Knowledge, attitude and practice of community pharmacy personnel in tuberculosis patient detection: a multicentre cross-sectional study in a high-burden tuberculosis setting by Rovina Ruslami, Rizky Abdulah, Rob E Aarnoutse, Ivan Surya Pradipta, Khairunnisa Khairunnisa, Muh Akbar Bahar, Mersa Nurain Kausar, Efi Fitriana

“…Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians who worked in community pharmacies were assessed for their characteristics and KAP related to TBPD. …”
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Association between red blood cell distribution width-to-albumin ratio at admission and all-cause mortality in patients with acute pancreatitis based on the MIMIC-III database. by Qingsong Wu, Lianyi Liao, Qingjun Deng

“…<h4>Results</h4>Upon screening and excluding ineligible participants, a total of 931 patients with acute pancreatitis who met the inclusion criteria were analyzed. The overall mortality at 28 days was 11.71%. …”
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ZÂRÎ’NİN MÂNZÛME-İ ŞEMÂİL-İ ŞERÎF’İNDE HZ. PEYGAMBER’İN AHLAKI by Hakan Temir, Muhammed Karaca

“…Biz de bu araştırma makalesinde onun kaleminden çıkan beyitleri inceleyerek müellifin dikkate aldığı yönleri tahlil edilmeye çalışacağız.THE MORALITY OF THE HOLY PROPHET IN ZÂRÎ’S MÂNZÛME-İ SHAMAİL ŞERÎFSince the life of holy Prophet, who was sent as a mercy to all humanity, is a subject of curiosity and need, every frame of his life has been investigated and the aspects identified have been examined through the works of verse or prose. …”
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Transcranial photobiomodulation for reducing symptoms of autism spectrum disorder and modulating brain electrophysiology in children aged 2–7: an open label study by Yuli Fradkin, Joaquin A. Anguera, Alexander J. Simon, Luis De Taboada, Eugenia Steingold

“…We collected electroencephalogram (EEG) data after each treatment session from all children who tolerated wearing the EEG cap to monitor changes in brain activity.ResultsThe intervention resulted in a significant 7-point reduction in average CARS-2 scores (t = 10.23, p &lt; .0001), along with decreased delta power and increased gamma and beta power in EEG readings. …”
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Tumor Deposits as an Adverse Prognostic Indicator in Stage III Colon Cancer: A Multicenter Database Study by Jeeyou Kim, MD, Dong Woon Lee, MD, Ji Won Park, MD, PhD, Seung-Bum Ryoo, MD, PhD, Heung-Kwon Oh, MD, PhD, Rumi Shin, MD, PhD, Jin Sun Choi, MD, Min Jung Kim, MD, Sung-Chan Park, MD, Duck-Woo Kim, MD, PhD, Seung Chul Heo, MD, PhD, Sung-Bum Kang, MD, PhD, Seung-Yong Jeong, MD, PhD, Kyu Joo Park, MD, PhD, Jae Hwan Oh, MD, PhD, On Behalf of the Seoul Colorectal Research Group (SECOG)

“…Methods:. 4212 patients with primary colon cancer who underwent surgical resection in the Seoul Colorectal Group (2010–2020) and 93,057 patients from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results*Stat database (2000–2017) were included in this study. …”
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Lessons learnt from horse-related human fatalities: Accident analysis using HFACS-Equestrianism by Meredith Chapman, Kate Fenner, Matthew J.W. Thomas

“…Equestrianism has an opportunity to learn lessons relating to safer human-horse interactions from those who no longer have a voice, by drawing data from the investigation of horse-related human fatalities and participating in accident analysis. …”
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The predictive value of endplate morphology and pedicle screw bone quality score on screw loosening after single-level lumbar spinal fusion surgery by Jinxiang Zhan, Qipeng Wei, Weijun Guo, Zihao Liu, Shiji Chen, Qingyan Huang, Dongling Cai

“…Methods A retrospective analysis was conducted on the clinical data of 207 patients who underwent single-level lumbar spinal fusion (34 in the screw loosening group and 173 in the non-screw loosening group). …”
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Efficacy and safety of super selective bronchial artery coil embolisation for haemoptysis: a single-centre retrospective observational study by Daijiro Kabata, Ayumi Shintani, Masanori Akira, Masahiko Hara, Hideo Ishikawa, Misaki Ryuge, Jun Takafuji, Mihoko Youmoto, Yukio Nagasaka, Kouji Yamamoto

“…The objective of the present study was to evaluate the safety and the 3-year postprocedure haemoptysis-free survival rate of de novo elective ssBAE using platinum coils rather than particles for the treatment of haemoptysis.Design A single-centre retrospective observational study.Setting Hemoptysis and Pulmonary Circulation Center in Japan.Participants A total of 489 consecutive patients with massive and non-massive haemoptysis who underwent de novo elective ssBAE without malignancy or haemodialysis.Interventions ssBAE using platinum coils. …”
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Treatment of metastatic brain lesion by A. M. Zaytsev, M. I. Kurzhupov, E. A. Potapova, O. N. Kirsanova

“…The median of overall survival of patients who did not receive after surgical treatment of a particular type of therapy was only 4 months. …”
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Gender differences in use of cigarette and non-cigarette tobacco products among adolescents aged 13–15 years in 20 African countries by Israel T. Agaku, Rose Sulentic, Adriana Dragicevic, Gibril Njie, Candace K. Jones, Satomi Odani, Tina Tsafa, Joy Gwar, Constantine I. Vardavas, Olalekan Ayo-Yusuf

