Tian, Zheng Kang

“…Abstract Purpose Medical insurance fraud has caused huge losses to countries around the world, and public reporting has become an important means to combat medical insurance fraud. The attitude of medical insurance fraud whistleblowers affects people’s reporting behavior, and understanding people’s attitude toward medical insurance fraud whistleblowers provides a basis for further improving the system and policy of public participation in medical insurance fund supervision. …”
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Medical misinformation in the digital age: current challenges and future directions by Elen Mai Lees

“…Authors of scientific research should, in good faith, heed the advice of Bergstrom’s “Eight rules to combat medical misinformation” to aid in mitigating the potential for their work to be misrepresented or misinterpreted in the popular media. …”
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Rational design of multifunctional antibacterial coatings by He, Tao

“…Therefore, the best defensive strategy for combating medical device related infection is to prevent biofilm formation on the device surface. …”
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Protection of Medical Personnel and Health Care Facilities: A Few Guiding Principles of Islamic Law by Muhammad Mushtaq Ahmad

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DEFINITIONS OF SURGICAL CARE TO WOUNDED WITH SOFT TISSUES DEFECTS GUNSHOT WOUNDS ON THE III AND THE IV LEVELS OF MEDICAL CARE MAINTENANCE DURING THE ATO/JFO by I.P. Khomenko, Е.М. Khoroshun, V.V. Makarov, V.V. Nehoduyko, S.V. Tertyshnyi, V.P. Maidanyuk, B. Weiss, S.M. Kornienko

“…We believe that a similar transformation of medical care provision to the wounded took place due to the fact that, in accordance with the proposed and implemented differentiated surgical tactics with a multimodal approach to wounded with soft tissues gunshot defects reconstruction, new staffs of medical companies of brigades and battalion medical posts were proposed and approved during the JFO, the positions of riflemen were introduced paramedics of departments, combat medics of platoons, senior combat medics of companies. …”
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Predictors of suicide attempt within 30 days of first medically documented major depression diagnosis in U.S. army soldiers with no prior suicidal ideation by Holly B. Herberman Mash, Robert J. Ursano, Ronald C. Kessler, James A. Naifeh, Carol S. Fullerton, Pablo A. Aliaga, Hieu M. Dinh, Nancy A. Sampson, Tzu-Cheg Kao, Murray B. Stein

“…Conclusions SA risk within 30 days following first MDD is more likely among soldiers with less education, combat medics, and bipolar disorder, traumatic stress, and “other” disorder the same day as MDD, and alcohol use disorder and somatoform/dissociative disorders before MDD. …”
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The first experience of the abdominal VAC- therapy application on role II medical support of combat actions by S. A. Aslanian, V. Ya. Bilyi, I. V. Sobko

“…Abdominal VAC therapy for combat surgical injury of the abdomen is the optimal way to temporarily close the abdominal cavity at the end of the I phase of the DCS tactics at the Role II of combat medical support, which allows you to remove pathological exudate effectively from the abdominal cavity and rehabilitate it (including during medical evacuation to the next level of medical care ) and is preparation for performing reconstructive operations and final closure of the abdominal cavity in the III phase DCS tactics. …”
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Exploring the antimicrobial potential of biologically synthesized zero valent iron nanoparticles by Akram Kiran, Khan Ibrar, Rehman Aneela, Hayat Azam, Rehman Mujaddad Ur, Khurshid Mohsin, Hayat Palwasha, Alshammari Abdulrahman, Alharbi Metab, Massa Salvatore

“…Therefore, it is essential to explore alternative strategies to effectively combat medically significant resistant pathogens. In recent years, nanoparticles (NPs) have emerged as a promising alternative source of antimicrobial agents. …”
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From Student to Physician: Determining Which Lifestyle Behaviors May Be Risk Factors for Burnout at a South Florida Medical School by Rachel Lin, Heather Woolery-Lloyd, BreAnne Young, Sonjia Kenya

“…These findings help us identify specific lifestyle factors that institutions could use to further combat medical student burnout. …”
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Healthcare professional perspectives on medication challenges in the post-stroke patient by Shauna Bell, Helen Kelly, Eva Hennessy, Margaret Bermingham, Jennifer Raymy O’Flynn, Laura J. Sahm

“…While complex interventions involving healthcare professionals (HCPs) such as Speech and Language Therapists (SLT), Occupational Therapists (OTs) and Pharmacists have been effective in combatting medication non-adherence, community multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) are not as well defined as in the acute setting, leading to wide variation in patient care. …”
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Examining multilevel influences on parental HPV vaccine hesitancy among multiethnic communities in Los Angeles: a qualitative analysis by Michelle B. Shin, Kylie E. Sloan, Bibiana Martinez, Claradina Soto, Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati, Jennifer B. Unger, W. Martin Kast, Myles Cockburn, Jennifer Tsui

“…Conclusion Our findings highlight the importance of multilevel influences on parental HPV vaccine hesitancy and decision-making and the need for community-specific messaging to combat medical mistrust and other barriers to HPV vaccination among racial/ethnic minority communities.…”
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Analysis of characteristics of military training injuries in lower limbs by YANG Sen, DU Shiyu, ZHANG Jie

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Thymoquinone Alterations of the Apoptotic Gene Expressions and Cell Cycle Arrest in Genetically Distinct Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Cells by Getinet M. Adinew, Samia S. Messeha, Equar Taka, Ramesh B. Badisa, Lovely M. Antonie, Karam F. A. Soliman

“…Therefore, novel therapeutic approaches are needed to combat medication resistance and ineffectiveness in TNBC patients. …”
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Self-Tracking Pills by Mike Reaves

“…Furthermore, some populations with mental illness are more likely to hurt themselves or others if they do not abide by their prescription regimen.[2] Proteus Digital Health, the developer of the self-tracking pill and patch, has set its sights on combating medical nonadherence with the release of Proteus Discover, which gained patent approval in 2012.[3]Proteus insists that using this new technology will cut costs and reduce waste in the healthcare industry. …”
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