Oxidative Stress, Antioxidant Capacity, and Inflammatory Markers in Patients with Idiopathic Complete Heart Block by Shobhit Shah, Monika Bhandari, Pravesh Vishwakarma, Wahid Ali, Mohammad Kaleem Ahmad, Abhishek Singh, Ayush Shukla, Akhil Kumar Sharma, Gaurav Chaudhary, Akshyaya Pradhan, Sharad Chandra, Rishi Sethi, S. K. Dwivedi

“…These numbers were contrasted with those of 30 healthy individuals who had never smoked or had diabetes mellitus. Individuals with drug-induced CHB and acute myocardial infarction were not accepted. …”
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Zoltán Kodálys Harmonielehre – ein Rekonstruktionsversuch by Anna Dalos

“…Despite the variety of sources used – teaching notes, theoretical works by his students, writings that were in Kodályʼs private library and bear the traces of intensive study – it must be emphasized here, however, that Kodályʼs harmony theory can only be made explicit in a fragmentary way, since, unlike Arnold Schoenberg, he never recorded his theory in book form. This paper therefore represents an attempt at a fragmentary reconstruction and also provides insight into the history of harmonic thought in early 20th century Hungarian music theory. …”
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Exploring dental students' knowledge on oral cancer prevention: a cross-sectional study in Moldova, Armenia, and Belarus by Olga Golburean, Diana Uncuta, Gayane Manrikyan, Natalia Shakavets, Izabella Vardanyan, Marina Markaryan, Ferda Özkaya, Daniela-Elena Costea, Tarig Al-Hadi Osman

“…In addition, we found that Students with current or previous cigarette smoking habits had significantly (p-value < 0.001, student`s t-test) lower mean knowledge score (5.96 ± 2.82) when compared to students who have never been smokers (6.98 ± 2.42). Conclusions The present study reveals notable gaps in OC knowledge and concerning tobacco use behaviors among dental students in Moldova, Belarus, and Armenia. …”
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Evaluation and Management of Patients with Seizures in the Emergency Department: A One-Year Analysis by K. Puteikis, K. Zdanytė, R. Mameniškienė

“…Outpatients with seizures but no diagnosed epilepsy were most often advised to consult a neurologist, receive an electroencephalography (EEG) (19, 76.0% and 11, 44.0%, respectively), and abstain from alcohol (11, 44.0%), but treatment was almost never prescribed. Conclusions. Syncope and collapse caused most cases of TLoC, followed by established epilepsy and new-onset seizures. …”
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Accurate phenotype-to-genotype mapping of high-diversity yeast libraries by heat-shock-electroporation (HEEL) by Marcus Wäneskog, Emma Elise Hoch-Schneider, Shilpa Garg, Christian Kronborg Cantalapiedra, Elena Schäfer, Michael Krogh Jensen, Emil Damgaard Jensen

“…This advancement holds significant promise for the fields of molecular biology and protein engineering.IMPORTANCEWith the recent expansion of artificial intelligence in the field of synthetic biology, there has never been a greater need for high-quality data and reliable measurements of phenotype-to-genotype relationships. …”
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Status and influencing factors of health literacy among college students of traditional Chinese medicine: a cross-sectional study by Jie Zhu, Cuixia Lin, Yanhui Yang, Rui Yao, Ran Yang, Mingqian Jiang

“…The results of multifactorial logistic regression analyses showed that females (AOR: 1.92; 95%CI: 1.40–2.62), college seniors (AOR: 2.02; 95%CI: 1.01–4.05), never smokers (AOR: 2.99; 95%CI: 1.57–5.72), and awareness of the concept of “health literacy” (AOR: 1.54; 95%CI: 1.11–2.13) were protective factors for health literacy, and the health literacy level of students in TCM colleges and universities was statistically significantly positively correlated with their health literacy level (p &lt; 0.050).ConclusionCompared with most studies at home and abroad, the overall level of health literacy among students of TCM colleges is high. …”
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Risk factors and consequences of traumatic brain injury in a Swiss male population cohort by Jean-Bernard Daeppen, Gerhard Gmel, Joseph Studer, Valentin Petre Matei, Alina Elena Rosca, Alexandru Neculai Pavel, Radu Mihai Paun

