Comparison of real-time instrument use and absorbent tube method for measuring formaldehyde in working environments: A health risk assessment for gross anatomy staff by Phanpina Soonklang, Arroon Ketsakorn, Nontiya Homkham, Chalermchai Chaikittiporn, Saowanee Norkaew

“…The Wilcoxon matched-pairs signed-rank test and intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC) were used to test–retest reliability between the two instruments. The results showed that the Gasmet direct reading and absorbent tube concentrations were not significantly different (p > 0.05) in all working areas and ICC was 0.939 indicating a highly reliable test result between the two measurements. …”
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Demographic features, clinical characteristics, and comorbid relation in hidradenitis suppurativa: a population-based study by Gökhan Kaya, Fatma Pelin Özgen, Osman Kelahmetoğlu, Özlem Su Küçük, Nahide Onsun

“…This study aimed to describe the epidemiological, clinical, and comorbid characteristics of HS patients.MethodologyThis retrospective descriptive cross-sectional study included 193 outpatients aged between 15 and 73 years who visited a tertiary HS clinic between 2017 and 2022. …”
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Upper Extremity Freezing and Dyscoordination in Parkinson’s Disease: Effects of Amplitude and Cadence Manipulations by April J. Williams, Daniel S. Peterson, Michele Ionno, Kristen A. Pickett, Gammon M. Earhart

“…Motor freezing, the inability to produce effective movement, is associated with decreasing amplitude, hastening of movement, and poor coordination. We investigated how manipulations of movement amplitude and cadence affect upper extremity (UE) coordination as measured by the phase coordination index (PCI)—only previously measured in gait—and freezing of the upper extremity (FO-UE) in people with Parkinson's disease (PD) who experience freezing of gait (PD + FOG), do not experience FOG (PD-FOG), and healthy controls. …”
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Development and validation of the Iranian Social Health Questionnaire (IrSHQ) by Hassan Rafiey, Mostafa Amini Rarani, Fardin Alipour, Esmaeil Khedmati Morasae

“…Background: Social health is a fundamental dimension of health, and plays an important role in promoting social well-being. Research in social health needs reliable and valid tools, which should be also applicable to any type of social context. …”
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The use of intraoperative mannitol during the laparoscopic nephrectomy in living kidney donor and the prevention of delayed graft function by Fernando Giron-Luque, Nasly Patino-Jaramillo, Yenny Baez-Suarez, Andrea García-López

“…We performed a descriptive analysis of demographics and clinical variables in our cohort. …”
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Nutritional state of scholars from 6 to 11 years old. Clinical-anthropometrical characterization. by Alexander Torres Molina

“…<br /><strong>Methods:</strong> A descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted from January to June 2010. …”
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IDENTIFICATION OF KNOWLEDGE OF BULLYING IN ADOLESCENTS AND ITS EFFECTS ON BEHAVIOR OF BULLYING FRIENDS by Abdul Nasir, Rindayati Rindayati, Iswatun Iswatun, Anestasia Pangestu Mei Tyas, Bela Dwi Kurnia Putri

“…The study sample consisted of 80 students at SMAN 1 Kebomas Gresik who met the inclusion criteria. The independent variable is bullying knowledge. …”
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A 5-Year Retrospective Review of Fungal Keratitis at Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia by Fadzillah Mohd-Tahir, A. Norhayati, Ishak Siti-Raihan, M. Ibrahim

“…A retrospective review of medical and microbiology records was conducted for all patients who were treated for fungal keratitis at Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia from January 2007 until December 2011. …”
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Nutrition Education and Vitamin D Supplementation Improving Nutrition Intake, Body Composition, and Vitamin D Status of Soccer Athlete by Weni Kurdanti, Agus Wijanarka, Mirza Hapsari Sakti Titis Penggalih

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Russian-Greek Political and Ecclesiastical Relations in 20-30s of the 19th Century by E. P. Kudryavtseva

“…The first ambassador was P.I. Rickman, who arrived with aim to provide political relations with this new Balkan state. …”
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Endovascular recanalization of infra-popliteal TASC C and TASC D lesions in patients with critical limb-threatening ischemia: a single-center experience by Mehmet Koray Akkan, Ali Can Yalçın, Tolga Zeydanlı, Fatih Öncü, Erhan Turgut Ilgıt, Ahmet Baran Önal, Mustafa Hakan Zor, Abdullah Özer

