Review
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Eduardo Herrera-Aliaga, Lisbell D. Estrada
Summary: Clinical simulation has experienced enormous growth in the last two decades and has become the main teaching method in the training of healthcare professionals. It aligns with new paradigms in education and supports the use of experiential learning. Clinical simulation promotes the development of psychomotor skills and enhances executive functions. It has versatile applications in healthcare and is particularly relevant in situations where access to clinical settings is restricted, such as during the COVID-19 pandemic or in reducing accidents caused by errors in clinical practice.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Review
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Marcia K. McNutt
Summary: Geoscientists have been successful in predicting societal challenges but less successful in devising solutions. They need to collaborate with engineers, biologists, social scientists, and other researchers to address problems in fields such as climate change mitigation, environmental health, and sustainability science. A cultural change is needed in education, rewards, and funding to apply convergence science effectively.
ANNUAL REVIEW OF EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCES
(2022)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Majid Alabdulla, Shuja Reagu, Nahid M. Elhassan, Dhanya Shinith, Saba T. Shiekh, Maha O. Abbas, Nirvana Swamy Kudlur Chandrappa
Summary: This study investigates the misuse of alcohol and substances in Qatar, showing that 95.5% of emergency department cases involving substance abuse were related to alcohol, with a majority of cases being from the Asian (non-Arab) population. The findings suggest a need for community-based rehabilitative resources and routine screening for alcohol abuse in emergency departments.
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Marissa L. Ding, Danielle J. Gerberi, Rozalina G. McCoy
Summary: The public health crisis of escalating mental health, behavioural and substance-related emergencies has revealed the need for a health-focused approach. Paramedics and other emergency medical services providers can deliver comprehensive medicosocial care during crises, bridging the gap and shifting emphasis to mental and physical health needs.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Tamsin L. Edwards, Sophie Nowicki, Ben Marzeion, Regine Hock, Heiko Goelzer, Helene Seroussi, Nicolas C. Jourdain, Donald A. Slater, Fiona E. Turner, Christopher J. Smith, Christine M. McKenna, Erika Simon, Ayako Abe-Ouchi, Jonathan M. Gregory, Eric Larour, William H. Lipscomb, Antony J. Payne, Andrew Shepherd, Cecile Agosta, Patrick Alexander, Torsten Albrecht, Brian Anderson, Xylar Asay-Davis, Andy Aschwanden, Alice Barthel, Andrew Bliss, Reinhard Calov, Christopher Chambers, Nicolas Champollion, Youngmin Choi, Richard Cullather, Joshua Cuzzone, Christophe Dumas, Denis Felikson, Xavier Fettweis, Koji Fujita, Benjamin K. Galton-Fenzi, Rupert Gladstone, Nicholas R. Golledge, Ralf Greve, Tore Hattermann, Matthew J. Hoffman, Angelika Humbert, Matthias Huss, Philippe Huybrechts, Walter Immerzeel, Thomas Kleiner, Philip Kraaijenbrink, Sebastien Le Clec'h, Victoria Lee, Gunter R. Leguy, Christopher M. Little, Daniel P. Lowry, Jan-Hendrik Malles, Daniel F. Martin, Fabien Maussion, Mathieu Morlighem, James F. O'Neill, Isabel Nias, Frank Pattyn, Tyler Pelle, Stephen F. Price, Aure'lien Quiquet, Valentina Radic, Ronja Reese, David R. Rounce, Martin Ruckamp, Akiko Sakai, Courtney Shafer, Nicole-Jeanne Schlegel, Sarah Shannon, Robin S. Smith, Fiammetta Straneo, Sainan Sun, Lev Tarasov, Luke D. Trusel, Jonas Van Breedam, Roderik van de Wal, Michiel van den Broeke, Ricarda Winkelmann, Harry Zekollari, Chen Zhao, Tong Zhang, Thomas Zwinger
Summary: Efficient statistical emulation of melting land ice under various climate scenarios to 2100 indicates a contribution of at least 13 centimetres sea level equivalent. Limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius would halve the land ice contribution to twenty-first-century sea level rise, with glaciers responsible for half the sea level contribution. Uncertainties in the Antarctic contribution suggest a factor-of-three uncertainty in the land ice contribution until climate policies and the Antarctic response are further constrained.
Article
Economics
Kris james Mitchener, Christoph Trebesch
Summary: This article reviews the academic response to the eurozone debt crisis, placing the lessons learned in historical context and emphasizing the continued relevance of debt issues in the future.
