Comparing deep learning models for tuberculosis detection: A retrospective study of digital vs. analog chest radiographs
Indian J Tuberc. 2025 Dec;72 Suppl 2:S43-S46. doi: 10.1016/j.ijtb.2024.05.008. Epub 2024 May 22. ABSTRACT PURPOSE: Chest X-ray (CXR) is an essential tool and one of the most prescribed imaging to detect pulmonary abnormalities, with a yearly estimate of over 2 billion imaging performed worldwide. However, the accurate and timely diagnosis of TB remains an unmet […]
A Digital Patient Decision Aid to Increase Sexually Transmitted Infection Testing in the Emergency Department: Protocol for a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of the STIckER (STI Check in the Emergency Room) Study
JMIR Res Protoc. 2025 Dec 2;14:e67103. doi: 10.2196/67103. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Rising rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among adolescents and young adults are concerning. Emergency department (ED) visits offer a unique opportunity to increase STI testing. However, providers in the ED may not have the time or self-efficacy to screen patients, and patients may be […]
Digital App for Speech and Health Monitoring Study (DASH): protocol for a prospective longitudinal case-control observational study for developing speech datasets in neurodegenerative disorders and dementia
BMJ Open. 2025 Dec 5;15(12):e100222. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-100222. ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: Neurodegenerative disorders (NDDs) represent an unprecedented public health burden. These disorders are clinically heterogeneous and therapeutically challenging, but advances in discovery science and trial methodology offer hope for translation to new treatments. Against this background, there is an urgent unmet need for biomarkers to aid with […]
The work engagement and organizational silence among nurses: the mediating role of coworker support
Front Public Health. 2025 Nov 21;13:1660100. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1660100. eCollection 2025. ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: Organizational silence is prevalent in healthcare and negatively affects nurses and organizational development. This study determined whether coworker support mediates the relationship between organizational silence and work engagement among nurses. METHODS: A quantitative cross-sectional survey was conducted using convenience sampling. The Utrecht Work […]
From Climate Crisis to Pandemic: Grain Imports and the Spread of Yersinia pestis in Medieval Europe
There is a complex interplay of environmental and societal factors that contributed to the onset of the Black Death in the mid-14th century. It is a pandemic that caused one of the greatest mortality crises in human history. Earlier research has focused on the late antique period, specifically volcanic eruptions and climatic downturn preceding the […]
mHealth app-based ecological momentary assessment to ascertain tobacco retail outlet exposure, tobacco marketing, tobacco use, and susceptibility among rural youth
Transl Behav Med. 2025 Jan 16;15(1):ibaf081. doi: 10.1093/tbm/ibaf081. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Rising use of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) and tobacco products among rural youth challenges tobacco control efforts, with higher use rates compared to urban youth. Exposure to tobacco retail outlets (TROs) and marketing influences tobacco use, but the longitudinal pathways of these factors in […]
Leveraging LDA feature extraction to augment human activity recognition accuracy
Med Eng Phys. 2025 Dec;146:104453. doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2025.104453. Epub 2025 Dec 2. ABSTRACT Human Activity Recognition (HAR) is a multiresearch-discipline area that integrates multiple-sensor data in recognizing and classifying all activities conducted physically by humans. These sensors can be part of the environment, wearable technology, or smartphones. The current research addresses the issues of reducing the […]
Development of a Brazilian mHealth App For the Assessment of Health, Functionality, and Quality of Life of Individuals With Stroke: AVALIE AVC
Physiother Res Int. 2026 Jan;31(1):e70133. doi: 10.1002/pri.70133. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: To describe the development of an mHealth app that includes various instruments for the assessment of individuals with stroke. METHODS: The app was developed following the report by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality as follows: (1) Software content analysis; (2) Preliminary layout; […]
Smartphone-enabled molecularly imprinted paper-based sensor for dual-mode detection of diclofenac sodium in Milk, beef and water
Food Res Int. 2026 Jan;223(Pt 1):117919. doi: 10.1016/j.foodres.2025.117919. Epub 2025 Nov 20. ABSTRACT In this study, we proposed a novel dual-mode paper-based sensor that synergistically combines colorimetric and fluorescence detection for the rapid and sensitive quantification of diclofenac sodium (DFS) in fresh milk, beef, and water matrices. By integrating copper sulfide nanoflowers (CuS) with molecularly […]
Smartphone-based molecular imprinting electrochemiluminescence microscope for non-invasive alpha-fetoprotein visual quantitation
Anal Chim Acta. 2026 Jan 15;1383:344922. doi: 10.1016/j.aca.2025.344922. Epub 2025 Nov 20. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) is a marker of liver cancer. Patients are harmed by the blood sample collection. Saliva samples are painless, safe, and easy to collect. The development of detecting AFP in saliva is important. Electrochemiluminescence (ECL) has low background signal, a […]
