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The article presents the discussion on 2023 ANZCA Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) was held on 5–9 May 2023 in Sydney, Australia.

Information about several papers discussed at a symposium on cell and gene therapy of cancer by the International Society for Cell and Gene Therapy of Cancer is presented. The event was organized by Jim Norris, BSB Medical University of South Carolina, and aided by Katherine Lindley, BSB Medical University of South Carolina. The meeting features reports of highly promising cell-based therapies.

Presents the summaries of papers presented to the British Society for Dermapathology during the 81st Annual Meeting of the British Association of Dermatologists held in Cardiff, Wales on July 3-7, 2001. Sentinel lymph node sampling in malignant melanoma; Apocrine carcinoma of the skin; Deep penetrating nevus.

Relates the summaries of papers presented to the British Society for Pediatric Dermatology during the 81st Annual Meeting of the British Association of Dermatologists held in Cardiff, Wales on July 3-7, 2001. Cutaneous manifestation of congenital rubella syndrome; Buschke-Ollendorff syndrome with associated limb reduction; Childhood-onset lichen sclerosus and vulval squamous cell carcinoma.

Lists the summaries of papers presented to the British Society for Dermatological Surgery during the 81st Annual Meeting of the British Association of Dermatologists held in Cardiff, Wales on July 3-7, 2001. Measurement of the subclinical extent of lentigo maligna; Waiting times for malignant surgery; Suspected skin malignancies in renal transplant recipients.

A correction is presented to the article "ANZCA Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) Faculty of Pain Medicine (FPM) Best Free Paper Award Session Abstracts" published in November 29, 2022 issue.

An introduction to the journal is presented which discusses topics within the issue including various aspects of small caliber firearm noise exposures, firearm noise that is not typically experienced by persons using firearms at a target range or when hunting, and noise exposure risks.

The article offers several articles published in the issue from the 2018 Annual Conference of the National Hearing Conservation Association which includes cochlear synaptopathy, changes in otoacoustic emission from firearm noise exposure and noise control engineering role in several applications.

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses articles in the issue on topics including hearing loss prevention, hearing health, and noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL).

The article presents abstracts on topics related to physical medicine and rehabilitation which include "The Role of Tumor Necrosis Factor-Alpha as a Potential Biomarker in Traumatic Brain Injury," by Nathan J. Mohney and colleagues, "Reliability and Repeatability of the Hoffman Sign," by Tomoya Sakai and colleagues, and "Executive Dysfunction After Moderate and Severe Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury Predicts Functional Impairment on the Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale," by Brad G. Kurowski and colleagues.

The aim of this study was to investigate the rate at which abstracts orally presented at the ESGAR 2000 and 2001 meetings were published between 2000-2004, and to identify predictive factors of publication. The abstracts of ESGAR meeting presentations were reviewed and classified according to organ, modality, type of design, country of origin of the studies and basic categories of diagnostic or interventional. The presentations were searched for publication in Medline-indexed journals using the PubMed server. The publication rates of the presentations, the time period between the presentation and publication, and the journal in which the article had appeared were investigated. An overall number of 109 publications were found originating from 276 presentations (39.5%). The median and inter-quartile range [IQR] between the abstract presentation and subsequently full publication was 18 months [1.0 -53.0]. The journal with the highest number of derived articles from abstract presentation was European Radiology (n=21, 19.2%). Retrospective studies were found to be more frequently published than prospective studies (p=0.001). The publication rate did not show any statistically significant difference between groups of other classifications. The publication rate of studies orally presented at ESGAR meetings was 39.5%. No specific variable other than the type of design of the studies appeared to influence the publication rate. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The 41st Annual Scientific Meeting of the Vascular Society of Great Britain and Ireland was held in Edinburgh, UK 22nd - 24th November 2006. The prize abstracts from this meeting are published in the print edition of BJS (vol 94: issue 2, February 2007). To view all other abstracts from this meeting, please click the pdf link on this page. Copyright © 2007 British Journal of Surgery Society Ltd. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Vascular Society AGM was held at the Bournemouth International Centre, Bournemouth, UK 23rd - 25th November 2005. To view all abstracts from this meeting, please click the pdf link on this page. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article is a call from the magazine to members of the medical community asking for the submission of research papers concerning the chronic respiratory disease asthma. The magazine is seeking articles on any aspect of the disease and lays out guidelines for submitting papers. The research is to be published in a special issue of the magazine on asthma, which will coincide with the congress of the European Respiratory Society, to be held in Munich in September 2006.

