Shorter telomere length in COPD cases secondary to biomass-burning smoke exposure by Angélica Domínguez-de-Barros, Gloria Pérez-Rubio, Ingrid Fricke-Galindo, Alejandra Ramírez-Venegas, Malena Gajate-Arenas, Rafael Hernández-Zenteno, Salvador García-Carmona, Robinson Robles-Hernández, María E. Ramírez-Díaz, Filiberto Cruz-Vicente, María L. Martínez-Gómez, Jacob Lorenzo-Morales, Ramcés Falfán-Valencia, Elizabeth Córdoba-Lanús

“…Conclusions This is the first study to document that individuals with COPD secondary to biomass smoke exposure present shorter telomeres than BS-exposed subjects who did not develop the disease.…”
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Seizure aggravation by ampicillin/sulbactam in an elderly patient with status epilepticus by Kaoru Obata, Masako Kinoshita, Akiyo Shinde, Toshihiko Suenaga

“…He died twelve days after the seizure onset. We analyzed the number and duration of seizures in two hours before and after starting ABPC/SBT for each administration using EEG with trendgraph. …”
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Clinical characteristics of patients with the hardware failure after surgical stabilization of rib fractures in Korea: a case series by Na Hyeon Lee, Sun Hyun Kim, Seon Hee Kim, Dong Yeon Ryu, Sang Bong Lee, Chan Ik Park, Hohyun Kim, Gil Hwan Kim, Youngwoong Kim, Hyun Min Cho

“…Methods We retrospectively reviewed the electronic medical records of patients who underwent SSRF for multiple rib fractures at a level I trauma center in Korea between January 2014 and January 2021. …”
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Economic development, alcohol consumption and life expectancy in low- and lower-middle-income countries in the Western Pacific Region: a structural equation modelling study by Jürgen Rehm, Huan Jiang, Ahmed S Hassan, Pol Rovira, Kevin D Shield

“…Introduction Economic transition has historically been shown to be associated with longer life expectancy in current high-income countries. We examined the role of alcohol consumption in this transition process for lower- and middle-income countries.Methods We tested three hypotheses on the interrelationship between economic growth, level of alcohol consumption and life expectancy in all six countries in the WHO Western Pacific Region, which transitioned from low- to lower-middle-income countries over the past 20 years. …”
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Levetiracetam Induced Behavioral Abnormalities in a Patient with Seizure Disorder: A Diagnostic Challenge by Oluwaseun Ogunsakin, Terence Tumenta, Scarlet Louis-Jean, Ayesha Mahbub, Peterson Rabel, Tolu Olupona, Shaheen Alam

“…This research describes the case of a 28-year-old woman with seizure disorder and a psychiatric history of schizoaffective disorder who developed aggressive behavior, paranoia, and severe hostility following administration of Levetiracetam 750 mg orally twice daily. …”
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Psychiatric Care, Training and Research in Aotearoa New Zealand by Chao-Cheng (Chris) Lin, Charlotte Mentzel, Maria Luz C. Querubin

“…Results: After providing a brief overview of New Zealand’s geography and history, the authors describe two major ethnic groups, New Zealanders of European descents, and the Māori, who are descendants of Polynesian settlers. …”
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Perinatal mortality and its associated factors in selected tertiary care hospital of Belagavi, Karnataka, India by Uma Kole, Sudha Raddi

“…Materials and Methods: This study aimed to identify the risk factors associated with perinatal mortality among 3508 mothers who delivered at selected tertiary care hospitals in Belagavi, Karnataka, India. …”
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Simulation-Based Neonatal Resuscitation Education for Undergraduate Anesthesia Students: A Pre- and Post-Evaluation of Knowledge and Clinical Skills by Debas Yaregal Melesse, Henos Enyew Ashagrie

“…Conclusions and recommendations: This study showed that there was improvement of post-interventions knowledge and clinical skills of undergraduate anesthesia students for both aspects of evaluation and appropriate actions for neonatal resuscitation. We recommend that students who attached clinical anesthesia practice should take at least simulation-based training at skill laboratories timely.…”
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Oral Midazolam Premedication for Children Undergoing General Anaesthesia for Dental Care by Saad A. Sheta, Maha AlSarheed

“…The number of children who had desirable sedation was similar in the 0.75 mg/kg and 1.0 mg/kg dose groups. …”
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Motivation and experiences of dentists of primary care dental clusters in Hungary: a qualitative inquiry by András Sztrilich, Gergő Túri, Gergő Túri, Gergő Túri, Csilla Kaposvári, Csilla Kaposvári, Csilla Kaposvári, Rita Teller, István Vingender

