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Most interventions for men who have acted violently toward their partner have been conducted as group interventions within a criminal justice context. Therefore, few studies have examined individual psychotherapy and how such interventions may reduce partner violence. In this study, we aimed to describe changes in viol…

For years, guanylate cyclase seemed to be homogenic and tissue nonspecific enzyme; however, in the last few years, in light of preclinical and clinical trials, it became an interesting target for pharmacological intervention. There are several possible options leading to an increase in cyclic guanosine monophosphate co…

OBJECTIVE: Retail availability of cannabis has the potential to influence demand for both legal and illegal cannabis. The aims of the study were to: 1) estimate the percentage of consumers who report purchasing dried flower legally; and 2) examine the association between purchasing dried flower legally and retail avail…

PURPOSE: To report the 27-year statistical data from the Central Eye Bank of Iran (CEBI) and its activity. METHODS: All CEBI records regarding procured eyes, tissue utilizations, corneal transplants per capita, and indications for keratoplasty from 1991 to 2017 were analyzed. RESULTS: In total, 115,743 whole eyes wer…

Road traffic injuries are on the rise in developing countries with a disproportionately high number of crashes involving commercial vehicles. Baseline information on risk factors is necessary to develop targeted prevention programmes. A survey of commercial drivers was conducted at the largest bus and truck station in…

In the last decade, many continent urinary diversions have been developed for the cystectomy patients. Mainz pouch, which seems to be a sophisticated one without using an alloplastic prosthesis, was adopted in our clinic. We preliminarily report our result in 11 patients who underwent a Mainz pouch procedure in the las…

Fetal gastrointestinal motility (FGM) was suggested as useful to assess fetal maturity. Our study aimed to quantify FGM in relation to days before parturition (DBP), maternal size, and sex ratio of pups. During the last ten days of pregnancy, 23 clinically healthy pregnant bitches of 16 different breeds ranging in age…

The overall incidence of syphilis in the last three decades has decreased from 93.3 cases per 100,000 population in 1955 to 42.5 in 1986 amidst fluctuations in between. The decrease from 1955 to 1965 might be related to the widespread use of penicillins. The increase from 1965 to 1973 could be attributed to the influx…

The results of treatment of 55 patients, suffering iatrogenic damage of the main vessels, which constitute 22.4% of all damages of vessels occurred during last ten years, were analyzed. The causes of the vessels iatrogenic damage were analyzed in detail. A favorable result achievement, a vessel integrity restoration wi…

An analysis of relapsed leprosy cases registered in the urban leprosy centre attached to the department of Dermatology and Venereology over the last 5 years was carried out. The characteristics of these cases including the clinical features, the types of treatment given and its duration were studied. The percentage of…

Local sea floor topography and also the thickness of the second layer of the oceanic rise-ridge system appear related to the spreading rate in the region. Slow spreading, away from the ridge center at 1 to 2 centimeters per year, is associated with a thick second layer, a central rift, and adjacent rift mountains. Fast…

As the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry continues to undergo transformative changes with mergers and acquisitions, loss of patent exclusivity, increased collaborations, and health care reform, Medical Information departments have changed as well. A total of 25 companies were asked to participate in a telephone…

The aim of this study is to expose the change in the access to thyroid gland operations during last 10-15 years when increasing radicality of the operations means any more specific complications in condition of routine detection and visualisation of recurrent laryngeal nerve and sparing of parathyroid glands. Authors a…

UNLABELLED: Papillary cystic neoplasm is a rare tumor and is usually found in young female patients. PROCEDURE: Here we describe a rare case of PCN in 16 year old girl, which was presented with abdominal pain in last 3 years. Preoperative diagnosis was suggested by ECHO and CT of the abdomen. The sonographic examinati…

In retrospective study we analyzed 19 patients who were diagnosed and cured because of leukemia at Pediatric clinic in Sarajevo during last two years. From that number, 15 children (78.9%) were with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), 3 (15.7%) were with acute myeloic leukemia (AML) and 1 was with chronic myeloic leuke…

A 5-year-old boy living in a small camp in the rural Ivory Coast had a disease resembling smallpox. This occurred 4 years after smallpox had been eradicated from the Ivory Coast and 1.5 years after the last case of smallpox was detected in West and Central Africa. Clinical, serological, and epidemiological evidence ind…

Introduction Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a highly infectious disease affecting the liver, causing life-threatening acute and chronic hepatitis. It poses a significant global public health burden and is a major occupational risk for healthcare workers (HCWs) due to transmission through blood and blood products. Given the…

Prostate cancer (PC) is one of the most widespread tumors affecting the urinary system and the fifth-leading cause from cancer death in men worldwide. Despite PC mortality rates have been decreasing during the last years, most likely due to an intensification of early diagnosis, still more than 300,000 men die each yea…

IMPORTANCE OF THE FIELD: Fermentation-derived natural products have been a traditional source of antibiotics and antibiotic leads. Most of these discoveries were made about 50 years ago and continue to serve as leads for new antibiotics even today; however, their value as leads for new antibiotics is slowly fading away…

Developments in thyroid surgery during the last 20 years have reduced the number of complications significantly with rates from the literature of less than 1 % of laryngeal nerve paralysis and hypoparathyroidism. Specific problems are connected, however, with patients presenting with recurrent goitres, requiring extend…