Abstracts of papers presented during the North Amercan Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) 2015 Annual Meeting in Cancun, Mexico on October 24-28, 2015 are presented including"Physical Exercise for Late Life Depression: Tailored Treatments Between Psychiatry and Primary Care" by Dr. Klea Bertakis et al and "Missed Opportunities for Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) in Primary Care" by Grace Moran et al. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Social media is increasingly used in surgery, facilitating the dissemination of knowledge. Social media can potentially aid networking, education, and information exchange. This study explored the impact of tweet components and tweeter characteristics during a large surgical congress to inform recommendations for optimizing social media use at future surgical conferences.Methods: Twitter activity was monitored during the American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress 2018 using NodeXL to extract tweets containing the conference hashtag #ACSCC18 (or #ACSCC2018). Multivariable logistic regression analysis was performed to identify independent predictors of retweet activity, also testing for multicollinearity and interactions among variables.Results: There were 4386 tweets that contained #ACSCC18 (or #ACSCC2018) posted from 1023 Twitter accounts. A larger group of Twitter accounts just retweeted. Other Twitter accounts with a stake in the conference neither tweeted nor retweeted. In a multivariable analysis of original tweets, the following were all independently associated with retweets, in decreasing order of effect size: mention of other tweeters, multimedia, inclusion of other hashtags, and the number of followers. In contrast with other conferences, the inclusion of a weblink (URL)-for example, link to paper or blog-was not associated with retweets.Discussion: This study helps understand social media impact at surgical conferences. Engage by tweeting and retweeting. Mention other tweeters, add multimedia, include congress hashtags and topic-specific hashtags, and build your followers. Although not associated with retweet activity in this study, the inclusion of URLs can still contribute in substantiating the disseminated content based on findings at other conferences. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Speaking invitations are used by faculty promotion committees as evidence of external recognition. However, women are underrepresented as speakers at specialty society conferences despite the rise in women physicians. The purpose of this study was to estimate to what extent the gender of session conveners is associated with the gender distribution of invited speakers at SAGES meetings.Methods: A retrospective audit of annual SAGES meeting programs during 2009-2018 was performed. All invited panel speakers, defined as faculty delivering a prepared oral presentation in a session under the organization of one or more chairs, were identified. The gender of speakers and chairs/co-chairs was determined. Hands-on courses, paper sessions, military symposia, mock trials, and jeopardy sessions were excluded. We compared the proportion of all-male panels in sessions with all-male conveners versus sessions with at least one woman convener. Statistical analysis was performed using Chi-square and t tests.Results: There were 3405 speakers and 459 panels identified. After applying inclusion and exclusion criteria, 2836 invited speakers on 402 panels were analyzed. Women represented 15% of all speakers, increasing from 9 to 19% (2009 to 2018). This reflects the rise in the proportion of women overall members (11% in 2010 to 19% in 2018). The proportion of panels with at least one woman convener increased from 12 to 58%. All-male panels represented 40% of all panels (n = 163) and their proportion significantly decreased over time from 50 to 31% (p trend < 0.000). Sessions with all-male conveners had 52% all-male panels, while sessions with at least one woman convener had 19% all-male panels (p < 0.001).Conclusion: The proportion of women invited speakers at the annual SAGES meeting has significantly increased over time. All-male convener sessions were more likely to convene all-male speaker panels. Including a woman chair/co-chair increased the number of women speakers and is a successful strategy to achieve gender balance in conference planning. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on the document entitled "White paper of the European Society of Radiology (ESR) and the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM) on multimodality imaging" published within the issue. According to the author, the report discusses the result of a survey conducted by a joint ad-hoc committee regarding the aspirations and position of the ESR and EANM. Key information about guidelines of the white paper is further presented.

