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In their cross-sectional study, Brandt et al. propose skin autofluorescence (SAF) as a potential predictor of impaired bone quality in type one diabetes, a hypothesis of significant clinical interest. This letter provides a critical appraisal of this claim. While the biological rationale linking advanced glycation…

This letter responds to the article by Yvonne S. Yang et al. (2024) on the relationship between social isolation, loneliness, and stress-related gene expression, published in Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. The authors' recruitment methods and use of genome-wide transcriptional profiling to assess the Conserved Transcri…

Aims Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading cause of preventable mortality and morbidity. Our aim was to examine the demographics, injury characteristics and management of TBI patients treated in an intensive care unit (ICU) in an Irish tertiary-level hospital with a neurosurgical department. Methods A retrospective…

BACKGROUND: This study's purpose was to determine if age, fall height, fall mechanism, landing surface, and landing position are associated with injury severity and hospital outcomes among pediatric fall patients. METHODS: A retrospective review was conducted of patients aged ≤18 years who sustained fall-relate…

OBJECTIVE: To characterize the population of infertile men with an incidental finding of testicular tumor diagnosed during infertility work-up and to describe their unique presentation and pathological findings. DESIGN: Retrospective study of 11 men in whom a testicular tumor was incidentally diagnosed during evaluati…

The potential effects of paternal exposures on fetal development are of great public and scientific concern, yet few epidemiologic studies have examined this association. Single live births from 1959 to 1966 among 14,685 Kaiser Foundation Health Plan members who participated in the Child Health and Development Studies…

Y. Chetouane , P. Gallian , K. Chetouane , G. Dubourg , J. Chiaroni , D. Raoult , and L. Camoin-Jau , "Comparing Two Blood Culture Systems for the Detection of Bacterial Contamination in Platelet Concentrates," Transfusion 58, no. 11 (2018): 2604-2610, https://doi.org/10.1111/trf.14911. This Expression of Concern is fo…

Following the publication of the above article and a corrigendum that was published in October 2023 to address the issue of misplaced control β‑actin western blots comparing between Figs. 3 and 4A (doi: 10.3892/or.2023.8646), an attentive reader drew to the authors' attention that the first author had appa…

This paper outlines a recent PhD study that explored factors underpinning decisions of people with schizophrenia regarding neuroleptic medicine taking. Relevant studies tend to be within the world view of psychiatry, resting on traditional concepts of compliance and insight. These studies examined schizophrenia outwith…

Anthropogenic climate change has amplified human thermal discomfort in urban environments. Despite the considerable risks posed to public health, there is a lack of comprehensive research, evaluating the spatiotemporal changes in human thermal discomfort and its characteristics in hot-hyper arid regions, such as the Ar…

BACKGROUND: Setting priorities in oncology is a useful way to produce a robust set of research questions that researchers can address. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this review was to describe cancer nurses and patients' main research priorities and describe their development over time. METHODS: A mixed-method systematic rev…

Previous research in environmental and occupational health has suggested that fluctuations in the sex ratios of births might provide a useful early warning to the possible health effects of toxins or other stresses in the environment. To examine further this hypothesis, we investigated the sex ratios of births in an ar…

Amidst the digital transformation of education, the essence of the human touch in online teaching remains pivotal. Despite growing literature, there remains a significant gap in understanding how the human element in online teaching directly influences student engagement and learning outcomes, especially in diverse edu…

BACKGROUND: Autoimmune encephalomyelitis is a clinical condition in which memory and cognition is affected badly and is also associated with lower levels of consciousness or even coma in worse scenarios. It is a noninfectious condition which involves immune oriented inflammation. OBJECTIVE: The study's goal was to fig…

OBJECTIVE: The study's objective was to estimate human papillomavirus (HPV) genotype-specific seroprevalence to determine population HPV exposure and inform vaccine policy. METHODS: This study is a cross-sectional prevalence survey of 878 women of Pueblorrico, a rural town of Colombia. A standardized questionnaire was…

PURPOSE: Adequate muscular strength has important implications for morbidity and early mortality prevention. There are no data on the recent trends in muscular strength across lifespan, which was this study's purpose. DESIGN: Cross-sectional. SETTING: 2011 to 2012 and 2013 to 2014 waves of the National Health and Nut…

Numerous studies have extensively examined the risk of lung cancer associated with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), with particular emphasis on the 16 priority PAHs. However, this may underestimate the actual risk. This study seeks to enhance the current risk assessment framework by integrating four additional…

This study's purpose was to explore the reasons Black women are disproportionately single according to the unique viewpoint of married Black men. The sample comprised 52 married Black men who resided in northeast Georgia (mean age = 43). Qualitative interviews were conducted in 2010 as part of the Pathways to Marriage…

One of the leading causes of cancer-related mortality in males is prostate cancer. The latest molecular studies revealed the interconnection of genetic polymorphism of N acetyltransferase (NAT) and Glutathione-S-transferase (GST) gene in the genesis of prostate cancer. The study's aim was to find out the association of…

INTRODUCTION: The study's objectives are to investigate the level of knowledge, attitude, and performance (KAP) of nurses on the prevention of pressure ulcers (PUs) prevention in the intensive care (ICU) and also to identify the relationship between nurses' KAP toward the implementation of preventive measures for PUs.…