Quality of life and well-being of dermatology patients: Influence of associated anxiety and depression in relation to satisfaction of care by Prasanta Mohapatra, Piyush Sahu, Ankita Mohapatra, Nilamadhab Kar

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Positive Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Public Health Measures on Healthcare by Hung Eun Hoo, Hong Chuan Loh, Alan Swee Hock Ch’ng, Fan Kee Hoo, Irene Looi

“… In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, several unexpected positive outcomes have surfaced. The WHO public health measures have positively transformed people’s behaviour and lifestyles. …”
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Effect of Morning vs Evening Strength Training on Sleep Quality in Young Healthy Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Abhinandan C Y, Sushma S

“…The present study aimed to compare quality of sleep among morning and evening strength and endurance trainers.Aims and Objectives To assess quality of sleep using a sleep questionnaire in the morning and evening strength and endurance training groups before and after an intervention and to compare the quality of sleep between the groups.Methods The study was conducted among 80 healthy young adults in the age group of 18ndash30 years who were previously not involved in regular physical activity. …”
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Thermal ablation included in multimodality treatment predicts enhanced survival in advanced non-small cell lung cancer: a propensity score-matched outcome study by Stella Chin-Shaw Tsai, Yi-Min Chen, Yueh-Han Ku, Chia-Hsuan Hsu, Tzu-Hsuan Hsiao, Pin-Hsu Liao, Tzu-Chin Wu, Frank Cheau-Feng Lin

“…Survival outcomes were compared between patients treated with TA and those who received conventional therapies. Statistical analyses, including propensity score matching and Cox regression models, were used to account for potential confounders.Results The TA group demonstrated a significantly longer median overall survival (OS) of 37 months compared to 15 months in the non-TA group (p < 0.001), with five-year OS rates of 32.4% and 9.8%, respectively. …”
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Atherogenic Risk Factors in Medical Students by Airam Navarro Palacios, Miguel Ángel Serra Valdés, Rafael Comas Valdespino, Girelda Cordero López, Alain Landrian Davis, Adrian Landrian Davis

“…More than the 40 % of the patients had two or more risk factors. <br /><strong>Conclusions:</strong> the results showed high numbers of risk factors, alone or in combination. …”
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Prehospital triage of patients with acute cardiac complaints: study protocol of HART-c, a multicentre prospective study by Jan Bosch, Charles JHJ Kirchhof, Mark J Boogers, Enrico de Koning, Tom E Biersteker, Saskia Beeres, Barbra E Backus, Reza Alizadeh Dehnavi, Helen AM Silvius, Martin Schalij

“…We expect this triage method to substantially reduce unnecessary ED visits.…”
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Factors influencing salivary lactate dehydrogenase levels in oral squamous cell carcinoma and oral potentially malignant disorders by Rosa María López-Pintor, Rosa María López-Pintor, José González-Serrano, José González-Serrano, Carmen Vallina, Katerina Ivaylova Serkedzhieva, Katerina Ivaylova Serkedzhieva, Leire Virto, Paula Nuevo, Vito Carlo Alberto Caponio, Vito Carlo Alberto Caponio, Margarita Iniesta, Tania Rodríguez Santamarta, Paloma Lequerica Fernández, Óscar Iglesias Velázquez, Óscar Iglesias Velázquez, Gonzalo Hernández, Gonzalo Hernández, Juan Carlos de Vicente, Juan Carlos de Vicente

“…Patients with OPMD [oral leukoplakia (OL) and oral lichen planus (OLP)] and OSCC who attended two services in Spain were selected. sLDH in saliva was measured. …”
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CRYPTOCURRENCY MARKET CYCLES by Oleksii Dotsenko

“…The research findings highlight the importance of understanding psychological factors such as FOMO (fear of missing out) and FUD (fear, uncertainty, and doubt), as well as the impact of halving on the cryptocurrency market. Investors who comprehend these aspects and adapt their strategies to the volatile market conditions can achieve success in their investments. …”
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Sarcopenia Index Is Correlated with Osteoporosis in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease by Segi Kim, Simho Jeong, Kyeongmi Kim, Junhee Sung, Do Kyung Kim, Soonchul Lee

“…<b>Methods:</b> This study initially included patients who underwent dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) and serum creatinine and cystatin C testing between 2005 and 2022. …”
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For a Higher Sprint Running Performance, in Which Part of the Warm-Up Protocol Should the Dynamic Stretching Phase be Applied? by Recep Özçelik, Cem Bediz, Caner Çetinkaya, Erkan Günay, Egemen Mancı

