Mothers’ Knowledge of and Practices Toward Oral Hygiene of Children Aged 5-9 Years in Bangladesh: Cross-Sectional Study by Tahazid Tamannur, Sadhan Kumar Das, Arifatun Nesa, Foijun Nahar, Nadia Nowshin, Tasnim Haque Binty, Shafiul Azam Shakil, Shuvojit Kumar Kundu, Md Abu Bakkar Siddik, Shafkat Mahmud Rafsun, Umme Habiba, Zaki Farhana, Hafiza Sultana, Anton Abdulbasah Kamil, Mohammad Meshbahur Rahman

“…A total of 182 (45.5%) mothers had children with good oral hygiene practices, followed by mothers with children who had average (n=78, 19.5%), moderately average (n=75, 18.8%), and poor (n=65, 16.3%) oral hygiene practices. …”
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Prevalence and Risk Factors Associated with Intestinal Parasitic Infection among Primary School Children in Dera District, Northwest Ethiopia by Dires Tegen, Destaw Damtie

“…Results. Of the 382 students who were examined for IPIs, 238 (62.3%) (61.8% males, 62.8% females) were positive for one or more IPIs. …”
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Risk Factors and Comorbidity in Childhood Specific Phobias by Abdurrahman Cahid Orengul, Yavuz Meral, Vahdet Gormez

“…Patients between 6-18 years of age who had presented to the child psychiatry outpatient clinic at Bezmialem Vakif University between October 2017 and February 2018 were assessed with The Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia- Present version (KSADS-P) for specific phobias and comorbid diagnoses. …”
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Reactogenicity and Immunogenicity Against MPXV of the Intradermal Administration of Modified Vaccinia Ankara Compared to the Standard Subcutaneous Route by Valentina Mazzotta, Pierluca Piselli, Alessandro Cozzi Lepri, Giulia Matusali, Eleonora Cimini, Rozenn Esvan, Francesca Colavita, Roberta Gagliardini, Stefania Notari, Alessandra Oliva, Silvia Meschi, Rita Casetti, Giulia Micheli, Licia Bordi, Alessandro Giacinta, Germana Grassi, Saba Gebremeskel Tekle, Claudia Cimaglia, Jessica Paulicelli, Alessandro Caioli, Paola Gallì, Giulia Del Duca, Miriam Lichtner, Loredana Sarmati, Enrica Tamburrini, Claudio Mastroianni, Alessandra Latini, Paolo Faccendini, Carla Fontana, Emanuele Nicastri, Andrea Siddu, Alessandra Barca, Francesco Vaia, Enrico Girardi, Fabrizio Maggi, Andrea Antinori

“…Our data support the current WHO recommendation of using the ID route in low–medium-income countries (LMIC), although response data in people infected with the new 1b clade are urgently needed.…”
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The Impact of Cancel Culture on Politics and International Relations by L. V. Deriglazova, A. M. Pogorelskaya

“…After informal pressure the formal punishment could follow against those who break norms or behavior expectations. As a kind of social control cancel culture could contribute to overcoming gap between manifested values and social practices, preserving social order and fighting elitism and inequality. …”
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Short-term endoscopic alterations of early gastric cancer after successful eradication of Helicobacter pylori by Xiaohan Yan, Jingze Li, Zehua Zhang, Bensong Duan, Meidong Xu, Qinwei Xu

“…Methods Consecutive EGC patients who underwent two gastroscopies (one with H. pylori infection and another within 3 months after successful H. pylori eradication) were enrolled. …”
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Short-term costs of alcohol-associated hepatitis care in different clinical settings by Chi Mai Nguyen, Jing Su, Yang Li, Ryan Healey, Shihui Jiang, Jiangqiong Li, Naga Chalasani, Samer Gawrieh, Suthat Liangpunsakul, Wanzhu Tu

“…Costs increase significantly with high-cost comorbidity clusters and among patients who die, underscoring the need for effective management of comorbidities in AH care.…”
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Laser Vaporization of Intracoronary Thrombus and Identifying Plaque Morphology in ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction as Assessed by Optical Coherence Tomography by Yuki Yamanaka, Yoshihisa Shimada, Daisuke Tonomura, Kazunori Terashita, Tatsuya Suzuki, Kentaro Yano, Satoshi Nishiura, Masataka Yoshida, Takao Tsuchida, Hitoshi Fukumoto

“…A total of 92 patients with STEMI who presented within 24 hours from the onset and underwent ELCA following manual aspiration thrombectomy (MT) were analyzed. …”
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A comparative analysis of clinicopathological features of HPV-associated and HPV-independent cervical carcinomas based on P16 INK4a immunohistochemistry: A one-year retrospective s... by Padmavathi D. Chaganti, Kaumudi Konkay, Ann M. Varghese

“…The recent WHO classification of female genital tracts recommends cervical carcinomas to be further subtyped as HPV-associated and HPV-independent and accepted p16 immunoreactivity as a surrogate biomarker for HPV testing. …”
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The clinical features and outcomes of diabetes patients infected with COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis comprising 192,693 patients by Kai Liu, Shu Liu, Ting-ting Xu, Hong Qiao

