Relevant Topics Research Articles

A Topic Recommendation Control Method Based on Topic Relevancy and R-tree Index

Topic recommendation control aims to suggest relevant topics to users based on their preferences and regional trends. However, existing methods often lack effective measures to evaluate topic-user relevancy and require comparing large amounts of regional information, leading to low accuracy and efficiency. Therefore, we propose a Topic Recommendation Control method based on topic Relevancy and R-tree index (named as TRCRR) to address these limitations. TRCRR introduces a novel personalized topic relevancy metric that quantifies the relevancy between topics and user preferences. To improve efficiency, an R-tree topic index is constructed to organize topics across different regions hierarchically. Experiments on a real-world dataset show that TRCRR achieves better recommendation accuracy and efficiency compared to several baseline methods. The proposed approach offers a promising solution for personalized and region-aware topic recommendation.

Shapley visual transformers for image-to-text generation

In the contemporary landscape of the web, text-to-image generation stands out as a crucial information service. Recently, deep learning has emerged as the cutting-edge methodology for advancing text-to-image generation systems. However, these models are typically constructed using domain knowledge specific to the application at hand and a very particular data distribution. Consequently, data scientists must be well-versed in the relevant subject. In this research work, we target a new foundation for text-to-image generation systems by introducing a consensus method that facilitates self-adaptation and flexibility to handle different learning tasks and diverse data distributions. This paper presents I2T-SP (Image-to-Text Generation for Shapley Pruning) as a consensus method for general-purpose intelligence without the assistance of a domain expert. The trained model is developed using a general deep-learning approach that investigates the contribution of each model in the training process. Multiple deep learning models are trained for each set of historical data, and the Shapley Value is determined to compute the contribution of each subset of models in the training. Subsequently, the models are pruned according to their contribution to the learning process. We present the evaluation of the generality of I2T-SP using different datasets with varying shapes and complexities. The results reveal the effectiveness of I2T-SP compared to baseline image-to-text generation solutions. This research marks a significant step towards establishing a more adaptable and broadly applicable foundation for image-to-text generation systems.

Extreme heat and cardiovascular mortality among structurally marginalized populations in the United States: A scoping review

IntroductionExtreme heat and heat waves have long been recognized as a significant risk factor for cardiovascular disease exacerbations and death. Differential outcomes among structurally marginalized populations are less well understood, and in particular, the impact of this environmental hazard on cardiac mortality deserves further exploration for these populations. MethodsA scoping review was conducted to characterize the scientific literature examining the impact of extreme heat on cardiovascular mortality among structurally marginalized populations in the United States. Using relevant medical subject headings (MeSH) and key terms, a systematic search of the indexing databases of Pubmed, Embase, and Web of Science for English-language manuscripts published from inception to July 2023 for primary research, systematic reviews, meta analyses, and narrative reviews was performed. Results4674 articles were screened, of which 33 which met inclusion criteria. The majority (73 %) of these were primary quantitative research studies, all of which were observational in nature. Half of the research designs were cohort studies. The most common marginalized group described was that of older adults (79 % of manuscripts), while race/ethnicity (42 %), sex/gender (42 %), and lower socioeconomic status (49 %) were also commonly explored. Most studies assessed aggregated composite cardiovascular mortality as the primary end point, with only four fractionating myocardial ischemia/infarction as the cause of death. ConclusionsFuture directions of study for the field include additional analyses of other marginalized groups including differently-abled, immigrant, outdoor laborers, incarcerated peoples, Hispanic/Latinx, Native American, and Asian American/Pacific Islander populations, as well as determining the impact of diverse socioeconomic parameters, and examining disaggregated cardiac outcomes.

Aesthetic management of lips and perioral region with Hylacross® and Vycross® hyaluronic-acid based fillers: A document of recommendations.

