JerMa88/BMC_Womens_Health_Peer_Reviews huggingface dataset:
Title: Placental Histopathological Abnormalities in Adverse Obstetric Outcomes: A
retrospective Cross-sectional Study at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital
Version: 2 Date: 02 May 2024
Reviewer's report:
Thank you for allowing me to review this manuscript.
The article is well written but, as it appears, it is not particularly interesting and does not add any
particular new features. I suggest that the classification of placental lesions be better explained
according to a classification that incorporates the criteria of the 2014 Amsterdam Placental
Workshop group and drawn up in 2015 (doi.org/10.1016/j.ajog.2015.05.056), which better and
clearly specified the different histopathological pictures of possible placental lesions. Personally,
I consider it strange and unlikely that villus capillary lesions  have never been described in any
of the complicated pregnancies studied, being a possible finding in placentas with or without
fetal compromise, as many recently published reviews have demonstrated.  ( doi.org/10.1016/
j.placenta.2020.10.025, DOI: 10.1080/14767058.2020.1843154). Similarly, no placental tumors
has been found , despite being a possible cause of maternal and fetal impairment ( DOI: 10.3390/
jcm12093065).If indeed none of the above anomalies were found in the selected cases, please
provide a possible explanation for this (underestimation? non-uniform nomenclature?).
If more thorough argumentation is made, the manuscript may be suitable for publication.
Kind regards
Title: Placental Histopathological Abnormalities in Adverse Obstetric Outcomes: A
retrospective Cross-sectional Study at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital
Version: 4 Date: 30 May 2024
Reviewer's report:
Dear author,
Thank you for responding to our comments. We recommend the manuscript entitled “Placental
Histopathological Abnormalities in Adverse Obstetric Outcomes: A retrospective Cross-
sectional Study at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital” to be accepted for publication.
Kind Regards
Dr. Zeena Helmi
Title: Placental Histopathological Abnormalities in Adverse Obstetric Outcomes: A
retrospective Cross-sectional Study at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital
Version: 4 Date: 11 Jun 2024
Reviewer's report:
It needs grammar review: Use passive verbs
Abstract:
- Absence of theoretical background. Do not start with the aim of the study.
Introduction:
- Change the word (Background) to (Introduction)
- Paragraph 3 had no reference
- Paragraph 4: Specify the following sentence (Moreover, they found that vascular and
coagulation placental findings increase the risk of necrotizing enterocolitis). Where would the
risk be more in the mother or neonate?
Methods:
- Move the last paragraph after the inclusion and exclusion criteria
Results:
* Verify that the correct statistical tests are used for the type of data and analysis.
- Table 1: Replace the SD with IQR
- Table 3:
1. It has not mentioned the type of used statistical test, and when the p-value is significant.
2. Do the empty cells in the column mean 0 cases?  Clarify.
3. Missing P-values: Some cells show significant percentages without accompanying p-values,
making it unclear if those associations are statistically significant or just observed proportions.
4. The table does not provide the total number of cases for each adverse outcome or
histopathology abnormality.
Table 4:
- Lack of Statistical Testing
- The format is inconsistent in some rows. For example, "Adherent placenta"  has a mode of
delivery totals that do not sum up correctly or are incomplete.
-Some numbers lack the corresponding percentage.
References:
- Very few updated references
- Multiple outdated references are present
Title: Placental Histopathological Abnormalities in Adverse Obstetric Outcomes: A
retrospective Cross-sectional Study at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital
Version: 5 Date: 16 Jul 2024
Reviewer's report:
Dear Author,
Thank you for the opportunity to review the manuscript entitled “Placental Histopathological
Abnormalities in Adverse Obstetric Outcomes: A retrospective Cross-sectional Study at Sultan
Qaboos University Hospital.”
Comments:
1-In the introduction Ogunyemi and others, involving placenta histopathology please identify
what are the abnormality in
2- In the method including criteria was IUGR this can be caused by fetal cause not necessary to
be placental cause how can you include all IUGR not only placental abnormality?
3- In method nothing mentioned about the delivery of placenta whether spontaneous
(physiologic or active management done)
(which should be added to the inclusion criteria) or manual removal of placenta under general
anesthesia which better to be excluded and abnormal adherent placenta (which should be
excluded)
4- Necessary to add clear inclusion and exclusion criteria
5- What is the gestational age included?
6- You mention GA less than 24? why its added to the study should be excluded
7-Adding picture of histopathology
8- Chromosomal fetal abnormality excluded? Trisomy 21,13,18 not mentioned about it in the
study as it should be excluded
9-Add to reference (Helmi Z, Al-badri H. Association of placental histopathological findings
with COVID-19 and its predictive factors. Rev Bras Ginecol Obstet 2024;46:e-rbgo3. )
will help in explaining the abnormality of placenta
10- The author did not mention the effect of covid infection on placenta as the pandemic start
December 2019 the time included in this study.
