Hardison Kaspersen

Research over how suicide survivors approach services is limited.

This cross-sectional study explores the psychological state and perceived social support of Italian survivors, including those who have not sought for help, and investigates differences for gender or kinship with the departed.

Rule-based system (RBS) analyses identified…[Read more]

We further predicted that individuals reporting greater levels of social anxiety, depression, and externalizing symptoms would evidence stronger links between their momentary negative mood and prescription misuse. Partial support for this moderation hypothesis was found, with the positive within-person link between negative mood and prescription…[Read more]

(1) Background Hibernation in pens covered with LFC was associated with high mortality of C. aspersum snails in Romanian snail farms. This three-year study aimed to develop a simple, but effective system for protecting breeders in colder climates. (2) Methods The first phase investigated the (pre)hibernal burrowing behavior and the overwintering…[Read more]

87, 95%CI 1.72-11.98, p=0.001) increased the risk of PEP.

Prior or present thiopurine use did not increase the risk of PEP.

Prior or present thiopurine use did not increase the risk of PEP.

In corpus atrophic gastritis (CAG), hypochlorhydria makes plausible the overgrowth of intragastric bacteria, whose role in gastric…[Read more]

and insect bites.Desmoid-type fibromatosis (DF) is a rare soft-tissue tumor demonstrating fibroblastic to myofibroblastic differentiation, recognized as a biologically intermediate, locally aggressive tumor; however, it can be clinically lethal due to its infiltrative growth and risk of locoregional recurrence. Desmoid-type fibromatoses can arise…[Read more]

RAD51 facilitates replication fork reversal and protects reversed forks from nuclease degradation. Although potentially a useful replication stress response mechanism, unregulated fork reversal can cause genome instability. Here we show that RADX, a single-strand DNA binding protein that binds to and destabilizes RAD51 nucleofilaments, can either…[Read more]

The implementation of hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) in the management of advanced stage epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) as a standard practice remains debatable despite the emerging data supporting its beneficial effect when used to supplement cytoreductive procedures. The aim of the present review was an attempt to accumulate…[Read more]

home to improve their QOL.

Disagreement in the perception of disability within patient-rehabilitation therapist dyad could be associated with patient’s poor QOL, especially when the patient perceives himself as having mild disability. Reaching an agreement about patient disability is needed in the delivery of rehabilitation care for patients…[Read more]

Novel corona virus SARS-CoV-2, causing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), has become a global health challenge particularly for developing countries like Pakistan where overcrowded cities, inadequate sanitation, little health awareness and poor socioeconomic conditions exist. The SARS-CoV-2 has been known to spread primarily through direct…[Read more]

mercial purposes.Follicular Lymphoma (FL) is the most common subtype of indolent B cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma. The clinical course can be very heterogeneous with some patients being safely observed over many years without ever requiring treatment to other patients having more rapidly progressive disease requiring multiple lines of treatment for…[Read more]

Mean depressive and anxiety symptoms were in the mild range. Higher free testosterone levels were significantly correlated with poorer performance on measures assessing psychomotor speed and visuospatial learning. These significant correlations remained after adjusting for confounders (premorbid verbal IQ, depressive, and anxiety symptoms). Higher…[Read more]

This approach could be considered in patients with incidental, impalpable testicular masses of ≤5 mm in diameter displaying no significant size increase or internal vascularity on US and with negative tumour markers, as the probability of malignancy in these patients is low.Objective To assess the long-term outcomes after pyeloplasty for p…[Read more]

The aim of the article is to describe the development of the principles of medicine based on the evidence (EBM) based on postulates of Robert Koch, Nobel prize winner, protagonist of the “Golden Age” medical bacteriology, founder of a concept of modern microbiology and infectology. Kochs work led to the discovery of a causal relationship between…[Read more]

Psoriasis Longitudinal Assessment and Registry (PSOLAR) was designed in 2007 as the first disease-based registry for patients with psoriasis.

The aim of this study was to discuss methodological limitations and post hoc analyses in long-term safety registries using learnings from analyses of a potential safety risk for major adverse…[Read more]

In the setting of active COVID-19 infection, outpatient receipt of G-CSF led to an increased number of hospitalizations (HR 3.54, 95% CI 1.25-10.0, P value 0.017). Furthermore, among inpatients, G-CSF administration was associated with increased need for high levels of oxygen supplementation and death (HR 3.56, 95% CI 1.19-10.2, P value 0.024).…[Read more]

ducive to aortic remodeling after surgery for aortic dissection.

It has been previously demonstrated that cholesterol content and cholesterol/phospholipid ratio were significantly higher in asthenozoospermia and oligoasthenoteratozoospermia. The majority of published studies have investigated the fatty acid composition of phospholipids rather…[Read more]

Merkel cells are specialized epithelial cells connected to afferent nerve endings responsible for light-touch sensations, formed at specific locations in touch-sensitive regions of the mammalian skin. Although Merkel cells are descendants of the epidermal lineage, little is known about the mechanisms responsible for the development of these unique…[Read more]

Interactions of multi-disciplines, reasonable coalesce between the medical treatment and theory, medical treatment and modern bioengineering techniques, as well as the integration of Chinese traditional and modern medicine will help promote the development of apparatuses of acupuncture-moxibustion for diagnosis and treatment of diseases. Such…[Read more]

Breast cancer prevention is of great importance to reduce high incidence in South Africa. This study aimed to investigate adherence to the 2018 World Cancer Research Fund/American Institute for Cancer Research (WCRF/AICR) Cancer Prevention Recommendations and the association with breast cancer risk in black urban women from Soweto, South Africa. A…[Read more]

We show that the kinetics of roGFP2 oxidation by glutathione disulfide correlate well with the in vitro-determined activity of the genetically fused glutaredoxins or mutants thereof. Our assay thus allows direct screening of glutaredoxin activity and rapid investigation of structure-function relationships. We also demonstrate that our assay can be…[Read more]