Reliability and Validity of Beliefs about Substance Use (BSU) Questionnaire in Alcohol Dependent Patients. by Selçuk ASLAN, Mehmet Hakan TÜRKÇAPAR, Hale Yapýcý ESER, Mustafa UÐURLU

“…Method: Seventy alcohol addicted inpatients, who were admitted to Ankara Dýþkapý Yýldýrým Beyazýt Education and Research Hospital Psychiatry Clinic, 31 healthy volunteers who had never used alcohol and 33 social drinkers were evaluated. …”
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Nurses' Experiences With Mentoring Nursing Students in Nursing Homes Where an Active, Collaborative Learning Model Is Introduced. A Qualitative Study by Anne Raustøl, Kirsten Eika Amsrud, Eli‐Anne Skaug, Anne Lyberg, Bodil Tveit

“…ABSTRACT Aim To explore the experiences of nurses mentoring nursing students who study in an active collaborative learning model in their first clinical placement in nursing homes. …”
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Efficacy and Safety of HAPC in Barrett's Esophagus – A Multicenter Italian Prospective Study by Davide Massimi, Roberta Maselli, Silvia Pecere, Cristiano Spada, Gianluca Andrisani, Francesco Maria Di Matteo, Antonella La Terra, Franco Coppola, Antonio Capogreco, Roberto De Sire, Ludovico Alfarone, Maddalena Menini, Marco Spadaccini, Cesare Hassan, Alessandro Repici

“…Among the 51 enrolled patients (mean C 0.43 cm (SD 0.72), mean M 2.20 cm (SD 1.09)) who completed the treatment (80 H-APC sessions), 45.1% (23/51) had prior ER of visible lesions . …”
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Management of Inflammatory Bowel Disease during Pregnancy and Breastfeeding Varies Widely: A Need for Further Education by Vivian Wai-Mei Huang, Hsiu-Ju Chang, Karen Ivy Kroeker, Karen Jean Goodman, Kathleen M. Hegadoren, Levinus Albert Dieleman, Richard Neil Fedorak

“…A cross-sectional survey of Canadian physicians who are involved in the care of women with IBD was conducted. …”
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Effect of smoking cessation on the likelihood of pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer by Xiao Han, Zouhua Xu, Dongmei Ma, Zhi Ling, Xiaowu Dong, Xuebing Yan, Yong Chen, Guotao Lu, Xudong Yin, Hongwei Xu

“…Results After adjusting for potential confounders, current smokers had higher odds for acute pancreatitis (AP) (AOR=1.38; 95% CI: 1.18–1.61), chronic pancreatitis (CP) (AOR=3.29; 95% CI: 2.35–4.62) and PC (AOR=1.72; 95% CI: 1.42–2.09). People who quit smoking had comparable odds for the diseases as those who never smoked. …”
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Research status of traditional & complementary medicine systems across the world by Vedvati Bhapkar, Vallari Nisargand, Pawankumar Godatwar, Supriya Bhalerao

“…Objectives: The present study was carried out to elucidate individual research status of certain WHO- acknowledged T & CM systems in a customized framework of indirect indicators. …”
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Role of oral health literacy in demand for oral healthcare services for missing teeth replacement among dental patients visiting a dental teaching hospital in India by Duggineni Chalapathi Rao, Sudhakar Vundavalli, Meignana Arumugham Indiran, Atluri Kaleswara Rao, Doppalapudi Radhika, Mahmoud Gamal Salloum

“…Aims: To assess the role of oral health literacy (OHL) in demand for oral healthcare services for missing teeth replacement among adult patients who are visiting the outpatient department of a teaching hospital, Andhra Pradesh, India. …”
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Seroepidemiological Study of Human Toxoplasmosis in Females in Ardabil City, 2019-2020 by Roya Houshmandi Khaneghahi, Shahram Habibzadeh, Farhad Pourfarzi, Behnam Mohammadi Ghalehbin

“…The most severe complications of toxoplasmosis occur in people who have an ineffective immune system, as well as during pregnancy. …”
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Comparative analysis of the effectiveness of caudal epidural blocks and combined pharmacological therapy in the treatment of patients with discogenic low back pain by M.S. Chervatiuk, І.V. Fishchenko

“…In the study, patients were divided into 2 groups: the EB group (epidural blockades) — 36 (59.1 %) patients, who were performed 1–2 EBs with a frequency of 1 week (19 women, 17 men); the FT group (pharmacological therapy) — 25 (40.9 %) patients, who received comprehensive conservative treatment for 14 days. …”
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Efficacy of Voriconazole Corneal Intrastromal Injection for the Treatment of Fungal Keratitis by Chenshuang Li, Kunpeng Pang, Liqun Du, Xinyi Wu