Lip volumization and perioral rejuvenation with hyaluronic-acid (HA) based dermal fillers are generating increasing interest and demand. However, this topic is still having many unmet needs nowadays. This document aimed to provide tips and recommendations that may help clinicians to achieve optimal and more predictable aesthetic outcomes. A multidisciplinary group of aesthetic medicine doctors from Spain and Portugal reviewed the tools used for assessing the patient and aesthetic outcomes, as well as the different techniques and products used in lips/perioral rejuvenation. The consensus panel provided specific recommendations focusing on the basic information to collect before performing the aesthetic procedure; comprehensive approach to lips/perioral region rejuvenation; clinical and aesthetic assessment tools; product and technique selection; patient profile and needs; and safety issues (complications/adverse-events). The rapid evolution of techniques and tools for assessing the patient and aesthetic outcomes, as well as the development of new HA-based fillers makes it necessary to update the clinical recommendations that guide the daily practice of clinicians, particularly those who have less experience with these procedures. This document addressed relevant subjects related to lip/perioral-region rejuvenation to perform the correct procedure, with the appropriate HA-based, on the right patient; to help specialists to obtain optimal and predictable aesthetic outcomes.

Exploring selective learning in enhancing effective learning interest among grade 10 learners in schools in the Motheo district

Teaching and learning in South Africa has been a concern. Schools have inflexible curriculum to accommodate learning interests of the learners. This causes numerous disadvantages to learners, such as dropping out, unstable teaching and learning environments, lack of readiness for higher education, and many more. The study explores how selective learning could enhance effective learning interest among grade 10 learners at schools in the Motheo district, Free State province, South Africa. Selective learning is the learner’s decision to select and learn relevant subjects within the curriculum framework, guided by one’s learning interest. This study adopted a qualitative approach and used a qualitative case study research design and interpretive paradigm. Semi-structured interviews with open-ended questions were used as a data collection instrument. Eight participants were purposively selected from two high schools. Participants were teachers from rural and urban-based schools with more than two years of teaching experience. Thematic analysis was used to analyse qualitative data. The results showed that selective learning could enhance effective learning interest by creating tolerable learning, enhancing cognitive skills, engaging teaching and learning, and creating academic excellence. Thus, this study concludes that selective learning can enhance effective learning interest among grade 10 learners in schools in the Motheo district of the Free State province.

Using multimodal resources to design EFL classroom lead-ins—A multimodal pedagogical stylistics perspective

The study explores the ways EFL teachers use multimodal resources to design classroom lead-ins on the basis of multimodal stylistic analyses of the lead-ins in six award-winning classroom demonstrations. Results show that verbal mode and image mode are mainly used in the lead-ins to establish cognitive framework for the new teaching topics, and body language, such as eye movements, facial expressions, and gestures, is particularly important in attracting students’ attention and motivate their participation. The foregrounded complementary reinforcement relationships within the multimodal ensembles in the lead-ins play significant roles in designing students’ learning experiences. Discussions on the multimodal stylistic features and their teaching effects also indicate that topic relevance, closeness to life, mode conciseness, proper use of body language, complementary reinforcement within mode ensembles, and dynamicity of mode choices are general guidelines for the design of effective multimodal classroom lead-ins. The study not only verifies the effectiveness of the multimodal pedagogical stylistic theory but also provides feasible implications for the design and implementation of multimodal classroom lead-ins in EFL teaching.

Women improving nutrition through self-help groups in India: Does nutrition information help?

