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to examine the relationship between religiosity, social support, trauma, quality of life and experienced stigma of mental illness amongst a population diagnosed with mental ill-health.

A cross-sectional survey of day service users in Northern Ireland (n = 295) covering a range of issues including religiosity, social support, qua…[Read more]

Quality is a systems issue and requires system solutions. The ABFM has had a long commitment to assessing quality and has an opportunity to lead the way in reimagining quality measurement and assessment.The American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) is exploring the development of an ABFM Journal Club as a part of its continuing certification…[Read more]

The formation of a re-solidified layer on the surface of the nanotubes, in which thickness depends on the laser fluence, was shown by microstructure studies. Although a drastic decrement of light absorption was recorded especially in UV range, laser-annealed samples have shown activity under visible light even 20 times higher than bare titania.…[Read more]

Inorganic soil solution constituents can alter the charge, size, and conformation of dissolved organic molecules, thus affecting their environmental behavior. Here, we investigated how pH, cation valence and activities induce conformational changes and aggregation-sedimentation reactions of organic polyelectrolytes. For that we determined the…[Read more]

CONCLUSIONS Spinal epidural hematoma without significant trauma in children is a rare condition. It may present with unspecific symptoms. Screening for bleeding diathesis is warranted and neuroradiologic follow-up is essential to rule out vascular malformation. Whereas most children have a favorable outcome, some do not recover, and neurological…[Read more]

echniques, and thus culture- and DNA-based methods can be used in tandem to define the complex composition of the gut microbiota with greater accuracy.ABC (ATP-binding cassette) proteins can transport metabolic molecules and removes metabolic products and xenobiotics from the cell. The important problem is to study activity and search inhibitors…[Read more]

Safflower honey is a unique type of monofloral honey collected from the nectar of Carthamus tinctorius L. in the Apis mellifera colonies of northwestern China. Scant information is available regarding its chemical composition and biological activities. Here, for the first time, we investigated this honey’s chemical composition and evaluated its in…[Read more]

This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of partial edentulism, RPD type, design, and components and their frequency of use by patients at the prosthodontic clinics of the College of Dentistry, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia. The prepared surveys, laboratory authorization forms, and images of the RPD metal…[Read more]

There are an increasing number of treatments available for multiple sclerosis (MS). The early identification of optimal responders to individual treatments is important to achieve individualized therapy. With this aim, we performed a multicenter retrospective longitudinal study including 186 MS patients treated with natalizumab who were followed…[Read more]