Awareness and Knowledge of Developmental Coordination Disorder Among Healthcare Professionals in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Developmental coordination disorder (DCD) is a lifelong neurological disorder impairing the coordination and planning of motor and sensory tasks. Its functional manifestation includes difficulties in various aspects of daily living, making early diagnosis and management essential. This cross-sectional, questionnaire-based study targeted healthcare providers in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province who work with children under the age of 18.

Effective and ineffective psychological adjustment in breast cancer patients before receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy: insights from a cohort study.

Background: The timing of a breast cancer (BC) diagnosis has a significant psychological impact on patients. However, it reported that those eligible for treatment regimens based on neoadjuvant chemotherapy may experience high levels of depression, anxiety and distress. To cope with this situation, patients deploy psychological coping strategies.

Eosinopenia in patients with acute myocardial infarction- longitudinal imaging insights from the CAPRI study.

Eosinophils are recruited to the heart during acute myocardial infarction (MI) and are considered part of the inflammatory response associated with adverse clinical outcomes. We assessed the impact of eosinopenia on cardiac imaging biomarkers in patients presenting with ST-segment elevation MI. This is a post-hoc analysis of the Evaluating the effectiveness of intravenous Ciclosporin on reducing reperfusion injury in pAtients undergoing PRImary percutaneous coronary intervention (CAPRI) trial.

Pullback Pressure Gradient-An Emerging Concept in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease.

Fractional flow reserve fractional flow reserve (FFR)-guided percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is currently recommended in the management of patients with stable coronary artery disease (CAD). Pullback pressure gradient (PPG) index is an emerging concept that provides a fully quantitative measure of the longitudinal distribution of CAD. It can be derived from FFR, as well as other non-hyperemic indices, and is a novel metric of assessing the focality or diffuseness of CAD.

Energy-Efficient Clustering in Wireless Sensor Networks Using Grey Wolf Optimization and Enhanced CSMA/CA.

Survivability is a critical concern in WSNs, heavily influenced by energy efficiency. Addressing severe energy constraints in WSNs requires solutions that meet application goals while prolonging network life. This paper presents an Energy Optimization Approach (EOAMRCL) for WSNs, integrating the Grey Wolf Optimization (GWO) for enhanced performance.

Prevalence and determinant factors of depression and anxiety in people with chronic kidney disease: a Moroccan cross-sectional study.

Introduction: the chronic kidney disease (CKD), is associated with various psychiatric conditions and poorer quality of life. The main objective of this study is to estimate the prevalence of depression and anxiety among CKD patients and to assess their determinant factors.

Methods: this is a cross-sectional study in a Moroccan university hospital.

Management of Cisplatin-Induced Encephalopathy: A Case Report and Literature Review.

Cisplatin is a cancer therapy drug commonly used. It is well-known for its antineoplastic properties, as well as for its numerous adverse effects, particularly its neurotoxicity. Symptoms associated with a central nervous system injury are unusual but can present a diagnostic challenge.

Uterine Leiomyosarcoma in a 22-Year-Old Young Woman: A Case Report.

Leiomyosarcoma is one of the rarest types of gynecological cancer. It is a relatively rare condition that affects young women. The most frequent symptom of this disease is vaginal bleeding.

Strengthening education and training programmes for medical physics in Asia and the Pacific: the IAEA non-agreement technical cooperation (TC) regional RAS6088 project.

This article documents the work conducted in implementing the IAEA non-agreement TC regional RAS6088 project "Strengthening Education and Training Programmes for Medical Physics". Necessary information on the project was collected from the project counterparts via emails for a period of one month, starting from 21st September 2023, and verified at the Final Regional Coordination Meeting in Bangkok, Thailand from 30th October 2023 to 3rd November 2023. Sixty-three participants were trained in 5 Regional Training Courses (RTCs), with 48%, 32% and 20% in radiation therapy, diagnostic radiology, and nuclear medicine, respectively.

Metastatic Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma of the Bone: A Case Report and Literature Review.

Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (EHE) is an extremely rare vascular tumor, which can pose a diagnostic dilemma. It affects women more than men and is mainly found in the liver, lung, and bone. To date, there are no known predisposing factors.

Jaundice and Higher Procalcitonin Level Revealing a Small-Cell Lung Cancer With Pancreatic Metastasis: A Case Report From Eastern Morocco.

Small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) is highly aggressive, with a severe tendency for metastasis. Pancreatic metastasis in SCLC is uncommon, also jaundice as a major symptom of small-cell lung cancer is even rarer. The diagnosis of pancreatic metastasis is a real challenge for the medical team, it relies on both radiological and pathological details.

The Use of Thrombectomy during Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Resurrecting an Old Concept in Contemporary Practice.

Optimal myocardial reperfusion during primary percutaneous coronary intervention (pPCI) is increasingly recognized to be beyond restoring epicardial coronary flow. Both invasive and non-invasive tools have highlighted the limitation of using this metric, and more efforts are focused towards achieving optimal reperfusion at the level of the microcirculation. Recent data highlighted the close relationship between thrombus burden and impaired microcirculation in patients presenting with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI).

Atherosclerosis Residual Lipid Risk-Overview of Existing and Future Pharmacotherapies.

Patients with atherosclerotic disease remain at increased risk of future events despite receiving optimal medical treatment. This residual risk is widely heterogeneous, but lipoprotein particles and their content play a major role in determining future cardiovascular events. Beyond low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-c), other lipoprotein particles have not demonstrated similar contribution to the progression of atherosclerosis.

Preparation and Evaluation of Phenol Formaldehyde-Montmorillonite and Its Utilization in the Adsorption of Lead Ions from Aqueous Solution.

In this study, phenol formaldehyde-montmorillonite (PF-MMT) was prepared and used for lead ion (Pb) adsorption. Batch adsorption experiments were conducted to determine the optimal conditions. The calculated adsorption equilibrium () revealed that pseudo-second-order (PSO) and Langmuir isotherm models best fit the experimental data, suggesting chemisorption as the main mechanism.

Drug Safety Evaluation of Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitors in Diabetic Comorbid Patients by Review of Systemic Extraglycemic Effects.

Purpose: The aim of this study is to evaluate the safety of this drug in diabetic patients with comorbidities of all systems.

Method: In this review, the beneficial effects of this drug and its mechanism on the disorders of every system of humans in relation to diabetes have been studied, and finally, its adverse effects have also been discussed. The search for relevant information is carried out in the PubMed and Google Scholar databases by using the following terms: diabetes mellitus type 2, SGLT, SGLT2 inhibitors, (SGLT2 inhibitors) AND (Pleiotropic effects).

Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Clinico-Dermoscopic and Histological Correlation: About 72 Cases.

Introduction: Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) is the second most common skin cancer, accounting for 20% of malignant skin tumors. Dermoscopy is a very useful tool for diagnosing cSCC, and its findings are confirmed through histopathological studies.

Objectives: to describe the different dermoscopic structures of invasive cSCC and investigate their association with the clinical form and histopathological grade of differentiation.

Fuzzy Fractional Differential Equation Involving the Fuzzy Conformable Derivative and the - Semigroups.

In this work, we discuss solutions to the abstract Cauchy problem of fuzzy conformal fractional. In addition, the method of fuzzy fractional semigroups is used to obtain analytical solutions to the fractional differential equation. We use the concept of Krasnoselskii's fixed point theorem to determine the existence and uniqueness of the solution.

Economic burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Morocco: a cost of illness study.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) carries an important economic burden worldwide. However, the cost of this disease in Morocco is not well explored. This study aimed to estimate the economic cost associated with COPD in Morocco and identify its determinants.