Struggling with systematic reviews?

Let PICO guide you:
P opulation
I ntervention
C omparison
O utcome

P: Does the sample represent my target population?

I: Is the intervention what I'm studying?

C: Is the comparison group right?

O: Are the outcomes relevant and reliable?

The Dubai flood ain't joke.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates, experienced significant flooding on Tuesday, attributed to heavy rainfall.

Dubai International Airport (DXB) reported that there will be temporary flight diversions for arriving flights, while departures continued operation. Officials state there is…

🔎METHEVAL seminar 'Navigating the context and external validity conundrums in realist cross-country evaluations' with Dr Ana Manzano (@UniversityLeeds).

🗓️18/04. 5pm-6pm
📌Register here to participate via Zoom: tinyurl.com/5cat6x9h
📌Abstract: tinyurl.com/4387ks75

Join me this Thursday at 4pm UK time for an online session examining the mysteries of 'context' in cross-country realist evaluations! 🌍 #RealistEvaluations at LIEPP Sciences Po @RealistPhdNet The Realist Hub Realist Research & Evaluation Group NoRTH_Realists Register here: x.com/LIEPP_ScPo/sta…

Invitation to Tender: Identification and assessment of ethnic health inequalities within the Genomic Medicine Service. This work is being undertaken in collaboration with NHS England.

Deadline for submissions is 14 May 2024.

Further details here: nhsrho.org/news/identific…

Public Health Analyst
The Office of Northumbria's Police and Crime Commissioner
Newcastle upon Tyne
£45,948 – £50,019
Closes 07/05

northumbriapolice.engageats.co.uk/Vacancies/W/56…

Another day in Bangladesh

World's biggest economies in 2075, projected by Goldman Sachs:

🇨🇳 China: $57 trillion
🇮🇳 India: $52.5 trillion
🇺🇸 United States: $51.5 trillion
🇮🇩 Indonesia: $13.7 trillion
🇳🇬 Nigeria: $13.1 trillion
🇵🇰 Pakistan: $12.3 trillion
🇪🇬 Egypt: $10.4 trillion
🇧🇷 Brazil: $8.7 trillion…

Meet Nigeria's Queen of Cassava, Oluyemisi Iranloye has established Africa's largest cassava processing factory in Nigeria.

It operates 8,000 hectares and a network of 6,000 farmers. Its factory produces 35,000 tones of starch and cassava flour per year.

It is important to…

📢 #CallforPapers ! JMIR Medical Informatics seeks contributions for a new section on 'AI Language Models in Health Care.' Explore real-world impacts, challenges, & strategies.

Learn More: jmirpublications.com/announcements/……

#aiinhealthcare #medicalinformatics

This study found people who visit greenspace more often had lower stress, anxiety and depression than people who visit less often.

However, the reduction in stress, anxiety, and depression varied depending on a person’s connection to nature.

nature.com/articles/s4159…

This is my new favorite video on the internet!!

If an Elephant can, why can't we?

Goodbye to a giant: a heavy rain took out the giant Ceiba tree at Arinta Waterfalls last weekend. Probably the biggest tree in Ekiti State, now a fallen giant.

The last photo captures the tree in its peak days.
Government of Ekiti State

GERMANS around the world 🇩🇪🌍

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Percentage of cases where the wife manages a couple's entire finances and gives the husband pocket money. Horrendous graph but interesting data. Source: buff.ly/2Pkpnfp

The clocks go forward tomorrow in the UK, but what do we know about the health hazards of twice yearly time switching?

Chris Baraniuk looks at the effect of seasonal clock changes on public health and the countries ditching #DaylightSavingTime
bmj.com/content/380/bm…