Assessment of Adherence to COVID-19 Diagnosis and Treatment Guidelines in Outpatient Settings: Perspectives of Medical Interns at Tabriz University of Medical Sciences by Maryam Baradaran Binazir, Fariba Heidari, Sasan Saeedifar

“…This study was cross-sectional, involving all 100 interns who were completing their clinical rotations in COVID-19-related departments during February and March 2022. …”
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Associations between parental bonding and health-related quality of life in a clinical sample of youths aged 14–35 years in Singapore by Yoke Boon Tan, Eng Hong Tay, Shazana Shahwan, Yunjue Zhang, Rajeswari Sambasivam, Mythily Subramaniam

“…Conclusion: Our results suggest that youths who experienced quality care from their mothers exhibit better mental health functioning despite their clinical diagnoses, which suggests that early maternal care exerts an overall long-term protective effect. …”
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Transcriptomic predictors of rapid progression from mild cognitive impairment to Alzheimer's disease by Yi-Long Huang, Tsung-Hsien Tsai, Zhao-Qing Shen, Yun-Hsuan Chan, Chih-Wei Tu, Chien-Yi Tung, Pei-Ning Wang, Ting-Fen Tsai

“…Thus, identifying patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) who are at high-risk of progressing to AD is crucial for early intervention. …”
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Substantial Variation Exists in Clinical Exposure to Chief Complaints Among Residents Within an Emergency Medicine Training Program by Corlin M. Jewell, Amy T. Hummel, Dann J. Hekman, Benjamin H. Schnapp

“…Methods: This was a retrospective observational study of EM residents who graduated in the years 2016–2021 at a single, university-affiliated emergency department (ED) in the midwestern United States. …”
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ZIKA virus infection and congenital Zika syndrome: A systematic review by Witold Czyz, Łukasz Stojak, Mateusz Baczewski, Karina Urbańska, Dariusz Popiela, Filip Kwiatkowski, Mateusz Grego, Katarzyna Grego

“… Zika virus (ZIKV), studied since 1950s and known for occasionally causing a mild, febrile illness in humans, became a public health emergency and a global threat to health, with its most recent major outbreak, in Brazil (2015-2016), declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern by the WHO. This literature review aims to provide a short summary of the research and current knowledge about ZIKV, its epidemiology and the associated medical conditions, with a particular focus on fetal and neonatal microcephaly. …”
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A Predictive Nomogram for Selective Screening of Chronic Kidney Disease: A Population-Based Study by Nghia H. Vo, Bui V. Pham, Nghia N. Nguyen, Bao T. Nguyen

“…Methods: This cross-sectional, population-based study involved 533 men and 957 women aged 18 years and older who were screened for CKD. The CKD was diagnosed using the albumin-to-creatinine ratio and/or estimated glomerular filtration rate by the CKD-EPI 2009 equation based on serum creatinine, age, gender, and race (these tests included a baseline measurement and a repeat measurement after 3 months) according to the KDIGO 2012 guideline. …”
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Evaluation of bone healing in trabeculae structure of mandibular corpus and angulus fracture patients with fractal dimension analysis by Poerwati Soetji Rahajoe, Hendra Sukawijaksa, Pingky Krisna Arindra, Silviana Farrah Diba

“…Results: Twenty-five subjects who met the inclusion requirements were involved in the study. …”
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Informal caregiving and mental health: results from the Belgian health interview survey 2013 and 2018 by Filip Van Droogenbroeck, Bram Spruyt, Pierre Gérain, Laura Van den Borre, Pierre Smith, Robby De Pauw, Sarah Dury

“…Additionally, while gender, age, and education were significant predictors of who becomes a caregiver, they did not moderate the relationship between caregiving and mental health. …”
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Reliability Of Transvaginal Ultrasound Measured Endometrial Thickness In Diagnosis Of Endometrial Cancer In Postmenopausal Women by Ayesha Bibi, Noreen Majeed, Irum Mushtaq, Shabana Kalsoom, Ruqya Azhar, Mehreen Mehdi

“…Methods: This cross-sectional validation study included 120 patients who presented with postmenopausal bleeding in OPD of POF hospital from 01-12-2017 to 1-06-2018.TVS measured endometrial thickness ≥4mm was assumed positive for malignancy and ˂ 4 mm was taken negative for malignancy. …”
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Lipoid Pneumonia in a Gas Station Attendant by Gladis Isabel Yampara Guarachi, Valeria Barbosa Moreira, Angela Santos Ferreira, Selma M. De A. Sias, Cristovão C. Rodrigues, Graça Helena M. do C. Teixeira

“…We describe here a case of lipoid pneumonia in a gas station attendant who siphoned gasoline to fill motorcycles; he was hospitalized due to presenting with a respiratory infection that was hard to resolve. …”
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Priority areas of police bodies’ activity in ensuring the citizens’ rights in the conditions of martial law legal regime in Ukraine by O. I. Bezpalova