Kind Regards,
Dr. Zeena Helmi
Title: Placental Histopathological Abnormalities in Adverse Obstetric Outcomes: A
retrospective Cross-sectional Study at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital
Version: 6 Date: 10 Aug 2024
Reviewer's report:
Dear Author,
Thank you for the opportunity to review the manuscript entitled “Placental Histopathological
Abnormalities in Adverse Obstetric Outcomes: A retrospective Cross-sectional Study at Sultan
Qaboos University Hospital." I have no further comments. I recommend this article to be
accepted for publication.
Title: Placental Histopathological Abnormalities in Adverse Obstetric Outcomes: A
retrospective Cross-sectional Study at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital
Version: 7 Date: 12 Oct 2024
Reviewer's report:
Dear editor i would like to thank you for your trust to allow me to revise this article and the
below will be my notes about it :
1- In the abstract:
The word Maternal underperfusion
its beter to be replaced by Maternal hypooerfusion.
2- In the introduction : the description of ( fetal growth restriction) should be more explained
and correlated well  with placental abnornalities.
3- Also in introduction : the word malperfusion should be replaced by more suitable word.
4- Exclusion and inclusion criteria should be explained more clearley.
5- In materials and methodes: the word trimmed?!!! can be replaced by more suitable one.
6- Results: multi parity has been excluded So how on of the ranges of median gravity 1-15.
7- conclusion and discussion need to be more  arranged than this.
So my suggestion that the article should be revised.
With my great appriciate.
Title: Placental Histopathological Abnormalities in Adverse Obstetric Outcomes: A
retrospective Cross-sectional Study at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital
Version: 8 Date: 29 Oct 2024
Reviewer's report:
Dear editor i would like to thank you for your trust to allow me to revise this article.
All the suggested tasks has been done. My suggestion that the article can be accepted with my
great appriciate.
Title: Lethal and intentional violent crimes against Women in Alagoas, Northeast Brazil: a
comparative study before and during the Covid-19 pandemic
Version: 5 Date: 25 Mar 2024
Reviewer's report:
This study addresses the issue of violence against women in the state of Alagoas, Brazil,
particularly focusing on the increase in cases and mortality rates during the first two years
(2020-2021) of the COVID-19 pandemic, compared to the two years prior (2018-2019). The
manuscript explores changes in the epidemiological profile of lethal and intentional violent
crimes against women before and during the pandemic, analyzing the impact of lockdown and
altered social conditions. Although the descriptive analysis is basic, it is adequate for addressing
the main research question. However, there are areas that require further attention.
Firstly, in the introduction, the authors state: "According to Brazilian Law No. 10.778/2003,
violence against women is recognized by the Secretariat of Epidemiological Surveillance as a
disease that must be studied and reported [8]." However, it is unclear whether the cited legislation
indeed classifies violence against women as a disease. Considering the decades of recognition of
violence as a socio-historical and polysemic phenomenon, it seems inappropriate to label it as a
disease. This misunderstanding may mislead readers; thus, it is recommended to reevaluate this
statement and clarify the definition as a significant public health concern rather than a disease
per se.
Furthermore, the introduction requires structural revision. It begins with definitions of violence,
shifts to a description of COVID-19, and then returns to the violence discussion. This disjointed
sequence of ideas hinders the reader's understanding. A thorough revision to enhance logical
flow and coherence is recommended.
Regarding the methods section, it could benefit from more detailed descriptions of the types
of information collected and how it was obtained. Improving the dataset description will help
readers understand the scope of the investigation and, importantly, its contributions.
In the discussion, while the focus on Alagoas and Brazil is pertinent, it would be beneficial
to more explicitly demonstrate how this information can contribute to the broader knowledge
base on the topic. Specifically, in the statement: “In the following months, however, the rates
for female homicides diverged from those for total homicides. While the latter continued to
decrease, the female mortality rate increased [29].”, it is essential to elucidate the factors
attributed to this divergence. Expanding on the possible reasons behind these trends can enhance
the analysis and provide deeper insights into the issue of violence against women in the context
of the pandemic.
Title: Lethal and intentional violent crimes against Women in Alagoas, Northeast Brazil: a
comparative study before and during the Covid-19 pandemic
Version: 7 Date: 06 Jun 2024
Reviewer's report:
The manuscript deals with a relevant topic that requires more empirical studies to better
understand the phenomenon. In general, it is well structured and its main weakness concerns its
essentially descriptive aspect. I still believe there are some inconsistencies, which I list below.
1. The title needs adjustments. First, the term “violent crimes against women” is too broad
and it seems more appropriate to use the more specific term used in the Objective (“lethal and
intentional violent crimes”). Then, the term “Northeast Brazil” gives the initial false impression
that the analysis will be carried out in the 9 states of the region. I suggest using “Alagoas,
Northeast Brazil”.
