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BACKGROUND: Cystoscopy remains the gold standard for diagnosing bladder lesions; however, its diagnostic accuracy is operator dependent and prone to missing subtle abnormalities such as carcinoma in situ or misinterpreting mimic lesions (tumor, inflammation, or normal variants). Artificial intelligence-based image-anal…

DATA SOURCES: The authors searched Medline via Pubmed, EMBASE, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews and Scielo. Additionally, grey literature was also searched with no restrictions regarding date of publication and journal up to March 2022. The search was conducted by two pre-calibrated independent reviewers using A…

BACKGROUND AND AIM: Although considerable progress has been made regarding the implementation of smoke-free policies (SFPs), many people continue to be exposed to second-hand smoke (SHS) in the home environment. The aim of this study was to conduct a systematic review on the association of SFPs in multi-unit housing (M…

Next-generation neurorehabilitation implants demand high-channel-count closed-loop systems with ultra-low area and ultra-low-power readout and classification. This is essential in applications such as multi-type epileptic seizure detection, brain machine interfaces or brain-to-text conversion. Although recent designs a…

The article presents data on the relationship of pathogenetic mechanisms for the development of menstrual disorders of functional and organic origin in connection with mental disturbances from the point of view of the psychosomatic concept. According to the latter, functional disorders of the menstrual cycle are c…

OBJECTIVE: This study employed analysis of workers' compensation (WC) claims in the landscaping services industry to identify occupational factors associated with claims from workers of different ages. METHODS: Private sector claims for 2005 to 2017 to the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation (OHBWC) and their free-te…

The purpose of this study was to evaluate recognition of pathologists and radiologists as coauthors in case reports in the field of surgical oncology. The MEDLINE database was searched for all full free text case reports involving human material published from April 1, 2011 until March 31, 2016, using search terms: "ca…

The unique properties and great variety of two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials make them highly attractive for energy storage applications. Here, an insight into the progress made towards the application of 2D nanomaterials for capacitive energy storage is provided. Synthesis methods, and electrochemical performance of…

During the pandemy caused by novel influenza A virus (subgroup H1N1), a significant number of patients became critically ill from respiratory failure. In the most severe cases of primary pneumonia, patients develop refractory hypoxemic acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) with typical computed tomographic finding…

BACKGROUND: To determine the physicians' knowledge of medication costs and its effect on drug selection. METHODS: The study was conducted between April 2007 and June 2007 on 245 physicians providing healthcare at outpatient clinics of different institutes at the city center of Ankara, Turkey. The data were collected b…

Ozone has been successfully used in medicine for over 100 years due to its microbiological qualities. Its powerful oxidation impact, which results in the production of free radicals, and its ability to cause the direct death of nearly all microorganisms is the basis for its bactericide, virucide, and fungicide properti…

OBJECTIVES: To select, present, and summarize the most relevant papers published in 2020 and 2021 in the field of Knowledge Representation and Knowledge Management, Medical Vocabularies and Ontologies, with a particular focus on health inclusivity and bias. METHODS: A broad search of the medical literature indexed in…

In the following review we intend to ascertain the optimal neoadjuvant therapy in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer. In 2004, a study revealed that chemoradiotherapy (CRT) resulted in better local control when performed preoperatively rather than postoperatively, thus neoadjuvant treatment was established as…

INTRODUCTION: A significant loss of dental structures during endodontic treatment increases the probability of tooth cracks, fractures or even tooth loss. The objective of this systematic review was to assess the influence of temporary filling material on dental cracks and fractures during endodontic treatment. MATERI…

The front cover artwork is provided by the group of Dr. Tsuyoshi Minami at the Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo (Japan). Easy-to-use sensing systems for on-site biomarker testing have been researched numerously, because conventional approaches for biomarker detection (e.g. enzyme linked-immunoso…

Anaerobic digestion of alkaline kraft elemental chlorine-free bleaching wastewater in two mesophilic, lab-scale upflow anaerobic sludge bed reactors resulted in significantly higher biogas production (250±50 vs. 120±30 NmL g [Formula: see text]) and reduction of filtered total organic carbon (fTOC) (60±5…

There is a multiplicity of journals originating in Spain and the Spanish-speaking countries of Latin America and the Caribbean (SSLAC) in the health sciences of relevance to the fields of epidemiology and public health. While the subject matter of epidemiology in Spain shares many features with its neighbours in Wester…

The scarcity of human ocular samples with short postmortem intervals (PMIs) is a significant issue in ophthalmic research and drug discovery. A contributing factor is that eye banks must manually match donor data to prospective research project criteria, which is time-consuming, inefficient, and error-prone. We have pr…

Virtual reality is a novel approach for distracting and alleviating anxiety, pain, and other complications during medical procedures, and it can be more effective than conventional methods. In virtual reality, the patient is completely immersed in the virtual environment, which is used to make patients feel more c…

Shock wave lithotripsy (SWL) remains an important treatment option for the management of upper urinary tract stones. The optimisation of certain technical principles can help to improve the results of SWL. We performed a systematic review based on preferred reporting items for systematic review and meta-analysis (PRISM…