Comparison Of Orthopantomogram and Lateral Cephalogram for Gonial Angle, Mandibular Ramus Height And Body Length by Mobina Fatima Zulfiqar, Kanwal Zulfiqar, Ulfat Bashir, Uzair Luqman, Zarnab Rizwan

“…A total of 195 patients, both genders, ages 16 to 35 years who were citizens of Pakistan and had clear radiographs, lateral cephalograms, and OPG available, were included. …”
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HBV and HBsAg strongly reshape the phenotype, function, and metabolism of DCs according to patients’ clinical stage by Lucile Dumolard, Theophile Gerster, Florent Chuffart, Thomas Decaens, Marie-Noelle Hilleret, Sylvie Larrat, Philippe Saas, Evelyne Jouvin-Marche, David Durantel, Patrice N. Marche, Zuzana Macek Jilkova, Caroline Aspord

“…Hepatitis B is a liver infection caused by HBV. Infected individuals who fail to control the viral infection develop chronic hepatitis B and are at risk of developing life-threatening liver diseases, such as cirrhosis or liver cancer. …”
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Gender differences in perioperative complications following carotid endarterectomy: A retrospective analysis by Abdullah Burak Balci, Omer Faruk Rahman, Hasan Tezcan, Suleyman Yazici, Nihan Kayalar

“…Material and Methods: At Başakşehir Cam and Sakura City Hospital, patients aged 18 and over who underwent CEA between September 2020 and November 2023, were retrospectively analyzed. …”
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Exploring Prevalence and Sociodemographic Factors Associated With Smoking Among Malaysian Adults: A Cross‐ Sectional Study by Mohd Hasni Ja'afar, Rosnah Ismail, Zaleha Md Isa, Azmi Mohd Tamil, Noor Hassim Ismail, Nafiza Mat Nasir, Nik Munirah Nasir, Nurul Hafiza Ab Razak, Najihah Zainol Abidin, Andrew Mente, Khairul Hazdi Yusof

“…Conclusion Public health policies and actions on smoking reduction should emphasize those identified as high‐risk sub‐populations, particularly younger adults, males and those who are not yet married, have no formal education and are of low socioeconomic status.…”
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Thyroid Nodules Located in the Lower Pole Have a Higher Risk of Malignancy than Located in the Isthmus: A Single-Center Experience by Gulhan Duman, Baris Sariakcali

“…The study included 862 adult patients who have one or more nodules. Ultrasonography of characteristics of nodules such as echogenicity, content, margins, calcifications, size, and localization was recorded. …”
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Rare Pathology Case Report: Low-Grade Endometrial Stromal Sarcoma Forming Sex Cord– and Endometrioid Gland–Like Differentiation in Metastatic Foci by Haneen Al-Maghrabi, Ghadeer Mokhtar, Jaudah Al-Maghrabi

“…We present a case of a 51-year-old lady with a history of LGESS who was treated with surgery and radiotherapy and then presented after 12 years with an inferior vena cava (IVC) mass, which was confirmed histologically to be metastatic LGESS. …”
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Robotic-assisted costectomy using a Gigli saw for fibrous dysplasia by Chen Yang, Lei Chen, Hui Wang, Qianyun Wang

“…Methods We reviewed five patients with benign rib tumors who underwent three-port robotic-assisted rib resection using a Gigli saw between May 2021 and December 2022. …”
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Reduced functional independence and multimorbidity increases the risk of severe infection among older patients with Omicron: a multicenter retrospective cohort study by Wan Yu, Runnian Huang, Shuning Sun, Li Bu, Xin Chen, Yunhua Di, Shuwu Lin, Qian Li, Yang Yang, Xingyue Ye, Wenxu Wang, Rui Ren, Linze Xi, Ru Zhang, Yi Li, Xin Li, Tianbo Hou, Zibo Ning, Yang Peng, Difei Wang

“…Patients aged ≥ 60 years, who were diagnosed with COVID-19 at the time of admission or during hospitalisation. …”
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Case report: Deciphering the clinical significance of a novel partial BRCA1 exon 10 duplication in a patient with triple-negative breast cancer by Alice Faversani, Debora Manuelli, Davide Barteselli, Giulia Melloni, Carlo Santaniello, Luigi Corsaro, Luigi Corsaro, Davide Sacco, Davide Sacco, Davide Clerici, Laura Gargiulo, Fulvio Ferrara, Lucy Costantino

