A globalização e seus críticos by Luís Antonio Groppo

“…Although they are still not able to implement "another globalization", they certainly can indicate many causes of the suffering of humankind and the planet.…”
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A Short Version of the Pain Anxiety Symptoms Scale (PASS-20): Preliminary Development and Validity by Lance M McCracken, Lara Dhingra

“…BACKGROUND: Research has shown significant relations between fear and avoidance of pain and the suffering and disability of chronic pain. Effective measurement tools have formed the foundation for studying these relations.…”
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Factors associated with seropositivity of Hepatitis B & C: A case control study at Azad Jammu and Kashmir by Muhammad Abdul Quddus, Arslan Shahzad, Rukhsana Munawar, Rizwan Saeed Kiani, Humayun Mumtaz, Rabia Tahir

“…METHODOLOGY: This study involved 173 patients suffering from Hepatitis B or C.144 age and gender matched healthy controls was enrolled from within the hospital. …”
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Perceptual Disturbances and Disorders in the ICD-11: An Overview and a Proposal for Systematic Classification by Berthold Langguth, Michael Landgrebe, Dirk De Ridder

“…They can be associated with significant suffering and cause a high socioeconomic burden. Perceptual disturbances can be symptoms of another disease or disease entities on their own. …”
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Exploring the psychological impact of working during COVID-19 on medical and nursing students: a qualitative study by Ruth Riley, Louise Griffin

“…Study undertaken between January and May 2020.Participants A purposive sample of eight medical (six women and two men) and seven nursing (all women) students who worked >2 weeks in a healthcare setting during the COVID-19 pandemic (from 1 March 2020 onwards).Results Four core themes with corresponding subthemes were identified: (1) COVID-19 sources of distress—working conditions, exposure to suffering, death and dying, relationships and teams, individual inexperience and student identity, (2) negative impact on mental health and well-being—psychological and emotional distress, delayed distress, exhaustion, mental ill health, (3) protective factors from distress—access to support, environment, preparation and induction, recognition and reward, time for breaks and rest and (4) positive experiences and meaningful outcomes.Conclusions Student pandemic deployment has had a significant negative impact on students’ psychological well-being, as a result of demanding working conditions, unprecedented exposure to death and suffering and lack of preparation for new job roles. …”
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Familial Aggregation for Ischemic Heart Disease by José Leandro Pérez Guerrero, William Arias Salazar

“…An approximately 4-fold increased risk of suffering from ischemic heart disease was determined in those individuals with a positive first-degree family history, while patients with hyperlipidemia have a 4.8 times greater risk of suffering from ischemic heart disease. …”
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Narrative approach to understanding compassion: a mixed methods study in a Polish sample by Mariusz Zieba, Mateusz P. Zatorski, Natalia E. Wójcik

“…ObjectivesThis study investigates the relationship between compassion, defined by Gilbert as “a sensitivity to suffering in self and others, with a commitment to try to alleviate and prevent it” and narrative identity. …”
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The importance of parents' attention to complete aggressive behavior by Desep Pria Pandri, Netrawati Netrawati

“…Aggressive behavior is an act that causes other people to experience suffering, which results in physical and psychological suffering. …”
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Simulated Pain and Cervical Motion in Patients with Chronic Disorders of the Cervical Spine by Zeevi Dvir, Noga Gal-Eshel, Boaz Shamir, Evgeny Pevzner, Chava Peretz, Nachshon Knoller

“…The primary objective of the present study was to determine how simulated severe cervical pain affects cervical motion in patients suffering from two distinct chronic cervical disorders: whiplash (n=25) and degenerative changes (n=25). …”
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Preliminary Report on the Effect of Ketamine in Patients with Central Pain by Sylvie Rostaing-Rigatti, Pierre Cesaro, Jean-Paul N’Guyen, Jean-François Ejzenbaum, Bernard Pollin, Francis Bonnet

“…These results suggest that blockade of NMDA receptors may provide pain relief in patients suffering from CPSP.…”
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A Cross-sectional Study to Understand the Reasons for Failure to Vaccinate Eligible Children with Measles-containing Vaccine among the Clinically Diagnosed Measles Cases during the... by Sudhir V Sane, Jayashree R Balip, Satish S Mali

“…Materials and methods: Patients suffering from measles who had missed vaccination for a period of at least 1 month were included. …”
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Administrative and legal regulation of the rights of a person receiving psychiatric care by R. V. Kolodchyna, Yu. M. Domin

“…It is indicated that the rights of citizens suffering from a mental illness include voluntary treatment, protection of the honor and dignity of the patient, access to mass media, confidentiality of correspondence, safety and free psychiatric care, provision of quality treatment. …”
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Corridoi di connessioni. Rinselvatichire l'ambiente, ripristinare relazioni by Lia Zola

“…My essay deals with the attempts acted by beekeepers, who engage in a process of introduction of spontaneous herbs and plants in order to feed their bees, of “rewildening” and “repopulating” landscapes suffering from monocropping and excessive use of pesticides. …”
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JESAJA 40:1-11. by AG Odendaal

“…Yahweh knows of their suffering. He will comfort them and provide strength, food and help. …”
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Réflexions générales sur la politique de partenariat à l’école by Jean-Jacques Sarfati

“…We also want to think a method for perform this sort of partnership and show the two sorts of view on this question: moral or inspired by a Machiavelli philosophy in a French context of suffering.…”
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Cyclophosphamide: An Alternative Treatment in Crohn’s Disease by Gilles Lapointe, Aubin Charbonneau

“…Two patients are presented who, suffering from severe Crohn’s disease, were unable to tolerate 6-mercaptopurine but showed an amazing improvement with cyclophosphamide.…”
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Tonsillitis Caused by Vomiting in a Patient with Bulimia Nervosa: A Case Report and Literature Review by Miles Bannister

“…This was one of multiple attacks; all of which had all followed periods of self-induced vomiting due to the patient suffering with bulimia nervosa. Here we present the first ever case report of such a case of tonsillitis and a review of the literature of otolaryngology manifestations and complications of bulimia nervosa.…”
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Depression after Stroke and Risk of Mortality: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Francesco Bartoli, Nicoletta Lillia, Annamaria Lax, Cristina Crocamo, Vittorio Mantero, Giuseppe Carrà, Elio Agostoni, Massimo Clerici

“…The pooled OR for mortality at followup in people suffering from depression after stroke was 1.22 (1.02–1.47). …”
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A Review of Total Hip Arthroplasty Comparison in FNF and OA Patients by Jakub Szczesiul, Marek Bielecki

“…In general, patients who suffer a femoral neck fracture are an extremely fragile group. …”
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Cross-Cultural Validation of the English Chronic Pain Myth Scale in Emergency Nurses by Geraldine Martorella, Anaïs Lacasse, Michelle Kostic, Glenna Schluck

“…As expected, statistically significant differences were found between nurses suffering from CP vs nurses not suffering from CP, supporting the construct validity of the scale. …”
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