Evaluation of Acoustic Voice Quality Index in Persian-Speaking Parkinson's Patients Compared to Healthy Controls and Its Association With Disease Severity Based on UPDRS-III and Dysarthria Severity.

Introduction: Parkinson's patients with dysarthria often suffer from multiple impairments in speech subsystems, including phonation. The Acoustic Voice Quality Index (AVQI) may be considered as a predictor of the onset and severity of Parkinson's disease.

Objective: Investigating the AVQI in Persian-speaking Parkinson's patients compared to healthy controls and its association with disease severity based on Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale-Part III (UPDRS-III) and dysarthria severity.

Determining user implementation needs for pharmacist-prescribed contraception using concept mapping: A participatory, multiple stakeholder approach.

Background: As of October 2024, 29 states and the District of Columbia allow community pharmacists to prescribe hormonal contraceptives. Pharmacists have reported many challenges and barriers to service implementation.

Methods: Concept mapping was used to gather insights from diverse stakeholders to identify resources to facilitate implementation of pharmacist-prescribed contraceptive services.

Implementation of pharmacist-prescribed contraceptive services: A case series of early adopters.

Background: The objective of this study was to interview five early adopters of pharmacist-prescribed contraceptive services to gain insight into successful implementation, with a focus on each pharmacy's approach, successes, challenges, lessons learned, and practice implications.

Case Summaries: The five pharmacists who were interviewed included men and women working for independent, chain, and hospital system pharmacies in rural, suburban, and urban areas in various states. Each pharmacy had a unique approach to implementation of pharmacist-prescribed contraceptive services and a variety of service features.

Enhancing Zn (II) recovery efficiency: Bi-divalent nickel-cobalt ferrite spinel NiCoFeO as a Game-changing Adsorbent-an experimental and computational study.

This study presents a comprehensive investigation into NiCoFeO (x = 0.5) spinel nanoparticles synthesized through a one-pot hydrothermal method using Co(NO).6HO and Ni(NO).

The burdens attributable to primary headache disorders in children and adolescents in Iran: estimates from a schools-based study.

Background: We recently found headache disorders to be highly prevalent among children (aged 6-11 years) and adolescents (aged 12-17) in Iran (gender- and age-adjusted 1-year prevalences: migraine 25.2%, tension-type headache 12.7%, undifferentiated headache [UdH] 22.