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A mixed methods evaluation of the impact of ECHO ® telementoring model for capacity building of community health workers in India
India has the largest cohort of community health workers with one million Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs). ASHAs play vital role in providing health education and promoting accessible health care se... (Source: Human Resources for Health)
Source: Human Resources for Health - April 23, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: Rajmohan Panda, Supriya Lahoti, Nivedita Mishra, Rajath R. Prabhu, Kalpana Singh, Apoorva Karan Rai and Kumud Rai Tags: Research Source Type: research

Genes, Vol. 15, Pages 529: SNP and Structural Study of the Notch Superfamily Provides Insights and Novel Pharmacological Targets against the CADASIL Syndrome and Neurodegenerative Diseases
In this study, an in silico analysis of polymorphisms and mutations in human Notch family members that lead to neurodegenerative diseases was performed in order to investigate the correlations among Notch family proteins and neurodegenerative diseases. Particular emphasis was placed on the study of mutations in the Notch3 protein and the structure analysis of the mutant Notch3 protein that leads to the manifestation of the CADASIL syndrome in order to spot possible conserved mutations and interpret the effect of these mutations in the Notch3 protein structure. Conserved mutations of cysteine residues may be candidate pharm...
Source: Genes - April 23, 2024 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Louis Papageorgiou Lefteria Papa Eleni Papakonstantinou Antonia Mataragka Konstantina Dragoumani Dimitrios Chaniotis Apostolos Beloukas Costas Iliopoulos Erik Bongcam-Rudloff George P. Chrousos Sofia Kossida Elias Eliopoulos Dimitrios Vlachakis Tags: Article Source Type: research

Urodynamics in the Pediatric and Transitional Patient Population: Over Fifty Years of Insights
AbstractPurpose of ReviewUrodynamics is pivotal in understanding lower urinary tract pathophysiology. While essential, its utility in pediatric and transitional patient populations has been challenged by evolving paradigms and ongoing controversies. This review elucidates the fundamental principles of urodynamics, its worldwide variations, confounding factors, and most importantly, its critical role in the management of genitourinary conditions.Recent FindingsMultiple articles have demonstrated advances and challenges in performing, interpreting, and comparing urodynamic studies.SummaryUrodynamics serves as an invaluable t...
Source: Current Bladder Dysfunction Reports - April 23, 2024 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: research

A Prospective Multimodal Education Intervention for Providers Does Not Increase Hepatic Encephalopathy Treatment Rates
ConclusionThis MMEI did not increase HE treatment rates, suggesting that alternative strategies are needed to identify and address barriers to treatment. (Source: Digestive Diseases and Sciences)
Source: Digestive Diseases and Sciences - April 23, 2024 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: research

Learning with AI Language Models: Guidelines for the Development and Scoring of Medical Questions for Higher Education
This article explores the use of AI language models in biomedical education, focusing on their application in both classroom teaching and learning assignments. Using the SOLO taxonomy as a framework, I discuss strategies for designing questions that challenge students to exercise critical thinking and problem-solving skills, even when assisted by AI models. Additionally, I propose a scoring rubric for evaluating student performance when collaborating with AI language models, ensuring a comprehensive assessment of their learning outcomes.AI language models offer a promising opportunity for enhancing student engagement and p...
Source: Journal of Medical Systems - April 23, 2024 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research

SEEIIST – a new research facility for tumor treatment and biomedical investigations with proton and ion beams
ConclusionsThis infrastructure is unique for Europe and will attract researchers from all European countries to perform their investigations. (Source: Health and Technology)
Source: Health and Technology - April 23, 2024 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research

Intrapartum electronic fetal heart rate monitoring to predict acidemia at birth with the use of deep learning
EFM is used in the vast majority of US hospital births, but has significant limitations in achieving its intended goal of preventing intrapartum hypoxic-ischemic injury. Novel deep learning techniques can improve complex data processing and pattern recognition in medicine. (Source: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology)
Source: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology - April 23, 2024 Category: OBGYN Authors: Jennifer A. MCCOY, Lisa D. LEVINE, Guangya WAN, Corey Chivers, Joseph TEEL, William G. LA CAVA Tags: Original Research: Obstetrics Source Type: research

