Voluntary isometric contractions at maximal shortening as a new technique to achieve neuromuscular re-education in healthy subjects by Julio-Artemi Hernández-Trujillo, María-Dolores González-Rivera, Jorge M. González-Hernández

“…Methods: Sixty healthy, recreationally active participants (mean age: 46.4 ± 5.5), were randomly assigned to three groups (VICAMS, ballistic stretching, and control) who were trained for eight weeks. To assess chronic effects, active range of motion, maximal isometric strength, and countermovement jump height were determined before and after the intervention. …”
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Clinical Factors Predicting Voluntary Driving Cessation among Patients with Parkinson’s Disease by Hidetada Yamada, Masahiro Nakamori, Tomohisa Nezu, Teppei Kotozaki, Juri Kitamura, Tomohiko Ohshita, Yoshimasa Sueda, Hirofumi Maruyama

“…Of the 40 patients, 8 (20.0%) voluntarily retired from driving. Patients who decided on driving cessation had a higher prevalence of freezing of gait (FOG) (D vs. …”
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Frequency Of Prolonged Qtc in Patients With Decompensated Chronic Liver Disease In A Rural Cohort Of Sindh by Adeel Ahmed, Bushra Rabbani, Muhammad Kamran, Ammarah Saeed, Jameel Ahmed

“…All partial and fully decompensated Cirrhotic patients aged 25 to 75 years regardless of sex, diagnosed based on history, physical  Examination and ultrasonography findings, who were admitted to our medical ward, were included using a non-probability convenience sampling technique. …”
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Anthropometric Parameters in Celiac Disease: A Review on the Different Evaluation Methods and Disease Effects by Allysson Costa, Gleisson A. P. Brito

“…In parallel, the screening of different anthropometric assessment methodologies can provide support for more accurate evaluations by scientists and clinical professionals who work with celiac disease patients.…”
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Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of HIV-Positive Adolescents Related to HIV/AIDS Prevention in Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire) by Azagoh-Kouadio Richard, Yeboua Kossonou Roland, Yao Kouassi Christian, Kouassi-Kouadio Amenan Cécile, Aholi Jean Michel, Cissé Lacina, Asse Kouadio Vincent

“…Twenty-nine respondents who had a partner said they had unprotected sex in 58%. …”
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Effects of proton pump inhibitors and histamine-2 receptor antagonists on response to fidaxomicin or vancomycin in patients with Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhoea by Thomas Louie, Karl Weiss, Mark A Miller, Kathleen Mullane, Derrick W Crook, Sherwood L Gorbach

“…Therefore, development of CDAD does not require discontinuation of anti-acid treatment in patients who have an indication for continuing PPI or H2RA therapy, such as gastro-oesophageal reflux disease and risk of gastrointestinal bleed.…”
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Evaluation of Factors Affecting Perinatal Mortality in Patients with HELLP Syndrome by Reyhan Gunduz, Senem Yaman Tunc, Mehmet Sait Icen, Sabahattin Ertugrul, Talip Gul

“…Patients with HELLP syndrome who experienced perinatal mortality showed significantly lower birth weight, gestational age at delivery, and 1- and 5-minute APGAR score values (p<0.05). …”
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Allergic Contact Dermatitis Reaction to Permanent Tattoo Containing Paraphenylenediamine: A Case Report by Eliot Parascandolo, Samuel Puglisi, Miguel Marenco, Gregory Puglisi

“…Although this has been described in temporary tattoos, the definite implication of PPD in permanent tattoos has not been described. We report a patient who developed severe allergic contact dermatitis (ACD) requiring skin grafting after receiving a permanent tattoo with ink containing PPD. …”
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Clinical Management and Surgical Outcomes of Wandering Spleen with Splenic Torsion in Pediatric Patients: A Case Report by Shaban Memeti, Saimir Kuci, Toni Ristevski, Lazar Todorovic, Marijan Kamilovski, Blagica Krsteska, Haris Sulejmani

“…This case report outlines the clinical presentation and management of a 10-year-old female patient who presented at our clinic with acute abdominal pain, vomiting episodes, and a severe fever. …”
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Impact of sociodemographic factors, sleep, physical activity, and sedentary lifestyle on central obesity in schoolchildren aged 6–12 years in Marrakech, Morocco by Youssef Lahyani, Latifa Adarmouch, Majda Sebbani, Ouassim Mansoury, Hicham EL Mouaddib, Mohamed Amine

