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OBJECTIVE: The goal was to identify the lifestyle risk factors associated with benign and potentially malignant oral disorders. METHOD AND MATERIALS: The study enrolled first-time patients from the Oral Pathology Section, volunteers from Oviedo, and first-time patients from University of Oviedo dental clinic. Patients underwent a survey that included sociodemographic information, lifestyle habits, and medical history. Then, a comprehensive examination of the oral mucosa was conducted...

Rural residents are generally less likely to receive preventive healthcare than are urban residents, but variable measurement of rurality introduces inconsistency to these findings. We assessed the relationships between perceived and objective measures of rurality and uptake of preventive healthcare. In our sample, rural participants generally had equal or higher uptake of healthcare (i.e. private health insurance, check-up in the past year, being up-to-date on colorectal and cervical cancer screening) than urban participants...

Gun violence is an epidemic throughout the United States and is increasing around the world-it is a public health crisis. The impact of gun violence is not limited to the victims (our patients); it also extends to the physicians and caregivers who are taking care of these patients every day. Even more broadly, gun violence affects those living and going to work in potentially dangerous environments. The "vicarious trauma" that is experienced in these situations can have long-term effects on physicians, nurses, and communities...

Tourism development is generally agreed upon to be a key tool in promoting economic growth, and green development has emerged as a significant idea and an efficient approach to accomplish this goal in a manner that is environmentally responsible. It is common knowledge that making the switch to renewable sources of energy may act as a catalyst for economic development in both developed and developing nations. Therefore, people all over the globe are beginning to realize the significance of advancing renewable energy's rising importance that suggests that it will be used extensively in the years to come...

BACKGROUND: In 2016, the World Health Organization propagated the elimination of hepatitis C virus (HCV) by 2030 in order to address the public health threat posed by viral hepatitis. This article looks at the progress that has been made globally and in Germany since 2016. METHODS: A selective literature search was conducted, with particular focus on studies and reviews relating to the elimination of hepatitis C infection both globally and in Germany...

Sign language serves as the primary mode of communication for the deaf community. With technological advancements, it is crucial to develop systems capable of enhancing communication between deaf and hearing individuals. This paper reviews recent state-of-the-art methods in sign language recognition, translation, and production. Additionally, we introduce a rule-based system, called ruLSE , for generating synthetic datasets in Spanish Sign Language. To check the usefulness of these datasets, we conduct experiments with two state-of-the-art models based on Transformers, MarianMT and Transformer-STMC...

PURPOSE: Visit-to-visit blood pressure variability is a strong predictor of the incidence of cardiovascular events and target organ damage due to hypertension. The present study investigated whether year-to-year blood pressure variability predicts the risk of hypertension in the Japanese general population. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study analysed 2806 normotensive individuals who participated in our physical check-up program for five years in a row from 2008 to 2013...

IMPORTANCE: Despite higher atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk, people with HIV (PWH) experience unique barriers to ASCVD prevention, such as changing models of HIV primary care. OBJECTIVE: To test whether a multicomponent nurse-led strategy would improve systolic blood pressure (SBP) and non-high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol level in a diverse population of PWH receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART). DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: This randomized clinical trial enrolled PWH at 3 academic HIV clinics in the US from September 2019 to January 2022 and conducted follow-up for 12 months until January 2023...

PURPOSE: Keeping the head in a neutral position is requisite for glasses/lenses/head-up designs, the suitability of oculo-plastic surgery and for the grading the eye shift. Anatomically incompatible glasses are one of the common problems affecting accommodation, reducing comfort and disturbing by causing symptoms such as dizziness and nausea. The oculo-palpebral measurements act as a key determinant in symmetrical facial attractiveness. This study aims to investigate the most effective oculo-palpebral landmarks, head-neutral as the ideal position, taking into account of individual anatomical differences of these patients...

The search for interventions to slow down and even reverse aging is a burgeoning field. The literature cites hundreds of supposedly beneficial pharmacological and genetic interventions in model organisms: mice, rats, flies and worms, where research into physiology is routinely accompanied by lifespan data. However, when experimental animals from one article live as long as controls from another article, comparing the results of interventions across studies can yield misleading outcomes. Theoretically, all lifespan data are ripe for re-analysis: we could contrast the molecular targets and pathways across studies and help focus the further search for interventions...

