Mortality in a Heterogeneous Population of Low-Risk Febrile Neutropenic Patients Treated Initially with Cefazolin and Tobramycin by Francesca Le Piane, Sandra AN Walker, Scott E Walker, Nina Lathia, Carlo De Angelis, Andrew Simor

“…BACKGROUND: At Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, Ontario, the recommended empiric regimen for febrile neutropenia has been cefazolin and tobramycin for at least 25 years. …”
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A 10-Year Retrospective Review of Salmonella Infections at the Children’s Hospital in London, Ontario by Tania Cellucci, Jamie A Seabrook, Yasmine Chagla, Susan L Bannister, Marina I Salvadori

“…OBJECTIVES: To describe Salmonella infections in children presenting to the Children’s Hospital (London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ontario), to assess risk factors for infection and to examine whether younger children, particularly infants younger than 12 weeks of age, experience higher morbidity than older children.…”
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A New Chief Editor for Neural Plasticity Growth by Michel Baudry

“…Baudry is currently University Professor at Western University of Health Sciences in Pomona, CA. In this Editorial, Dr. …”
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Acetaminophen Use in Pregnancy: A Comparison of Self-Reported Intake with Maternal and Newborn Biomarker Measures by Guo P, Johnson CH, Yan H, Xiao J, Dennis C, Pierce KA, DeWan AT, Liew Z

“…Pengfei Guo,1,2 Caroline H Johnson,1,2 Hong Yan,1– 3 Jingyuan Xiao,1,2 Courtney Dennis,4 Kerry A Pierce,4 Andrew T DeWan,2,5 Zeyan Liew1,2 1Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, USA; 2Yale Center for Perinatal, Pediatric and Environmental Epidemiology, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, USA; 3State Key Laboratory of Environmental and Biological Analysis, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China; 4Metabolomics Platform, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA; 5Department of Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, USACorrespondence: Zeyan Liew, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Yale School of Public Health, 60 College Street, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA, Tel +1 203-764-9727, Email zeyan.liew@yale.edu…”
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Impact de l’apprentissage systémique sur la motivation à apprendre des étudiants dans un contexte d’apprentissage en milieu clinique by Sonia Soussi, Abdelmajid Naceur, Dominique Berger, Atf Ghérissi, Amina Belgacem, Ihsen Zairi

“…In higher education in health sciences, the pursuit of motivational dynamics remains a subject that has been poorly documented, especially in the context of clinical learning. …”
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The Relationship Between Sleep Quality and Blood Pressure in Students by Muhammad Irwan, Irfan Irfan, Evawaty Evawaty, Rahmin Rahmin, Risnah Risnah, Salmah Arafah

“…Conclusion: there is no significant relationship between sleep quality and blood pressure in students of the Faculty of Health Sciences in the Final Semester of the Universitas Sulawesi Barat.…”
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Alteration in Oxidative Stress Enzymes and Proteins by Datura metel Stramonium Hydroethanolic Root Extract Promotes Hippocampus and Cerebral Cortex Neurons Damage in Adult Sprague... by oboma YI, Eberechukwu GC

“…Yibala Ibor oboma,1,2 God’sman C Eberechukwu1,3 1Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Niger Delta University Wilberforce Island Bayelsa State, Amassoma, Nigeria; 2Department of Medical Laboratory Science, School of Allied Health Sciences, Kampala International University, Ishaka Municipal, Uganda; 3Department of Histopathology and Cytopathology, Faculty of Medical Laboratory Science, Federal University, Otuoke, Bayelsa State, NigeriaCorrespondence: Yibala Ibor oboma, Department of Medical Laboratory Science, School of Allied Health Sciences, Kampala International University, Western Campus, Bushenyi District, Ishaka Municipal, Uganda, Tel +256740059020, Email yibaaoboma@kiu.ac.ugBackground: Datura metel is reported to induce hallucinations and mental disorders.Objective: This study investigates the neurotoxic effects of Datura metel stramonium hydroethanolic root extract on the hippocampus and cerebral cortex of adult rats using biochemical, histological and immunohistochemical techniques.Methodology: Twenty five adult rats were assigned to 5 groups (n = 5 each). …”
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Logistic Regression and Linear Discriminant Analyses in Evaluating Factors Associated with Asthma Prevalence among 10- to 12-Years-Old Children: Divergence and Similarity of the Tw... by George Antonogeorgos, Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos, Kostas N. Priftis, Anastasia Tzonou

“…The aim of this work is to evaluate the convergence of these two methods when they are applied in data from the health sciences. For this purpose, we modeled the association of several factors with the prevalence of asthma symptoms with both the two methods and compared the result. …”
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Role of Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography Scan in Reaching Definite Diagnosis in Patients With Fever of Unknown Origin and Inflammation of Unknown Origin in Rheumato... by Koreli UY, Torun ES, Adaş M

