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Associations Among Preoperative Intrusive Thoughts, Postoperative Pain Intensity, and Thirst Within the Biopsychosocial Model: An Observational Study

Background/Objectives: This study aimed to examine the associations of preoperative intrusive thoughts with postoperative pain intensity and thirst discomfort within a biopsychosocial framework. As a secondary exploratory objective, the study sought to estimate direct and indirec...

Retinal Microvascular and Peripapillary Profiles in Mild Autonomous Cortisol Secretion Versus Nonfunctioning Adrenal Adenomas

Background/Objectives: Mild autonomous cortisol secretion (MACS) is associated with increased cardiometabolic morbidity, but its relationship with the retinal microcirculation is unknown. We compared retinal and peripapillary microvascular parameters between MACS and nonfunctioni...

Association of fetal venous diameter and volume flow measurements with late‐onset fetal growth restriction: A prospective case–control study

OBJECTIVE: This study investigates the diagnostic utility of venous diameter (d) and volume flow (Q) measurements of the umbilical vein (UmbV), ductus venosus (DV), inferior vena cava (IVC), and subdiaphragmatic vestibulum (SDV) in fetuses with late-onset fetal growth restriction...

Indigenization reimagined: Tracing 60 years of epistemic shifts in social work scholarship

This article systematically maps the trajectory of indigenization in social work through a bibliometric analysis of 1001 peer-reviewed articles published between 1965 and 2025, drawing on Scopus and Web of Science data. Using descriptive and thematic analyses, it identifies publi...

Limited Discriminatory Performance of Preoperative Systemic Inflammatory Indices for Tumor Stage Assessment in Gastric Cancer: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Background:Systemic inflammatory indices are widely investigated as accessible biomarkers in gastric cancer, primarily for prognostic assessment.Their ability to discriminate tumor stage before treatment remains uncertain.This study evaluated the diagnostic performance of preoper...

Perceived Organizational Support and Nurses' Job Performance: The Indirect Roles of Burnout and Quiet Quitting

Perceived organizational support is an important organizational resource that may shape nurses' psychological well-being, workplace engagement, and performance-related outcomes. This study examined the relationship between perceived organizational support and nurses' job performa...

Comparative Prognostic Value of the Preoperative Prognostic Nutritional Index and Gustave Roussy Immune Score After Curative-Intent Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer

Background/Objectives: We compared the prognostic performance of preoperative prognostic nutritional index (PNI) and Gustave Roussy Immune Score (GRIm-s) after curative-intent gastrectomy. Methods: This retrospective cohort included 168 patients, including five postoperative in-h...

Effect of iTBS and rTMS Combined with Robotic Rehabilitation on Ambulation and Lower Extremity Motor Function in Chronic SCI Patients

Objective: To investigate the effectiveness of intermittent theta-burst stimulation (iTBS) and repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) combined with robotic rehabilitation on ambulation and lower-extremity motor function in patients with spinal cord injury (SCI). Desi...

Are arterial and venous procedure-related thromboses the same disease? a clinical and hematological comparative study

Arterial and venous thrombosis are traditionally regarded as pathophysiologically distinct processes, yet procedure-related thrombosis following vascular access offers a controlled setting in which an identical iatrogenic trigger (endothelial injury) precipitates thrombosis in di...

Limited Incremental Value of Six Haemogram-Derived Inflammatory Indices for Detecting Endometrial Carcinoma and Intraepithelial Neoplasia in Abnormal Uterine Bleeding: A Case–Control Study

Background/Objectives: Haemogram-derived inflammatory indices are proposed as inexpensive markers of endometrial neoplasia, but almost all supporting evidence is prognostic, from women already known to have carcinoma. We compared six indices head-to-head and asked whether any imp...

Guideline-grounded retrieval versus unconfigured generation in obstructive sleep apnea: a pilot comparison of notebookLM and ChatGPT for AASM v3.0 PSG scoring-rule questions

Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly used in sleep medicine, but their reliability for polysomnography (PSG) scoring-rule tasks that require up-to-date guideline knowledge remains uncertain. This pilot study compared response quality when identical AASM v3.0 PSG scoring-...

The effect of women’s e-health literacy on their knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors regarding vulvar cancer and self-examination: a cross-sectional study

This study aimed to investigate the impact of women’s e-health literacy on their knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors regarding vulvar cancer and vulvar self-examination. This study was a community-based cross-sectional. This study was performed between November 7, 2024, and Janua...

Neonatal Niemann–Pick type C: a case series integrating clinical findings, structural modeling and ACMG-based variant interpretation

Abstract Background Niemann–Pick disease type C (NPC) is a rare autosomal recessive lysosomal storage disorder that can present in the neonatal period with cholestasis and hepatosplenomegaly, making early diagnosis challenging. We report a case series of three neonates evaluated...

Lipoedema in an adolescent male following valproate discontinuation: a case report

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Synthesis, Biological Evaluation, Molecular Docking and DFT Studies of Electronically Tuned Benzylidene-Based Schiff Bases

Inspired by the medicinally relevant stilbene scaffold, a series of six electronically tuned benzylidene-based Schiff base derivatives were designed, synthesized, and characterized by FT-IR, 1H NMR, 13C NMR, and ESI-MS analyses. The biological properties of the synthesized compou...

Effect of Sodium–Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitor Use on Bowel Preparation Quality in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Undergoing Colonoscopy: A Prospective Comparative Observational Study

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is an independent risk factor for inadequate bowel preparation. Sodium–glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors promote osmotic diuresis and natriuresis and might therefore impair preparation quality during the fluid-restricted, fasting state of...

Cytomorphological clues and progression potential according to high-risk human papillomavirus types in low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions: An observational study

Background: Low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (LSILs) are frequently associated with human papillomavirus (HPV) infections; however, the cytomorphological differences among high-risk HPV (HR-HPV) genotypes remain underexplored. In this retrospective study, we aimed to as...

Acute exercise-related changes in hematological parameters and lymphocyte subsets before and after short‑term rapid weight loss in national‑level wrestlers: a pilot study

Abstract Background Rapid weight loss (RWL) is commonly used by wrestlers to qualify for lower weight categories, but the combined effects of RWL and intense exercise on circulating immune cell profiles, particularly lymphocyte subsets, remain incompletely characterized. This stu...

Real-world outcomes of children with first relapsed acute lymphoblastic leukemia treated according to the ALL-IC REL 2016 guideline in Türkiye

Relapsed acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) remains a major challenge in pediatric oncology, particularly where access to modern immunotherapies is limited. This national multicenter study evaluated real-world outcomes of children with first relapsed ALL treated according to the...

The relationship between parents’ child-rearing attitudes and adolescents’ self-perception

Adolescence is a critical phase for personality development. Although numerous factors influence adolescent development, parenting styles and practices are also recognised to significantly impact healthy development. Thus, the main problem of this study is to determine whether th...