Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment in US Nursing Homes: A Case Study of CRNP Engagement in the Care Planning Process by Gerald A. Hartle, David G. Thimons, Joseph Angelelli

“…This case study describes changes in Physician Orders for Life Saving Treatment (POLST) status among long-stay residents of a US nursing home who had a certified registered nurse practitioner (CRNP) adopt the practice of participating in nursing home staff care plan meetings. …”
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Impact of Severe Obesity and Weight Loss on Systolic Left Ventricular Function and Morphology: Assessment by 2-Dimensional Speckle-Tracking Echocardiography by Sevda Karimian, Jürgen Stein, Boris Bauer, Claudius Teupe

“…Transthoracic two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography was performed to obtain systolic left ventricular strain before and after weight loss. …”
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Venous leg ulcer healing as a determinant of quality of life in patients treated with unna boot: A quasi-experimental study. by Mário Lins Galvão de Oliveira, Felipe León-Morillas, Isadora Costa Andriola, Carmelo Sergio Gómez Martínez, Bruno Araújo da Silva Dantas, Gilson de Vasconcelos Torres

“…Our objective was to assess the effect of Venous Leg Ulcer (VLU) healing on Quality of Life (QoL) in patients undergoing compression therapy. …”
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Correction: Mental health status and the quality of life of infertile women receiving fertility treatment in Bangladesh: A cross-sectional study. by PLOS GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH Staff

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Life-Threatening Rupture of a False Aneurysm after Femoral Arterial Catheterization: Unexpected Delay after a Common Procedure by Julie Renner, Pierre Pasquier, Elisabeth Falzone, Faye Rozwadowski, Stéphane Mérat

“…We report the case of a 79-year-old patient who presented with a femoral iatrogenic pseudoaneurysm of delayed and unusual onset with immediately life-threatening massive bleeding. Ultrasound is the method of choice for the diagnosis of pseudo aneurysm. …”
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The milestones of the life and scientific-pedagogical path of Mikhail Ivanovich Balabolkin (to the 90th anniversary of the birth of Professor M.I. Balabolkin) by Nina A. Petunina, Irina A. Kuzina, Ekaterina V. Goncharova, Narine S. Martirosian, Milena E. Telnova, Mikhail V. Khachaturov

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The Impact of Hyperbolic Discounting on Asset Accumulation for Later Life: A Study of Active Investors Aged 65 Years and over in Japan by Honoka Nabeshima, Sumeet Lal, Haruka Izumi, Yuzuha Himeno, Mostafa Saidur Rahim Khan, Yoshihiko Kadoya

“…Asset accumulation in later life is a pressing issue in Japan due to the growing gap between life expectancy (87.14 years for women, 81.09 years for men in 2023) and the retirement age (65 or less). …”
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Arab Culture and Organisational Context in Work-Life Balance Practice for Men and Women: A Case Study from Gaza, Palestine by Mahmoud Abubaker, Chris Adam-Bagley

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Sequence Analysis of How Disability Influenced Life Trajectories in a Past Population from the Nineteenth-Century Sundsvall Region, Sweden by Lotta Vikström, Helena Haage, Erling Häggström Lundevaller

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Ecological Life History of Peltoperla Tarteri (Plecoptera: Peltoperlidae) From Big Hollow of Paint Creek, Fayette County, West Virginia by Kimberly K. Ruggles, Donald C. Tarter

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When to Consider a Diagnosis of Maturity-Onset Diabetes of the Young: Precise Diagnosis Leads to Better Management and Quality of Life for the Patients by Yujia Gao, Kalyan Mansukhbhai Shekhda, Sarah N. Ali

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Commentary on “The Feasibility of Hybrid IMRT treatment planning for Left-sided Chest wall irradiation: A Comparative Treatment Planning Study” by Gautam Sarma, Hrishikesh Kashyap, Partha Medhi

“…With great interest, we read the article “The Feasibility of Hybrid IMRT treatment planning for Left-sided Chest wall irradiation: A Comparative Treatment Planning Study” by Haldar S et al. (1). …”
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Integration of artificial intelligence and advanced optimization techniques for continuous gas lift under restricted gas supply: A case study by Leila Zeinolabedini, Forough Ameli, Abdolhossein Hemmati-Sarapardeh

Subjects: “…Gas lift optimization…”
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SUPPORTING THE TRANSITION FROM SCHOOL TO ACTIVE LIFE. CASE STUDY: FEEDBACK ANALYSIS OF THE INTERNSHIPS STUDENTS OF „VASILE ALECSANDRI” UNIVERSITY OF BACAU by MARIA-CRINA RADU, PETRONELA SAVIN, VALENTIN NEDEFF, ROXANA GRIGORE

Subjects: “…practical training internships, the transition from school to active life…”
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Assessing low-back loading during lifting using personalized electromyography-driven trunk models and NIOSH-based risk levels by Mohamed Irfan Refai, Tiwana Varrecchia, Giorgia Chini, Alberto Ranavolo, Massimo Sartori

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Unraveling the dyadic dynamics: exploring the impact of flexible working arrangements’ availability on satisfaction with work-life flexibility among working parents by Ya Guo, Fenwick Feng Jing, Yuqi Zhong, Meng Zhu, Senhu Wang

“…Abstract Despite ample research on the association between the availability of flexible working arrangements (FWAs) and satisfaction from an individual perspective, little has explored the dyadic correlation between the availability of FWAs and satisfaction with work-life flexibility (WLF) from a couple-level perspective among working parents. …”
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High risk for life-threatening adverse events of fluoroquinolones in young adults: a large German population-based cohort study by Julia Wicherski, Jonas Peltner, Cornelia Becker, Katrin Schüssel, Gabriela Brückner, Andreas Schlotmann, Helmut Schröder, Winfried V. Kern, Britta Haenisch

“…Therefore, we aim to examine the association between fluoroquinolone exposure and potentially life-threatening adverse events stratified by age and gender in Germany. …”
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Chitosan-Based Coatings Incorporated with Cinnamon and Tea Extracts to Extend the Fish Fillets Shelf Life: Validation by FTIR Spectroscopy Technique by Maryam Haghighi, Sedigheh Yazdanpanah

“…The findings of our research showed that chitosan coating modified with tea and cinnamon extracts could be used as a novel active packaging to prolong the shelf life quality of fish fillet.…”
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A Case of Life-Threatening Contralateral Tension Pneumothorax during Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery in a Patient with Retrosternal Goiter by Nimitha Prasad, Sucheta S. Gaiwal

“…We report a case of a 74-year-old female with a retrosternal goiter undergoing video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) for a left lung lower lobectomy, necessitating one-lung ventilation (OLV). …”
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Left Atrial Mass Invasion from Pulmonary Neoplasm Extension via the Right Upper Pulmonary Vein Presenting as Ipsilateral Stroke by Piercarlo Ballo, Raffaele Laureano, Mariapia Briganti, Maria Teresa Passaleva, Fiorella Piani, Cecilia Piga, Stefano Tatini, Giovanni Maria Santoro

“…Left atrial invasion by lung cancer via haematogenous pathways is a relatively uncommon but potentially life-threatening event. …”
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