Ethics and Biosafety in Dental Care for Patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus by Ana Ibis Betancourt García, Carlos Lázaro Nodal García, Jorge Manuel García Rodríguez, Diosky Ferrer Vilches, Elizabeth Álvarez Heredia

“…<br /> <strong>Methods:</strong> A cross sectional and descriptive study was conducted involving 45 professionals who worked in Stomatological clinics of three parishes in Caracas, Venezuela, from January to December 2010. The following were analyzed: knowledge on biosafety (mechanisms of disease transmission, control measures and flowchart sterilization measures before an accident) and the justice bioethical principle (time and place of treatment, instruments used and time to devote to patient). …”
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A transdiagnostic approach to investigate of the relationships between anxiety sensitivity and health anxiety: the mediated roles of distress tolerance and emotion regulation by Hamid Mohsenabadi, Mohammadreza Pirmoradi, Komeil Zahedi Tajrishi, Banafsheh Gharraee

“…This study investigated the relationship between anxiety sensitivity (AS) and health anxiety (HA) in the general population, focusing on the mediating roles of DT and ER.MethodsThe study was conducted as a cross-sectional survey from October to December 2023 in Tehran Province, Iran. A total of 971 individuals participated in this study (52.8% female; mean age 39.04 years, SD=10.64). …”
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Aetiopathogenesis, clinico-epidemiological and diagnostic aspects of human ocular trematode infections: a scoping review protocol by Harshi Weerakoon, Kosala Weerakoon, Piyumi Kodithuwakku, Anjana Silva, Susiji Wickramasinghe

“…Accordingly, the PCC (Population, Concept, Context) framework and three-stage search strategy will be used to develop the research question and to conduct the search respectively. Publications up to December 2024 will be searched across multiple databases, including MEDLINE/PubMed, Scopus, Science Direct, CINAHL and Google Scholar.Ethics and dissemination Since the study will make use of secondary data, ethical approval will not be required. …”
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Psychogenic hearing loss in children and adolescents. Diagnosis and psychotherapy by Grażyna Gwizda, Anna Horaczyńska-Wojtaś, Grażyna Mielnik-Niedzielska, Anna Kasprzyk, Lechosław Paweł Chmielik, Artur Niedzielski

“…The professional knowledge presented in the study will enable adaptation of reliable information which can be transferred to young patients and their families to let them recognize their problems.Material and methods A group of 321 children, admitted to the Department of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, Phoniatrics and Audiology, The Children’s Hospital in Lublin, Poland, from January 2019 to December 2021, who complained of hearing loss were analysed in the study.Results Twenty-two patients (15 girls and 7 boys) met the audiological criteria of psychogenic hearing loss and were enrolled to the study. …”
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Mycoplasma pneumoniae detections in children with acute respiratory infection, 2010–2023: a large sample study in China by Yuzhu Miao, Jungen Li, Linlin Huang, Ting Shi, Tingbo Jiang

“…Methods Children with ARTIs admitted to the Children’s Hospital of Soochow University (SCH) from January 2010 to December 2023 and underwent MP nucleic acid PCR assay were included. …”
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Variability and accuracy of multiple saliva pepsin measurements in laryngopharyngeal reflux patients by Jerome R. Lechien, Francois Bobin

“…Methods Patients with LPR symptoms were consecutively recruited from December 2019 to Augustus 2022. Twenty-one asymptomatic individuals completed the study. …”
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ANALYSIS AND RISKS FAST TRACK AND CRASH PROGRAM METHOD ON BUILDING PROJECT by A'izzatul Khiyana, Titin Sundari, Totok Yulianto, Meriana Wahyu Nugroho, Achmad Imam Agung

“…Building X’s construction project faced a 3rd-week delay, extending from 23 weeks (December 2022) to 25 weeks (January 2023). This study aims to determine the most time- and cost-efficient acceleration method using primary (questionnaire) and secondary data (S-curve, unit price analysis, budget plan, and project reports). …”
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Posttraumatic Bacillus cereus Endophthalmitis: Clinical Characteristics and Antibiotic Susceptibilities by Feng Mei, Jiaqi Lin, Manli Liu, Yao Yang, Xiaofeng Lin, Fang Duan

“…In this retrospective, noncomparative case series, the medical records of eyes with culture-proven Bacillus cereus endophthalmitis treated from January 2016 to December 2019 at a referral center were reviewed. Clinical features, antibiotic susceptibilities, and visual outcomes were assessed. …”
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LEGAL MIGRATION – RIGHTS AND BENEFITS IN THE EUROPEAN SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM by Nicoleta ANDRICA, Andreea-Florina FORA

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The relationship between TP53 Gene Mutation with treatment results in High-Grade Gliomas by Bac Thanh Nguyen, Duc Anh Tran, Hung Quang Ngo, Trung Hoang Nguyen, Hoa Khanh Ngo

“…Methods: The study was conducted by descriptive method, on 52 high-grade gliomas patients at Vietnam National Cancer Hospital, from January 2019 to December 2020. Based on statistics of clinical symptoms, paraclinical tests and post-operative monitoring results, it was evaluated the relationship between TP53 gene mutation in study patients with response to treatment and patient's survival time. …”
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Systematic Review on the Effect of the Information Technology on Epidemic Control of COVID-19 by Hossein Chahkhoie Nezhad, Shamsollah Ghanbari, Mehdi Nezhadfarhani, Ali Shahidinejad

