Health in times of uncertainty in the eastern Mediterranean region, 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 by Prof. Ali H Mokdad, PhD, Mohammad Hossein Forouzanfar, PhD, Farah Daoud, BS, Charbel El Bcheraoui, PhD, Maziar Moradi-Lakeh, MD, Ibrahim Khalil, MD, Ashkan Afshin, DSc, Marwa Tuffaha, MD, Raghid Charara, MD, Ryan M Barber, BS, Joseph Wagner, BS, Kelly Cercy, BS, Hannah Kravitz, BS, Matthew M Coates, BA, Margaret Robinson, BA, Kara Estep, MPA, Caitlyn Steiner, MPH, Sara Jaber, MD, Ali A Mokdad, MD, Kevin F O'Rourke, MFA, Adrienne Chew, ND, Pauline Kim, BA, Mohamed Magdy Abd El Razek, MBBCh, Safa Abdalla, MD, Prof. Foad Abd-Allah, MD, Jerry P Abraham, MD, Laith J Abu-Raddad, PhD, Niveen M E Abu-Rmeileh, PhD, Abdulwahab A Al-Nehmi, MD, Ali S Akanda, PhD, Hanan Al Ahmadi, DrPH, Mazin J Al Khabouri, PhD, Faris H Al Lami, PhD, Zulfa A Al Rayess, ABFM, Deena Alasfoor, MSc, Fadia S AlBuhairan, MD, Saleh F Aldhahri, MD, Suliman Alghnam, PhD, Samia Alhabib, PhD, Nawal Al-Hamad, PhD, Raghib Ali, FRCP, Syed Danish Ali, BA, Mohammad Alkhateeb, RN, Mohammad A AlMazroa, MD, Mahmoud A Alomari, PhD, Rajaa Al-Raddadi, PhD, Ubai Alsharif, MPH, Nihaya Al-Sheyab, PhD, Shirina Alsowaidi, FRCPC, Mohamed Al-Thani, FRCPCH, Khalid A Altirkawi, MD, Azmeraw T Amare, MPH, Heresh Amini, MSPH, Walid Ammar, PhD, Palwasha Anwari, MD, Hamid Asayesh, PhD, Rana Asghar, MD, Prof. Ali M Assabri, PhD, Reza Assadi, PhD, Umar Bacha, PhM, Alaa Badawi, PhD, Talal Bakfalouni, MD, Mohammed O Basulaiman, PhD, Shahrzad Bazargan-Hejazi, PhD, Neeraj Bedi, MD, Amit R Bhakta, MD, Zulfiqar A Bhutta, PhD, Aref A Bin Abdulhak, MD, Soufiane Boufous, PhD, Rupert R A Bourne, FRCOphth, Hadi Danawi, PhD, Jai Das, MBA, Amare Deribew, PhD, Eric L Ding, ScD, Adnan M Durrani, MD, Yousef Elshrek, PhD, Mohamed E Ibrahim, MPhil, Babak Eshrati, PhD, Alireza Esteghamati, MD, Imad A D Faghmous, MPH, Farshad Farzadfar, MD, Andrea B Feigl, ScD, Seyed-Mohammad Fereshtehnejad, MD, Irina Filip, MD, Florian Fischer, MPH, Fortuné G Gankpé, MD, Ibrahim Ginawi, MD, Melkamu Dedefo