The doctoral program in Infectology and Tropical Medicine’s impact evaluation by Marta Ana Castro Peraza, Anabel Hernández Ruiz, María Isabel Chao Sautié, María Teresa Illnait Zaragozí, Hilda María Hernández Álvarez, Félix Dickinson Meneses

“…<br /><strong>Results:</strong> the faculty is composed of 53 doctors in science, with 516 (9.92 average) awards, 522 (10.3 average) scientific articles, 550 events (10.57 per faculty member). The postdoctoral strategy projects the participation of academic and scientific networks. …”
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Hormonal Fluctuations and Periodontal Status in Postmenopausal Women by Mehrad Rafiei, Somayeh Salarisedigh, Parvin Khalili, Zahra Jamali, Farimah Sardari

“…The RCS includes 10,000 participants aged 35–70 years old. Among this population, the periodontal status data of 4143 women were available. …”
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Effect of Weight-Loss Diet Combined with Taurine Supplementation on Fasting Levels of Fibroblast Growth Factors19, 21, and 𝛃-klothoCo-Receptor in Obese Women: A Randomized Clinical... by Maryam Asadi, Fatemeh Haidari, Hossein Bavi Behbahani, Maryam J Chitsazi, Javad Mohammadi-asl, Kambiz Ahmadi-Angali

“…The weight loss intervention aimed to reduce 30% of the total energy consumed by the participants.A paired t-test and an independent sample t-test were employed to assess parametric continuous data within and between the groups. …”
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Regional differences in intercohort and intracohort trends in obesity in the USA: evidence from the National Health Interview Survey, 1982–2018 by Emma Zang, Liying Luo, Jiahui Xu

“…We address the knowledge gap by investigating net of age and period trends, how intercohort and intracohort patterns in obesity may depend on Census regions for black and white men and women.Design, setting and participants A total of 1 020 412 non-Hispanic black and white respondents aged 20–69 were included from the 1982–2018 National Health Interview Survey.Outcome measures Obesity is defined as body mass index ≥30 kg/m2 based on participant self-reported weight and height. …”
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Factors Related to Levels of Burnout and Job Satisfaction in Family Physicians (Cross-sectional Research) by İzzet Çeleğen, Sinemis Çetin Dağlı

“…The sample was not selected in the study, the whole universe was tried to be reached. 255 family physicians working in Van province were included in the study. The participation rate is 82%.Results: The mean scores of the participants of the study; Maslach sensuality: 29.87 ± 3.5, achievement: 23.62 ± 3.5, insensitivity: 13.37 ± 3.5, total: 22.29 ± 3.54, Minnesota total: 3.03 ± 0.68.There is a significant difference between gender, compliance with the personality structure of the work, choosing the profession at its own will, thinking about quitting the job, presence of chronic illness, physical and social conditions in the workplace, and burnout scores (p &lt;0.05).Although there was no difference between the satisfaction of the family medicine system, the future anxiety of the system, and the burnout scores according to the satisfaction of the wage, there was a significant difference in terms of job satisfaction scores (p &lt;0.05)Conclusion: The study results show that family physicians feel moderate to high levels of fatigue and emotional fatigue related to their profession. …”
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The Effectiveness of an Educational Intervention on Countering Disinformation Moderated by Intellectual Humility by Eduard-Claudiu Gross, Delia Cristina Balaban

“…One week later, all participants completed the second survey to assess perceived social media literacy and general conspiracy beliefs. …”
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Biphalin, a Dimeric Enkephalin, Alleviates LPS-Induced Activation in Rat Primary Microglial Cultures in Opioid Receptor-Dependent and Receptor-Independent Manners by Katarzyna Popiolek-Barczyk, Anna Piotrowska, Wioletta Makuch, Joanna Mika

“…Neuropathic pain is relatively less responsive to opioids than other types of pain, which is possibly due to a disrupted opioid system partially caused by the profound microglial cell activation that underlines neuroinflammation. …”
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Association of Cutaneous Immune-related Adverse Events with Overall Survival and Progression-free Survival in Oncology Patients Receiving Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors: A Prospectiv... by Gloria Juan-Carpena, Natividad Martínez Banaclocha, Juan Carlos Palazón Cabanes, Maria Niveiro-de Jaime, Isabel Betlloch Mas, Mar Blanes-Martínez

“…At total of 189 patients were included, of whom 82 (43.4%) presented cirAEs. Most participants (56.6%) were diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). …”
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Association between Optical Coherence Tomography Measurements and Clinical Parameters in Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension by Priscilla Fernandes Nogueira, Gustavo Coelho Caiado, Carolina P. B. Gracitelli, Fernando Meister Martins, Felipe Chaves Duarte Barros, Sandro Luis De Andrade Matas, Sérgio Henrique Teixeira, Luciana da Cruz Noia, Danilo Andriatti Paulo

