When conducting a forensic investigation, one of the most important steps is establishing the biological profile of a victim who cannot be positively recognized or is just a skeleton. It has been show...
To study the bisexual variation in the permanent dentition of individuals from three different sets of populations: Arabian, South Asian, and East Asian. The other objective is to explore the role of ...
The research was conducted at the College of Dentistry, AlJouf University in Sakaka. Measurements of mesiodistal and buccolingual (BL) distances were taken using a digital vernier caliper on a total o...
Of the 75 casts, 38 (50.7%) were of male and 37 (49.3%) were of female. Our analysis showed between genders, a significant difference in maxillary central incisor (P = 0.001), first premolar (P = 0.01...
A few crown dimensions can be used as an adjunctive tool for the identification of the gender and race of an individual....
Botanical reference materials (BRMs) generally account for the species, cultivar, and year and location of harvest that result in variability in the chemical composition that may lead to statistically...
To Compare the chemical composition of 5 species of Actaea root BRMs, 4 herbal sources of A. racemosa root BRMs, and A. racemosa BRMS, and commercial roots and supplements using chemometric methods an...
Samples were analyzed by flow injection mass spectrometry (FIMS), principal component analysis (PCA), and factorial multivariate analysis of variance (mANOVA)....
Statistically significant (p = 0.05) compositional differences were found between 3 genera (Actaea, Panax, and Ginkgo), 5 species of Actaea (A. racemosa, A. cimicifuga, A. dahurica, A. pachypoda, and ...
Environmental, genetic, and chemometric factors can influence discrimination between species and authentic botanical reference materials....
Frequency distribution plots derived from soft independent modeling of class analogy provide excellent means for understanding the impact of experimental factors....
Diagnosing hypoglycemia in infants and children presents significant challenges. Our objective was to elucidate the diagnoses and clinical features of children with hypoglycemia referred to a pediatri...
Retrospective study of 154 children (0-18 years old) presenting with hypoglycemia, during 1992-2018....
The cohort was divided by clinical diagnosis into six groups: ketotic hypoglycemia (n=45, 29.2%), congenital hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia (n=35, 22.7%), transient hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia (n=28,...
Hypoglycemia etiology in children is heterogeneous and varies by age. Any hypoglycemia measured in a child should be seriously evaluated as 7% are asymptomatic. Work-up should be tailored based on age...
HIV infection continues to be a major global public health issue. The population heterogeneity in susceptibility or resistance to HIV-1 and progression upon infection is attributable to, among other f...
Preconception health is important for men as it is for women. However, optimizing preconception health is understudied among men....
To examine the time trends and temporal shifts in preconception health risk indicators among 20-44-year-old adult US men in need of preconception care and their racial/ethnic variations....
Data from the 2011-2019 National Survey of Family Growth male file was used to estimate the prevalence of nine preconception health indicators among men (20-44 years) intending to have a future pregna...
Men in all groups exhibited substantial preconception health needs, with unique trends across race/ethnicity groups. Between 2011 and 2019, the prevalence of marijuana use (28.6%-39.4%, p = 0.001), ov...
Our study, which provides initial insight into men's preconception health development in the last decade, highlights a tremendous need for preconception health care among men. Their increasing preconc...
To analyze regional variations in T2 and T2* relaxation times in wrist joint cartilage and the triangular fibrocartilage complex (TFCC) at 3 and 7 T and to compare values between field strengths....
Twenty-five healthy controls and 25 patients with chronic wrist pain were examined at 3 and 7 T on the same day using T2- and T2*-weighted sequences. Six different regions of interest (ROIs) were eval...
T2 and T2* time values of the cartilage differed significantly between 3 and 7 T for all ROIs (p ≤ 0.045), with one exception: at the distal lunate, no significant differences in T2 values were observ...
Quantitative results of T2 and T2* mapping at the wrist differ between field strengths, with poor correlation between 3 and 7 T. Local variations in cartilage T2 and T2* values are observed in healthy...
T2 and T2* mapping are feasible for compositional imaging of the TFCC and the cartilage at the wrist at both 3 and 7 T, but the clinical interpretation remains challenging due to differences between f...
•Field strength and anatomic locations influence T2 and T2* values at the wrist. •T2 and T2* values have a poor correlation between 3 and 7 T. •Local reference values are needed for each anatomic loca...
Medicare-funded Home Health Care (HHC) delivers skilled nursing, therapy, and related services through visits to the patient's home. Nearly one-third (31%) of HHC patients have diagnosed dementia, but...
We drew on linked 2012-2018 Health and Retirement Study and Medicare claims for a national cohort of 1,940 community-living older adults. We described differences in HHC admission, length of stay, and...
PLwD had twice the odds of using HHC during a two-year observation period, compared to those without dementia (OR: 2.03; p<0.001). They were more likely to be referred to HHC without a preceding hospi...
Findings highlight HHC's importance as a care setting for community-living PLwD and indicate the need to identify care delivery patterns associated with positive outcomes for PLwD and design tailored ...
This retrospective study investigated the association between anatomical variations in the aortic arch branching and adverse events, including the risk of cerebrovascular accidents (CVAs), in patients...
Medical charts were reviewed for all patients with HeartMate 3 LVAD support at our center from 2016 to 2021. Computed tomography scans were evaluated to categorize the variations in the aortic arch br...
In total, 101 patients were included: 86 (85.1%) with a normal branching pattern and 15 (14.9%) with an anatomical variation. The following variations were observed: eight (7.9%) with a bovine arch an...
This preliminary study showed no differences in early and long-term adverse events, including CVA, when comparing patients with a variation in the aortic arch branching to patients with a normal aorti...
Studying the potential etiology and pathogenesis of tuberculosis-associated chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (TOPD) from an autoimmunity perspective may provide insights into peripheral blood aut...
This study examined the serum autoantibody repertoire in healthy individuals, patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), patients with pulmonary tuberculosis (TB), and TOPD patients u...
COPD patients displayed distinct alterations in their IgG and IgM autoantibodies compared to the other groups. GeneOntology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes(KEGG)analyses revealed that...
Tuberculosis infection can effectively induce autoimmune responses, contributing to increased expression of Th1 cells and associated cytokines, ultimately leading to immune dysregulation. Furthermore,...
