Challenges of palliative care integration into routine hospital care in Iran: A Q-method inquiry on key healthcare providers’ prospects by Seemin Dashti, Hassan Mahmoodi, Abdolreza Shaghaghi

“…Methods: The Barry and Proops’ recommended Q method procedures were used in 6 phases including concourse development through the scientific literature search and consultation with the 27 key informants, statements’ selection, population set (P-set) selection, Q sorting and factor analysis. …”
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RunicNet: Leveraging CNNs With Attention Mechanisms for Cervical Cancer Cell Classification by Erin Beate Bjørkeli, Morteza Esmaeili

“…However, the Pap smear method faces challenges including subjective interpretation, significant variability in diagnostic confidence, and high susceptibility to human errors—leading to both false negatives (missed abnormalities) and false positives (unnecessary follow-up procedures). Providing a first opinion could improve the screening examination pipeline and greatly aid the specialist’s confidence in reporting. …”
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Experience in the application of organ-preserving technologies in the treatment of patients with cervical pregnancy by M. S. Selikhova, M. A. Yakhontova, A. A. Smolyaninov

“…Currently, in view of the availability of modern treatment protocols ("Procedure for the provision of medical care in the profile of≫ obstetrics and gynecology", No. 1130н, 2020 and clinical guidelines "Ectopic pregnancy", 2017), obstetricians-gynecologists have the opportunity of conservative treatment this pathology and the preservation of the reproductive health of patients. …”
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Millimeter-Wave Yagi MIMO Antenna With High Isolation and Beam-Tilting Capability Using Optimized Metamaterials by Bashar A. F. Esmail, Dustin Isleifson, Slawomir Koziel

“…The rigorous numerical optimization procedure was employed to precisely adjust the dimensions and positions of the driven dipole, director, and reflectors. …”
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Widespread hypermetabolism in symptomatic and asymptomatic episodes in Kleine-Levin syndrome. by Yves Dauvilliers, Sophie Bayard, Régis Lopez, Frederic Comte, Michel Zanca, Philippe Peigneux

“…All participants were asked to remain fully awake during the whole PET procedure.<h4>Results</h4>Between state-comparisons in KLS disclosed higher metabolism in paracentral, precentral, and postcentral areas, supplementary motor area, medial frontal gyrus, thalamus and putamen during symptomatic episodes, and decreased metabolism in occipital and temporal gyri. …”
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Screening Colonoscopy for Colon Cancer in Women during COVID-19 Pandemic by Muhammad Begawan Bestari, Ignatius Ronaldi Joewono

“…Moreover, women are less likely to undergo colonoscopy due to embarrassment, especially when the procedure is performed by male gastroenterologists, and the lack of available female gastroenterologists further complicates the problem. …”
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Implementation status of morbidity and mortality conferences in Austrian hospitals-A cross-sectional national survey study. by Alexandru-Cristian Tuca, Johanna Münch, David L B Schwappach, Andrea Borenich, Chiara Banfi, Selma Mautner, Magdalena Hoffmann, Christine Schwarz, Lars-Peter Kamolz, Gernot Brunner, Gerald Sendlhofer

“…The questionnaire focused on overall goals, structure and procedures of hospital M&MCs.<h4>Results</h4>Of the 982 contacted chief physicians, 314 (32.0%) completed the survey. …”
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Implementation features of the third-party DLL connection mechanism in the information system «Channel» by Nadezhda S. Mogilevskaya, Konstantin A. Chugunniy

“…The problem-solving technique for the of third-party libraries connection developers is the master program abstraction from the data used by the plugins, the unification of requirements to the external libraries, the supply of each library with a special description file, and the creation of the input parameter editing procedure for each library. The result is a quality operation of the information system “Channel” with the external libraries under observing a number of agreements by the DLL developers. …”
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Grounding mathematics in an integrated conceptual structure, part I: experimental evidence that grounded rules support transfer that formal rules do not by Kevin W. Mickey, James L. McClelland

“…Using findings from a third study further exploring the grounded condition (N = 64 participants), we found evidence that the circle supported transfer in two ways: by providing a procedure that could be used to solve both taught and transfer problems without rules and by allowing students to appreciate rules as capturing relationships between meaningful quantities, facilitating their application and extension. …”
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Theoretical Knowledge on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation among Student Nurses at School of Nursing Lafia, Nigeria by Sulaiman Umar, Mukailu Dauda

“… Background and Aim Cardiopulmonary resuscitation CPR can be defined as a life-saving emergency procedure that involves breathing for the victim and applying external chest compressions to make the heart pump. …”
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Fusion, Gemination or a Morphological Variation? A Case Report on a Diagnostically Challenging Mandibular Molar by Argyro Kavadella, Ioannis Papavasileiou, Maria-Areti Salamouri, Ioannis Papavasileiou, Elpida-Niki Emmanouil-Nikoloussi