“…The predictors were previous TBI (lifetime TBI but not in the past 12 months at FU2), SUD, personality traits and sociodemographics (highest level of achieved education, age, linguistic region) measured at FU1.Results At FU2, 3919 (80.3%) participants reported to never have had TBI, 102 (2.1%) have had TBI in the last 12 months (TBI new cases), and 860 (17.6%) have had TBI during their lifetime but not in the 12 months preceding FU2 (previous TBI). …”
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Faktor-Faktor Yang Mempengaruhi Kejadian Insomnia di Poliklinik Saraf RS DR. M. Djamil Padang by Lydia Susanti

“…Djamil hospital Padang has never been done. The objective of this study was to determine the factors that influence the incidence of insomnia in neurology outpatient of DR. …”
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Behavioral factors associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection. Results from a web-based case-control survey in the Capital Region of Denmark by Mikkel Porsborg Andersen, Christian Torp-Pedersen, Helle Collatz Christensen, Ulrik Pedersen-Bjergaard, Thomas Alexander Gerds, Amalie Lykkemark Moeller, Birgitte Lindegaard, Mille Dybdal Cajar, Florence Chia Chin Tan, Mogens Karsboel Boisen, Sebastian Moretto Krog, Rúna Nolsoee, Peter Lommer Kristensen, Thomas Broe Christensen, Maria Elisabeth Lendorf

“…Objective To study the association between behavioural factors and incidence rates of SARS-CoV-2 infection.Design Case–control web-based questionnaire study.Setting Questionnaire data were collected in the Capital Region of Denmark in December 2020 when limited restrictions were in place, while the number of daily SARS-CoV-2 cases increased rapidly.Participants 8913 cases of laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection were compared with two groups of controls: (1) 34 063 individuals with a negative SARS-CoV-2 test from the same date (negative controls, NCs) and 2) 25 989 individuals who had never been tested for a SARS-CoV-2 infection (untested controls, UC). …”
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Dietary calcium intake in primary hyperparathyroidism and in its normocalcemic variant: a case-control study by Nicolò Bisceglia, Nicolò Bisceglia, Matteo Malagrinò, Matteo Malagrinò, Anna Piazza, Anna Piazza, Giulia Vandi, Giulia Vandi, Andrea Repaci, Uberto Pagotto, Uberto Pagotto, Guido Zavatta, Guido Zavatta

“…Whether dietary calcium intake might affect the clinical presentation of PHPT or NHPT has never been addressed consistently.ObjectiveTo describe patients with a diagnosis of NHPT or PHPT in relation to their calcium intake, through three standard validated questionnaires; to describe clinical, biochemical and radiological features of NHPT and PHPT patients compared to each other and to a control group.DesignCross-sectional study.SettingOutpatient, single academic medical center.Patients109 consecutive women recruited from February 2021 through April 2023. 54 patients with mild primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT or NHPT) were age-matched with 55 unselected women undergoing bone density test screening due to recently diagnosed hormone-positive breast cancer. …”
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Genome-Wide Profiling of Human Papillomavirus DNA Integration into Human Genome and Its Influence on PD-L1 Expression in Chinese Uygur Cervical Cancer Women by Feng Yang-chun, Wang Sen-yu, Zhang Yuan, Huang Yan-chun

“…Their HPV integration situation has never been reported. We aimed to investigate the integration situation of 20 subtypes of HPV gene into host cell genome in Chinese Uygur cervical cancer patients; meanwhile, we explored the influence of gene integration on PD-L1 expression. …”
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Influence of preoperative variables on the 3-month functional outcomes of the Vivity extended depth-of-focus intraocular lens: a prospective case series by Giacomo Savini, Alice Galzignato, Catarina P. Coutinho, Jinhai Huang, Yue Wu, Piero Barboni, João Mendanha Dias, Filomena J. Ribeiro, Domenico Schiano-Lomoriello

