Comparative analysis of patient outcomes in pulmonary embolism with chronic inflammatory diseases. (2025)
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Gatuz, M. V., Abu-Fanne, R., Abramov, D., Mamas, M. A., Roguin, A., & Kobo, O. (2025). Comparative analysis of patient outcomes in pulmonary embolism with chronic inflammatory diseases. IJC Heart & Vasculature, 57, Article 101637. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcha.2025.101637

Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a critical condition with significant morbidity and mortality, particularly among patients with chronic inflammatory diseases (CID) such as rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus that are linked to a heighten... Read More about Comparative analysis of patient outcomes in pulmonary embolism with chronic inflammatory diseases..

Positive Press, Greener Progress: The Role of ESG Media Reputation in Corporate Energy Innovation (2025)
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Tan, W., Yan, E. H., & Chen, X. H. (in press). Positive Press, Greener Progress: The Role of ESG Media Reputation in Corporate Energy Innovation. Sustainable Development, 33(4), 5162-5184. https://doi.org/10.1002/sd.3399

While the role of media in monitoring corporate Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) practices is increasingly prominent, limited research focuses on the sustainable impact of corporate ESG reputation from an energy strategy perspective in the... Read More about Positive Press, Greener Progress: The Role of ESG Media Reputation in Corporate Energy Innovation.

Poor glycemic control and its predictors among people living with diabetes in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2025)
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Azagew, A. W., Mekonnen, C. K., Lambie, M., Shepherd, T., & Babatunde, O. O. (in press). Poor glycemic control and its predictors among people living with diabetes in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Public Health, 25(1), 1-26. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-21828-y

Introduction: Variability in blood glucose remains a challenge in diabetic management. Therefore, this review aimed to estimate the overall poor glycemic control and identify its predictors among people living with diabetes in low- and middle-income... Read More about Poor glycemic control and its predictors among people living with diabetes in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Variations in the Medical Device Authorization and Reimbursement Landscape: A Case Study of 2 Cardiovascular Devices Across 4 Countries. (2025)
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Williams, M. M., Smith, N. R., Uyl-de Groot, C. A., den Uil, C. A., Ross, J. S., Mohamed, M. O., Mamas, M. A., Banerjee, A., Ko, D. T., Landon, B., & Cram, P. (in press). Variations in the Medical Device Authorization and Reimbursement Landscape: A Case Study of 2 Cardiovascular Devices Across 4 Countries. Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, Article e011636. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.124.011636

The authorization process and coverage/reimbursement mechanisms for medical devices play critical roles in device adoption and usage. However, international variation in these processes remains poorly characterized, especially with regard to data tra... Read More about Variations in the Medical Device Authorization and Reimbursement Landscape: A Case Study of 2 Cardiovascular Devices Across 4 Countries..

Depression Self-Care Apps' Characteristics and Applicability to Older Adults: Systematic Assessment. (2025)
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Yin, R., Rajappan, D., Martinengo, L., Chan, F. H. F., Smith, H., Griva, K., Subramaniam, M., & Tudor Car, L. (in press). Depression Self-Care Apps' Characteristics and Applicability to Older Adults: Systematic Assessment. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 27, Article e56418. https://doi.org/10.2196/56418

Depression affects 32% of older adults. Loneliness and social isolation are common risk factors for depression in older adults. Mobile apps can connect users and are also effective in depression management in the general population. However, older ad... Read More about Depression Self-Care Apps' Characteristics and Applicability to Older Adults: Systematic Assessment..