PURPOSE: The steady-state pattern electroretinogram (ssPERG) is used to assess retinal ganglion cell function in a variety of research contexts and diagnostic applications. In certain groups of patients or study participants, stable central fixation of the stimulus is not guaranteed. The present study aimed at assessing the effects of misfixation on the ssPERG response to checkerboard reversal stimuli. METHODS: Using two check sizes (0.8° and 15°), we compared ssPERG responses for several amounts of fixation deviation, ranging from 0° to 19° horizontally and from 0° to 14° diagonally...

Lung hydatidosis is a zoonotic infection, primarily caused by Echinococcus sp., and has a significant role in the economy and public health. Canines are the predominant hosts of these parasitic tapeworms. Lungs are the most commonly infected organ after the liver. Hepatic pulmonary blood circulation is mainly reported to transport infection to the lungs. The prevalence of hydatid disease has increased over the past decade. In addition, patients with multi-organ involvement of hydatid cysts have been reported in different parts of the world...

BACKGROUND: Multiple eruptive dermatofibroma (MEDF) is a rare presentation of dermatofibroma which is frequently associated with underlying diseases such as human immunodeficiency virus infection or systemic lupus erythematosus. It generally presents a characteristic histology with hyperplasia of the epidermis, prominent bundles of collagen and a diffuse proliferation of fibrocytes. CASE SUMMARY: We report a case of MEDF in a 30-year-old man who presented with a large number of dark brownish red maculopapules distributed over the trunk and extremities for more than 10 years...

IMPORTANCE: People with a history of incarceration may experience barriers in access to and receipt of health care in the US. OBJECTIVE: To examine the associations of incarceration history and access to and receipt of care and the contribution of modifiable factors (educational attainment and health insurance coverage) to these associations. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: Individuals with and without incarceration history were identified from the 2008 to 2018 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 cohort...

INTRODUCTION: Infections following orthopedic surgery are rare but difficult to treat. Among the prevention measures reviewed during the Musculoskeletal Infection Society's (MSIS) 2023 international consensus meeting, the only strategy to obtain 100% agreement was the control of traffic in and out of the operating room (OR). Although this recommendation makes good sense, to our knowledge, it has not been previously investigated in a comparative study. We, therefore, conducted a prospective, observational, before-and-after study of the implementation of an informational sign designed to limit traffic in and out of the OR to 1) determine its impact on door openings and the number of people present during orthopedic surgery and 2) assess the risk of surgical site infection after the institution of this sign...

BACKGROUND: The lesser trochanter (LT) profile is an often-used marker for proximal femoral rotation, particularly during the operative fixation of femoral fractures. Previous studies have come to conflicting conclusions about its reliability for this purpose. METHODS: The SOMA (Stryker Orthopaedic Modeling and Analytics) database (Stryker) was used to identify 1,722 computed tomographic (CT) scans of whole femora. Each femur was taken through an 80° rotational arc in 2...

BACKGROUND: In previous studies, the ZJU index was reported to be a superior predictor of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in the Chinese population compared to the Fatty Liver Index. However, whether the ZJU Index is significantly associated with diabetes among Asian populations has not been determined. METHODS: The NAGALA study was carried out at Murakami Memorial Hospital (Gifu, Japan) beginning in 1994. This study included the data of the subjects who underwent health check-ups from 2004 to 2015...

BACKGROUND: The main goals of preventive health care include the early detection of disease by screening, identifying and reducing disease risk factors, and improving the current disease processes. Moreover, early disease discovery in the latent stage facilitates prompt intervention, reducing morbidity and death. OBJECTIVE: To estimate the proportion of people who have availed preventive health check-ups in Perambalur and to determine the motivators and barriers to health check-ups among adults (age group: 18 years and above)...

This is the case of a gravida 3 para 1 woman in her late 20s with underlying haemoglobin constant spring who visited a healthcare clinic for an antenatal check-up. Towards the end of her second trimester, she experienced lethargy. During her antenatal booking, she was diagnosed with mild asymptomatic anaemia, high serum ferritin, T saturation of 88% and abnormal liver function tests. She was referred to a hospital where an MRI scan revealed over 2 g of iron deposits in her liver, leading to a revised diagnosis of iron overload...

During radiologic interpretation, radiologists read patient identifiers from the metadata of medical images to recognize the patient being examined. However, it is challenging for radiologists to identify "incorrect" metadata and patient identification errors. We propose a method that uses a patient re-identification technique to link correct metadata to an image set of computed tomography images of a trunk with lost or wrongly assigned metadata. This method is based on a feature vector matching technique that uses a deep feature extractor to adapt to the cross-vendor domain contained in the scout computed tomography image dataset...