Excess Weight and Body Fat Percentage Associated with Waist Circumference as a Cardiometabolic Risk Factor in University Students by Roberto E. Nuñez-Leyva, Tabita E. Lozano-López, Yaquelin E. Calizaya-Milla, Sergio E. Calizaya-Milla, Jacksaint Saintila

“…Anthropometric data (weight, height, %BF, and WC) were collected. Chi-square test was used. …”
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The Functional outcome of arthroscopic anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with hamstring graft by Muhammad Shahid Khan, Wael Azzam

“…Materials and Methods In this retrospective study, we included 10 patients who underwent arthroscopic transportal single bundle ACLR using hamstring autograft, between January 2019 to December 2021 in Isra university hospital Hyderabad. …”
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Evaluation of the accuracy of mobile cone-beam computed tomography after spinal instrumentation surgery by Ki Seong Eom, Eun Sung Park, Dae Won Kim, Jong Tae Park, Kwon-Ha Yoon

“…Methods The author retrospectively reviewed postoperative mobile CBCT images of 15 patients who underwent posterior pedicle screw fixation for spinal disease from November 2019 to April 2020. …”
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Association between the use of mobile touchscreen devices and the quality of parent-child interaction in preschoolers by Krisztina Liszkai-Peres, Zsófia Budai, Zsófia Budai, Adrienn Kocsis, Zsolt Jurányi, Ákos Pogány, György Kampis, Ádám Miklósi, Veronika Konok

“…Our findings revealed that preschoolers who regularly use MTSDs (n = 47, aged 4–7 years, engaging in MTSD use for at least 2 h per week) are spending less time with their parents and exhibited lower quality interactions compared to non-users (n = 25). …”
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Lessons from the Virtual Delivery of Building Information Modelling Modules in the COVID-19 Era by Fonbeyin Henry Abanda, Avar Almukhtar, Mark Austin

“…A main finding is that, despite being a technical course, BIM can still be delivered online without compromising any of its learning outcomes. …”
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Effects of Mobilization Time on Occurrence of New Fractures after Vertebroplasty by Ahmet Onur Akpolat, Sinan Karaca

“…Osteoporotic vertebral fracture treatment options include vertebroplasty, in which development of new fractures is among the possible complications which may develop during the postoperative period. We aim to evaluate whether or not postoperative mobilization time has effect on occurrence of new fractures. …”
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Case report: Short-course hypofractionated radiation therapy combined with immune checkpoint inhibitors for the treatment of advanced ovarian mucinous cystadenocarcinoma by Xinan Wan, Mingxing Fang, Le Yuan, Hang Zhang, Dan Wang

“…BackgroundOvarian mucinous cystadenocarcinoma is a rare subtype of ovarian epithelial carcinoma that is resistant to platinum-based chemotherapy and has a poor prognosis, and there is no standard treatment plan for patients for whom multiline treatment has failed.Case presentationoma with FIGO stage IVB disease who was sequentially treated with paclitaxel liposomes+carboplatin, 5-Fu+CF+oxaliplatin, capecitabine+oxaliplatin, bevacizumab+FOLFOX4, S-1, and bevacizumab+oxaliplatin+raltitrexed chemotherapy. …”
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Diode Green Laser in the Lid Trichiasis Treatment by Raquel Galvão Bezerra, Roberta Lílian Fernandes de Sousa Meneghim, Carlos Roberto Padovani, Silvana Artioli Schellini

“…The overall cure rate at the end of the study was 85%, with 69% being cured with a single session and 82.8% with two treatment sessions. …”
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Significance of Early Postoperative Arterial Lactic Acid, Inferior Vena Cava Variability, and Central Venous Pressure in Hypovolemic Shock by Wei Lin, Xingsheng Lin, Yingfeng Zhuang, Xiaobin Pan, Chao Wu, Shujuan Zhang, Lihui Zhang, Jian Lin, Songjing Shi, Songchang Shi

“…This is a retrospective study of patients who underwent surgical resuscitation in the Department of Critical Care Medicine. …”
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Paramedic Recognition of Sepsis in the Prehospital Setting: A Prospective Observational Study by Robert S. Green, Andrew H. Travers, Edward Cain, Samuel G. Campbell, Jan L. Jensen, David A. Petrie, Mete Erdogan, Gredi Patrick, Ward Patrick

