International accreditation of a pediatric hematology/oncology fellowship program in Guatemala: a quantitative assessment by Daniel C. Moreira, Claudia Garrido, Roy Rosado, Leeanna Fox Irwin, Ricardo Mack, Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, Federico Antillón-Klussmann

“…Eight of the 10 EPAT domains had higher post-accreditation scores, with a significant improvement in domain scores overall (P < 0.0001) (Fig. 2). …”
Get full text

Characterization of Seasonal Difference of HULIS-C Sources from Water Soluble PM2.5 in Seoul, Korea: Probing Secondary Processes by Hyung-Min Lee, Se Pyo Lee, Yugen Li, Jian Zhen Yu, Jin Young Kim, Yong Pyo Kim, Ji Yi Lee

“…We also found aging process in the secondary process had an important role in HULIS-C formation and was a dominant contributor in the summer while heterogenous reaction contributed considerably in other seasons. …”
Get full text

Relationship between parental smoking and adolescent smoking: gender differences and mediation of resilience by Yi Liu, Ling Li, Zhangming Chen, Silan Ren, Ruini He, Yudiao Liang, Youguo Tan, Xu Shao, Shanshan Chen, Xiaogang Chen, Jinsong Tang, Yanhui Liao

“…Father smoking had no association with girl smoking, while father smoking was positively associated with boy smoking, and resilience was mediated in this association. …”
Get full text

Factors associated with prolonged length of stay following cardiac surgery in a major referral hospital in Oman: a retrospective observational study by Paul Aylin, Ahmed Almashrafi, Hilal Alsabti, Mirdavron Mukaddirov, Baskaran Balan

“…The probabilities of prolonged CICU LOS were 11%, 26% and 28% for group 1, 2 and 3, respectively. The predictive model had an area under the curve of 0.75. Factors associated with prolonged overall postoperative LOS included the body mass index, the type of surgery, cardiopulmonary bypass machine use, packed red blood cells use, non-elective surgery and number of complications. …”
Get full text

Individual and Society in Lu Xun's Works: A Journey from Tradition to Modernism by Ali Kiriktaş

“…His exposure to Western civilization led him to realize how backward Chinese society had become, prompting him to raise awareness of this backwardness through his works. …”
Get full text

Complete chloroplast genomes of 13 species of the Impatiens genus for genomic features and phylogenetic relationships studies by Qinqin Yong, Meijun Li, Zhi Li, Chao Luo, Jinling Zhang, Xinxiang Bai

“…Five mutation hotspots were detected: rps16-trnQ-UUG, ndhF, ccsA-ndhD, ycf1, and trnN-GUU, among which ycf1 had the highest Pi value and the greatest potential as a DNA barcode marker. …”
Get full text

Type-Specific Persistence/Clearance Results in Human Papillomavirus Infections in Turkish Women by Haci Ozturk Sahin, Beril Gurlek, Bulent Demir, Fatma Silan

“…RESULTS: While 82 (71.3%) out of 115 patients (mean age 40.1 years) had a single human papillomavirus infection, the remaining had two or more human papillomavirus infections. …”
Get full text

Effect of age on the treatment duration and proposed “impacted incisor severity score” of impacted maxillary incisor: A retrospective study by Umer Mukhtar, Manoj kumar Jaiswal, Rigzen Tamchos, Ashima Goyal, Satinder Pal Singh, Aditi Kapur

“…Among dilacerated teeth, 75 % had a history of trauma, and only 35 % of normal impacted central incisors had a history of trauma (p = 0.00139). …”
Get full text

Suicide Attempters Compared to Intentional Self-Harm Have a Severe Suicidal Intention and Poorer Reasons for Living Soon after Their Attempts: A Hospital-Based Cross-Sectional Stud... by Anand Bhogaraju, Korem Anusha, Preethi Gudlavallety

“…Mean of severe suicide intent in SA (29. 56) was higher than ISH (25.52). ISH had higher scores on impulsive behavior 17 (81%) than 10 SA (62.5%), better identification of protective factors in ISH 20 (95.2%) than 11 (68.8%) in SA group. …”
Get full text

Occurrence of Acetaminophen, Amoxicillin, Diclofenac and Methylparaben in Lagos and Ologe Lagoons, Lagos, Nigeria by O.S. Folarin, A.A. Otitoloju, N.H. Amaeze, J.K. Saliu

“…Diclofenac occurrence in Lagos Lagoon had a mean value of 0.136 μg/L while 0.519 μg/L was recorded in Ologe Lagoon. …”
Get full text

The Effects of Catheter Ablation Therapy on Medication Use and Expenditures in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation by Matthew R. Reynolds, Guy David, Candace Gunnarsson, Jamie L. March, Steven C. Hao

“…**Results:** AF patients treated with catheter ablation had significantly lower AAD utilization and total prescription drug costs than those treated with AADs only. …”
Get full text

