Factors Related to Personal Hygiene of Traditional Jamu Handler in Bantul District, Indonesia by Dyah Suryani, Atika Rahma Indriani, Suyitno Suyitno

“…Traditional jamu handlers, people who process conventional jamu, need to implement and understand the importance of personal hygiene to avoid bacterial contamination. …”
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Is There a Difference in Terms of Perinatal Outcomes Between Fresh and Frozen Embryo Transfers? by Ayse Zehra Ozdemir, Pervin Karli

“…This study aims to compare the pregnancy outcomes in patients who underwent fresh embryo transfers and frozen embryo transfers. …”
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Pneumothorax, Pneumomediastinum, and Cervical and Facial Massive Emphysema Secondary to Colonoscopy: A Rare Complication of Colonoscopy by Ruben Daniel Perez Lopez, Julian Vargas Flores, Lenin de Jesus Orbe Garibay, Hugo Fernando Narvaez Gonzalez

“…Case report of a 71-year-old female who presents a rare complication due to a perforation in the sigmoid which developed pneumoperitoneum, pneumomediastinum, pneumothorax, and massive subcutaneous emphysema as a complication of a diagnostic colonoscopy where a biopsy of a friable lesion was performed. …”
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Metastasis to the Bladder: A Rare Site of Recurrence of Renal Cell Carcinoma by Amanda Smart, Michael Wynne, Ezra Baraban, Yasser Ged, Armine Smith

“…The following report contributes to this limited data set of patients with RCC who develop solitary metastasis to the bladder. …”
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Factors Associated with Apgar Score among Newborns Delivered by Cesarean Sections at Gandhi Memorial Hospital, Addis Ababa by Mohammed Suleiman Obsa, Getahun Molla Shanka, Misrak Woldayohannes Menchamo, Robera Olana Fite, Meron Abrar Awol

“…It had been found that those neonates who were born when skin incision to delivery time is greater than three minutes were about fourfolds more likely to have low Apgar score than those who were born when skin incision to delivery time is less than three minutes (AOR 3.645) (95% CI (0.116-26.421)). …”
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Early results of laparoscopic single‑anastomosis duodeno‑ileal bypass with sleeve gastrectomy: a case series from a single Polish bariatric center by Mateusz Wityk, Maciej Bobowicz, Mateusz Pryt, Natalia Dowgiałło-Gornowicz

“…Aim: This study aimed to present the outcomes of patients who underwent SADI-S or revisional SADI. Materials and methods: This retrospective, single-center cohort study included 12 patients who underwent SADI-S or SADI between February 2023 and March 2024. …”
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TOTAL SUSPENDED PARTICULATES FROM CRUDE OIL SPILL by OYETUNJI BABATUNDE OKEDERE, ADEWOLE JOHNSON ADESANMI, JACOB ADEMOLA SONIBARE, OLUSOLA ADEDAYO ADESINA, GBADEBO OMONIYI ADENIYI

“…The observed TSP concentrations breached the WHO (lower limit) and World Bank limits at all temperatures and over all spill media and consequently the toxicity potentials exceeded 1.0 which were indications of hazards to human health. …”
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INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS IN THE ASIAN PART OF RUSSIA by Alisa V. Melikyan

“…The results of the international activity of 322 universities and universities' branches were analyzed on the basis of the following indicators: the number of foreign students who studied at the main programs, the number of Russian and foreign students who participated in short-term international mobility programs; the number of international double degree programs and the number of students at these programs; the number of foreign graduate students; the number of foreign researchers and teachers; revenues of higher education institutions from the educational activities and from R & D obtained from foreign sources; the number of articles produced in collaboration with foreign organizations. …”
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Comparative Evaluation of Different Numerical Pain Scales Used for Pain Estimation during Debonding of Orthodontic Brackets by Mohmed Isaqali Karobari, Ali A Assiry, Mubashir Baig Mirza, Fazlur Rahman Sayed, Sufiyan Shaik, Anand Marya, Adith Venugopal, Mohammad Khursheed Alam, Rithvitou Horn

“…A comparative cross-sectional study performed on a sample of 60 patients (n = 60) including 14 males and 46 females who were ready for debonding and who were divided into three groups, i.e., finger pressure (FP), elastomeric wafer (EW), and stress relief (SR). …”
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Ocular biometric parameters in South-Indian children with myopia – A hospital-based retrospective descriptive analysis by Sandra Ganesh, Rebecca Claire Lusobya, Mohammed Sithiq Uduman, Reshma Rajan, Nisha Rajendran, Kripa Sanjeev, Kalpana Narendran