“…Conclusions The prevalence of cigarette smoking among boys was higher than that of girls in many countries. However, girls who smoke tend to start at an earlier age than boys. …”
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An Outdoor Walking Program for Immigrant Muslim Older Adults: A Community‐Based Participatory Intervention by Jordana Salma, Shelby Yamamoto, Nancy M Salbach, Ruth Barclay, Allyson Jones

“…Patient or Public Contribution Community‐dwelling older adults who participated in this study completed focus groups and interviews and engaged in the 10‐week pilot intervention. …”
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Posterior-Chamber Phakic Intraocular Lens Implantation in Patients over 40 Years of Age by Pedro Tañá-Rivero, Francisco Pastor-Pascual, Marceliano Crespo, José L. Rodríguez-Prats, José J. Muñoz-Tomás, Robert Montés-Micó

“…This study included 33 eyes from 21 patients who underwent V4c ICL implantation for the correction of myopia and myopic astigmatism. …”
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International Standards of Implementing Mediation within Criminal Proceedings and the State of Its Realization in Ukraine by T. H. Fomina

“…The traditional system of criminal justice cannot offer an effective solution to the problem of dealing with persons who committed a criminal offense. It has been proved that the urgent need of our state is to create new effective alternatives to official criminal prosecution, in particular mediation. …”
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Experience of surgical treatments for abdominal inferior vena cava injuries in a regional trauma center in Korea by Jin Woo Park, Dong Hun Kim

“…Methods Among the 16 patients who were treated for a traumatic IVC injury between January 2014 and March 2022, 14 underwent surgery. …”
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Evaluation of indirect indices in the insulin resistance assessment in patients with different body mass index by Lejla Čano Dedić, Arzija Pašalić, Emsel Papić, Emir Begagić, Sabina Šečić Selimović, Mario Gazibarić, Sabina Šegalo

“…The studied group consisted of 91 subjects with a suspected diagnosis of IR who were further categorized according to BMI, while control group consisted from 38 age- and gender-matched subjects. …”
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Lower respiratory tract microbiome dysbiosis impairs clinical responses to immune checkpoint blockade in advanced non‐small‐cell lung cancer by Yong Zhang, Xiang‐Xiang Chen, Ruo Chen, Ling Li, Qing Ju, Dan Qiu, Yuan Wang, Peng‐Yu Jing, Ning Chang, Min Wang, Jian Zhang, Zhi‐Nan Chen, Ke Wang

“…Methods During this study, 26 bronchoalveolar lavage fluids (BALF) from advanced NSCLC participants who received immune checkpoint inhibitor monotherapy were performed 16S rRNA sequencing and untargeted metabolome sequencing to identify differentially abundant microbes and metabolic characteristics. …”
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Prevalence of Early Childhood Caries (ECC) in Children Aged 2&ndash;6 years in the Highlands and Lowlands of West Java by Sofian MA, Setiawan AS, Hamdani AM, Pratidina NB, Suwargiani AA

“…The mean value of the def-t index in both regions is in the very high category according to WHO. Chi-square test results with a p-value > 0.05, namely 0.201, showed that there was no significant difference between the prevalence of ECC in children aged 2– 6 years in Bandung Regency and Pangandaran Regency.Conclusion: There is no difference in the prevalence of early childhood caries in children aged 2– 6 years in the highlands and lowlands of West Java.Keywords: early childhood caries, ECC, highlands, lowlands, prevalence…”
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استراتیجیات استخدام شبکات التواصل الاجتماعى فى الأرشیفات الوطنیة العربیة : دراسة وصفیة تحلیلیة by د. السید صلاح الصاوى

“….), the socialplatforms used by archives and the training of staff who manage and update thecontent of National Archives on these platforms. …”
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Do Maternal Vitamin D Levels Influence Vitamin D Levels in Preterm Neonates? by M. Panda, J. McIntosh, T. Chaudhari, A. L. Kent

“…Median Vit D level at 3 weeks and 6 weeks were 63.5 nmol/L (53-80.2) nmol/L and 103 (71.5-144) nmol/L respectively. 22/55 (40%) mothers were VitD deficient/insufficient. 25/70 (36%) neonates were VitD deficient/insufficient at birth. Of those neonates who were VitD deficient/insufficient at birth 5/25(10%) were deficient/insufficient at 6 weeks. …”
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Associations between Physical Exercise, Quality of Life, Psychological Symptoms and Treatment Side Effects in Early Breast Cancer by Leena Vehmanen, Johanna Mattson, Evangelos Karademas, Albino J. Oliveira-Maia, Berta Sousa, Ruth Pat-Horenczyk, Ketti Mazzocco, Panagiotis Simos, Fátima Cardoso, Greta Pettini, Chiara Marzorati, Eleni Kolokotroni, Georgios Stamatakos, Diana Frasquilho, Paula Poikonen-Saksela

“…The inactive participants reported more anxiety (p<0.05) and depression (p<0.001), lower global quality of life (p<0.001), and more side effects (p<0.05) than the others at twelve months. Accordingly, those who remained inactive or decreased their level of exercise from baseline to twelve months reported more anxiety (p<0.01) and depression (p<0.001), lower global quality of life (p<0.001), and more side effects (p<0.05) than those with the same or increased level of exercise. …”
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