Gishu, MS, Rahul Gupta, MD, Rami M Habash, MPH, Nima Hafezi-Nejad, MD, Prof. Randah R Hamadeh, DPhil, Hayet Hamdouni, PhD, Samer Hamidi, PhD, Hilda L Harb, MPH, Mohammad Sadegh Hassanvand, PhD, Mohammad T Hedayati, PhD, Pouria Heydarpour, MD, Prof. Mohamed Hsairi, MD, Abdullatif Husseini, PhD, Nader Jahanmehr, PhD, Prof. Vivekanand Jha, DM, Jost B Jonas, MD, Nadim E Karam, MD, Amir Kasaeian, PhD, Nega Assefa Kassa, PhD, Anil Kaul, MD, Prof. Yousef Khader, ScD, Shams Eldin A Khalifa, MSc, Ejaz A Khan, MPH, Gulfaraz Khan, PhD, Tawfik Khoja, FRCP, Ardeshir Khosravi, PhD, Yohannes Kinfu, PhD, Barthelemy Kuate Defo, PhD, Arjun Lakshmana Balaji, MPH, Raimundas Lunevicius, PhD, Prof. Carla Makhlouf Obermeyer, DSc, Reza Malekzadeh, MD, Morteza Mansourian, PhD, Prof. Wagner Marcenes, PhD, Habibolah Masoudi Farid, MD, Alem Mehari, MD, Abla Mehio-Sibai, PhD, Prof. Ziad A Memish, MD, George A Mensah, MD, Karzan A Mohammad, PhD, Prof. Ziad Nahas, MD, Jamal T Nasher, MSc, Haseeb Nawaz, MD, Prof. Chakib Nejjari, PhD, Muhammad Imran Nisar, MSc, Saad B Omer, PhD, Mahboubeh Parsaeian, PhD, Emmanuel K Peprah, PhD, Aslam Pervaiz, MHA, Farshad Pourmalek, PhD, Prof. Dima M Qato, PhD, Mostafa Qorbani, PhD, Amir Radfar, MD, Anwar Rafay, MS, Kazem Rahimi, DM, Vafa Rahimi-Movaghar, MD, Sajjad Ur Rahman, FRCPCH, Rajesh K Rai, MPH, Prof. Saleem M Rana, PhD, Sowmya R Rao, PhD, Amany H Refaat, PhD, Serge Resnikoff, MD, Gholamreza Roshandel, PhD, Georges Saade, MD, Mohammad Y Saeedi, PhD, Mohammad Ali Sahraian, MD, Shadi Saleh, PhD, Lidia Sanchez-Riera, PhD, Maheswar Satpathy, PhD, Sadaf G Sepanlou, MD, Tesfaye Setegn, MPH, Amira Shaheen, PhD, Saeid Shahraz, PhD, Sara Sheikhbahaei, MD, Kawkab Shishani, PhD, Prof. Karen Sliwa, PhD, Mohammad Tavakkoli, MD, Abdullah S Terkawi, MD, Olalekan A Uthman, PhD, Ronny Westerman, PhD, Mustafa Z Younis, DrPH, Prof. Maysaa El Sayed Zaki, PhD, Faiez Zannad, MD, Gregory A Roth, MD, Haidong Wang, PhD, Prof. Mohsen Naghavi, PhD, Prof. Theo Vos, PhD, Abdullah A Al Rabeeah, MBBS, Prof. Alan D Lopez, PhD, Prof. Christopher J L Murray, DPhil

