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This article is a response by a long-term oncology chaplain to a case by another oncology chaplain. The author notes interventions key to the relationship and outcomes, highlights differences in chaplaincy styles, and summarizes significant outcomes that are common in oncology chaplaincy. The purpose of the response is…

This study's purpose was to examine the impact of indebtedness on medical student choice of specialty. Nonprimary care was disaggregated into distinct specialties. The study found that indebtedness induced medical students to choose the remunerative field of anesthesiology but had the opposite effect on the decision to…

The Army Circumference Method (ACM), used to estimate percent body fat for soldiers, has been shown to have questionable validity as applied to women. This study's primary purpose was to examine the ability of this method to detect changes in subcutaneous fat over a 9-week period with men (N = 55) and women (N = 51) en…

This study investigates the use of biofeedback, relaxation and psychotherapy on five patients with severe, vascular headaches that occurred during the course of pregnancy. The subjects received between four and twelve sessions of treatment overall. The subjects all showed a marked reduction or complete cessation of hea…

Antibiotic resistance is an urgent global health crisis that requires effective communication strategies to encourage public engagement in preventive behaviors. The current study explores the impact of multimodal design features, including threat agency (human. bacteria), nominalized forms (antibiotic misuse. antibioti…

BACKGROUND: The influence of femoroacetabular (FA) impingement has been implied in early hip osteoarthritis, particularly in young patients who enjoy athletics. The purpose of this meta-analysis is to assess the effectiveness and safety of hip arthroscopy compared to open surgical dislocation for the treatment of femor…

Electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use has had an exponential increase in popularity since the product was released to the public. Currently, there is a lack of human studies that assess different biomarker levels. This pilot study attempts to link e-cigarette and other tobacco product usage with clinical respiratory s…

This study presents the development of a portable fluorometer with a smartphone application designed to facilitate the early screening of chronic kidney and renal diseases by enabling the sensitive detection of urinary albumin. Utilizing a fluorescence-based aptasensor, the device achieved a linear calibration curve (0…

Agricultural production is vital for the stability of the country's economy. Controlling weed infestation through agrochemicals is necessary for increasing crop productivity. However, its excessive use has severe repercussions on the environment (damaging the ecosystem) and the human operators exposed to it. The use of…

Adults with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (IDD) often experience health disparities. To address disparities, Healthy People 2020 includes specific disability and health goals focused on improving health care access. The study's purpose was to review the literature exploring health care access for adult…

Effective treatment and management of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) depend on patients' ability to locate, comprehend, and apply health information. This study's purpose was to identify characteristics associated with these skills among HIV positive adults in the Dominican Republic. An information behavior survey…

Genotype-environment interaction (G x E) refers to situations in which genetic effects connected to a phenotype are dependent upon variability in the environment, or when genes modify an organism's sensitivity to particular environmental features. Using a typology suggested in the G x E literature, we provide an overvi…

Motor simulation theory proposes a functional equivalence between motor execution (ME) and its simulation, suggesting that motor imagery (MI) is the self-intentioned simulation of one's actions. This study used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) with multivoxel pattern analysis to test whether the direction o…

INTRODUCTION: This study's objective was to estimate the number of motorcyclist fatalities attributable to laws that allow unhelmeted riding in the United States since 1976. METHOD: Counts of helmeted and unhelmeted motorcyclist fatalities were used to estimate population-level helmet use under all-rider helmet laws a…

A traffic noise system involves several subsystems like road traffic subsystem, human subsystem, environment subsystem, traffic network subsystem, and urban prosperity subsystem. The study's main aim was to develop road traffic noise models using a graph theory approach involving the parameters related to road traffic…

BACKGROUND: Sentinel surveillance for severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) in Egypt began in 2006 and occurs at eight sites. Avian influenza is endemic, and human cases of influenza A (H5N1) have been reported annually since 2006. This study aimed to describe the epidemiology of SARI at a major sentinel site in th…

BACKGROUND: It has been proposed that the frequent ingestion of baked hen's egg or cow's milk accelerates the resolution of hen's egg or cow's milk allergy. This practice is being introduced into clinical practice. OBJECTIVE: To systematically review the evidence to determine whether the introduction of baked hen's eg…

This study examines the relationship between suicidality and women's experiences with marital violence in Tajikistan, including the type of abuser and help-seeking behaviors of battered women. This is a descriptive study that also includes comparisons based on women's demographics. Four hundred women in three districts…

The study's objective was to apply and assess an active learning approach to epidemiology and critical appraisal. Active learning comprised a mock, randomized controlled trial (RCT) conducted with learners in 3 countries. The mock trial consisted of blindly eating red Smarties candy (intervention) compared to yellow Sm…

Breast cancer is the most common cancer among females worldwide and large volumes of breast images are produced and interpreted annually. As long as radiologists interpret these images, the diagnostic accuracy will be limited by human factors and both false-positive and false-negative errors might occur. By understandi…