Secondary fracture prevention in primary care: a narrative review
AbstractThe global burden of osteoporosis continues to rise with an ageing population. Untreated osteoporotic fractures not only heighten the risk of subsequent fractures but are associated with excess mortality. Although primary care guidelines consistently stress the importance of secondary fracture prevention, fewer than 20% of patients are appropriately treated for osteoporosis following an initial osteoporotic fracture. This worldwide phenomenon is known as the osteoporosis care gap. This literature review examines the barriers to secondary fracture prevention in primary care and evaluates the effectiveness of targete...
Source: Osteoporosis International - April 23, 2024 Category: Orthopaedics Source Type: research

Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) pediatric resident training course: a cross-sectional survey
Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is becoming increasingly crucial in the Pediatric Emergency Department for objective patient examination. However, despite its growing interest and wide-ranging applications, P... (Source: Italian Journal of Pediatrics)
Source: Italian Journal of Pediatrics - April 23, 2024 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Manuela Lo Bianco, Santiago Presti, Maria Carla Finocchiaro, Gian Luca Trobia, Tiziana Virginia Sciacca, Maria Elena Cucuzza, Elia Caudullo, Giacomo Calcara, Martino Ruggieri and Vita Antonella Di Stefano Tags: Research Source Type: research

Couple Relationship Education Through mHealth: A Two-Year Follow-Up Quasi-Experimental Study
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Source: American Journal of Family Therapy - April 23, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Zahra Barati SedehMajid Mohammadian BehnamiNouzar Nakhaeea Neuroscience Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iranb Deputy of Research and Technology, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran Source Type: research

TriConvUNeXt: A Pure CNN-Based Lightweight Symmetrical Network for Biomedical Image Segmentation
AbstractBiomedical image segmentation is essential in clinical practices, offering critical insights for accurate diagnosis and strategic treatment approaches. Nowadays, self-attention-based networks have achieved competitive performance in both natural language processing and computer vision, but the computational cost has reduced their popularity in practical applications. The recent study of Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) explores linear functions within modified CNN layer demonstrating pure CNN-based networks can still achieve competitive results against Vision Transformer (ViT) in biomedical image segmentation, wi...
Source: Journal of Digital Imaging - April 23, 2024 Category: Radiology Source Type: research

Correlation Aware Relevance-Based Semantic Index for Clinical Big Data Repository
AbstractIn this paper, we focus on indexing mechanisms for unstructured clinical big integrated data repository systems. Clinical data is unstructured and heterogeneous, which comes in different files and formats. Accessing data efficiently and effectively are critical challenges. Traditional indexing mechanisms are difficult to apply on unstructured data, especially by identifying correlation information between clinical data elements. In this research work, we developed a correlation-aware relevance-based index that retrieves clinical data by fetching most relevant cases efficiently. In our previous work, we designed a m...
Source: Journal of Digital Imaging - April 23, 2024 Category: Radiology Source Type: research

Exploring Radiomics Features Based on H & amp;E Images as Potential Biomarkers for Evaluating Muscle Atrophy: A Preliminary Study
This study provides important biomarkers for accurate diagnosis of muscle atrophy. (Source: Journal of Digital Imaging)
Source: Journal of Digital Imaging - April 23, 2024 Category: Radiology Source Type: research

Fetal transposition of the great arteries: 3D virtual and physical models from ultrasound datasets
AbstractTransposition of the great arteries (TGA) is a cyanotic congenital heart disease characterized by ventriculoarterial discordance and atrioventricular concordance with the great arteries in a parallel relationship. Prenatal diagnosis of TGA has implications for postnatal outcomes, allowing for planned delivery and perinatal management. Three-dimensional virtual or physical models of fetal TGA allow better understanding of fetal cardiac anomalies by parents and interactive discussion among the multidisciplinary team (obstetricians, pediatricians, maternal-fetal specialists, pediatric cardiologists, and cardiovascular...
Source: The International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging - April 23, 2024 Category: Radiology Source Type: research

Inconsistencies in rater-based assessments mainly affect borderline candidates: but using simple heuristics might improve pass-fail decisions
DiscussionInconsistencies in performance judgments continue to be a matter of concern, and we provide empirical evidence for them to be related to candidate performance. We discuss implications for research and the advantages of adopting the perspective of ecological rationality. We point to directions both for further research and for development of assessment practices. (Source: Advances in Health Sciences Education)
Source: Advances in Health Sciences Education - April 23, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: research