Evaluation of an Online Training Program on COVID-19 for Health Workers in Papua New Guinea.

Background: Health worker training is an important component of a holistic outbreak response, and travel restrictions resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic have highlighted the potential of virtual training. Evaluation of training activities is essential for understanding the effectiveness of a training program on knowledge and clinical practice. We conducted an evaluation of the online COVID-19 Healthcare E-Learning Platform (CoHELP) in Papua New Guinea (PNG) to assess its effectiveness, measure engagement and completion rates, and determine barriers and enablers to implementation, in order to inform policy and practice for future training in resource-limited settings.

Is immunonutrition superior to standard enteral nutrition in reducing postoperative complications in patients undergoing esophagectomy? A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Purpose: Perioperative enteral nutrition supports are recommended in esophagus cancer patients. Immunonutrition contains immuno-enhancing nutrients in addition to standard formula. These new nutrients are thought to be efficacious in reducing inflammatory response and improving postoperative immune response and they have been proved to be better than standard enteral nutrition in reducing postoperative complications in gastric cancer.

Review of HIV testing recommendations in Australian specialty guidelines for HIV indicator conditions: a missed opportunity for recommending testing?

Background: Australian National human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) Testing policy recommends HIV indicator condition-based testing, adapted from the European AIDS Clinical Society (EACS) guidelines.

Aim: To evaluate the extent that Australian non-HIV specialty guidelines mention and recommend HIV testing in HIV indicator conditions.

Methods: EACS guidelines were reviewed to produce a list of 24 AIDS-defining conditions (ADC) and 31 indicator conditions (IC) where HIV prevalence >0.

Impact of socioeconomic status on cancer incidence and stage at diagnosis: selected findings from the surveillance, epidemiology, and end results: National Longitudinal Mortality Study.

Background: Population-based cancer registry data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) are mainly based on medical records and administrative information. Individual-level socioeconomic data are not routinely reported by cancer registries in the United States because they are not available in patient hospital records. The U.

Quality of race, Hispanic ethnicity, and immigrant status in population-based cancer registry data: implications for health disparity studies.

Population-based cancer registry data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program at the National Cancer Institute are based on medical records and administrative information. Although SEER data have been used extensively in health disparities research, the quality of information concerning race, Hispanic ethnicity, and immigrant status has not been systematically evaluated. The quality of this information was determined by comparing SEER data with self-reported data among 13,538 cancer patients diagnosed between 1973-2001 in the SEER--National Longitudinal Mortality Study linked database.

Analytical solutions of the azimuthal deviation of a polarizer and an analyzer by polarizer-sample-analyzer ellipsometry.

The analytical solutions of the azimuthal deviation of a polarizer and an analyzer were obtained by polarizer-sample-analyzer ellipsometry with a three-intensity measurement technique. By performing two sets of this three-intensity measurement with the polarizer's azimuth set at 45 degrees and at -45 degrees , we were able to obtain a set of ellipsometric parameters free from the azimuthal deviations of the polarizer and the analyzer.