“…The study included forty-four soccer players, aged 16.59 ±1.06 years, who played for amateur teams. Participants were randomly divided into two groups on the first day of the study. …”
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Intravascular Imaging-Guided Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients With End-Stage Renal Disease on Maintenance Dialysis by Chia-Pin Lin, MD, Fu-Chih Hsiao, MD, Ying-Chang Tung, MD, Tzyy-Jer Hsu, MD, Shing-Hsien Chou, MD, Yu-Sheng Lin, MD, Shao-Wei Chen, MD, PhD, Pao-Hsien Chu, MD

“…Methods: Patients with ESRD on maintenance dialysis, who underwent OCT- or IVUS-guided PCI from 2015 to 2021, were compared by propensity-score matching. …”
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Investigating the Agreement of Hypomagnesemia Diagnosis in Three Perimeter of Serum, Urine, and Red Blood Cell in Intensive Care Unit: Pilot Study by Nastaran Nazarzade, Mojtaba Mojtahedzadeh, Farshid Gholami, Amirmahdi Mojtahedzadeh, Maryam Shiehmorteza, Amirhossein Ghanbarzamani

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Routine Surveillance of Upper Urinary Tract Imaging for Diagnosing Upper Urinary Tract Urothelial Cancer Recurrence in Patients with Nonmuscle Invasive Bladder Cancer by Nobutaka Nishimura, Makito Miyake, Tatsuki Miyamoto, Takuto Shimizu, Tomomi Fujii, Yosuke Morizawa, Shunta Hori, Daisuke Gotoh, Yasushi Nakai, Kazumasa Torimoto, Nobumichi Tanaka, Kiyohide Fujimoto

“…A retrospective chart review of 864 patients with primary nonmuscle invasive bladder cancer who underwent initial transurethral resection of bladder tumor between 1980 and 2020 was conducted. …”
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Two-year follow-up of posterior corneal elevation after small incision lenticule extraction for moderate myopia by Shaimaa M. Azzam, Reham R. Shabana, Hazem A. Elbedewy

“…Purpose To assess the changes in the posterior corneal elevation two years after small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) in patients with moderate myopia. …”
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Endovascular Treatment of Mirror Aneurysms in Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Patients: Single Stage or Multiple Stage? by Yunfei Song, Guoqiang Song, Guijing Liu, Limei Mao, Xiuhu An, Chao Peng, Jian Li, Yan Chen, Hongwen Li, Changkai Hou, Bangyue Wang, Yan Zhao, Xiangdong Wang, Gangfeng Yin, Xinyu Yang

“…Overall, four complications were documented, including cerebral vasospasm in two patients, a subarachnoid hemorrhage in one patient, and thromboembolism in one patient. …”
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A novel approach to completely alleviate peripheral neuropathic pain in human patients: insights from preclinical data by Safa Shehab, Mohammad I. K. Hamad, Bright Starling Emerald

“…The effects of this treatment were specific to unmyelinated fibers (responsible for pain sensation), while thick myelinated nerve fibers (responsible for touch and mechanoreceptor sensations) remained intact. Here, we propose to translate these promising preclinical results into effective therapeutic interventions in humans by direct application of capsaicin or RTX to adjacent uninjured nerves in patients who suffer from neuropathic pain due to peripheral nerve injury, following surgical interventions, diabetic neuropathy, trauma, vertebral disc herniation, nerve entrapment, ischemia, postherpetic lesion, and spinal cord injury.…”
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Impact of Ramadan Intermittent Fasting on Salivary pH, Flow Rate, and Electrolyte Levels in Healthy Adult Men by Sinda Yacoub, Mehdi Khemiss, Amira Besbes, Helmi Ben Saad

“…Men aged 20 to 30 years who were fasting during Ramadan were recruited from the University of Monastir (Tunisia). …”
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Clinical Characteristics, Intraoperative Findings, and Surgical Outcomes of Canalicular Laceration Repair with Monocanalicular Stent in Asia by Chun-Hsien Lin, Chun-Yuan Wang, Ying-Cheng Shen, Li-Chen Wei

“…From 2009 to 2018, all 48 patients who underwent canalicular laceration repair with Mini-Monoka stent at a tertiary center in Taiwan were retrospectively analyzed. …”
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Detection of Body Packs in Abdominal CT scans Through Artificial Intelligence; Developing a Machine Learning-based Model by Sayed Masoud Hosseini, Seyed Ali Mohtarami, Shahin Shadnia, Mitra Rahimi, Peyman Erfan Talab Evini, Babak Mostafazadeh, Azadeh Memarian, Elmira Heidarli

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Comparison of Risk Scores for Predicting Adverse Outcomes in Acute Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding by Chenyang Li, Enqiang Linghu, Chao Chen

“…Our study is aimed at comparing the effectiveness of the clinical risk scores currently utilized and their ability to predict significant outcomes in lower gastrointestinal bleeding. Methods. We conducted a retrospective observational study of patients who were admitted to ALGIB and underwent colonoscopy or angiography at a single center between January 2018 and December 2022. …”
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