Promotion of data sharing needs more than an emergency: An analysis of trends across clinical trials registered on the International Clinical Trials Registry Platform by Merson, L, Ndwandwe, D, Malinga, T, Paparella, G, Oneil, K, Karam, G, Terry, RF

“…</p> <p>CONCLUSIONS: Rates of planned IPD sharing vary between clinical trial registries and economic regions, and are similar whether commercial or non-commercial agencies are involved. …”

Direct medical costs of tetanus, dengue, and sepsis patients in an intensive care unit in Vietnam by Hung, TM, Van Hao, N, Yen, LM, McBride, A, Dat, VQ, van Doorn, HR, Loan, HT, Phong, NT, Llewelyn, MJ, Nadjm, B, Yacoub, S, Thwaites, CL, Ahmed, S, Van Vinh Chau, N, Turner, HC

“…Future studies are needed to further evaluate the costs and economic burden incurred by ICU patients. The data also highlight the importance of evaluating novel critical care interventions that could reduce the costs of ICU care.…”

Could cash and good parenting affect child cognitive development? A cross-sectional study in South Africa and Malawi. by Sherr, L, Macedo, A, Tomlinson, M, Skeen, S, Cluver, LD

“…Primary caregivers also reported on the economic situation of the family, cash receipt into the home, child and household HIV status. …”

Development of perfusion-based micro 3-D cell culture platform and its application for high throughput drug testing by Wu, M, Huang, S, Cui, Z, Cui, Z, Lee, G

“…Moreover, due to the integrated pumping of the medium and the cell/agarose (scaffold) loading mechanisms, time efficient and economical research work can be achieved. These characteristics are found particularly useful for high-precision and high-throughput 3-D cell culture-based drug testing. © 2007 Elsevier B.V. …”

The first thousand days: global health and the politics of potential in Khayelitsha, South Africa by Pentecost, M

“…My findings show how the first thousand days intervention exemplifies the economic, humanitarian, and anticipatory logics of the 'global health' era, and how familiar concepts of vulnerability with distinct histories in African contexts are newly invigorated by emergent science that refocuses attention on the mother-child dyad. …”

Modernization and social stratification in Iceland by Ólafsson, S, Ólafsson, Stefán

“…In relation to the equality theme, some important aspects of socio-economic advantages are examined. Opportunities of individuals and class formation are also assessed, and then the analysis moves to the level of organizations and labour market relations, i.e., to unionism, conflict, and inflation.…”

World Health Organisation multicentre randomised trial of supplementation with vitamins C and E among pregnant women at high risk for pre-eclampsia in populations of low nutritiona... by Villar, J, Purwar, M, Merialdi, M, Zavaleta, N, Thi Nhu Ngoc, N, Anthony, J, De Greeff, A, Poston, L, Shennan, A

“…Groups had similar gestational ages (18.1; SD 2.4 weeks), socio-economic, clinical and demographical characteristics and blood pressure at trial entry. …”

Patient blood management interventions do not lead to important clinical benefits or cost-effectiveness for major surgery: a network meta-analysis by Roman, MA, Abbasciano, RG, Pathak, S, Oo, S, Yusoff, S, Wozniak, M, Qureshi, S, Lai, FY, Kumar, T, Richards, T, Yao, G, Estcourt, L, Murphy, GJ

“…<p><strong>Methods</strong></p> Five systematic reviews and a National Institute of Health and Care Excellence health economic review of trials of common PBM interventions enrolling participants of any age undergoing surgery were updated. …”

Deals, exchanges and obligations: interrogating tax morale in Somalia by Sahgal, G

“…Specifically, it was unclear why dominant economic players would pay taxes to a state, which, per standard models, had limited authority, legitimacy and capacity to deliver 'reciprocal returns' or collective goods and services.…”

Elements of effective community engagement: lessons from a targeted malaria elimination study in Lao PDR (Laos). by Adhikari, B, Pell, C, Phommasone, K, Soundala, X, Kommarasy, P, Pongvongsa, T, Henriques, G, Day, NPJ, Mayxay, M, Cheah, PY

“…Based on the experience of designing and implementing the community engagement, five key elements were identified: (1) stakeholder and authority engagement, which proceeded from national level, to regional/district and local level; (2) local human resources, particularly the recruitment of local volunteers who were integral to the design and implementation of activities in the study villages; (3) formative research, to rapidly gain insight into the local social and economic context; (4) responsiveness whereby the approach was adapted according to the needs of the community and their responses to the various study components; and (5) sharing control/leadership with the community in terms of decisions on the organization of TME activities.…”

