Injury and Illness in Elite Athletics: A Prospective Cohort Study Over Three Seasons by Shane Kelly, Noel Pollock, George Polglass, Ben Clarsen

“…Team medical personnel recorded all injuries and illnesses during this time, following current consensus-based methods. …”
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Photobiomodulation Therapy Plus Usual Care Is Better than Usual Care Alone for Plantar Fasciitis: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Ann K Ketz, Juanita Anders, Judy Orina, Betty Garner, Misty Hull, Nicholas Koreerat, Jeff Sorensen, Candice Turner, James Johnson

“… # Conclusions Pain and function improved during the three weeks of PBMT plus UC and remained stable over the following three weeks. …”
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Pediatric and adolescent chronic myeloid leukemia: A follow-up study in Western India by Sangita A. Vanik, Dhaval Jetly, Biren Parikh, Karthik Dhandapani, Rukmini Bezbaruah

“…The clinical and laboratory parameters were evaluated using hospital software. The treatment response was monitored and scoring was performed using mathematical calculations. …”
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Does Larger Fetal Ascending Aorta Than the Pulmonary Artery Indicate Major Cardiac Anomaly? by Safak Yilmaz Baran, Alev Arslan, Gulsen Dogan Durdag, Hakan Kalayci, Seda Yuksel Simsek, Songul Alemdaroglu

“…STUDY DESIGN: Pregnancies between 18-24 gestational weeks who underwent detailed second-trimester screening during 2015-2019 were evaluated. Cases whose fetal ascending aorta diameter was larger than fetal main pulmonary artery diameter on the three-vessel view despite normal four-chamber view were analyzed. …”
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Understanding the causes of intravenous medication administration errors in hospitals: a qualitative critical incident study by Darren M Ashcroft, Richard N Keers, Jonathan Cooke, Steven D Williams

“…Objectives To investigate the underlying causes of intravenous medication administration errors (MAEs) in National Health Service (NHS) hospitals.Setting Two NHS teaching hospitals in the North West of England.Participants Twenty nurses working in a range of inpatient clinical environments were identified and recruited using purposive sampling at each study site.Primary outcome measures Semistructured interviews were conducted with nurse participants using the critical incident technique, where they were asked to discuss perceived causes of intravenous MAEs that they had been directly involved with. …”
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The healthcare burden of isolated aortic valve insufficiency by Ibrahim Sultan, Michael Ryan, Candace Gunnarsson, Natalie Heidrich, Prashanth Vallabhajosyula

“…Exclusion criteria were AVR during the baseline period or a diagnosis of aortic stenosis. …”
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Stability of parenteral drugs in hospital circuit by Sarah BOUAMEUR, Aicha BRAHMI, Mimouna BOUNAB, Aicha KHELLIFI

“…Apart from the expired drugs, instabilities are often confirmed by changes in appearance or color observed during drug’s period of validity. The objective of this work was to evaluate the stability and hospital practices likely to induce instabilities of valid parenteral drugs. …”
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A Cross-Sectional Study to Evaluate the Prevalence and Severity of Gingivitis among High School Students in Erbil City-Iraq. by Dildar Abdullah Othman, Rawand Mohammed Muhi, Nadeen Nazar Nafie, Manar Nadhum Farman

“…Gingival index for public schools was (1.62) and in private schools (1.43). In general, males show a higher Gingival Index compared to females. …”
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Treatment Patterns for Patients on Overactive Bladder Therapy: A Retrospective Statistical Analysis Using Canadian Claims Data by Adrian Wagg, Demitri Diles, Todd Berner

“…Only 12.5% of patients changed OAB medication during the 4-year period. Women were more likely than men to switch from first-line or second-line treatment. …”
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Russian-Persian Schools as an Element of Imperial Russia’s Soft Power Policy in Northern Persia: Late Nineteenth – Early Twentieth Centuries by Vladimir O. Kulakov

“…The work aims at confirming — with evidence from archival documents — the activities of Russian-Persian schools during the specified period were to shape a positive image of Russia in Persian society. …”
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From Middle Jurassic extension to Late Jurassic obduction: sedimentary records from the Greater Adriatic margin of the Neotethys Ocean in NE Hungary by Szilvia Kövér, János Haas, Nevenka Djerić, Ottilia Szives, Péter Ozsvárt, László Fodor

“…Micropaleontological, sedimentological and structural investigation of more than thirty wells resulted in the detailed characterisation and 3D depositional model of the area, which may have formed in the eastern continuation of the Slovenian Basin or in a similar sub-basin. …”
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Does the Expected Teaching and Learning Take Place in Preprimary Grades in Zambezi Region, Namibia? by Кенет Нзвала