“…Accurate paramedic recognition of sepsis is important to initiate care promptly for patients who arrive by Emergency Medical Services. Methods. …”
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Effectiveness of 4 weeks of electrical vestibular stimulation in the management of temporomandibular pain by Yashica Gowda R, Asha G, Doreswamy Kanakaiah, Karthik N, Sai Sailesh Kumar Goothy, Mukkadan JK

“…Materials and Methods: Sixty male and female participants who reported temporomandibular pain were recruited. …”
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Protocol for a qualitative study exploring haemodialysis dependent patients’ arteriovenous fistula experience, values and concerns in Sydney, Australia by Vasi Naganathan, Sarah Joy Aitken, Bethany Miriam Stavert, Susan Monaro, Lisa Tienstra

“…Introduction The experiences of patients from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, with chronic mental illness, disabilities or who identify as sexual or religious minorities are under-represented in clinical research on arteriovenous fistula (AVF) for haemodialysis access. …”
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Anthropometric, Morphometric and Posture Evaluation of The Tallest Living Person In The World: A Case Report by Erhan Kara

“…Disorders in these segments were identified based on forward tilt of head (Anterior/Lateral -AL), position of head (A-L), tilt and position of shoulder (A-L), position of ribcage (left-right), position of pelvis (left-right), pelvic tilt (left-right) and load on head (lb. and kg) (Figure 1.). The measurements revealed that the case surprisingly had anthropometric and morphometric values above normal human dimensions and that, there was also no other living human being with numerically the same values. …”
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Premature Ejaculation and Utilization of Cognitive Techniques by Serkan AKKOYUNLU, M. Hakan TÜRKÇAPAR, Canan AKKOYUNLU

“…Case: Presenting clients are five years married couple who are thirty and twenty nine years old respectively. …”
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Promoting Physics Literacy through Enquiry-based Learning Online by Wan Ng, Elizabeth Angstmann

“…In Australia, as in a number of other countries, studies have consistently shown a low enrolment trend towards Physics by students in post-secondary years, due partly to the subject being perceived as conceptually difficult and abstract to grasp. …”
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FIGO 2023 staging system predicts not only survival outcome but also recurrence pattern in corpus-confined endometrial cancer patients by Hua-Hsi Wu, Hung-Tse Chou, Shih-Yao Lin, Chiung-Ru Lai, Yi-Jen Chen

“…In comparison to the FIGO 2023 stage I patients, the stage II patients had a higher distant recurrence rate (8.8 % vs. 2.6 %) and poorer overall survival (38.0 vs 69.0 months, p = 0.02). Conclusion: Patients who are upstaged are prone to worse oncological outcomes, including distant recurrence and mortality. …”
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Assessing customer satisfaction: the case of test prescribers at the clinical biology laboratory of Centre Muraz/ Institut National de Santé Publique, Burkina Faso by Dame Yenyetou, Issouf Sanou, Chérileila Thiombiano, Bakary Diamoutany Sogodogo, Adama Sanou, Soufiane D. Sanou, Mamoudou Cisse, Amariane M. M. Kone, Aline R. Ouoba, Dramane Kania, Michel K. Gomgnimbou, Ibrahim Sangare, Abdoul-Salam Ouedraogo

“…KoboToolbox, a data collection platform, was used. …”
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Microbiological Safety and Health Properties of Marketed Fermented Root Vegetables by Eliza Knez, Rafał Hałasa, Katarzyna Turecka, Justyna Ośko, Kornelia Kadac-Czapska, Krzysztof Waleron, Małgorzata Grembecka

“…However, among unpasteurized vegetables, 7 out of 11 products met the FAO/WHO criteria for probiotic foods, as they contained a sufficient number of lactic acid bacteria and lacked <i>Escherichia coli</i>. …”
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Red Blood Cell Transfusions and Iron Therapy for Patients Presenting with Acute Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding: A Survey of Canadian Gastroenterologists and Hepatologists by Kyle J. Fortinsky, Myriam Martel, Roshan Razik, Gillian Spiegle, Zane R. Gallinger, Samir C. Grover, Katerina Pavenski, Adam V. Weizman, Lukasz Kwapisz, Sangeeta Mehta, Sarah Gray, Alan N. Barkun

“…There is limited data evaluating physician transfusion practices in patients with acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB). Methods. A web-based survey was sent to 500 gastroenterologists and hepatologists across Canada. …”
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Sensory substitution and augmentation techniques in cerebral visual impairment: a discussion of lived experiences by Stephanie L. Duesing, Katie Lane-Karnas, Sebastian James Adam Duesing, Mae Lane-Karnas, Nai Y, Arvind Chandna, Arvind Chandna

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