“…ObjectivesWe sought to explore the relevance of analyses that include critical laboratory parameters and drug treatment, clinical characteristics of diabetic patients who are infected with COVID-19, to the development of individualized treatment strategies for diabetic patients infected with COVID-19.MethodsWe searched Cochrane, Embase, FMRS, Pubmed, Springer, Web of Science databases for systematic reviews and meta-analyses to estimate the clinical characteristics and prognosis of confirmed covid-19 infections in patients with and without diabetes.ResultsOur meta-analysis included a total of 32 studies with 192,693 COVID-19 patients. …”
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The riflemen union in the Independence war by Aušra Jurevičiūtė, Audronė Veilentienė

“…There were Riflemen from the small town of Perloja in the Union who distinguished themselves particularly in many actions by beating off the Polish attacks in various parts of South-East Lithuania. …”
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A Quantitative Examination and Comparison of the Ability of Australian Gentamicin Dosing Guidelines to Achieve Target Therapeutic Concentrations in Neonates by Luke E. Grzeskowiak, Sheree Wynne, Michael J. Stark

“…We determined the proportion of neonates who would achieve peak gentamicin concentrations of ≥5 or ≥10 mg/L and trough concentrations of ≤1 or ≤2 mg/L. …”
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Effectiveness of non-pharmacological intervention protocol for prevention of postoperative delirium in the surgical intensive care unit by Thassayu Yuyen, Akarawat Narksut, Suchanun Lao-amornphunkul, Chayanan Thanakiattiwibun, Cholticha Pansangar, Napat Thikom, Onuma Chaiwat, Annop Piriyapatsom

“…This before-and-after cohort study included 300 patients aged ≥ 65 years who were admitted to the SICU within 7 days postoperatively with an anticipated SICU stay > 24 h. …”
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Data linkage of German statutory health insurance claims data and care needs assessments preceding a population-based cohort study on nursing home admission by Karin Wolf-Ostermann, Dominik Domhoff, Kathrin Seibert, Susanne Stiefler, Dirk Peschke

“…After linkage, the results of each stage were analysed and the resulting dataset was evaluated cross-sectionally with respect to bias generated through this process.Setting The study comprises data from the German SHI and Statutory Long-Term Care Insurance.Participants The study cohort comprised 158 069 individuals who became care dependent in 2006. We obtained CNA data for the year 2006 including 188 935 individuals.Results We could link CNAs to 66 310 individuals of the original study cohort, corresponding to 42.0%. …”
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Leaner Women with Impaired Insulin Secretion Accounts for about 40% of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in Japan by Seishi Furukawa, Yoichi Kobayashi

“…A cross-sectional study was conducted comprising 219 at-risk pregnant women who underwent a 75g glucose tolerance test at a single institute in Tokyo, Japan. …”
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Sixth-Month Perinatal Outcomes of Anemic Pregnancies by Emel Kıyak Çağlayan, Öznur Küçük, Ayşe Yeşim Göçmen, Levent Seçkin, Ayla Aktulay, Yaprak Engin Üstün

“… OBJECTIVE: In this study, we retrospectively compare the outcomes of anemia in 3rd trimester pregnant women who applied to our clinic, in terms of maternal factors and its fetal effects, in 0 and 6th months. …”
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Achieving Medication‐Free Remission in Patients With Juvenile Dermatomyositis by Ilaria Maccora, Hermine I. Brunner, Amy Cassedy, Mekibib Altaye, Megan Quinlan‐Waters, Daniel J. Lovell, Alexei Grom, Sheila T. Angeles‐Han

“…MFR was more common in those who were younger at JDM diagnosis (median 5 vs 8 years, P = 0.008), had early resolution of disease activity (median 11 vs 18 months, P < 0.001), and presented with Gottron papules (χ2 = 5.25; P = 0.022) and elevated lactate dehydrogenase (χ2 = 4.82, P = 0.028). …”
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Association between beta‐blocker atenolol use and prostate cancer upgrading in active surveillance1 by Ali H. Zahalka, Ethan Fram, Evan Garden, Lauren Howard, Emily Wiggins, Mustufa Babar, Jay Annam, Allison Reagan, Benjamin Eilender, Amanda deHoedt, Stephen J. Freedland, Ash Tewari, Kara L. Watts

“…Patients and Methods Men with low‐risk or favourable intermediate‐risk prostate cancer who were placed on an active surveillance protocol between 2006 and 2020 across three diverse urban hospitals were included. …”
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Cluster randomised controlled trial on the effects of long-term home-based exercise for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with recent exacerbation: research proto... by Ulla Møller Weinreich, Lars Pilegaard Thomsen, Jane Andreasen, Anna Lei Stoustrup, Thorvaldur S Palsson

“…After rehabilitation, participants are randomised in clusters of five into 1 year of home-based cycling with the goal of cycling from Aalborg to Paris, or into the control group, who will receive standard care. Data will be collected at baseline, postrehabilitation/intervention initiation, at 6 and 12 months. …”
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Applying social cognitive theory to predict physical activity and dietary behavior among patients with type-2 diabetes by Ann Tresa Sebastian, Eslavath Rajkumar, P Tejaswini, R Lakshmi, J Romate

“… # Methods A correlational study was conducted among 225 participants with type-2 diabetes, who are under medication. The data was collected using social cognitive questionnaire for physical activity & dietary behavior and Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile II. …”
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