“…METHODS: A single-center retrospective study was conducted on patients with TASC C/D CLTI who underwent endovascular treatment between 2012 and 2017. …”
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Value orientations of vkontakte users with different strategies for meanings transferring by Pavel N. Ermakov, Ekaterina E. Belousova

“…The paper presents the results of a study of strategies for transferring the meanings and the value orientations of young people in social networks. The Internet is so firmly rooted in our everyday life that we can no longer imagine our life without it. …”
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Applying the Multi Theory Model (MTM) of health behavior change for explaining fruits and vegetables consumption behavior among African American women in Mississippi, USA by LaVonne Brown, Vinayak K. Nahar, Manoj Sharma

“…The study utilized a convenience quota sampling. Participants who reported that they consumed more than five cups of fruits and vegetables within the last 24 hours were excluded from the study. …”

Reimagining Christianity and Sexual Diversity in Africa by Ashwin Thyssen

“…Second, their work takes seriously the ways in which the lives of Africans are being rendered precarious because of the limited socio-political progress with regard to LGBT+ rights. …”
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Preoperative Blood Glucose Level Predicts Postsurgical Gastroparesis Syndrome after Subtotal Gastrectomy: Development of an Individualized Usable Nomogram by Chenchen Mao, Xin Liu, Yunshi Huang, Mingming Shi, Weiyang Meng, Libin Xu, Weisheng Chen, Yuanbo Hu, Xinxin Yang, Xiaodong Chen, Xian Shen

“…Patients and Methods. We retrospectively analyzed 633 patients with gastric cancer who underwent subtotal gastrectomy. …”
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Intragovernmental governance in South Africa - An analysis of recent jurisprudence by Andreas SJ Karsten, Marjoné van der Bank

“…This article builds on the legal insight provided in the case of the Premier, Gauteng and Others v Democratic Alliance and Others; All Tshwane Councillors who are Members of the Economic Freedom Fighters and Another v Democratic Alliance and Others; African National Congress v Democratic Alliance and Others [2021] ZACC 34. …”
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Analysis of the higher education system managerial and organizational potential in the United Republic of Tanzania with the aim of implementing a model of students’ eco-awareness formation in the Russian language by N. A. Nikitin

“…In 2020–2022, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the tourist flow from Russia to Tanzania increased, which led to an increased demand for service professionals who know the Russian language. The research conducted allowed to determine the historical peculiarities of relations between Tanzania and Russia and the organizational and pedagogical potential of higher education in Tanzania with the aim of implementing a model of eco-awareness formation in the Russian language. …”
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Validity of the German Version of the Continuous-Scale Physical Functional Performance 10 Test by Irene Härdi, Stephanie A. Bridenbaugh, M. Elaine Cress, Reto W. Kressig

“…The Continuous-Scale Physical Functional Performance 10 Test (CS-PFP 10) quantitatively assesses physical functional performance in older adults who have a broad range of physical functional ability. …”
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A comparative evaluation of students' specialist's and bachelor's degrees development indicators by Albert A. Abrosimov, Vyacheslav V. Zayvyy

“…The studies were carried out on the basis of experimental data obtained by testing undergraduate students and specialty students.For detailed analysis, the separation of each of the two complete samples into approximate statistical intervals in which the comparison is being made.For the estimation in each statistical interval, differences in the average values of the accepted development indices and differences in the profiles of development indices within the samples and between the samples are analyzed. …”
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Doctoral Education as an Institutional Resource for Training Research and Higher Education Personnel (Article 1) by B. I. Bednyi, A. A. Mironos, N. V. Rybakov

“…The diversification of professional trajectories of academic degree holders is now becoming a global trend, and it prompts us to take a fresh look at the problem of evaluating the effectiveness of existing institutions for the training of academic and research personnel – the systems of doctoral education in Russia and abroad – in terms of the training of academic researchers and higher education teaching staff. Our two articles which share the scope of problems and have a single general concept, consecutively address the following issues: the collection and analysis of empirical data on training in doctoral programs; the dynamics of dissertation defense by graduates after the completion of doctoral programs; the actual timeframe of doctoral students’ advancement to their degree; the proportion of graduates who continue their scientific career after graduating from the doctoral program. …”
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