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Relations between the Parsis of India and the East India Company (1601-1858) by Jaleh Tajaldini

“…Jonathan Duncan, the British ruler of Mumbai at the beginning of the 19th century, criticized Muslims in a conversation with Abdul Latif Shushtari, comparing them to the Parsis, who easily adapted themselves to the custom and culture of the superior people: “What is the reason that wherever the monarchy of the Muslim exists or a sect of Muslims resides, their work is on the harshness ... unlike other religions which are smooth and gentle?" …”
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PROTECT Trial: A cluster-randomized study with hydroxychloroquine versus observational support for prevention or early-phase treatment of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): A structur... by Oriana Nanni, Pierluigi Viale, Bernadette Vertogen, Claudia Lilli, Chiara Zingaretti, Caterina Donati, Carla Masini, Manuela Monti, Patrizia Serra, Roberto Vespignani, Veruska Grossi, Annibale Biggeri, Emanuela Scarpi, Francesca Galardi, Lucia Bertoni, Americo Colamartini, Fabio Falcini, Mattia Altini, Ilaria Massa, Raffaella Gaggeri, Giovanni Martinelli

“…COVID-19 risk level on the basis of province of residence (high vs. low/intermediate); 2. Index case is a healthcare professional (yes vs.no) 3. …”
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What we talk about when we talk about Mothering: Social Construction of Mothering in Tehran by Shiva Alinaghian, Mariam Rafat jah, AbuAli Vedadhir

“…As wolf (2001), Apple (2014), and Moran (2014) addressed this topic of mothering problem in American culture, this approach is also based on the presumption that “mother” is portrayed as a housewife, wealthy woman, a wife, a member of middle-class, an urban resident, an educated and self-sacrificing woman who is not interested in social activities.        …”
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Pediatric Rigid Bronchoscopy for Foreign Body Removal by Maria Rina T. Reyes-Quintos

“…The assistant (most likely the ORL resident but occasionally, a nurse) hands over the bronchoscope (to the right hand) without the glass window plug initially (because it may fog up or fall off) and the bronchoscope is inserted by looking through the bronchoscope as it passes through the larynx.  …”
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Orbital Floor Fracture Reconstruction Using Conchal Auricular Cartilage Graft by Rubiliza DC. Onofre, Rene Louie C. Gutierrez

“…Felix Nolasco for their encouragement and support; and the resident doctors of the Department of ORL-HNS for their help in making this paper.…”
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Ócio e promoção da saúde by José Clerton de Oliveira Martins

“…Assim, descobrir o ócio como um valor a ser conquistado por suas potencialidades é vital para a saúde – mas, é claro, esse não é unicamente o seu fim, pois, como ensinou Aristóteles, o fim do ócio reside nele próprio. O ócio é autotélico, mas advêm dele os benefícios para uma existência em bem-estar e satisfação vital.…”
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Abstracts from the 13th WINFOCUS World Congress on Ultrasound in Emergency & Critical Care by Stephen Alerhand, Adam Nevel, Bret Nelson, Michael Halperin, Felipe Serrano, Gregor Prosen, Tjaša Banović, Stephanie J. Doniger, Mirjana Brvar, Barbara Furman, P. Gallego Rodríguez, Tomas Villén Villegas, A. Trueba Vicente, L. W. Alba Muñoz, C. Guillén Astete, N. Díaz García, N. García Montes, Jimena Areco, Daniel Terra, Fiorella Cavalleri, Siul Salisbury, Ana Rodríguez, Mohd Hashairi Fauzi, Zulaili Asri, Norainal Atiqah Mohamed, Mohmad Aswad Mohmad Amin, Adeline Marie Gnanasegaran Xavier, Mohd Anas Mohd Nor, Khairul Izwan Hashim, Shaik Farid Abdull Wahab, Mohd Boniami Yazid, Mohammad Zikri Ahmad, Ahmad Rasdan Ismail, Rohayu Othman, Mauro Constantini, Julio Pontet, Igor Sviridenko, Pablo Rodriguez, Christian Yic, Diego Méndez, Sylvia Noveri, Ana Soca, Mario Cancela, Pablo Rodriguez Luna, Rodrigo Martella, Silvina Fabretto, Erich Lidstone, Jacob Shapiro, Kristine Robinson, Cecilia Gómez Ravetti, Thiago Bragança Lana Silveira Ataide, Lidia Miranda Barreto Mourão, Nathália Costa Almeida Pinho, Lucas Vieira Chagas, Renan Detoffol Bragança, Vandack Nobre, Maria Thereza Meira Araujo, Luiz Ernani Meira Junior, Luciana Mendes, Jackson Andrade, Nayara Nobre Basso, Anna Cecília Castro e Abreu, José Muniz Pazeli Junior, Ana Luisa Silveira Vieira, Bernardo Costa Lemos, Marinna Marques Rodrigues Saliba, Maurício Dutra Costa, Pedro Andrade Mello, Rosimary Souza Vicentino, Juan Pablo Fernandez, Nicolas Ahualli, Humberto Insfran, Ivana Fatica, Jonatan Bornia, Paula Denardi, Ruben Daniel Algieri, Cristian Flores, Maria Soledad Ferrante, Gustavo Vassia, Carolina Brofman, Victor Ortiz, Elizabeth Krebs, Frances Shofer, Cameron Baston, Christy Moore, Wilma Chan, Anthony J. Dean, Nova Panebianco, Stefano Geniere Nigra, Carmela Graci, Vito Sgromo, Alberto Casazza, Giacomo Veronese, Miguel Montorfano, Giovanni Ricevuti, Marina Marazzi, María Fernanda Barbui, Gabriela Da Campo, Cecilia Ciarlo, Leonardo Vera, Matías Brizuela, Mariana Lía Brizuela, Marcos Aqcuavita, Javier Buchanan, José Alejandro Bujedo, Pablo Bravo Figueroa, V. Ricardo Carvajal, P. Oscar Bravo, N. Monserrat Navarro, J. Rodrigo Adasme, Carolina Méndez, Adi Osman, Azma Haryaty Ahmad, Seri Rohayu Neow Hanzah, Emilia Mohtar Razali

