Posttransplantation Lymphoproliferative Disease Treated by Retransplantation by Ingerid Weum Abrahamsen, Bjørn Christer Grønvold, Else Marit Inderberg, Nadia Mensali, Jonas Mattsson, Tobias Gedde-Dahl

“…We describe our strategy to meet the patient’s urgent need for EBV-specific T cells, as well as new hematopoietic stem cells. …”
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A Qualitative Investigation of Athletes’ Views on Clean Sport by Beatričė Hoppen, Saulius Šukys

“…Following a purposeful sampling technique, we interviewed eight men and one woman (Mage = 24.00, SD = 2.73 years) who were competing in various sports at the national level or above in Lithuania. …”
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The Clinical Values of Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1 and Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein-3 Levels in Blood and Thyroid Nodules by Ayfer Altas, Fatih Kuzu, Dilek Arpaci, Mustafa Unal, Murat Can, Figen Barut, Furuzan Kokturk, Sevil Uygun Ilikhan, Taner Bayraktaroglu

“…In this study, 80 subjects who performed fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) were required in order to investigate the effects of serum and intranodular IGF-1 and IGFBP-3 in the pathogenesis of nodules. …”
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Horseshoe kidney presenting with features of left ureteropelvic junction obstruction—insights into management: a case report and review of the literature by Philipo Felix Mwita, Charles John Nhungo, Amini Mitamo Alexandre, Sylvia Bedas Nsato, Theofilo Mmbando, Gabriel Mtaturu, Obadia Nyongole, Charles A. Mkony

“…This case explores the etiology, clinical presentation, and surgical management of UPJO in a patient with a horseshoe kidney, highlighting the critical role of urologists in addressing these anatomical and functional complexities. Case presentation We report the case of a 3-month-old African male infant who presented with a two-month history of excessive crying and symmetrical abdominal distension. …”
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Effectiveness of comprehensive neurorehabilitation treatment on the cognitive function of patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis by Làzaro Aurelio Vàzquez Gòmez, Carlos Hidalgo Mesa, Yunier Broche Pèrez

“…Statistical methods required the use of a repeated test study, variant of ANOVA. For the two-moment tests, the one-way ANOVA concept was used.…”
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Functional assertiveness with acceptance and commitment therapy for employees returning to work: a preliminary investigation by Daisuke Ito, Daisuke Ito, Yushun Okabe, Yushun Okabe, Aya Nobushige, Seiko Saito, Yoshinari Takahashi

“…This study aimed to preliminarily examine the efficacy of a functional assertiveness training program incorporating acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) in a pilot study involving individuals who had taken a leave of absence due to mental health problems. …”
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Examining Trait Anger and Anger Expression Styles of Pro-Licensed Football Coaches by Alparslan Ünveren, Cemal Polat

“…Coaches dealing with football sport encounter multidimensional stimulates in an intense competition environment that will cause anger both in and out of the field.These stimuli affect the emotional worlds and selfies of the coaches positively or negatively.Trait anger and unconrollable external and internal expression style ,as well as legal exposures ,harm the coach’s personality, Professional career and corporate identity.It is thought that the data obtained by this study will shed light on the effects of trait anger ,anger control,anger inward and anger outward situations of football coaches who have the highest degree (pro licence)in our country ;help to develop strategies in anger control and contribute to more research in this field.…”
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How do age and sex influence pain threshold and tolerance among Santal tribal people living in West Bengal, India? by Arpita Santra, Subrata Kumar Roy, Monali Goswami, Diptendu Chatterjee

“…Pain threshold and tolerance levels were assessed using a digital algometer. Results of two-way ANOVA revealed significant main effects of age and sex on every pain threshold and tolerance level assessed in this study, indicating that older individuals had lower pain threshold and tolerance levels than younger ones. …”
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The influence of price levels, product quality and service quality on the purchasing decisions of customers of the SA Interior store at ITC Cempaka Mas by Brastoro Brastoro, Muhammad Fuad, Elisabeth Vita, Elis Sondang Dasawaty, Abhishek Pursnani

“…The sample used in this study was SA Interior customers who purchased SA Interior products at least 1 time. …”
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Cardiovascular Profile and Cardiovascular Imaging After Bariatric Surgery: A Narrative Review by Mihaela Toader, Liliana Gheorghe, Costin Chirica, Ionuț-Alexandru Ghicu, Sabina-Ioana Chirica, Andreea Isabela Mazga, Danisia Haba, Mădălina Maxim, Ancuța Andreea Miler, Daniela Crișu, Mihai Ștefan Cristian Haba, Daniel Vasile Timofte