Women’s self-help groups (SHGs) are an important platform for reaching poor women in India. Despite SHGs' women-focused programming, evidence of the impact of SHG-based interventions on nutrition outcomes is limited, and most evaluations of nutrition interventions have not examined intermediate outcomes along the impact pathways or outcomes for women themselves. This paper evaluates the effectiveness of an integrated agriculture-nutrition intervention delivered through women’s SHGs in five states in central and eastern India. The interventions involved the delivery of nutrition behavior change communication to groups through participatory approaches, community engagement around key issues, and the strengthening of collective organizations. Our analysis is based on three rounds of rich panel data on close to 2700 rural women and their households from eight districts in these five states and qualitative work from an accompanying process evaluation. Using difference-in-difference models with nearest neighbor matching methods, we present results on women’s anthropometry and diet-related outcomes.We do not observe any improvements in women’s BMI or overall dietary diversity. Although more women in the nutrition intensification arm consumed animal source foods, nuts and seeds, and fruits, this was not enough to increase overall dietary diversity scores or the proportion of women achieving minimum dietary diversity. We measure intermediate outcomes along the program’s impact pathways and find improvements in household incomes, cultivation of home gardens, and utilization of government schemes but not in women’s empowerment. The lack of improvement in anthropometry and diets despite changes in some intermediate outcomes can be attributed to several factors such as low implementation intensity, poor facilitator capacity and incentives, the lack of relevance of the BCC topics to the average SHG member, and resource and agency constraints to adoption of recommended practices. Although we do not have data to test the parallel trends assumption and so do not interpret our results as causal, these findings do suggest that optimism about using group-based platforms needs to be tempered in resource-poor contexts.

A combined framework to explore cryptocurrency volatility and dependence using multivariate GARCH and Copula modeling

During the last years, cryptocurrencies have been increasingly becoming a relevant subject of academic researchers and investors. This paper adopts a novel framework that combines a multivariate Generalized AutoRegressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity (GARCH) and Copula modeling in a two-stage approach to analyze the cryptocurrency volatility dynamics. By combining the aforementioned techniques, on top of showing that price movements in one cryptocurrency can significantly influence others, the use of copulas highlight how these effects can vary across different parts of distributions and thus for different types of events with respect to their extreme nature. The interconnectedness complexity should be taken into consideration when managing risk in portfolio and constructing relevant models.

From Revisions to Insights: Converting Radiology Report Revisions into Actionable Educational Feedback Using Generative AI Models.

Expert feedback on trainees' preliminary reports is crucial for radiologic training, but real-time feedback can be challenging due to non-contemporaneous, remote reading and increasing imaging volumes. Trainee report revisions contain valuable educational feedback, but synthesizing data from raw revisions is challenging. Generative AI models can potentially analyze these revisions and provide structured, actionable feedback. This study used the OpenAI GPT-4 Turbo API to analyze paired synthesized and open-source analogs of preliminary and finalized reports, identify discrepancies, categorize their severity and type, and suggest review topics. Expert radiologists reviewed the output by grading discrepancies, evaluating the severity and category accuracy, and suggested review topic relevance. The reproducibility of discrepancy detection and maximal discrepancy severity was also examined. The model exhibited high sensitivity, detecting significantly more discrepancies than radiologists (W = 19.0, p < 0.001) with a strong positive correlation (r = 0.778, p < 0.001). Interrater reliability for severity and type were fair (Fleiss' kappa = 0.346 and 0.340, respectively; weighted kappa = 0.622 for severity). The LLM achieved a weighted F1 score of 0.66 for severity and 0.64 for type. Generated teaching points were considered relevant in ~ 85% of cases, and relevance correlated with the maximal discrepancy severity (Spearman ρ = 0.76, p < 0.001). The reproducibility was moderate to good (ICC (2,1) = 0.690) for the number of discrepancies and substantial for maximal discrepancy severity (Fleiss' kappa = 0.718; weighted kappa = 0.94). Generative AI models can effectively identify discrepancies in report revisions and generate relevant educational feedback, offering promise for enhancing radiology training.

