Women and partners’ experiences of critical perinatal events: a qualitative study by Marianne Johansen, Jette Led Sørensen, Stinne Høgh, Laura Emdal Navne, Mette Nordahl Svendsen

“…Interviews were analysed thematically and validated by a transdisciplinary group of anthropologists, obstetricians and a midwife.Setting Department of obstetrics at a tertiary referral university hospital in Denmark.Participants Women and partners who had experienced a critical perinatal event within the past 3–12 months.Results We conducted 17 interviews and identified three main themes: (1) ambivalence towards medicalisation, (2) the extended temporality of a critical birth and (3) postnatal loss of attention from healthcare professionals. …”
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Long-Term Outcome Following Concomitant Surgical Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation at University Hospital Basel: A Retrospective Study by Elodie Hersperger, Nicolas Schaerli, Brigitta Gahl, Oliver Reuthebuch, Friedrich S. Eckstein, Bernhard Winkler, Martin T. R. Grapow

“…<i>Materials and Methods</i>: In this retrospective study, we included patients who were referred to the University Hospital of Basel, Switzerland, between 2011 and 2017. …”
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Transitioning from Teaching to Mentoring in Medical Sciences by Amod Gupta

“…A roadmap was drawn by the pioneers of modern medicine more than 100 years ago, who mentored and prepared the next generation of subspecialists and teachers. …”
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Association of loneliness with the risk of pain in older Chinese adults by Aijun Song, Siying Yu, Yao Shen, Zongyan Guo, Jian Shi

“…Using robust mixed-effects logistic regression models, the study found that lonely participants were more likely to experience 12 site pain: headache (OR 1.23; 95% CI 1.09–1.39), shoulder (OR 1.16; 95% CI 1.04–1.30), wrist (OR 1.14; 95%CI 1.01–1.28), finger (OR 1.14, 95% CI 1.02–1.28), chest (OR 1.26; 95% CI 1.10–1.44), stomach (OR 1.28, 95% CI 1.12–1.46), back (OR 1.23; 95% CI 1.00–1.51), waist (OR 1.46; 95% CI 1.17–1.83), buttock (OR 1.15, 95% CI 1.02–1.30), leg (OR 1.20, 95% CI 1.08–1.33), knee (OR 1.16; 95% CI 1.04–1.30), and toe (OR 1.18; 95% CI 1.04–1.34) than participants who were not lonely. No such finding was found for neck, arm, or ankle pain. …”
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Clinical Application of a Safe Blood Sampling Device with an Indwelling Needle by Yeqin Deng, Zhengbing Lv, Yue Cheng, Annuo Liu, Zhengling Huang

“…A total of 300 children who were admitted to the children’s hospital from March to June 2020 were selected and randomly divided into the control group (148) and the observation group (152). …”
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Liver Transplantation for Alcohol-Related Liver Disease (ARLD): An Update on Controversies and Considerations by Dipesh Kumar Yadav, Qi Zhang, Xueli Bai, Enliang Li, Tingbo Liang

“…Early LT for ARLD refers for a patient with severe AH undergoing LT who are non-responder to medical treatments. These patients are generally on the existing waiting list but usually followed by 6-month duration of alcohol abstinence. …”
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Person-to-person bacterial transmission can change the sleep pattern in newly married couples by R. Rastmanesh, F. Marotta

“…Patients and Methods: In this pilot study, 157 couples who had been married and living together for an average of 5.91 months were enrolled. …”
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MICROFINANCE BANK SERVICES AND EMPLOYMENT GENERATION OF SMALL AND MEDIUM SCALE ENTERPRISES IN NORTH-CENTRAL NIGERIA by A. A Yahaya, L.W Agboola

“…Data was elicited from 370 respondents who were carefully chosen using a 4-stage sampling technique. …”
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Research on the Design and Application of Sports Competition Ticketing Platform Based on Edge Computing by Wenfeng Dai, Jiajia Shao, Xiuli Zhang

“…In this case, how to provide ticketing services conveniently, quickly, and accurately for sports spectators all over the country and the world and how to keep up with the times and improve traditional ticketing services are two major problems that need to be solved urgently by those who are in charge of sports events. When investigating the current traditional ticketing platform for sports competitions, it is not difficult to find that most ticketing services rely heavily on manual services. …”
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Diagnosis and treatment of early gastric cancer: experience of one center by Zbigniew K. Kula, Wojciech Zegarski, Wojciech Jóźwicki

