Social Workers in Hospice and Palliative Care in Indian Contect: Voices from the field by Pallavi Mech, Dr Vasundharaa S Nair, Dr Priya Treesa Thomas

“…Eight participants who are expert practitioners with specific experience in palliative care were recruited purposively following inclusion and exclusion criteria. …”
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The relationship between vitamin E and C intake with total activity of erythrocytes and breast milk superoxide dismutase in lactating mothers by Ninik Mudjihartini, Diyah Eka Andayani, Sheira Taflah Putri Handana

“…Methods: Sixty lactating mothers aged 20–40 years were recruited in 1–6 months postpartum in Grogol Petamburan and the Cilincing Public Health Centre from March 2019 until April 2019. …”
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Drainage of Complex Walled-Off Pancreatic Fluid Collections in LAMS Era: A Multicenter Study by Thanawat Luangsukrerk, Kamin Harinwan, Stanley Khoo, Pradermchai Kongkam

“…Result. 31 patients with WOPFCs were recruited. 6 of 31 (19%) patients were in group A. …”
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Comparative Effectiveness of Ultrasound-Guided Intratendinous Prolotherapy Injection with Conventional Treatment to Treat Focal Supraspinatus Tendinosis by John George, Shyan Ch’ng Li, Zulkarnain Jaafar, Mohamad Shariff A. Hamid

“…Materials and Methods. 12 adult patients with focal supraspinatus tendinosis recruited after they had less than 30% improvement in functional (DASH) scores after one month of physiotherapy following initial presentation. …”
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Learning to Listen to Non-spoken Voices. Including Young People With Intellectual Disabilities Who are Non-speaking as Primary Participants in Qualitative Research by Beverley Samways, Pauline Heslop

“…Three teenagers with intellectual disabilities, all of whom were non-speaking, were recruited as the primary participants. This paper presents the range of methodologies and theoretical lenses that were adopted to facilitate three young people with no spoken communication to be the primary participants in a research study inquiring about their emotional experiences. …”
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Some Aspects of legal Regulation of restricting the Rights and Freedoms of Police Officers by S. M. Bortnyk

“…International and national legislation on the establishment of restrictions on police officers while being recruited and during their service has been analyzed. …”
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The Effectiveness of Trunk and Balance Warm-up Exercises in Prevention, Severity, and Length of Limitation From Overuse and Acute Lower Limb Injuries in Male Volleyball Players by Yuki Muramoto, Hironobu Kuruma

“…The control and intervention groups were on the same team; however, seven players joined in 2021 through a sports referral program through which different players are recruited. Measurements included injury incidence rate, injury severity, and injury burden. …”
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The Effect of Self-Myofascial Release on the Pennation Angle of the Vastus Medialis Oblique and the Vastus Lateralis in Athletic Male Individuals: An Ultrasound Investigation by Queenie Mae Torrente, Alban Killingback, Philip J Adds, Claire Robertson

“… # Study Design Cohort Study # Methods Twenty-five young, athletic, male participants were recruited to use a foam roller, along the full length of both anterior thighs, three times weekly, on three separate days, for seven weeks. …”
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The Mental Health of Older People Living in Nursing Homes in Northern Portugal: A Cross-Sectional Study Protocol by Cláudia Rodrigues, Sandra Carreira, Rui Novais, Fátima Braga, Silvana Martins, Odete Araújo

“…We estimate that 567 participants will be recruited through convenience sampling. Potential participants must live in nursing homes in Northern Portugal, be aged 65 years or older, and exhibit cognitive impairment at an initial or intermediate stage. …”
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Otolith Function in Young Skilled Football Players by Animesh Barman, Prajeesh Thomas, Shivaprakash Apoorva

“…The objectives of our study were to conduct cervical Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potentials (cVEMPs) and ocular VEMPs (oVEMPs) in young adult football players and to compare the test results with those who are not involved in regular physical activities as the control group. Methods: We recruited 11 young football players (9 right-leg and two left-leg dominant) who have been playing football regularly since childhood and have participated in inter-school or college/university-level football tournaments. …”
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Is Tele-yoga Safe for Pregnant Women with First-trimester Uterine Artery Doppler Positive? A Feasibility Study by Reshma Jogdand, Satyapriya Maharana, Kasinath G Metri, B. S. Anuradha, R Nagarthan

