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Sharon R.T. Chilunjika, Patrick Ngulube • Cogent Social Sciences
(2026)
Digital health technologies are increasingly recognised as tools to enhance healthcare accessibility in resource-constrained settings. However, evidence suggests that not every section of society has benefitted equally. Women in developing ...
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DOI: 10.1080/23311886.2026.2686470
Maarit Mentula, Oskari Heikinheimo, Katri Räikkönen, Heini Sorasto et al. • BMJ Open
(2026)
Introduction Miscarriage occurs in 15%–20% of clinically recognised pregnancies. It may cause acute or prolonged psychological distress such as anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Data on symptom severity and dura...
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DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2026-127865
Yiqiao Xin, Clareece R. Nevill, Janion Nevill, Ewan Gray et al. • BMC Medical Research Methodology
(2022)
Abstract Background Network meta-analysis (NMA) has been increasingly adopted worldwide by Cochrane reviews, guideline developers and decision-making bodies to identify optimal treatment choices. However, NMA results are often produced stat...
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DOI: 10.1186/s12874-022-01507-x
Ania Tomaszewicz Brown, Denise McAloose, Paul P Calle, Angelika Auer et al. • PLoS ONE
(2020)
Canine distemper virus (CDV) is a multi-host pathogen that can cause significant mortality in domestic, wild terrestrial and marine mammals. It is a major conservation threat in some endangered species. Infection can result in severe respir...
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0232044
Xiaoming Wang, Yuanhua Li, Hui Li, Shengli Luo et al. • Biomimetics
(2026)
To address the limitations of current prosthetic knees that lack personalized adaptability to users’ gait characteristics and walking speeds, this study proposes a personalized gait parameter prediction–based speed-adaptive control method f...
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DOI: 10.3390/biomimetics11020136
George France • International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care
(2000)
Italy has a national health service (SSN) dating to 1978. Italy's system of government is characterized by a rather high degree of decentralization of power, and the health system is likewise decentralized. Most of the responsibilities for ...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0266462300101102
Alı́cia Granados, Laura Sampietro-Colom, José Asua, José Conde et al. • International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care
(2000)
The Spanish Constitution of 1978 established a healthcare system available to everyone and free at the point of service. The General Health Law of 1986 also established the framework for a National Health System (NHS). The Constitution and ...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/s026646230010114x
Chiara de Waure, Carlo Favaretti • Oxford University Press eBooks
(2020)
Abstract The aim of this chapter is to help the public health practitioner to: learn what health technology assessment (HTA) is in healthcare and in public health domains; understand that HTA is a powerful tool for the governance of the hea...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/med/9780198800125.003.0043
John F. P. Bridges, Christopher Jones • International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care
(2007)
BACKGROUND: In conjunction with other important movements in contemporary medicine, including evidence-based medicine (EBM), health technology assessment (HTA) has promoted a culture of critical evaluation. Despite this impact, institutiona...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0266462307051549
Swamy Ananthanarayan, Nathan Lapinski, Katie A. Siek, Michael Eisenberg • Designing Interactive Systems Conference
(2014)
We introduce a novel approach that merges craft and health technologies to empower people to design and build their own personal health visualizations. In this mutually beneficial union, health technologies can be more meaningful to an indi...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/2598510.2598581
James Raftery • BMJ
(2001)
The National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) was set up as a special health authority for England and Wales in 1999. Its role is to provide patients, health professionals, and the public with authoritative, robust, and reliable gui...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.323.7324.1300
PMC: 1121756
Emma Pesu, Elias Kuusela, Anna-Mari Moilanen, Andrey Vinogradov et al. • Scientific Reports
(2026)
Abstract The cardiac autonomic nervous system regulates cardiac function through innervation, and dysfunction of the neuronal and cardiovascular crosstalk has been linked to various pathologies. Here, we present a cardiac innervation-on-a-c...
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-026-62182-2
Avivit Cahn, Amit Akirov, Itamar Raz • Journal of Diabetes
(2017)
Diabetes care is largely dependent on patient self-management and empowerment, given that patients with diabetes must make numerous daily decisions as to what to eat, when to exercise, and determine their insulin dose and timing if required...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1753-0407.12606
Seyedeh Saeedeh Mousavi, Shima Haghani, Fatemeh Harati Kabir, Maryam Keshavarz • Majallah-i Zanān, Māmā̓ī va Nāzā̓ī-i Īrān
(2025)
Introduction: Skin-to-skin contact between mother and baby is very important in the first minutes after birth. Despite the great emphasis on its implementation, due to the lack of manpower and the numerous responsibilities of midwives, it i...
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DOI: 10.22038/ijogi.2025.83361.6263
Shaghayegh Shajari, Kirankumar Kuruvinashetti, Amin Komeili, Uttandaraman Sundararaj • Sensors
(2023)
Disease diagnosis and monitoring using conventional healthcare services is typically expensive and has limited accuracy. Wearable health technology based on flexible electronics has gained tremendous attention in recent years for monitoring...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/s23239498
PMC: 10708748
Lawrence T. Lam, Lawrence T. Lam, Lawrence T. Lam, Mary K. Lam • Frontiers in Psychiatry
(2025)
BackgroundThis study aims to validate the Chinese version of the Short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (SWEMWBS) by employing both Classical Test Theory (CTT) and Item Response Theory (IRT) approaches.MethodsData were gathered thr...
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DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1528509
Jing Sun, Jing Wang, Xin Jiang, Jing Xia et al. • BMC Biology
(2024)
Abstract Background The intracellular bacterium Listeria monocytogenes is an attractive vector for cancer immunotherapy as it can effectively deliver tumor antigens to antigen-presenting cells, leading to a robust antitumor response. Result...
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DOI: 10.1186/s12915-024-02086-7
Vladimir Tesar, Conor Judge, John Kelleher, Zdenka Hrušková et al. • RMD Open
(2024)
Objective ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) is a relapsing-remitting disease, resulting in incremental tissue injury. The gold-standard relapse definition (Birmingham Vasculitis Activity Score, BVAS>0) is often missing or inaccurate in re...
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DOI: 10.1136/rmdopen-2023-003962
Beatriz Olaya, Christina Maria van der Feltz-Cornelis, Leona Hakkaart-van Roijen, Frederick W Thielen et al. • BMJ Open
(2026)
Objectives To validate the cross-national psychometric properties of the Mental Health Quality of Life questionnaire (MHQoL) and to develop an open-source toolbox for its scoring, transformation and presentation.Design Secondary analysis of...
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DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-108598
Cayetano Javier Carrión-García, Eduardo Jesús Guerra-Hernández, Belén García-Villanova, Mauro Serafini et al. • Antioxidants
(2020)
(1) Background: Little is known about the interlinkages between dietary and plasma non-enzymatic antioxidant capacity (D-NEAC and P-NEAC, respectively) and the body’s antioxidant and inflammation response. Our aim was to explore these assoc...
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DOI: 10.3390/antiox9040301