An empirical assessment of the factors influencing acceptance of COVID-19 vaccine uptake between Kenyan and Hungarian residing populations: A cross-sectional study.

The development of effective, safe, and acceptable vaccines is a long process. COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy continues to elicit mixed reactions among different quarters despite numerous evidence of their effectiveness. This study aimed to determine the availability and acceptance rates of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines, among Kenyan and Hungarian residing populations and the underlying reasons contributing to the hesitancy of uptake.

Ice-cover is the principal driver of ecological change in High Arctic lakes and ponds.

Recent climate change has been especially pronounced in the High Arctic, however, the responses of aquatic biota, such as diatoms, can be modified by site-specific environmental characteristics. To assess if climate-mediated ice cover changes affect the diatom response to climate, we used paleolimnological techniques to examine shifts in diatom assemblages from ten High Arctic lakes and ponds from Ellesmere Island and nearby Pim Island (Nunavut, Canada). The sites were divided a priori into four groups ("warm", "cool", "cold", and "oasis") based on local elevation and microclimatic differences that result in differing lengths of the ice-free season, as well as about three decades of personal observations.

Aberrant left main bile duct draining directly into the cystic duct or gallbladder: an unreported anatomical variation and cause of bile duct injury during laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

Despite recent advances, iatrogenic bile duct injury remains one of the most common complications of laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Aberrant biliary tract anatomy is one of the major risk factors for iatrogenic bile duct injury. In this case report, for the first time, we report a case of aberrant left main bile duct draining directly into the cystic duct or gallbladder that presented with bile duct injury after laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

Relation between literacy and HIV treatment knowledge among patients on HAART regimens.

Successful management of HIV requires patient understanding and ability to act on treatment information. We examined the relationship between patient literacy and understanding of HIV treatment. Literacy, knowledge of CD4 count and viral load, and correct identification of HIV medications in regimen were evaluated in 204 patients receiving care in Shreveport, Louisiana and Chicago, Illinois.

Once-daily budesonide inhalation powder (Pulmicort Turbuhaler) improves health-related quality of life in adults previously receiving inhaled corticosteroids.

In the treatment of asthma, the conventional measures used to monitor a patient's progress and health status do not address the impact of functional impairments associated with the disease that may affect the patient's daily life. Unlike those measures, health-related quality of life (HRQL) reflects the physical, psychological, and social difficulties a patient perceives on a day-to-day basis. This study was conducted to determine the effects of once-daily budesonide inhalation powder via the Pulmicort Turbuhaler on the HRQL in adult patients with asthma previously treated with other inhaled corticosteroids.

Childhood vaccine risk/benefit communication among public health clinics: a time-motion study.

United States law requires that immunization providers use Centers for Disease Control Vaccine Information Statements (VISs) and inform parents about vaccine risks and benefits prior to every childhood immunization. A recent national survey found that public health clinics (PHCs) reported high compliance with this law. To further investigate these findings, we conducted an immunization time-motion study in two PHCs in Kansas and Louisiana.

Adsorption kinetics of surfactant mixtures from micellar solutions as studied by maximum bubble pressure technique.

The adsorption kinetics of micellar solutions of anionic/cationic SDS/DATB mixtures with mixing ratios of 10/1 and 10/2, respectively, are studied experimentally by means of the maximum bubble pressure method. For long adsorption times the adsorption of the highly surface-active anionic/cationic complex leads to a decrease of dynamic surface tension in comparison to the single SDS system. However, the situation is the reverse for short adsorption times where the dynamic surface tension is increased by addition of the cationic surfactant, although the overall concentration is increased.

Commonalities between the Isaac and Oedipus myths: a speculation.

From a detailed view of the myth of the binding of Isaac, a speculation emerges that Isaac may have had incest with his mother, Sarah. This would explain the death of Sarah shortly thereafter, his absent virility for twenty years, and his blindness. The commonalities with the Oedipus myth are outlined, along with the themes of filicide, patricide, guilt, punishment, and expiation.

Once-daily budesonide inhalation powder (Pulmicort Turbuhaler) is effective and safe in adults previously treated with inhaled corticosteroids.

This 12-week, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter study evaluated the efficacy and safety of budesonide 400 microg administered once daily via Turbuhaler in adults previously treated with at least twice-daily dosing of inhaled corticosteroids. Pulmonary function (FEV1, PEF, FVC, FEF(25-75%)), asthma symptom scores, quality of life, and breakthrough medication use were significantly (p < 0.05) different in patients receiving once-daily budesonide Turbuhaler compared to placebo, and significantly (p < 0.

They shall wear fringes.

The multiple functions of clothes include utility, protection, rivalry, disguise, camouflage, display for seduction purposes, aggression, totemism, and status. Here the focus is on a decorative and distinctive hierarchical aspect of ancient dress, the tsitsit or fringes, whose original function is long absent, but that has endured for 3,500 years in Judaism. The beginning of their use beyond the totemic appears related to issues of changing identity from slavery to liberty, endowing noble status, exhibitionism, a symbol of identity, identification with the aggressor, a talisman, and potency.

Does sodium lauryl sulfate concentration vary with time?

When performing skin irritation tests with sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS), the quality of the test solution is of major importance for the reproducibility and comparability of the results. The influence of 4 different storage parameters (concentration, duration, temperature, material of the storage vials) on the stability of aqueous SLS solutions was investigated under non-sterile conditions. SLS solutions at 5 different concentrations (0.

A clinical approach to childhood gender identity disorder.

A review of gender identity disorder is presented along with a case of a four-year-old boy. An overview of some of the theories of gender identity disorder directs our attention via the clinical material to conflict/defense as the most useful. The youngster's cross-gender behavior, possible contributions to it, treatment issues, parental input, boundaries, and transitional objects are considered.

Wrist-holding for the out of control child.

A method of preventing and limiting loss of control in therapy sessions is detailed. This begins with attunement to increasing excitement. Restraining the child by the wrists when dyscontrol occurs provides a safe and harmless means to limit the episode and continue therapy.

Pain in ambulatory patients with lung or colon cancer. Prevalence, characteristics, and effect.

Background: Few studies have evaluated the epidemiology and effect of pain in ambulatory patients with cancer who are undergoing active therapy. This information is needed to develop strategies for supportive care in this population.

Methods: The prevalence and characteristics of pain were determined in a prospective survey of ambulatory patients with lung or colon cancer.

Abuse and neglect in schools.

Maltreatment in the classroom by students of teachers, and teachers of students, is widespread with emotional, physical, sexual, and neglect aspects. Its frequency and long-term developmental effects are undocumented. We know of the consequences in some who become our patients; but for the others we can only speculate based on reports about parental abuse and neglect.

The inpatient borderline adolescent in group therapy.

Group therapy provides a situation to focus inpatient adolescent borderlines' problems with separation anxiety, symbiotic pairing, and efforts to help them, based on the availability of multiple transferences and shifts in symbiotic pairs that occur between group members, as well as the observations and contributions of the peers and therapist.