Impact factors of scientific journals divide the number of received citations during a (citation) year by the number of papers published in the past; normally the 2 years preceding the year of the citation count. These impact factors have-widely and for almost 20 years-been criticised when it comes to a translation of the impact factor of a journal to its constituent papers [1–4]. The reason is...

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We conducted a systematic international review of tobacco smoking habits among medical students. Particular attention was paid to countries where smoking rates have been historically well-documented in local journals, but were less often included in larger international review articles. The methodology involved a search of relevant medical subject headings, after which the reference lists of jo...

INTRODUCTION Serious games (SGs) are interactive and entertaining digital software with an educational purpose. They engage the learner by proposing challenges and through various design elements (DEs; eg, points, difficulty adaptation, story). Recent reviews suggest the effectiveness of SGs in healthcare professionals' and students' education is mixed. This could be explained by the variabilit...

INTRODUCTION Exposure to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) is a significant risk factor for physical and mental illnesses later in life. Concussion or traumatic brain injury is a challenging condition where preinjury factors may interact to affect recovery. The association between ACEs and traumatic brain injury/concussion is not well mapped in any previous reviews of the literature. Using a...

It is well-known that suggesting subject headings according to user queries is useful for subject searches (e.g., the MeSH database for MEDLINE (“MeSH databse,” n.d.), RedLightGreen (“RedLightGreen,” n.d.)). However, few systems suggest subject headings for OPACs in Japan. Some systems (e.g. “National Diet Library NDL-OPAC,” n.d.), which offer users a function that retrieves subject headings, a...

The way in which the quality of life related to health (HRQoL) is affected by the nutritional status of the patient is a subject of constant interest and permanent debate. The purpose of the present paper is to review those studies that relate HRQoL to nutritional status and examine the tools (questionnaires) that they use to investigate this relationship. A critical review of published studies...