Il carteggio fra Felice Casorati e Angelo Genocchi: rinnovamento scientifico e nuovi approcci didattici nell’Italia post-unitaria - The correspondence between F. Casorati and A. G... by Arrigo Pisati

“…Recent historiography, which also agrees with the opinion of Vito Volterra, brings out a portrait of Casorati as a man who “lived almost exclusively for his pupils and his school”. …”
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Effectiveness of Tailored Multisensory Stimulation Intervention in People with Major Neurocognitive Disorder: A Quasiexperimental Pilot Study by Jèssica Garrido-Pedrosa, Elisabet Capdevila, Núria Berga-Quintana, Loreto González-Román, Maria Eulalia Guijosa-Mira, Irene Astilleros Castro, Jennifer Grau-Sánchez

“…This study is aimed at evaluating the effectiveness of multisensory stimulation intervention (MSS) on mood, behaviour, quality of life, and physiological parameters in people with major neurocognitive disorder who live in a nursing home. Methods. We conducted a pilot study with a quasiexperimental design. …”
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Clinical Oral Health Recommended Care and Oral Health Self-Report, NHANES, 2013-2014 by R. Constance Wiener, Nilanjana Dwibedi, Chan Shen, Patricia A. Findley, Usha Sambamoorthi

“…We used a cross-sectional study design with 4,205 participants, ages 30 years and above, who had complete oral health self-perception data and dental referral data in the NHANES 2013-14. …”
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Intersection of rare pathogenic variants from TCGA in the All of Us Research Program v6 by Blaine A. Bates, Kylee E. Bates, Spencer A. Boris, Colin Wessman, David Stone, Justin Bryan, Mary F. Davis, Matthew H. Bailey

“…We found that All of Us participants from the EUR (p = 1.8 × 10−7), AFR (p = 0.018), and MID (p = 0.0083) genetic similarity groups who carry a rare pathogenic mutation are more likely to have cancer than those without a rare pathogenic mutation. …”
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General characteristics of departmental lawmaking activity of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine by V. V. Korniienko

“…The study found that the concept of “law formation” is broader and more key compared to the concepts of “lawmaking”, “departmental lawmaking” and “departmental lawmaking” of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, and it should be based on natural law approach to legal understanding, namely three fundamental provisions: 1) commonalities and differences between law and legislation, i.e. legislation can exist outside its most common form (law) in the form of a measure of freedom and equality, which is reflected in the principles of law, subjective rights, legal relations, customs, and more; 2) the concepts of civil society and the rule of law, according to which priority is given to civil society itself, i.e. the community of independent, equal and free persons who are citizens of a particular state; 3) the principle of separation of powers. …”
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Antimicrobial-Resistance Profile of Helicobacter pylori, Obtained from Endoscopic Patients in Bahir Dar, North West Ethiopia by Mulat Erkihun, Desalegn Nigatu Chanie, Yesuf Adem Siraj

“…Therefore, the current study was aimed at determining the magnitude and antibiotic-resistance profile of Helicobacter pylori isolated from patients who underwent endoscopic examination. Methods. A cross-sectional study was conducted from January to May 2019 at endoscopy service-providing health facilities that are found in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia (Gamby teaching general hospital, Kidane Mihret specialty higher clinic, and Eyasta specialty higher clinic). …”
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Performance Evaluation of Malaria Pf/Pv Combo Test Kit at Highly Malaria-Endemic Area, Southern Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study by Temesgen Eticha, Tewodros Tamire, Temesgen Bati

“…The overall performance of the kit was below the WHO standard. Further study on a large sample size is recommended to be carried out in the study area to use the test kit instead of microscopy for malaria diagnosis. …”
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Emotional and physical experiences of people with neovascular age-related macular degeneration during the injection process in Germany: a qualitative study by Oliver Zeitz, Martina Breuning, Christine Holmberg, Christian Wolfram, Anne Thier

“…We recruited participants all over Germany via ophthalmologists, eye clinics, general practitioners, care bases and support groups between June 2018 and December 2020 and selected a subsample of study participants with nvAMD who were either undergoing or had previously undergone vascular endothelial growth factor inhibitor therapy. …”
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Medical (Mal)Practice and the Illusion of Progress in Edward Berdoe’s St Bernard’s: The Romance of a Medical Student and Leonard Graham’s The Professor’s Wife: A Genealogical Analy... by Adrian Tait

“…As these novels suggest, however, such a strictly rational interpretation of the healing art legitimated the exploitation of patients as experimental material, particularly those patients who were societally disempowered because poor or needy. …”
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CD34 evaluation of microvasculature in lung adenocarcinoma and its microvascular density predicts postoperative tumor recurrence by Zijian Qiu, Jiaji Wu, Guanchao Pang, Xia Xu, Jun Lin, Pingli Wang

