Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3397/1410111
Histopathological Profile of Saudi Females with Breast Cancer at Albaha, KSA: A Retrospective Study
Dr. Thamir Hadi Alghamdi, Dr. Moataz Mohamed Alhasan Ali, Dr. Jiehan Mohamed Hassan Mohamed and Dr. Hala AK Mohammed
Article Type: Research Article | First Published: June 04, 2020
Breast cancer is the most common cancer worldwide and in King Saudi Arabia as well. This study aimed to determine the demographic characteristics and histopathological profile of females with breast cancer attending King Fahad hospital at Albaha-KSA. Retrospective descriptive study conducted in King Fahad Hospital at Albaha in the period between Jan 2014 through Dec 2018. We obtained data concerning the demographic and histopathological profile of 48 female patients with breast cancer during the...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5718/1510167
Characterizing Relationships with Exercise Partners: Communication, Closeness, and Performance
Hill CR, Max EJ, Wittenbaum GM and Feltz DL
Article Type: Original Research | First Published: June 05, 2020
Social influence research in exercise has highlighted the motivation-boosting potential of working out with an exercise partner or group, but to the authors’ knowledge there has been no research to date characterizing the typical dyadic exercise relationship, which is an interpersonal relationship that includes regular co-exercise. If exercise partners are motivational, then characterizing their relationship is important. A sample of 555 undergraduates were administered a survey, 383 of whom m...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3516/1410133
Effect of Traffic-Related Air Pollution on Lung Function in Taxi Drivers: A Cross Sectional Study
Loubna Tayara, Fida Charif, Ali Hajj Diab and Ali Toufaily
Article Type: Research Article | First Published: June 03, 2020
We conducted a cross sectional analytic study that included 120 employees and 200 taxi drivers recruited from the 4 main taxi stations in the Greater Beirut area. Fifty taxi drivers were recruited randomly from each taxi station as well as 30 employees working in stores near every station. We assessed their respiratory symptoms by using a modified version of a standardized questionnaire. Pulmonary function tests were performed using an ambulatory validated spirometer (COPD6, Vitalograph)....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-3235.1510063
Prognosis Factors in Children with ADEM: Clinical, Biological, and Radiological Features
Soufiane Arktout, MD
Article Type: Original Article | First Published: June 03, 2020
The factors influencing the prognosis of children with acute disseminated encephalomyelitis ADEM) are still poorly known and understood, especially for the occurrence of sequelae after the acute episode. The factors influencing the prognosis of children with acute disseminated encephalomyelitis ADEM) are still poorly known and understood, especially for the occurrence of sequelae after the acute episode....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5769/1510062
The ACE2 Receptor in SARS-CoV-2 and HCoV-NL63: Potential Relationship with Kawasaki Disease in Children?
Ruth E Propper, PhD
Article Type: Letter to the Editor | First Published: May 29, 2020
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the illness caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), is currently causing a global pandemic. Despite its easy transmissibility and oftentimes severe course in adults, children have been predominantly spared the worst of the disease, tending to suffer only mild illness. However, recently across multiple countries, there have been hundreds of anecdotal reports of Kawasaki, or Kawasaki-like disease, in children, potentially linked ...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-346X/1410116
Contrast Sensitivity Studies and Test- A Review
Pateras E and Karioti M
Article Type: Review Article | First Published: June 11, 2020
Contrast sensitivity (CS) expresses the quality of human vision. This article presents the main points for the interpretation of CS and what structures of the eye and brain contribute to achieving it. There is still information on the ways and types of CS clinical examination, factors and conditions affecting it, and the latest technological developments in its measurement. Visual acuity (V.A.) is the measure of the spatial resolution of the eye (the clarity or sharpness of vision) and its measu...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-346X/1410115
Choroidal Metastases as the First Manifestation of Recurrence of Breast Carcinoma
Susana Henriques, Susana Almeida Baptista, Fernando Trancoso Vaz, Mara Ferreira and Isabel Prieto
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: June 05, 2020
Choroidal metastases are the most frequent malignant intraocular tumor. In most cases, they arise after identification of the primary tumor and are associated with involvement of other organs. Less frequently, the ocular lesion may be the first presentation of a primary tumor or relapse of primary disseminated tumor. We present a case of choroidal metastasis as the first manifestation of recurrence of a breast tumor, diagnosed 4 years earlier. We analyze the clinical presentation, ancillary diag...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-3885/1710046
Case Report: An Unexpected Outcome of In Situ Fusion of the Calcaneo-Cuboid Joint
Van Kerckhoven J, Van Beek N and Verfaillie S
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: June 04, 2020
We present a case report where a necessary lengthening of the lateral column was performed after an in-situ fusion of the calcaneo-cuboid joint following an inversion injury to the ankle. A low energy inversion injury of the ankle (ankle sprain) is one of the most common injuries presented at the emergency department and often results in ligamental injury of the anterior talo-fibular and calcaneo- fibular ligament. However, dislocating forces can proceed even more distally and also affect the fo...