Concomitant use of autologous exosomes and Nd:YAG laser in post-reconstructive treatment of Bell's palsy: A case report by Jasmina Kozarev

“…Background: Bell's palsy is the most common paralysis of the seventh cranial nerve. …”
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Biological age and aging rate of patients with vibration disease caused by the actions of the whole-body vibration in the post-exposure period. by S. Hryniuk

“…The study of vibration disease in the post-exposure period was done rare. In modern medicine, more attention is paid to assessing the functional state of the human body in general and specifically its "vitality". …”
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A Post-Quantum Public-Key Signcryption Scheme over Scalar Integers Based on a Modified LWE Structure by Mostefa Kara, Mohammad Hammoudeh, Abdullah Alamri, Sultan Alamri

“…To ensure confidentiality and integrity in the era of quantum computing, most post-quantum cryptographic schemes are designed to achieve either encryption or digital signature functionalities separately. …”
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Online delivery of oral HIV pre‐ and post‐exposure prophylaxis: findings from the ePrEP Kenya pilot by Catherine Kiptinness, Paulami Naik, Tabitha Kareithi, Nicholas Thuo, Phelix Okello, Carlos Culquichicon, Maeve Rafferty, Samira Abdulrashid, Edwin Jomo, Nicky Nyamasyo, Tony Wood, Rouella Mendonca, Rachel C. Malen, Julia C. Dettinger, Jillian Pintye, June Mwangi, Andy Stergachis, Jonah Onentia, Kelly Curran, Melissa Latigo Mugambi, Daniel Were, Kenneth Ngure, Monisha Sharma, Katrina F. Ortblad, the ePrEP Kenya team

“…Results From October 2022 to December 2023, we screened 2257 individuals and enrolled 1915. Most PrEP/PEP clients were men (63%, 1428/1915), ≥25 years (72%, 1631/1915) and never married (80%, 1796/1915); few had ever used PrEP (3%, 48/1915) or PEP (14%, 263/1915). …”
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Post Weld Quenching Impact on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties (Tensile, Impact, Hardness) of High Strength Low Alloy Steel by Atif Shazad, Muhammad Uzair

“… Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW) is the most widely used welding technique in engineering industries. …”
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Land Reforms in Post-Socialist Mountain Regions and their Impact on Land Use Management: a Case Study from the Caucasus by Alexey Gunya

“…Regarding the key villages, five different types were identified: 1) villages where most of the land has been redistributed among private owners (Karachay-Cherkessia); 2) villages that have preserved collective use (some settlements in the North Caucasus with mainly Russian population); 3) villages where access to land is regulated by the state (Chechnya); 4) villages where access to land is regulated by municipal bureaucracy at the district level (many other regions in the North Caucasus); and 5) villages where the right of access to land is in dispute between the government and the business and local communities (e.g. villages in the tourist areas of the North Caucasus).…”
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Post-crisis information dissemination and social media usage characteristics: An analysis of the west black sea flood disaster network by Bayram Oğuz Aydın, Özlem Duğan

“…The main purpose of this research is to find who the most influential actors are regarding post-crisis information flow in the example of the Twitter platform and to reveal the relationship between users’ social media traits and their control of the flow of information. …”
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Post-Acute Care: Advancing Population Health Interventions, Risk Assessment, and Implications for Readmissions and Cost-Effectiveness through Telehealth by Gilmer Rodriguez, David Meltzer, Lourdes Rodriguez, Virginia Lewis, Rajlakshmi Krishnamurthy

“…Introduction: It is essential to provide transitional care to high-risk populations in their most vulnerable states through effective post-hospitalization follow-up. …”
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What motivates SARS-CoV-2 vaccine trial participants? A pre- and post-participation survey study by Olivia A. C. Lamers, Meta Roestenberg, Martine C. de Vries, Marie-Astrid Hoogerwerf

“…SARS-CoV-2 vaccine trial participants were mostly motivated by the desire to contribute to science and help others. …”
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Online deviance in post-Soviet space: Victimisation, perceptions and social attitudes amongst young people, an Armenian case study by Tim Hall, Ulrike Ziemer

“…This paper adds to our limited knowledge of the internal geographies of online deviance within post-Soviet space. The findings presented here begin to challenge the perception of post-Soviet countries, or countries in the post-Soviet space, as constituting a universal cyber-threat landscape and suggest that future research should probe the internal geographies of online deviance (and victimisation) across the region. …”
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Assessing typhoon impacts on mangroves and post-typhoon recovery patterns to inform projects using mangroves as nature-based solutions by Xueqin Gao, Felix Leung, Wenqing Wang

