The Effect of Certification and Product Knowledge on Instant Food Purchasing Decisions through Halal Awareness: The Moderating Role of Religiosity by Zamratul Akbar, Agustina Shinta Hartati Wahyuningtiyas, Riyanti Isaskar

“…Data was obtained using questionnaires distributed to 150 respondents who have consumed instant food. Using WarpPLS 8.0, the data was analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling-Partial Least Square (SEM-PLS). …”
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The Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio is Associated with the Requirement and the Duration of Invasive Mechanical Ventilation in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Patients: A Retrosp... by Lijuan Yang, Chang Gao, Ying He, Xiaowan Wang, Ling Yang, Shiqi Guo, Jiahao Chen, Siyu He, Yuanxiao Sun, Ye Gao, Qiang Guo

“…A retrospective study was performed on patients who were diagnosed with ARDS using the Berlin definition and admitted to the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University from 2017 to 2022. …”
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A Pilot Analysis of Patient Portal Use and Breast Cancer Screening Among Black Patients in a Large Academic Health System by Leah M. Marcotte, MD, MS, Sara Khor, PhD, MASc, Edwin S. Wong, PhD, Nkem Akinsoto, MSc, E. Sally Lee, PhD, Susan Onstad, BA, Rachel B. Issaka, MD, MAS

“…Conclusions: Improving portal access and use among racialized groups who face both portal and breast cancer screening inequities could be one strategy to address inequities. …”
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Dietary factors associated with anaemia among pregnant women attending antenatal care clinics in Sekota town, Northern Ethiopia: a facility-based cross-sectional study by Kassahun Ayele, Meron Demisew

“…This study assessed the dietary factors associated with anaemia among pregnant women attending antenatal care clinics in Sekota town, Northern Ethiopia.Methods A facility-based cross-sectional study was conducted from June to August 2021 among 367 pregnant women who were selected using systematic random sampling techniques. …”
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Quality of life prognosis in patients with somatoform disorders with sleep disorders by V.V. Ogorenko, I.I. Makarova, A.V. Shornikov

“…It was found that only 51 out of 120 patients who completed the study had a sufficient level of quality of life. …”
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The effect of consuming bread contaminated with heavy metals on cardiovascular disease and calculating its risk assessment by Kambiz Ahmadi Angali, Majid Farhadi, Abdolkazem Neisi, Bahman Cheraghian, Mehdi Ahmadi, Afshin Takdastan, Abdolah Dargahi

“…In the present investigation, bread had HMs included As, Cd, Cr, and Pb higher than the limit declared by WHO. The results of the present study showed that bread is a mediating factor (between HMs and the incidence of CVD).…”
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Laparoscopic and Endoscopic cooperative surgery as Rescue-treatment for Advanced gastric Cancer in patients Unfit for Surgery (LE-RACUS): protocol for a feasibility study by Henrik Maltzman, Masami Omae, Fredrik Klevebro, Francisco Baldaque-Silva, Ioannis Rouvelas

“…Discussion LECS is a promising treatment option for patients with gastric cancer who cannot tolerate gastrectomy. Compared to gastrectomy, LECS is a less invasive procedure with a documented low complication rate. …”
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Automated Web Tool Measurement of Total Hip Arthroplasty Acetabular Component Inclination and Anteversion Angles by Christine Yoon, BS, Anna Eligulashvili, BS, Zeynep Seref-Ferlengez, PhD, Barlas Goker, MD, Eli Kamara, MD, Edward Mardakhaev, MD

“…Methods: One board-certified orthopaedic surgeon used the web tool to make automatic measurements of anteroposterior radiographs of 97 patients who underwent unilateral hip arthroplasty. Manual and web tool measurements included abduction angle and calculated anteversion angle by Liaw’s method. …”
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Unmasking Job Satisfaction: Insights from Tribal India’s Nurses amongst the COVID-19 Pandemic by Vikrant Kabirpanthi, Vikas Gupta, Subramani Palaniyandi

“…Background: Even prior to the pandemic, India’s nursing workforce faced a severe shortage, exacerbating the challenges they now face during the global health crisis. When compared to the WHO norm of 1:300, the lack of trained nurses is much worse, with a nurse-to-population ratio of 1:670. …”
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Impact of Disease Activity on the Quality of Life of Crohn’s Disease Patients by T Michael Vallis, Geoffrey K Turnbull

“…A sample of 39 CD patients who were assessed using well validated measures of disease activity and disease-specific quality of life is reported. …”
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Intracardiac 3D navigation as a tool to improve the efficiency of ablation of idiopathic ventricular arrhythmias by S. Yu. Prorok, M. M. Dolzhenko

