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The implications of climate change and other human perturbations on the oceanic carbon cycle are still associated with large uncertainties. Global-scale modelling studies are essential to investigate anthropogenic perturbations of oceanic carbon fluxes but, until now, they have not considered the impacts of temporal ch…

The association between various diseases in the elderly and self-rated health (SRH) has been investigated in many prior studies. Our study aimed to investigate the relationship between oral health and SRH among the geriatric Indian population. The current study used data from the Longitudinal Study of Ageing in India (…

BACKGROUND: This study's objective was to determine the effect of age, prolonged bypass, and hypothermia on serum cefazolin concentrations in children undergoing cardiac surgery. METHODS: A prospective, single-center, observational study was conducted, examining children undergoing cardiac surgery. Participants receiv…

PURPOSE: To validate a third-generation performance-based measure of visual function titled "Assessment of Disability Related to Vision" (ADREV) in a study population of patients with diabetic retinopathy. DESIGN: Prospective, cross-sectional study. METHODS: Patients with nonproliferative or proliferative diabetic re…

BACKGROUND: Foot orthoses have consistently demonstrated an improvement in pain scores for plantar fasciitis. The fabrication of custom-made foot orthoses (CFOs) can vary between clinicians and may include the use of different materials and casting techniques. This cross-sectional study's objective was to quantify plan…

Osseous metastases in renal cell carcinoma (RCC) are a heterogeneous mix of cells with hypervascular and rapidly destructive properties that frequently exhibit resistance to both radiation and chemotherapy. Despite this, some patients with isolated and oligometastatic disease have the potential to be cured. Regardless,…

OBJECTIVES: To assess a baseline assessment using developed functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) language paradigms for Arabic-speakers. METHODS: 24-healthy right-handed volunteers scanned on a 3.0 Tesla MRI machine. For fMRI, a BOLD-sensitive sequence used to measure signals over time across 6 language paradi…

This paper investigated a 60-item version of the Multidimensional Inventory of Dissociation (MID) with the potential to capture the full range of dissociative symptoms that characterize each of the dissociative disorders (DD). The 28-item Dissociative Experiences Scale (DES) was designed to capture a wide range of diss…

Informal caregivers play a vital role in supporting seriously ill patients. However, informal caregiving is burdensome and can lead to negative health outcomes for the caregiver and the care recipient. The study's aim was to evaluate relationships among caregiver burden, care recipient depressive symptomology, and race…

BACKGROUND: The literature from recent decades persistently suggests that nurses are not adequately trained in caring for the dying. Numerous studies call for enhanced education in end-of-life care. OBJECTIVE: To explore student nurses' experience of caring for dying persons and their families and how this experience…

This study's objective was to assess the knowledge of prenatal screening for Trisomy 21 in pregnant women in one institution in Canada. A cross-sectional survey measuring demographics, knowledge of screening, and health literacy, was administered to pregnant women. Of the 135 women who completed the survey, 74% had ade…

Previous studies have shown that Event-related potentials (ERPs) are sensitive to violations of gender-based stereotypes. In the present investigation, we used ERPs to measure the detection of a discrepancy between gender-based occupational stereotypes and written material presented to fifteen Italian viewers in a comp…

Glaucoma is a disease that damages the eye's optic nerve. However, the exact cause of this optic nerve damage is not yet fully understood. Besides the factors of age, genetics and others, such as obesity, medication and migraines, a vascular dysfunction is believed to be a significant factor leading to glaucoma. This s…

This paper reports on national estimates for past year child maltreatment from a national household survey conducted in 2011. It also discusses the validity of such estimates in light of other available epidemiology. The Second National Survey of Children Exposed to Violence obtained rates based on 4,503 children and y…

Hungary has always belonged to the group of nations characterized by high alcoholic beverage consumption and it is still one of the leading liver cirrhosis mortality countries in Europe and in the world. This research studies changes in selected contextual factors and control policy measures that are most strongly corr…

BACKGROUND/AIM: Previous research has shown that children with spina bifida use clean intermittent catheterisation for urination, a rather complex procedure that increases the time taken to completion. However, no studies have analysed the factors impacting on the time taken to complete the urination that could inform…

The study's objective was to evaluate the applicability of different endovascular methods for treatment of refractory type of Budd-Chiari syndrome (BCS) under specific scenarios frequently encountered in patients. The treatment methods were evaluated in 197 patients with the following four types of refractory BCS: lesi…

This study's objective was to identify variables that affect the mortality of elderly burn patients and to assess their changes over time. A retrospective review was conducted on all patients 75 or older (n=201) admitted to a university-based burn center between 1972 and 2000. Variables examined were age, sex, TBSA, AB…

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES: To critically evaluate a decade of quantitative quality-of-life (QOL) measurement in adult patients undergoing bone marrow transplant (BMT) or peripheral blood stem cell transplant (PBSCT). DATA SOURCES: Quantitative research articles published between January 1990 and January 2000 in the nursing a…

BACKGROUND: Lithium treatment is claimed to reduce mortality in patients with affective disorder, but the evidence is conflicting. AIM: To estimate mortality rates from a cohort of patients with affective disorder commenced on lithium with an observation period of two years and a follow-up after 16 years. METHOD: The…