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The increasing human activities amidst competition for resources across the globe has made environmental challenges an ongoing classic problem, thus prompting policymakers to continually seek effective solution while ensuring sustainable development. With the wide coverage of the relevance of the double dividend hypoth…

OBJECTIVE: Previous research has examined associations of sedentary behavior (SB), light-intensity physical activity (LIPA) and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) with health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and mortality. However, most of these studies have been limited to examining their potential "independ…

PURPOSE: Routine procedures often pose heightened challenges for neurodivergent children, resulting in increased need for perioperative care compared to the general population. Healthcare professionals' reduced familiarity with infrequent neurodivergent diagnoses further underscores the necessity of evidence-based guid…

BACKGROUND: The European Diploma of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (EDAIC) Part II examination is a supranational examination for anaesthesiologists. OBJECTIVES: We explore the impact of examiner pairing on leniency and stringency, commonly referred to as the 'hawk-dove effect'. We investigate the potential variat…

Research focused on elucidating moral injury amongst healthcare workers (HCWs) is essential due to the deep connection with morality and individuals' overall wellbeing. Examining moral injury provides an avenue through which researchers can connect individual experiences with systemic level causes (i.e., structural pow…

BACKGROUND AND AIM: There are a number of published reports on long-term outcomes of endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) for early gastric cancer (EGC), but most reports are from single centers with median follow-up periods shorter than 5 years. This questionnaire study investigated long-term outcomes of curative ES…

BACKGROUND: Accurate classification of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) using morphological features has several limitations. However, the use of thyroid transcription factor 1 (TTF-1) and Napsin A as markers for the identification of various subtypes of NSCLC has shown promise. This meta-analysis was designed to eva…

Emergency management (EM) director positions will continue to grow by three percent through 2032. This study aimed to employ interpretive phenomenological analysis (IPA) and delve into the personal experiences of EM professionals to gain insights into the components needed to professionalize the field, which is the stu…

BACKROUND: Dysfunctional interpersonal beliefs (DIBs) are a key symptom domain in numerous mental disorders. Because DIBs exert a strong influence on social experience and behavior, they play an important role in a mental disorder's development and progression. To date, only the Interpersonal Cognitive Distortions Scal…

BACKGROUND: Recent human studies have indicated the beneficial effects of yacon on diabetes and metabolic syndrome; however, no meta-analysis has investigated the effects of yacon on glycemic control and lipid profiles. METHODS: Searches were conducted in five databases-PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, Google Scholar,…

INTRODUCTION: Prostatitis is likely to occur in younger or middle-aged men, while prostate cancer is likely to occur in older men. Although amino acids and lipids as biomarkers of prostate cancer have been examined using prostate cancer cell lines/tissues, no previous studies have evaluated amino acids or lipids as pot…

AIMS: This study aims to identify the level of nursing care quality and examine its predictors considering nurses' demographic data, organizational culture, and communication skills. BACKGROUND: Quality of care is a determinant of the sustainability of any healthcare organization. Therefore, it is imperative to unders…

PURPOSE: Individuals with eating disorders (ED) and comorbid borderline personality disorder (BPD) may benefit from therapies focusing on emotion regulation, such as dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT). The aim of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of one-year standard DΒΤ enhanced with cognitive-…

OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to examine the proportion of needle stick and sharp injuries (NSSIs) among healthcare workers at King Hussein Medical Center (KHMC), Amman, Jordan. METHODS: All NSSI reports referred from departments at KHMC to the Preventive Medicine Department between 2013-2018 were retrospectively revie…

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to evaluate patients' braking performance using a modern driving simulator after undergoing a right hip arthroscopy. DESIGN: This prospective study included 5 total driving sessions at which measurements were taken. SETTING: The study was conducted at an academic medical cen…

BACKGROUND: Behcet's disease (BD) is a multi-systemic chronic inflammatory disorder which involves the vasculature tree of all sizes. The current study's aim was to examine the association between BD and the development of ischemic heart disease (IHD) and its potential impact as a cardiovascular risk factor. METHODS:…

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the proportion of participants in clinical trials who understand different components of informed consent. METHODS: Relevant studies were identified by a systematic review of PubMed, Scopus and Google Scholar and by manually reviewing reference lists for publications up to October 2013. A meta-a…

BACKGROUND: The role of staging laparoscopy in pancreatic cancer in the age of high-resolution CT scans is under debate. This study's aim is to evaluate the efficacy of staging laparoscopy in this disease. STUDY DESIGN: A retrospective cohort study was conducted evaluating patients who underwent operative treatment fo…

Peri/intraventricular hemorrhage (PIVH) has significant consequences, particularly leading to cases of adverse neurodevelopment. The aim of this study was to asses the epidemiology of peri/intraventricular haemorrhage in newborns born at term. Study was designed and performed according to epidemiological model of case-…

The APOE gene (apolipoprotein E) is a major risk factor for Alzheimer's Disease (AD) but has been inconsistently associated with memory in nondemented adults. Two other genes with mixed support as genetic risk factors for AD, A2M (alpha-2-macroglobulin) and LRP (low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein), have n…