“…Group I included 30 (52.6 %) patients who used a 3D navigation system during mapping. …”
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ARISTOTELIO STYGIUS ŠIUOLAIKINIAME MOKSLE by Peeter Müürsepp

“…It is René Thom, however, who has presented a consistent conception about the need for the application of Aristotelian approach in contemporary science. …”
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Serum-Free Thyroxine Levels Were Associated with Pulmonary Hypertension and Pulmonary Artery Systolic Pressure in Euthyroid Patients with Coronary Artery Disease by Bingjie Wu, Jingjing Jiang, Minghui Gui, Lin Liu, Qiqige Aleteng, Shanshan Wang, Xiaojing Liu, Yan Ling, Xin Gao

“…A cross-sectional study was conducted in individuals who underwent coronary angiography and were diagnosed as CAD from March 2013 to November 2013. 811 subjects (185 women and 626 men) were included in this study. …”
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Exploring the operator experience in automated shuttles: Fatigue, attention, and gaze behaviour by Christer Ahlström, My Weidel, Anna Sjörs Dahlman, Ashleigh Filtness, Anna Anund

“…Operators paid less attention to their surroundings than would be expected (21% not looking left, 38% not looking right, 58% not looking to the rear of the vehicle, in situations where this would have been appropriate).The results are important for safety operators and their employers, highlighting the shared responsibility of having well-prepared and well-rested operators who are fit to effectively monitor the automated shuttle for an entire driving period. …”
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Evaluation of 30-day mortality in patients undergoing gastrointestinal endoscopy in a tertiary hospital: a 3-year retrospective survey by Philippe Bichard, Jean-Louis Frossard, Laurent Spahr, Nicolas Goossens, Olivier Chatelanat, Laurent Bochatay, Caroline Bastid

“…Our objective was to report death causes and rate following GI endoscopies in a tertiary university hospital.Design We retrospectively reviewed all GI procedures made between January 2017 and December 2019 in our tertiary hospital in Switzerland. Data from patients who died within 30 days of the procedure were recorded.Results Of 18 233 procedures, 251 patients died within 30 days following 345 (1.89%) procedures (244/9180 gastroscopies, 53/5826 colonoscopies, 23/2119 endoscopic ultrasound, 19/911 endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, 6/197 percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomies). …”
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Cardioembolic but Not Other Stroke Subtypes Predict Mortality Independent of Stroke Severity at Presentation by Latha Ganti Stead, Rachel M. Gilmore, M. Fernanda Bellolio, Anunaya Jain, Alejandro A. Rabinstein, Wyatt W. Decker, Dipti Agarwal, Robert D. Brown

“…The study population consisted of 500 patients who resided in the local county or the surrounding nine-county area. …”
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Diagnosis of Coxiella burnetii endocarditis by using nanopore targeted sequencing: a case report by Xinsheng Yan, Qimei Wei, Tingting Liu, Dong Wang, Zhenlu Zhang

“…Case presentation The present study reports the case of a 57-year-old male patient who was admitted with a diagnosis of severe aortic stenosis. …”
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Heparin rebound in patients undergoing off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting surgery: a single-center retrospective study by Fei Jiang, Yang Xu, Shan-shan Hu, Jin-quan Wang, Yun-tai Yao, the Evidence in Cardiovascular Anesthesia (EICA) Group

“…We analyzed 503 OPCAB patients aged 31–80 years from September 2019 to June 2022, who were categorized into HR (n = 56) and Non-HR (n = 447) groups. …”
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Psychological testing in children with elevated blood lead level: the effect of spirulina by N.I. Hnida, N.H. Lotysh, D.V. Usenko, I.M. Hnidoi, V.N. Kukushkin

“…In children with elevated blood lead level, there was a significant increase in cognitive impairment (memory and attention) compared to control scores. According to WHO recommendations, nutritional intervention was selected to correct the identified changes. …”
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The Efficiency of Anterior Repositioning Splints in the Management of Pain Related to Temporomandibular Joint Disc Displacement with Reduction by Malgorzata Pihut, Malgorzata Gorecka, Piotr Ceranowicz, Mieszko Wieckiewicz

“…The research material consisted of 112 patients, aged 24 to 45 years, of both genders, who reported for treatment at the Consulting Room of Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunctions at the Jagiellonian University in Cracow between 2014 and 2016 due to pain in the area of the temporomandibular joint(s) and noise(s) of temporomandibular joint(s) present during jaw movements with comorbid contracture of masticatory muscles. …”
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