Can aid foster Africa's attainment of a just energy transition and external debt sustainability? by Kalimanshi Nsakaza, Talumba Ireen Chilipaine

“…The findings also demonstrated that while interest payments on long-term external debt had a negative impact on ODA to African countries, the total external debt stock, mainly for Africa, had a positive and significant effect on the Net ODA received by the continent. …”
Get full text

A Systematic Review of the Effectiveness of Core Stability Exercises in Patients with Non-Specific Low Back Pain by Zachary Smrcina, Sarah Woelfel, Christopher Burcal

“… # Study Selection Studies were included if they had patients diagnosed with NSLBP, used CSE as a treatment for NSLBP, and were a clinical trial. …”
Get full text

Risk factors for Clostridioides difficile infection among patients diagnosed with inflammatory intestinal and rheumatological diseases in the biologic era by Helena Martínez-Lozano, Paula Saralegui-Gonzalez, Elena Reigadas, Pablo Ramón Fueyo-Peláez, Aurea García-García, José Miranda-Bautista, Luis Alcalá, Juan Carlos Nieto, María Elena Lobato-Matilla, Ignacio Marín-Jiménez, Patricia Muñoz, Luis Menchén

“…Within the IBD-cohort, patients with ulcerative colitis had an increased risk for CDI compared to Crohn’s disease (OR:2.00, 95% CI: 1.18–3.42, p = 0.011). …”
Get full text

The Effect of Knowledge, Education, Income, and Marriage Age on Iron Deficiency Anemia in Pregnant Women in Taiz City-Yemen by Lamia A. S. Ali, Hermanto Tri Joewono, Widati Fatmaningrum, Riyadh A. S. Thabit, Hebah H. M. Almothana, Fardous G. Alsoufi, Aya Ali Abdullah, Tasnim Mohammed Al-Qadhi, Suha Ali Al Hajj, Samar A. A. Ahmed, Sarah A. D. Alselwi, Habib Thabet, Haitham T. S. Mohammed, Linda Andriani

“…Furthermore, those Lower marriage age (<20 Years) had low Hb levels (9.46 gm/dL) when compared to marriage age (>25) with Hb levels (10.81 mg/dL). …”
Get full text

A Study on Life Skills among Adolescents Attending Government Schools by Pomi Mahanta, Sonia P. Deuri, Priyadarshee Abhishek, H. Sobhana

“…Parental education also had a significant effect on life skills development. …”
Get full text

The Use of Fluorescence In situ Hybridisation in the Diagnosis of Hidden Mosaicism in Egyptian Patients with Turner Syndrome by Heba Mohamed Ossama, Soha Kholeif, Ghada Mohamed Elhady

“…Results: Fluorescence in situ hybridisation technique study detected hidden mosaicism in 60% of studied patients; 20% of patients had a cell line containing Y material, while 40% had variable degrees of X, XX mosaicism, and in the remaining 40% no second cell line was detected. …”
Get full text

Long-term real-world evidence of CPX-351 of high-risk patients with AML identified high rate of negative MRD and prolonged OS by Thomas Cluzeau, Fabio Guolo, Edmond Chiche, Paola Minetto, Ramy Rahme, Sarah Bertoli, Luana Fianchi, Jean-Baptiste Micol, Michele Gottardi, Pierre Peterlin, Sara Galimberti, Xavier Thomas, Giuliana Rizzuto, Olivier Legrand, Michela Rondoni, Emmanuel Raffoux, Giambattista Bertani, Alexis Caulier, Michelina D’Argenio, Caroline Bonmati, Atto Billio, Caroline Lejeune, Barbara Scappini, Arnaud Pigneux, Patrizia Zappasodi, Christan Recher, Francesco Grimaldi, Lionel Ades, Roberto M. Lemoli

“…All patients were aged >18 years and had newly diagnosed, untreated t-AML or MRC-AML. …”
Get full text

Analysis of the Muscle Structure and Protein Composition of Different Varieties of Cultured Large Yellow Croaker (Larimichthys crocea) by Yuan MA, Quanyou GUO, Yao ZHENG, Weibo SUN, Liu YANG, Xiaoyan SONG

“…The crude protein content in the muscle of 'Fufa 1' was significantly higher than that of the other four varieties, while the 'traditional Zhejiang variety' had the lowest crude fat content, at only 2.77%. …”
Get full text

Prenatal malaria exposure and risk of adverse birth outcomes: a prospective cohort study of pregnant women in the Northern Region of Ghana by Akbar Fotouhi, Masud Yunesian, Hawawu Hussein, Mansour Shamsipour, Mohammad Sadegh Hassanvand, Percival Delali Agordoh, Mashoud Alabi Seidu

“…Furthermore, they had 2.06 times (95% CI 1.09 to 3.93) higher chance of giving birth to babies with LBW, irrespective of their socioeconomic status. …”
Get full text