“…Here, we describe the case of a woman who developed triple-negative breast cancer at the age of 49 years. …”
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Twitter (X) and the Commercial Determinants of Health: Characterizing the Most Amplified, Influential, and Connected Voices Driving Twitter Discourse About Tobacco Regulatory Polic... by Nathan A. Silver, Miao Feng, Elexis C. Kierstead, Hy Tran, Steven Binns, Sherry Emery, Barbara A. Schillo

“…We identified 58 tobacco policy top users who had 1,000 or more total retweets and were among the top 100 for any of our influence metrics at more than one time period. …”
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Some issues of prosecutor’s participation in proceedings on administrative offences: based on the European Court of Human Rights case law by S. O. Shatrava, О. V. Dzhafarova, О. V. Pohorilets

“…The scientific work focuses on reviewing the works of scholars who have studied various aspects of the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights. …”
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Administration of non-national immunization program vaccines for children under six in a rural county, Henan Province: Did costs matter? by Miaomiao Yin, Yuan Cao, Xiaolin Xu, Hanzhi Peng, Yu Wang, Qian Long

“…Caregivers of children under six who came to township health centers for child vaccination were interviewed. …”
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Nondigital skin ulcers in systemic sclerosis: A neglected entity by Benzeeta Pinto, Ramya Janardana, Sowmya Kaimal, B Sheba Charles, K N Sangeeta, Jasmine Mathew, Kodishala Chanakya, John Michael Raj, Vineeta Shobha

“…Patients and Methods: All patients with SSc who fulfilled the 2013 ACR/EULAR criteria were included in the study. …”
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The association of previous and current non-chronic low back pain with daily physical activity in middle- and older-aged adults by Tatiana Rehder Gonçalves, Diana Barbosa Cunha, Mauro Felippe Felix Mediano, Amal A. Wanigatunga, Eleanor M. Simonsick, Jennifer A. Schrack

“…Methods This is a cross-sectional analysis including volunteers from the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging who answered questions about LBP and wore an Actiheart accelerometer for 7days. …”
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Health system interventions and responses to anti-microbial resistance: A scoping review of evidence from 15 African countries. by Jacob Albin Korem Alhassan, Clement Kamil Abdallah

“…According to the World Health Organization (WHO) this global health crisis is particularly acute in Africa, largely due to fragile and underfunded health systems. …”
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Frequency, Prevalence, Interaction, and Gender Differences of Six Psychosocial Factors in Patients Presenting to a Psychiatric Emergency Service by James C. Patterson II, Ovais Khalid, Sarah E. Wakefield, Justin K. Liegmann, Saima Maqsood, Rajeev Srivastava, Elizabeth Allen

“… # METHODS We completed a retrospective chart review of 160 patients selected at random who utilized the PES during 2009-2010. We looked for historical presence of a broken family, abuse or neglect, substance abuse, legal problems, violence, or incomplete education. …”
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Hypoglycaemia and monitoring practices following insulin-dextrose therapy for hyperkalaemia by Samuel Ford, Julian Williams, Ian Coombes, Adam La Caze

“…Methods: Adult patients with hyperkalaemia (>5.5 mmol/L) who received IDT in a large metropolitan ED were included. …”
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Assessing the factors affecting the formation of entrepreneurial opportunities in rural areas; Case study: Behbahan County by sara ferdosi, hasanali faraji sabokbar, alireza darbaneh astaneh, fazileh khani

“…The number of experts was 52 who were purposefully sampled using the snowball method. …”
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Research progress of femoral head necrosis in HIV-infected patients by Youhan Yang, Futao Ke, Zhengqi Pan, Liaobin Chen

“…Patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) who also have necrosis of the femoral head tend to present at an earlier age, with a rapid disease progression and a high incidence of bilateral onset. …”
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Cyclophosphamide and mycophenolate mofetil as induction therapy in lupus nephritis by Božić-Majstorović Ljubinka, Popović-Pejičić Snježana, Mrđa Jelena, Mrđa Vladimir, Ovčina Irma

“…Almost 50 % of patients who suffer from systemic lupus erythematosus have lupus nephritis (LN) as well. …”
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