“…Methods: The study sample consisted of 1161 children (9.43 ± 1.86 years old, 47 % boys) who attended nine public primary schools. Trained nurses conducted anthropometric measurements to determine the children's BMI and waist-to-height ratio, with a value of 0.5 or greater indicating central obesity. …”
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Knowledge of Future Dental Practitioners towards Oral Cancer: Exploratory Findings from a Public University in Malaysia by Akshaya Srikanth Bhagavathula, Nazrin Bin Zakaria, Shazia Qasim Jamshed

“…A total of 162 undergraduate (third, fourth, and fifth year) dental students at International Islamic University, Malaysia, were approached to participate in the study, and those who agreed were administered. A 9-item pretested questionnaire contains questions on oral examination, oral cancer risk factors, and requests for further information. …”
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Access to Healthcare in Rural Communities: A Bibliometric Analysis by Ariya Natarajan, Murdoc Gould, Anjali Daniel, Rohan Mangal, Latha Ganti

“… # Conclusion An exploration of who is contributing to the discussion of access to healthcare in rural communities shows that the field and number of publications is growing, and that a focus on disparities is emerging, creating an environment surrounding rural health focused on researching equitable care.…”
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Diagnostic study of fungal and bacterial pathogens that cause vaginal infection in women by Heba Hadid Rashed, Ibtihal Muiz Al-Hussaini, Ali H. Al-Marzoqi

“…Materials and Methods: In this study, 150 vaginal samples were collected from women aged 15–55 who did not have any chronic diseases in the city of Hilla, Iraq. …”
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INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND DIPLOMATIC SERVICE: RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS AND PROSPECTS OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER by E. V. Ohotskii

“…The author focuses readers attention on the regularities of formation, development and peculiarities of legal regulation of international relations, considers these relations as an ongoing, highly controversial and multidirectional developing process of the formation of the world system of States and international relations, explores the driving forces, events and phenomena, who had in his time, and many still have a decisive influence on international policy the leading powers of the world in the framework of nonlinear processes of globalization and the current, seriously flawed by today's standards, world order and system of international law. …”
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Educational data mining in medical education: A five-level approach by Zohreh Khoshgoftar, Maryam Babaee, Arian K. Rouzbahani, Masomeh Kalantarion

“…Data generated by the interaction of managers, patients, instructors, students, employees, and all those who are involved with educational systems can revolutionize medical education through analysis and prediction of the hidden patterns of knowledge, skills, and attitude that have been neglected in this massive amount of data. …”
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Through attraction to the deterrence: Issues and possibilities of the Western Balkan countries by Subotić Milovan

“…That is why, by inertia, the domain of enhancing military power in the region is considered as the key (some would say the only) factor of deterrence from the other one, different, and threatening. Who is being deterred, from whom, and with what, in the complex security paradigm of the Western Balkans region? …”
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Factors Predicting Renal Function Outcome after Augmentation Cystoplasty by Shahbaz Mehmood, Raouf Seyam, Sadia Firdous, Waleed Mohammad Altaweel

“…Twenty-nine adult patients with refractory bladder dysfunction and who underwent ileocystoplasty from 2004 to 2015 were studied. …”
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Analysis of the practice of switch of antibiotics from intravenous to oral therapy at a tertiary care hospital in Nepal: a prospective observational study by Upasana Acharya, Sweta Shrestha, Aastha Rawal, Laxmi Dangol, Binaya Sapkota

“…Methods: Hospitalized adult patients who received IV antibiotics for at least 48 hours and met the eligibility criteria were enrolled in the study. …”
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Comparison of Penetrating and Blunt Traumatic Diaphragmatic Injuries by Sang Su Lee, Sung Youl Hyun, Hyuk Jun Yang, Yong Su Lim, Jin Seong Cho, Jae Hyug Woo

“…Methods We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of patients with TDI who were seen at a regional emergency medical center from January 2000 to December 2018. …”
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Male Perineal Carcinoma: Experience in 4 Cases and Literature Review by Agustín Fraile Poblador, Manuel Hevia Palacios, Manuel Rodríguez Vegas, Alberto Artiles Medina, Enrique Sanz Mayayo, Silvia García Barreras, Guillermo Fernández Conejo, Rafael Rodríguez Patrón, Varona Crespo Constatino, Ana Saiz González, Javier Burgos Revilla

“…We report the first series of cases of perineal carcinoma of unknown origin: (I) a 62-year-old male patient being followed up for a urethral stricture treated with periodic dilations with subsequent development of perineal abscesses and perineal carcinoma; (II) a 67-year-old male patient who consults for urinary discomfort associated with a perineal abscess. …”
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