“…The researcher’s belief therefore is that a weak human capital due to teaching and learning not happening in the foundation grade, in this case preprimary, where children are expected to be empowered with basic skills on which all future learning will be based, weakens the performance of such learners in their future learning. …”
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Evaluación morfológica del cultivar de buffelgrass "Lucero INTA-PEMAN" en condiciones de sequía by S. GRIFFA, A. RIBOTTA, C. LUNA, G. BOLLATI, E. LÓPEZ COLOMBA, E. TOMMASINO, E. CARLONI, M. QUIROGA, K. GRUNBERG

“…El objetivo fue evaluar morfológicamente al cultivar Lucero en comparación con los cultivares Texas-4464, Biloela y Molopo, en Deán Funes (Norte de Córdoba, Argentina) a campo bajo condiciones de sequía, en un diseño en bloques completos aleatorizados con tres repeticiones y por dos ciclos de cultivo (2006/2007 y 2007/2008), considerándose como estados ontogénicos planta de un año y rebrote, respectivamente. …”
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Alpine, Variscan, eo-Variscan belts: comparison between hot and cold orogens from the examples of French segments by Faure, Michel

“…The Alpine and Variscan metamorphic evolutions occurred under ca. 8 °C/km and 30 °C/km gradients, respectively. During the late- to post-orogenic stages, all belts experienced “unthickening” accommodated by extensional tectonics, metamorphic retrogression, and intramontane basin opening. …”
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A Case-Control Study for Assessing Risk Factors for Congenital Anomalies among Children in Sulaimani City by Niaz Mustafa Kamal, Nasih Othman

“…Significant risk factors for congenital anomalies were family history (OR=2.24, P= 0.007), maternal obesity (OR= 2.26, P= 0.001), mothers age over 30 (OR=2.78, P= 0.002) and mothers not using folic acid during pregnancy (OR=2.12, P= 0.0007). …”
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Orthodontic retention protocol among Kurdistan Region of Iraq orthodontists by Mahmoud Kanan Mohsin, Zana Qadir Omer, Rebin Ali Mohammed Amin

“…Results: Bonded retainer was the most common retainer for both maxillary (48.57%) and mandibular (65.71%) arches. 28.54% of the orthodontist ended bonded retention within 2 years, while 37% of orthodontists continued retention for more than 2 years. 77.14 % of participants advised to wear the removable appliances on a full-time basis during the first 6 months. …”
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The effects of the combination of resistance exercise and heat stress on cell production and plasma levels of cytokines by Maryam Zilaei Bouri, Hamid Agha-Alinejad, Shirin Zilaei Bouri, Saeed Daneshmandi

“…The findings of this research suggest that other factors beyond cortisol regulated cytokines during heat-exposed exercise. Furthermore, the IL-6 had a regulatory function on TNF-α release. …”
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Possible erythropoietin pharmacotherapeutic targets on painful diabetic neuropathy in rats by SAMUEL SUAREZ-MENDEZ, DEYSI Y. BERMÚDEZ-OCAÑA

“…The mechanical allodynia was measured by the up-down method using the von Frey filaments in diabetic rats. To determine the action mechanisms of erythropoietin, levels of NF-κB in serum were measured with ELISA and was used L-NAME (Nω-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester hydrochloride, non-selective nitric oxide synthase inhibitor; 0.1-1 mg/kg, i.p.), glibenclamide (ATP-sensitive K+ channels blocker; 1-10 mg/kg, i.p.), methiothepin (non-selective 5-HT receptor antagonist; 0.01-0.1 mg/kg, i.p.) and naloxone (non-selective opioid receptor antagonist; 1 mg/kg). …”
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Central Nervous System-related Conditions and Associated Healthcare Resource Use Among Japanese nmCRPC Patients Based on Retrospective Claims Data by Dianne A. Ledesma, Jonathan L. Chua, Susan S.H. Tang, Xiu W. Lim

“…Furthermore, more concomitant CNS-related conditions 1 year after CRPC diagnosis and 1 year after starting AA treatment were recorded. …”
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Single Leg Bridge Test is Not a Valid Clinical Tool to Assess Maximum Hamstring Strength by Gabriela Bissani Gasparin, João Breno Araujo Ribeiro-Alvares, Bruno Manfredini Baroni

“… # Methods One hundred male soccer players (20±3 years) performed the SLBT and the knee flexion-extension isokinetic dynamometry evaluation (60°/s) billaterally during a single visit. …”
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