Availability and accessibility of cytotoxic medicines in the WHO model list of essential medicines for childhood cancer in low and lower-middle- income countries: a systematic revi... by Maheeka Seneviwickrama, Sashini Shehana Denagamagei, Surangi Jayakody, Sanjeeva Gunasekera, Guwani Liyanage

“…The quality of the included studies was assessed using the mixed methods appraisal tool. Data is presented as a narrative synthesis. …”
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USE OF MEDIA MATERIALS IN TEACHING ENGLISH: INTERPRETATION OF GENERAL DIDACTIC PRINCIPLES by Ruslan M. Kliuchnyk

“…The article uses systemic, comparative methods, document analysis method, case study, etc.…”
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Experience With Managing Technical Debt in Scientific Software Development Using the EXA2PRO Framework by Nikolaos Nikolaidis, Dimitrios Zisis, Apostolos Ampatzoglou, Alexander Chatzigeorgiou, Dimitrios Soudris

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Old Drug, New Pain. Roles and Challenges of Methadone Therapy in Pediatric Palliative Care: A Systematic Review by Francesca Benedetti, Silvia Zoletto, Annalisa Salerno, Irene Avagnina, Franca Benini

“…All were retrospective, and the literature is concordant in documenting the lack of evidence. A total of 116 children received methadone in PPC. …”
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Developing European guidelines for training care professionals in mental health promotion by Greacen Tim, Jouet Emmanuelle, Ryan Peter, Cserhati Zoltan, Grebenc Vera, Griffiths Chris, Hansen Bettina, Leahy Eithne, da Silva Ksenija Maravic, Šabić Amra, De Marco Angela, Flores Paz

“…The committee used thematic content analysis to filter and analyse European and international policy documents, scientific literature reviews on mental health promotion and existing mental health promotion programmes with regard to identifying quality criteria for training care professionals on this subject. …”
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Index diagnoses of gastric intestinal metaplasia in the United States: patient characteristics, endoscopic findings, and clinical practice patterns at a large tertiary care center by Sheeva K. Parbhu, Shailja C. Shah, Michael J. Sossenheimer, John C. Fang, Kathryn A. Peterson, Andrew J. Gawron

“…Design: We conducted a retrospective cohort study using administrative data. Methods: We first developed and validated a rule-based natural language processing tool to identify the patients with GIM on gastrointestinal pathology reports between 2011 and 2016. …”
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Knowledge and Practice of Personal Protective Measures Against COVID-19 in Africa: Systematic Review by Joseph Kawuki, Paul Shing-fong Chan, Yuan Fang, Siyu Chen, Phoenix K H Mo, Zixin Wang

“…Only population-based original research studies (including qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods studies) conducted in Africa and published in the English language were included. …”
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Developing Automated Computer Algorithms to Track Periodontal Disease Change from Longitudinal Electronic Dental Records by Jay S. Patel, Krishna Kumar, Ahad Zai, Daniel Shin, Lisa Willis, Thankam P. Thyvalikakath

“…We utilized various Python libraries, such as Pandas, TensorFlow, and PyTorch, and a natural language tool kit to develop and test computer algorithms. …”
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Barriers to and enablers of the early diagnosis of breast cancer among women from ethnic minority backgrounds in the UK: protocol for a qualitative evidence synthesis by Sajjad, P, Shepperd, S, Dawson, S, Dhaliwal, B, Gathani, T, Roberts, N

“…</p> <br> <p><strong>Methods and analysis:</strong> The proposed review will synthesise studies that report on the experiences of women in the UK from the ethnic groups of interest on the early diagnosis of breast cancer. …”

STRATEGI PENGEMBANGAN TERNAK SAPI POTONG BERWAWASAN AGRIBISNIS DI PROVINSI ACEH by Hendra Saputra, Arief Daryanto, Dudi S. Hendrawan

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Descriptors for unprofessional behaviours of medical students: a systematic review and categorisation by Marianne Mak-van der Vossen, Walther van Mook, Stéphanie van der Burgt, Joyce Kors, Johannes C.F. Ket, Gerda Croiset, Rashmi Kusurkar