Arthroscopy for Femoroacetabular Impingement in Athletes Versus Non-Athletes: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (2025)
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Migliorini, F., Maffulli, N., Bardazzi, T., Ramasubramanian, S., Jeyaraman, N., & Jeyaraman, M. (in press). Arthroscopy for Femoroacetabular Impingement in Athletes Versus Non-Athletes: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Healthcare, 13(5), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare13050470

Background: Femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) is a frequently observed hip condition among young, active individuals—especially athletes—that can result in pain, restricted mobility, and a heightened risk of osteoarthritis. Hip arthroscopy has incre... Read More about Arthroscopy for Femoroacetabular Impingement in Athletes Versus Non-Athletes: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Arthroscopic Management of Femoroacetabular Impingement: Current Concepts (2025)
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Migliorini, F., Pilone, M., Lucenti, L., Bardazzi, T., Pipino, G., Vaishya, R., & Maffulli, N. (in press). Arthroscopic Management of Femoroacetabular Impingement: Current Concepts. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 14(5), 1-35. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm14051455

Background: Femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) is a common cause of hip pain and dysfunction, especially in young and active individuals, and it may require surgical management for associated labral tears and cartilage damage. The management of FAI h... Read More about Arthroscopic Management of Femoroacetabular Impingement: Current Concepts.

Immune checkpoint inhibitors: Unravelling atherosclerotic cardiovascular risk. (2025)
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Gray, R., Manisty, C., Cheng, R., Dastidar, A., Mamas, M., & Ghosh, A. (in press). Immune checkpoint inhibitors: Unravelling atherosclerotic cardiovascular risk. Atherosclerosis, 403, Article 119147. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2025.119147

1. Introduction
The development of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) has transformed the landscape of cancer treatment in the past decade with these agents becoming the standard of care in the treatment of many malignancies [1]. There are currently... Read More about Immune checkpoint inhibitors: Unravelling atherosclerotic cardiovascular risk..

Psychological and behavioural interventions delivered by non-psychologists (2025)
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Main, C. J., Ballengee, L. A., & Beneciuk, J. M. (2025). Psychological and behavioural interventions delivered by non-psychologists. Current Opinion in Psychology, 63, Article 102008. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2025.102008

Psychologically Informed Practice (PiP) is best understood as enhanced physiotherapy in which identification and management of psychological factors is central to reactivation. The PiP approach has been investigated in trials of stratified care linki... Read More about Psychological and behavioural interventions delivered by non-psychologists.

Comparative Efficacy and Safety of Low-Dose Direct Oral Anticoagulants Versus Dual Antiplatelet Therapy Following Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion in Patients With Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. (2025)
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Ibrahim, A., Shalabi, L., Zreigh, S., Ramadan, S., Mourad, S., Eljadid, G., Beshr, M., Abdelaziz, A., Elhadi, M., Sabouret, P., & Mamas, M. (in press). Comparative Efficacy and Safety of Low-Dose Direct Oral Anticoagulants Versus Dual Antiplatelet Therapy Following Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion in Patients With Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1002/ccd.31461

Left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) is an alternative to chronic oral anticoagulation (OAT) for stroke prevention in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) patients with contraindications to OAT. Postprocedure antithrombotic therapy (ATT) is essen... Read More about Comparative Efficacy and Safety of Low-Dose Direct Oral Anticoagulants Versus Dual Antiplatelet Therapy Following Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion in Patients With Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis..

High-Intensity Interval Training for Individuals With Isolated Impaired Fasting Glucose: Protocol for a Proof-of-Concept Randomized Controlled Trial (2025)
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Thirunavukkarasu, S., Ziegler, T. R., Weber, M. B., Staimez, L., Lobelo, F., Millard-Stafford, M. L., Schmidt, M. D., Venkatachalam, A., Bajpai, R., El Fil, F., Prokou, M., Kumar, S., Tapp, R. J., Shaw, J. E., Pasquel, F. J., & Nocera, J. R. (2025). High-Intensity Interval Training for Individuals With Isolated Impaired Fasting Glucose: Protocol for a Proof-of-Concept Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Research Protocols, 14, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.2196/59842

Background:
Standard lifestyle interventions have shown limited efficacy in preventing type 2 diabetes among individuals with isolated impaired fasting glucose (i-IFG). Hence, tailored intervention approaches are necessary for this high-risk group.... Read More about High-Intensity Interval Training for Individuals With Isolated Impaired Fasting Glucose: Protocol for a Proof-of-Concept Randomized Controlled Trial.