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O‌P‌T‌I‌M‌A‌L C‌H‌L‌O‌R‌I‌N‌A‌T‌I‌O‌N O‌F W‌A‌T‌E‌R D‌I‌S‌T‌R‌I‌B‌U‌T‌I‌O‌N S‌Y‌S‌T‌E‌M‌S W‌I‌T‌H R‌E‌S‌P‌E‌C‌T R‌E‌S‌I‌D‌U‌A‌L C‌H‌L‌O‌R‌I‌N‌E A‌N‌D F‌O‌R‌M‌A‌T‌I‌O‌N O‌F T‌H‌M... by A. Ardeshir, K. Behzadian, M. Alimohamadnejad, F. Jalilsani, H. F‌o‌r‌u‌t‌a‌n A‌l‌i‌z‌a‌d‌e‌g‌a‌n

“…P‌a‌r‌t‌i‌c‌u‌l‌a‌r‌l‌y, d‌i‌s‌t‌a‌n‌t p‌o‌i‌n‌t‌s w‌i‌t‌h a v‌e‌r‌y l‌o‌n‌g r‌e‌s‌i‌d‌e‌n‌t t‌i‌m‌e o‌f‌t‌e‌n s‌u‌f‌f‌e‌r b‌o‌t‌h r‌e‌s‌i‌d‌u‌a‌l c‌h‌l‌o‌r‌i‌n‌e l‌e‌s‌s t‌h‌a‌n s‌t‌a‌n‌d‌a‌r‌d l‌i‌m‌i‌t a‌n‌d D‌B‌P w‌i‌t‌h h‌i‌g‌h c‌o‌n‌c‌e‌n‌t‌r‌a‌t‌i‌o‌n‌s. …”
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Designing and explaining Digital marketing model in Iran's medical tourism industry by seyed mohsen lotfi ashtiani, lila andervazh, Ebrahim Albo naeimi

“…Data collection was done in the quantitative section using a questionnaire and data analysis was done with the partial least squares method.Based on the obtained paradigm model, the components related to digital marketing in the medical tourism industry in six categories of causal factors (application marketing, social media marketing, digital advertising, display advertising, facilitating communication, and providing the information), background conditions (social media technology, social media environment, interactivity, comprehensibility), central phenomenon (human-centered digital marketing, customer data analysis, and market development), strategies (b short-term and long-term strategies, functional value and expected value), intervening conditions (software and hardware indicators) and outcomes (tourist loyalty, tourist satisfaction, service quality, and social media content) were identified.IntroductionMedical tourism can be defined as the process of traveling outside the country of residence in order to receive medical care. The growing popularity of medical tourism has attracted the attention of policymakers, researchers, and the media. …”
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Hidroquímica de ríos de montaña (Sierras de Córdoba, Argentina): elementos mayoritarios disueltos Hydrochemistry of Mountainous Rivers (Sierras de Córdoba, Argentina): dissolved ma... by Karina L Lecomte, M. Gabriela García, Stella M Fórmica, Pedro J Depetris