Irish and Jewish women's experience of childbirth and infant care in East London, 1870-1939 by Marks, L, Marks, Lara Vivienne

“…</p> <p>After examining the social and economic background to Irish and Jewish emigration and settlement the thesis examines what impact this had on their health patterns, particularly infant and maternal mortality. …”

Findings from a pilot randomized trial of spinal decompression alone or spinal decompression plus instrumented fusion by Beresford-Cleary, NJA, Silman, A, Thakar, C, Gardner, A, Harding, I, Cooper, C, Cook, J, Rothenfluh, DA

“…Given the low number of patients recruited and randomized, it was not possible to assess completion rates, quality of life, imaging, or health economic outcomes as intended.</p> <p><strong>Conclusion:</strong>&nbsp;This study provides a unique insight into the prevalence of dynamic spondylolisthesis and PI-LL mismatch in patients with symptomatic spinal stenosis, and demonstrates that there is a need for a definitive RCT which stratifies for these groups in order to inform surgical decision-making. …”

Building power-ful health systems: the impacts of electrification on health outcomes in LMICs by Khogali, A, Ahmed, A, Ibrahim, M, Karrar, K, Elsheikh, M, Abdelraheem, E, Cluver, L, Elmukashfi, E

“…Almost a billion people and thousands of public services are not yet connected to electricity – a majority in sub-Saharan Africa. In economically fragile settings, clinics and health services struggle to gain and maintain their access to the most basic energy infrastructure. …”

Developing prediction models for the treatment of depression: statistical and machine learning approaches to optimise antidepressant use in real world by De Crescenzo, F

“…<p>Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is a mental health disorder, affecting an estimated 280 million people globally and creating a substantial economic and healthcare burden. Current therapeutic strategies, encompassing pharmacological, psychological and physical modalities— are typically prescribed based on a generalised "one-size-fits-all" approach. …”

Cost-effectiveness of club-foot treatment in low-income and middle-income countries by the Ponseti method by Grimes, C, Holmer, H, Maraka, J, Ayana, B, Hansen, L, Lavy, C

“…Untreated patients end up walking on the side or back of the affected foot, with severe social and economic consequences. Club foot is highly treatable by the Ponseti method, a non-invasive technique that has been described as highly suitable for use in resource-limited settings. …”

Enhancing the uniqueness of Taman Herba Perak through healing landscape concept. Case study : Gopeng, Perak by Azamuddin, Nur Ezzayani

“…The communal activity among the community will generate the economic to proposed a place of liveliness in nature to increase the quality of life. …”
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Malaysian generation Y employees' leadership preference in the private sector: an exploratory qualitative study / Sharizan Sharkawi by Sharkawi, Sharizan

“…They are playing a vital role in the Malaysian labour market by helping to spearhead the country's future economic growth. However, a dilemma confronting leaders today is the limited understanding when leading the Gen Y and ironically the organisation's future vitality is dependent on its ability to work effectively with Gen Ys. …”
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Establishment of rainfall erosivity calendar at main cities of peninsular Malaysia / Nur Zarina Zakaria by Zakaria, Nur Zarina

“…Although this activity forms an important role to the intergral part of the socio-economic advancement in the country, the unpleasant effects of land development, particularly soil erosion will certainly jeopardize its success. …”
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Direct liquefaction of Mukah Balingian low rank Malaysian coal using water-tetralin mixture at supercritical state / Zaidi Ab Ghani by Ab Ghani, Zaidi

“…Predicted values were found to be in good agreement with the experimental values (R2 values of 0.9989 and 0.9931 for coal conversion and oil+gas yield respectively).This study has shown that the CCRD and RSM could efficiently be applied for the modeling liquefaction of coal and it is economical way of obtaining the maximum amount of information in a short period of time and with the fewest number of experiments. …”
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The study on the behaviour of plate girder with profiled web / Md. Hadli Abu Hassan by Abu Hassan, Md. Hadli

“…Engineers have long realized that corrugated webs enormously increase steel girders' stability against buckling and can result in very economical design. Recently, the new idea of combining the two profiled webs brought new issues of research. …”
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