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The present study investigates the impact of linguistic ostracism on academic achievement, mediated by subjective well-being, i.e., life satisfaction, positive affect, and negative affect. In addition, aligning with the field of positive psychology and broaden-and-build theory, the study predicts that foreign language…

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to explore and develop knowledge about treatment experiences of people suffering from severe eating disorders, by highlighting the patient's perspective in treatment. The study's issue is: "How do patients with severe eating disorders experience everyday hospital/in-hospital treatm…

OBJECTIVE: Urostomy profoundly alters the body image of bladder cancer patients, leading to a series of physiological, psychological, social, and functional changes. This review aims to synthesize qualitative research on urostomy patients' life experiences to provide healthcare professionals with a complete understandi…

As the result of recent progress in technology of communication robot, robots are becoming an important social partner for humans. Behavioral synchrony is understood as an important factor in establishing good human-robot relationships. In this study, we hypothesized that biasing a human's attitude toward a robot chang…

Several studies have been devoted to establishing the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health across gender, age, and ethnicity. However, much less attention has been paid to the differential effect of COVID-19 according to different personalities. We do this using the UK Household Longitudinal Study (UKHLS),…

BACKGROUND: Evaluation of the implementation process of trials is important, because the way a study is implemented modifies its outcomes. Furthermore, lessons learned during implementation can inform other researchers on factors that play a role when implementing interventions described in research. This study evaluat…

The Generation Study is a large-scale research initiative led by Genomics England in partnership with the National Health Service, aiming to evaluate the use of whole genome sequencing in newborn screening, as well as ongoing research use of these genomic data. The Generation Study will sequence 100 000 newborn…

BACKGROUND: Our aim was to explore how systematic reviews of the effects of complex interventions within the field of organisation of mental health care organised research knowledge. METHODS: We looked up references included in 14 mental health care reviews in the database Epistemonikos to examine overlap between revi…

Medication prescribing and use is a normative aspect of health care for the elderly, rendering medication taking by elderly persons problematic. In an earlier qualitative study, we examined how medicine-use is negotiated (used/refused/resisted, and assessed against expected outcomes) by older persons with limited fluen…

PURPOSE: The purpose of the study is to explore the role of the nurse practitioner (NP) in facilitating knowledge exchange within multidisciplinary primary healthcare teams. The rationale for the study is that most knowledge transfer and exchange literature is from a single profession perspective; yet, an increasing nu…

BACKGROUND: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a rare disease characterized by proliferation and occlusion of small pulmonary arterioles, which has been associated with a high mortality rate. The pathogenesis of PH is complex and incompletely understood, which includes both genetic and environmental factors that alter vasc…

OBJECTIVE: The COVID-19 pandemic caused significant changes in healthcare, particularly in pain management. To maintain care, the Multidisciplinary Activity Improvement Program (MAiP), at the Department of Pain Medicine, Liverpool Hospital, was adapted for delivery through telehealth. Although MAiP's effectiveness is w…

OBJECTIVES: The Saudi healthcare and medicolegal systems have seen several developments to improve quality of services and ensure patient safety. However, violation claims have seen an upward trend in the past few years. Several studies have analyzed medical litigation to better understand violations within healthcare…

INTRODUCTION: Glaucoma, the second most common cause of blindness, is normally detected in clinic. With technological improvements, tele-glaucoma exams can identify these changes off-site. The quality of tele-glaucoma exams needs to be compared with that of traditional exams. This study's purpose was to validate the te…

PURPOSE: This study's purpose was to determine whether rinsing with water or cleansing teeth after topical fluoride therapy affected plaque acidity. METHODS: This randomized, controlled, crossover, in situ study was conducted on 25 dental students who wore an acrylic mandibular appliance containing one enamel block. T…

BACKGROUND: Several studies have analyzed the correlation between digital and standard videotape echocardiographic images. The advantages of digital echocardiography are a faster exam, lower costs and a greater number of exams performed. Our study's aim was to evaluate the correlation and agreement between cardiac dime…

BACKGROUND: The epidemiology of stroke at different geographical locations in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has not been adequately investigated. METHODS: In this study, clinical types and risk factors of stroke were compared among patients at low-altitude (Riyadh, 620 m) and high-altitude (Al Baha > 2000 m) areas using…

The lysophosphatidic acid receptor-3 (LPAR3) is a G protein-coupled receptor that mediates viability among malignant cells and aggressiveness among certain tumors. The study's objective was to determine the interplay between LPAR3 and miRNAs to impact key cellular signaling pathways. Using SK-Mel-2 and SK-Mel-5 melanom…

A total of 57 infants hospitalized with rotavirus disease were included in this study. The children were randomly divided into the study's two treatment groups: three days of the oral administration of (i) a probiotics formula containing bothBORI andAD031 (= 28); or (ii) a placebo (probiotic-free skim milk,= 29) and th…

In this in vitro study, the distribution of the enantiomers of verapamil (VER) and its active metabolite, norverapamil (NOR), into the red blood cells (RBCs) of humans and rats was investigated using a chiral liquid chromatographic assay. When plasma was replaced with buffer, the distribution of VER and NOR enantiomers…