Characteristics of Optic Neuritis in South Korean Children and Adolescents: A Retrospective Multicenter Study by Kyung-Ah Park, Hee Kyung Yang, Jinu Han, Seong-Joon Kim, Sung Eun Park, Haeng-Jin Lee, Sueng-Han Han, Sei Yeul Oh, Jeong-Min Hwang

“…To analyze the clinical characteristics and prognosis of optic neuritis (ON) in pediatric patients aged <19 years in South Korea. Methods. This multicenter retrospective cohort study included 127 pediatric patients (median age: 10.3 (IQR: 7.3–14.2) years; female, 62.2%) who experienced ON for the first time between January 2004 and January 2018, with data obtained from five tertiary university-based hospitals in Korea. …”
Get full text

Improved outcomes of children with Wilms’ tumor in a low-middle-income nation: The contribution of a pediatric oncologist to successful management by Usama Al-Jumaily, Hamid D. Habeeb Rjeib, Mohammed Fawzi Alqanbar, Safa Faraj, Dheyaa Aldeen Al-Khateeb

“…Results: In this study, 54 patients were enrolled. The median age was 3.3 years. The numbers of patients with stages I and III are 24 (44%) and 12 (22%), respectively. …”
Get full text

Ketamine Use in Hysterosalpingography (the Jimah Procedure): A Follow-Up of Bilateral Tubal Evaluation of 27 Infertile  Women  at a Teaching Hospital, Ghana by Bashiru Babatunde Jimah, Anthony Baffour Appiah, Benjamin Dabo Sarkodie, Dorothea Anim

“…The median age was 34 years (IQR: 32–37), while secondary infertility (20) (74.1%) was the commonest indication. …”
Get full text

Study of physical characteristics of Indian handball players at different level of competition by Amandeep Sıngh, Vishaw Gaurav

“…The present study was conducted on a sample of forty eight(N=48), which includes twenty four each, male inter-school level (N1=24, mean ± SD: age 18.12 ± 0.80 years, height 176.83 ± 5.83cm, weight 69.04 ± 6.99 kg, BMI 22.07 ± 1.89) andinter-college level (N2=24, mean ± SD: age 20.54 ± 0.93 years, height 181.29 ± 3.44cm, weight 74.04 ± 3.89 kg, BMI 22.53 ± 1.30) handball players who participated in inter-school competitions of the schools affiliated to Punjab School Education Board and inter-college competitionsof Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab, India respectively. …”
Get full text

Long-term engagement in smoking cessation campaign: A mixed methods randomized trial. by Robert Schwartz, Tracey Borland, Maaz Shahid, Karen Kuzmich, Michael Chaiton

“…<h4>Methods</h4>3,199 Canadians who smoked cigarettes aged 35-64 recruited using Facebook and Instagram advertisements were randomized into Intervention and Control groups. …”
Get full text

Efficacy and safety of hemoporfin photodynamic therapy in treating port-wine stains in Chinese children: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Jing Xu, Hongxin Li

“…Regardless of whether the outcome variable was efficacy I or efficacy II, the therapeutic efficacy in children with PWS aged 0–3 years was superior to those aged 3–6 and 6–18 years, and children who underwent a treatment course of ≥3 sessions showed better outcomes compared to those who have only 1 or 2 sessions. …”
Get full text

Postoperative Complications among Major Abdominal Surgeries using Clavien-Dindo Classification in Tertiary Hospital: An Observational Study by Manoj Kumar Jha, Kunda Bikram Shah, Anup Thapa, Sunil Basukala, Sumit Kumar Sah

“…Among them, 17 (37.78%) patients belonged to age group more than 60 years and 24 (53.33%) patients were female. …”
Get full text

Early childhood caries risk prediction using machine learning approaches in Bangladesh by Fardous Hasan, Maha El Tantawi, Farzana Haque, Moréniké Oluwátóyìn Foláyan, Jorma I. Virtanen

“…The features were: plaque score, age of child, mother’s education, number of siblings, age of mother, consumption of sweet, tooth cleaning tools, child’s tooth brushing frequency, helping child brushing, and use of F-toothpaste. …”
Get full text

Posttraining Alpha Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation Impairs Motor Consolidation in Elderly People by Jost-Julian Rumpf, Alexandru Barbu, Christopher Fricke, Mirko Wegscheider, Joseph Classen

“…However, whether or not these oscillatory dynamics relate to posttraining consolidation and how they relate to the age-specific impairment of motor consolidation in older adults remains elusive. …”
Get full text

Prevalence of Emergence Delirium in Children Undergoing Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy by Katie Liu, Christopher Liu, Seckin O. Ulualp