Study Design: Systematic review.Objective: We systematically reviewed the level of clinical evidence presented at Cervical Spine Research Society annual meetings from 2008 through 2017.Summary Of Background Data: The Cervical Spine Research Society is dedicated to advancing knowledge of the cervical spine to promote evidence-based care. Research presented at these meetings impacts clinical practice.Methods: A total of 774 paper abstracts presented at Cervical Spine Research Society (CSRS) annual meetings were independently assessed by two reviewers. Reviewers designated a clinical level of evidence (LOE) to each included abstract from level I to level IV based on criteria set forth by the Oxford Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine. Reviewer agreement was assessed using Cohens Kappa coefficient (k) and disagreements were discussed until a consensus was reached. Wilcoxon rank sum test was used to assess for differences in LOE grades. Chi-squared testing was used to assess nonrandom changes in level of evidence and in excluded studies.Results: A total of 583 abstracts were included. Over the last 10 CSRS meetings, 5.15% of presentations were level I, 27.8% level II, 27.4% level III, and 39.6% level IV. The average LOE from 2008 to 2017 was 3.02 (median = 3). Additionally, 49.7% were therapeutic studies, 37.6% prognostic studies, and 12.7% diagnostic studies. When comparing the first 5 years (2008-2012) to the last 5 years (2013-2017), we observed a significant increase in Level II (P = 0.007) evidence and a corresponding decrease in level IV evidence (P < 0.001). The average LOE improved from 3.14 (2008-2012) to 2.91 (2013-2017); there was a significant improvement in LOE between the two periods (P = 0.001).Conclusion: Emphasis on evidence-based medicine within cervical spine research has positively influenced the clinical level of evidence disseminated at CSRS annual meetings between 2008 and 2017. Continued focus on higher quality Level I studies is warranted.Level Of Evidence: 4. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The epidemiology and the outcomes of acute appendicitis in elderly patients are very different from the younger population. Elderly patients with acute appendicitis showed higher mortality, higher perforation rate, lower diagnostic accuracy, longer delay from symptoms onset and admission, higher postoperative complication rate and higher risk of colonic and appendiceal cancer. The aim of the present work was to investigate age-related factors that could influence a different approach, compared to the 2016 WSES Jerusalem guidelines on general population, in terms of diagnosis and management of elderly patient with acute appendicitis. During the XXIX National Congress of the Italian Society of Surgical Pathophysiology (SIFIPAC) held in Cesena (Italy) in May 2019, in collaboration with the Italian Society of Geriatric Surgery (SICG), the World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES) and the Italian Society of Emergency Medicine (SIMEU), a panel of experts participated to a Consensus Conference where eight panelists presented a number of statements, which were developed for each of the four topics about diagnosis and management of acute appendicitis in elderly patients, formulated according to the GRADE system. The statements were then voted, eventually modified and finally approved by the participants to the Consensus Conference. The current paper is reporting the definitive guidelines statements on each of the following topics: diagnosis, non-operative management, operative management and antibiotic therapy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Information about several papers discussed at the symposium of Clinical Pharmacology held in Stockholm, Sweden on April 21, 2017, is presented. Topics discussed include clinical pharmacology, pharmacokinetics and the introduction of new drugs in health care. The event featured notable speakers including Paul Hjemdahl, Rickard Malmstrom and Anders Rane.

