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There is limited understanding of temperature and atmospheric circulation changes that accompany an Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) slowdown beyond the North Atlantic realm. A Peqi'in Cave (Israel) speleothem dated to the last interglacial period (LIG), 129-116 thousand years ago (ka), together…

Thyroid cancer is the second most common neoplasm among women in Kuwait and several other countries in the Middle East. Most of these countries also have relatively high birth and total fertility rates. To examine potential relationships between reproductive and hormonal factors and thyroid cancer, we conducted a popul…

A group of 271 squamous carcinomas of the thoracic esophagus were studied. All of these patients underwent the same operation: one-stage esophagogastrectomy through a combined abdominal and right thoracic approach. Adenocarcinomas, tumors of the cardia and excisions through a left-sided thoracic approach were excluded.…

Our aim was to document the progression of psoriatic arthritis in 126 patients prospectively evaluated for a minimum of 5 years. Clinical and laboratory variables and radiographs of the hands and feet, recorded at first and last assessment, were compared to document change in the degree of joint inflammation and damage…

OBJECTIVE: To assess personal, professional, medical, and scientific educational characteristics and issues reported by pediatricians. METHODS: Cross-sectional study based on an online survey including 614 pediatricians who graduated in the last 15 years at a University Pediatric Department in Brazil. RESULTS: The re…

INTRODUCTION: Day hospitals in psychiatry are a major alternative to inpatient care today, acting as key components of community and social psychiatry. OBJECTIVE: To study trends in the use of psychiatric day hospitals over the last decades of the 20th century and the first decade of the 21st century, focusing on pati…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate and analyze the candida infection situation at the intensive care unit (ICU) in Tianjin Fourth Central Hospital from 2008 to 2012. METHODS: Critically ill patients admitted in ICU Department in Tianjin Fourth Central Hospital from Jan. 2008 to Dem. 2012 were selected, and candida in all blood…

OBJECTIVE: To determine the association among meconium aspiration syndrome, parental atopy and asthma symptoms in children younger than two years. MATERIAL AND METHODS: One hundred thirty six children who had suffered meconium aspiration syndrome were followed from birth to they were two years old. CONTROL GROUP inclu…

We studied the progression of improvement in the range of motion of the hip after total hip replacement as it was related to time postoperatively. One hundred and eight hip replacements performed by members of the Stanford University Division of Orthopaedic Surgery in ninety-two patients were included in the analysis.…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the feasibility and safety of the treatment for thoracolumbar fractures with pedicle screw at the fracture level and vertebroplasty via paraspinal approach. METHODS: From August 2007 to August 2010, 22 old patients with thoracolumbar fractures were treated with pedicle screw at the fracture l…

Imported malaria has been an important public health problem in Western countries in the last 20 years, since international travel has become an increasing habit for nonimmune populations and since chemoresistance to most antimalarial drugs has been spreading throughout the world. Moreover, immigration from African and…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the short-term effectiveness of percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy (PELD) in treatment of buttock pain associated with lumbar disc herniation. METHODS: Between June 2015 and May 2016, 36 patients with buttock pain associated with lumbar disc herniation were treated with PELD. Of 36 cases,…

The authors present their experience over the last 20 years in limb salvage procedures of a consecutive series of 40 children under 10 years of age (range 2-10 years) with bone sarcomas. Nineteen were osteogenic sarcomas and 21 were Ewing sarcomas. Only one case, located in the distal phalanx of the toe, was treated by…

This study reviewed the 18-year experience of acute dialysis in the pediatric intensive care unit, in order to identify factors that could predict outcome, and to determine whether newer modalities of acute dialysis have influenced this outcome. Sixty-six children (ages 1 day to 19 years) received acute dialysis from M…

AIM OF THE STUDY: To analyse the state and the structure of the neonatal lethality in the largest perinatal center of Bulgaria 'Maichin dom' during the last five years, and to compare them with the national data on neonatal mortality. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A retrospective study on the evolution of neonatal lethality i…

Eurasian beavers have not been seen in the Forest of Dean for around 400 years, but last week a pair were reintroduced to the area.explains.

BACKGROUND: Long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) are a key malaria control intervention. To investigate factors associated with ownership and use of LLINs in Uganda, a cross-sectional community survey was conducted in March-June 2017, approximately 3 years after a national Universal Coverage Campaign (UCC). MET…

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to document trends in the performance of open arterial vascular surgery procedures (OAVP) by general surgery residents (GSR). BACKGROUND: The ACGME Review Committee for Surgery considers vascular surgery (VS) to be an "essential content area." However, the operative experienc…