COVID-19 resilience index in European Union countries based on their risk and readiness scale
by Somaya Aboelnaga, Katarzyna Czech, Micha ł Wielechowski, Pavel Kotyza, Lubos Smutka, Kennedy Ndue
Addressing risks and pandemics at a country level is a complex task that requires transdisciplinary approaches. The paper aims to identify groups of the European Union countries characterized by a similar COVID-19 Resilience Index (CRI). Developed in the paper CRI index reflects the countries’ C OVID-19 risk and their readiness for a crisis situation, including a pandemic. Moreover, the study detects the factors that significantly differentiate the distinguished groups. According to our research, Bulgaria, Hungary, Malt...
Source: PLoS One - August 4, 2023 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Somaya Aboelnaga Source Type: research
Disease burden, risk factors, and trends of lip, oral cavity, pharyngeal cancers: A global analysis
ConclusionsAlthough global incidence and mortality trends reported an overall decrease, significant increases were found for older age groups and female subjects. Incidence increase may be due to the growing prevalence of lifestyle, metabolic risk factors, and HPV infections, especially in developed countries. (Source: Cancer Medicine)
Source: Cancer Medicine - July 31, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Junjie Huang,
Sze Chai Chan,
Samantha Ko,
Veeleah Lok,
Lin Zhang,
Xu Lin,
Don E. Lucero ‐Prisno,
Wanghong Xu,
Zhi‐Jie Zheng,
Edmar Elcarte,
Mellissa Withers,
Martin C. S. Wong,
NCD Global Health Research Group, Association of Pacific Rim U Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
Perceived legitimacy of antipandemic measures: Findings from west and East Germany, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia at the peak of the COVID-19 crisis.
Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, Vol 29(4), Nov 2023, 549-562; doi:10.1037/law0000395This interdisciplinary study examines the cross-cultural differences between the perceived legitimacy of antipandemic measures during the peak of the COVID-19 crisis in three Central European countries and four independent samples (West Germany, East Germany, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia). A total of 2,752 participants completed a newly developed seven-item scale that inquired whether governmental regulations were perceived as fair, justified, and based on science and whether the government considered citizens’ needs and the inter...
Source: Psychology, Public Policy, and Law - July 31, 2023 Category: Medical Law Source Type: research
Emigration of Scientists From Czechoslovakia During the Soviet Domination
The objective of this article was to analyze the Prague Spring (1968), the period after the invasion into Czechoslovakia by Warsaw Pact Troops (1968), the period of cruel normalization (1968-1989), and the influence of Soviet domination in the Czechoslovak Republic on people with higher education. The invasion of the Warsaw Pact Troops into Czechoslovakia and the period of normalization had a highly negative impact on the life and work of the Czechoslovak people. Many eminent scientists left the Republic. The reason for this was persecution for their attitude to the situation behind the Iron Curtain. Professor Jan Brod, a ...
Source: Experimental and Clinical Transplantation : official journal of the Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation - July 27, 2023 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Katar ína Derzsiová Source Type: research
Emigration of Scientists From Czechoslovakia During the Soviet Domination
The objective of this article was to analyze the Prague Spring (1968), the period after the invasion into Czechoslovakia by Warsaw Pact Troops (1968), the period of cruel normalization (1968-1989), and the influence of Soviet domination in the Czechoslovak Republic on people with higher education. The invasion of the Warsaw Pact Troops into Czechoslovakia and the period of normalization had a highly negative impact on the life and work of the Czechoslovak people. Many eminent scientists left the Republic. The reason for this was persecution for their attitude to the situation behind the Iron Curtain. Professor Jan Brod, a ...
Source: Experimental and Clinical Transplantation : official journal of the Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation - July 27, 2023 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Katar ína Derzsiová Source Type: research
Factors associated with psychiatric and physical comorbidities in bipolar disorder: a nationwide multicenter cross-sectional observational study
ConclusionThis cross-national study has reported novel estimates and clinical correlates related to both the comorbidity-free phenotype and the factors associated with psychiatric and physical comorbidities in adults with BD in Slovakia. The findings provide new insights into understanding of the clinical presentation of BD that can inform clinical practice and further research to continue to investigate potential mechanisms of BD adverse outcomes and disease complications onset. (Source: Frontiers in Psychiatry)
Source: Frontiers in Psychiatry - July 25, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
PFAS association with kisspeptin and sex hormones in teenagers of the HBM4EU aligned studies
Environ Pollut. 2023 Jul 21:122214. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122214. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTExposure to Perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAS) can impair human reproductive function, e.g., by delaying or advancing puberty, although their mechanisms of action are not fully understood. We therefore set out to evaluate the relationship between serum PFAS levels, both individually and as a mixture, on the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Gonadal (HPG) axis by analyzing serum levels of reproductive hormones and also kisspeptin in European teenagers participating in three of the HBM4EU Aligned Studies. For this purpose, PFAS compounds were ...
Source: Environmental Pollution - July 23, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Andrea Rodr íguez-Carrillo Sylvie Remy Gudrun Koppen Natasha Wauters Carmen Freire Alicia Olivas-Mart ínez Tessa Schillemans Agneta Åkesson Anteneh Desalegn Nina Iszatt Elly den Hond Veerle Verheyen Lucia F ábelová Lubica Palkovicova Murinova Susana Source Type: research
PFAS association with kisspeptin and sex hormones in teenagers of the HBM4EU aligned studies
Environ Pollut. 2023 Jul 21:122214. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122214. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTExposure to Perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAS) can impair human reproductive function, e.g., by delaying or advancing puberty, although their mechanisms of action are not fully understood. We therefore set out to evaluate the relationship between serum PFAS levels, both individually and as a mixture, on the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Gonadal (HPG) axis by analyzing serum levels of reproductive hormones and also kisspeptin in European teenagers participating in three of the HBM4EU Aligned Studies. For this purpose, PFAS compounds were ...
Source: Environmental Pollution - July 23, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Andrea Rodr íguez-Carrillo Sylvie Remy Gudrun Koppen Natasha Wauters Carmen Freire Alicia Olivas-Mart ínez Tessa Schillemans Agneta Åkesson Anteneh Desalegn Nina Iszatt Elly den Hond Veerle Verheyen Lucia F ábelová Lubica Palkovicova Murinova Susana Source Type: research
Effect of a Disease Management Program on the Adherence to Guideline-Recommended HbA1c Monitoring in Patients with Diabetes in Slovakia
ConclusionsPhysician participation in a DMP was found to significantly increase the number of HbA1c tests ordered by physicians, potentially leading to improved glycemic control. (Source: Diabetes Therapy)
Source: Diabetes Therapy - July 21, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: research
Real-world outcomes of mepolizumab treatment in severe eosinophilic asthma patients - retrospective cohort study in Slovakia
CONCLUSIONS: The results provide clinical evidence of mepolizumab efficacy in a real sample of patients with severe asthma when administered in routine care settings in Slovakia.PMID:37439266 | DOI:10.5507/bp.2023.029 (Source: Biomedical Papers of the Medical Faculty of the Univ Palacky Olomouc Czech Repub)
Source: Biomedical Papers of the Medical Faculty of the Univ Palacky Olomouc Czech Repub - July 13, 2023 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Milos Jesenak Vaclav Vanecek Martina Ondrusova Veronika Urdova Katarina Dostalova Ludek Hochmuth Source Type: research