“…Thus, the detection of intratumoral MVD is of great significance for understanding disease progression and predicting patient prognosis.MethodsTumor tissue sections of 238 patients with lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) who underwent radical surgery were retrospectively analyzed. …”
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In and Out of the Frame: The Construction of Meaning in Henry Peacham’s Minerva Britanna (1612) by Cezara Bobeica

“…The 204 emblems of his collection were all engraved by the emblematist himself who took special care to place each picture within one of the eight different frames he designed. …”
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Performance evaluation of the Qiagen BK virus ASR on the NeuMoDx system by Amorce Lima, Luciano Soares, Caroline Simmons, Laura Rowe, Dominic Uy, Deanna Becker, Suzane Silbert

“…Methods: The analytical performance was assessed using commercially available BKV Panels that meet the 1st WHO International Standards for BKV nucleic acid amplification techniques. …”
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The effect of pre-exercise caffeine loading on body composition, blood parameters and resting pulse rate in women by Murat Bekleyiş Apaydın, Rüçhan İri

“… The purpose of our study is to determine the impact of caffeine consumption before exercise activities on the body composition, rest pulsebpm, hemoglobinmg/dL, glucosemg/dL values of women who have an exercise history of at least 3 years. …”
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Bexarotene-induced hypothyroidism and dyslipidemia; a nation-wide study by Katsunori Manaka, Junichiro Sato, Yusuke Hikima, Hirofumi Horikoshi, Maho Taguchi, Akimichi Morita, Hiraku Suga, Hikari Boki, Taku Fujimura, Yoji Hirai, Takatoshi Shimauchi, Chiharu Tateishi, Eiji Kiyohara, Ikko Muto, Hideki Nakajima, Riichiro Abe, Kazuyasu Fujii, Chikako Nishigori, Eiji Nakano, Kentaro Yonekura, Takeru Funakoshi, Masahiro Amano, Tomomitsu Miyagaki, Reiko Yamashita, Makoto Sugaya, Toshihisa Hamada, Masaomi Nangaku, Taroh Iiri, Noriko Makita

“…A retrospective observational study was performed among 294 patients who initiated bexarotene therapy in Japan (nation-wide postmarketing complete surveillance). …”
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Evaluation of mental disorder related to colposcopy procedure during the COVID period: A cross-sectional study by Ilaria Bochicchio, Martina Catalano, Giovanni Deiana, Giandomenico Roviello, Pasquale Marino, Fabrizia Calenda, Alessandro R Lettini, Francesca Sanseverino

“…Design: This longitudinal study included 96 individuals undergoing colposcopy, aged between 22 and 64, who were examined between March 2020 and December 2023. …”
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Comparison of BCG Tokyo172 Strain Induction Therapy Between Low Dose and Standard Dose for Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer: Intravesical Instillation of BCG Tokyo172 Strain by Hideyuki Isobe, Fumitaka Shimizu, Takeshi Ieda, So Nakamura, Naoko Takazawa, Hanna Suetsugu, Kazunori Kajino, Shu Hirai, Hisashi Hirano, Katsuhito Yuzawa, Shigeo Horie

“…Methods: A total of 273 consecutive NMIBC patients who received low-dose (40 mg) or standard-dose (80 mg) BCG intravesical instillation therapy between January 2004 and December 2023 were analyzed. …”
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The Relationship Between the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes and Insomnia Severity and Sleep Duration in Academicians by Esra Çalık Var, Tuğba Bilgehan

“…Introduction: Academicians, who frequently spend long hours in front of computer screens, may have lifestyles and sleep habits that differ from those of other professional groups and could entail a higher risk of diabetes. …”
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Cultural Volunteering of University Students: Assessment of Participation Experience and Potential for Development by M. V. Pevnaya, A. A. Drozdova

“…The authors record an increase in the proportion of students involved in volunteering on a regular basis, with a sufficiently large number of those who, after a one-time participation, are not ready to help in specific volunteer practices. …”
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Knowledge, attitudes and practices to hepatitis B among South African primary healthcare staff by Atlegang Mashilo, Itumeleng Mompati, Refilwe Ramakatane, Didintle Sebitloane, Naledi Sibi, Philippa C. Matthews, Cornel Van Rooyen, Dominique Goedhals, Sabeehah Vawda

“…Background: Hepatitis B virus (HBV), a significant cause of liver disease globally, is recognised as a 2030 elimination target by the World Health Organization (WHO). Healthcare workers (HCWs) require appropriate HBV knowledge to identify, manage and prevent HBV. …”
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Levels of some heavy metals in cassava and plantain from farmlands in Kaani and Kpean in Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State by IA Kalagbor, NK Dighi, R James

“…Results showed that the levels of these heavy metals Ni, Cr, Cu, Pb and Fe in these food crops were found to be  relatively high when compared with FAO/WHO recommended values with crops from Kpean farms having  higher values. …”
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