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PURPOSE: Cardio-cerebrovascular diseases constitute the most common and fatal disease among menopausal women. However, the risk of cardio-cerebrovascular diseases in menopausal women compared to men has been underestimated, with insufficient related studies. Therefore, we examined the incidence and risk factors of card…

The randomized controlled High-Intensity Interval Training in De Novo Heart Transplant Recipients in Scandinavia (HITTS) study compared 9 months of high-intensity interval training (HIT) with moderate intensity continuous training in de novo heart transplant recipients. In our 3-year follow-up study, we aimed to d…

AIM AND OBJECTIVES: To investigate the relationship between traumatic growth and psychological resilience in young adult children of parents with a mental disorder and to compare them with young adult children of parents without mental disorders. BACKGROUND: Negative life experiences that lead to trauma can affect you…

Pregnant women with triple antibody positive antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) who have had thrombosis or a history of early, severe pregnancy complications are generally considered at high risk of pregnancy loss. The objectives of this study were to investigate the efficacy and safety of a relatively new treatment proto…

BACKGROUND: Prevention of study patient attrition and assessment of its impact on outcome data are problems that receive little attention despite their obvious importance in asthma research. OBJECTIVE: The medical, demographic, and psychologic characteristics of asthmatic children and adults who dropped out of a yearl…

A good mobile phone design may increase the productivity of users, as well as their comfort. To achieve mobile users' satisfaction, there is a need to come up with an ideal measurement that would not strain the human's body parts used to control the devices.To investigate the correlation between smartphone and hand ant…

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has begun to transform the labor market, allowing technologies to perform some of the tasks previously performed only by humans. Previous studies have shown that artificial intelligence technologies have reshaped workplaces and tasks structures, generating new skill demands in the labor mar…

Athletes of skill-oriented sports (hereinafter referred to as "skilled athletes"), such as gymnasts and rhythmic gymnasts, have demonstrated better postural control than nonathletes. However, previous studies have mainly focused on single postural tasks and have not considered how skilled athletes use and allocate atte…

The clinical effects of the Covid-19 pandemic are now the subject of numerous studies worldwide. But what are the effects of the quarantine imposed by the states that implemented the measures of lockdown? The present research aims to explore, in a preliminary way, the major stress-related symptoms during the lockdown,…

OBJECTIVE: This study investigated the effect of high-quality nursing care combined with psychological intervention on the stress response and postoperative negative emotions of patients undergoing general anesthesia for surgery. METHODS: From January 2019 to January 2020, the researchers chose 90 patients who receive…

BACKGROUND: This study's purpose is to retrospectively evaluate the success of surgical methods used in treating Oroantral Communication (OAC). MATERIAL AND METHODS: This study was designed as a retrospective cohort study on patients who developed OAC after surgery maxillary posterior region. The records of patients p…

AIMS: This secondary analysis aimed to (i) describe psychological resources and distress in women with takotsubo syndrome (TS) and (ii) explore whether such factors affect blood pressure (BP) responses to acute mental stress. METHODS AND RESULTS: Participants were 47 women consecutively enrolled in an ongoing study ex…

BACKGROUND: Although resting metabolic rate (RMR) is crucial for understanding athletes' energy requirements, limited information is available on the RMR of Paralympic athletes. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to determine RMR and its predictors in a diverse cohort of Paralympic athletes and evaluate the agreemen…

INTRODUCTION: MindCrowd is an online cognitive health platform that engages adults in a 10-min experience, including the paired-associates learning (PAL) test, a demographic survey, and an option to be contacted for future research. This study's objective was to identify factors associated with consent to research stud…

BACKGROUND: There are controversial data regarding the impact of being small for gestational age (SGA) on outcome of infants born below 600 g. Comparing mortality, morbidities and neurodevelopmental outcome at 2-3 years in GA-matched very low birth weight neonates born SGA vs. appropriate for gestational age (AG…

BACKGROUND: Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) was originally developed in Japan for en bloc resection of gastric neoplasms. OBJECTIVE: To clarify whether the novel ESD procedure is feasible and gives results that justify the pursuit of integrated minimally invasive procedures aimed at curing early squamous cell c…

This study explores the impact of gendered citizenship on the well-being of cross-national families following the political blockade imposed on Qatar in 2017. More specifically, it examines how these families, women, and children face challenges related to their lives, well-being, and rights. Twenty-three face-to-face…

BACKGROUND: Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has the world's highest maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality and has shown the slowest progress in reducing them. In addition, there is substantial inequality in terms of maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality in the region. Geospatial studies can help prioritize sca…

PURPOSE: Sport-specific, performance-based outcomes are increasingly used to improve evaluation of treatment efficacy in elite athletes; however, its usage in elite soccer may be limited. The purpose of this investigation is to (1) assess current outcome reporting in elite soccer; (2) identify any variability in report…

INTRODUCTION: Penicillin allergy is a significant barrier to optimal antibiotic stewardship, contributing to increased antimicrobial resistance, higher treatment costs, prolonged hospital stays and elevated mortality rates. However, approximately 90% of penicillin allergy labels are disproven on evaluation. Risk strati…