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Objective Background television (TV) exposure is harmful to young children, yet few studies have focused on predictors of exposure. This study's objectives were to elucidate demographic, environmental, and behavioral correlates of background TV exposure in low-income Mexican-American preschoolers and to explore caregiv…

Different noise sources in fMRI acquisition can lead to spurious false positives and reduced sensitivity. We have developed a biophysically-based model (named FIACH: Functional Image Artefact Correction Heuristic) which extends current retrospective noise control methods in fMRI. FIACH can be applied to both General Li…

The Sydney Swallow Questionnaire (SSQ) is a validated measure of the symptomatic severity of oral-pharyngeal dysphagia. Up until now no normative ranges have been established for the questionnaire. This is a limitation in its utility as it makes it difficult to use the tool to identify the prevalence and burden of oral…

Tinnitus can cause extreme morbidity. Despite many attempts to find a treatment for idiopathic cases, they remain difficult to manage. Because nerve injury is one of the suspected etiologies of tinnitus and because gabapentin has been found to be effective in treating nerve injuries, some authors have attempted to dete…

OBJECTIVES: Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) lactate is produced by bacterial anaerobic metabolism and is not affected by blood lactate concentration, an advantage over CSF glucose in differentiating bacterial meningitis from aseptic meningitis. However, the previous investigations have shown mixed results of the sensitivity…

BACKGROUND: To report the long-term outcome of a series of 49 patients who underwent three horizontal muscle squint surgery for large angle infantile esotropia. METHODS; The patient records were retrospectively reviewed of 49 (24 girls [49%], 25 boys) consecutive patients with infantile esotropia of angle > or =60 Delt…

We studied 50 patients (40 females, 10 males) diagnosed of dysthymia according to 1CD-10 criteria (F34.1), retrospectively and prospectively. All were treated with Sertraline, with an initial dose of Sertraline 50-100 mg/day, allowing increases to a maximum of 200 mg/day during the follow up. The clinical and therapeut…

BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic can affect health and social care workers' (HSCWs') mental health in their role as frontline workers in this crisis. The pandemic poses unique challenges to HSCWs as they face morally daunting decisions while working with limited knowledge and resources. This study primary objective wa…

Social isolation is a potent stressor in both humans and animals that results in increased anger-like emotion, (anger in humans), aggression and suicidal ideation in humans [suicidal trait-related behavior in rats (STRB)]. The study's purpose was to compare the effects of buspirone (BUS) and fluoxetine (Flx) on social…

Ocular toxoplasmosis (OT) remains a leading cause of posterior uveitis worldwide, where accurate differentiation between Active, Inactive, Mixed, and Healthy retinal states is critical for appropriate management. Existing deep learning studies primarily address binary classification, offering limited diagnostic granula…

BACKGROUND:  Community adherence groups (CAGs) are an acceptable and effective strategy to provide social support for people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), as well as for receiving their antiretroviral therapy (ART). However, in Namibia, it is estimate…

This study assesses the impact of a prenatal education program dealing with human sexuality, pregnancy, prenatal care, labor, delivery, and infant and child care on the unwed expectant adolescent father. It also assesses the relationship between the father's knowledge in these areas and his supportive behaviors toward…

BACKGROUND: Biologic therapies play a crucial role in the treatment of severe asthma. Tezepelumab, a human monoclonal antibody (mAb), inhibits thymic stromal lymphopoietin, a pivotal factor in the pathophysiology of asthma. Although randomized clinical trials have demonstrated the efficacy of Tezepelumab, evidence gaps…

To observe whether different insulin glargine titration algorithms based on fasting blood glucose (FBG) levels lead to different glycaemic variations (GVs) in type 2 diabetes (T2D) patients, a prospective, randomized, single-centre, comparative, three-arm parallel-group, open-label, treat-to-target, 24-week study was p…

The study's aim was to determine if there was an association between gastric morphology and gastroesophageal reflux (GER). Few published studies have investigated the relationship between gastric morphology and the risk of GER.A total of 777 patients were randomly selected from 3000 to 3300 patients who presented at a…

This study investigates how neural networks address the properties of children's linguistic knowledge, with a focus on the Agent-First strategy in comprehension of an active transitive construction in Korean. We develop various neural-network models and measure their classification performance on the test stimuli used…

INTRODUCTION: Individuals with early-onset Alzheimer's disease face many challenges and barriers older adults with late-onset Alzheimer's do not. Unfortunately, information about early-onset Alzheimer's disease is in its infancy stage in comparison with late-onset Alzheimer's. PURPOSE/AIMS: The purpose of this study w…

Given its serious impacts on the public's health, air pollution in China is a matter of strong public concern, particularly in reference to malodorous waste gas. Petition letters related to atmospheric pollution accounted for about 40% of the total petition cases. However, scholarly views differ on whether the Chinese…

Cognitive science has regarded an individual's face as a form of representative stimuli to engage self-representation. The domain-generality of self-representation has been assumed in several reports, but was recently refuted in a functional magnetic resonance imaging study (Sugiura et al., 2008). The general validity…

Numerous research studies have investigated the relationship between ABO and Rhesus (Rh) blood groups and the risk of various cancers, yielding diverse findings. While these blood groups have been established as prognostic factors in some cancers, their relevance to colorectal cancer (CRC) remains uncertain. This resea…