Introduction Several pharmacotherapeutic interventions are available for maintenance
treatment for opioid-related disorders. However, previous meta-analyses have been limited to …

Background Diabetes is a highly prevalent chronic disease that places a large burden on
individuals and health care systems. Models predicting the risk (also called predictive models) …

Electromagnetic thermal therapies for cancer treatment, such as microwave hyperthermia,
aim to heat up a targeted tumour site to temperatures within 40 and 44 C. Computational …

Exposure to organophosphate esters (OPEs) is extensive, yet few studies have investigated
their association with hormone levels or semen quality. Here, we studied the association …

Background Measuring shared decision making (SDM) in clinical practice is important to
improve the quality of health care. Measurement can be done by trained observers and by …

Calligonum comosum, a Tunisian plant from arid regions, is traditionally used in folk medicine
to treat rural population microbial infections. The plant was investigated in vitro for its …

BACKGROUND Tests and treatments that are not supported by evidence and could expose
patients to unnecessary harm, referred to here as low-value clinical practices, consume up …

Soil monitoring is a key topic from several perspectives, such as moisture level control for
irrigation management and anti-contamination purposes. Monitoring the latter is becoming …

In microwave hyperthermia tumor therapy, electromagnetic waves focus energy on the tumor
to elevate the temperature above its normal levels with minimal injury to the surrounding …

Background Diabetes often places a large burden on people with diabetes (hereafter ‘patients’)
and the society, that is, in part attributable to its complications. However, evidence from …