Pulmonary tuberculosis in a patient with the tennis racket sign. A case report by Irene Estefania Delgado Pérez, Marileydis Almaguel García, José Sánchez Prieto

“…The 52-years-old patient, discharged as a group III adult, at risk of pulmonary tuberculosis, hypertensive and diabetic, was treated at her family doctor's office due to physical discomfort, productive and persistent cough mainly at night, anorexia and asthenia. …”
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Biosafety Protocols in Dental Care: a Bibliographical Review by Gianela Lorleyn Sánchez Erazo, Karen Estefanía Chicaiza Bonilla, Gissele Alejandra Villarruel Andrade, Pedro Leonardo Padilla Proaño

“…With this preliminary result, it is concluded that the knowledge of the inhabitants about these protocols is regular. At the doctor's office does not possess all of the level of requisite information to achieve the effectiveness of the protocols so that a revision of the existent bibliography prevails over the theme to complement its implementation. 23 documentary sources was consulted, 18 of them in Spanish and 5 in English among primary sources and secondaries as well as another one back up acceded by means of the principal managers of quest.…”
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An Extremely Rare Cause of Isolated Congenital Anosmia by Chia Saw, Noel David Friesen, Anthony Bartley

“…A 14-year-old adolescent was referred to a regional paediatric outpatient clinic with anosmia by her family doctor in Western Australia. The patient has no recollection of her previous ability to smell, suggesting the possibility of congenital anosmia. …”
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Considering the Structure of Scientific and Cognitive Activity at Different Levels of Continuing Education by A. A. Frolov, Y. N. Frolova, I. A. Chernyayev

“…The survey respondents were selected from the school and university students, postgraduates, candidates and doctors of sciences, either prone to or engaged in research activity at various levels. …”
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Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS) transforming multiple sclerosis (MS) diagnosis by Landoline Bonnin, Pascal Bourdon, Carole Guillevin, Remy Guillevin, Clement Giraud, Christine Fernandez-Maloigne

“…Standardizing these measurements using Physics-Informed Neural Networks (PINNs), which are more reliable than traditional neural networks because they are based on the physics of spectra, could ensure accurate, comparable results worldwide [7–9]. This would reassure doctors and patients like Anna, and potentially improve their quality of life by enabling earlier and more precise treatment.…”
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Data Collecting and Research of Folk Medicine in Estonia During the Soviet Era by Ave Tupits

“…The article is an abridged version of a chapter in an upcoming doctoral dissertation analysing the collecting and research of folk medicine in Estonia in the 20th century.…”
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Dr. Jonas Basanavičius (1851–1927) and his nervous disease by A. Ulytė, E. Sakalauskaitė-Juodeikienė

“… Doctor Jonas Basanavičius (1851–1927) was the patriarch of the Lithuanian nation, activist in the Lithuanian national revival, a physician, politician, scholar, and editor of the first Lithuanian-language newspaper Auszra. …”
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People, Museums and the Rhetoric of Temporality: Considerations Regarding the Formation of the Collection at The Museum of Anthropology of Vancouver by Emanuela Rossi

“…In this article I went back to my doctoral research to show, through the analysis of archival material, how the Museum of Anthropology in Vancouver, a majority museum, according to Clifford's definition, turned from “savior” to “patron” in relation to indigenous artifacts and became trough the years, starting with the direction of Michael Ames (1974-97 and 2002-04), an international benchmark for collaborative approach in museums. …”
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The Art of Goodbye: Exploring Self-Reflection by Lynda Spence, Chelsea Tafelski

“… Many people assume that preparing for the end of life involves filling out forms at the doctor’s or lawyer’s office. Forms and checklists have their place and can be helpful, but they cannot address every issue because end-of-life concerns are complicated. …”
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Current capabilities of endoscopic diagnosis of non-muscle invasive bladder cancer by I. N. Zaborskii, K. N. Safiullin, O. B. Karyakin, S. A. Ivanov, V. S. Chaikov, I. O. Dementev, A. V. Sidorin, G. N. Grishin, A. N. Yurchenko