“…Methods A systematic review was conducted searching PubMed, Ebsco/ERIC, Ebsco/PsycINFO and Embase.com from inception to 2016. …”
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The impact of liver disease on mortality in cystic fibrosis - a systematic review protocol [version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations, 1 not approved] by Ao Sasame, Lucy Connolly, Emer Fitzpatrick, Diarmuid Stokes, Billy Bourke, Marion Rowland

“…The Axis  Risk of Bias tool for observational will be used to evaluate the quality of studies. …”
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The impact of liver disease on mortality in cystic fibrosis - a systematic review protocol [version 3; peer review: 2 approved, 2 approved with reservations] by Ao Sasame, Lucy Connolly, Emer Fitzpatrick, Diarmuid Stokes, Billy Bourke, Marion Rowland

“…The Axis Risk of Bias Tool for Observational Studies will be used to evaluate the quality of studies. …”
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Relevance of Competency Based Education for Architectural Education in India [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] by Ciraj Mohammed, Pradeep Kini, Nikhil Kohale

“…The purpose of the study is to identify relevant attributes of Competency Based Education (CBE) that can be adopted for architectural education in India. Methods This research follows a narrative review approach and a descriptive-analytic method to broadly understand the attributes of CBE and its potential relevance to architectural education in India. 323 articles were searched on various search strings based on their relevance to the inquiry. 76 documents written in English language were included and appraised through the Scale of the Assessment for Narrative Review Articles (SANRA) tool to avoid any risk of bias. …”
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Translation of oral health research priorities into research topics in an equity-based priority setting exercise by Sumanth Nagraj Kumbargere, Cath Quinn, Lynne Callaghan, Martha Paisi, Mona Nasser

“…While not a comprehensive priority-setting effort, we modified James Lind Alliance’s (JLA) methods and used thematic analysis to establish a list of priority research topics and questions. …”
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Pathogenic oral bacteria in hospitalised patients with dysphagia: The silent epidemic by Merryl J. Weimers, Mershen Pillay

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Tracking the Spread of Pollen on Social Media Using Pollen-Related Messages From Twitter: Retrospective Analysis by Martín Pérez-Pérez, María Fernandez Gonzalez, Francisco Javier Rodriguez-Rajo, Florentino Fdez-Riverola

“…By conducting a comprehensive evaluation of public comments and trends on Twitter, the research sought to provide valuable insights into the impact of pollen on sensitive individuals, ultimately enhancing our understanding of how pollen-related information spreads and its implications for public health awareness. MethodsUsing a blend of large language models, dimensionality reduction, unsupervised clustering, and term frequency–inverse document frequency, alongside visual representations such as word clouds and semantic interaction graphs, our study analyzed Twitter data to uncover insights on respiratory allergies. …”
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Influence of nutrition on infection and re-infection with soil-transmitted helminths: a systematic review by Peiling Yap, Jürg Utzinger, Jan Hattendorf, Peter Steinmann

“…Emphasis was placed on the use of nutritional supplementation, alongside anthelminthic treatment, to prevent re-infection with soil-transmitted helminths. Methods We searched eight electronic databases from inception to 31 July 2013, with no restriction of language or type of publication. …”
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Accessible tourism as an educational resource for the socialization of children with disabilities by Tatyana Nikolaevna Poddubnaya

“…To achieve this goal, the following research methods were used: the study of scientific literature and information from Internet sources, analysis, generalization, description.The results of the research are as follows the role of cultural and educational tourism as an effective tool for the social rehabilitation of minors with disabilities in a specially organized accessibleenvironment has been revealed. …”
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Prevalence of Early Childhood Caries in South Africa: Protocol for a Systematic Review by Faheema Kimmie-Dhansay, Robert Barrie, Sudeshni Naidoo, Tina Sharon Roberts

“…There will be no restriction on the time or language of publication. The quality of all eligible studies will be analyzed by a risk of bias tool developed by the Joanna Briggs Institute. …”
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