Indications for Laparotomy in Patients with Abdominal Penetrating Injuries Presenting with Ambiguous Computed Tomography Findings by Eun Ji Choi, Sanghee Choi, Byung Hee Kang

“…Patients who presented with definite indications for laparotomy were excluded. …”
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Guarding the Borders of Japan: Occupation, Korean War and Frontier Controls by Tessa Morris-Suzuki

“…In the last months of the Pacific War the center of the nearest big city, Matsuyama, had been reduced to a burnt-out wasteland by allied fire-bombing.2 The villages had been spared the worst of the air-raids, but during the final stages of the war their fishing boats had been requisitioned by the military or lain idle, unable to venture out into the dangerous waters of war. Men who had been recruited to fight in China or Southeast Asia, and families who had migrated to Manchuria to help build Japan’s Greater East Asia Prosperity Sphere, were still trickling home, transformed by experiences which could seldom be put into words. …”
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Protéger et guérir : la mission du gouvernement et des associations d’aide aux détenues en Angleterre entre 1856 et 1914 by Alice Bonzom

“…They also faced obstacles, embodied by people who believed that guilty deviants were being unfairly ‘pampered’. …”
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Avoiding never events in orthopaedics theatres: a quality improvement project by Bhaskar Amarnath Bhavanasi, Shrikant Kulkarni

“…It involved theatre staff members who were not part of the surgical team. The study was designed to take place on random days across different theatres, with the operating team unaware of the audit to ensure genuine behaviour and compliance.The audits focused on observing whether the surgical and imaging pause protocols were followed correctly. …”
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Phonological Processing and Word and Non-Word Reading Ability among Farsi-Speaking Children with Cochlear Implants, Hearing Aids and Normal Hearing by Elham Masoumi, Asghar Haghjoo, Zahra Soleymani

“… Background and Aim: Individuals who suffer Hearing Loss (HL) from inefficient auditory input will experience difficulty in phonological processing and reading. …”
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Almodóvar’s Baroque Transitions in the Early Films (1980–1995) by Frederic Conrod

“…In the tradition of the Spanish Baroque, Almodóvar will develop his tragic outlook on his ever-changing culture around these iconic actors who will, in turn, unfold the complexity of the transition years for Spanish women and men.…”
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On the 160th anniversary of Ivan V. Michurin’s birth by N. P. Goncharov, N. I. Savel’ev

“…He introduced some new berry species as Actinidia and black chokeberry and was the first in the country who used dwarf and semi dwarf stocks of apples. …”
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Machine learning-enhanced high-resolution exposure assessment of ultrafine particles by Yudie Jianyao, Hongyong Yuan, Guofeng Su, Jing Wang, Wenguo Weng, Xiaole Zhang

“…Abstract Ultrafine particles (UFPs) under 100 nm pose significant health risks inadequately addressed by traditional mass-based metrics. The WHO emphasizes particle number concentration (PNC) for assessing UFP exposure, but large-scale evaluations remain scarce. …”
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Canine Gouging: A Taboo Resurfacing in Migrant Urban Population by Anila Virani Noman, Ferranti Wong, Ravikiran Ramakrishna Pawar

“…Cosmopolitan cities have become a pool of migrants from different parts of the world, who carry their cultural beliefs and superstitions with them around the globe. …”
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Cross-Sectional Survey to Assess Dental Students’ Perception of the Utilization of a Case Difficulty Assessment Form during Various Stages of Root Canal Therapy by Lubna E. Hamadah, Maha M. Algofaily, Ali T. Alaqla, Naif A. Alrubaiq, Ghaida A. Aljammaz

“…A positive association was found between students who used the AAE assessment form and who did not with their ability to reach the correct diagnosis (p=0.005), tooth isolation (p=0.03), and endodontic procedure difficulty score (p=0.018). …”
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Bohuslaus of Lobkowicz and Hassenstein. A Poet between Nations and Denominations by Marta Vaculínová

