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Intersectionality is a term used to describe the intersecting effects of race, class, gender, and other marginalizing characteristics that contribute to social identity and affect health. Adverse health effects are thought to occur via social processes including discrimination and structural inequalities (i.e., reduced…

OBJECTIVE: MTX hepatotoxicity is considered to occur more frequently in patients with psoriasis than in patients with RA. However, toxicity guidelines are based on reports from studies with small sample sizes and limited follow-up periods. The current study's objective was to examine the long-term risk of MTX hepatotox…

Excessive use of the emergency department (ED) is associated with increased costs and workload in the ED, patients' inconvenience and disruption of the continuity of care. The study's goal was to describe trends in ED utilization among Bedouins living in southern Israel. A retrospective cross-sectional study was conduc…

OBJECTIVE: To describe the direct and indirect costs of ambulatory and in-patient treatments of heart failure during 2002, in the University Hospital Antonio Pedro, Niterói. METHODS: A cross-sectional and retrospective study on utilization and valuation of resources in 70 patients, consecutively selected, under a…

Patients with multiresistant tuberculosis (TB) and patients with intolerance of first line antituberculosis drugs present a major treatment problem. Sparfloxacin is highly active against mycobacteria, but the use is restricted by side effects and the contribution to antituberculosis therapy is unclear. A prospective st…

BACKGROUND: Students' academic motivation is crucial to their academic performance, success, and future career performance. Understanding the experiences of students regarding academic motivation can help address this issue. This qualitative study aimed to explore the experiences of dentistry students of Tabriz Univers…

PURPOSE: The study was conducted to determine the effect of preoperative pain, fear, and anxiety on postoperative pain and analgesia use in urology patients. DESIGN: A descriptive and correlational design was used. METHODS: The population of the study consisted of patients who were hospitalized in the Urology clinic…

The study discussed in this paper had two principal objectives. The first was to evaluate the distance model of official vocational education and training offered by means of a virtual learning platform. The second was to establish that both on-site classroom and online distance modes of vocational education and traini…

BACKGROUND: There has been an increased emphasis on improving the level of evidence used as the basis for clinical treatment decisions. Several journals now require a statement of the level of evidence as a basic gauge of the study's strength. PURPOSE: To review the levels of evidence in published articles in the clin…

PURPOSE: Ethnic minorities, women, and those of low socioeconomic status are widely underrepresented in clinical trials. Few studies have explored factors associated with successful follow-up in these historically difficult-to-reach patients. This study's objective was to identify patient characteristics and methods of…

Changes in the economy and human conduct have contributed to one of today's most urgent challenges: environmental pollution. This study's overarching objective is to evaluate the following Next Eleven nations (N-11) ecological footprints (EF) with their natural resources (NR), economic complexity (EC), renewable energy…

BACKGROUND: IGRT has become an essential component in delivering precise and effective radiotherapy (RT) treatment. However, in many healthcare institutions, the responsibility for online image matching remains within the exclusive domain of Radiation Oncologists (ROs). This can result in workflow inefficiencies and de…

Digital platforms are technological applications with steadily increasing popularity. This study aims to investigate various factors associated with the purchase of transportation, accommodation, and household services via digital platforms by individuals in Türkiye. This study used the 2023 "Household Information…

BACKGROUND: For many years there has been broad political agreement on prioritising substance use treatment and mental health care in the specialist health service. Between 2014 and 2021, the 'golden rule' applied, meaning that there should be higher relative growth in mental health care and interdisciplinary specialis…

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to assess patients' self-care ability and self-efficacy, to examine the relationship between them and to determine the factors affecting self-care ability and self-efficacy in people undergoing hemodialysis (HD). METHODS: This research was conducted as a descriptive survey study b…

The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is challenging food security. Our study's purpose was to examine relationships among food security status, eating patterns and perceived barriers to food choices among shareholders (N= 209) in a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program during stay-at-home restrictions du…

We introduce and evaluate three tests for publication selection bias based on excess statistical significance (ESS). The proposed tests incorporate heterogeneity explicitly in the formulas for expected and ESS. We calculate the expected proportion of statistically significant findings in the absence of selective report…

Workplace cyberbullying is a growing issue that raises serious public health concerns due to its potential for physical and emotional harm. Previous studies on workplace bullying in the healthcare industry have mainly focused on traditional bullying or explored cyberbullying's effect in specific regions or demographic…

CONTEXT: A recent multicenter trial confirmed that hypertonic saline-stimulated copeptin is superior to the arginine stimulation test (AST) for diagnosing vasopressin deficiency (AVP-D). The latter, though less accurate, is cheaper, better tolerated, and easier to perform. We aimed to improve AST diagnostic accuracy by…

Precise binding free-energy predictions for ligands targeting metalloproteins, especially zinc-containing histone deacetylase (HDAC) enzymes, require specialized computational approaches due to the unique interactions at metal-binding sites. This study evaluates a docking algorithm optimized for zinc coordination to de…