“…Early identification of the atypical tooth is essential to facilitate the implementation of appropriate preventive measures and to support informed treatment planning, should invasive procedures such as endodontic or surgical intervention be required in the future.…”
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METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION OF A NEUROREGULATOR MODEL WHEN OPTIMIZING THE CONTROL STRUCTURE OF A TECHNOLOGICAL CYCLE by V. S. Smorodin, V. A. Prokhorenko

“…The mathematical model of the neuroregulator is based on a physical prototype, and the procedure of a real-time control synthesis (adaptive control) is based on recurrent neural network training. …”
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The Fluorescein Angiographic Signs of Aggressive Posterior Retinopathy of Prematurity by E. I. Saidasheva, S. V. Buynovskaya, F. V. Kovshov, Yu. V. Levadnev, O. Y. Shishkanova

“…Depending on the diagnostic methods, patients were divided into two groups: 1 (main) — 51 (61.4 %) children who, in addition to standard ophthalmic examination methods, received 132 series of FA using a pediatric retinal camera RetCam3; 2 (control) — 32 (38.6 %) children without FA. After the procedure, the somatic state of the child was monitored for 24 hours for the registration of drug dye side effects. …”
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The Use of Machine Learning in the Diagnosis of Kidney Allograft Rejection: Current Knowledge and Applications by Tanja Belčič Mikič, Miha Arnol

“…The diagnostic gold standard for detecting rejection is a kidney biopsy, an invasive procedure that can often give imprecise results due to complex diagnostic criteria and high interobserver variability. …”
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Glucose-Lowering Agents Developed in the Last Two Decades and Their Perioperative Implications by Basavana Goudra, Geno J. Merli, Michael Green

“…Recommendations include withholding GLP-1RAs for a predefined period of time, performing gastric ultrasound to evaluate gastric contents, modifying anesthesia management, particularly with regard to the airway, or canceling the scheduled (elective) surgery or procedure. SGLT-2is are known to increase the risk of euglycemic ketoacidosis. …”
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Performance of Vasopressin Stimulated Bilateral Inferior Petrosal Sinus Sampling in Corticotropin Dependent Cushing’s Syndrome with Negative or Equivocal 3 Tesla Contrast Enhanced... by Puneet Shivnani, Rajeev Kasliwal, Gourav Goyal, Jyoti Sharma, Utkarsh Balani, Pankaj Gupta, Bhawani S. Sharma, Dinesh Yadav, Vineet Mishra, Surendra K. Sharma

“…Introduction: Corticotropin releasing hormone (CRH)-stimulated bilateral inferior petrosal sinus sampling (BIPSS) is the most accurate procedure in the differential diagnosis of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)-dependent Cushing’s syndrome (CS) with a sensitivity of 88–100% and a specificity of 67–100%. …”
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Stakeholders’ Perception of Causes and Consequences of ASUU Strike Among Public Universities in Nigeria: 1999–2022 by Aun Thompson Toryuha

“…The population of the study comprised all the 91 public universities in Nigeria; the sample of the study was 400 stakeholders, comprising of lectures, students, parents, transporters, and marketers across all the public universities in the nation, who were selected using multistage sampling procedure of purposive and simple random sampling at their respective public universities. …”

Moderating effect of health knowledge and mental health on the association between undergraduates’ attitudes toward help-seeking and internet addiction by Mensah Prince Osiesi, Sunday Ade Adeniran, Oluwayemisi Damilola Akomolafe

“…The data were analysed using SPSS version 26.0's Hayes macro procedure. The characteristics of the respondents were summarised using descriptive statistics, and hypotheses were tested at a 0.05% significance level using inferential statistics (Hayes macro process V4.0, Model 2). …”
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A Comparative Study Between Collagen Sheet Dressing and Conventional Paraffin Gauze Dressing to Donor Site in Patients Undergoing Split Skin Grafting by Balaji Rajavarman, Raju Manigandan, AS Sangeethapriya, Umesh Raj Somasundaram

“… Introduction: Split skin grafting is a common procedure that causes partial thickness injury, typically treated with paraffin-soaked gauze. …”
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THE EFFECT OF TURMERIC EXTRACT (Curcuma longa) ON THE IMPROVEMENT OF MUSCLE MASS IN SWISS DIABETES MELITUS MICE SKELETAL MUSCLE INDUCED BY STREPTOZOTOCIN by Alfin Ihza Trimahendra, Yora Nindita, Vega Karlowee, Muhamad Thohar Arifin, Mochamad Ali Sobirin

“…Data was analyzed with statistical software after all procedures were done. Results. STZ + turmeric group showed insignificant decreased in blood sugar levels (p=0.107). …”
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