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Recently, a proven case of human S-adenosylhomocysteine-hydrolase (SAHH) deficiency was reported in a Croatian boy. As molecular analysis of the SAHH gene in this case revealed two different mutant alleles, we investigated the polymorphism of human SAHH in a total of 237 red blood samples from unrelated Croats using st…

BACKGROUND: Modern psychology has long recognized that understanding human behavior requires knowledge about a person's current context, which is often examined through daily diary studies. These studies offer ecologically valid insights into how everyday experiences-particularly stressors-affect health and well-being.…

OBJECTIVES: To assess the knowledge about cervical cancer and HPV infection and the awareness towards and perceived barriers of HPV vaccination amid medical students in Jordan. METHODS: The present study is a cross-sectional survey that was conducted for a period of three months in the College of Medicine at six diffe…

BACKGROUND: The role of extranodal extension (ENE) in penile cancer is controversial and has not been well studied. The aim of this study was to investigate the importance of ENE in predicting prognosis and presence of pelvic lymph node metastasis (PLNM) in penile cancer patients. METHODS: We searched related studies…

PURPOSE: This study aimed to understand the experiences of women under 40 years of age with gynecologic cancer. METHODS: Semi-structured individual in-depth interviews were conducted with 14 Korean female patients aged 21~39 years with gynecologic cancer. The data were analyzed using Corbin and Strauss' grounded theor…

Preventive behavior developed by the population is essential in the face of the risk of coronavirus infection (COVID-19). However, preventive measures will depend on the risk perception acquired. In addition, lockdown can directly affect mental health, provoking distress. Distress could affect risk perception. This stu…

INTRODUCTION: Testicular cancer is the most common type of cancer in young Caucasian men. It has been suggested that testicular microlithiasis (TML) is a premalignant condition. This study's objective was to investigate TML histology prevalence in testicular cancer patients in two European populations. METHODS: We ana…

In the present study families were asked about their experiences with the first Family Health Nurses (FHN) educated in Germany according to WHO's concept. This education enables nurses and midwives to provide families and individuals a low threshold access to health care services. The study's aim was to gather informat…

AIMS: This study sought to explore the use of a novel approach that incorporates dynamic testing and tangible electronics in the assessment of children's learning potential and strategy use. SAMPLE: A total of 77 children with a mean age 8.9 years participated in the study; half of them were dynamically tested using g…

PURPOSE: The purpose of this clinical study was to compare the patient preference for and the time of sealant placement using the isolite system (IS) vs cotton roll isolation (CRI). METHODS: A convenience sample of children whose mean age was 9.0(+/-2.3) years was selected. Sealants were placed bilaterally on the perm…

PURPOSE: Clinical decision making plays a crucial role in the transformation of science to service. Treatment decisions typically are evaluated by comparing them against norms, such as practice guidelines. An adherence standard has been criticized as inappropriate, but no measurable alternative has been proposed to dat…

The rapidly rising cost of fuel has had a profound impact on the home care and hospice industry. In an effort to quantify the increased burden, the National Association for Home Care & Hospice's (NAHC) Foundation for Hospice and Home Care conducted a study showing that home care and hospice providers drive over 5 billi…

OBJECTIVE: This study's objective was to ascertain factors contributing to high retention of community-based sites and their physicians in a 3-decade-old family medicine clerkship. METHODS: Focus groups were conducted with community-based physicians from the Medical College of Georgia's family medicine clerkship. Tran…

This qualitative study is derived from interviews conducted during a larger quantitative study that examined facilitators and barrier to communication and negotiations in African American families whose teen daughters had one or more unwed teen pregnancies. Based on the larger study's findings that the education of the…

This article describes adaptations to conventional survey research methods based on knowledge of and respect for characteristics and qualities of rural communities and rural culture. These culturally sensitive methods may have contributed to a high response rate in a population-based study of frontier residents conduct…

BACKGROUND: Arrhythmia is an abnormal sinus rhythm of the heartbeat, and in addition to threatening the patient's health, it may also cause fatal complications. OBJECTIVES: The present review study was investigated the effects of berberine (BBR) on cardiac arrhythmias and its possible complications. METHODS: A system…

. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between upper limbs' three functional partitions and the golden curve.. We measured 30 subjects' right or left upper limb data and investigate the relationship between them and the golden curve by use of SPSS version 20.0 statistical software (SPSS, Inc.,…

A meta-analysis by Santiago et al. compared outcomes between two types of total hip arthroplasty to guide clinical decisions for patients with hip fractures. This correspondence details discrepancies between the quantitative data presented in the meta-analysis and the data from its source articles. Methodological issue…

BACKGROUND: Emotions influence patient care decisions and professional relationships. Emotional intelligence has been proven to predict nursing students' success in clinical practice and academic performance. Scarce amount of studies have assessed the emotional intelligence in the nursing student selection context. OB…

Fish consumption can increase purine load in human body, and the enrichment of mercury in fish may affect the glomerular filtration function, both resulting in increased serum uric acid (SUA) levels. The data of blood mercury (BHg), fish consumption frequency and SUA levels of 7653 participants aged 18 years or older w…