A 26-Year-Old Male with Mesothelioma Due to Asbestos Exposure by P. Zarogoulidis, M. Orfanidis, T. C. Constadinidis, E. Eleutheriadou, T. Kontakiotis, T. Kerenidi, L. Sakkas, N. Courcoutsakis, K. Zarogoulidis

“…We report a case of a 26-year-old male who was exposed to asbestos during his primary school years from the age of 6 to 12. …”
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The age and residence impact on IgE serum level in patients with allergic asthma by Raghdah Maytham Hameed, Huda Hadi Al-Hasnawy, Haidar Abdul Amir Najim Abood

“…In urban residents, the asthmatic children more than eleven years old had a low C. pneumonia IgE serum level (5.845 ± 1.821 ng/L) compared with asthmatic children who lived in rural areas (8.206 ± 2.793 ng/L). Depending on age groups, there was a significant difference (P = 0.047) in C. pneumonia IgE serum levels in asthmatic children who lived in urban areas. …”
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The Impact of Locoregional Therapy in Nonmetastatic Inflammatory Breast Cancer: A Population-Based Study by Mahvish Muzaffar, Helen M. Johnson, Nasreen A. Vohra, Darla Liles, Jan H. Wong

“…In addition, 4,559 (62.4%) were also treated with radiation therapy. The patients who underwent mastectomy had better survival compared to partial mastectomy (49% versus 43%, p = 0.003). …”
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Adult BMI Change and Risk of Colon Cancer in Postmenopausal Women by Lyla Blake-Gumbs, Zhengyi Chen, Cheryl L. Thompson, Nathan A. Berger, Thomas C. Tucker, Li Li

“…Our results suggest early adulthood weight gain increases colon cancer risk in postmenopausal women who do not use HRT.…”
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Intercultural sensitivity of teachers in a culturally heterogeneous context in Serbia: Accepting cultural differences or overrating one's intercultural sensitivity? by Dimitrijević Bojana, Petrović Danijela, Zlatković Blagica, Starčević Jelena

“…The gap between the perceived and the developmental orientations decreases with higher intercultural sensitivity, meaning that those teachers who are interculturally sensitive are more objective in assessing their own intercultural sensitivity in comparison with those who are less interculturally sensitive. …”
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En första kriminologisk inblick i lagen (2007:1150) om tillsyn över hundar och katter by Sirkku Sarenbo, Helena Striwing

“…The proportion of reports received that led to a decision by the County Administrative Boards varied from zero to approx. 30% in 2020 and 2021. Of the 13 persons who died due to dog-related injuries 1998-2021 seven were women, in the age groups 45 and older, while of 6 180 patients who required inpatient care for dog-related injuries 2001-2021 made up 648 children of 0-4 years old. …”
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Test-Retest Reliability of Low-Cost Posturography for Assessing Postural Stability Control Performance during Standing by Sumet Heamawatanachai, Witawit Wiriyasakunphan, Kanokwan Srisupornkornkool, Chaiyong Jorrakate

“…Postural stability control performance assessment is necessary in providing important information for individuals who are at risk of falling or who have balance impairment. …”
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Tumor necrosis serves as an important pathological characteristic of stage I–II colon cancer by Shuhui Dong, Jin Xu, Mingshan Li, Guangyi Xiong, Ruilin Wang

“…This pathological criterion promises to help in identifying high-risk subgroup from early-stage colon cancer patients, who may benefit from strict follow-up and adjuvant therapy.…”
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Oral health status in children undergoing chemotherapy at Erbil city: A case control study. by Zahraa Emaad Ahmed, Sazan Sherdl Salim

“…Methods: One hundred children who were treated for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) at Nanakali specialized hospital for hematologic diseases and cancer, in addition to fifty healthy controls at Khanzad teaching hospital were examined. …”
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Augmented Feedback Response Prediction by Peak Vertical Ground Reaction Force in Adolescent Female Athletes by Hannah Jaime, Drew Rutherford, Becky Heinert, C. Nate Vannatta, Sherwin Toribio, Thomas W Kernozek

