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BACKGROUND: Early sexual behaviour has been shown to differ significantly between genders, but few studies have addressed this topic to explain the commonly observed differences in chlamydia rates between adolescent girls and boys. Our study aimed to determine chlamydia prevalence in adolescents aged 15-20 years in a h…

AIM: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of stiripentol initiated before 2 years of age in patients with Dravet syndrome. METHOD: This was a 30-year, real-world retrospective study. We extracted the data of the 131 patients (59 females, 72 males) who initiated stiripentol before 2 years of age between 19…

OBJECTIVE: To discuss the clinical result of extrinsic radioulnar tether combined with anchoring nail fixation for treating chronic dorsal instability of the distal radioulnar joint (DRUJ). METHODS: Between July 2011 and December 2012, 6 patients with chronic dorsal instability of the DRUJ were treated with extrinsic…

OBJECTIVE: Islet autotransplantation (IAT) may decrease the morbidity and mortality of postpancreatectomy diabetes mellitus. The current systematic review and meta-analysis examined the rate of insulin independence (II) and mortality after IAT post-total (TP) or partial pancreatectomy (PP). METHODS: Ovid MEDLINE, EMBA…

The objective of this study was, by means of patient self-report, to measure the provision of preventive care to patients of a sample of Australian general practitioners. Patient-completed questionnaires from a consecutive sample of Australian general practitioners enrolled in the Quality Assurance and Continuing Medic…

BACKGROUND: Repeated induced abortion is important public health concern both in the developing and developed world that increases maternal morbidity and mortality. The aim of this study was to determine the magnitude and associated factors of repeated induced abortion among abortion care service seekers at Marie Stope…

BACKGROUND: Intervertebral spacers made of silicon nitride (SiN) are currently used in cervical and thoracolumbar fusion. While basic science data demonstrate several advantages of SiNover other biomaterials, large-scale clinical results on its safety and efficacy are lacking. This multicenter retrospective study exami…

EuroCrops contains geo-referenced polygons of agricultural croplands from 16 countries of the European Union (EU) as well as information on the respective crop species grown there. These semantic annotations are derived from self-declarations by farmers receiving subsidies under the common agricultural policy (CAP) of…

Over the last 60 years, the diamond anvil cell (DAC) has emerged as the tool of choice in high pressure science because materials can be studied at megabar pressures using X-ray and spectroscopic probes. In contrast, the pressure range for neutron diffraction has been limited due to low neutron flux even at the st…

A hypnosis protocol for treating panic disorder is provided. The implementation of this protocol is demonstrated through a case example involving the successful treatment of a 28-year-old firefighter presenting with a 4-month history of near-daily panic attacks. Core principles associated with this protocol include: (1…

Eight out of the 33 cases of primary stabbing headache seen in a general neurology clinic (40% have headache as their chief complaint) in the last 3.5 years are presented. The epidemiology, association with other primary headache disorders, secondary associations, testing, and treatment of primary stabbing headache are…

Scholarship on couple communication about cancer employs variable conceptualizations of communication, and common measurement strategies make questionable assumptions about communication. This study provides a descriptive foundation for a multiple-topic, multidimensional approach to studying couple talk about cancer. B…

Many rapid diagnostic tests (RDT) for the diagnosis of infectious diseases have been developed over the last 20 years. These allow (1) administering a treatment immediately in case of a potentially fatal disease, (2) prescribing a specific rather than presumptive treatment, (3) quickly introducing measures aimed at int…

By definition, biopharmaceuticals includes the recombinant therapeutics proteins, monoclonal antibody and nucleic acid based-products used for medical purposes, which produce through the biotechnology. It has grown enormously during last 25 years, even that each four pharmaceuticals product contains one biopharmaceutic…

Scalp ringworm (tinea capitis) is a significant public health problem in the UK. An infection with dermatophyte fungi, it affects scalp hair follicles and surrounding scalp skin and often causes alopecia, which can be permanent. The condition is commonest in pre-adolescent children, although it also occurs in adolescen…

The incidence of melanoma has been rising over the ten last years and is increasing faster than for other cancers. According to informations of the national cancer registry, there are approximately 1500 new cases of melanoma per year in Switzerland. The incidence for melanoma is 7.5 new cases per 100000 inhabitants per…

The treatment of advanced colorectal cancer has long been a dilemma for clinicians. After many years of therapy limited to 5-fluorouracil (5-FU)-based chemotherapy, a number of new discoveries have significantly advanced this field in the last decade. The advent of irinotecan has given us hope for a second line chemoth…

The Black Mango fault is a structural discontinuity that transforms motion between two segments of the active Himalayan Frontal Thrust (HFT) in northwestern India. The Black Mango fault displays evidence of two large surface rupture earthquakes during the past 650 years, subsequent to 1294 A.D. and 1423 A.D., and possi…

In this work the authors have examined through the survey, the prevalence of smoking, alcohol consumption and drug abuse among the school children and youth. Subjects in this research were 208 pupils in Primary school and 232 pupils in Secondary school. It has been found that in the group of Primary school children 0.9…

Ice cores that were recovered from the summit of Sajama mountain in Bolivia provide carbon-14-dated tropical records and extend to the Late Glacial Stage (LGS). Oxygen isotopic ratios of the ice decreased 5.4 per mil between the early Holocene and the Last Glacial Maximum, which is consistent with values from other ice…