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC LITERATURE
(2023)
Review
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
William A. Parsonage, Dominica Zentner, Karin Lust, Stefan C. Kane, Elizabeth A. Sullivan
Summary: Pregnancy and childbirth pose challenges to the maternal cardiovascular system, with pre-existing or pregnancy-related cardiac diseases increasing morbidity and mortality risks. Coordinated multidisciplinary care is believed to offer the best outcomes. Australia and New Zealand lack nationally agreed strategies for clinical practice and service delivery for pregnant women with heart disease.
HEART LUNG AND CIRCULATION
(2021)
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Hutan Ashrafian, Viknesh Sounderajah, Robert Glen, Timothy Ebbels, Benjamin J. Blaise, Dipak Kalra, Kim Kultima, Ola Spjuth, Leonardo Tenori, Reza M. Salek, Namrata Kale, Kenneth Haug, Daniel Schober, Philippe Rocca-Serra, Claire O'Donovan, Christoph Steinbeck, Isaac Cano, Pedro de Atauri, Marta Cascante
Summary: Metabolomics involves the systematic identification and quantification of metabolic products in the human body, offering novel diagnostic biomarkers and personalized treatment response evaluation. Potential applications in clinical practice include disruptive innovations in oncology and metabolic medicine. Challenges to widespread clinical use include data interpretation scalability, sample handling standardization, and e-infrastructure.
MEDICAL PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE
(2021)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Nick Thayer, Simon White, Martin Frisher
Summary: Community pharmacy provision of emergency hormonal contraception significantly impacts GP prescribing. Increasing the proportion of commissioned pharmacies has a marked impact on GP workload.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Andrew Curtis, Jean-Pierre Monet, Michel Brun, Issa Abdou-Kerim Bindaoudou, Idrissou Daoudou, Marta Schaaf, Yawo Agbigbi, Nicolas Ray
Summary: Improving access to emergency obstetrical and neonatal care (EmONC) is essential for reducing maternal and neonatal mortality, with factors such as service availability and geographical accessibility playing key roles. In Togo, the Ministry of Health designated EmONC facilities in 2013 and further optimized the network in 2018 using innovative methodology. By factoring in geographical accessibility modeling, the MoH was able to decrease the number of facilities while still ensuring high population coverage, although equitable access for women without motorized transport remains a challenge.
Article
Microbiology
Jens Seeberg
Summary: Despite progress in increasing access to TB diagnostics and treatment, the global burden of TB remains high, with a large number of latent TB infection carriers. The unintended consequence of increased treatment access is the dramatic rise in drug-resistant TB cases. A comprehensive paradigm shift for TB control in the twenty-first century requires a rethinking of the biosocial dynamics that impact the pathogenic disease.
Review
Oncology
Gabriel A. Kwong, Sharmistha Ghosh, Lena Gamboa, Christos Patriotis, Sudhir Srivastava, Sangeeta N. Bhatia
Summary: The article discusses the rationale and design of using synthetic biomarkers to enhance the sensitivity and specificity of detecting early-stage cancers, as well as highlighting the challenges in preclinical development and clinical translation.
NATURE REVIEWS CANCER
(2021)
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Kaitlyn Atkins, Caitlin E. Kennedy, Ping Teresa Yeh, Manjulaa Narasimhan
Summary: This systematic review provides evidence that over-the-counter (OTC) emergency contraceptive pills (ECPs) are feasible and acceptable, and may increase access to and timely use of effective contraception. Existing evidence suggests that OTC ECPs do not substantively change reproductive health outcomes.
Article
Engineering, Civil
Yazhou Xie, Chunxiao Ning, Lijun Sun
Summary: This study utilized the LDA topic modeling approach to analyze 51,346 article abstracts from 23 prestigious structural engineering journals published between 2000 and 2020, revealing the research landscape, hot topics, and evolution trends. Findings indicate that emerging research topics like seismic risk assessment and composite materials have garnered more attention in recent years, providing valuable insights for community stakeholders in developing strategies for further growth.
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Yong-Fei Zheng
Summary: Plate tectonics is a theory about the movement of the Earth's crust, with the crust being divided into different plates that move relative to each other. This theory explains the processes of continental drift, seafloor spreading, and lithospheric subduction, and how they shape the Earth's surface over time.
SCIENCE CHINA-EARTH SCIENCES
(2023)