“…Umut Yılmaz Koreli,1 Ege Sinan Torun,2 Mine Adaş3 1University of Health Sciences, Prof. Dr. Cemil Taşçıoğlu City Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey; 2University of Health Sciences, Prof. …”
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Ecuadorian University Students’ Perception and Attitude Regarding Vaccination against COVID-19 by Lexter Mihalache, Jhonatan Miguel Siguencia Muñoz, Álvaro Paúl Moina Veloz

“…<br /><strong>Objective:</strong> to determine the effectiveness of an educational intervention on perception and attitude of Health Sciences university students regarding vaccination against COVID-19. …”
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How Much Do They Know? Determination of Knowledge about Harmful Effects of Smoking and Alcohol Use in University Students and the Predictors of Substance Use: A Cross-Sectional Stu... by Hatice Kübra Barcın Güzeldere, Gülin Öztürk Özkan, Berna Dincer

“…A total of 912 university students, from faculties of health sciences (n = 444) and other faculties (n = 468), participated in the study. …”
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Study Protocol MEDIMIG: Improving MEDical Decision-Making in MIGrant Populations Within a Super-diverse Society: Challenges and Legal Opportunities by N. Van Eekert, K. Bombeke, V. Buffel, M. Łotoczuk, S. Van de Velde, J. van Olmen, P. Van Royen, T. Vansweevelt, F. Vermijs, E. Wouters, A. Yakhlaf, K. Van Assche

“…Design : This study is multidisciplinary and brings together state-of-the-art expertise in health sciences, medical sociology, and health law. Methodology : A transversal research design and a tailored medico-socio-legal research methodology will be applied. …”
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Network Analysis in Clinical Research in the COVID-19 Context by Cristian Antony Ramos Vera

“…Network analysis offers a valuable methodological and practical contribution in the health sciences. This analysis enables clinical professionals to be in charge of interpreting and translating the information derived from their research into better comprehensive care in the clinical population of interest, allowing them to focus on a specific intervention based on network results, from the perspective of complex model systems. …”
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Evolutionary View of Liver Pathology by Katalin Dezső, Sándor Paku, Mária‐Manuela Juhász, László Kóbori, Péter Nagy

“…ABSTRACT Evolutionary medicine emerged in the late twentieth century, integrating principles of natural selection and adaptation with the health sciences. Today, with a rapidly widening gap between the biology of Homo sapiens and its environment, maladaptation or maladaptive disorders can be detected in almost all diseases, including liver dysfunction. …”
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Leveraging AI tools for streamlined library event planning: a case study from Lane Medical Library by Boglarka Huddleston, Colleen Cuddy

“… Health sciences and hospital libraries often face challenges in planning and organizing events due to limited resources and staff. …”
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Transverse myelitis after COVID-19 disease: a case report by I. Vienažindytė, R. Balnytė, Dž. Šleiteris, M. Ališauskienė

“…We present a clinical case of transverse myelitis after a COVID-19 in a 35-year-old man who was treated at the Neurology Department of the Hospital of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Kaunas Clinics. …”
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Doctor, There's a Tadpole in my Feces! by Rosemary Drisdelle, Kevin R Forward

“…The fecal sample was sent to the Parasitology Section at the Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia, for identification.…”
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How University Teachers and Students Understand the «Learning to Learn» Competence: An Exploratory Study Through Text Mining Techniques by Fran-J. García-García, Inmaculada López-Francés, Cristian Molla-Esparza, Evelyn-E. Moctezuma-Ramírez, Bernardo Gargallo-López

“… This study aimed to investigate how university teachers and students in Education, Health Sciences, and Engineering understand the ‘learning to learn’ competence, using text mining. …”
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Fasciitis Complicating Subcutaneous Injection of Interferon Beta by Curtis L Cooper, Rachel Gerstein, Kelly Kaita

“…Data pertaining to 65 patients treated at the Health Sciences Center Hepatology Research Unit in Winnipeg, Manitoba describing local complications related to subcutaneous interferon (IFN) injection administered to treat hepatitis C virus infection are presented. …”
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A Psychometric Analysis of the Polish Online Version of the Aging Semantic Differential Scale (ASD) by Puto G, Wadelska-Kaczmarek A, Muszalik M

“…Gra&zdot;yna Puto,1 Anna Wadelska-Kaczmarek,2 Marta Muszalik3 1Institute of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Health Sciences, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland; 2Master of Psychology, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Warsaw, Poland; 3Department of Geriatrics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Bydgoszcz, PolandCorrespondence: Gra&zdot;yna Puto, Institute of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Health Sciences, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kopernika 25 Street, Krakow, 31-501, Poland, Tel +48 12 422 5209, Email grazyna.puto@uj.edu.plBackground: Nursing students will become professionals providing direct care to an aging population in the future. …”
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