“…The IOLSAT questionnaire showed that spectacles were never used for distance and intermediate vision. …”
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Security and religion in democratizing Tunisia: re-enacting surveillance through religious narratives and gendered dynamics by Fabrizio Leonardo Cuccu, Alessandra Bonci

“…This was the case of the Ministry of Interior and the larger security apparatus whose reform was often discussed but never implemented (Grewal 2018). This research focuses on the intersection between the security apparatus and the state control over religion, examining the role of female civil servants working under the Ministry of Religious Affairs, called wa’ydhat. …”
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The history of childbirth: Women and doctors in the lying-in hospital of Göttingen University, eighteenth – nineteenth century by Jürgen Schlumbohm

“…One third of all the medical students who took the course in obstetrics never participated hands-on in a delivery, but only watched. …”
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Sistem Rekomendasi Dua Arah untuk Pemilihan Dosen Pembimbing Menggunakan Data Histori dan Skyline View Queries by Global Ilham Sampurno, Annisa Annisa, Sony Hartono Wijaya

“…At the same time, generally the thesis supervisor has never been asked his/her student preferences related to the supervisor’s research topics. …”
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Correlates of prior HIV testing and schistosomiasis treatment: Baseline survey findings from the "creating demand for fishermen's schistosomiasis HIV services" (FISH) cluster-rando... by Geoffrey Kangogo, Donaldson F Conserve, Sekeleghe Kayuni, Moses K Kumwenda, Kathryn L Dovel, James Chirombo, Peter MacPherson, Elizabeth L Corbett, Anthony Butterworth, Augustine Talumba Choko

“…Overall, 1,334/6,293 (21.2%) had never tested for HIV, with 64.4% (3,191/4,956) having tested in the last 12 months, and 5.9% (373/6290) taking antiretroviral therapy (ART). …”
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Users’ Perspectives of Direct-to-Consumer Telemedicine Services: Survey Study by Kate Churruca, Darran Foo, Andrew Turner, Emily Crameri, Maree Saba, Samantha Spanos, Matthew Vickers, Jeffrey Braithwaite, Louise A Ellis

“…Among the 136 respondents who had seen a GP, more than half either “never” (55/136, 40.4%) or “rarely” (23/136, 16.9%) discussed the information and treatment received from DTC telemedicine service with their GP. …”
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Evaluasi Tata Kelola Sumber Daya Teknologi Informasi Menggunakan Kerangka Kerja COBIT 5 Subdomain EDM04, APO07 dan DSS03 pada Perusahaan Jasa Pelabuhan PT. XYZ by Audi Kresna Fathurino, Yusi Tyroni Mursityo, Aditya Rachmadi

“…From the Information Technology Master Plan (2020-2024) document was found that there were needs for additional personnel in the IT field. There had never been any evaluation activities in the scope of both HR and IT resources. …”
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Comparison of the mid-infrared spectra and prediction equations developed from morning and evening milk samples from twice-a-day milked dairy cows by M. Frizzarin, E. Hayes, A. Casa, D.P. Berry

“…Differences in the milk components and yield of cows are known to exist between morning and evening milk; nonetheless, differences in the spectra originating from the same cow from morning and evening milkings have never been investigated. Data were obtained from 2,602 dairy cows from 7 research farms in Ireland. …”
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Monitoring of environmental gases and calf health in Italian Mediterranean buffalo herd by Simona Leonetti, Monica Ambrosio, Mirko Scamardella, Chiara Caso, Angelo Coletta

“…For CO 2 levels, the values recorded also never exceeded 1,000 ppm, ranging from a minimum of 678 ppm to a maximum of 946 ppm, and the H 2 S values were 0 ppm in each one. …”
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