“…A qualitative content analysis method was used to analyze the interview transcripts. The WHO health system framework was chosen for the theoretical framework of the analysis.ResultsThe motivations for joining a dental cluster were financial reasons, professional development and knowledge exchange. …”
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Inverse Relationship Between Leydig Cell Density and Metastatic Potential of Prostatic Adenocarcinoma by W. John Wang, Y. Albert Yeh, Paul Stout, Kang Fan

“…The patients were divided into two groups: Group A were patients with metastasis (n=36) and Group B were patients without metastasis (n=75). …”
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Analyzing the Professional Satisfaction and Organisational Identification in Football Referees by Yeşim BAYRAKDAROĞLU, Yavuz ÖNTÜRK, Üstün TÜRKER, Mustafa AYHAN, Mahir KAPLAN, Büşra UYAR ŞAFAK

“…Class A referees exhibited a greater level of organizational identification compared to those in lower classifications. Referees who expressed contentment with their assignment frequency and income levels indicated a significant increase in professional satisfaction and organizational identification. …”

Recognition model for major depressive disorder in Arabic user-generated content by Esraa M. Rabie, Atef F. Hashem, Fahad Kamal Alsheref

“…This research offers a novel framework for depression detection from Arabic textual data utilizing deep learning (DL), natural language processing (NLP), machine learning (ML), and BERT transformers techniques in light of the disease’s high prevalence. To do this, a dataset of tweets was used, which was collected from 3 sources, as we mention later. …”
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A Privacy-Preserving Reputation Evaluation System with Compressed Revocable One-Time Ring Signature (CRORS) by Xu Han, Dawei Zhang

“…Additionally, the signature size is reduced to <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi mathvariant="script">O</mi><mo>(</mo><mo form="prefix">log</mo><mi>n</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>, significantly enhancing storage efficiency. …”
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Multiomics unravels the complexity of male obesity: a prospective observational study by Georgios E. Papadakis, Lucie Favre, Yassine Zouaghi, Nathalie Vionnet, Nicolas J. Niederländer, Michela Adamo, James S. Acierno, Dassine Berdous, Alexia Boizot, Jenny Meylan, Julijana Ivanisevic, Emmanuelle Paccou, Hector Gallart-Ayala, Tim Reyns, Elise Van Caeneghem, Bruno Lapauw, Jérôme Pasquier, Yasser Aleman, Styliani Mantziari, Olivier Salamin, Raul Nicoli, Tiia Kuuranne, Tom Fiers, Patric Hagmann, Federico Santoni, Andrea Messina, Nelly Pitteloud

“…Methods Thirty-two morbidly men with obesity who were candidates for Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) surgery were prospectively followed. …”
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Development of a Novel Algorithm to Identify People with High Likelihood of Adult Growth Hormone Deficiency in a US Healthcare Claims Database by Kevin C. J. Yuen, Anna Camilla Birkegard, Lewis S. Blevins, David R. Clemmons, Andrew R. Hoffman, Nicky Kelepouris, Janice M. Kerr, Jens M. Tarp, Maria Fleseriu

“…We developed an algorithm to potentially help providers stratify people by their likelihood of having AGHD. …”
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Importance of complement system components in ovarian endometriomas. A comparative cohort study by Anna V. Chizhova, Elena V. Kudryavtseva, Larisa G. Polushina, Maksim A. Kopenkin

“…A comparative cohort study of 100 women who underwent surgical treatment of ovarian neoplasms (laparoscopic, cystectomy) was performed. …”
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Influences of Online Education System on the Quality of Life of Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown - An Evaluative Study by V Usha Kiran, Rajasekhar Vabbalareddi, Jayalakshmi Pandranki, V Bhavesh Nandan

“…Material and Methods: A digital questionnaire-based study was conducted among children aged nine to fourteen years who attended online classes during the COVID-19 lockdown. …”
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Machine learning model and nomogram to predict the risk of heart failure hospitalization in peritoneal dialysis patients by Liping Xu, Fang Cao, Lian Wang, Weihua Liu, Meizhu Gao, Li Zhang, Fuyuan Hong, Miao Lin

“…Introduction The study presented here aimed to establish a predictive model for heart failure (HF) and all-cause mortality in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients with machine learning (ML) algorithm.Methods We retrospectively included 1006 patients who initiated PD from 2010 to 2016. …”
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Corpus callosotomy for treatment of pediatric epilepsy: two clinical cases and a literature review by R. Matonytė, S. Ročka, J. Grikinienė

“…Overall, long-term follow-up studies after callosotomy have shown improvement in 80-90% of patients (seizure-free or reduction). The paper describes two pediatric patients treated in Vilnius University Hospital Santara Clinics, Department of Pediatric Neurology and Neurosurgery, who underwent a corpus callosotomy, and compares the outcome of these clinical cases with the results of recent clinical trials. …”
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