“…The mean age of the participants was 35.0 ± 10.83 years. The groups were similar regarding age, but were significantly different regarding sex and visual acuity (p=0.001 and p=0.038, respectively). …”
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Informed consent in dementia research: how Public Involvement can contribute to addressing “old” and “new” challenges by Ana Diaz, Cindy Birck, Angela Bradshaw, Jean Georges, Daphne Lamirel, Soraya Moradi-Bachiller, Dianne Gove

“…Informed consent is a critical ethical requirement in research, ensuring the protection of participants' rights and promoting their wellbeing and autonomy. …”
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Effectiveness of a Theory-Driven Nutritional Education Program in Improving Calcium Intake among Older Mauritian Adults by Trishnee Bhurosy, Rajesh Jeewon

“…The intervention group (IG) (n=98) participated in 6 weekly interactive lessons based on the health belief model (HBM). …”
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The integration and innovative practice of intelligent AI and local opera in college teaching by Chunying Li

“…A quasi-experimental design involving 199 participants over a one-year period was conducted, involving teaching with and without AI enhancement. …”
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Unraveling the power of sense of coherence: a key predictor of symptom severity among depressive disorders clients by Samah Mohamed Taha, Mona Metwally El-Sayed, Mahmoud Abdelwahab Khedr, Ayman Mohamed El-Ashry, Azza Ibrahim Abdelraof, Hassan Mohammed Sonbol, Manal Mohammed Hawash, Eman Sameh Abd Elhay

“…Results The study findings indicated that a substantial proportion of the participants (35.5%) had low Sense of Coherence (SOC) levels, associated with higher depressive symptoms. …”
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Factors Associated with High Sodium Intake Assessed from 24-hour Urinary Excretion and the Potential Effect of Energy Intake by Fatimah Othman, Rashidah Ambak, Cheong Siew Man, Nor Azian Mohd Zaki, Mohd Hasnan Ahmad, Nur Shahida Abdul Aziz, Azli Baharuddin, Ruhaya Salleh, Tahir Aris

“…A nationwide, cross-sectional study was conducted from 2015 to 2016 among Malaysian health staff (MySalt 2015). A total of 1027 participants from 1568 targeted participants aged 18 years and older that were randomly selected were included in this study. …”
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«IT IS REPARABLE HISTORICAL JUSTICE …»: FAR EAST CAMPAIGN OF 1945 IN CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE SOVIET MILITARY PERSONNEL by E. S. Senyavskaya

“…In this article on the basis of documentary evidence and memories of the participants of the events shows, what was the sentiments in the summer of 1945, after the victory over Germany, when the Soviet troops departed from Europe to the far East, to participate in the war with Japan, and how the Soviet command solved a difficult problem - to mobilize for perform the new military tasks people who were weary up to the limit from years of war, dreamed of a speedy return to their families and relatives on. …”
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Comparison of the Effects of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Emotion-Focused Therapy on Mental Vitality in Caregivers of Elderly Parents by Zahra Noorali, Reza Khakpour, Pante'a Jahangir

“…From a total of 169 individuals, 45 participants were selected through convenience sampling and were randomly assigned to three groups of 15 participants each, forming two experimental groups and one control group. …”
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La généralisation des activités à visée philosophique dans l’école, avec les élèves en difficulté : enjeux et projet by Jean-Charles Pettier

“…At the ethical level, we identify better to what extend the generalization of the PPA participate to the construction of human essence by means of the Right. …”
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Do orthodontists consider endodontic complications in their orthodontic management of teeth with a history of dental trauma? A vignette survey by Kinda Awad, Ammar Al Hourani, Dariusz Kasperek, Fadi Jarad, Sondos Albadri

“…The study participants reported non-standardised pre- treatment examination, limited dental trauma experience and insufficient training. …”
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An Investigation on the Risk Factors of Thyroid Diseases in Community Population in Hainan by Tuanyu Fang, Leweihua Lin, Qianying Ou, Lu Lin, Huachuan Zhang, Kaining Chen, Huibiao Quan, Yangli He

“…Except for the age group ≥70 years, with the increase in age, the prevalence gradually increased (p < 0.05). Participants with positive thyroid autoantibodies (TPOAb or TgAb) had a higher prevalence than participants with negative autoantibodies. …”
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Randomized controlled trials of vitamin D and cancer incidence: A modeling study. by William B Grant, Barbara J Boucher

“…The input variables of the model are vitamin D dose, baseline and achieved 25(OH)D concentrations, known rates of cancer for the population, and numbers of participants for the treatment and placebo arms is estimated-vitamin D dosage and numbers of participants are varied to achieve desired hazard ratio significance, using information from two vitamin D RCTs on cancer incidence conducted in Nebraska with good agreement between the model estimates and reported hazard ratios. …”
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