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The study's objectives were to investigate nuclear stereology and to determine the level of p62, a protein involved in nuclear transport, in human cardiomyocytes from patients with heart failure due to ischemic cardiomyopathy (ICM) or dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). We studied 23 human hearts: 10 had ICM, 10 had DCM, and…

INTRODUCTION: Breast cancer is a heterogeneous and multifactorial disease. TP53 and PAI-1 as important tumor suppressor genes are involved in the development, invasion, and metastasis of many cancers. This study's objective was to demonstrate the combined genotype effects of these 2 genes by investigating their single…

Infrahumanization research has verified that in intergroup contexts, there is a strong tendency to attribute secondary emotions, which are uniquely human, to the ingroup, while limiting that attribution in outgroups. Experiments have shown it to be as common as ingroup bias. However, it is not yet known what characteri…

BACKGROUND: Understanding outcomes after transplant requires a biopsychosocial model that includes biomedical and psychosocial factors. The latter, to date, are assessed only in a limited way as part of transplant registries or cohort studies. The Swiss Transplant Cohort Study (STCS) is a nationwide open cohort study (…

Women who are experiencing crisis situations, including homelessness, are often perceived as passive victims of their social, economic, and personal circumstances. A few studies have challenged the stereotype of homeless women as passive victims and demonstrated that they are active in seeking solutions to their proble…

The actual COVID-19 pandemic scenario has generated a context of uncertainty, helplessness, and inequality. Yet, the perception of COVID-19 risk has influenced nutritional, psychological, and physical activity patterns depending on gender. We conducted the present research with the aim of studying gender differences of…

BACKGROUND: Professional qualification as a doctor of medicine includes completion of medical studies and residency. Data on the real duration of residency are currently not assessed systematically in Germany. OBJECTIVES: Our study aimed to analyze data on the real length of residency under consideration of area of ex…

OBJECTIVES: This descriptive and correlational study investigates the learning styles (LS) and emotional intelligence (EI) of students enrolled in medicine, dentistry, and pharmacy degree programmes. The study examines gender and programme-related differences and analyses the correlation between LS and EI. MATERIALS A…

INTRODUCTION: A successful transition from school to further employment, education, or training is central to avoiding early unemployment with its dire consequences for young people and society. Yet, some youths struggle with this transition and fall into a NEET-status, "not in employment, education, or training." By s…

The present research explored the dynamics of competitive advantages in intercollegiate athletics by investigating the contribution of intangible resources (i.e., athletic and academic reputations) on the generation of more tangible resources (i.e., human and financial resources), which in turn influence the athletic p…

Ecological footprint (EF) and human development index (HDI) are two critical indicators for assessing sustainable development worldwide. Past studies in Africa have ignored dynamic sustainable total-factor ecological efficiency (DSTFEE) assessment. This present study proffers a novel dynamic sustainable total-factor ec…

Research needs assessment regarding environmental health and safety (EHS) of nanoparticles is problematic. Generating benchmark data to assess research and policy initiatives seems daunting. This study's findings present more granular and qualitative assessments of expert preferences and concerns. This three-round Delp…

The hypothesis that adolescents start smoking because they perceive it as a strategy to control their weight was examined. At the same time, we controlled for sociodemographic, individual, and parental factors. Longitudinal data were collected among 428 Dutch families (mother, father, and two siblings between 13 and 16…

The study was conducted from August to December 2007, in two urban, poor neighborhoods in Delhi. A respondent-driven sampling was used to recruit 343 injection drug users who were interviewed with a survey questionnaire that included items of human rights abuses, health service utilization, and sociodemographic charact…

Stanley Milgram's study of "obedience to authority" is one of the best-known psychological experiments of the twentieth century. This essay examines the study's special charisma through a detailed consideration of the intellectual, cultural, and gender contexts of Cold War America. It suggests that Milgram presented no…

A community-based cross-sectional study among 554 Kolkata city street children assessed nontobacco substance use and sexual abuses along with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/ sexually transmitted infections (STIs) during 2007, using conventional cluster sampling technique for "hard-to-reach population" with a field-…

BACKGROUND: Glycolic acid has been used extensively for the treatment of photoaging and wrinkles. Suggestions have been made that glycolic acid may have specific dermal effects, although biochemical studies are limited. OBJECTIVE: This study's purpose was to examine the effect of glycolic acid on the radioactively lab…