“…One of the factors influencing these indicators is the introduction of new diagnostic search methods into the routine of doctors. Such methods include: photodynamic and narrow-spectrum diagnostics when performing cystoscopy, as well as other methods of increasing the visualization of hidden tumors.…”
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Psychocardiology, discipline is essential in these times by Teresa Rodríguez Rodríguez

“…It appeals to the need to sensitize medical professionals and doctors in the multifactorial approach of these diseases, as the only way to reduce morbidity and mortality from this cause and raise the quality of life of coronary patients.…”
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Classification of Alzheimer's disease using unsupervised diffusion component analysis by Dominique Duncan, Thomas Strohmer

“…In addition, our algorithm is completely automatic and unsupervised, which could potentially be a useful and practical tool for doctors to help identify AD patients.…”
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Malpractice and Avascular Necrosis: Legal Outcomes by Rose M Carter

“…The courts stated the major factors in finding liability against doctors were the failure to show the patient had been fully informed of treatment options. …”
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Application of Multiprotocol Medical Imaging Communications and an Extended DICOM WADO Service in a Teleradiology Architecture by George V. Koutelakis, George K. Anastassopoulos, Dimitrios K. Lymberopoulos

“…The proposed teleradiology architecture is pilot implemented using mainly Java-based technologies and is evaluated by engineers in collaboration with doctors. The new architecture ensures flexibility in access, user mobility, and enhanced data security.…”
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Two decades of research capacity strengthening and reciprocal learning on sexual and reproductive health in East Africa – a point of (no) return by Caroline Frisendahl, Emelie Looft-Trägårdh, Amanda Cleeve, Susan Atuhairwe, Elin C. Larsson, Othman Kakaire, Herbert Kayiga, Annette Aronsson, Anne Kihara, Marleen Temmerman, Marie Klingberg Allvin, Josaphat Byamugisha, Kristina Gemzell Danielsson

“…In this article, we describe how the partnerships that we have built over the course of two decades have amounted to numerous publications, doctoral graduates, and important advancements within the field of SRHR in East Africa and beyond.…”
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Extrapulmonary, bone and intestinal tuberculosis. Case report by Dianelí Lorely Reyes Hernández, Francisco Rey Mérida López

“…Conclusions: this case, in which there is a combination of more than one non-respiratory tissue belonging to different systems, with involvement by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, allows doctors to be alerted to a patient with extrapulmonary tuberculosis and the possibility that this involvement exists in more of a location.…”
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AI, big data, and robots for the evolution of biotechnology by Haseong Kim

“…In the biosciences field in Korea, such technologies have become known to the local public with the introduction of the AI doctor Watson in large number of hospitals. Additionally, AlphaFold, a technology resembling the AI AlphaGo for the game Go, has surpassed the limit on protein folding predictions—the most challenging problems in the field of protein biology. …”
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The clinical method in pediatrics by Luis Hernández Sosa, Sonia Pérez García, María Casanova González

“…The interview, the physical examination and the appropriate parents-patient-doctor relationship are part of the main strategy but it is always related to the age of the child. …”
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Varied Age of First Presentation of Sickle Cell Disease: Case Presentations and Review by Alexis Claeys, Susanne Van Steijn, Lydia Van Kesteren, Elizabet Damen, Machiel Van Den Akker

“…Many factors are responsible for the age at which sickle cell disease is diagnosed: doctor’s delay (unfamiliarity with the disease), patient’s delay (education and financial position of the parents, cultural factors), high- versus low-resource country (availability of newborn screening), fetal hemoglobin, reticulocyte count, and genetic modulators, such as SCD genotype, alpha-thalassemia, fetal hemoglobin concentration, and G6PD deficiency. …”
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Continuous Professional Oral Health Care Intervention Improves Severe Aspiration Pneumonia by Wakako Nawata, Yojiro Umezaki, Masahiro Yamaguchi, Masato Nakajima, Michiko Makino, Masahiro Yoneda, Takao Hirofuji, Takafumi Yamano, Hiroaki Ooboshi, Hiromitsu Morita

“…Because an antimicrobial approach following the treatment guidelines for pneumonia was not effective, we started a POHC intervention to improve his poor oral condition at the request of the attending doctor and the patient’s family. The severe pneumonia markedly improved after continual POHC by the dental team. …”
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