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The world registered record temperatures in the last years, with 2024 being the hottest year ever recorded and the first one to surpass the 1.5ºC limit defined by the Paris Agreement. Coal was key to the Industrial Revolution and along with petroleum, was essential to world development. However, coal is the most p…

Seven children (5 male, 2 female) were seen over the last 16 years with rigid spine syndrome. Six children had rigid spinal muscular dystrophy (selenoprotein N1-related myopathy [SEPN1RM]) and 1 had myopathy associated with rigid spine. The main presenting complaint in all was difficulty in bending the spine. The…

A group of healthy primigravidae aged 20-26 years were examined two weeks before term in order to measure their physical performance. Two types of work tests with the bicycle ergometer were used, first a three-stage submaximal test and on the next day a voluntarily maximal test. The results between these two tests are…

OBJECTIVES: This paper aims to show changes in Medical Education in the Department of Medicine at the Complutense University of Madrid in the last 10-15 years. RESULTS: Medical education in the Department of Medicine at the Complutense University of Madrid has undergone significant changes in the last 10-15 years. An…

The development of Pichia pastoris as a production platform for recombinant proteins has been a remarkable success story over the last three decades. Stable cheap production processes and the good protein secretion abilities were pacemakers of this development. However, limitations of protein folding, glycosylation or…

OBJECTIVE: Objective of this study is to present our experience by harmonic scalpel enabled, single external port appendicectomy using extracorporeally inserted 'pick and fix' stitch in three cases. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Of the eighteen appendicectomies performed with only the use of harmonic scalpel in the last 11 m…

Occupational airborne exposure was examined for a stratified sample (N = 1275) of the general population aged 18-73 years in Hordaland County, Norway. The subjects identified all jobs of more than six months since leaving school and stated whether they had been occupationally exposed to specific agents and work process…

France is not advanced regarding evaluation in social work, despite a law established in January 2002 making evaluation a legal obligation every 5 years. This article presents a software program to help social services evaluate on both individual and group levels. Automatic dashboard results of the program with special…

The authors exam 8 subfrenic abscesses cases observed in the last 5 years in Fatebenefratelli Hospital of Milano - Emergency Surgical Department. After considering etiologic, clinical and therapeutic aspects of their casuistry, they remark the importance of the basal illness, particularly in secondary subfrenic abscess…

According to paleoseismological studies, the last earthquake that ruptured the Main Frontal Thrust in western Nepal occurred in 1505 AD. No evidence of large earthquakes has been documented since, giving rise to the concept of a seismic gap in the central Himalaya. Here, we report on a new record of earthquake-triggere…

We report the updated results for a previously evaluated surgical treatment for adult low-grade isthmic spondylolisthesis. In 12 patients a decompressive laminectomy was performed followed by a circumferential fusion using posterior pedicle screw instrumented reduction and staged anterior cage-assisted interbody fusion…

AIM: Aim of the study was to evaluate the long-term reliability and effectiveness of inlays and onlays in ceramic and composite material, examining scientific studies published from 2004 to 2013. The results of this review were analyzed and compared with the important literature review proposed by Manhart in 2004. MET…

Musculoskeletal sarcomas (MSSs) are rare cancers and often aggressive tumors that originate from mesenchymal tissue. Patients with advanced MSS often report difficulties with symptom burden, which can reduce their health-related quality-of-life.The aim of this study was to describe the patterns of the physical symptoms…

INTRODUCTION AND AIMS: There is a paucity of data on volume of alcohol use from Muslim majority countries. We aimed to present estimation methods for alcohol consumption with the use of survey data for these societies and provide an estimation for age 15+ per capita consumption of pure alcohol for Iran. DESIGN AND MET…

OBJECTIVE: Patients with nmoyamoya disease (MMD) who present primarily with ischemic stroke are known to have greater rates of perioperative strokes as compared with those who present with nonstroke symptoms. The optimal timing for revascularization for these patients remains unclear. METHODS: From 1994 to 2015, 91 pa…

PURPOSE: To describe prescribing of medicines in primary care in the last year of life in patients with dementia. METHOD: A retrospective cohort analysis in UK primary care using routinely collected data from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink. Number of medications and potentially inappropriate medication prescr…

BACKGROUND: Recent studies have shown that indigenous hepatitis E virus (HEV) strains cause hepatitis E in industrialized countries. We aimed to clarify the characteristics of HEV infection in sporadic hepatitis patients during the last decade in Miyagi, northeast Japan. METHODS: We analyzed 94 serum samples obtained…

BACKGROUND: Distinguishing self-limiting ('trivial') from potentially consequential spinal pain in childhood and adolescence is crucial to prevent over- or under-medicalization. The aim of this study was to stratify participants for severity of spinal pain and to investigate associations of pain severity with potential…

CONTEXT: There is little evidence on the symptoms experienced by those with advanced (Stage 5) chronic kidney disease (CKD), managed without dialysis, as they approach death. As palliative care extends to noncancer illnesses, understanding symptom prevalence and severity close to death will clarify which symptom interv…

The recent development of various membrane-based techniques for the purification of valuable natural products is reviewed and covers the important research that has been conducted in the last 5 years on the utilization of microfiltration, ultrafiltration and nanofiltration techniques, either carried out on their own or…