THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE OTAGO EXERCISE PROGRAM TO IMPROVE BALANCE IN THE ELDERLY by Cătălina Mihaela Dascălu, Paul Lucaci, Marius Neculăeș, Beatrice Aurelia Abalașei

“…Parascheva” from Iasi, aged over 65 years old, both men and women, who fall into the increased and moderate risk of falling as measured by the Berg Scale. …”
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Is Overweight a Risk Factor for Adverse Events during Removal of Impacted Lower Third Molars? by Ricardo Wathson Feitosa de Carvalho, Belmiro Cavalcanti do Egito Vasconcelos

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Effects of Pesticides on Occupationally Exposed Humans by Stylianos M. Piperakis, Konstantina Kontogianni, Michael M. Piperakis, Ricardo Marcos, Smaragdi Tsilimigaki

“…In this study, we employed the Comet assay to examine DNA damage in peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBLs) from 64 greenhouse workers from Almería in south-eastern Spain in comparison to PBLs from 50 men from the same area but not engaged in any agricultural work. …”
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Mega-events and the climate: what’s the game? by David Gogishvili, Martin Müller

“… Introduction: The Olympics and the Men's Football World Cup are both significant carbon emitters, yet they hold potential for raising awareness and driving action on climate change (Chalip, 2006; Martiskainen & Sovacool, 2021). …”
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Incontinence and Erectile Dysfunction Following Radical Prostatectomy: A Review by Gerasimos Alivizatos, Andreas Skolarikos

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Proprioception in Above-the-Knee Amputees with Artificial Limbs by E. P. Latanioti, A. G. Angoules, E. C. Boutsikari

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SPECT and PET Imaging of Meningiomas by Varvara Valotassiou, Anastasia Leondi, George Angelidis, Dimitrios Psimadas, Panagiotis Georgoulias

“…They are usually diagnosed after the third decade of life and they are more frequent in women than in men. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) criteria, meningiomas can be classified into grade I meningiomas, which are benign, grade II (atypical) and grade III (anaplastic) meningiomas, which have a much more aggressive clinical behaviour. …”
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Does Motor Training of the Nonparetic Side Influences Balance and Function in Chronic Stroke? A Pilot RCT by Shanta Pandian, Kamal Narayan Arya, Dharmendra Kumar

“…A randomized controlled, double blinded trial was conducted on 39 poststroke hemiparetic subjects (21, men; mean age, 42 years; mean poststroke duration, 13 months). …”
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Relation Between Rates of Geriatric Suicide and Consumption of Alcohol Beverages in European Countries by Leo Sher

“…The highest suicide rate is found among white men aged 65 years and older. The causes of elder suicide are multifaceted. …”
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The impact of two Ginseng administrations on stress from acute physical effort by Ramona-Niculina Jurcău, Dong Hun Kwak, Ioana-Marieta Jurcău, Nicolae-Alexandru Colceriu, Cezar Honceriu

“…All participants were subjected to the same type of stress: an acute and short-term intense physical effort on a cycle ergometer. …”
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Imaging Findings of Gastric Diverticula by Dominik Schramm, Andreas Gunter Bach, Alexander Zipprich, Alexey Surov

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Proximal Femoral Morphology and the Relevance to Design of Anatomically Precontoured Plates: A Study of the Chinese Population by Kun-Jhih Lin, Hung-Wen Wei, Kang-Ping Lin, Cheng-Lun Tsai, Pei-Yuan Lee

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Rotational Dynamics of Optically Trapped Human Spermatozoa by Elavarasan Subramani, Himanish Basu, Shyam Thangaraju, Sucheta Dandekar, Deepak Mathur, Koel Chaudhury

“…The rotational speed of sperm cells from infertile men is observed to be significantly less as compared to controls. …”
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Association between Single Nucleotide Polymorphism of Vitamin D Receptor Gene FokI Polymorphism and Clinical Progress of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia by Li Ruan, Jian-guo Zhu, Cong Pan, Xing Hua, Dong-bo Yuan, Zheng-ming Li, Wei-de Zhong

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Adductor Strains in Athletes by Malachy P McHugh, Stephen J Nicholas, Timothy F Tyler

“…Acute adductor injuries are a common occurrence in sport. The overall incidence of adductor strains across 25 college sports was 1.29 injuries per 1000 exposures, with men's soccer (3.15) and men's hockey (2.47) having the highest incidences. …”
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Better Outcomes in Severe and Morbid Obese Patients (BMI>35 kg/m2) in Primary Endo-Model Rotating-Hinge Total Knee Arthroplasty by Luis M. Lozano, Vicente López, José Ríos, Dragos Popescu, Pere Torner, Félix Castillo, Francisco Maculé

“…There were 6 deep infections and 16 patients referred postoperative anterior knee pain. WOMAC index scores disaggregated by gender and BMI showed better outcomes in obese patients (specifically, those with a BMI of 35–40 kg/m2) and in men. …”
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Ocular Surface Disorders in Intensive Care Unit Patients by Tuba Berra Saritas, Banu Bozkurt, Baris Simsek, Zeynep Cakmak, Mehmet Ozdemir, Alper Yosunkaya

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Magnetic Resonance Image-Guided Biopsies with a High Detection Rate of Prostate Cancer by Dirk G. Engehausen, Karl Engelhard, Siegfried A. Schwab, Michael Uder, Sven Wach, Bernd Wullich, F. Steffen Krause

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Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome in Patients with Psoriasis by Ilkin Zindancı, Ozlem Albayrak, Mukaddes Kavala, Emek Kocaturk, Burce Can, Sibel Sudogan, Melek Koç

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Obesity Is a Marker of Reduction in QoL and Disability by Anna Sirtori, Amelia Brunani, Valentina Villa, Maria Elisa Berselli, Marina Croci, Matilde Leonardi, Alberto Raggi

“…Adult obese patients were clustered using HRQoL (IWQoL-Lite) and disability (WHO-DAS II) scores into three groups: mild, moderate, and high. …”
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