Can Meditation Influence Quality of Life, Depression, and Disease Outcome in Multiple Sclerosis? Findings from a Large International Web-Based Study by Adam B. Levin, Emily J. Hadgkiss, Tracey J. Weiland, Claudia H. Marck, Dania M. van der Meer, Naresh G. Pereira, George A. Jelinek

“…Statistically and potentially clinically significant differences between those who meditated once a week or more and participants who never meditated were present for mean mental health composite (MHC) scores, cognitive function scale, and health perception scale. …”
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Case Series of Zone III Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta in Traumatic Shock Patients by Byungchul Yu, Gil Jae Lee, Kang Kook Choi, Min A Lee, Jihun Gwak, Youngeun Park, Jung Nam Lee

“…Methods We reviewed consecutive cases who survived from hypovolemic shock after Zone III REBOA placement for 4 years. …”
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Ethno-cultural particularity of English, French and Russian phrasiological units with components of names of domestic animals by E. N. Belaya

“…contains stereotyped representations of arrogant behavior of a person’s senseless activity who poses as the other person than he is in reality; of touch with Scottish realia and literature; 2) the figurative basis of French P.U. contains patterned and stereotyped representations of a person who works by the sweat of his brow, of the interaction of man and a horse, of a bad French, of a drunkard, a silly man who is fond of bombastic speech, of a cruel man; 3) the figurative basis of Russian P.U. contains stereotyped representations of a ridiculously dressed person, a pattern of human obstinacy; of touch with Russian peasant’s way of life. …”
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Lounging Men, Standing Women: Pose and Posture in the Aesthetic Interior by Richard W. Hayes

“…The simple detail of the figures’ postures criticises Osmond for his lapse in manners and adumbrates the fact that it is Madame Merle who exerts power over the novel’s main characters. …”
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Criminal protection of sexual integrity of a person: some problematic aspects by T. D. Lysko

“…It has been stated that a person who has not reached the “age of sexual consent” is guaranteed to have sexual integrity. …”
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IVIG Effects on Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate in Children by Farhad Salehzadeh, Ahmadvand Noshin, Sepideh Jahangiri

“…Fifty patients under 12 years old who had indication to receive IVIG enrolled in this study. …”
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Elvitegravir/Cobicistat/Emtricitabine/Tenofovir Alafenamide in the Treatment of HIV-Infected Patients: Experience with the First 100 Patients from Qatar by Hussam Al Soub, A. Latif M. Al-khal, Deema Alsoub, Waleed Awouda

“…Among the 100 HIV-infected patients who were treated with EVG/COBI/FTC/TAF, 64 were Qatari and the rest were from other nationalities. 80 patients were males and 20 were females. 29 were treatment naïve, and 71 were treatment experienced. …”
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Muscle Strength, Physical Activity, and Functional Limitations in Older Adults with Central Obesity by Cassandra M. Germain, John A. Batsis, Elizabeth Vasquez, Douglas R. McQuoid

“…Within grip categories, prevalence was lower for individuals who were active than those who were inactive. Adjusted models showed significantly lower odds of PL OR 0.42 [0.31, 0.56]; ADL OR 0.60 [0.43, 0.84], and IADL OR 0.46 [0.35, 0.61] for those in the highest grip strength category as compared to those in the lowest grip category. …”
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Misères et splendeurs d’un mendicant dans 'Le Seigneur vous le rendra' de Mahi Binebine by Mohamed Semlali

“…In his novel, The Lord Will Pay You Back, Binebine takes up the theme of the suffocation of the individual who tries to resist the alienating forces that crush him (misery, predation). …”
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Preventive diagnosis of high blood pressure using the atrial fold by Misleidy Estevez Rubido, Marta Ferriol Rodriguez, Mariela del Carmen Morales Okata, Neisy Oropesa Nerey, Orlays Fontaine Cordero, Liudmila Valentina Cordovés Kleitman

“…The population was all patients who attended these doctors’ appointment, with the presence of the auricular fold and who did not suffer from high blood pressure. …”
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Evaluation of the Acute Flaccid Paralysis Virological Surveillance System in Polio-Free Morocco, 2010–2018 by Sanae Lemrabet, Maria El Qazoui, Lalla Meryem Idrissi Azzouzi, Ahmed Rguig, Malika Elhamdaoui, Abdelkarim Filali-Maltouf, Leila Medraoui, Hicham Oumzil

