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OBJECTIVE: It has been estimated that between 11% and 61% of ambulance transports to emergency departments are not medically necessary. This study's objective was to analyze paramedic ability to determine the medical necessity of ambulance transport to the emergency department. METHODS: Paramedics prospectively assess…

The recently published Protocol 076 study (ACTG 076/ANRS 024) showed that zidovudine significantly decreased the relative risk of maternal HIV transmission by 71.5% compared with placebo. Oral zidovudine 100 mg five times daily until the onset of labour, followed by intravenous zidovudine 2 mg/kg over 1 hour then 1 mg/…

Resilience, defined as the ability to adapt and recover from adversity, plays a critical role in mitigating psychological distress, particularly in high-stress environments like medical education. This study investigates the association between resilience and the second-to-fourth digit length ratio (2D:4D), a proposed…

The article examines the relationship between magical thinking and resilience in elderly individuals. Magical thinking is considered as a psychological mechanism serving a protective function under conditions of stress and age-related crises associated with aging. An empirical study conducted on a sample of 92 elderly…

The Polish dietary supplement market is undergoing rapid development, driven by an increasing societal interest in preventative healthcare and the utilisation of products that have demonstrated efficacy. Poland is a leading European dietary supplement market, driven by a number of factors, including increased nutrition…

PURPOSE: Demand for the use of evidence-based interventions (EBI) to address behavioral health issues remains high in the United States. States are primarily tasked with determining what constitutes EBIs on a state-by-state basis. This results in variations in what constitutes an EBI across states. The study's purpose…

PURPOSE: This study aims to evaluate the impact of upper eyelid blepharoplasty on perceived age, attractiveness, success, and overall health as rated by observers. METHODS: A web-based survey was conducted with 203 observers who were unaware of the study's purpose. They assessed preoperative and postoperative images o…

The study investigates the potential of lansoprazole, a proton pump inhibitor, to interfere with fungal respiration and enhance the antifungal activity of amphotericin B against multidrug-resistant Candida auris. The authors administered lansoprazole at concentrations significantly higher than typical therapeutic doses…

OBJECTIVE: Shoulder impingement syndrome (SIS) is one of the most frequent causes of shoulder pain. Evidence supported the use of conservative treatment for SIS. Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) indicated that physical therapy interventions, including therapeutic exercises, manual therapy, patient education, and adv…

Previous research has widely recognized the challenges uniformed police officers face in their working lives. However, little is known about the overall lifestyles of police officers, including what they do in private life. We interviewed 17 officers and used reflexive thematic analysis to explore their experiences. Th…

AIM: The study's aim was to evaluate the integration and application of quality and safety competencies and concepts of fair and just culture in prelicensure nursing education. BACKGROUND: Health care organizations support a safety culture by encouraging error reporting without fear of punishment and by conducting inv…

The mathematics teachers' profession often has many challenges. It also occupies important positions at the K-12 education level, in which mathematics knowledge is the basis of all scientific fields. This tends to cause high-stress levels and a negative effect on well-being. Mathematics teachers' well-being has been le…

BACKGROUND/AIM: Students with learning disabilities have difficulties in reading abilities; however, their IQ is no less than that of ordinary students of the same age. This study investigated and developed three articles as the author and schoolteachers developed reading materials. Article A is with a standard layout;…

OBJECTIVE: The current study aimed to investigate the impact of transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) on working memory and selective attention in athletes with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). METHODS: In total 45 athletes with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder were randomly divid…

The maturity and growth of social media have empowered online customers to generate electronic word of mouth (eWOM), on various online websites and platforms, which may influence an individual's decision-making process. This paper explores eWOM information's impact on social media users' purchase intention by applying…

BACKGROUND: Loss of balance is a considerable risk factor for workers while using ladders, because they are required to maintain static postural balance on platforms of a restricted size. This study observed center of mass (CoM) and center of pressure (CoP) behaviors and evaluated the effects of the platform depth (ant…

BACKGROUND: The stress level of undergraduates is increasing at an alarming rate. This study's objective was to determine the effect of critical thinking intervention (CTI) for stress reduction among undergraduates in Nigerian Universities. METHODS: This research used a pretest-posttest design. Participants were 103 u…

The present study's aim was to compare temporomandibular joint (TMJ) images for individuals with and without temporomandibular disorder (TMD) using high-resolution ultrasonography (HRUS). The distance between the lateral-most point of the articular capsule and the lateral-most point of the mandibular condyle (lateral c…

The literature describes a mismatch between the core concepts of salutogenesis, or sense of coherence (SOC), meaning manageability and comprehensibility, as these concepts are manifested in research with Western populations, as compared to non-Western populations. The overall objective of this study is to explore this…

The purpose of this investigation was to determine the impact of heritability on third molar agenesis in twins. The study sample consisted of 284 same sex twins (172 monozygotic and 112 dizygotic), whose mean ages were 19.7 ± 4.3 and 18.9 ± 4.8 years, respectively. The monozygotic…