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OBJECTIVE: To test the hypothesis that a bioarchaeological focus on health-related care provision can contribute to the currently limited understanding of social practice in Early Anglo-Saxon England (mid5th-early7th centuries AD). MATERIALS: Published descriptions of pathology in 69 adult remains from the Early Anglo…

BACKGROUND: Despite research linking dissociation, alexithymia, and anger with childhood trauma and ADs, the investigation addressing the relationships between the potential mediators has not yet been established within the literature. OBJECTIVE: The present study examined the relationship between childhood trauma and…

BACKGROUND: The ability to precisely predict which intubations will be difficult during administration of anesthesia is an important part of preoperative preparation. This study's goal is to accurately identify patients who will be difficult to intubate using the number of tracheal rings observed preoperatively by fibe…

BACKGROUND: The Fundamentals of Endoscopic Surgery (FES) manual skills examination is a simulation-based assessment of five foundational skills in endoscopic surgery. With the FES skills exam becoming part of the board certification process in general surgery, continual investigation is needed to determine the validity…

The purpose of this explorative study was to examine satisfaction among 70 users of 12 Norwegian Assertive Community Treatment teams. The study was carried out among a group of 70 service users, and reveals generally high levels of satisfaction with the service, with satisfaction also being high in comparison to other…

Subjective memory complaint is a self-reported memory impairment which affects elderly people. This problem does not interfere with daily living activities but could decrease quality of life. This study's purpose was to verify whether a specific, newly developed, autobiographical recall training could modify self-perce…

PROBLEM: The study's task is to describe the results of the 58 arthrolysis of the knee joint, which were performed between 1967 and 1995. Additionally, we wanted to find out about the influencing factors on the long-term results after this operation. METHOD: The data used for this retrospective study is based on the c…

The impact of aggressive out-of-hospital management on disposition for 1286 patients with closed head injuries in ground advanced life support (ALS) and helicopter services was evaluated over 60 months in San Diego County. The case group included 196 air medical patients with a scene Glascow coma scale (GCS) < 9 who we…

STUDY DESIGN: This retrospective clinical study compared the results of correction of idiopathic thoracic scoliosis using Cotrel-Dubousset segmental pedicle screw fixation with those of hooks and screws inserted in a hook pattern. OBJECTIVES: The study's objective was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of segmental p…

We studied the effect of estrogen use on morbidity from cardiovascular disease in 1234 postmenopausal women, aged 50 to 83 years, participating in the Framingham Heart Study's 12th biennial examination (index examination). The medication history recorded at biennial examinations 8 through 12 was used to classify the de…

BACKGROUND: Functional brain connectivity studies can provide important information about changes in brain-state dynamics during general anesthesia. In adults, &#x3b3;-aminobutyric acid-mediated agents disrupt integration of information from local to the whole-brain scale. Beginning around 3 to 4 months postnatal age,…

There is great interest in studying the canine gastrointestinal microbiome. In healthy dogs versus those with acute and chronic enteropathies, specific bacterial taxa have been identified that are consistently associated with shifts in the microbiome. A qPCR-based dysbiosis index (DI) that assesses microbiome shifts wa…

The consistent increase in multidrug resistance among pathogens and increased cancer incidence are serious public health concerns and threaten humans by killing countless lives. In the present study,CJ15 was characterized and evaluated for its antibacterial, candidicidal and cytotoxic activities. The selected isolateCJ…

BACKGROUND: Compared to conventional 2D mammography, digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) offers greater breast lesion detection rates. Ring-like hypodense artifacts surrounding dense lesions are a common byproduct of DBT. This study's purpose was to assess whether minuscule changes spanning this halo-termed the "broken…

PURPOSE: It is becoming increasingly common for researchers to share scientific literature via social media. Traditional bibliometrics have long been utilized to measure a study's academic impact, but they fail to capture the impact generated through social media sharing. Altmetric Attention Score (AAS) is a weighted c…

Prior research characterizes mainly male veteran preferences at end of life using the Veterans Administration Advance Directive (VA AD), there has been no specific studies focusing on women veteran's preferences concerning whether the AD is to be strictly (S) followed or to serve as a general guide (G). The purpose of…

AIMS: To investigate graduating nursing students' nursing and professional competencies and the predictors of their competencies. BACKGROUND: Across Asian countries, there is a paucity of literature that explores graduating nursing students' competency and professional competence during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.…

OBJECTIVES: This study's purpose was to compare the kinematic demands placed on the knee and the hip during various biomechanical tests. DESIGN: Retrospective cross-sectional design. SETTING: A university research laboratory. PARTICIPANTS: The study sample consisted of 70 NCAA Division I female athletes. MAIN OUTCO…

BACKGROUND: Gaps in research persist related to practitioners' resilience, although much has been written about the need for strategies to strengthen personal resilience. PURPOSE: The study's purpose was to examine practice-level (quality of physician relationship, physician presence, and autonomy) and individual fact…

BACKGROUND: Statistical significance, as reported by the P value, has traditionally been the most commonly reported way to determine whether a difference exists between clinical interventions. Unfortunately, P values alone confer little about the robustness of a study's conclusions. An emerging metric, the fragility in…