Serum Uric Acid Is Associated with Metabolic Syndrome and Insulin Resistance among Health Personnel from Peru by Brenda M. Galindo-Yllu, Ricardo Rojas-Humpire, Carlos J. Toro-Huamanchumo, Rosmery Gutierrez-Ajalcriña, Anderson N. Soriano

“…MetS was defined according to Latin American Diabetes Association (ALAD) criteria and IR with surrogate IR markers, triglyceride-to-HDL-C ratio (TG/HDL-C), and triglyceride-to-glucose index (TyG). …”
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Community Partners in Evaluation and Change by Jeffry Will, Tracy Milligan, Timothy Cheney

“… Over the past quarter-century, The Magnolia Project has served a section of “the Northwest Corridor” of Jacksonville, FL, providing reproductive and well-woman care and intensive case management to reduce infant mortality in the African American community. During this time, the primary focus for Magnolia has been to provide clinic-based well woman care, prenatal care, support groups and case management through a store-front site in the heart of the target area. …”
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Building an Oral Repository of African Immigration Experiences in French: The Griotte Project’s Reparative Historiographic Praxis Through Service-Learning at the University of Cent... by K. Adele Okoli

“…This article critically reflects on the translation of decolonial, antiracist, and feminist theory into pedagogical praxis through the coordination of a French-language oral history service-learning project from the academic perspective of an associate professor in French in affiliation with the Africana Studies and Gender Studies programs of a predominantly white public regional teaching university in the American South. The UCA Griotte Project entrusts students, the majority of whom are women of African descent, with collaborative leadership of the project to decentralize historical authority and destabilize the teacher/learner dichotomy. …”
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SÜREKLİ GÜNCELLENEBİLEN KAPSAMLI BİR FİNANSAL VERİ TABANI ARACI OLARAK XBRL (EXTENSIBLE BUSINESS REPORTING LANGUAGE; GENİŞLEYEBİLİR İŞLETME RAPORLAMADİLİ) VE FİNANSAL RAPORLAMA ÜZE... by Ali DERAN, Ayşe Gül HATİPOĞLU

“…Geleneksel yöntemlerle sunulan bu veri ve bilgiler finansal veri kullanıcılarını yeteri kadar tatmin etmemektedir. AICPA (the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants) tarafından geliştirilen XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language), finansal raporların hazırlanıp sunulmasında radikal değişiklik yapmıştır. …”
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Gallstones in Elderly Patients: Impact of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy by A Montori, M Boscaini, M Gasparrini, G Miscusi, L Masoni, M Onorato, J Montori

“…Gasless LC should be preferred in patients classified as American Society of Anesthesiologists’ class III because an excessive duration of operation is the most common reason for converting to an open cholecystectomy.…”
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Correlation of Unconfined Compressive Strength (UCS) with Compaction Characteristics of Soils in Burayu Town by Solomon Kormu, Alemineh Sorsa, Shelema Amena

“…The current study was conducted in Burayu town where fifty soil samples were collected and experimental geotechnical soil tests were carried out based on the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) standards. …”
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Healthcare Worker Attitudes to Living Donation Prior to Planned Withdrawal of Care by Smruti Rath, MD, Claire Luo, MD, Laura Washburn, MD, Matthew Brent Price, MD, Matthew Goss, MD, Priyanka Moolchandani, MD, Sandra Parsons, PhD, Abbas Rana, MD, FACS, John Goss, MD, FACS, Nhu Thao Nguyen Galván, MD, MPH, FACS

“…An electronic survey was administered to 1735 members of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons mailing list with 187 responses (10.8%). …”
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Giant Water Bugs, Electric Light Bugs, Lethocerus, Abedus, Belostoma (Insecta: Heteroptera: Belostomatidae) by Paul M. Choate

“…Adults of some South American species reach 4 inches in length. Individuals occur in ponds and ditches where they suspend below the surface, respiring through two abdominal appendages which act as siphons. …”
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Collapse of an RC Building Under Construction with a Flat Slab System: Reasons, Calculations, and FE Simulations by Esin Ertürk Atmaca, Ahmet Can Altunişik, Murat Günaydin, Barbaros Atmaca

“…Therefore, to prevent brittle flat slab collapse because of punching shear, there are some conditions which must be met in regulations such as Eurocode 2, American Concrete Institute’s Code, and Türkiye Building Earthquake Code—2018. …”
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YouTube as an information source in deep margin elevation: Reliability, accuracy and quality analysis. by Zeyneb Merve Ozdemir, Sevim Atılan Yavuz, Derya Gursel Surmelioglu