2. Abstract:
- “There was a predominance of the 18-29 and 30-39 age groups in both periods”: how much?
What proportions?
- Conclusions: does not adequately reflect the objectives. Despite emphasizing the pandemic
period, it does not mention the epidemiological profile.
3. Keywords: I believe it is necessary to add a term to refer to violent death. I suggest
“Homicide”.
4. Methods: what was the source of population data (for calculating mortality rates)?
5. Methods: it would be relevant to state, in this section, the criteria used to classify types of
crime. For example: what differentiates “bodily injury resulting in death” from homicide? In
Table 1, another category was mentioned (“robbery aggravated by death”) not described in this
section.
6. In the Discussion section, I think there are still two general negative aspects. There is little
dialogue with national and international literature on the topic, which should be better explored
to enrich the debate. I also believe that the paragraph on limitations requires greater reflection
from the authors, especially with regard to the lack of data on the perpetrator of the crime.
This data, combined with the fact that many deaths were classified as femicides, can weaken
interpretations.
7. There are inconsistencies in the reference of the following paraphrases: “This trend was
opposite to the findings in states such as Bahia, Ceará, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro and São
Paulo, where there was an increase in cases classified as femicides during the pandemic [4 ].
The study by Ramos [4] monitored a total of 1,823 cases of violence against women, of which
66% were femicides or attempted femicides. On average, five cases of violence against women
were recorded per day in 2020 [4]”. Reference 4 does not have Ramos as the author and does
not present the data described.
Title: Lethal and intentional violent crimes against Women in Alagoas, Northeast Brazil: a
comparative study before and during the Covid-19 pandemic
Version: 8 Date: 12 Aug 2024
Reviewer's report:
I congratulate the authors for reworking the manuscript, making it better structured.
I also suggest reviewing the following points:
1. In Table 1, another category was mentioned (“robbery aggravated by death”) that was not
described in the Methods section.
2. Figure 2: what does the colored, wavy image to the right of this figure mean?
3. I recommend standardizing the references regarding the number of authors and names of the
journals.
Title: Self-screening Practice of Breast Cancer and Associated factors Among Female Students
in Ethiopian Universities using the Theory of Planned Behavior: A Cross sectional study
Version: 1 Date: 15 May 2024
Reviewer's report:
It is an important and current issue. There is ethics committee permission. In the study, the
subject was discussed by supporting the current sources. The article can be accepted in this form.
Thank you for your effort.
Title: Self-screening Practice of Breast Cancer and Associated factors Among Female Students
in Ethiopian Universities using the Theory of Planned Behavior: A Cross sectional study
Version: 1 Date: 23 May 2024
Reviewer:  Suhailah Ali
Reviewer's report:
This was a cross-sectional study aimed at assessing the self-screening practice of breast cancer
and associated factors using the theory of planned behavior constructs among female students
in Ethiopian universities.  About 418 female students participated in this study. the study is well
presented. However, I come across lots of grammar or English language errors that need to be
fixed and authors need to address the following issues.
Abstract,
Methods,
It is not evident when this study was conducted. Please add the start and end date
Introduction
Well written with good justification.  However, the readers are left to dark as to the existing
breast cancer screening programs that are offered to women in the reproductive age range in the
context of this study. Please add more details
Methods
Study design, setting and period
‘’This cross sectional study was conducted among University female students from January 30
to February 30, 2022 in Ethiopia.’’ does this means that the data collection period was just a
month?  Please re-word this statement and make sure about the dates
How many of the authors have been involved with the data collection process?
Sampling technique and sample size determination
Authors need to explain how they determined the sample size?   What statistical formula has
been used to calculate the estimated sample size? Also, the authors need to add more details
related to the inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Data collection tool and procedure
‘’Part 3 included items to cover the constructs of TPB obtained from different literatures based
on Ajzen TPB 1991 and from similar studies’’  I would rather recommend displaying the TPB
elements in a table, with the text referencing the table number.
More details are required in terms of how the authors applied the TBP to the participants.
Discussion
Please add the implication for practice as well as the strength points and the limitations of your
study
Title: Self-screening Practice of Breast Cancer and Associated factors Among Female Students
in Ethiopian Universities using the Theory of Planned Behavior: A Cross sectional study
Version: 2 Date: 23 Jun 2024
Reviewer:  Suhailah Ali
Reviewer's report:
Thank you for addressing all reviewer's comments. The manuscript has been improved, except
for a typo error in the statement that follows in the introduction section.