“…Methods: Twenty-one women aged between 20 and 35 years (mean: 28.8 years) who had a UAD+ (uterine artery pulsatility index >2) at 12 weeks of gestation were recruited from the gynecology department of a tertiary care hospital in southern India. …”
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Fine as a type of disciplinary penalty against prisoners of war by Yu. V. Orel

“…It has been established that the legal position of prisoners of war is not the same and depends on their military rank, in particular, this is clearly expressed, for example, when they are recruited to work, brought to disciplinary responsibility, etc. …”
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Vestibular Dysfunction in Euthyroid Children with Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis by Gülcan Seymen, Gözde Günay, Ahmet Adnan Cirik, Reyhan Sürmeli, Mehmet Sürmeli

“…Methods: Thirty-six children with HT and 30 healthy subjects were recruited. The main inclusion criteria for the healthy group were the presence of normal thyroid function and no clinical history of vestibular problems. …”
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Study on the Correlation between Pain and Cytokine Expression in the Peripheral Blood of Patients with Bone Metastasis of Malignant Cancer Treated Using External Radiation Therapy by Yaling Lou, Yu Chen, Yumei Yuan, Ronghua Wang, Hanmin Shan

“…For this case-control study, we recruited 30 cancer patients with bone metastasis and 30 healthy individuals. …”
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Awareness of Being at Risk of Stroke and Its Determinant Factors among Hypertensive Patients in Banyumas, Indonesia by Ismail Setyopranoto, Arif Setyo Upoyo, Atyanti Isworo, Yunita Sari, Amelia Nur Vidyanti

“…Hypertensive patients who came regularly to the PHCs were consecutively recruited. Data were collected through a self-reported questionnaire and medical records. …”
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Machine learning-based prediction of antipsychotic efficacy from brain gray matter structure in drug-naive first-episode schizophrenia by Xiaodong Guo, Enpeng Zhou, Xianghe Wang, Bingjie Huang, Tianqi Gao, Chengcheng Pu, Xin Yu

“…A cohort of 104 drug-naive FES was recruited. Before initiating treatment, T1-weighted anatomical images were captured. …”
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XRCC5 VNTR, XRCC6 -61C>G, and XRCC7 6721G>T Gene Polymorphisms Associated with Male Infertility Risk: Evidences from Case-Control and In Silico Studies by Danial Jahantigh, Abasalt Hosseinzadeh Colagar

“…A total of 392 men including 178 infertile males (102 idiopathic azoospermia and 76 severe oligozoospermia) and 214 healthy controls were recruited. XRCC6 -61C>G and XRCC7 6721G>T genotyping was performed by PCR-RFLP whereas XRCC5 VNTR was performed by PCR. …”
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Temporal trends in mental health terminology in Alzheimer's disease clinical trials. by Amir-Ali Golrokhian-Sani, Maya Morcos, Alecco Philippi, Reem Al-Rawi, Marc Morcos, Rui Fu

“…., completed, active, recruiting). Binary logistic regression analyses were conducted to examine the yearly patterns in the appearance of the four mental health terms. …”
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Effect of Russian Current in Motor Performance among Chronic Stroke Survivors: A Pilot Study by Joshin Joy, Hariharasudhan Ravichandran, Noble Vavachan, Adwaid Nambiar, Archana Shetty, Joseph Oliver Raj Alexander

“…Materials and Methods: The Institutional Review Board approval was obtained for this pilot study, and a total of 36 chronic stroke survivors were recruited from the outpatient department of Alva’s College of Physiotherapy and Research Center, Moodubidire, Karnataka. …”
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Identification of β-globin gene mutations among transfusion-dependent β-thalassemia patients by Haidar Hussein Al-Fatlawi, Bassam Mahammad Hameed

“…PATIENTS, MATERIALS AND METHODS: Sixty transfusion-dependent β-thalassemia patients were recruited from the thalassemia center in Karbala. Blood samples were aspirated from each patient just before blood transfusions for CBC, reticulocyte count, DNA extraction, PCR amplification, and identification of the mutations by reverse hybridization technique using the β-Globin strip assay method. …”
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