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Investigated ethnicity and parental alcoholism as factors that might influence the stress vulnerability of adolescents. It extended an initial cross-sectional study of this same sample by adding two annual assessments which allowed for additional cross-sectional analyses and longitudinal tests. Hispanic and Caucasian a…

Alcohol dependence is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in Native Americans, yet biological factors underlying the disorder in this ethnic group remain elusive. This study's aims were to map susceptibility loci for DSM-III-R alcohol dependence and two narrower alcohol-related phenotypes in Mission Indian famil…

OBJECTIVES: Research capacity building in the health sciences in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) has typically focused on bench-science capacity, but research examining health service delivery and health workforce is equally necessary to determine the best ways to deliver care. The Republic of Georgia, formerl…

BACKGROUND: Studies have reported that the RNA-binding protein Eukaryotic Elongation Factor 1A1 (EEF1A1) is low expressed in the hippocampal region of Alzheimer's disease (AD). In addition, it is related toactivity in cells, predicting its importance in neurodegenerative diseases. However, the function of EEF1A1 in Par…

BACKGROUND: The article describes a healthcare staffing exercise that took place in a Cancer Hospital IV, Brazil's first public palliative care unit. There are numerous gaps in the literature on specialized cancer staffing. Palliative care is a therapy modality that should begin with the diagnosis of a chronic disease,…

The Editor in Chief and the Publisher are issuing an expression of concern regarding the following article: K.Z. Fouda, Z.A. Ali, R.T. Elshorbagy, H.M. Eladl. Effect of radial shock wave and ultrasound therapy combined with traditional physical therapy exercises on foot function and dorsiflexion range in plantar fascii…

PURPOSE: Strabismus and Pediatrics Ophthalmology surgeries are pivotal in addressing early-onset visual disorders. An 11-year retrospective study at a tertiary hospital center aimed to elucidate evolving surgical trends, focusing on esotropia cases. METHODS: The surgical records from January 2009 to January 2020 were…

Less than 1% of studies on racialized health inequities have empirically examined their root cause: structural racism. Moreover, there has been a disconnect between the conceptualization and measurement of structural racism. This study advances the field by (1) distilling central tenets of theories of structural racism…

Exoskeleton robots are a promising solution to reduce musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) in different work environments, but a specific usability scale for evaluating them is lacking. This study aimed to develop and verify a preliminary Exoskeleton Usability Questionnaire (EUQ) for the lower limb exoskeletons by creating…

Pharmacists have a responsibility in the treatment of patients. Interactions between food and drugs may lead to a loss of therapeutic effectiveness or drug toxicity. Our study's objectives were to assess pharmacists' knowledge of patient counseling with regard to informing the patient about taking the drug in relation…

INTRODUCTION: Religious coping is a way to overcome learning problems. Good religious coping has a positive impact on student educational processes and outcomes. However, until now, the relationship between religious coping and academic resilience has not been known. This study aimed to determine the relationship betwe…

The prevalence of males on testosterone therapy (TT) seeking vasectomy reversal (VR) is rising. As medical therapy (MT) to recover spermatogenesis after TT has been previously described, our study's objective is to present our institution's management and outcomes of VR in men previously on TT. We performed a retrospec…

This observational, longitudinal study's purpose was to investigate whether social network integration has a moderating effect on smoking initiation among those with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Data were drawn from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health, a nationally represen…

This study's purpose was to explore nursing students' spirituality and perceived ability to provide spiritual care.A convergent mixed method, cross-sectional design was used. A convenience sample included traditional nursing students in their second quarter ( = 53) and final quarter ( = 43)…

OBJECTIVE: Intraosseous (IO) access is increasingly being used as an alternative to peripheral intravenous access, which is often difficult or impossible to establish in critically ill patients in the prehospital setting. Until recently, only Paramedics performed adult IO access. In 2014, Vermont Emergency Medical Serv…

PURPOSE: The purpose of this paper is to describe the relationship between job stress, stress coping ability and performance among Japanese nurses. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH: Health risk and organization environment as job stress factors, sense of coherence (SOC) as stress coping ability and medical risk indicator a…

PURPOSE: The study's aim was to compare cancer patients' and family caregivers' perceptions of symptom distress in patients receiving chemotherapy in Turkey. METHOD: The study used a cross-sectional design. A convenience sample of 80 dyads, composed of cancer patients and their caregivers, completed the Rotterdam Symp…

This study's goal was to analyze aeromedical emergency medical services (EMS) endotracheal intubation (ETI) success rates for in-flight intubations, and to retrospectively compare in-flight ETI success rates with those achieved in hospital and trauma scene settings. Patients undergoing flight crew ETI during a 3-year s…

OBJECTIVES: 1) To identify the causes of the outbreak. 2) To adopt the appropriate measures to control it. DESIGN: Observational crossover study. SETTING: San Benito Health District in Jerez de la Frontera (Cádiz). PATIENTS AND OTHER PARTICIPANTS: Diners who attended a family celebration. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN…

OBJECTIVE: The study's objective was to summarize the psychometric evaluation of self-report symptom instruments used in children with cancer younger than 8 years of age. METHODS: We conducted electronic searches of Ovid Medline, EMBASE, PsycInfo, Science Citation, Social Science Citation (Web of Science), and CI…