“… # Conclusions The combination of both baseline ground reaction force and response to initial training is more accurate than baseline measures alone in identifying those who respond to training. Assessing initial response to training may be necessary to more accurately identify individuals most likely to benefit from augmented feedback training and who may require further evaluation and training…”
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Comparing sexual dysfunction in cosmetic rhinoplasty candidates and normal population among married women in Shiraz, Iran: A case-control study by Ali Sahraian, Masoud Janipour, Atoosa Ebrahimi, Zohre Zareizadeh, Pardis Habibi, Amirhossein Babaei

“…Objective: This study aimed to compare sexual dysfunction in married women who were candidates for cosmetic rhinoplasty to a control group. …”
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Clinical Outcomes and Predictors of Patients with Fracture in Debre Markos Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, North West Ethiopia: A Prospective Cohort Study by Beminet Yimenu, Belayneh Mengist

“…The magnitude of complications following the fracture is found to be high and the risk of complications among patients who visited traditional bone setters increased significantly. …”
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Adherence to iron deficiency interventions among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in Ubungo municipality, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania by Glory Benjamin, Ezra J. Mrema, Nchang’wa Nhumba, Albert Burudi Wakoli, Hussein H. Mwanga

“…In multivariable regression analysis, participants who forgot to take their iron tables on most days (AOR 2.35; 95% CI 1.23–4.48) and those who reported that not enough time was spent on education and counseling during antenatal clinic visits (AOR 3.87; 95% CI 1.08–13.84) were more likely to be non-adherent to iron deficiency interventions. …”
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Management of Intolerance to Casting the Upper Extremities in Claustrophobic Patients by Issei Nagura, Takako Kanatani, Masatoshi Sumi, Atsuyuki Inui, Yutaka Mifune, Takeshi Kokubu, Masahiro Kurosaka

“…There were nine patients who showed the caustrophobic symptoms with their casts. …”
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Validating the self-competence in death work scale for end-of-life care volunteers by Zhuyun Lin, Vivian Weiqun Lou, Wallace Chi Ho Chan

“…The study sample consisted of all applicants who registered for the EoLC volunteer training programme between 2019 and 2021. …”
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The Square Curve Paradigm for Research in Alternative, Complementary, and Holistic Medicine: A Cost-Effective, Easy, and Scientifically Valid Design for Evidence-Based Medicine and... by Soren Ventegodt, Niels JØrgen Andersen, Joav Merrick

“…If we can demonstrate a positive result with a group of chronic patients (20 or more patients who have had their disease or state of suffering for 1 year or more), who can be significantly helped within 1 month, and the situation is still improved 1 year after, we find it scientifically evidenced that this cure or intervention has helped the patients. …”
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Opinions of Football Referees on the VAR System and VAR Training by Ozer Yıldız, Muhammet Munir Dadı

“…The purpose of this research is to examine the opinions of football referees who are actively working under the Turkish Football Federation about the video assistant referee (VAR) system and its education. …”
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Comparison of three-dimensional digital exoscope to standard operating microscope in minimally-invasive lumbar decompression: A cohort study in a community setting by Daniel E. Fulkerson, Evan Medich, Dale F. Szpisjak, Daniel H. Fulkerson

“…Methods: We evaluated 121 patients who underwent one- and two- level minimally invasive lumbar decompressions from 2019 to 2023. …”
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Perspectives for Reforming Criminal Procedural Legislation Regarding the Regulation of Investigative (Search) Actions Restricting the Inviolability of Housing or Other Personal Pos... by O. V. Salmanov

“…It is emphasized that perspective areas for the development of criminal procedural legislation to regulate investigative (search) actions that restrict the inviolability of housing or other personal possession is to solve the problem of attracting free legal aid for a person who has no procedural status, but investigators continue investigative (search) actions against that person; determination of the procedural status of witnesses who are involved into investigative (search) actions; determination of the mechanism of addressing of the property’s owner with the petition to return the seized property during carrying out investigative (search) actions restricting inviolability of housing or other personal possession. …”
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Lactate Level Predicts Mortality in Patients with Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding by Muge Gulen, Salim Satar, Adnan Tas, Akkan Avci, Hakan Nazik, Basak Toptas Firat

“…Patients with UGI bleeding who were admitted to the emergency department were included in the study. …”
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