A Missense Mutation in OPA1 Causes Dominant Optic Atrophy in a Chinese Family by Shaoyi Mei, Xiaosheng Huang, Lin Cheng, Shiming Peng, Tianhui Zhu, Liang Chen, Yan Wang, Jun Zhao

“…The visual fields, optical coherence tomography, and visual evoked potential suggested variable degree of abnormality in patients. Patients who had a history of cigarette smoking and alcohol drinking had more severe clinical manifestations. …”
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Hubungan Derajat Merokok Dengan Derajat Eksaserbasi Asma Pada Pasien Asma Perokok Aktif di Bangsal Paru RSUP DR. M. Djamil Padang Tahun 2007 - 2010 by Syandrez Prima Putra, Oea Khairsyaf, Julizar Julizar

“…Data collected from the medical records of patients with asthma history in Pulmonary Ward for 228 people. The samples were appointed by using total sampling technique, so obtained the samples about fifty people. …”
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Sunscreen Use among a Population of Saudi University Students by Mohammed I. AlJasser, Abdullah Aljumah, Mohannad Alzaydi, Abdullah Alassaf, Suliman Alassafi, Maha T. Alassafi, Mohammed Almedlej, Emad Masuadi

“…Female gender, high family income, previous history of sunburn, tanning bed use, and use of other sun protection methods were factors independently associated with sunscreen use. …”
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The Frequency of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Mutation of Nonsmall Cell Lung Cancer according to the Underlying Pulmonary Diseases by Kazuhiro Usui, Tomonori Ushijima, Yoshiaki Tanaka, Chiharu Tanai, Hiromichi Noda, Norifumi Abe, Hajime Horiuchi, Teruo Ishihara

“…Patients with sensitive EGFR mutation and normal lungs may benefit from an EGFR-TKI treatment even if they have smoking history.…”
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Identification of deleterious variants associated with male infertility genes in a cohort of idiopathic hypospermatogenesis patients by Nisha Sharma, Ashutosh Halder, Seema Kaushal, Manoj Kumar, Manish Jain

“…Comprehensive clinical history, blood samples, semen analysis parameters, and reproductive endocrine evaluation reports of 51 hypospermatogenesis patients were collected. …”
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Diabetes Mellitus and HIV Infection among Newly Diagnosed Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients in the North West Region of Cameroon: A Cross-Sectional Study by Leonard Fonkeng Sama, Sidoine Sadjeu, Thibau Flaurant Tchouangueu, Solange Dabou, Georges Ful Kuh, Omer Bebe Ngouateu, Michel Noubom

“…Significant differences were observed between signs and symptoms, imaging results, bacteriology, treatment history for TB cases and those with HIV and/or DM, and those without HIV and/or DM coinfection and comorbidity. …”
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Chronic abdominal pain. A multidisciplinary approach in gastroenterology and psychiatry by O.Yu. Gubska

“…Due to the need to exclude organic pathology and in a long-term observation of the patient, as well as due to the association of the diagnosis with mental pathologies, a critical factor is a thorough history collection, focusing on the description of pain. …”
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Organic-Inorganic Geochemical Characteristics of the Upper Permian Pusige Formation in a High-Saline Lake Basin, Tarim Basin: Implications for Provenance, Paleoenvironments, and Or... by Jingbin Wang, Zhiliang He, Dongya Zhu, Zhiqian Gao, Xiaowei Huang, Quanyou Liu

“…However, its depositional history and organic matter (OM) enrichment mechanism have received little attention. …”
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Trend of Use of Quinolone Antibiotics in Community-Acquired Pneumonia by Kadir Burak AKGÜN, Emel CEYLAN, Mehmet KARADAĞ, Merve AYIK TÜRK

“…Among the clinical factors, the previous use of beta-lactam antibiotics and the presence of chronic disease in the patient’s medical history were significantly associated with physicians who preferred quinolones as their first choice compared with those who did not (p=0.008 and p=0.006, respectively). …”
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Infectious Aortitis with Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm in a 47-Year-Old Female with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus by Valerie R. Ramiro, Carmegie C. Saliba, John Anthony D. Tindoc, Marinette R. Jambaro, Enrique M. Chua, Donna Ricca M. Hornilla, Maria Teresa B. Abola

“…Upon discharge, however, she experienced two weeks of severe right lower quadrant pain radiating to the back and left lower quadrant, with no history of diarrhea, vomiting, dysuria, and fever. …”
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Hantavirus Cardiopulmonary Syndrome and Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage in the Era of COVID-19 by Khizar Hamid, Swaminathan Perinkulam Sathyanarayanan, Touba Naim, Muhammad Hamza, Mirza Omer Mahmood Baig, Emad Abu Sitta

