Background: Recent meta-analyses of the efficacy of probiotics for preventing diarrhea
associated with Clostridium difficile have concluded there is a large effect favouring probiotics. …

We applaud the recent report by Platt et al1 that focuses attention on the critical issue of
obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and crash in commercial motor vehicle (CMV) drivers. As …

Background: Recently, the first asthma-specific Job Exposure Matrix (JEM) was updated to
occupational asthma-specific JEM (OAsJEM). Our study aimed to evaluate the association …

Objectives The objective of this report is to systematically review the evidence for the use of
BVP, as either a de novo implant or as an upgrade, in the management of AV block with …

… In the Central and Southern Andes, peatlands (aka, bofedales) are also a source of good
quality pastures for wild and domestic South American camelids (Vicugna pacos, Lama glama, …

BACKGROUND The unrest in Syria has resulted in an escalating refugee crisis. The postwar
lack of health care infrastructure in Iraq has also resulted in Iraqis seeking health care in …

Resource‐limited settings often have financial barriers to genetic testing for heritable cancer.
This retrospective study investigated the pattern of heritable cancer predisposition testing in …

Brain metabolism is thought to be maintained by neuronal-glial metabolic coupling. Glia take
up glutamate from the synaptic cleft for conversion into glutamine, triggering glial glycolysis …

The Palestine Yearbook of International Law is published in cooperation with the Birzeit
University Institute of Law, under whose auspices it is edited. Established in 1993, the Institute of …