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BACKGROUND: Statistical significance is often misinterpreted as proof or scientific evidence of importance. This article addresses the most common statistical reporting error in the biomedical literature, namely, confusing statistical significance with clinical importance. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to clari…

The study's objective was to identify demographic, socioeconomic, behavioral characteristics, health situation, and the dependency degree of institutionalized elderly. It was an exploratory descriptive study with quantitative approach, which was carried out between 2004 and 2005 in a Long Stay Institution for elderly p…

The current study investigated the association of psychopathic traits with violent and non-violent delinquency, delinquency versatility, and risky sexual behavior in Croatian sample of non-referred boys (n = 226) and girls (n = 480). Psychopathic traits were measured by the self-report Youth Psychopathic Traits Invento…

In nurse-administered propofol sedation (NAPS), a nurse working under the supervision of an endoscopist is delegated responsibility for administration of propofol to a patient and monitoring their sedation during endoscopy. Nursing personnel and endoscopists involved in NAPS receive specialized training, and more than…

Problems with the medical demographics related to the distribution of doctors in France, of which the Franche-Comté particularly suffers namely with regard to specialists, led the Regional Directorate for Health and Social Affairs and the Franche-Comtd University of Medicine and Pharmacy to ask the Regional Health…

BACKGROUND: Previous research has yielded inconsistent findings on the relationship between personality characteristics and chronic pain. The present study examines measures of alexithymia, somatosensory amplification, attachment, counterdependency, and emotional distress in 140 consecutive general medical outpatients…

In the present study, the author investigated the role of thinking styles in university students' preferences for teaching styles and their conceptions of effective teachers. Students (121 men and 134 women) from the University of Hong Kong responded to 3 self-report tests: the Thinking Styles Inventory-Revised (R. J.…

About 1.25 million American families live with persistently mentally ill members. Costs, personal and public, are substantial. Research providing holistic understanding of the processes these families experience is needed. This qualitative study's objectives were to (a) examine the process holistically and (b) search f…

This article focuses on how some Somali women experience and reflect on the pain of infibulation as a lived bodily experience within shifting social and cultural frameworks. Women interviewed for this study describe such pain as intolerable, as an experience that has made them question the cultural values in which the…

Many empirical environmental equity analyses have attempted to determine if hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal facilities (TSDFs) are in disproportionately minority or low-income areas. These prior analyses did not explain the extent of the risks posed by TSDFs, nor did they weight the distribution of thos…

OBJECTIVE: The study's objective was to provide an introduction to the role of corticotropin-releasing hormone in preterm delivery associated with stress. STUDY DESIGN: A selective review of the current literature relevant to the objective was undertaken. Published data were analyzed for relevance to the biochemical m…

This article derives a generalized probabilistic model for predicting HLA matches from a population of family members consisting of all blood-related descendants of one pair of patient's grandparents, excluding parents and siblings, for three subsequent generations. This consists of the patient's children, blood-relate…

Psychologists have recently identified "situated cognition" as an important issue for educators across disciplines. Accordingly, instructional technologists have been working on ways to make classroom materials more true-to-life and affectively engaging. In this article I review a study designed to investigate the ways…

The atlantoaxial articulation is a multiaxial joint with a freedom of motion that presents unique problems in achieving surgical stability. Several methods of atlantoaxial arthrodesis have been established with varying degrees of immediate and sustained stability and safety. This study describes a new, improved method…

This study contributes to the growing body of research on situational determinants of coping. Based on a general population sample of 1556 married men and women, it goes beyond previous efforts in two ways. First, it presents the first large-scale analysis of situational determinants of coping effectiveness in response…

The study's purpose was to evaluate the reduction of dental caries incidence by the association of two preventive methods. 246 students of both sexes aged from 7 to 11 years registered in "Escola de Educação Básica da Universidade Federal de Uberlândia" and living in the urbana area of Uberlând…

This study presents an integrated review of religious coping, comparing theocentric and non-theocentric mechanisms, and examining research trends. Combining a narrative review with a VOSviewer-based bibliometric analysis of 2403 Scopus-indexed articles (1982-2025), the study examines the conceptual differences and func…

Supracondylar fractures of the humerus represent the most common surgical fractures in pediatric patients. There is a discourse regarding the influence of the surgeon training on treatment. Different studies show equivocal effect of subspecialty training. We conducted a single center case control study to evaluate the…

AIMS: This study aimed to examine the haemogram parameters, including the neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio (NLR), which is fast, easy and practical to determine, in stroke patients who present with more physiological stress and inflammation and compare them with patients presenting other neurological diseases. METHODS: The…

The recently published article, "Evaluation of Cardiac Function in Children Undergoing Liver Transplantation" by Bansal et al. presents a significant contribution to the understanding of pediatric cirrhotic cardiomyopathy and its evaluation using advanced techniques like Speckle Tracking Echocardiography (STE). This le…