Assessing the impact of waste picking on musculoskeletal disorders among waste pickers in Mumbai, India: a cross-sectional study by Praveen Chokhandre, Shrikant Singh

“…The impact of the occupation of waste picking on MSDs was analysed using the propensity score matching (PSM) method.Participants The study population consisted of waste pickers (n=200) who had been working for at least a year and a control group (n=213) selected from among or living close to the same communities.Results The 12-month prevalence of MSDs was higher among waste pickers (79%) compared to controls (55%) particularly in the lower back (54–36%), knee (48–35%), upper back (40–21%) and shoulder (32–12%). …”
Get full text

Enhancing student nurses’ ethical skills via simulation-based learning: barriers and opportunities by Richard M. Rasesemola, Manoko P. T. Molabe

“…For those nurse educators who are facilitating ethics within their curriculum, their strategies and practices are inefficient due to lack of resources. …”
Get full text

Balancing between being the most valuable player (MVP) and passing the ball: a qualitative study of support when living with chronic pain in Sweden by Markus Saarijärvi, Sara Wallström, Inger Ekman, Mari Lundberg, Veronica Lilja, Vivi-Anne Segertoft

“…Objective This study aimed to elucidate the meaning of lived experiences of support from social networks and the healthcare sector in persons with chronic pain.Design A qualitative, phenomenological hermeneutic method was used to analyse interview data.Setting Participants were recruited from patient organisations in Sweden.Participants Ten (seven women, two men and one non-binary) individuals with chronic musculoskeletal pain were included.Findings The meaning of lived experiences of support in persons with chronic pain involves balancing between being the most valuable player (MVP) and passing the ball, meaning balancing between being a capable person and accepting support to be that capable person.Conclusion For participants who lived with chronic pain, support means balancing between being capable (the MVP) and willing to accept support (passing the ball), which aligns with the concept of person-centred care. …”
Get full text

Incidence of Rod Shaped Gramnegative Hospital Acquired Bacterial Infection and Antibiotic Resistance: A Retrospective Based Population Study by Kamal Jalal Rashid

“…This study included 735 patients who underwent surgical and wound treatment admitted to the hospital. …”
Get full text

A new method of distracting attention: Is it effective for pain and fear during phlebotomy in children? by Mine Aydemir Sahin, Yeliz Cigerci, Hamide Nur Cevik Ozdemir

“…A total of 246 children who underwent phlebotomy between January and March 2019 in the pediatric blood collection unit were included in this randomized controlled trial. …”
Get full text

Musculoskeletal Imaging for Low Back Pain in Direct Access Physical Therapy Compared to Primary Care: An Observational Study by Michael S Crowell, John S Mason, John H McGinniss

“… # Results From January 2019 to May 2020, in patients age 18-24, the MDR database identified 1,845 total visits for LBP identified in the Physical Therapy Clinic and 467 total visits for LBP in the Primary Care Clinic. …”
Get full text

The healthcare burden of isolated aortic valve insufficiency by Ibrahim Sultan, Michael Ryan, Candace Gunnarsson, Natalie Heidrich, Prashanth Vallabhajosyula

“…Abstract To analyze and compare the differences in mortality, healthcare utilization, and costs between patients with symptomatic and asymptomatic isolated aortic insufficiency (AI). We utilized Optum United Health Care Database for US patients who had an AI claim between 2017 and 2022, with 12 months of continuous enrollment (baseline period) prior to diagnosis. …”
Get full text

Frequency and Associated Factors of Post-dural Puncture Headache at a Tertiary Care Hospital of Southern Punjab, Pakistan by Maria Jabeen, Sohaib Hassan, Aneeqa Saad, Sohail Safdar

“…Procedure-related data, including position of the patient (sitting, lateral), type of the LP needle (traumatic, atraumatic), needle size (22G or 20G), number of attempts and the years of experience of operator who performed lumbar puncture was obtained. Results: Of 173 study cases, 43.3% were male and an overall mean age was 40.92±10.07 years (range; 24-60 years). …”
Get full text

Impact of a Visual-Auditory-Kinesthetic Model-Based Educational Package on Knowledge Regarding Stroke Among Security Guards in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital by Parul, Latha Venkatesan, Achal Srivastava, Manju AK Rajora