“…The latter suggests an important contribution to water discharges in these small hydrological systems from rain/snow water stored in fractures and pores where long residence time allows silicate hydrolysis and the consequent release of more insoluble elements to the water, such as Al+3. …”
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O suicídio como questão de saúde pública by Selena Mesquita de Oliveira Teixeira, Luana Elayne Cunha Souza, Luciana Maria Maia Viana

“…A complexidade do suicídio reside na maneira como esses fatores se entrelaçam e, sobretudo, se potencializam(7). …”
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Evaluating the effectiveness and calculating the rate of return on investment of training courses using Kirk Patrick and Phillips models by Hossein Ashofteh, Elaheh Orangian

“…The results also indicate that the rate of return on investment in the educational system of executive employees has a direct and significant relationship with the variables of gender, type of residence and type of marriage (rezaie Siroos. Er al. 2020). …”
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Personal Responsibility for Health by Zelig Weinstein

“…After a brief conversation with the on-call radiology resident I head to the hospital. This is the third early morning emergency procedure that I have had this week. …”
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Effects of Payment for Environmental Services (PES) on Deforestation and Poverty in Low and Middle Income Countries: A Systematic Review by Cyrus Samii, Matthew Lisiecki, Parashar Kulkarni, Laura Paler, Larry Chavis, Birte Snilstveit, Martina Vojtkova, Emma Gallagher

“…SELECTION CRITERIA The review includes studies of PES programs that assess effects on either (i) deforestation outcomes in forest areas in developing countries or (ii) poverty conditions of populations residing in communities that are proximate to natural growth forest areas in developing countries. …”
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The use of new technologies in Cohort studies by Carlos Antonio Bruno da Silva, Querubina Bringel Olinda

“…Destaca-se a não randomização na formação dos grupos e que a questão central dos estudos de coortes reside nos efeitos da exposição ao risco.Cabe ao investigador selecionar o grupo de exposto e o grupo de não exposto, os participantes são monitorados ao longo do tempo, definidos na elaboração do projeto, para acompanhamento do seguimento, determinado pela ocorrência do desfecho de interesse. …”
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Effects of decentralized forest management (DFM) on deforestation and poverty in low‐ and middle‐income countries: a systematic review by Cyrus Samii, Matthew Lisiecki, Parashar Kulkarni, Laura Paler, Larry Chavis

“…SELECTION CRITERIA The review includes studies of DFM programs that assess effects on (i) deforestation outcomes in forest areas in developing countries or (ii) poverty conditions of populations residing in communities that are proximate to natural growth forest areas in developing countries. …”
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Wit by Julia Bolzon

“…Kelekian and Susie over treating Vivian’s pain reveals our varying attitudes to pain-relief in end-of-life care,[2] but also offers a heightened example of what the patient in such a condition may need. Kelekian and his resident Jason are portrayed as indifferent to her pain, whereas Susie is keenly aware and concerned about how her pain is “killing her.” …”
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Editorial: Ethno-cultural diversity and contemporary national societies by Marco Antonsich, Elizabeth Mavroudi

“…On 1 January 2013, foreign-born individuals accounted for 6.7% of the total population legally residing in the EU-27 countries (Eurostat 2014). According to a demographic projection (Lanzieri 2010), by 2060, persons of all nationalities with at least one foreign-born parent are expected to account for about 33% of the EU-27 population. …”
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Eye Surgery in Africa by Abba Hydara

“…It has been oft repeated during residency training that it only takes 2 years to know when to operate but it takes almost 20 years to know when not to operate. …”
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