“…Males, toddlers, and preschool-age children were more likely to have ED. Males with ED had longer total anesthesia times. …”
Get full text

Une reconstruction progressiste du passé : Renaissance et Risorgimento dans « Old Pictures in Florence » de Robert Browning by François Crampe

“…Browning does not regard the Florentine Golden Age as a lost perfection which should be recreated, but rather as outlining in its very shortcomings the promise of future progress. …”
Get full text

Survival and prognostic factors among different types of liposarcomas based on SEER database by Jiaqi Zhao, WenLi Du, XiaoLiang Tao, AiAi Li, Yi Li, Shuai Zhang

“…The prognosis for different subtypes of liposarcoma and the associated factors such as age, tumor stage, intervention, gender, tumor grade, location, size, chemotherapy and radiotherapy, were retrieved from the database. …”
Get full text

Clinical Profile and Outcome of Esophageal Button Battery Ingestion in Children: An 8-Year Retrospective Case Series by Mustafa Erman Dörterler

“…The current case series study describing the clinical profiles and outcomes of 17 children who had ingested an esophageal button battery revealed male predominance, young patient age, and admission after a median of 6 h (3–24 h) of ingestion with nonspecific symptoms. …”
Get full text

Preparation of Portland Cement with Gold Ore Tailings by Qiang Wang, Geng Yao, Xiangnan Zhu, Junxiang Wang, Peng Wu, Xianjun Lyu

“…Its compressive strength and flexural strength were, respectively, 30.4 MPa and 6.1 MPa at the curing age of 3 days and 59.1 MPa and 9.8 MPa at the curing age of 28 days, which were slightly higher than those of the C-SS. …”
Get full text

Epidemiological analysis of mental health morbidity in Tamil Nadu by Damodharan Dinakaran, Arpitha Krishna, Aravind Raj Elangovan, Senthil Amudhan, Selvi Muthuswamy, Chellamuthu Ramasubramanian, Palanimuthu T. Sivakumar, Girish N. Rao, Gopalkrishna Gururaj, Mathew Varghese, Vivek Benegal

“…Participants who were men (largely contributed by substance-use disorders), aged 40–49 years, from rural areas, and from lower income quintile had higher prevalence of mental morbidity. …”
Get full text

Notational Analysis Of Wheelchair Women's Badminton Matches In The International Badminton Tournament by Senay Leyla, Muhammet Bastem, Ali Salah Zaynl Abdeın, Metin Ozlu, Erdal Taşgın, Fatih Yılmaz, Ozlem Bagıs, Ela Atay

“…Badminton, which can be played in all age groups for competition and recreation in the world, is the fastest racket sport and has taken its place in international tournaments. …”
Get full text

Factors associated with quality of life and work ability among Finnish municipal employees: a cross-sectional study by Eliisa Löyttyniemi, Paivi Rautava, Elina Bergman, Saana Myllyntausta, Päivi Elina Korhonen

“…The aim of this study was to demonstrate factors associated with QoL and self-reported work ability among public sector employees, while taking into account several confounding factors, including sleep quality, occupational stress and psychological symptoms.Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted in Finland among 710 employees (89% women, mean age 49 (SD=10) years) from 10 municipal work units in 2015. …”
Get full text

Epidemiological study on Buccal Health in the 12 years old population of Health Care Area VIII in Cienfuegos. by Yumaidi Colina Sánchez, Beatriz García Alpízar, Esther María Castillo Betancourt, Mikhail Benet Rodríguez, Raúl López Fernández, Manuel Rodríguez Rodríguez

“…<p><strong>Background:</strong> The 12 years-old children population is worldwide taken as a reference age to compare the buccal health condition of different countries, by means of various indicators that measure the presence of the main buccal diseases. …”
Get full text

The Influence of Lifestyle Modifications on Cardiovascular Outcomes in Older Adults: Findings from a Cross-Sectional Study by Mohammed Almutairi, Ashwaq A. Almutairi, Abdulaziz M. Alodhialah

“…<b>Methods:</b> A cross-sectional study was conducted among older adults (aged ≥ 60 years) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Data on dietary quality, physical activity, and smoking status were collected using validated questionnaires. …”
Get full text

Assessment of Food Safety and Food Handling Practice Knowledge among College of Basic Education Students, Kuwait by Fatemah Ashkanani, Wafaa Husain, Maryam A Al Dwairji

“…The results obtained showed that the students with the highest FHP scores were generally female, aged ≥ 28 years, and single, and they cook by themselves all the time or sometimes (p<0.001, p<0.001, p<0.001, and p=0.004, resp.). …”
Get full text