“…The emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in China on December 2019 has led to a global outbreak of COVID-19, which spread worldwide and became an international public health issue. …”
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Risk factors for prolonged surgical duration of tracheobronchial foreign body removal in children: a single-center retrospective study by Zhe Su, Jianmin Zhang, Zhengzheng Gao, Fang Wang, Lijing Li, Zenghua Xu, Heqi Liu, Fuzhou Zhang

“…ObjectThis study aims to analyze the clinical characteristics of children with tracheobronchial foreign body and to investigate the factors influencing the surgical duration of rigid bronchoscopic foreign body removal under general anesthesia.MethodsWe retrospectively identified 421 children diagnosed with tracheobronchial foreign body undergoing rigid bronchoscopy between January 2020 and December 2021. A comprehensive analysis was conducted on patient demographics, including age, weight, gender, American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status classification, foreign body type and location, duration of foreign body retention, preoperative symptoms, signs, imaging findings, tracheobronchial manifestations observed during bronchoscopy, and surgical durations. …”
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Identification of Atherovulnarable Families in Doctor’s Office at the Primary Health Care Level by Francisco Felipe Hernández Gárciga, Maybi Gómez Sobrino, José Fernández–Britto Rodríguez

“…The study was approached in the period from June 1st to December 31st 2016. The presence of early or subclinical signs of atherosclerosis in children, adolescents and youngsters under 34 years old; other factor were explored as High blood pressure, diabetes mellitus, tobbaccoism, overweightness, obesity and sedentarism. …”
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Prevalence of Esophageal Eosinophilia, Eosinophilic Esophagitis, and Lymphocytic Gastritis in Children with Celiac Disease: A Saudi Tertiary Center Experience by Meshari A. Alaifan, Ammar Khayat, Rana Y. Bokhary, Abdulhameed Ibrahim, Yagoub Bin-Taleb, Bakr H. Alhussaini, Omar I. Saadah

“…This was a retrospective cross-sectional study of all pediatric patients (aged 0–18 years) with CD following up at King Abdulaziz University Hospital, between January, 2014, and December, 2021. The study examined clinical, demographic, endoscopic, and histopathological data. …”
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Unveiling the Hidden Burden: Estimating All-Cause Mortality Risk in Older Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes by Dikang Pan, Hui Wang, Sensen Wu, Jingyu Wang, Yachan Ning, Jianming Guo, Cong Wang, Yongquan Gu

“…By linking the national mortality index up until December 31, 2019, we ensured a minimum of 5 years of follow-up to assess all-cause mortality. …”
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Combined detection of monocyte distribution width and procalcitonin for diagnosing and prognosing neonatal sepsis by Jiaping Wang, Ming Hu, Na Wang, Tingting Huang, Huiyi Wu, Hua Li

“…Methods This retrospective study, conducted from January 2022 to December 2023.A retrospective analysis of 39 neonatal sepsis and 30 non-infectious systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) cases was conducted. …”
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Influencing Factors of Health Management Practices for Older Adults Contracted by Family Doctors in Rural Areas of China: a Scoping Review by LIU Haiyan, NING Yanhua, KONG Weijuan, GUO Yahong, SHI Jing, LIU Lingna, LYU Xiongxiong, LI Meiman

“…Studies on health management by family doctor contract service were searched from databases of Web of Science, PubMed, Embase, Medline, CINAHL, CNKI, Wanfang Data, VIP, and CBM from inception to December 2022, and enrolled according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria. …”
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Recent Advancements in Robotic-assisted Plastic Surgery Procedures: A Systematic Review by Kazuho Kawashima, MD, Shadi Ghali, MD, FRCS (Plast), Dariush Nikkhah, MD, FRCS (Plast), Ali Esmaeili, MD

“…Searches were conducted across major databases, including MEDLINE, Embase, and Central for published literature from March 2023 to December 2024. Only published articles written in English with full texts were considered for the final narrative synthesis. …”
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Radiocarbon monoxide indicates increasing atmospheric oxidizing capacity by Olaf Morgenstern, Rowena Moss, Martin Manning, Guang Zeng, Hinrich Schaefer, Ilya Usoskin, Jocelyn Turnbull, Gordon Brailsford, Sylvia Nichol, Tony Bromley

“…New Zealand 14CO data exhibit an annual-mean decrease of 12 ± 2% since 1997, whereas Antarctic measurements show a December-January decrease of 43 ± 24%. Both imply similar OH increases, corroborating our own and other model results suggesting that OH has been globally increasing during recent decades. …”
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A Four-Year Study of Antibiotic Resistance, Prevalence and Biofilm-Forming Ability of Uropathogens Isolated from Community- and Hospital-Acquired Urinary Tract Infections in Southe... by Marilena Trinchera, Angelina Midiri, Giuseppe Mancuso, Maria Antonietta Lagrotteria, Carmelo Antonio De Ani, Carmelo Biondo

“…A retrospective study, based on bacterial isolates from consecutive urine samples collected between January 2019 and December 2023, was conducted at a university hospital. …”
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