Volume 19 2025 Issue 11
Keywords: antimicrobial resistance, hospital infections, multidrug resistance, infection control, antibiotic stewardship
Hospital-acquired infections caused by multidrug-resistant bacteria pose significant challenges to healthcare systems worldwide. This surveillance study analyzes antimicrobial resistance patterns among bacterial isolates from 50 hospitals across five countries over a five-year period. We document al...
Keywords: Department of Endocrinology, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
In total, 239 assays are performed in 83 thyrotoxicosis patients. Biochemical confirmation of thyrotoxicosis is based on the finding of a suppressed TSH in combination with elevated serum total or free T4 and T3 levels. The present study observes that the most common cause of thyrotoxicosis is Grave...
Keywords: Cognitive structure, Metaphorical thinking, Mental Representations, Intellectual framework and Teaching/Learning process
Cognitive structures are the foundational mental patterns that individuals utilize to process information. Metaphorical thinking, an innate mental tool in humans, can be consciously practiced to develop cognitive structures, thereby enhancing information processing. The learning process, as noted by...
Keywords: University of Guam, School of Education, Guam
Despite widespread recognition of its importance, there is a notable lack of consensus regarding the conceptual definition of critical thinking. It is also widely recognized that teaching critical thinking skills is difficult. This literature review therefore seeks to achieve a better understanding ...
Keywords: Data Science Department, University of Example, Country
The data mining approach has introduced many challenges and opportunities to the database community. The primary goal of data mining is to discover hidden patterns in data that are valid, novel, potentially useful, and understandable. Traditional temporal association and relationship-rule mining can...
Keywords: Lamar University, Department of Electrical Engineering, USA
Childhood autism is one of the disorders within the Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) that includes, among others, Asperger’s syndrome and Rett syndrome. These are collectively termed spectrum disorders due to the variability in symptom presentation. The present study aimed to assess whether Power Sp...
Keywords: University of Niš, Department of Psychology, Serbia
The main objective of this research was to investigate the leisure time activities of elementary school children. This paper investigates the way in which these activities are grouped and their expression. In addition to this, it examined the existence of any difference between these grouped activit...