Bratisl Med J
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Several studies have investigated independently of clinical education, it has been emphasized that students experience fear, anxiety, sadness and uncertainty during the pandemic. ⋯ The level of COVID-19 fear of midwifery students who did clinical internships during the pandemic negatively affected their anxiety and self-confidence levels (Tab. 4, Ref. 34). Text in PDF www.elis.sk Keywords: pandemic, midwifery, fear of COVID-19, anxiety, self-confidence.
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This study aimed to provide an overview on the HIV-1 subtypes circulating in Slovakia between 2017 and 2018 and to evaluate the risk of transmission of HIV‑resistant strains. ⋯ The data suggest a minimal risk of a resistant HIV strain transmission and a marginal rise of HIV-1 subtypes´ diversity. The HIV-1 B subtype remains the most prevalent in the period 2017-2018 in Slovakia (Tab. 2, Fig. 2, Ref. 37).
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Despite being the second most often diagnosed form of cancer, lung cancers are rarely found in the general population. It is proposed in this study to employ a methodology of extracting both global and local features from CT scan images for the identification of lung cancer. Data gathering, globalised and localised training as well as testing the model are all part of this structure. ⋯ One might get 90%‑accurate results with SVM and 91%‑sensitive and 91%‑specific results using SVM plus HOG features. Finally, the utilisation of SVM with Gabor Filter characteristics achieved the greatest correctness, specificity, and sensitivity values, particularly 87%, 86%, and 87%, respectively (Tab. 3, Fig. 7, Ref. 18). Keywords: feature extraction, support vector machine, lung cancer, classification, machine learning.
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To study the risk factors of cognitive impairment in elderly people in the Republic of Kazakhstan. ⋯ Prevention of dementia does not exist today, but it is possible to reduce the risk of its development. Risk factors increase the chances of getting sick but also serve as guidelines that can be influenced (Tab. 3, Ref. 17).
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Insulin resistance (IR) is the most significant risk factor for post-transplant diabetes mellitus (PTDM). This study aimed to determine the effects of regular physical activity on IR and PTDM in patients after kidney transplantation (KT). The study group (n = 22) participated in aerobic or combined sports (aerobic and anaerobic). ⋯ IR was significantly lower at 6 months (p = 0.0202), and fasting blood glucose was significantly lower at 3 and 6 months (p = 0.0227) in the observed group. We confirmed the significant effect of regular physical activity on preventing the development of IR and impaired fasting glucose levels in patients after KT (Tab. 1, Fig. 4, Ref. 27). Text in PDF www.elis.sk Keywords: kidney transplantation, insulin resistance, physical activity.