''Early detection of breast cancer by usingthe theoryy of planned behaviour (TPB)''
Otherwise, it is ready for publishing
Title: Self-screening Practice of Breast Cancer and Associated factors Among Female Students
in Ethiopian Universities using the Theory of Planned Behavior: A Cross sectional study
Version: 2 Date: 15 Jul 2024
Reviewer's report:
Thank you for the opportunity to review this paper. I recommend some changes to improve the
manuscript, which is as follows:
• The authors' response is not acceptable for this question "How did they determine the sample
size? What statistical formula has been used to calculate the estimated sample size?". Because
they decided to fill out a questionnaire only during one month (what is their justification for
choosing only one month)
• What are the inclusions and exclusions of this study (need to explain more detail)
• Part 3 of the questionnaire is not clear (the author mentions add in Table 3 but not separate
from the socio-demographic part)
• What's the author's suggestion for further studies (based on this result)
I hope that this information is useful to the editors and authors. Finally, to conclude, I believe
the authors should make the above minor corrections before they publish it
Title: Self-screening Practice of Breast Cancer and Associated factors Among Female Students
in Ethiopian Universities using the Theory of Planned Behavior: A Cross sectional study
Version: 2 Date: 18 Jul 2024
Reviewer's report:
This is a cross sectional descriptive study aimed at assessing self-screening  practices for breast
cancer and associated factors using the theory of planned behaviour among female students in
Ethiopian universities.
Literature was extensively reviewed both locally and globally
The method was  clearly outlined. The instruments used in data collection were pilot tested and
validated.
The findings were well presented.
The implications  and the limitations of the study  were not stated.
Title: Self-screening Practice of Breast Cancer and Associated factors Among Female Students
in Ethiopian Universities using the Theory of Planned Behavior: A Cross sectional study
Version: 3 Date: 04 Sep 2024
Reviewer's report:
Thank you very much for this opportunity; however, the manuscript still has some language
mistakes which needs to be addressed, and there is still a large plagiarism rate (42%) which is
not acceptable by its current form.
- Line 108: “among public university female students” the authors should clarify the number of
universities included and paraphrase this sentence in accordance.
- theses variable should be change into more academic form: “love engagement”, and “chat
chewing”.
Title: Determinants of Food Insecurity in Syrian Refugee Women and Their Coping Strategies
Version: 1 Date: 01 Jul 2024
Reviewer:  Hamza Alduraidi
Reviewer's report:
Comments to authors:
1. General:
- Thank you for your interest in studying refugee women - a severely understudied and
underserved demographic of the world.
- In general, the manuscript is well organized and well written.
2. Specific:
-  Line 44-45: Abstract's conclusion: You mention that food insecurity "it is affected by age,
number of children in the family, income level and education level and is associated with
obesity." Please be clearer on the nature of this association. For example, you can say: "Olde
women, with higher number of children, lower income, lower education, and higher BMI are
more likely to be food insecure".
-  Line 124: FIES tool: You should elaborate more on the nature of the 8 items of the tool, the
reliability tests you used (or you found in the literature), and the scoring process of the tool.
- Line 148: Do you mean multiple-linear regression?
- Line 149: Results: Please begin the results section by describing sample characteristics, then
start answering research questions.
- Line 178: Linear regression: You should also report the model's overall R-square value, which
represents the percentage of explain variance in the outcome.
- Line 190-262 Discussion: More elaboration on the comparison between inside-camp and
outside-camp Syrian refugees is needed. Also, elaboration how your findings compare to similar
studies in other host countries, such as Lebanon and Jordan, is needed. Finally, you should
include in this section a list of feasible recommendations on the policy, relief, healthcare, and
social work levels to make your study more relevant to the workers on the ground.
I wis you all the best.
Title: Determinants of Food Insecurity in Syrian Refugee Women and Their Coping Strategies
Version: 1 Date: 01 Aug 2024
Reviewer's report:
General Feedback and Recommendations
• This manuscript will be relevant, important, and interesting to BMC Women’s Health
readership as it fills a gap in the literature on food insecurity and coping strategies among Syrian
refugee women.
• Overall, the manuscript is well organized and clearly articulated. There are a few very minor
grammatical issues.
•  For the methods section, there a few key details missing on how coping strategies were
collected and analyzed. See detailed comments below.
• I recommend acceptance after minor revisions.
Abstract
1. Results, Line 42: suggest using the term “purchasing” instead of preferring
Methods
2. Page 5, Lines 131-134: Please provide more detail on how the questions on coping strategies
were developed, collected, and scored. As it reads now, it is unclear if those strategies were
pulled from their responses to the FIES questions or if this was a separate questionnaire for these
strategies. If the authors based their coping strategies questions on previous or similar work,
please also be sure to provide a citation and reference to  survey tools or papers that have used
the same coping strategies methods and or survey tool used for this study.
Discussion
3. Overall, the discussion is well organized and clear. If possible, it would be helpful to add
some comparative statistics on the national food insecurity or hunger levels in Türkiye just to
give context to the extent of food insecurity experienced by this sample.
• Page 8, Line 193: missing the word “higher” before mean age.