Volume 4, issue 3

Tayebeh Sharifi, The relationship between individual identities and the mental health among students
Background — Nowadays, the relationship between Individual Identities and the mental health is as one the most important matter in developing countries. Aim — The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship of Individual Identity and the mental health of the students. Material and....

Ardalan Shariat, Ina Shaw, Brandon S. Shaw, Hassan Sadeghi, Analysis of the effects of resistance training on circadan rhythm of endocrine hormones
In the past decade, the number of the studies conducted on the effects of resistance training on circadian rhythm of endocrine hormones is increasing exponentially. The aim of this report is to explore the current and prevailing studies in an attempt to elucidate the findings of resistance....

Karel Van Praet, Jeffrey I. Mechanick, Vicente Orozco, Allan S. Stewart, Valve-sparing aortic root replacement and aortic valve repair in a patient with acromegaly and aortic root dilatation
Aortic regurgitation and dilatation of the aortic root and ascending aorta are severe complications of acromegaly. The current trend for management of an aortic root aneurysm is valve-sparing root replacement as well as restoring the diameter of the aortic sinotubular junction (STJ) and annulus.....

Vitorino Modesto dos Santos, Ursula Valeska Poti Araújo Lima, Renata Faria Silva, Silvana Alves Gomma de Azevedo, Melissa Gebrim Ribeiro, Daniela Gomes Gebrim, A 21-year-old man with late Wallenberg syndrome after a motorcycle trauma
Spontaneous and traumatic dissection of vertebral arteries can cause ischemic or hemorrhagic strokes in young individuals. Clinical features often propitiate a challenging diagnosis because initial presentations are variable, from asymptomatic till very ominous conditions. Therefore, an elevated....

Vitorino Modesto dos Santos, Anna Gabriela Oliveira Camilo, Leonardo Aquino de Souza, Lucas Maciel Rodrigues Monteiro, Christiane Silveira Marinho, Diogo Wagner da Silva de Souza, Marjolin’s ulcer: a challenging complication of non-healing wounds
Marjolin’s ulcer is an uncommon malignant condition related to non-healing wounds, more often of burn injuries. Our aim is increase the suspicion index of primary care workers about the risk of squamous cell carcinoma in skin chronic ulcers or scar tissue, mainly in extremities. We report a....