“…The control group consisted of 30 patients (30 eyes) who were treated using conventional antifungal treatment modalities. …”
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The Impact of Being Present During Resuscitation on Family Members: A Scoping Review Protocol by Ira Rahmawati, Tamara Page, Lisa Conlon, Frank Donnelly

“…ABSTRACT Background and Aims Family members of patients who are undergoing resuscitation may experience complex psychological challenges, including anxiety, depression, or posttraumatic stress symptoms. …”
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THE THEME OF THE DEPORTATION OF THE CHECHEN PEOPLE IN THE GRAPHIC CYCLE CROSSROADS OF MEMORY (1944-2019) BY RUSTAM YAKHIKHANOV by Zarema R. Khamzatova

“…Drawing on the life experiences of senior family members and relatives who suffered political repression, the artist conveys personal tragedies and losses to the viewer. …”
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Essence and Content of the Competitiveness of the Officers of the National Police of Ukraine by E. Yu. Podorozhnii

“…Besides, a significant number of problematic issues remain unresolved, for example in regard to ensuring the guarantees of competitiveness of individual employees, in particular those who work in public authorities (in our case – law enforcement agencies), where one of the most important is certainly the National Police of Ukraine. …”
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SURGICAL TREATMENT OF GASTRIC STUMP CANCER: A COHORT STUDY OF 51 PATIENTS by Eric DRIZLIONOKS, Valdir TERCIOTI JUNIOR, João de Souza COELHO NETO, Nelson Adami ANDREOLLO, Luiz Roberto LOPES

“…AIMS: The aim of this study was to analyze 51 patients who underwent total and subtotal gastrectomy and multi-visceral resections in patients with gastric stump cancer. …”
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Meckel’s Diverticulum Diagnosed by Balloon-Assisted Enteroscopy: A Multicenter Report from the Taiwan Association for the Study of Small Intestinal Diseases (TASSID) by Jen-Wei Chou, Chen-Shuan Chung, Tien-Yu Huang, Chia-Hung Tu, Chen-Wang Chang, Chung-Hsin Chang, Yen-Po Wang, Wen-Hung Hsu, Hsu-Heng Yen, Chia-Jung Kuo, Chiao-Hsiung Chuang, Ching-Pin Lin, Tzung-Jiun Tsai, Ming-Yao Su, Horng-Yuan Wang, Deng-Chyang Wu, Cheng-Tang Chiu

“…We conducted a retrospective, multicenter study of patients with MD who were diagnosed by BAE in Taiwan. The clinical characteristics, endoscopic features, histopathological findings, treatment methods, and outcomes were analyzed. …”
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Separate Aspects of Saving the Confidentiality of People Collaboration With Law Enforcement Bodies by V. M. Davydiuk

“…It has been offered to supplement the Art. 43 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine with the norm that would extend the rights of persons who under the law, perform a special task by participating in an organized group or criminal organization, to confidants, who assist law enforcement agencies in preventing and/or investigating a serious or particularly serious crime. …”
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Metals contamination of Aquifer in Warri and Port- Harcourt (Niger – Delta Region) by Monday O. Edwards

“…Most physicochemical parameters were found to be within the WHO acceptable limits for drinking water in all sample locations. …”
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Effect of Low-Dose Hormone Therapy on Metabolic Parameters and Bone Mineral Density by Ufuk Atlihan, Onur Yavuz, Huseyin Aytug Avsar, Can Ata, Tevfik Berk Bildaci, Selcuk Erkilinc

“…After 1 year of COC treatment, metabolic, ultrasonographic, and bone densitometry measurements of patients who did and did not use COC regularly were compared. …”
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Psychological wellness of health-care professionals during the coronavirus disease-2019 pandemic by Lakshmi Ranganathan, Nagarajan Ramakrishnan

“…Our study aimed to assess psychological wellness and sleep disturbances among HCW during the COVID pandemic and also to determine if the symptoms differed in those who were involved in caring for COVID patients in comparison with those who were not. …”
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Intraocular Foreign Bodies: Clinical Characteristics and Factors Affecting Visual Outcome by Yanyan Liang, Shuang Liang, Xiaoli Liu, Danyan Liu, Jialiang Duan

“…Most of the subjects were young adult men who sustained injuries in the work environment. …”
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