Sex-positive sexuality post-spinal cord injury: A systematic review and qualitative metasynthesis.

Purpose/objective: Many qualitative studies have focused on sex and spinal cord injury (SCI), often taking a deficit lens to interpretation and reporting. However, it is important to understand what can facilitate positive sexuality for people with SCI; therefore this study examines facilitators of sexuality for people with SCI.

Research Method/design: A systematic review and metasynthesis of 38 qualitative papers (published before February 2024) on sexuality for people with SCI was conducted following Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines.

Revolutionizing orofacial pain management: the promising potential of stem cell therapy.

Orofacial pain remains a significant health issue in the United States. Pain originating from the orofacial region can be composed of a complex array of unique target tissue that contributes to the varying success of pain management. Long-term use of analgesic drugs includes adverse effects such as physical dependence, gastrointestinal bleeding, and incomplete efficacy.

Sugar-decorated carbon dots: a novel tool for targeting immunomodulatory receptors.

Interactions between sialic acid (Sia) and sialic acid-binding immunoglobulin-like lectins (siglecs) regulate the immune system, with aberrations contributing to pathologies such as autoimmunity, infectious disease and cancer. Over the last decade, several multivalent Sia ligands have been synthesized to modulate the Sia-binding affinity of proteins/lectins. Here, we report a novel class of multivalent siglec probes through the decoration of α(2,6)-sialyllactose ligands on inherently fluorescent carbon dots (CD).

Stark differences in cancer epidemiological data between GLOBOCAN and GBD: Emphasis on oral cancer and wider implications.

Background: GLOBOCAN 2020 and Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2019 are the two most established global online cancer databases. It is important to examine the differences between the two platforms, to attempt to explain these differences, and to appraise the quality of the data. There are stark differences for lip and oral cancers (LOC) and we attempt to explain these by detailed analysis of ten countries at the extremes of differences.

Rates of oropharyngeal cancer continue to rise steeply amongst Australian men.

Objective: The objective was to analyse the trends in the incidence of oropharyngeal cancers (OPC) across Australia from 1982 to 2017 with implications for prevention.

Methods: Data were obtained from the Australian Cancer Database (ACD) compiled at the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW). Joinpoint analyses are presented.

An Artificial Intelligence Computer-vision Algorithm to Triage Otoscopic Images From Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children.

Objective: To develop an artificial intelligence image classification algorithm to triage otoscopic images from rural and remote Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.

Study Design: Retrospective observational study.

Setting: Tertiary referral center.

A Decade in Review: A Systematic Review of Virtual Reality Interventions for Emotional Disorders.

Research is increasingly demonstrating the therapeutic benefits of virtual reality interventions for various mental health conditions, though these rarely translate from research to application in clinical settings. This systematic review aims to examine the efficacy of current virtual reality interventions for emotional disorders, with a focus on clinical and technological features that influence translation of treatments from research to clinical practice. A comprehensive systematic literature search was conducted following PRISMA guidelines, for studies including the application of a virtual reality intervention to a clinical population of adults with an emotional disorder.

Introducing Rotavirus Vaccination in Nigeria: Economic Evaluation and Implications.

Background: As Nigeria prepares to introduce a rotavirus vaccine, the Gavi board has approved the extension of the transition period for the country until 2028. The current position of the country on Gavi's funding profile calls for a pragmatic step in planning and implementation so that sustainability at the fully self-financing phase will be feasible.

Objective: This study aimed to inform the decisions of the country's health policymakers on the costs, benefits, and implications of the introduction of rotavirus vaccine.

Management of Chest Indrawing Pneumonia in Children Under Five Years at the Outpatient Health Facilities in Nigeria: An Economic Evaluation.

Background: The recommendation of the World Health Organization (WHO) for the management of children aged < 5 years with chest indrawing pneumonia with oral amoxicillin dispersible tablets (DT) at the outpatient health facilities is imperative, especially in a high pneumonia mortality and low-resource setting like Nigeria. However, this recommendation has not been widely adopted in Nigeria due to poor access to healthcare and sub-optimal outpatient management and follow-up system to ensure patients' safety and management effectiveness. This study aimed to evaluate the cost effectiveness and the cost benefit of the WHO recommendation relative to usual practices in Nigeria.

Peri-implant treatment reduces the salivary levels of Colony stimulator factor-1 and S100A8/A9.

This study evaluated the impact of peri-implant treatment in the salivary levels of Colony stimulator factor -1 (CSF-1), S100A8/A9 and S100A12 in patients having mucositis or peri-implantitis. As a secondary aim, we analysed the correlation between the salivary and peri-implant crevicular fluid (PICF) levels. Forty-seven patient, 27 having mucositis (mean age 63.

The gerontological nurse specialist's core competencies in China: A cross-sectional study.

Aim: describe the core competencies of gerontological nurse specialists and investigate the factors that contribute to the development of core competencies.

Design: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted from August 2015-March 2016.

Methods: The descriptive study of gerontological nurse specialists' core competencies used a self-assessment instrument with three first-level domains (attitude, skill and knowledge) and 9 s-level dimensions.