“…The incidence of isolated nonpolio enteroviruses (NPEV) varied between 2.27% and 12.6%, with the average not exceeding 6.35%; the incidence remained low compared to the indicator set by the World Health Organization (WHO). Conclusion. Morocco was certified polio-free by WHO in 2015, and since then no cases of wild poliovirus have been reported. …”
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Discrimination perceived by patients being monitored for COVID-19. Tajamar Regalado, Ecuador by Melba Esperanza Narváez Jaramillo, Cinthya Lizeth Pantoja Narváez, Julio Rodrigo Morillo Cano, Sara Ximena Guerrón Enríquez

“…<br /><strong>Methods</strong>: descriptive and cross-sectional study, carried out from September 2021 to February 2022, in all patients monitored for COVID-19 (N=89) who live in Tajamar Regalado neighborhood (Tulcán, Ecuador). …”
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ISLAM AND NEO-MODERNISM IN INDONESIA: REVISITING NURCHOLISH MADJID AND ABDURRAHMAN WAHID’S THOUGHT ON CIVIL SOCIETY by Dito Alif Pratama

“…This paper examines the interpretation of Madjid, who studied in a more Western academic culture, and Wahid, who studied in a Middle-Eastern country, on civil society as the manifestation of both Neo-Modernism's thought, followed by a discussion on the similarities and differences between the two ideas. …”
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Effect of the provision of estimated waiting time on patient satisfaction with the Emergency Department: A randomized controlled trial by Khalid N. Almulhim, Lina A. AlMudayris, Zeyad K. Alshehri, Ahmed K. Alnawah, Danah A. Aljeri, Abdulaziz S. Hadadi

“…No statistically significant difference in the level of satisfaction between patients who were provided with the estimated waiting time and those who were not (P=0.962). …”
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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder with Suicide Obsessions in a First Responder without Previous Diagnosis of OCD or History of Suicide Attempts by Vivekananda Rachamallu, Michael M. Song, Haiying Liu, Charles L. Giles, Terry McMahon

“…This report describes the case of a 28-year-old male, who works as a first responder, who presented with new onset symptoms characteristic of MDD and PTSD, with no past history of OCD or suicidality who developed OCD with suicidal obsessions. …”
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EFFECT OF MATERNAL FOLIC ACID/IRON INTAKEON THE WEIGHT OF NEWBORNS IN OBSTETRIC WARD OFTERTIARY CARE HOSPITALS OF PUNJAB by Tahira Raza

“…The normal birth weight (2.6–3.4 kg) babies were born to 79.4% of women who consumed folic acid and iron, while low birth weight newborns were 10% higher in mothers who have not taken folic acid or iron in pregnancy. …”
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Characteristics of Acute Appendicitis before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Single Center Experience by A. Bosak Veršić, M. Šestan, I. Ćepić, H. Nikolić, N. Bukvić, S. Sršen Medančić, D. Hasandić, M. Zelić

“…The patients were divided into two groups: the first (pre-COVID-19) group consisted of patients who had surgery before the onset of COVID-19 pandemic (n = 240), while the second (COVID-19) group consisted of those who were operated during the COVID-19 pandemic (n = 187). …”
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Factors Affecting ICU Stay and Length of Stay in the ICU in Patients with HELLP Syndrome in a Tertiary Referral Hospital by Elif Ağaçayak, Rezan Bugday, Nurullah Peker, Ugur Deger, Gönül Ölmez Kavak, Mehmet Siddik Evsen, Talip Gul

“…The study aimed to compare patients with HELLP syndrome who require intensive care and who do not require intensive care and evaluate the factors affecting the length of stay in the intensive care unit. …”
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The Learning Curve of Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy in a Rural Hospital by İsmail Biyik, Mustafa Albayrak, Fatih Keskin, Ayse Nur Usturali Mut

“…STUDY DESIGN: Medical records of patients who underwent total laparoscopic hysterectomy between May 2015 and December 2018 were retrospectively reviewed and grouped based on the certification date of the surgeon, Group 1 before and Group 2 after certification. …”
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Comparison of scenarios in the trajectory of body mass index among adolescents monitored in primary health care: the VigiNUTRI Brazil study by Rafaella Lemos Alves, Natacha Toral, Vitor Paravidino, Vivian S. S. Gonçalves

“…The Sisvan curve revealed that girls had a BMI/A that was higher than the simulated value at age 19 (p < 0.001) and that exceeded the WHO reference cutoff value; this finding was particularly pronounced in the southern region (Sisvan: 23.89 kg/m2; simulation: 23.57 kg/m2; WHO: 21.4 kg/m2). …”
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