Artificial intelligence (AI) is an essential high value technology that upgrades science globally increasing wealth and decreasing costs. Intersection of renewable energy and AI can lead to great achievement and progress for global eco-efficiency enhancing and widespreading alternative sources...

Background In patients with asthma uncontrolled by a medium or high-strength (MS/HS) inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) plus long-acting β2-agonist (LABA), according to Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) guidelines, a maintenance therapy option is the addition of a long-acting muscarinic antagonist...

Background As the number of randomized clinical trials (RCTs) demonstrating the survival benefits of combination therapies in previously treated multiple myeloma (MM) patients increases, it is essential to determine the most cost- effective treatment through robust economic evaluation. This...

Background Obesity has become major public health problem around the world. Lifestyle interventions, Pharmacotherapy and bariatric surgery are the common intervention to reduce weight in clinical practice. This study aims to conduct an economic evaluation of Duodenal-Jejunal Bypass Sleeve (DJBS)...

Purpose Squamous NSCLC (sqNSCLC), a subtype with few targetable mutations, is often diagnosed at advanced stages. Platinum-based chemo-therapy, the first-line treatment, yields median overall survival (OS) of less than or equal to one year, underscoring the need for better therapies. Penpulimab,...

Objective The costs of robot-assisted surgery are high compared to traditional surgeries, the main objective of this study is to investigate the cost-effectiveness of robotic total knee arthroplasty (rTKA) and manual total knee arthroplasty (mTKA) in Iran. Method The economic evaluation carried...

Background Within Finland's breast cancer screening program, all women aged 50-69 are invited to biennial screening. Current European guidelines recommend screening in ages 45-49 and 70-74 conditional upon, inter alia, demonstrated context-specific cost-effectiveness. This study aims to...