“…The Enlightenment provided a less polarizing view of Hassenstein, though paradoxically it was a Jesuit, Ignatius Cornova, who has written the most comprehensive monograph on Hassenstein to date. …”
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Treating Acute Severe Eosinophilic Asthma with IL-5 Inhibitors in ICU by Nicolas Barbarot, Emmanuelle Nourry, Nicolas Massart, François Legay, Matthieu Debarre, Pierre Fillatre, Eric Magalhaes, Arnaud Mari, Julien Wallois, Eric Briens, Stéphane Jouneau

“…About 10% of the 300 million people worldwide who suffer from asthma have a severe disease that is uncontrolled despite treatment with inhaled corticosteroids and long-acting beta agonists. …”
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An inquiry-based teaching intervention to embed information literacy instructions into a library and information science curriculum in Bangladesh by Md Arman Hossain, Eero Sormunen

“…Pearson’s correlations were conducted to measure relationships among dependent variables. Results. Students who attended the novel guided-inquiry based information literacy instructions scored higher in the post-test than those who participated in regular class lectures. …”
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Treatment of partial mandibular edentious patients using a partially removable prostheses with extracoronal attachments by Misu-Marian Babat, Alexandra Elena Biculescu, Paolo Di Francesco, Mona Dardouk, Ioana-Ana-Maria Ciorniciuc, Anca Iuliana Popescu

“…The management of uni- or bi-terminal edentulous cases in patients who cannot undergo implant-prosthetic treatment is complex and challenging, often requiring a multidisciplinary approach. …”
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3 years survival of patients with multiple myeloma. by Julio Dámaso Fernández Águila, Alexander García Blay, Luis Alberto Corona Martínez, Maritza Cabrera Zamora, Leovaldo Prieto Jiménez., Tamara Guerra Alfonso

“…There were no alarming differences in response percentage and in survival among those who received Melfalan-prednisona and those who were treated with schemes that combined both drugs. …”
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« To Keep off the Company ». Étude d’une balustrade de lit royale du xviie siècle provenant d’Hampton Court by Sebastian Edwards

“…It now appears likely to have been made for his French queen, Henrietta Maria, who brought many novel fashions and possessions to England, including the use of a bed rail for her accouchements. …”
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Outcome of Glansectomy and Skin Grafting in the Management of Penile Cancer by Hugh F. O'Kane, Ajay Pahuja, K. J. Ho, Ali Thwaini, Thaigarajan Nambirajan, Patrick Keane

“…Disease specific survival was 92% with 2 patients who had positive nodes at lymph node dissection developing groin recurrence. …”
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Public perspectives on COVID-19 triage protocols for access to critical care in extreme pandemic context. by Marie-Eve Bouthillier, Yanick Farmer, Claudia Calderon Ramirez, James Downar, Andrea Frolic, Joseph Dahine, Lucie Opatrny, Diane Poirier, Gina Bravo, Audrey L'Espérance, Antoine Payot, Peter Tanuseputro, Louis-Martin Rousseau, Vincent Dumez, Annie Descôteaux, Clara Dallaire, Karell Laporte, Nathalie Orr Gaucher

“…Among the participants who took part in the study, 27 participants were from Ontario and 20 from Quebec. …”
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Conducting a Grounded Theory Study in the Wake of a Traumatic Event: A Research Protocol by Adele Ferguson, Kim Ward, Rachael Parke

“…Aims To explore the perspectives of people who worked at Whakatāne Hospital during and following a mass casualty event from the Whakaari/White Island eruption in New Zealand. …”
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Hubungan kemampuan berpikir kritis mahasiswa dengan penggunaan media sosial terhadap capaian pembelajaran pada masa pandemi Covid-19 by Bernadetha Nadeak, Citra Puspa Juwita, Elferida Sormin, Lamhot Naibaho

“…This research uses a quantitative approach, with a correlation design conducted online to 254 students who are then analyzed using correlation analysis and multiple correlation analysis. …”
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