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OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between emotional difficulties and auditory processing. METHODS: A total of 94 students aged 18 to 30 years participated in this cross-sectional study. After assessing the level of anxiety and depression with Beck questionnaires, the perfo…

Postpartum depression (PPD) is a multifaceted mental health disorder manifesting as enduring sadness, anxiety, and exhaustion following childbirth. Emerging evidence points to a metabolic dimension in its pathology. Our research examines the causal links between cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) metabolites and PPD via Mendeli…

RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: Large Language Models can capture the context of radiological reports, offering high accuracy in detecting unexpected findings. We aim to fine-tune a Robustly Optimized BERT Pretraining Approach (RoBERTa) model for the automatic detection of unexpected findings in radiology reports t…

BACKGROUND: Coarctation of the aorta (CoA) is a congenital disease with an incidence of 4 out of 10,000 live births, therefore proper education of its treatment is essential. Understanding the disease and the wide array of treatment options is often difficult. Additive manufacturing technology can be used to produce 3D…

Malnutrition in patients is associated with reduced tolerance to treatment-related side effects and higher risks of complications, directly impacting patient prognosis. Consequently, a pressing requirement exists for the development of uncomplicated yet efficient screening methods to detect patients at heightened nutri…

BACKGROUND: Cyberbullying is becoming a global threat with the ease of access to the internet. Although many studies addressed the relationship between coping strategies and cyber victimization, the role of coping strategies, protective or risk factors, on involvement in cyberbullying perpetration is unclear. Therefore…

PURPOSE: Workforce shortage is a contributing cause of health inequality in rural Australia. There is inconclusive evidence demonstrating which factors cause doctors to choose rural practice. This study's objective is to determine predictive factors for medical students' intent to work rurally and for graduates' curren…

OBJECTIVES: Primary health care (PHC) is essential for a well-functioning health system. Although PHC has been shown to have adverse effects on health outcomes, many barriers prevent adequate access, including a shortage of primary care physicians. In New Mexico, 32 of 33 counties are designed as primary care health pr…

This study examined correlates of posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) and depressive symptoms among 6- to 10-year-olds affected directly by Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath. Research on the sequelae of disaster exposure for children has focused largely on aspects that contribute to increased distress or risk for di…

Exposure to interpersonal or interparental violence (EIPV) and child abuse and maltreatment (CAM) are associated with an increased risk of maladaptive outcomes, including later involvement in adulthood intimate partner violence (IPV; often referred to as the theory of intergenerational transmission of violence). Recent…

BACKGROUND: Self-medication is identified by the World Health Organization as a major factor leading to antibiotics overuse, misuse and resistance. This study's objectives were to evaluate the knowledge and self-medication with antibiotics in a sample of the population of Lebanon. METHODS: This study surveyed a sample…

PURPOSE: This study aimed to explore the factors associated with the intention to receive a Pap test among married immigrant women of Vietnamese origin living in Taiwan. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional community-based study. We enrolled 281 women aged 30 years and over in the study, from July 2013 to January 2014.…

OBJECTIVE: To report the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) as found by the Central American Diabetes Initiative (CAMDI) study for five major Central American populations: Belize (national); Costa Rica (San José); Guatemala (Guatemala City); Honduras (Tegucigalpa); and Nicaragua (Managua). METHODS: Study dat…

Despite advances in treatment and prevention, HIV/AIDS remains a serious health and social problem. This study's objective is to examine sexual behavior, levels of knowledge, and attitudes toward HIV/AIDS between two cohorts in Spanish adolescents, and to analyze gender differences in these cohorts. Participants were 2…

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the effect of psychological intervention on reducing performance anxiety and the consequences of the intervention on first-year pharmacy students. METHODS: In this experimental study, 236 first-year undergraduate pharmacy students from a private university in Malaysia were approached between week…

OBJECTIVE: to ascertain the influence of the length of institutionalization on older adults' balance and risk of falls. METHOD: to evaluate the risk of falls, the Berg Balance Scale and the Timed Get Up and Go test were used; and for measuring postural balance, static stabilometry was used, with acquisition of the ell…

PURPOSE: To evaluate the influence of a water-loading test on corneal compensated intraocular pressure (IOPcc) and corneal hysteresis (CH) in young healthy subjects. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Forty healthy adult subjects (20 female and 20 male), with a mean age of 27.55±2.57 years (range, 24 to 35 y), participated i…

Aspects of the social environment, including social conditions (socio-economic status, household situations, chronic illnesses) and social relations (attitude and behaviors of relations) are major determinants of depression among women. This study evaluates the relative power of social relations and social conditions i…

The relationship between the use of supplements and the presence of abdominal obesity is a topic that is currently being debated. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the existence of such an association. The current cross-sectional investigation included a population of 9878 individuals who were the focus…

The aim of this study was to evaluate the success and complications following inferior alveolar nerve (IAN) transposition/reposition for dental implant placement in edentulous or partially edentulous mandibles. This was a multicenter retrospective study; patients who had undergone IAN transposition/reposition at four s…