Poaceae Pollen as the Leading Aeroallergen

The relevance of aerobiological topics is evidenced by the fact that from July 1 to July 5, 2024, an unusual event was held in Vilnius (Lithuania), including the 8th European Symposium on Aerobiology (8th ESA), the 12th International Congress on Aerobiology (12th ICA) and the 5th International Ragweed Conference (5th IRC). World Aerobiology 2024 is an event of unprecedented scale. It discussed the use of artificial intelligence (AI) for calculating and interpreting aerobiological monitoring data. But so far, AI cannot identify all taxa, so careful counting and identification of plant pollen and fungal spores is only possible for a human researcher. Aerobiological monitoring using volumetric traps remains the gold standard of research. In the world community, there are networks of biological monitoring of air quality with the study of the concentration of plant pollen and fungal spores in the air. Through an application on a mobile phone, you can find out the forecast of periods of maximum risk, during which patients with hay fever are exposed to the main aeroallergens. Popular queries from Internet users relate to the complex problem of climate change, environmental pollution and aeroallergens. There is no National Aerobiological Monitoring system in Kyrgyzstan, but the Meteonova service has launched a pollen forecast application for mobile phones, which is still in the testing stage and does not reflect the real features of the aerobiological spectrum. It is known that in the world there are more than 12,000 species in the Poaceae family, classified into 771 genera belonging to 12 subfamilies. In Kyrgyzstan, 300 anemophilous species of annual perennial plants grow, releasing a huge amount of pollen into the atmosphere in the spring and summer. Poaceae pollen is still one of the top ten global aeroallergens, being the leading cause of hay fever, by predominant size, classified as biological pollutants (PM10). The concentration of cereal pollen was consistently observed in the air of Karakol during all seasons of the study and ranged from 167 to 174 days. Its daily maximum concentrations were detected in June-July; the distribution of pollen in the air is unimodal. The influence of the anthropogenic triad on fluctuations in the concentration of cereal pollen was established: climate change (temperature) and land use systems, as well as environmental pollution, which manifested itself in the degradation of pollen grains and the appearance of damaged and unidentified biological particles. The purpose of this article is to study the concentration of cereal pollen in the air, their integrative contribution to the aerobiological spectrum in the city of Karakol as dominant pollen allergens.

Development trends in the management consulting industry in dental medical organizations

The evolution of healthcare industry management corresponds to management trends in the global economy. Reforming medicine within the framework of the concepts of sustainable development, value-oriented approach, person-centeredness, as well as challenges due to the pandemic provide a number of relevant tasks and subjects for management consulting. A comparison of the market volumes of domestic and foreign medical management consulting shows a significant difference in the demand for this field of activity. It is necessary to explore the objective and subjective reasons for the restrictions on the development of domestic management consulting. The purpose of the study is to identify problems of management consulting in dental practice. The authors set the task of reviewing foreign and domestic sources of scientific literature and analytical reporting on the management consulting market, clarifying the main economic trends in domestic and foreign consulting services in healthcare, and identifying indicators and performance factors for management consulting in dental institutions. The methodology of content analysis of scientific information made it possible to draw conclusions about the state of the industry and formulate recommendations for its scaling. The results of the study confirmed the relevance of management consulting for the management and staff of dental organizations and the need for the development of the industry. The challenges of modern management increase the need to attract experts and professional management consultants to dental organizations.

Health problems among women in sports: The Female Athlete Triad

Introduction:Over the years the participation of women in sports and physical activities has significantly increased. The rise in the number of female athletes has brought to attention the health issues specific to this population. The Female Athlete Triad is a syndrome in which the affected woman presents the combination of three intertwined conditions such as (1) low energy availability, (2) menstrual dysfunction, and (3) low bone mineral density. The crucial factor in the pathophysiology is energy imbalance, which leads to impairment of the reproductive and skeletal system, eventually having a very harmful effect on the whole organism and leading to appalling short-term and long-term consequences. It affects women of all ages and from every sports discipline, but most at risk are those in adolescence involved in sports that prioritize leanness and endurance. Purpose:The objective of this article is to review the current state of knowledge about the Female Athlete Triad, spreading awareness of this syndrome, which is still very low in society, and highlighting the importance of early identification and multidisciplinary treatment to prevent serious complications. Materials and methods: The review was based on a comprehensive analysis of the available literature sourced from PubMed, Google Scholar, and other scientific articles, which was searched by using listed keywords and analysed for topic relevance and knowledge currency.

