Employees Perceptions of Job Insecurity and Performance: A Qualitative Approach.

The purpose of this article is to understand the experience of workers' perceptions of job insecurity and its relation to performance. To this end, we conducted semi-structured interviews with 38 workers in the retail, services, education, financial, construction, and pharmaceutical industries in Chile. Using content analysis based on workers' accounts of their own experience, we identified two main categories: (a) the experience of job insecurity viewed in relation to the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and emotional aspects of job insecurity, and (b) the relation between job insecurity and performance.

Maximum Accuracy Machine Learning Statistical Analysis-A Novel Approach.

Logistic regression is a statistical tool of paramount significance in the field of epidemiology and ranks as one of the most frequently published multivariable analyses for designs involving a single binary dependent variable and one or more independent variables in the fields of public health and medical research.

Intraocular Pressure-Lowering Efficacy of a Sustained-Release Bimatoprost Implant in Dog Eyes Pretreated with Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty.

To assess the intraocular pressure (IOP)-lowering effect of a biodegradable bimatoprost implant following selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT) in a canine model. Unilateral SLT was performed in 11 normotensive, treatment-naive beagle dogs. IOP was measured at baseline (pre-SLT) and weekly post-SLT (≤10 weeks).

Health Equity Within Inequity: Timing of Diagnostic Breast Cancer Care in an Underserved Medical Population.

Background/aim: We evaluated timeliness of care at a safety-net hospital after implementation of a multidisciplinary breast program.

Patients And Methods: A prospective database of patients with breast cancer was created after multidisciplinary breast program initiation in 2018. Patients were tracked to obtain time to completion of diagnostic imaging, biopsy, and treatment initiation.

Chemotherapy with paclitaxel for recalcitrant molluscum contagiosum in an HIV-infected patient.

Molluscum contagiosum (MC) is a viral skin infection seen in children, sexually active adults and immunocompromised populations. It is usually a self-limiting illness that typically spontaneously resolves without therapeutic intervention. However, when the papules are extensive or refractory causing complications or aesthetic issues, multiple treatment modalities exist to relieve symptoms, limit spread and decrease the social stigma associated with visible lesions.