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PLoS One
January 2025
Faculty of Psychology, Department of Cognition, Emotion, and Methods in Psychology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
The Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) is a widely used self-report measure of subjective well-being, but studies of its measurement invariance across a large number of nations remain limited. Here, we utilised the Body Image in Nature (BINS) dataset-with data collected between 2020 and 2022 -to assess measurement invariance of the SWLS across 65 nations, 40 languages, gender identities, and age groups (N = 56,968). All participants completed the SWLS under largely uniform conditions.
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November 2024
Department of Plastic Surgery, Armed Forces Capital Hospital, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-City, Gyeonggi-do, and Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
The aim of this study is to analyze the role played by the appearance of female ghosts in their redemption. In the literature on ghosts, entries on female ghosts highlight their "beautiful appearance": Arang (Korean), Otsuyu (Japanese), The White Lady (Europe), Nie Xiaoqian (Chinese), and Maria Makiling (Filipino). Ghosts are women who died tragically, leaving behind unfulfilled desires-particularly those related to romantic or societal expectations such as marriage, love, and motherhood.
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January 2025
Department of Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University College of Medicine, Hangzhou 310009, China.
Surgery is a discipline in which surgery is the main means of treatment, with a long and arduous process to achieve. In order to cope with these challenging operations,improving the accuracy of operation,simplifying the process,and improving the quality of life of patients after surgery have become the continuous pursuit of surgeons. The author and his team have identified problems and made a series of innovations to solve them in clinical practice during the past four decades.
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October 2024
Department of Anesthesiology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, USA.
Cureus
September 2024
Central Research Facility, Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University), Pune, IND.
Sushruta, known as the "Father of Surgery," was a pioneering figure in ancient Indian medicine whose contributions have influenced the field of surgery, especially cosmetic surgery and medical practices within the global community. His systematized approach to surgery, with the use of herbal anaesthetics and postoperative care, laid the foundation for surgical practices. Sushruta's emphasis on practical experience, dissection of cadavers, and detailed documentation established standards that continue to underpin surgical education today.
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