Legal regulation of economic security in Ukraine

It is indicated in a legal state, regulation of interaction between members of society, coordination of their interests and smoothing of conflicts arising between them and their associations is unthinkable without law. With the help of the influence of law on social relations, it is possible to order and regulate them in a civilized manner. In the sphere of achieving a state of security, the law allows you to set the limits of what is permitted, to determine the obligations and prohibitions in the behavior of the relevant subjects. Due to regulatory legal regulation, security receives a unique meaning that determines the final goal of its provision, connects it with national priorities and interests of each legal entity, preventing blurring of the understanding of the essential characteristics of the basic category «national security» and its derivatives. The conducted scientific analysis of the legal regulation of the economic security system of Ukraine made it possible to conclude that it has a complex and multifaceted nature, that is, it involves the creation of a complex of legal, economic and administrative-organizational mechanisms aimed at ensuring the rights of citizens and other subjects of economic activity to protect private property, economic freedom and unimpeded implementation of economic and other economic activities. It is pointed out that the state should implement the appropriate organizational and legal provision of economic security of Ukraine, aimed at increasing the investment attractiveness of the country, eliminating offenses in the economic sphere. The analysis of regulatory legal acts made it possible to single out the following shortcomings of the legal provision of economic security of Ukraine: complexity, vagueness and inconsistency of individual legislative norms, ambiguous interpretation in their application; inconsistency between developers and lack of system of legal acts regulating economic security. It was concluded that the presence of such shortcomings indicates the need to modify approaches to the formation of legal support for the economic security of the state, to make changes to the current legislation.

Cultural Education Sustainability and Development of Vocational Business Education in Nigeria

Culture and art is a significant aspect of human life, and the aim has been to create ideas relevant to the new interdisciplinary education as no society survives without cultural values. Culture is one of the phenomenon that shape individuals toward moral integrity and human development. Culture therefore helps to engender development and sustainability in the society. Without culture no society can make progress into the sustainability of its future civilization. Thus this paper is designed to evaluate the contributions of cultural education sustainability towards the achievement of developing vocational business education in Nigeria. The paper adopted explanatory descriptive approach which is content analysis. The paper discourse is centred on: concept of culture and cultural education, value/importance of cultural education, overall impact of cultural education and contributions of cultural education to the development of vocational business education in Nigeria. The paper concluded that sustainable Culture and vocational business education are connected phenomenal that collaborates to build a society with human and sustainable civilization. The development of culture influences the development of vocational business education and Nigeria can only leverage on the values of culture to shape a better curriculum of vocational business education. Thus, vocational business education cannot achieve its laudable objectives in Nigeria without embracing the norms and caprices of the culture of the society. Consequently, the paper recommended among others that educational institutions should develop curriculum guidelines and resources that incorporate cultural education components into vocational business programs at all levels of education, from secondary schools to tertiary institutions. Ensure that cultural education is integrated across relevant subjects, such as entrepreneurship, marketing, tourism, and international business.

Formulation of contextual circumstances in final court decisions on cases of violation of the laws and customs of war: peculiarities of legal argumentation

The article analyzes the peculiarities of legal reasoning in final court decisions in cases of violation of the laws and customs of war (Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine) in the context of such contextual circumstances as the existence of an international armed conflict during which and in connection with which the relevant war crime is committed. The author identifies the following shortcomings in the wording of contextual circumstances in sentences under Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine: an extensive historical excursion into the historical past of our State and world organizations, as well as the lack of a clear definition of such contextual circumstances. The author proves that in addition to the direct establishment of such circumstances, final court decisions should state the existence of a relevant victim, object and subject of a war crime, which are elements of the mechanism for determining contextual circumstances, as well as independent signs of the crime under Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. It is determined that the legal arguments used in final court decisions should include a brief description of the factual and temporal factors of the international armed conflict on the territory of Ukraine, which take place in the country as a whole, as well as the local aspect of the international armed conflict, the existence of which is proved by the occupation of the Ukrainian settlement where the war crime event took place. In addition, when describing the contextual circumstances of the crime under Art. 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, it is advisable to refer to international normative documents and international case law. It is determined that a complete description of the contextual circumstances will ensure the «stability» of court decisions in the courts of appeal, which may be appealed by the defense party arguing that there are no relevant contextual circumstances, which, in the opinion of the defense, indicates that an ordinary crime was committed, rather than a war crime. Key words: war crime, violation of the laws or customs of war, contextual circumstances, international armed conflict, criminal proceedings, international humanitarian law, final judgment, quality of judgment, legal technique, legal reasoning.