Emerging therapies with potential risks of medicine-related osteonecrosis of the jaw: a review of the literature.

In the past, osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ) was generally reported with bisphosphonate drugs; hence, the term BRONJ (bisphosphonate-related osteonecrosis of the jaw) was initially proposed. This was followed by the term ARONJ (antiresorptive osteonecrosis of the jaw). More recently, other novel medications such as vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) inhibitors, tyrosine kinase inhibitors and humanised antibodies that affect osteoclastic action have been reported to initiate ONJ in several cases.

Reflections on an educational intervention to encourage midwives to work in a continuity of care model - exploration and potential solutions.

Objective: To explore barriers and facilitators for midwives working in a midwifery continuity of carer model, and to assess if an educational intervention could help address some of these barriers, designed to help achieve NHS England's target of majority of women receiving midwifery continuity of carer by March 2021.

Design: Two-day workshops were co-designed by experienced continuity midwives, service managers and midwifery educators using implementation theory delivered to maternity staff, with barriers assessed prior to training and re-assessed at the end.

Setting And Participants: 1407 maternity healthcare professionals from 62 different National Health Service trusts across England attended 56 different workshops.

Characterization of the piezoresistance in highly doped p-type 3C-SiC at cryogenic temperatures.

This paper reports on the piezoresistive effect in p-type 3C-SiC thin film mechanical sensing at cryogenic conditions. Nanothin 3C-SiC films with a carrier concentration of 2 × 10 cm were epitaxially grown on a Si substrate using the LPCVD process, followed by photolithography and UV laser engraving processes to form SiC-on-Si pressure sensors. The magnitude of the piezoresistive effect was measured by monitoring the change of the SiC conductance subjected to pressurizing/depressurizing cycles at different temperatures.

A rapid and cost-effective metallization technique for 3C-SiC MEMS using direct wire bonding.

This paper presents a simple, rapid and cost-effective wire bonding technique for single crystalline silicon carbide (3C-SiC) MEMS devices. Utilizing direct ultrasonic wedge-wedge bonding, we have demonstrated for the first time the direct bonding of aluminum wires onto SiC films for the characterization of electronic devices without the requirement for any metal deposition and etching process. The bonded joints between the Al wires and the SiC surfaces showed a relatively strong adhesion force up to approximately 12.

Carbon Nanotubes in TiO Nanofiber Photoelectrodes for High-Performance Perovskite Solar Cells.

1D semiconducting oxides are unique structures that have been widely used for photovoltaic (PV) devices due to their capability to provide a direct pathway for charge transport. In addition, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have played multifunctional roles in a range of PV cells because of their fascinating properties. Herein, the influence of CNTs on the PV performance of 1D titanium dioxide nanofiber (TiO NF) photoelectrode perovskite solar cells (PSCs) is systematically explored.

pH-Regulated Synthesis of Multi-Shelled Manganese Oxide Hollow Microspheres as Supercapacitor Electrodes Using Carbonaceous Microspheres as Templates.

have been achieved through a pH-regulated method and used as supercapacitor electrodes. The designed unique architecture allows efficient use of pseudo-capacitive MnO nanomaterials for charge storage with facilitated transport for both ions and electrons, rendering them high specific capacitance, good rate capability, and remarkable cycling performance.

Exposing the flexibility of human parainfluenza virus hemagglutinin-neuraminidase.

Human parainfluenza virus type 3 (hPIV-3) is a clinically significant pathogen and is the causative agent of pneumonia and bronchiolitis in children. In this study the solution dynamics of human parainfluenza type 3 hemagglutinin-neuraminidase (HN) have been investigated. A flexible loop around Asp216 that adopts an open conformation in direct vicinity of the active site of the apo-form of the protein and closes upon inhibitor binding has been identified.

'A politics of what': the enactment of peritoneal dialysis in indigenous Australians.

This paper explores, on the one hand, the requirements of the technologies and practices that have been developed for a particular type of renal patient and health network in Australia. On the other, we examine the cultural and practical specificities entailed in the performance of these technologies and practices in the Indigenous Australian context. The praxiographic orientation of the actor-network approach - which has been called 'the politics of what' (Mol 2002) - enabled us to understand the difficulties involved in translating renal healthcare networks across cultural contexts in Australia; to understand the dynamic and contested nature of these networks; and to suggest possible strategies that make use of the tensions between these two disparate networks in ways that might ensure better healthcare for Indigenous renal patients.

[Ag(I)(Et(2)PCH(2)CH(2)PPh(2))(2)]NO(3): An Antimitochondrial Silver Complex.

The silver(I) complex [Ag(eppe)(2)]NO(3) (eppe = Et(2)PCH(2)CH(2)PPh(2)) is shown by X-ray crystallography to be tetrahedral with Ag - PEt(2) and Ag - P Ph(2) bond lengths of 2.482 and 2.518 A, respectively.

Economic effects of riverbank erosion: some evidence from bangladesh.

In this paper I investigate some of the economic effects of riverbank erosion in Bangladesh. The study was conducted in one village over the period 1979-89. Between these dates the village lost almost 20 per cent of its farmland to riverbank erosion.