“…The evaluation of the videos was carried out based on the Global Quality Scale (GQS), the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) benchmark, and the modified-DISCERN questionnaire (m-DISCERN). …”
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Malignant Course of Anomalous Left Coronary Artery Causing Sudden Cardiac Arrest: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Mahesh Anantha Narayanan, Christopher DeZorzi, Abhilash Akinapelli, Toufik Mahfood Haddad, Aiman Smer, Janani Baskaran, William P. Biddle

“…We present a case of sudden cardiac arrest caused by anomalous left anterior descending artery. 61-year-old African American female was brought to the emergency department after sudden cardiac arrest. …”
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Double trouble: two retrotransposons triggered a cascade of invasions in Drosophila species within the last 50 years by Almorò Scarpa, Riccardo Pianezza, Hannah R. Gellert, Anna Haider, Bernard Y. Kim, Eric C. Lai, Robert Kofler, Sarah Signor

“…We find that the donors of Shellder and Spoink are likely American Drosophila species from the willistoni, cardini, and repleta groups. …”
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Comparative Genomic In Situ Hybridization and the Possible Role of Retroelements in the Karyotypic Evolution of Three Akodontini Species by Naiara Pereira Araújo, Gustavo Campos Silva Kuhn, Flávia Nunes Vieira, Thaís Queiroz Morcatty, Adriano Pereira Paglia, Marta Svartman

“…South American Akodontini rodents are characterized by a large number of chromosome rearrangements. …”
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Transfer Accuracy of 3D-Printed Customized Devices in Digital Indirect Bonding: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Alessandra Campobasso, Giovanni Battista, Gianluigi Fiorillo, Giulia Caldara, Eleonora Lo Muzio, Domenico Ciavarella, Giorgio Gastaldi, Lorenzo Lo Muzio

“…Except for the bucco-lingual direction, the 3D-printed customized devices have a transfer accuracy within the clinically acceptable limits established by the American Board of Orthodontics. Therefore, 3D-printed transfer devices may be considered an accurate method for bonding position during IBT, both in vitro and in vivo. …”
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Presentism, Empire, and Nineteenth-Century Music by Brian C. Thompson

“…, University of Wisconsin professor and American Historical Association president James H. …”
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Giant Water Bugs, Electric Light Bugs, Lethocerus, Abedus, Belostoma (Insecta: Heteroptera: Belostomatidae) by Paul M. Choate

“…Adults of some South American species reach 4 inches in length. Individuals occur in ponds and ditches where they suspend below the surface, respiring through two abdominal appendages which act as siphons. …”
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Genomic exploration of the journey of Plasmodium vivax in Latin America. by Margaux J M Lefebvre, Fanny Degrugillier, Céline Arnathau, Gustavo A Fontecha, Oscar Noya, Sandrine Houzé, Carlo Severini, Bruno Pradines, Antoine Berry, Jean-François Trape, Fabian E Sáenz, Franck Prugnolle, Michael C Fontaine, Virginie Rougeron

“…Indeed, our analyses suggest that the current American P. vivax populations predominantly stemmed from a now-extinct European lineage, with the potential contribution also from unsampled populations, most likely of West African origin. …”
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Late Treatment and Recurrence of Kawasaki Disease in a Moroccan Infant by R. Elqadiry, O. Louachama, N. Rada, G. Draiss, M. Bouskraoui

“…The diagnosis of recurrent KD was made according the five criteria of the American Heart Association. The echocardiography was normal again. …”
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Aptidão física, exercícios físicos e doenças osteoarticulares em idosos by Giovana Zarpellon Mazo, Cinara Sacomori, Rodrigo de Rosso Krug, Fernando Luiz Cardoso, Tânia R. Bertoldo Benedetti

“…Os dados foram coletados a partir da aplicação da ficha diagnóstica (características sociodemográficas e presença de doenças osteoarticulares), da avaliação das medidas antropométricas (massa corporal e estatura) e da aptidão física (bateria de testes para idosos - American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance). …”
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Direct-Acting Oral Anticoagulants in the Management of Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis—Where Do We Stand? by Nikhil Vojjala, Supriya Peshin, Lakshmi Prasanna Vaishnavi Kattamuri, Rabia Iqbal, Adit Dharia, Jayalekshmi Jayakumar, Rafi Iftekhar, Shagun Singh, Mamtha Balla, Claudia S. Villa Celi, Ramya Ramachandran, Rishab Prabhu, Sumeet K. Yadav, Geetha Krishnamoorthy, Vijendra Singh, Karan Seegobin

“…However recent clinical guidelines given by multiple societies including the American Stroke guidelines and European guidelines do not include these agents so far in their treatment recommendations. …”
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