Transport Poverty with Special Reference to Sustainability: A Systematic Review of the Literature

The aim of this work is to analyse the state of the art of scientific research related to transport poverty with special reference to sustainability and to identify new research needs. To this end, a methodology has been used in line with the objective set out, choosing the systematic review of the literature as the most suitable method. The results show that transport poverty is an under-exploited issue and is not well articulated by researchers, and there are great differences between the different areas of knowledge studied. The subjects related to health and medicine have more publications, almost 58%, with the rest distributed among 11 different subjects. Of the works analysed, only 26.69% refer to the topic of sustainability, and therefore this is a branch which is little studied in the literature in this field. Another relevant finding is that all the articles analysed highlight the vulnerability and inequality of the groups affected by transport poverty, with the elderly being the least studied in the research work.

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Are enhanced recovery programs in colorectal surgery feasible and useful in the elderly? A systematic review of the literature

Journal of Visceral Surgery ◽

10.1016/j.jviscsurg.2016.09.016 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 154 (1) ◽

pp. 29-35 ◽

Cited By ~ 18

Author(s):

M.-V. Launay-Savary ◽

M. Mathonnet ◽

A. Theissen ◽

S. Ostermann ◽

A. Raynaud-Simon ◽

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Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

Colorectal Surgery ◽

Enhanced Recovery ◽

The Elderly ◽

Review Of The Literature ◽

Recovery Programs ◽

Enhanced Recovery Programs

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Tools for evaluation of restriction on auditory participation: systematic review of the literature

CoDAS ◽

10.1590/2317-1782/20152015008 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 27 (4) ◽

pp. 400-406 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Valquíria Conceição Souza ◽

Stela Maris Aguiar Lemos

Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

Hearing Aids ◽

Observational Studies ◽

Web Of Science ◽

The Elderly ◽

Review Of The Literature ◽

Aural Rehabilitation ◽

Isi Web Of Science ◽

Hearing Handicap ◽

Bibliographic Collection

PURPOSE: To systematically review studies that used questionnaires for the evaluation of restriction on auditory participation in adults and the elderly.RESEARCH STRATEGY: Studies from the last five years were selected through a bibliographic collection of data in national and international journals in the following electronic databases: ISI Web of Science and Virtual Health Library - BIREME, which includes the LILACS and MEDLINE databases.SELECTION CRITERIA: Studies available fully; published in Portuguese, English, or Spanish; whose participants were adults and/or the elderly and that used questionnaires for the evaluation of restriction on auditory participation.DATA ANALYSIS: Initially, the studies were selected based on the reading of titles and abstracts. Then, the articles were fully and the information was included in the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) checklist.RESULTS: Three-hundred seventy studies were found in the researched databases; 14 of these studies were excluded because they were found in more than one database. The titles and abstracts of 356 articles were analyzed; 40 of them were selected for full reading, of which 26 articles were finally selected. In the present review, nine instruments were found for the evaluation of restriction on auditory participation.CONCLUSION: The most used questionnaires for the assessment of the restriction on auditory participation were the Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly (HHIE), Hearing Handicap Inventory for Adults (HHIA), and Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly - Screening (HHIE-S). The use of restriction on auditory participation questionnaires can assist in validating decisions in audiology practices and be useful in the fitting of hearing aids and results of aural rehabilitation.

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Learning Non-Taxonomic Relations of Ontologies

International Journal on Semantic Web and Information Systems ◽

10.4018/ijswis.2021010105 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 17 (1) ◽

pp. 97-122

Author(s):

Mohamed Hassan Mohamed Ali ◽

Said Fathalla ◽

Mohamed Kholief ◽

Yasser Fouad Hassan

Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

State Of The Art ◽

Research Work ◽

Semantic Knowledge ◽

Future Research ◽

Automatic Extraction ◽

Ontology Learning ◽

Comprehensive Understanding ◽

Specific Domain ◽

Taxonomic Relations

Ontologies, as semantic knowledge representation, have a crucial role in various information systems. The main pitfall of manually building ontologies is effort and time-consuming. Ontology learning is a key solution. Learning Non-Taxonomic Relationships of Ontologies (LNTRO) is the process of automatic/semi-automatic extraction of all possible relationships between concepts in a specific domain, except the hierarchal relations. Most of the research works focused on the extraction of concepts and taxonomic relations in the ontology learning process. This article presents the results of a systematic review of the state-of-the-art approaches for LNTRO. Sixteen approaches have been described and qualitatively analyzed. The solutions they provide are discussed along with their respective positive and negative aspects. The goal is to provide researchers in this area a comprehensive understanding of the drawbacks of the existing work, thereby encouraging further improvement of the research work in this area. Furthermore, this article proposes a set of recommendations for future research.

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Temporal artery Doppler ultrasound in patients with giant cell arteritis: State of the art and systematic review of the literature

Revista Colombiana de Reumatología (English Edition) ◽

10.1016/j.rcreue.2020.08.002 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Tomás Urrego-Callejas ◽

Daniel Jaramillo-Arroyave ◽

Adriana-Lucía Vanegas-García ◽

Carlos Horacio Muñoz-Vahos ◽

Maribel Plaza Tenorio

Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

Giant Cell Arteritis ◽

Giant Cell ◽

Doppler Ultrasound ◽

State Of The Art ◽

Temporal Artery ◽

Review Of The Literature

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The efficacy of cystoperitoneal shunting for the surgical management of intracranial arachnoid cysts in the elderly: A systematic review of the literature

Surgical Neurology International ◽

10.25259/sni_463_2021 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 ◽

pp. 624

Author(s):

Joseph Merola ◽

Susruta Manivannan ◽

Setthasorn Ooi ◽

Wen Li Chia ◽

Milan Makwana ◽

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Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

Complication Rate ◽

The Elderly ◽

Chronic Subdural Haematoma ◽

Arachnoid Cysts ◽

Surgical Approaches ◽

Review Of The Literature ◽

Cystoperitoneal Shunting ◽

Elderly Cohort ◽

Neurosurgical Intervention

Background: Intracranial arachnoid cysts (AC) are benign, cerebrospinal fluid filled spaces within the arachnoid layer of the meninges. Neurosurgical intervention in children and young adults has been extensively studied, but the optimal strategy in the elderly remains unclear. Therefore, we performed a single center retrospective study combined with a systematic review of the literature to compare cystoperitoneal (CP) shunting with other surgical approaches in the elderly cohort. Methods: Retrospective neurosurgical database search between January 2005 and December 2018, and systematic review of the literature using PRISMA guidelines were performed. Inclusion criteria: Age 60 years or older, radiological diagnosis of intracranial AC, neurosurgical intervention, and neuroradiological (NOG score)/clinical outcome (COG score). Data from both sources were pooled and statistically analyzed. Results: Our literature search yielded 12 studies (34 patients), which were pooled with our institutional data (13 patients). CP shunts (7 patients; 15%), cyst fenestration (28 patients; 60%) and cyst marsupialisation/resection (10 patients; 21%) were the commonest approaches. Average duration of follow-up was 23.6, 26.9, and 9.5 months for each approach, respectively. There was no statistically significant association between choice of surgical intervention and NOG score (P = 0.417), COG score (P = 0.601), or complication rate (P = 0.955). However, CP shunting had the lowest complication rate, with only one patient developing chronic subdural haematoma. Conclusion: CP shunting is a safe and effective surgical treatment strategy for ACs in the elderly. It has similar clinical and radiological outcomes but superior risk profile when compared with other approaches. We advocate CP shunting as first line neurosurgical intervention for the management of intracranial ACs in the elderly.

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