15-Year trends, predictors, and outcomes of heart failure hospitalization complicating first acute myocardial infarction in the modern percutaneous coronary intervention era (2025)
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Rashid, M., Abramov, D., Naseer, M. U., Van Spall, H. G. C., Ahmed, F. Z., Lawson, C., Dafaalla, M., Kontopantelis, E., Mohamed, M. O., Petrie, M. C., & Mamas, M. A. (in press). 15-Year trends, predictors, and outcomes of heart failure hospitalization complicating first acute myocardial infarction in the modern percutaneous coronary intervention era. European Heart Journal Open, 5(2), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjopen/oeaf013

Aims: Heart failure (HF) following acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is a global health concern, but data on risk factors associated with HF hospitalization post-AMI are limited. Methods and results: We analysed data from the Myocardial Ischaemia Nat... Read More about 15-Year trends, predictors, and outcomes of heart failure hospitalization complicating first acute myocardial infarction in the modern percutaneous coronary intervention era.

Evaluating and Revealing Statistical Patterns and Database Performance in Hydrogen Exploration (2025)
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Mosquera-Rivera, J. E., Jiménez-Vergara, J. M., Betancourt-Flórez, R. E., Vargas-Jiménez, C. A., & Ball, P. J. (2025). Evaluating and Revealing Statistical Patterns and Database Performance in Hydrogen Exploration. Interpretation, 1-74. https://doi.org/10.1190/int-2024-0101.1

This study conducts a statistical analysis of global natural hydrogen occurrences revealing critical patterns and proposing future exploration strategies. By updating previous databases (including gt;10% hydrogen occurrences), we compiled 411 data po... Read More about Evaluating and Revealing Statistical Patterns and Database Performance in Hydrogen Exploration.

Association of Smoking and Young Cryptogenic Ischemic Stroke (2025)
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Ferdinand, P., Bajpai, R., Von Sarnowski, B., Ylikotila, P., Zedde, M., Sarkanen, T., Ryliskiene, K., Martinez-Majander, N., Juhani Tulkki, L., Licenik, R., Kõrv, J., Kõrv, L., Pezzini, A., Catarina Fonseca, A., Martínez-Sánchez, P., Amaya-Pascasio, L., Yeşilot, N., Waje-Andreassen, U., Fromm, A., Huhtakangas, J., …Roffe, C. (2025). Association of Smoking and Young Cryptogenic Ischemic Stroke. Neurology Open Access, 1(1), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1212/wn9.0000000000000003

Background and Objectives
The incidence of ischemic stroke in the young is increasing and driven by cryptogenic strokes. Smoking is a well-documented risk factor with a high prevalence in young ischemic strokes. We sought to determine the associatio... Read More about Association of Smoking and Young Cryptogenic Ischemic Stroke.

Impact of education in patients undergoing physiotherapy for lower back pain: a level I systematic review and meta-analysis (2025)
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Migliorini, F., Maffulli, N., Schäfer, L., Manocchio, N., Bossa, M., Foti, C., Betsch, M., & Kubach, J. (in press). Impact of education in patients undergoing physiotherapy for lower back pain: a level I systematic review and meta-analysis. European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, 51(1), 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00068-025-02788-9

Introduction: Lower back pain (LBP) is one of the most common musculoskeletal disorders in modern society, with a lifetime incidence of up to 90%. According to most national and international guidelines, educational interventions play a central role... Read More about Impact of education in patients undergoing physiotherapy for lower back pain: a level I systematic review and meta-analysis.

Intra-articular injections of hyaluronic acid versus plasma rich in growth factors (PRGF) for knee osteoarthritis: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials : A meta-analysis. (2025)
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Migliorini, F., Maffulli, N., Pipino, G., Jeyaraman, M., Ramasubramanian, S., & Jeyaraman, N. (in press). Intra-articular injections of hyaluronic acid versus plasma rich in growth factors (PRGF) for knee osteoarthritis: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials : A meta-analysis. Die Orthopädie, 54(3), 218-226. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00132-025-04615-w

The present meta-analysis compared intra-articular injections of hyaluronic acid (HA) versus plasma rich in growth factors (PRGF) in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA). The outcome of interest was the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Ost... Read More about Intra-articular injections of hyaluronic acid versus plasma rich in growth factors (PRGF) for knee osteoarthritis: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials : A meta-analysis..