“…The need to develop effective algorithms for police actions in conditions of active hostilities and in de-occupied territories has been argued, in particular regarding: demining of territories and buildings by investigative-operational groups equipped with mobile forensic laboratories; identification of collaborators and sabotage groups; recording and documenting war crimes depending on their type; investigation of certain types of war crimes; implementation of measures of police custody, taking into account the significant increase in the number of persons who need such measures; inspections of vehicles on highways and roadblocks; searching for missing persons.…”
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Educational environment as the foundation for metasubject competences forming by Nina A. Tymoshchuk

“…It is shown that such approach to education makes it possible to individualize the system of professional training of students, to create scientifically grounded educational and methodological computer support of the educational process. An individual who has all the opportunities to achieve the required level of qualifications independently will be able to replenish knowledge and implement his educational project without information support of specially trained people for this purpose; self-education acquires a continuous character; the breadth of basic education will allow you to switch quickly to related areas of professional activity.The metaproject content of educational standards should include not only the real objects of the reality being studied, including fundamental educational objects and general cultural knowledge, including fundamental problems, but also general (meta-subjective) skills, generalized methods of activity and key (meta-subject) educational competence. …”
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Socioeconomic disparities in depression risk: Limitations of the moderate effect of physical activity changes in Korea. by Su Kyoung Lee, Yong Jin Kwon

“…For those consistently inactive, the risk was 1.68 times higher (aOR, 1.68; 95% CI, 1.37-2.05). Those who increased PA from inactivity to moderate-to-vigorous activity 3-4 times per week had a 3.33 times higher risk (aOR, 3.33; 95% CI, 1.72-6.43). …”
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Psychological and gender specific correlates of aggressive behaviour in military personnel by Ya. S. Ponomarenko, N. V. Hresa, V. M. Filonenko

“…Participation in conflicts can have a significant impact on the manifestation of aggression among military personnel, especially those who have had intensive combat experience in war zones. …”
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Metastatic Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer in the Setting of Unilateral Agenesis of the Left Pulmonary Artery: A Case Report and Comprehensive Literature Review by John Agzarian, Jakub Kadlec, Lori Whitehead, Yaron Shargall

“…We present the first reported case of ipsilateral metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer- (NSCLC-) associated UAPA in a 47-year-old patient with ventilator-dependent hypoxic respiratory failure and bronchorrhea, who had been lost to follow-up for 8 years. Initial investigations did not yield evidence of malignancy, and confirmation of metastatic disease was made intraoperatively at the time of thoracotomy. …”
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Supporting Self-Regulated Learning in Primary Education: Using Written Learning Guides in the Lessons by Liina Kersna, Kristjan-Julius Laak, Liina Lepp, Margus Pedaste

“…We analysed 11 written learning guides, interviewed three primary education teachers who created and used them, and observed 985 min of classroom implementation. …”
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Tubular Duplication of the Midgut Presenting with Acute Abdomen and Hematochezia: A Case Report from Northern Tanzania by Ayesiga M. Herman, David Msuya, Mwemezi Kaino, Hilary Shilanaiman, Joachim Magoma, Christian Issangya, Jay Lodhia, Murad Tarmohamed, Jeremia Pyuza, Patric Amsi, Alex Mremi, Ronald Mbwasi, Nuru Letara

“…We present the first documented case of enteric duplication in Tanzania, a 3-year-old male, who was found to have a 90 cm long jejunoileal duplicate. …”
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Long-Acting Injectable Antipsychotic Use in Patients with Schizophrenia and Criminal Justice System Encounters by Madhav P. Bhatta, Saroj Bista, Antoine C. El Khoury, Eric G. Hutzell, Neeta Tandon, Douglas Smith

“…**Conclusions:** Patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder who were initiated on a LAI antipsychotic medication, specifically PP1M, were less likely to have an encounter with the criminal justice system compared with a similar time period before the initiation of LAI treatment.…”
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Return to sport and patient satisfaction after arthroscopic Bankart repair: a single-institution experience by Yeow Boon Tan, Ken Lee Puah, Roland Weng Wah Chong, Kee Leong Ong, Yi-Jia Lim, Dave Yee Han Lee

“…This study aims to describe our experience with arthroscopic Bankart repair and its functional outcome. Methods: 107 patients who underwent arthroscopic Bankart repair from 2008 to 2013 were followed up for a minimum of three years and reviewed by an independent observer. 80 consented to being interviewed using the Oxford Shoulder Instability Score (OSIS) and Simple Shoulder Test. …”
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The Influence of Depression and Anxiety on Neurological Disability in Multiple Sclerosis Patients by Vitalie Văcăraș, Veronica Văcăraș, Cristina Nistor, Daniela Văcăraș, Adrian Nicolae Opre, Petronela Blaga, Dafin F. Mureșanu

“…We took into consideration 146 MS patients, who completed a series of questionnaires: Beck Depression Inventory II (BDI-II), Endler Multidimensional Anxiety Scales-State (EMAS-S), and Automatic Thoughts Questionnaire (ATQ). …”
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