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This paper provides an overview and summary of U.S. extravehicular activity accomplishments of the last 26 years, Space Shuttle missions having scheduled extravehicular activities to be performed over the next several years, extravehicular activities expected to be necessary to support Space Station Freedom assembly ta…

The date of stopping oral contraceptives (OC) in relation to the last menstrual period was studied in 458 women with Down syndrome infants born in 1983-1986 and compared with the expected distribution estimated from the total population of births for these years, after stratification for year of birth, maternal age, an…

From a sociological perspective there are many different worlds of alcoholism treatment. The present time may be crucially opportune for sociological research on the characteristics and development of alcoholism treatment. The last few decades have been characterized by an ongoing theoretical and empirical restructurin…

BACKGROUND: Dent's disease (DD) is a rare X-linked recessive tubulopathy characterized by low molecular weight proteinuria, hypercalciuria, nephrocalcinosis/nephrolithiasis and chronic kidney disease. With this manuscript, we reported three patients diagnosed as DD in our department in the last 10 years and thereby des…

BACKGROUND: Effective on January 1, 2001, New York State enacted the Expanded Syringe Access Demonstration Program (ESAP), which allows syringes to be sold in pharmacies without a prescription or dispensed through doctors, hospitals, and clinics to persons 18 years of age or older and permits the possession of those sy…

BACKGROUND AND AIM: Wilson's disease (WD) is a rare inherited disease that causes systemic copper accumulation. This study examined the long-term course of WD patients with liver disease. METHODS: The 12 patients (9 female patients) enrolled in the study had a median age of 28 years (range: 19-57 years)…

BACKGROUND: It is still not clear which method is the most efficient for treating primary traumatic anterior shoulder dislocation. Immobilization in external rotation has become increasingly discussed within the last 10 years. The aim of this study was to evaluate the rate of recurrence and clinical outcome of the immo…

INTRODUCTION: Around 950,000 children and teenagers die each year as a result of injuries and violence throughout the world. The most common cause of death for children under the age of five is trauma that occurs in the home environment.To assess the knowledge, attitudes and practices of parents with children aged 0-5…

AIM & OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of topical application of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) after peripheral ostectomy, and compare it with other treatment modalities in the management of odontogenic keratocyst (OKC). MATERIALS &METHODS: This prospective study was conducted in the OMFS departm…

BACKGROUND: The length of interval between successive childbirths (birth interval) might influence the incidence of breast cancer, either by stimulating or by inhibiting the factors that are responsible for the initiation of breast cancer or its early development. METHODS: This is a case-control study nested in a coho…

INTRODUCTION: Nigeria recorded 31% of 619,000 malaria deaths globally and accounts for 25-30% of all childhood mortality in the country. Few studies in Nigeria, have reported malaria's case fatality rate over a long period. OBJECTIVE: To determine Malaria Case Fatality Rate among Children admitted from 2000-2019. MET…

We analysed (i) the gender difference in cycling speed and (ii) the age of winning performers in the 508-mile "Furnace Creek 508". Changes in cycling speeds and gender differences from 1983 to 2012 were analysed using linear, non-linear and hierarchical multi-level regression analyses for the annual three fastest women…

During a period of slightly over 25 years, 949 new patients with aortoiliac atherosclerotic occlusive disease--409 (43%) with associated distal disease--were submitted to various reconstructive operations for claudication in 719 and rest ischemic problems in 230 patients. The ages ranged from 21 to 91 years with a medi…

Twenty-three white women, ages 18 to 42, with normal menses prior to running were studied. Miles per week varied from 10 to 70 for a period of 1 to more than 10 years. Of these, 6 were amenorrheic (AM), 14 had regular cycles (REG), and 3 with regular cycles became amenorrheic during the course of this study. The incide…

Today, acetabular surgeons in training have to learn ilioinguinal and anterior intrapelvic approaches (AIP). The aim of this study was to describe the 5-years learning curve of a surgeon. Objective was to assess clinical and radiological results; and to assess factors which could influence this learning curve. Between…

INTRODUCTION: Ilizarov principles and hybrid fixation have improved the results of humeral lengthening. We reviewed the literature on humeral lengthening using different fixators with regard to indications, operative technique, results and complications. We also retrospectively reviewed 56 segments in 46 patients treat…

BACKGROUND: We aimed to evaluate the current status of scientific production in the field of substance use and addiction in Iran, to determine its trend and pattern during a 5 years period (2008-2012). METHODS: Using relevant keywords, we searched three international databases (Web of Science, Medline, and Scopus) and…

BACKGROUND: Cardiac surgery in octogenarians is increasing in industrialized countries and therefore represents a growing population. The aim of this study was to evaluate characteristics and outcomes of octogenarian patients undergoing cardiac surgery. METHODS: We reviewed all consecutive octogenarians operated on du…

Seventy-five children treated for craniopharyngioma between 1973 and 1994 were studied to demonstrate which pre- and intraoperative factors were indicative of a poor outcome as defined by a quantitative assessment of morbidity. This involved a retrospective review of 65 patients and a prospective study of 10 patients f…