Prediction of maximum voluntary ventilation based on forced expiratory volume in athletes. (2025)
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Lorenzo-Capellá, I., Ramos-Álvarez, J. J., Jiménez-Herranz, E., Maffulli, N., Iuliano, E., Padulo, J., & Calderón-Montero, F. J. (in press). Prediction of maximum voluntary ventilation based on forced expiratory volume in athletes. Archives of Physiology and Biochemistry, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1080/13813455.2025.2465333

Maximum-voluntary-ventilation (MVV) is the maximal volume of which an individual can move by voluntary effort in one minute. It is possible that the first second forced-expiratory-volume (FEV ) could be more to reliable assess respiratory muscle endu... Read More about Prediction of maximum voluntary ventilation based on forced expiratory volume in athletes..

Coproducing a culturally sensitive storytelling video intervention to improve psychosocial well-being: a multimethods participatory study with Nepalese migrant workers (2025)
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Paudyal, P., Wasti, S. P., Neupane, P., Sapkota, J. L., Watts, C., Kulasabanathan, K., Silwal, R., Silwal, R. C., Memon, A., Shukla, P., Pathak, R. S., PathaK, R. S., Michelson, D., Berry, C., Moult, A., Simkhada, P., van Teijlingen, E. R., Teijlingen, E. V., & Cassell, J. (2025). Coproducing a culturally sensitive storytelling video intervention to improve psychosocial well-being: a multimethods participatory study with Nepalese migrant workers. BMJ Open, 15(2), https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-086280

Objective: This study aimed to coproduce a culturally adaptive storytelling video intervention to support the psychosocial well-being of Nepalese migrant workers. Design: A multimethods participatory study was conducted involving three different but... Read More about Coproducing a culturally sensitive storytelling video intervention to improve psychosocial well-being: a multimethods participatory study with Nepalese migrant workers.

Gender-based differences in the prevalence and types of adverse childhood experiences and their associations with psychological distress and perceived lack of safety among adolescents in Qatar (2025)
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Akram, H., Abdul Rahim, H. F., Daher-Nashif, S., Alsayed Hassan, D., Elshaikh, U., & Khaled, S. M. (in press). Gender-based differences in the prevalence and types of adverse childhood experiences and their associations with psychological distress and perceived lack of safety among adolescents in Qatar. International Journal of Adolescence and Youth, 30(1), 1-26. https://doi.org/10.1080/02673843.2025.2461232

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are detrimental to well-being, but gender-specific data in Arab countries is scarce. We explored gender differences in prevalence and associations of ACEs with psychological distress and feeling unsafe among Qatar... Read More about Gender-based differences in the prevalence and types of adverse childhood experiences and their associations with psychological distress and perceived lack of safety among adolescents in Qatar.

Feasibility and acceptability of implementing the Global Scales for Early Development (GSED) package for children 0-3 years across three countries. (2025)
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Merchant, A. N., Kaur, R., McCray, G., Cavallera, V., Weber, A., Gladstone, M., Janus, M., Nisar, I., Kariger, P., Sazawal, S., Dutta, . A., Ahmed, S., Zhang, Y., Mercadante, M. P., Zongo, A., Schonbeck, Y., Dua, T., Eekhout, I., Tofail, F., Black, M., …Lancaster, G. (in press). Feasibility and acceptability of implementing the Global Scales for Early Development (GSED) package for children 0-3 years across three countries. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 11(1), 1-21. https://doi.org/10.60692/gf3pc-gbc92

Background
To assess the neurodevelopment of children under three years, a multinational team of subject matter experts (SMEs) led by the World Health Organization (WHO) developed the Global Scales for Early Development (GSED). The measures include... Read More about Feasibility and acceptability of implementing the Global Scales for Early Development (GSED) package for children 0-3 years across three countries..