Book Review of Hoegaerts, Josephine, Liimatainen, Tuire, Hekanaho, Laura and Peterson, Elizabeth (Eds.) 2022. 'Finnishness, Whiteness and Coloniality'. Helsinki: Helsinki Universit... by Reetta Riikonen

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Generation of a genetically encoded voltage indicator MARINA reporter human iPS cell line using Cas9 (VULSCi002-A-2) by Aistė Petruškevičiūtė, Ugnė Šimuliūnaitė, Catalina M. Polanco, Barbara Rojas, Simonas Kuras, Beatričė Valatkaitė-Rakštienė, Rimvydas Norvilas, Akshay Kumar Vijaya, Patricia Muñoz, Urtė Neniškytė, Artūras Jakubauskas, Aurelijus Burokas, Ivan Nalvarte, Jose Inzunza, Daniel Naumovas, Mindaugas Stoškus, Laimonas Griškevičius, Daiva Baltriukienė, Jonathan Arias

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Medical Jousting: Going for the kill! by Dr.Fuad Ahmed Khan Niazi

“…So sure, of himself, he wanted the win and victorious he was. The triumphant doctor, our knight in shining armor stood tall beside his trophy. …”
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Digital fundus image quality assessment by V. V. Starovoitov, Y. I. Golub, M. M. Lukashevich

“…It starts asymptomatically and can end in blindness. To detect it, doctors use special fundus cameras that allow them to register images of the retina in the visible range of the spectrum. …”
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Development and routine implementation of deep learning algorithm for automatic brain metastases segmentation on MRI for RANO-BM criteria follow-up by Loïse Dessoude, Raphaëlle Lemaire, Romain Andres, Thomas Leleu, Alexandre G. Leclercq, Alexis Desmonts, Typhaine Corroller, Amirath Fara Orou-Guidou, Luca Laduree, Loic Le Henaff, Joëlle Lacroix, Alexis Lechervy, Dinu Stefan, Aurélien Corroyer-Dulmont

“…The model shows 100 % accuracy in predicting RANO-BM criteria in comparison to that of an expert medical doctor. There was a high degree of overlap between the AI and the doctor's segmentation, with a mean DICE score of 0.77. …”
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Evaluative Literature Review Writing by Novice Academic Writers: Enhancing Knowledge and Awareness by Aksakallı Canan, Yağız Oktay, Bakırtaş Şennur, Ötügen Rabia

“…The study adopted an embedded quasi-experimental design. 20 Turkish doctoral students from different educational science departments participated in the study. …”
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Multilevel support-assisted prototype optimization network for few-shot medical segmentation of lung lesions by Yuan Tian, Yongquan Liang, Yufeng Chen, Jingjing Zhang, Hongyang Bian

“…MSPO-Net achieves state-of-the-art performance in both single and unseen lung disease segmentation, indicating its potentiality to reduce doctors’ workload and improve diagnostic accuracy. …”
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The impact of COVID-19 on HIV care: a comprehensive analysis of patient and healthcare providers experiences at the largest HIV treatment center in Ghana by Peter Puplampu, Justice K. Baah, Karl Osei Afoduo, Bright A. Adjei, Araba Abaidoo-Myles, Victor G. Davila-Roman, George B. Kyei, Collins S. Ahorlu

“…In-depth interviews and focus group discussions were done with HIV patients, doctors, nurses, pharmacists, laboratory scientists, data scientists, administrators, and counselors to ascertain barriers and facilitators to HIV care during the pandemic. …”
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La formación de tutores de doctorado como opción académica de la universidad médica cubana contemporánea by José Miguel Rodríguez Perón

“…El análisis histórico del proceso de formación doctoral en el campo de las ciencias médicas y de la salud en Cuba permite plantear que la forma acostumbrada de ejecutar la tutoría de estudiantes de doctorado resulta de la experiencia obtenida en el ejercicio y la práctica de esta actividad en el transcurso del tiempo. …”
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Audit of Radiology Request Form for Completion and Usefulness of Clinical History: Teaching Hospital Experience, Ghana by Bashiru Babatunde Jimah

“…The patient’s age, patient’s ward/address, and doctor’s address were filled in 88%, 75%, and 18.4%, respectively. …”
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Developing and applying a training needs analysis tool for healthcare workers managing snakebite envenoming: A cross-sectional study in Eswatini. by Jonathan Steinhorst, Clare Baker, Sara Padidar, Thea Litschka-Koen, Ezekiel Ngwenya, Lindelwa Mmema, Brent Thomas, Nondumiso Shongwe, Trevor Sithole, Mbongiseni Mathobela, Anna Trelfa, Nicholas R Casewell, David G Lalloo, Robert A Harrison, Jonathan Pons, Ymkje Stienstra