“…In the second phase, the security guards who were found to have high risk of stroke were given the educational package employing the VAK model. …”
Get full text

Hubungan antara Dukungan Keluarga dengan Kepatuhan Konsumsi Tablet Fe pada Ibu Hamil di Wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Nanggalo Kecamatan Nanggalo by Esthika Ariany Maisa, Nelwati, Meri Neherta

“…Respondents were those who had got Fe tablets in their last visit from Puskesmas and also had a health history with anemia in pregnancy. …”
Get full text

Rules for investigation of patients with asymptomatic elevation of serum aminotransferase activity by M. V. Mayevskaya, V. T. Ivashkin, Ye. N. German

“…Publication is intended for clinicians dealing with patients who have abnormal blood biochemical tests. Nowadays investigation of blood biochemistry scores, which reflect functional state of body organs and systems, deeply settled in medical practice. …”
Get full text

New Frontiers for Article 19(1) TEU: A Comment on Joined Cases C-554/21, C-622/21 and C-727/21 Hann-Invest by Nika Bačić Selanec, Davor Petrić

“…The disputed mechanism authorised the involvement of the national courts’ judicial administration into the decision-making process of the competent judicial panels, in particular through the so-called ‘registrations judges’ who were assigned to monitor the coherence of decisions leaving the court’s docket and by referring problematic cases to the collective decision-making of the judicial plenums in extra-procedural meetings. …”
Get full text

Analysis of the Effect of Female Genital Tuberculosis on Ovarian Reserve Parameters by Sharma Richa, Kanhere Anjali, Jain Sonal, Jain Akrati

“…Materials and Methods: A total of 133 infertile women who underwent diagnostic hysterolaparoscopy and cartridge-based nucleic acid amplification test testing of an endometrial biopsy were included in the study. …”
Get full text

Sing A Song for Home: How Displaced Iranian Song-Writers in LA Conceive of Home and Homeland by Pouya Morshedi, Lisa-Jo K. van den Scott

“…We ask how being apart from home impacts the very definition of home. …”
Get full text

The History of the Bargut Confrontation in Northeastern China (early 20th century): Ethno-Political and Religious Aspects (based on archival materials) by Bair Ts. Gomboev, Eduard V. Batunaev

“…The most affected were the peoples of Barga, in particular, the Barguts, who most advocated sovereignty. The purpose of the article is a comprehensive study of the political situation and ethno cultural aspects to identify the features of the formation of the Bargut ethnic group in the period from 1900 to 1921. …”
Get full text

Youth Baseball Caregiver Understanding of Safe Pitching Guidelines and Player Injury by Christian Reintgen, Giorgio Zeppieri Jr, Michelle Bruner, MaryBeth Horodyski, Andrew Waligora, M Seth Smith, Kevin W Farmer

“… # Level of Evidence Cross-sectional survey study, 3b…”
Get full text

Developing sustainable internal communications systems in the entrepreneurial environment: Empirical and statistical analysis by Sančanin Branislav, Penjišević Aleksandra

“…Towards the solution to the problem of internal communication two potential models can be applied: a) the transparency of information, or b) two-way communication. …”
Get full text

Body image of men and women with congenital heart disease over a 15 years observational period by Siegfried Geyer, Claudia Dellas, Elmar Brähler, Johannes Beller

“…Abstract Most studies devoted to the psychological consequences of congenital heart disease (CHD) have dealt with consequences in terms of psychopathology. We wanted to consider two specific aspects of body image, “Rejecting body evaluation” and “Vital body dynamics”. …”
Get full text

Preliminary results about the use of injected Lysozime (LIZOVET) to improve the response to synchronization protocol for insemination in buffalo heifers by Francisco Javier Vargas Ortiz, Johnny Ronnel Bracho Ylarraza

“…The objective of this work was to determine the effect of injectable Lysozime (Lizovet) over the response to synchronization protocol for insemination in buffalo heifers. We conducted small field trials in buffalo farms in Barinas state, Venezuela. …”
Get full text

UTILIZING GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS TO ENHANCE RETENTION OF KNOWLEDGE IN ESL WRITING SKILLS by Hariharan N Krishnasamy, Rozariah Zainudin, Subadrah Madhawa Nair, Muhammad Siddique

“…The sample comprised 120 Form Four students chosen as intact groups from two schools, there were 60 students in each group. …”
Get full text