Financial Institutional and Market Deepening, and Environmental Quality Nexus: A Case Study in G-11 Economies Using CS-ARDL.

This study presents a new insight into the dynamic relationship between financial institutional deepening (FID), financial deepening, financial market deepening (FMD), foreign direct investment (FDI), economic growth (GDP), population, and carbon dioxide emissions (COe) in the G-11 economies by employing a cross-sectionally augmented autoregressive distributed lag (CS-ARDL) approach during 1990-2019. The outcomes from the CS-ARDL and dynamic common correlated effects mean group (DCCEMG) models shows that financial deepening, GDP, FDI, and population degraded environmental quality both in the short run and the long run. Contrary to this, FID and FMD improves environmental quality in these countries.

Can Financial Institutional Deepening and Renewable Energy Consumption Lower CO Emissions in G-10 Countries: Fresh Evidence from Advanced Methodologies.

To tackle the challenges associated with global warming and climate change, several countries set their targets to lower carbon emissions in accordance with COP21 (Paris Conference). Even though studies highlighted the different aspects that contribute to environmental degradation, there still exists the scarcity of adequate research that emphasizes the environmental implications of financial institutional deepening, renewable energy consumption (REC), and technology innovations. Therefore, this study investigated the significance of financial institutional deepening, REC, gross domestic product (GDP), imports, exports, and technology innovations to achieve sustainability in G-10 countries, namely The Netherlands, Germany, France, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Sweden, Japan, Belgium, Canada, and Italy from 1990 to 2020.

Fibromyalgia Syndrome and Vitiligo: A Novel Association.

Objectives: This study aims to assess the relationship between fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) and vitiligo in Iraqi patients and evaluate the predictors of this relationship, if present.

Patients And Methods: The case-control study included 100 Iraqi patients (46 males, 54 females; mean age 30.4±14 years; range 15 to 65 years) with vitiligo and 200 age- and sex-matched healthy controls (74 males, 126 females; mean age 30.

Ptosis as a complication of Kawasaki disease.

Kawasaki disease is an acute febrile exanthematous disease that affects children younger than 5 years of age. It is regarded as the most common cause of childhood acquired heart disease, but ocular and neurological problems are among the other important clinical findings. We present a 3-year-old boy who developed bilateral ptosis on day 21, 5 days after intravenous immunoglobulin.

Panniculitis is a common unrecognized histopathological feature of cutaneous leishmaniasis.

Background: Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a parasitic cutaneous infection caused by Leishmania parasite. The histopathology is usually granulomatous in nature.

Aims: The aim of the present study is to elucidate the histology of CL and evaluate the presence and the frequency of panniculitis among the affected patients.

Association of Higher Defensin β-4 Genomic Copy Numbers with Behçet's Disease in Iraqi Patients.

Objectives: Behçet's disease (BD) is an immune-mediated small vessel systemic vasculitis. Human β-defensins are antimicrobial peptides associated with many inflammatory diseases and are encoded by the β-defensin family of multiple-copy genes. However, their role in BD necessitates further investigation.

Steroid dermatitis resembling rosacea: a clinical evaluation of 75 patients.

Background. The use of topical steroids on the skin of the face should be carefully evaluated by the dermatologist; however, its misuse still occurs producing dermatological problem resembling rosacea. Objectives.

Autologous serum skin test as a diagnostic aid in chronic idiopathic urticaria.

Background. Chronic urticaria is defined as urticaria persisting daily for more than six weeks. A significant number of patients had autoimmune basis where autologous serum skin test is widely used for detection of chronic autoimmune urticaria.

Panniculitis is an important feature of cutaneous leishmaniasis pathology.

Background. Cutaneous leishmaniasis is an inflammatory parasitic infection characterized by superficial and deep perivascular infiltration with or without granuloma formation. Clinical diagnosis usually requires seeing Leishmania bodies.

Management of bulbar urethral strictures: review of current practice.

Male urethral stricture disease is one of the common conditions encountered in the day-to-day urological practice. It can present at any age and has a wide range of etiological factors including infection, trauma and instrumentation. It usually manifests itself as lower urinary tract symptoms or urinary tract infections with significant impairment in the quality of life.

A Review in Management of Testicular Cancer: Single Center Review.

Background: Testicular cancer is one of the few solid cancers that can be cured even when it is metastasized with overall survival rate of more than 90%. The aim of this study was to establish the age adjusted incidence of testicular cancer and to critically assess the management of testicular tumor.

Methods: This is a quantitative retrospective study utilizing a review of clinical notes for patients who underwent testicular orchidectomy.

Subclavian vein thrombosis: an unusual presentation of renal cell carcinoma.

Subclavian vein thrombosis is an uncommon clinical condition which is often associated with venous catheterization or secondary to excessive effort. We present a 54-year-old female with subclavian vein thrombosis as a first presentation of renal cell carcinoma. Although this is an unusual presentation, malignancy should be considered in the differential diagnosis.

Urologists versus radiologists made PCNL tracts: the U.K. experience.

We aim to explore the practice of who makes the PCNL tract in the U.K. and Northern Ireland as well as presenting our data for two different approaches to PCNL tracts in Northern Ireland.

The practice of the first check cystoscopy following radiotherapy for the treatment of muscle-invasive (T3N0M0) bladder cancer: a UK national survey.

Objectives: To determine the current trends in the follow-up of patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer following radiotherapy, among consultants in the United Kingdom and the republic of Ireland in terms of cystoscopic survey and imaging of the upper tracts.

Methods: A national postal survey was carried out in 2006 including 602 urologists registered with the British Association of Urological Surgeons (BAUS).

Results: About 40% of the consultants participated in the survey.

Prevention of catheter-related urinary tract infections.

Catheter-associated urinary tract infection is the most common nosocomial infection, with hospitalized patients having a risk of 5% per day an indwelling catheter is in place. Use of catheters coated with silver alloy-hydrogel significantly reduces the risk of catheter-associated urinary tract infection and the burden on the NHS.

Vesico-vaginal fistula post cold cup bladder biopsy: mini review.

Introduction: We report a case of a vesico-vaginal fistula (VVF) post cold cup biopsy; to our knowledge this is the only reported case. We present the clinical history/presentation, investigation and the outcome of the treatment. VVFs are among the most distressing complications of gynecologic and obstetric procedures.

The clinical association between free androgen index and erectile dysfunction in men.

Objectives: To assess the relation of sex hormone levels in men, as measured by Free Androgen Index (FAI), with severity of erectile dysfunction (ED) and with their response to treatment.

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of men who consecutively attended the urology clinic with the complaint of ED between March 2004 and October 2007. The Sexual Health Inventory for Men (SHIM) score was used as the main outcome measure in this study, and its variation was tested by certain variables using the Epi Info software.