“…We report a patient with a history of alcohol abuse and recent exposure to mice and sick kittens who presented with cough with sputum production, shortness of breath, orthopnea, and new-onset lower extremity edema. …”
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Three-dimensional diffractive acoustic tomography by Luca Menozzi, Tri Vu, Aidan J. Canning, Harshal Rawtani, Carlos Taboada, Marie Elise Abi Antoun, Chenshuo Ma, Jesse Delia, Van Tu Nguyen, Soon-Woo Cho, Jianing Chen, Theresa Charity, Yirui Xu, Phuong Tran, Jun Xia, Gregory M. Palmer, Tuan Vo-Dinh, Liping Feng, Junjie Yao

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Distinct ecological processes shape micro-eukaryotic generalists and specialists in a canal-disturbed wetland, Lake Weishan, China by Xinghao Li, Yunfeng Wang, Micah Dunthorn, Chengzhi Mao, Qiaoyi Kong, Saleh A. Al-Farraj, Weibo Song, Jie Huang

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POPULATION GENETICS STUDY OF THE WHEAT LEAF RUST AGENT PUCCINIA TRITICINA IN DAGESTAN by E. I. Gultyaeva, E. L. Shaydayuk, K. M. Abdullaev

“…The study of the Derbent population  has a long history, and has been conducted since 1970. The aim of  this work is to analyze the virulence of the P. triticina population in 2008-2017.Materials and methods. …”
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Prognostic impact of moderate to severe anemia associated with renal dysfunction in patients with heart failure by Eri Noda, Shouji Matsushima, Toru Hashimoto, Yoshitomo Tsutsui, Kayo Misumi, Nobuyuki Enzan, Keimei Yoshida, Keisuke Shinohara, Takeo Fujino, Shunsuke Katsuki, Takafumi Sakamoto, Kazuya Hosokawa, Shintaro Kinugawa, Kohtaro Abe

“…Patients with RD and anemia were older, more likely to be female, and had a history of HF admission. The composite outcome was higher in RD and moderate/severe anemia (adjusted hazard ratio:2.120, 95% CI:1.559–2.881, p < 0.001) compared to RD and non/mild anemia (Hb ≥ 10 g/dL), non-RD and moderate/severe anemia, and non-RD and non/mild anemia (reference). …”
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Effect of daily alcohol consumption and age over 40 years on COVID-19 vaccination antibody titers in the Delta era among hospital workers in northern Okinawa, Japan: A retrospectiv... by Takuji Kishimoto, Daisuke Tasato, Yoshitaka Nagasawa, Akihiro Yamashiro, Hayashi Shokita

“…Information on medical history, demographic characteristics, and lifestyle-related items was obtained from hospital health checkups. …”
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Implementation of Virtual and Face-to-Face Childbirth Preparation Training for the Spouses of the Primiparous Women to Reduce the Fear of Childbirth, Improve the Pregnancy Experien... by Zari Doaltabadi, Leila Amiri-Farahani, Seyedeh Batool Hasanpoor-Azghady

“…The exclusion criteria for women’s husbands are the history of physical/mental illness; being a smoker; and consuming alcohol, drugs, or psychotropic substances. …”
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Усноісторичний проєкт «“Рух на Захід”: українські науковці в умовах вимушеної міграції (2014–2024)»: питання методології дослідження... by Вікторія Іващенко, Юлія Кісельова

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Moving away from metal: Step toward the future with bioresorbable vascular scaffolds and novel antiproliferative agents by Blair E. Warren, MD, MSCS, Kong-Teng Tan, MD, Dheeraj K. Rajan, MD, Miranda Witheford, MD, PhD, Sean Crawford, MD, MSc, Arash Jaberi, MD, MEd, Sebastian Mafeld, MBBS

“…Results: Bioresorbable vascular scaffold biomechanics and history are highlighted. Foundational knowledge of antiproliferative agents and evolving agents in peripheral vascular disease are also described. …”
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Association between the Number of Childbirths and the Progress of Atherosclerosis among Women with Diabetes: A Cohort Study Based on Chinese Population by Jie Wang, Yu Pei, Kang Chen, Wenhua Yan, Anping Wang, Yijun Li, Jia Li, Haibing Wang, Ping An, Linxi Zhang, Yingnan Ye, Xinye Jin, Guang Ning, Yiming Mu, Weijun Gu

“…Logistical regression analyses were applied to investigate the relationship between the number of childbirths and the progression of atherosclerotic stiffness and a stratification analysis was performed for history of hypertension and diabetes. Results. After 3-year follow-up, among women with diabetes, the OR of women with 2 childbirths was significant [3.5 (95% confidence interval 1.5, 7.9)] in model I, [3.1 (95% confidence interval 1.3, 7.2)] in model II, and the OR of women with ≥3 childbirths was significant [4.4 (95% confidence interval 1.3, 14.5)] in model I, [4.1 (95% confidence interval 1.2, 14.3)] in model II. …”
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