“…Aim: This study aims to profile the ocular biometric parameters in a large group of children of South-Indian ethnicity who visited our outpatient children’s department and were diagnosed with myopia. …”
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Association between impaired brachial flow-mediated dilation and early neurological deterioration in acute ischemic stroke: a retrospective analysis by Sang Hee Ha, Bo Hye Yoon, Bon Gook Koo, Dong Hoon Shin, Yeong-Bae Lee, Bum Joon Kim

“…Abstract Background Early neurological deterioration (END) occurs in individuals who had experienced acute ischemic stroke (AIS), impacting long-term functional outcomes. …”
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Impacts of a puberty and period education intervention among 9- to 12-year-old girls in the New York metropolitan area: a randomized trial by Angela-Maithy N. Nguyen, Micaela Camozzi, Marni Sommer

“…The intervention was efficacious in improving knowledge, particularly among girls who had not yet experienced their first period. …”
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Calculated plasma volume status in hemodialysis patients by Qiankun Zhang, Hang Fang, Lie Jin

“…Values for PVS (12.94 ± 10.87% vs. 7.45 ± 5.90%, p = 0.024) and time-averaged PVS (12.83 ± 11.20 vs. 6.78 ± 6.22%, p < 0.001) were significantly increased in patients who died relative to those who survived. A value of time-averaged PVS >8.72% was significantly associated with an increased incidence of all-cause mortality (HR = 2.48, p = 0.0023).Conclusions aPV was most strongly associated with ECW measured using BIA. …”
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D. M. Ovsianyko-Kulikovsky as an Orthologist: the Cognitive-evolutionary Coverage by Sergiy Popov

“…Ovsianyko-Kulikovsky's beliefs as an orthologist who expressed his orthological convictions regarding the norms of syntactic agreement of adjectives with homogeneous noun phrases. …”
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Application of the Social Cognitive Theory amid food parenting practices of Black immigrant mothers in the US: A qualitative study. by Phoebe P Tchoua, Mary Brannock, Deborah Quesenberry

“…<h4>Methods</h4>Convenience sampling was employed to recruit 30 Black immigrant mothers who lived in seven Metro Atlanta, Georgia counties in the summer of 2022. …”
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Enhancing Perioperative Outcomes of Pancreatic Surgery with Wearable Augmented Reality Assistance System: A Matched-Pair Analysis by Hamraz Javaheri, MSc, Omid Ghamarnejad, MD, Rizky Widyaningsih, MD, Ragnar Bade, PhD, Paul Lukowicz, PhD, Jakob Karolus, PhD, Gregor Alexander Stavrou, MD

“…This prospective, single-center study included 20 patients who underwent pancreatic surgery using ARAS. These patients were matched in a 1:3 ratio with 60 patients from our retrospective data who underwent standard pancreatic resection. …”
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Naturalisation as a factor of migrants' inclusion in the socio-political processes of the host country by O. I. Radchenko, D. A. Zinchenko

“…In addition, naturalisation promotes social cohesion, as migrants who become full citizens often feel more responsible for the welfare of the host country. …”
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Renal Dysfunction among Ghanaians Living with Clinically Diagnosed Hypertension in the Asutifi-South District: A Cross-Sectional Descriptive Study at the St. Elizabeth Hospital, Hw... by Sylvester Yao Lokpo, James Osei-Yeboah, William K. B. A. Owiredu, Francis Abeku Ussher, Verner Ndudiri Orish, Felix Gadzeto, Paul Ntiamoah, Felix Botchway, Ivan Muanah, Romeo Asumbasiya Aduko

“…This study aimed at evaluating the burden of renal dysfunction among people living with hypertension in the Asutifi-South District of the Brong Ahafo Region, who were attending clinic at the St. Elizabeth Hospital in Hwidiem. …”
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Patient Perspectives on Personalized Risk Communication Using Polygenic Risk Scores to Inform Colorectal Cancer Screening Decisions by Shauna R. Goldberg, MPH, Linda K. Ko, PhD, Li Hsu, PhD, Hang Yin, MS, Charles Kooperberg, PhD, Ulrike Peters, PhD, MPH, Andrea N. Burnett-Hartman, PhD, MPH

“…Results: Of the 19 participants who successfully completed polygenic risk score–related testing and a semistructured interview, 13 were female, 14 never smoked cigarettes, 6 were Hispanic, and 13 were non-Hispanic White. …”
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Health impacts and economic costs of residential fires (RESFIRES study): protocol for a population-based cohort study using linked administrative data by Lara A Harvey, Nargess Ghassempour, Mark Whybro, W Kathy Tannous

“…Australian surveys show that around two-thirds of respondents who experience a residential fire are unwilling to call the fire service, and international studies highlight that many individuals who access medical treatment for fire-related injuries do not have an associated fire incident report. …”
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