“…Two-thirds (63%) of participants were nursing staff and one third (34%) medical doctors. Overall, 74% of healthcare workers had previously received training on snakebite. …”
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The Impact of the Internet of Things (IoT) on Healthcare Delivery: A Systematic Literature Review by Bismark Atta Frimpong, Cláudia Barbosa, Raed A Abd-Alhameed

“…The only ways that patients could communicate with doctors before the Internet of Things were in person, over the phone, or via text. …”
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Trends of Representation of Women in Professional Medical Societal Leadership in the United States and Europe by Sherna B. Menezes, MBBS, Ashleigh N. Shenton, MD, Allison G. Hays, MD, Cynthia C. Taub, MD, MBA

“…For cardiology societies, the United States trended from 7% to 22% female presidents in the past 50 years, and Europe trended from 0% to 10%. Doctor of medicine and doctor of osteopathic medicine students have shown steady increases in women to now greater than 50%. …”
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Emotional and physical experiences of people with neovascular age-related macular degeneration during the injection process in Germany: a qualitative study by Oliver Zeitz, Martina Breuning, Christine Holmberg, Christian Wolfram, Anne Thier

“…Furthermore, they narrated negative injection experiences in association with their interactions with medical staff and doctors.Conclusion Although time in the medical setting is limited, efficient and good doctor-patient relationships seem crucial for satisfying care experiences. …”
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Definition of sinonasal and otological exacerbation in patients with primary ciliary dyskinesia: an expert consensus by Myrofora Goutaki, Yin Ting Lam, Andreas Anagiotos, Miguel Armengot, Andrea Burgess, Raewyn Campbell, Mathilde Carlier, Nathalie Caversaccio, Neil K. Chadha, Berat Demir, Sinan Ahmed D. Dheyauldeen, Onder Gunaydin, Amanda Harris, Isolde Hayn, Deniz Inal-Ince, Eric Levi, Trini Lopez Fernandez, Jane S. Lucas, Bernard Maitre, Anne-Lise M.L. Poirrier, Lynne Schofield, Kazuhiko Takeuchi, Christine van Gogh, Nikolaus E. Wolter, Jean-François Papon

“…Minor criteria include reported symptoms, examination signs, doctor's decision to treat and improvement after at least 14 days. …”
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Caconomics in the academic environment: the vicious rationality of imitation by Мирослава Кругляк

“…However, it turned out that most of the PhD and doctoral students (who submitted their dissertations in 2018-2022) had publications in low-quality or predatory journals. …”
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Photodynamic Therapy Combined with Liquid Nitrogen Cryotherapy and Curettage for the Treatment of Recalcitrant Periungual and Subungual Warts: Clinical Experience and Literature Re... by Kuixia Xie, Meihong Cheng, Bo He, Wei Li, Wenying Zhong

“…Currently, liquid nitrogen cryotherapy and CO2 laser are often used for the treatment. Clinically, few doctors routinely use photodynamic therapy (PDT) to treat viral warts. …”
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Bioethical aspects of the management of patients with Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome by Maria de Jesús Sánchez Bouza, Pedro Sánchez Frenes.

“…Through the revision of the essentials and principles of Bioethics, we analyze the problems that doctors face when treating these patients and aspects related with education for health in the case of this disease. …”
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L’organisation des savoirs au prisme du Métadictionnaire : les eaux minérales dans l’Encyclopédie méthodique (1787-1830) by François Zanetti

“…The entries relating to mineral waters reflect the importance of the field for a public that is not restricted to doctors, as shown by the place given to history. This article compares the constraints and editorial choices made in encyclopaedic projects at the end of the eighteenth century with the context in which the Metadictionary was produced.…”
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Melanoma of the Right Foot Simulating Kaposi’s Disease by K. A. Kouassi, K. Kassi, K. Kouamé, M. A. Oussou, I. Kouassi, I. P. Gbery, E. J. Ecra, A. Sangare, C. Ahogo, M. Kaloga, P. Yoboue, J. M. Kanga

“…The delay in the consultation and the lack of knowledge of melanoma by doctors and patients might contribute to the severity and the difficulties of its management.…”
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