“…Material and methods : We analyzed the results of endoscopic examination, histopathological findings and treatment methods in 16 patients who were diagnosed with early gastric cancer in the Endoscopy Unit of the Oncology Center in Bydgoszcz between 2014 and 2016. …”
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Association of Paracentral Acute Middle Maculopathy with Visual Prognosis in Retinal Artery Occlusion: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Siying Liang, Qingshan Chen, Chenli Hu, Miaohong Chen

“…This retrospective study included patients with RAO who underwent FFA and OCT examinations at Shenzhen Eye Hospital from July 2015 to June 2019. …”
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Explanatory model of depression and anxiety as predictors of suicidal ideation in Peruvian adults by Jonatan Baños Chaparro

“…<br /><strong>Methods</strong>: a descriptive, cross-sectional study with a predictive design, with a sample of 566 Peruvian adults who agreed to answer self-report measures on depression, anxiety and suicidal ideation. …”
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Dislocation of a McMinn-Like Prosthesis with Distinctive Metallosis and Fracture of the Os Ilium by Peter Caspar Bünemann, Stefan Luck, Malte Ohlmeier, Thorsten Gehrke, Tobias Malte Ballhause

“…We present a unique case of a 78-year old woman, who received hip resurfacing with a McMinn-like prosthesis 15 years ago. …”
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Physical Activity and cardiovascular function in 9-year-old schoolchildren: implications for health and well-being by Irina Masliak, Margarita Mameshina, Marina Jagiello

“…These findings could be useful for developing physical education programs for children and for identifying children who may require additional cardiovascular health monitoring or interventions.…”
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The effectiveness of community-wide screening for pulmonary tuberculosis: a systematic review by Susanna S. van Wyk, Ntombifuthi Blose, Lester Kapanda-Phiri, Mareli Claassens, Taryn Young

“…We searched MEDLINE, Embase, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, WHO Global Index Medicus, Web of Science, and trial registries up to 27 May 2024, without language restrictions. …”
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A CASE REPORT: ENHANCING TARSAL AND MUSCULAR SUPPORT FOR ECTROPION CORRECTION IN TESSIER 3 AND 5 FACIAL CLEFT by Teuku Adifitrian, Hendra Tri Hartono, Agustina Indah Garnasih

“…Case Illustration: In this case study, we present the medical history of a 45-year-old woman who previously underwent multiple surgeries for the reconstruction of her lower eyelid. …”
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Predictive Model for Estimating Prostate Resection Size in Transurethral Resection of the Prostate for Patients with Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia by Okwudli C. Amu, Solomon K. Anyimba

“…Materials and Methods: This was a cross-sectional study involving 187 patients who underwent TURP between January 2016 and July 2017 in a Nigerian hospital. …”
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Groundstroke Training Equipment Innovation for Beginner Tennis Players by Lazuardy Akbar Fauzan, Muhammad Mulhim, Edwin Wahyu Dirgantoro, Akhmad Amirudin, Perdinanto Perdinanto

“…The large trial stage obtained a score of 89.56% in the very good category. 4) The response of the trainer who carried out the assessment concluded that the training tools were very suitable and useful to be applied in the training process. …”
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Emotional competence and problem behavior of left-behind preschool children—the roles of self-regulation and authoritative grandparenting styles by Lanlan Luo, Shan Jin, Qi Huang

“…IntroductionWhen parents migrate to other cities for work, their children who are left behind show a high prevalence of behavioral problems, which affect social function. …”
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Untreated exstrophy-epispadias complex: outcomes of Indiana pouch and primary abdominal wall closure by Niraj Kumar, Avishek Mandal, Sandeep Kumar, Siddharth Yadav, Somanath Karmungikar, Pawan Vasudeva

“…Abstract Background We assessed the outcomes of adult patients with untreated exstrophy-epispadias complex who underwent Indiana continent catheterisable pouch type of urinary diversion along with primary closure of the abdominal wall utilizing the de-epithelised muscular coat of the vesical remnant. …”
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