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INTRODUCTION: Poly-victimization (PV) has a greater adverse impact on adolescents' lives than any single victimization type, even when repeatedly experienced. Adolescents who experience PV tend to present with an array of adjustment problems, and research has begun to identify mechanisms linking PV to adjustment proble…

BACKGROUND: Infection prevention and control (IPC) is crucial for ensuring patient safety and healthcare quality. In Kazakhstan, thorough assessments of IPC capacity remain limited due to the scarce use of standardized international tools. This study examined the readiness of IPC systems in selected healthcare faciliti…

Continuity of care prioritizes patient-centered approaches. Effective continuity of care is essential for ensuring high-quality service delivery and benefits for patients in the end-of-life phase. Although continuity of care has been well-established, few studies have focused on promoting continuity of care in big citi…

Aim To determine the frequency of iron deficiency anemia IDA, its causes, feeding behaviors, and preventive measures among children under the age of two. Methods This cross-sectional study included 110 children  presenting with IDA and compared them with 100 children  with normochromic normocytic anemia as th…

This Letter to the Editor addresses key methodological and interpretative issues in a recent study by Covarrubias-Escudero et al.(https://doi.org/10.1002/pri.70080), which examined the effects of functional electrical stimulation (FES) on step-to-step transitions (STS) in individuals with chronic stroke. While the…

Building on Seddio et al.'s study of ADHD symptoms, anxiety, and internalizing behaviors among college students during COVID-19, we identify key methodological limitations and propose refinements. The study's cross-sectional design, small sample size (n=200) from a single northeastern institution, high ADHD prevalence…

We read with great interest the recent randomized controlled trial reporting that vitamin D supplementation significantly improves pathological complete response (pCR) in breast cancer patients undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NCT). While the findings are noteworthy and contribute to the expanding literature on the…

Peripheral artery disease (PAD) patients experience low utility, especially those having undergone amputation. Utility is one of the quality weights of health status, converted from quality of life (QOL). This study aimed to systematically review published literature and analyze a pooled estimate of utility in PAD pati…

OBJECTIVES: To assess effects of the oral frailty index-8 (OFI-8) on the incidence of postoperative infection. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: This retrospective study included patients aged ≥ 65 years who underwent elective abdominal visceral surgery under general anaesthesia. Oral frailty was assessed usi…

OBJECTIVE: Individuals with Down Syndrome (DS) exhibit a higher susceptibility to infections, suggesting potential immunological alterations within this population. Consequently, this study aims to assess the immune response profile in children with DS to identify potential immune dysfunctions associated with recurrent…

The increasing incidence of psychological pains, burnout, and anxiety among gamblers in Nigeria is high. This is because pathological gambling (PG) is on the rise and it is linked to many social vices such as stealing, drug abuse, and sexual abuse. It is important to investigate the trajectories of PG in Nigeria. A cro…

BACKGROUND: Machine learning (ML) has been successfully implemented for classification tasks (e.g., cancer diagnosis). ML performance for more challenging predictions is largely unexplored. This study's objective was to compare machine learning vs. expert-informed predictions for surgical outcome in patients undergoing…

BACKGROUND: Runaway youth without an adequate and safe place are vulnerable to sexual violence. Sexual violence is strongly associated with suicide risk, but peers and family are important factors in attenuating the negative outcomes of sexual violence; however, research on this relationship is insufficient because pre…

Conceptual replications are part and parcel of education science. Methodologically rigorous conceptual replication studies permit researchers to test and strengthen the generalizability of a study's initial findings. The current conceptual replication sought to replicate the efficacy of a small-group, first-grade mathe…

The literature has widely acknowledged the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of young adults. Despite extensive research, eudaimonic well-being, which focuses on self-knowledge and self-realization, has been scarcely investigated. This cross-sectional study aimed to add knowledge on the eudaimonic we…

INTRODUCTION: Antibiotics are commonly prescribed for upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs) which are generally caused by viral pathogens and do not require antibiotics under most circumstances. Adherence to the international guidelines regarding the necessity of prescribing antibiotics and the selection of antibi…

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: This study's objective was to describe long-term visual outcomes of patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) treated with intravitreal anti-vascular endothelial growth factor injections who were lost to follow-up and then resumed treatment with anti-vascular endothelial growth fac…

Bipolar disorder (BD) and schizophrenia (SCZ) are debilitating disorders that are associated with significant burden and reduced quality of life. In this study, we leveraged microarray data derived from both the Illumina HumanMethylation450 platform to investigate the epigenetic age of individuals with SCZ (n =&#x…

Research in deep learning (DL) has continued to provide significant solutions to the challenges of detecting breast cancer in digital images. Image preprocessing methods and architecture enhancement techniques have been proposed to improve the performance of DL models such as convolutional neural networks (CNNs). For i…

INTRODUCTION: Laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair has significantly reduced the incidence of postoperative acute and chronic pain compared to open repair, but it remains problematic. This study's purpose was to retrospectively identify predictive factors of acute pain after laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair. METHODS…