background: the incidence rate of esophageal squamouse cell cancer (escc) in eastern part of golestan province in iran is among the highest ones in the world. in order to discover the factors interplay in high rate of escc incidence, several case-control and cross-sectional studies were established in this area.as a cohort study has priority in detecting risk factors of a disease, a 10-year pro...

OBJECTIVE To determine the timing of and key factors in resident decision making to pursue either a career in general pediatrics or subspecialty training. DESIGN We used a 10-item fixed-choice questionnaire that focused on exploring how and when pediatric residents make career choices. SETTING The survey was administered to all categorical pediatric residents in the United States and Canada...

BACKGROUND Symptoms of depression are often reported among patients with a cancer diagnosis. Strong sense of coherence (SOC) is shown to be associated with less depression in the general older population and among nursing homes (NH) residents in particular. Knowledge about mixed-methods perspectives that examine symptoms of depression and SOC among cognitively intact NH residents with cancer is...

INTRODUCTION A "flipped classroom" educational model exchanges the traditional format of a classroom lecture and homework problem set. We piloted two flipped classroom sessions in our emergency medicine (EM) residency didactic schedule. We aimed to learn about resident and faculty impressions of the sessions, in order to develop them as a regular component of our residency curriculum. METHODS...

acinetobacter lwoffii, an important nosocomial pathogen, is a gram-negative aerobic bacillus that is a component of the normal flora on the skin, oropharynx, and perineum of about 20-25% of healthy individuals. we herein present a case of a 66-year-old man with combined mitral and aortic valve endocarditis associated with multi-drug resistance acinetobacter lowffii bacteremia.

There has been a long-standing debate about whether urban living is more or less sustainable than suburban living, and quality of life (QoL) is one of several key measures of the social sustainability of residential living. However, to our knowledge, no study to date has examined life satisfaction among residents of downtown high-rise living compared to residents living in suburban low-rise hou...