The vision of the Canadian Sex Research Forum (CSRF) is to be Canada's leading organization dedicated to interdisciplinary, theoretical, and applied sexuality research. We sought to determine the composition of four previous CSRF Annual Conference (2013-2016) scientific programs. We double-coded 356 abstracts on first author region, discipline, and faculty status; presentation format (oral/poster); and several non-exclusive yes/no questions regarding study populations, topics, and methods. We calculated odds ratios (OR) to assess trends (per year) and likelihood of oral versus poster presentation. Most of authors were from psychology (86.5%), although this decreased over time (98.1% to 80.5%). Most abstracts used quantitative methods (82.9%) and there was a decrease over time in abstracts using qualitative (26.4% to 16.3%) and experimental (17.0% to 7.3%) methods. For study population and topic, there were increases over time in clinical population foci (7.6% to 23.6%) and decreases in race/ethnicity foci (3.8% to 0.8%) and methods topics (18.9% to 5.7%). Half of the abstracts were oral presentations (44.9%), which were more frequently awarded to faculty (81.1% vs. 38.6%), sexual practice topics (50.7% vs. 40.8%), relationship topics (52.3% vs. 40.7%), methodology topics (50.0% vs. 44.2%), and theory papers (71.4% vs. 43.3%). Oral presentations were less frequently awarded to single sex/gender populations (36.7% vs. 48.4%), student-only populations (35.3% vs. 51.2%), race/ethnicity foci (20.0% vs. 45.5%), and quantitative methods (43.4% vs. 52.5%). To achieve CSRF's vision of "interdisciplinary, theoretical, and applied research,'' we must undertake intentional strategic action (e.g., more content from non-psychology disciplines, more qualitative methods). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Annual Meeting of the Society of Academic and Research Surgery was held at the University of Nottingham Medical School, Nottingham, on Wednesday 4th and Thursday 5th January 2012 under the Presidency of Professor J Andrew Bradley. The Patey Prize was awarded to Miss M Mallik from the University Department of Surgery, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Cambridge, for her presentation entitled REGULATORY B CELLS INDUCE LONG-TERM ALLOGRAFT SURVIVAL IN A MOUSE MODEL OF CHRONIC REJECTION. The Norman Williams Prize for the best clinical paper was awarded to Miss S A Hosgood from University of Leicester, Department of 31s, Transplant Group for her presentation entitled PLACEBO CONTROLLED DOUBLE BLIND RANDOMISED CLINICAL TRIAL OF TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINIS PLANE BLOCK IN LIVE DONOR NEPHRECTOMY. The Kevin Burnand Prize for the best experimental/basic science paper was awarded to Mr S Buczacki from Cancer Research UK, Cambridge Research Institute, Cambridge, for his presentation entitled CHARACTERISATION OF QUIESCENT INTESTINAL STEM AND CANCER STEM CELLS. The President's Poster Prize was awarded to Mr S Awad from Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Nottingham University Hospitals, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham for his poster presentation entitled PREOPERATIVE ORAL CARBOHYDRATE LOADING IN ELECTIVE SURGERY: A META-ANALYSIS. Copyright © 2012 British Journal of Surgery Society Ltd. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM; www.stfm.org) is a community of physicians, educators, behavioral scientists, and researchers devoted to teaching family medicine through undergraduate, graduate, and continuing medical education, with the mission of improving the health of all people through education, research, patient care, and advocacy. STFM holds an Annual Conference each spring and a Predoctoral Education Conference each winter. STFM held its 31st Annual Predoctoral Education Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico, from January 27 to January 30, 2005. Plenary speakers included Robert Graham, MD; Patricia Carney, PhD; and Lori Alvord, MD (author of the Scalpel and the Silver Bear) with Thomas Hatathli, a Native American traditional healer. Participants shared ideas and learned new skills attending over 70 workshops, seminars, and discussions, and 40 educational research and evaluation-paper presentations. Common themes included professionalism, community medicine, cultural competency, and learner and program evaluation. A subcommittee of the STFM Education Committee selected the best completed undergraduate medical educational research or curriculum evaluation papers for inclusion in the Proceedings. Also selected for inclusion in Proceedings are 2 papers now in press in Family Medicine: DeHaven MJ and Chen LL. "Teaching Medical Students Research While Reaching the Underserved" and Alper B and Vinson D. "Experiential Curriculum Improves Medical Students' Ability to Answer Clinical Questions Using the Internet." [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article presents findings and recommendations of an international conference held in Cairo, Egypt in 2003 concerning issues of ethical practice in how information is provided to and by medical practitioners. Professional advertising to practitioners and the public is necessary, but should exclude misrepresentation of qualifications, resources, and authorship of research papers. Medical institutions are responsible for how staff members present themselves, and their institutions. Medical associations, both governmental licensing authorities and voluntary societies, have powers and responsibilities to monitor professional advertisement to defend the public interest against deception. Medical journals bear duties to ensure authenticity of authorship and integrity in published papers, and the scientific basis of commercial advertisers’ claims. A mounting concern is authors’ conflict of interest. Mass newsmedia must ensure accuracy and proportionality in reporting scientific developments, and product manufacturers must observe truth in advertising, particularly in Direct-to-Consumer advertising. Consumer protection by government agencies is a continuing responsibility. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Background: Oral presentations at national and international meetings offer an excellent forum for the dissemination of current research findings. However, publication rates of full-text articles after presentation of abstracts at international meetings have ranged from 11% to 78%, which suggests that at least 32% of the abstracts presented are never published as complete articles in peer-reviewed journals. In an effort to identify the reasons that surgeons had not had a paper published following presentation of their work at an international orthopaedic meeting, we conducted a survey of a cross section of authors of orthopaedic papers presented at a national meeting.Methods: We retrieved all abstracts from the 1996 scientific program of the sixty-third Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. A computerized Medline and PubMed search established whether the abstract had been subsequently published as a full-text article. The authors of the abstracts that had not been subsequently published were surveyed to identify the reasons for the failure to publish.Results: A total of 465 abstracts were presented at the sixty-third Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons in 1996. We surveyed the authors of 306 abstracts for which we were unable to locate a subsequent full-text publication on Medline. One hundred and ninety-nine investigators (65%) responded to the questionnaire. At the time of the survey, seventy-two manuscripts had been published, thirty-two had been submitted and rejected, fourteen were under consideration by journals, seven had been accepted for publication or were in press, and three were not recalled by the investigator. In addition, seventy-one abstracts (35.7%) of the 199 had not been submitted for publication. The authors of those abstracts were asked to indicate one or more reasons why they had not submitted a manuscript for publication. Thirty-three investigators (46.5%) indicated that they lacked sufficient time for research activities, twenty-two (31.0%) reported that the study presented at the meeting in 1996 was still in progress, fourteen (19.7%) believed that the responsibility for writing the manuscript belonged to someone else, and twelve (16.9%) reported that difficulties with co-authors who would not participate had impeded the completion of the manuscript. Nine investigators (12.7%) responded that the pursuit of publication was a low priority.Conclusions: In a survey of investigators who had not had a full-text article published after presenting the abstract at a national meeting, we found that the failure to publish was due to one of three main reasons: (1) they did not have enough time to prepare a manuscript for publication (the reason most frequently given); (2) almost one-third of the studies that had not been submitted for publication were ongoing; and (3) relationships with co-authors sometimes presented a barrier to final publication. Thorough preparation before the study and the establishment of stricter guidelines to limit the presentation of preliminary data at national and international meetings may improve publication rates. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Highlights the transactions and papers of the Swedish Ophthalmological Society 2000. Annual Meeting in Luleå; Swedish Medicine Fair symposium in Göteborg; Abstracts of several research papers related to ophthalmology.

