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PURPOSE: This study's purpose was to provide information regarding differences in AA and White men's attitude about not fathering a child, receipt and type of infertility services, and diagnosed infertility problem. METHODS: A descriptive study using Cycle 6 National Survey of Family Growth male interview data with Ch…

Functional theory proposes that attitudes may serve a variety of purposes for individuals. This study aimed to determine whether stigmatized attitudes toward HIV/AIDS serve the same function for all (consensus function) or serve different functions for different individuals (divergence function) by assessing various as…

The focus of this study is colleague supervision of Master's level dissertations. A qualitative study was undertaken and in-depth interviews with research supervisors (n=7) and students (n=7) who had experienced colleague supervision of masters' level dissertations in the previous four years were undertaken. Independen…

Body sway and locomotion are differentially modulated in high (highs) and low (lows) hypnotizable subjects undergoing alteration of visual and neck/leg proprioceptive inputs. The study's aim was to investigate whether partial impairment of vestibular information due to backward head extension affects postural (Study 1)…

This is a descriptive study with the objective of measuring and comparing patient satisfaction with the care provided by nurses as well as verifying differences in the satisfaction level in relation to the study's variables in two São Paulo hospitals. For data collection was used the Patient Satisfaction Instrumen…

This letter evaluates the recent study on the management of cystic vestibular schwannomas (VS) compared to solid VS, focusing on the clinical outcomes of surgery (SURGERY) and radiosurgery (SRS). The study offers significant insights into the differences between these tumor types, emphasizing the challenges posed by cy…

PURPOSE: This study aims to study the comparison of vocal fatigue and vocal tract discomfort between teachers of normal pupils and teachers of mentally disabled pupils. STUDY DESIGN: Cross-sectional study METHODS: Participants were 179 teachers (50 male, 129 female) and 30 non-teachers (14 male, 16 female) who partici…

This paper attempts to identify characteristics of a longitudinal clinical study's "dropout" population (1974-1996) of patients using overdentures. This study included 395 subjects. Dropouts were identified as persons who did not respond to letters or telephone calls after participating in the study for up to 2 years,…

BACKGROUND: Previous studies indicated that physical education programs in schools were unsuccessful to ameliorate physical activity (PA) behaviors among adolescents. This study investigated PE teachers' perceptions of barriers and facilitators to PA and further digital exercise interventions among inactive British ado…

Although the life course prospective study design has many benefits, and information from such studies is in increasing demand for scientific and policy purposes, it has potential inherent design problems associated with its longevity. These are in particular the fixed sample structure and the data collected in early l…

BACKGROUND: Diabetes prevalence has increased over the past few decades, and the shift of the burden of diabetes from the older population to the younger population has increased the exposure of longer durations in a morbid state. The study aimed at ascertaining the likelihood of progression to diabetes and to estimate…

BACKGROUND: Research on many routine nursing interventions requires data collection around the clock each day (24/7). Strategies for implementing and coordinating a study 24/7 are not discussed in the literature, and best practices are needed. OBJECTIVE: To identify strategies incorporated into implementing a nursing…

Fathers are under-represented in pediatric palliative care research despite frequently playing a key role in the lives of their children. The purpose of this study was to identify factors that affected paternal study invitation and participation. A secondary mixed-methods evaluation design guided examination of intervi…

To better practice the Deepening Standardization Reform Plan, announced by the State Council, to promote the leadership of standard in healthy development of preventive medicine and public health, the Chinese Preventive Medicine Association (CPMA) established the Standardization Committee of Chinese Preventive Medicine…

BACKGROUND: Due to problems of publication bias and selective reporting, the ICMJE requires prospective registration of all clinical trials with an appropriate registry before the first participant is enrolled. Previous research has shown that not all clinical trials are registered at this time (prospectively). This st…

Array technology to genotype single-nucleotide variants (SNVs) is widely used in genome-wide association studies (GWAS), clinical diagnostics, and linkage studies. Arrays have undergone a tremendous growth in both number and content over recent years making a comprehensive comparison all the more important. We have com…

Physical education (PE)-based interventions are a popular method to target children's physical activity (PA) and fitness; however, little is known about their effectiveness or what factors lead to successful interventions. This paper: (1) systematically reviews studies examining PE interventions designed to impact PA,…

Aortic stenosis is a condition that is inflicting an increasing number of the elderly in North America and Europe. Current treatment for aortic stenosis is aortic valve replacement. An expanding pool of knowledge regarding the mechanism of aortic stenosis has led to the testing of statins to reduce the progression of a…

This correspondence critiques the Mendelian randomization study by Zhang et al. on the causal link between COVID-19 and ischemic stroke, highlighting three methodological concerns. First, the study incorrectly attributes the eQTL data to the GTEx database, whereas the actual source is the eQTLGen Consortium, necessitat…

INTRODUCTION: Adenomas are considered as precursors of colorectal adenocarcinomas. After polypectomy, surveillance depends on the histological analysis of the excised polyps. The aim of the study was to evaluate the reproducibility of the histological diagnosis performed by pathologists from participating centers in th…