Effects of oral sarcopenia and malnutrition on the elderly by Chieh Chen, Da-Ming Liao

“…Moreover, aged people tend to isolate or suffer from depression, and insomnia, which can all weaken and empty their body and soul, leading to undernourishment. Older adults who are picky eaters are 2.5 times more prone to develop weakness in the future than average individuals, as well as a significant increase in disability risk by 40%. …”
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Postliver Transplantation Rhino-Orbital Mucormycosis, an Unexpected Cause of a Downhill Course by Swapnali Sabhapandit, Mithun Sharma, Anuradha Sekaran, Balachandran Menon, Anand Kulkarni, Soumya TR, Padaki Nagaraja Rao, Duvurr Nageshwar Reddy

“…We present a case of a 42-year-old lady who developed rhino-orbital mucormycosis in a postliver transplantation period. …”
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RETROSPECTIVE STUDY OF BONE RESORPTION RATES OF DENTAL IMPLANTS IN RELATION TO THE TIME OF INSERTION: IMMEDIATE VERSUS DELAYED by Cosmin Ionuț Lixandru

“…The study analyzed a number of 268 implants applied to patients who met the inclusion criteria in the study, at the level of which measurements were made immediately after the surgical intervention and 6 months after the prosthetic restoration. …”
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Ikere-Ekiti in Art and Cultural Narratives by dele jegede

“…In the sec­ond part, this essay dissects the Olosunta festival, which remains central to the collective identity of a people who subscribe to different religious doctrines. …”
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Physicochemical and Heavy Metals Assessments of Leachates from Aperin Abandoned Dumpsite in Ibadan City, Nigeria by G. O. Adewuyi, M. A. Opasina

“…All, the parameters were above control and exceeded FEPA and WHO guidelines. The study revealed that this dumpsite is a major polluting source in the surrounding environment. …”
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Marchiafava-Bignami Disease: a Reality. A Case Report by Masleidy Valladares Valle, Juan Ibrahim García Leonard, Ada Sánchez Lozano

“…It was first described in 1903 by the pathologists Marchiafava and Bignami in three Italian alcoholic patients who drink red wine. The case of a 55-year-old patient is reported, alcoholic, who attended with generalized epileptic seizures and impaired level of consciousness. …”
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Clinical Manifestation, Dermoscopy, and Scanning Electron Microscopy in Two Cases of Contagious Ecthyma (Orf Nodule) by Ana Laura Rosifini Alves Rezende, Fred Bernardes Filho, Natália Aparecida de Paula, Loan Towersey, Roderick Hay, Marco Andrey Cipriani Frade

“…Orf is a highly contagious skin disease commonly seen in goats and sheep that can be transmitted to people who have direct contact with infected animals. Here, we report the clinical manifestation, dermoscopy, and scanning electron microscopy in two women who developed skin lesions on their hands after handling goats with wounds in the udders. …”
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User Interface Designs of an Educational Mobile Application: A Study of Qiraat Teaching and Learning by Zulkifly Mohd Zaki, Syahidatul Fitriah Ishak, Khairul Anuar Mohamad

“…The prototype was improved further based on the formative evaluation feedback gathered from students, lecturers, and the public who wish to learn Qiraat through the mobile application. …”
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Reviving/Revising “Lycidas”: Virginia Woolf’s Elegy to Unborn Poets in A Room of One’s Own by Marie Laniel

“…Whereas, in “Lycidas,” John Milton mourns a young aspiring poet who died prematurely, and thus strives to leave his mark on a long-established tradition, Woolf finds herself in the paradoxical position of mourning female poets who never came to existence, because “they had no tradition behind them,” a loss for which there can be no aesthetic compensation. …”
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The Liver That Cured Christmas: Case Report of Orthotopic Liver Transplant in a Patient with Hemophilia B by Jesse E. Harris, Jonathan L. Balk, Constance M. Mobley, Kirk Heyne

“…Herein, we discuss a case of a 39-year-old male with hemophilia B, who developed end-stage liver disease secondary to nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, that underwent orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) as a curative means for his liver disease and coagulation disorder. …”
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Workplace conflicts and psychological work-related injuries: our experience in Italy by Giuseppe Taino, Andrea Battaglia, Marcello Imbriani

“…Our discussion focuses on a recent case report regarding an employee who was affected by an acute anxiety disorder after a common workplace conflict with a coworker. …”
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« Le réveil de la conscience hakka de Taïwan » by Pei-yi Ko

“…The intervention of a whole generation of university graduates who returned to their native region (fanxiang housheng, “the juniors who returned home”) was decisive in this resistance. …”
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Bartsocas-Papas Syndrome: Unusual Findings in the First Reported Egyptian Family by E. M. Abdalla, H. Morsy

“…We report the first Egyptian family with Bartsocas-Papas syndrome comprising three cases; our proband who was a female infant with severe craniofacial and limb anomalies typical of Bartsocas-Papas syndrome, a similarly affected female fetus which died in utero at the 7th gestational month, and a 16-year-old mentally retarded uncle who presented with some of the typical features of Bartsocas-Papas syndrome, including syndactyly, thumb hypoplasia, and microphthalmia. …”
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Optimal Payments to Connected Depositors in Turbulent Times: A Markov Chain Approach by Dávid Csercsik, Hubert János Kiss

“…The bank offers payment to impatient depositors (those who want to withdraw their funds) who accept or decline them with certain probability, depending on the offered amount. …”
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Cigarette Smoking and Alcohol Use among Adolescents and Young Adults with Asthma by Elizabeth Burgess Dowdell, Michael A. Posner, M. Katherine Hutchinson

“…The aim of this study was to longitudinally analyze rates of cigarette smoking and alcohol use in adolescents and young adults who have asthma and those who do not have asthma. …”
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Bilateral Stress Fractures of the Femoral Neck after Total Knee Arthroplasty: Importance of Early Diagnosis by Sei Morinaga, Kenichi Ueshima, Yoshinobu Maruhashi, Noriyuki Hashimoto, Shoji Watanabe, Takuya Nakamura

“…Stress fracture of the femoral neck should be suspected in patients complaining of hip pain who have undergone TKA.…”
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Political Struggle of M. Fuad Köprülü: From Ruling Party to the Opposition (1956-1966) by Nasrullah Uzman

“…M. Fuad Köprülü who is known with his historian, thinker and the man of letters identity, is also a politician. …”
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Evaluation of teacher performance in post-certification classroom action research at the vocational school by Dwi Elvina, Wakhinuddin Wakhinuddin, Edidas Edidas, Ambiyar Ambiyar

“…The research subjects were teachers who were certified educators and taught for about ten years, totaling 56 people. …”
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Cash Management and Financial Performance of Business Firms in Northern Uganda a Case of Lira District by Eton, Marus, Gilbert, Uwonda, Fabian, Mwosi, Benard, Patrick Ogwel, Dennis, Obote

“…There is also need for business owners to consider hiring business experts who can use different statistical models to forecast business performance.…”
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Assessing the Use of Standardized Outcome Measures for Stroke Rehabilitation among Physiotherapists in Ghana by Seth Kwame Agyenkwa, Cosmos Yarfi, Adjoa Nkrumah Banson, Woyram Abla Kofi-Bediako, Ulric Sena Abonie, Seth Kwadjo Angmorterh, Eric Kwasi Ofori

“…Physiotherapists working in public facilities in Ghana are more likely to use outcome measures (56.2%) than those in private facilities (16.2%). Physiotherapists who attend to 1-10 patients in a week used outcome measures more (32.4%) than physiotherapists who attend to more than 30 patients (3.8%) in a week. …”
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