Moreover, due to infection, social stigma was experienced by 49.02% of the donors, while 21.97% had anxiety related to convalescent plasma donation as a common livid experience. Poor quality of life and social stigma during the recovery phase is prevalent in COVID-19 recovered patients, for which formulation of holistic support strategies are the need of the hour.Poor quality of life and social stigma during the recovery phase is prevalent in COVID-19 recovered patients, for which formulation of holistic support strategies are the need of the hour. Iraq is among the countries affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. As of 2 August 2020, 129,151 COVID-19 cases were confirmed, including 91,949 recovered cases and 4,867 deaths. ACT001 After the announcement of lockdown in early April 2020, situation in Iraq was getting steady until late May 2020, when daily COVID-19 infections have raised suddenly due to gradual easing of lockdown restrictions. In this context, it is important to develop a forecasting model to evaluate the COVID-19 outbreak in Iraq and so to guide future health policy. COVID-19 lag data were made available by the University of Anbar through their online analytical platform (https//www.uoanbar.edu.iq/covid/), engaged with the day-to-day figures form the Iraqi health authorities. 154days of patient data were provided covering the period from 2 March 2020 to 2 August 2020. An ensemble of feed-forward neural networks has been adopted to forecast COVID-19 outbreak in Iraq. Also, this study highlights some key questions about this pandemic using data analytics. Forecasting were achieved with accuracy of 87.6% for daily infections, 82.4% for daily recovered cases, and 84.3% for daily deaths. It is anticipated that COVID-19 infections in Iraq will reach about 308,996 cases by the end of September 2020, including 228,551 to recover and 9,477 deaths. The applications of artificial neural networks supported by advanced data analytics represent a promising solution through which to realise intelligent solutions, enabling the space of analytical operations to drive a national health policy to contain COVID-19 pandemic.The applications of artificial neural networks supported by advanced data analytics represent a promising solution through which to realise intelligent solutions, enabling the space of analytical operations to drive a national health policy to contain COVID-19 pandemic. The North American Spine Society (NASS) spine fellowship directory is an established resource that provides applicants with access to important information about different fellowship programs. Additionally, some programs have created websites to provide information about their fellowship program. There has been limited research on the amount and breadth of information provided by these different resources. To assess and compare the scope of information provided by the North American Spine Society (NASS) fellowship directory and individual fellowship program websites. Web Content Accessibility Study. There were no patient data used in this study. All reported data were accessed from public websites and the NASS fellowship directory (August 2022 fellowships). Outcome measures were reported as the presence or lack thereof of 22 topics pertaining to the specifics of each individual spine fellowship program on both the NASS fellowship directory and individual fellowship program websites. The NASS fellolatform. Single-stage surgical treatment of cranial intraosseous meningiomas includes complete tumor resection followed by aesthetic reconstruction. Tailored tumor resection with a computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing custom-made implant for the defect has been advocated in recent years to achieve a satisfactory cosmetic result with reduced operative time and fewer complications. However, several technical nuances related to the area of osseous removal may compromise cranioplasty. We present 2 cases of intraosseous meningiomas (sphenoid wing and retromastoid) to illustrate a step-by-step approach, from preoperative planning to single-step surgery. For each case, a customized frame template delimiting bone removal was designed using cranial sutures as anatomical landmarks for precise placement of the cranioplasty template over the area of interest. Custom templates based in cranial sutures may benefit single-step frame-guided resection and reconstruction of intraosseous tumors with compelling results.Custom templates based in cranial sutures may benefit single-step frame-guided resection and reconstruction of intraosseous tumors with compelling results. The ongoing trend of societal evolution in contemporary civilization has allowed increased inclusion of heterogenous identity groups into fields, such as neurosurgery, where certain groups have traditionally been underrepresented. In regard to the field of neurosurgery, the increasing recognition of the disparities faced by women is illustrated by a growing body of academic literature. We conducted a bibliometric analysis querying the PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, and Embase databases for articles on women in neurosurgery using the MeSH terms "woman," "women," "gender," neurosurgery," neurological surgery," and "neurosurgeon." Articles were excluded if they did not concern societal impact of nonmale population in the context of neurosurgery. Total citations, mean citations per year, publishing journal information, and author demographics were abstracted from included reports. Associations between abstracted continuous variables were evaluated using the Pearson correlation coefficient. Derived P values &lop.Recognition in societal evolutionary trends as evidenced by academic activity has shown increased focus on the explicit and intrinsic biases faced by women in neurosurgery. Recent years have seen significant increases in published reports concerning the subject, as well as rising academic impact per a given report. This phenomenon is speculated to continue, and understanding to broaden as societal perception continues to develop. Surgical treatment of idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) by ventriculoperitoneal (VP) or lumboperitoneal (LP) shunting can achieve long-term recovery of activities of daily living; however, in a subset of patients, maintenance of independence lasted for <6 months. This study examined positive preoperative predictive factors of short-term outcome for shunted iNPH patients. Over a 9-year period, consecutive patients from multiple centers diagnosed with probable iNPH underwent either VP or LP shunt surgery. Preoperative variables of age, symptom duration, iNPH severity, tap test response, and magnetic resonance imaging findings of disproportionately enlarged subarachnoid space hydrocephalus (DESH) or incomplete DESH were retrospectively evaluated in relation to 1-year postoperative outcome. Outcome for 154 shunt patients (12 VP, 142 LP) as measured by postoperative disability modified Rankin Scale (mRS) and iNPH-gait disturbance (GD) was the same regardless of age. Symptom duration was inversely correlated with both iNPH severity (P < 0.