Assessing the developmental competence of oocytes matured following rescue in vitro maturation: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

To assess the developmental competence of oocytes matured following rescue in vitro maturation (IVM). PubMed, EmBASE, and SCOPUS were systematically searched for peer-reviewed original papers using relevant keywords and Medical Subject Heading terms. Study quality was assessed using the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale. Odds ratios with a 95% confidence interval were calculated by applying a random effects model. The primary outcomes were fertilization and blastulation rates. Secondary outcomes included abnormal fertilization, cleavage, euploidy, clinical pregnancy, and live-birth rates. Twenty-four studies were included in the meta-analysis. The oocytes matured following rescue IVM showed significantly reduced fertilization, cleavage, blastulation, and clinical pregnancy rates compared to sibling in vivo-matured oocytes. No significant differences were found for the euploidy and live-birth rates in euploid blastocyst transfer. In poor responders, a reduced fertilization rate was observed using in vitro-matured GV but not with in vitro-matured MI. A reduced cleavage rate in MI matured overnight compared to < 6 incubation hours was found. Our results showed compromised developmental competence in oocytes matured following rescue IVM. However, in poor responders, rescue IVM could maximize the efficiency of the treatment. Notably, our data suggests using in vitro MI matured within 6 incubation hours. CRD42023467232.

Ethnobiology's Contributions to Sustainability Science

Progress toward the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is insufficient at a global scale. A thorough and interdisciplinary understanding of barriers and levers to sustainability, including synergies and trade-offs between SDGs, is utterly important but still limited. Ethnobiology is often advocated as a key discipline to address this research gap. We conducted a systematic literature review to explore (i) the visibility of ethnobiology within sustainability science, (ii) how ethnobiology understands the notion of sustainability, (iii) if ethnobiology literature on sustainability issues engages differently with nonacademic knowledge and people compared to other types of ethnobiology research, and (iv) which SDGs are addressed (explicitly or implicitly) by ethnobiology. Our study reveals a minimal overlap between sustainability science and ethnobiology literature. The articles reviewed never mention the SDGs explicitly, but often address them implicitly. Reviewed ethnobiological articles addressed themes of relevance to almost all SDGs, especially the linkages between SDGs 1–3 and 15, but always implicitly. Biodiversity's understanding (SDG 15) provides the basis for culture and Indigenous and local knowledge and ensures communities’ food security (SDG 2), health and well-being (SDG 3), and prosperity (SDG 1). We found that ethnobiology does not examine sustainability through the lens of the global sustainability agenda, and that knowledge coproduction processes are rarely reported. While ethnobiology demonstrates its relevance to address SDGs and contribute to transformative change, this potential is not fully realized because of a persisting decoupling between place-based research and global sustainability frameworks.

