Incivility among nurses and matrons can lead to various issues such as employment turnover and dysfunctional patient care. Therefore, the need to examine and assess the uncivil behaviors among nurses and matrons is evident. The main purpose of this article is to study and determine the frequency of incivility between nurses and matrons from nurses&...

By Abbas Heydari, Mojtaba Rad, Mostafa Rad

The pathophysiology of periapical lesions (PLs) is under control of pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory (mainly immunoregulatory) cytokines. We have recently established mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) from PLs and showed their suppressive effects on the production of proinflammatory cytokines from PLs inflammatory cells (ICs). In this work we stu...

By Milan Marković, Sergej Tomić, Jelena Djokić, Miodrag Čolić

Cemento-enamel junction (CEJ) is an important anatomical structure of the tooth, which is located in the cervical part of the tooth between the crown and root, or at the contact point between the enamel which overlaps the tooth crown and cementum overlapping the root dentin. There are four possible relationships between two tissues that make the CE...

By Nenad Stošić, Stefan Dačić, Dragica Dačić Simonović

Two feet-one hand syndrome is a superficial fungal infections of the skin which involves both feet and one hand. Trichophyton rubrum and occasionally Trichophyton mentagrophytes are the usual causative organisms. We present a 32-year-old healthy man with sharply demarcated papular erythematous and squamous lesions on dorsal aspect of the feet and d...

By Milan Bjekić

Errata In the article “Role Modeling: A precious Heritage in Medical Education” authored by Amir Mirhaghi, Hossein Karimi Moonaghi, Simin Sharafi and Amir Emami Zeydi, published in Volume 32, issue 1, pages 31-42, the category of article is not Original bur Review article. In affiliation number 1, “PhD Candidate in Nursing&rdquo...

Distance learning can be defined as education or training offered to participants at a different place, physically distant from the lecturer or sources of information. The difference in attitudes and knowledge of students about distance learning in relation to gender and year of studying was examined. The study sample included 371 students of the F...

By Aleksandra Stanković, Branislav Petrović, Zoran Milosević

Pyrogallol-type phenolic compounds are widespread in nature and may have significant impact on human health. As Zn(II) ion was proved to be capable of enhancing some biological activities of pyrogallol-type natural phenolic compounds, we decided to study its influence on the autoxidation of pyrogallol and gallic acid in weakly acidic aqueous soluti...

By Aleksandar M. Veselinović, Goran M. Nikolić

Leech therapy is likely to cause symptomatic relief in migraine headache sufferers, but there is little clinical data in this field. This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of leech therapy in the management of migraine headaches. This is a quasi-experimental pilot study with a three-month post-treatment follow-up. Twenty-six patients wit...

By Mahmoud Bakhshi, Babak Jalalian, Maryam Valian, Saeide Shariati, Tahere Saeidi, Hossein Ranjbar

The application of anthracycline and trastuzumab in adjuvant breast cancer treatment approach has significantly improved the survival of patients, but also carries the risk of cardiotoxicity that is manifested by reducing the ejection fraction of the heart. The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of cumulative anthracycline dose in combi...

By Ivana Krstić, Marina Deljanin Ilić, Svetislav Vrbić, Ivica Pejčić

Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (PJS) is a rare genetic disorder with autosomal-dominant pleiotropic inheritance, variable penetrance and characteristic signs of the disease that predisposes persons to increased risk of developing cancer, particularly in the gastrointestinal tract and the breast. Due to genetic nature of disease, in the familial Peutz-Jeghe...

By Marijola Mojsilović, Vuka Katić, Ivan Ilić, Biljana Radovanović, Bratislav Petrović, Miodrag Lazić, Marijana Krstić