“…S. apetala and B. sexangula were the most severely affected, followed by K. obovata, R. stylosa, and A. marina. …”
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Designing a sustainable-resilient humanitarian supply chain for post-disaster relief process, an earthquake case study in Haiti by Hossein Shakibaei, Seyyed Amirmohammad Moosavi, Amir Aghsami, Masoud Rabbani

“…The objective is to achieve the most optimal outcomes in the context of postdisaster relief operations. …”
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Erythrocyte modified controlling nutritional status as a biomarker for predicting poor prognosis in post-surgery breast cancer patients by Jingjing Hu, Jiaming Dong, Xiang Yang, Zhiyi Ye, Guoming Hu

“…However, current nutritional and inflammatory measures predict disease free survival (DFS) of breast cancer are still different, and the most predictive measures remain unknown. This study aimed to compare the predictive effects of commonly used nutritional and inflammatory measures on DFS and to improve existing nutritional or inflammatory measures in order to develop a new model that is more effective for predicting postoperative recurrence and metastasis in breast cancer patients. …”
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A pre–post study evaluating an online CBT-based intervention to improve academic performance in students with low mood by Suheir Awadalla, E Bethan Davies, Cris Glazebrook

“…GPA improved significantly over time (p < 0.001, d = 1.3), and attendance warnings decreased (p = 0.008, d = 0.6). Most students (79.6%) evaluated MoodGYM as useful, and all students completed at least two MoodGYM modules. …”
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LEFT VENTRICULAR REMODELLING AND MITRAL VALVE REMODELLING IN CORONARY HEART DISEASE PATIENTS WITH POST-SURGERY PROGRESSION OF MITRAL REGURGITATION by Yu. I. Buziashvili, I. V. Koksheneva, E. M. Khuzurauli, Ya. E. Arutyunova, Sh. G. Makhmudov

“…The progression of ischemic mitral regurgitation (MR) after coronary arty bypass graft (CABG) surgery remains one of the most complex and still unresolved problems in the treatment of coronary heart disease (CHD).Aim. …”
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Furthering Our Understanding of Post-Traumatic Mental Health Conditions and Intimate Relationship Outcomes in Veterans of the Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq by Camara A. T. Azubuike, Alexander O. Crenshaw, Candice M. Monson

“…Conclusions: Shared variance among these common post-traumatic mental health conditions comorbidities may be most responsible for PTSD’s negative association with relationship adjustment. …”
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Genocide, joint criminal enterprise, and reconciliation: Interactional analysis of a post-war society in the context of legitimizing transitional capitalism by Zlatan Delić, Goran Basic

“…The aim of this paper is to analyse the normative orientations and social values that affect (1) the feelings of moral and social understanding (or non-understanding) after the genocide and the joint criminal enterprise in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the context of legitimizing transitional capitalism, (2) the actions of individuals, organizations, and states as well as the entire social community in the post-war society, and (3) the process of reconciliation and trust in post-war society. …”
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Healthcare-seeking intentions of middle-aged and elderly individuals with critical diseases: an expanded TPB model in the post-pandemic era by Po-Chun Lee, Ching-Yuan Huang, Meng-Jun Hsu

“…The results suggest strategies for improving healthcare accessibility and patient trust in a post-pandemic context.…”
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Unveiling the Veil of Mortality: Investigating the Multifaceted Causes and Consequences of Sudden Deaths through Post-Mortem Perspectives in Erbil City by Dilman Azad Hassan

“…As for stress, obesity and poor sleep do not have very sharp relations, while poverty and lack of risk factors are statistically insignificant, which could mean that they are only correlated at all but could be coincidental. Most observable gaps are on gender: unfortunately, male gender is more vulnerable and affected by lifestyle diseases more than their female counterparts. …”
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Unusual clinical case: extraluminal manifestation of a tapeworm from the eviscerated midline incision in a post-surgery patient by Ahmet Cem Dural, Muhammet Ferhat Celik, Baha Temizgonul, Mustafa Gokhan Unsal, Cevher Akarsu, Murat Gonenc, Mustafa Uygar Kalayci, Halil Alis

“…Taenia saginata infestation is one of the most common cestode infestations in humans, that may cause gastrointestinal tract related complications as a result of obstruction, perforation or anastomotic leakage. …”
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