The lower limit for elective delivery depends on technical and ethical issues. Elective delivery is usually accepted after 26 weeks gestation with a 60% survival rate and a 30% handicap rate. Decision making requires close coordination between obstetricians and pediatricians. Sufficient time must be devoted to providing the parents with adequate information. The physician plays a crucial role in decision making, but parent's information and consent are essential.
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Curr Dir Psychol Sci
December 2024
Centre of Methods and Policy Application in the Social Sciences (COMPASS), University of Auckland, New Zealand.
Population-level administrative data-data on individuals' interactions with administrative systems, such as healthcare, social-welfare, criminal-justice, and education systems-are a fruitful resource for research into behavior, development, and wellbeing. However, administrative data are underutilized in psychological science. Here, we review advantages of population-level administrative data for psychological research, with examples of advances in psychological theory arising from administrative-data studies.
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January 2025
Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Objectives: Research questions about how and why health trends differ between populations require decisions about data analytic procedure. The objective was to document and compare the information returned from stratified, fixed effect and random effect approaches to data modelling for two prototypical descriptive research questions about comparative trends in toothbrushing.
Methods: Data included five cycles of the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children 2006 to 2022, which provided a sample of 980192 11- to 15- year olds from 35 countries.
Open Res Eur
January 2025
Heidelberger Institut für Global Health, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, 69120, Germany.
Introduction: The benefits of sharing participant-level data, including clinical or epidemiological data, genomic data, high-dimensional imaging data, or human-derived samples, from biomedical studies have been widely touted and may be taken for granted. As investments in data sharing and reuse efforts continue to grow, understanding the cost and positive and negative effects of data sharing for research participants, the general public, individual researchers, research and development, clinical practice, and public health is of growing importance. In this scoping review, we will identify and summarize existing evidence on the positive and negative impacts and costs of data sharing and how they are measured.
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January 2025
Immunology Unit, King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 21859, Saudi Arabia.
Nanoparticle technology has revolutionized breast cancer treatment by offering innovative solutions addressing the gaps in traditional treatment methods. This paper aimed to comprehensively explore the historical journey and advancements of nanoparticles in breast cancer treatment, highlighting their transformative impact on modern medicine. The discussion traces the evolution of nanoparticle-based therapies from their early conceptualization to their current applications and future potential.
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January 2025
Mohammad A. Algarni, Ph.D Faculty of Economic and Administration, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Objective: The study aimed to examine the factor structure and psychometric properties of ethical leadership questionnaire (ELQ) by using a healthcare professional sample in Saudi Arabia.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted, and a total of 387 healthcare professionals completed the 15-items ELQ questionnaire between 18 October, 2023 and 17 January, 2024. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA), confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), and a reliability test were performed on the obtained data.
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