“…Additionally, obesity contributes to an increased probability of developing certain types of cancer, osteoarthritis, urinary incontinence, and chronic kidney disease. In this review, we focused especially on the cardiovascular status of obese patients who underwent bariatric procedures. …”
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Effects of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Forensic Case in Children by Hüseyin Safa Özdemir, Ahmet Osman Kılıç

“…The diagnosis of foreign body in the nose was more common in boys, and the diagnosis of suicide attempt was more common in girls. …”
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Pandillas en el Atlántico Latino: Identidad, Transnacionalismo y generaciones by Luca Queirolo Palmas

“…Finally, the author analyzes the way in which transnationalism is expressed in the day to day lives of those who belong to these groups.…”
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Epidemiological characterization of primary open-angle glaucoma by Leonor Rosario Díaz Alfonso, Bárbara Nuria Suárez Rodríguez, Mariela Julia Curbelo, Yusdenia Soto Serrano, Armando Rafael Milanés Armengol

“…<strong><br />Methods:</strong> Clinical, epidemiological, prospective and longitudinal study in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma who attended the glaucoma consultation of the Provincial General University Hospital "Dr. …”
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Risk factors for photic phenomena in two different multifocal diffractive intraocular lenses by Yuki Ukai, Tsuyoshi Mito, Yui Nakatsugawa, Yusuke Seki, Norihiro Mita, Eri Shibuya, Mai Yamazaki, Eri Kubo, Hiroshi Sasaki

“…Photic Phenomena Test (PPT) quantifies photic phenomena in eyes with two types of presbyopia-corrected IOL. We examined the relationship between preoperative eye shape and pupil diameter. …”
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Gel Immersion Endoscopic Mucosal Resection (EMR) for Superficial Nonampullary Duodenal Epithelial Tumors May Reduce Procedure Time Compared with Underwater EMR (with Video) by Takeshi Yamashina, Masaaki Shimatani, Yu Takahashi, Masahiro Takeo, Natsuko Saito, Hironao Matsumoto, Takeshi Kasai, Masataka Kano, Kimi Sumimoto, Toshiyuki Mitsuyama, Hiroyuki Marusawa, Akiyoshi Nishio, Takafumi Yuba, Toshihito Seki, Makoto Naganuma

“…This was a retrospective cohort study conducted in two municipal hospitals. We identified 24 patients with SNADETs of 3–18 mm in diameter who underwent UEMR or GIEMR. …”
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Third or fourth branchial pouch sinus lesions: a case series and management algorithm by Yun Li, Kexing Lyu, Yihui Wen, Yang Xu, Fanqin Wei, Haocheng Tang, Siyu Chen, Zhangfeng Wang, Xiaolin Zhu, Weiping Wen, Wenbin Lei

“…Results All 67 patients underwent fistulectomy. First, we classified the patients into five types based on their anatomic features. …”
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Research on physical activity levels of men at the age of fifty and over and comparison of some demographic data by Sefik Ozbek, Muslum Colak, Yunus Oztasyonar, Sebnem Sarvan Cengız, Mehmet Gullu

“…As the result of the study that we had implemented, a meaningful relationship has been found between marital status and AO values, education levels and Income levels and AO and MET values of older individuals. …”
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Adherence to Antihypertensive Medications in Iranian Patients by Azin Behnood-Rod, Omid Rabbanifar, Pirouz Pourzargar, Alireza Rai, Zahra Saadat, Habibollah Saadat, Yashar Moharamzad, Donald E. Morisky

“…Antihypertensive adherence was unsatisfactory. We suggest that health care providers pay special attention and make use of the aforementioned findings in their routine visits of hypertensive patients to recognize those who are vulnerable to poor adherence.…”
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Analyzing the Alignment Between Grammar Knowledge and General English Proficiency Levels of High School Students: A Case Study by Behcet Celik

“…In addition, a story book at B2-C1 level was asked to them to read and an exam was given from this book. …”
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Treatment of extrasphincter rectal fistulas with bioplastic substance application by A. M. Kuzminov, Sh. T. Minbayev, V. Yu. Korolik, L. P. Orlova, O. Yu. Fomenko, N. A. Polyakova, A. A. Safoyan, S. M. Khermez

“…Experience of monitoring of 34 patients who underwent surgery for extrasphincteric fistulas of rectum of various degree of complexity with application of plastic material is presented.Results. …”
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