Digital Platforms in the Focus of National Law

The paper contains an overview of the research workshop Digital platforms: new environment for collaboration at the Institute of Legislation and Comparative Law under the Federal Government (ILCL) on 23 April 2024, and findings of the expert survey Digital platforms in the focus of national law. Presentations by participants were systematized by the authors of the overview around the most relevant subjects related to digital platform operations: general issues of digital platform regulation; digital platforms’ impact on human rights; digital platforms in public administration; digital platforms in private law, criminal law and specific branches. The workshop was attended by researchers representing the Institute of Legislation and Comparative Law, Kutafin Moscow State Law University, National Research University–Higher School of Economics, Moscow State University, Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of Russia, Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Orenburg State University, Siberian Federal University, Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas, Saint Petersburg University of the Interior Ministry, MTS Joint-Stock Company, etc. Legal themes under discussion included the legal nature of digital platforms; digital platforms’ impact on the economy, public administration, human rights and the underlying changes to their amount and content; associated risks; digital platforms and anti-trust regulation; networking effect of digital platforms; labor relations and platform employment; labor right protection and digital platforms; dangers of discrimination related to digital platforms.

Approaches, Goals, and Scientific Integrity in Music Therapy Research with Individuals on the Autism Spectrum: An Integrative Review.

Scientific integrity is fundamental to evidence-based practice (EBP) and essential in music therapy (MT) research and clinical practice. Researchers conducted an integrative review of approaches and interventions employed by music therapists (MTs) with individuals on the autism spectrum in the context of how studies are analyzed by the National Autism Center (NAC) and National Clearinghouse on Autism Evidence and Practice (NCAEP). Researchers identified 880 database records meeting initial search criteria (i.e., autism spectrum disorder, autism, PDD-NOS, MT, and music interventions); 36 studies remained after screening for duplication, topic relevance, and adherence to inclusion criteria. Included studies were published between 1964 and 2021, in English language, in free open-access journals, worldwide; peer reviewed; conducted by MTs; empirical quantitative, qualitative, or mixed-methods design; intervention-based; and presented separate data for participants on the autism spectrum. Content and quantitative analyses identified deficits in scientific integrity and the following gaps in studies reviewed: Motor Skills and Placement (NAC-defined intervention targets), Computer-based and Songwriting and Composition (MT techniques), and Wellness and Bonny Method of Guided Imagery in Music (clinical approaches); no patterns were evident among NAC Interventions with MT techniques and approaches. Analysis of 5-point Scientific Merit Ratings yielded a mean 2.78 rating. A comparison of NAC and NCAEP terminology (i.e., how MT researchers report independent variables) indicated eight titles mention specific non-music interventions, 19 mention MT, 14 include music-based technique descriptors, and two mention both non-music interventions and MT. Researchers offer guidelines regarding identity-inclusive language, scientific integrity, and clarity of EBPs within MT intervention research with individuals on the autism spectrum.

Evaluation of maternal serum protein biomarkers in the prenatal evaluation of placenta accreta spectrum: A systematic scoping review.

Placenta accreta spectrum (PAS) is an increasingly commonly reported condition due to the continuous increase in the rate of cesarean deliveries (CD) worldwide; however, the prenatal screening for pregnant patients at risk of PAS at birth remains limited, in particular when imaging expertise is not available. Two major electronic databases (MEDLINE and Embase) were searched electronically for articles published in English between October 1992 and January 2023 using combinations of the relevant medical subject heading terms and keywords. Two independent reviewers selected observational studies that provided data on one or more measurement of maternal blood-specific biomarker(s) during pregnancies with PAS at birth. PRISMA Extension for Scoping Review (PRISMA-ScR) was used to extract data and report results. Of the 441 reviewed articles, 29 met the inclusion criteria reporting on 34 different biomarkers. 14 studies were retrospective and 15 prospective overall including 18 251 participants. Six studies had a cohort design and the remaining a case-control design. Wide clinical heterogeneity was found in the included studies. In eight studies, the samples were obtained in the first trimester; in five, the samples were collected on hospital admission for delivery; and in the rest, the samples were collected during the second and/or third trimester. Measurements of serum biomarkers, some of which have been or are still used in screening for other pregnancy complications, could contribute to the prenatal evaluation of patients at risk of PAS at delivery; however, important evidence gaps were identified for suitable cutoffs for most biomarkers, variability of gestational age at sampling and the potential overlap of the marker values with other placental-related complications of pregnancy.