The International Psycho-oncology Society (IPOS) has just celebrated its 30th anniversary. The growth of psychosocial oncology has been exponential, and this relatively new field is becoming a core service that focuses on prevention, reducing the burden of cancer, and enhancing the quality of life from time of diagnosis, through treatment, survivorship, and palliative care. Looking back over the past 30 years, we see that cancer care globally has evolved to a new and higher standard. Today, 'cancer care for the whole patient' is being accomplished with an evidence-based model that addresses psychosocial needs and integrates psycho-oncology into the treatment and care of patients. The President's Plenary Session in Lisbon, Portugal, highlighted the IPOS Mission of promoting global excellence in psychosocial care of people affected by cancer through our research, public policy, advocacy, and education. The internationally endorsed IPOS Standard of Quality Cancer Care, for example, clearly states the necessity of integrating the psychosocial domain into routine care, and that distress should be measured as the sixth vital sign after temperature, blood pressure, pulse, respiratory rate, and pain. The plenary paper also discussed the global progress being made in Europe, North America, and Australia in providing quality cancer care for the whole patient. Collaborative partnerships between IPOS and organizations such as the European Partnership Action Against Cancer and the World Health Organization are essential in building capacity for the delivery of high-quality psycho-oncology services in the future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This report provides abstracts of papers to be presented at the 8th European Public Health Conference in Milan, Italy, from October 14 to 17, 2015, covering topics such as chronic diseases, mental health and health promotion.

Approximately, twenty years ago, the Rare Cancer Network (RCN) was formed in Lausanne, Switzerland, to support the study of rare malignancies. The RCN has grown over the years and now includes 130 investigators from twenty-four nations on six continents. The network held its first international symposium in Nice, France, on March 21-22, 2014. The proceedings of that meeting are presented in two companion papers. This manuscript reviews the history of the growth of the RCN and contains the abstracts of fourteen oral presentations made at the meeting of prior RCN studies. From 1993 to 2014, 74 RCN studies have been initiated, of which 54 were completed, 10 are in progress or under analysis, and 9 were stopped due to poor accrual. Forty-four peer reviewed publications have been written on behalf of the RCN. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Balkan Cities Association of Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation and Artificial Organs (BANTAO) was born in Ohrid on October 9, 1993. The war in former Yugoslavia negatively affected the development of nephrology and also the connections among the nephrologists from the Balkans. However, there was willingness for further mutual collaboration between the nephrologists from the Balkans. The war in Yugoslavia created hate among people, between the newly established countries, and there were problems with the recognition of the names of the new countries, and so, the nephrologists decided to apply the ancient principle of using the names of the cities, instead of the countries, as the founders of the Association. The main goal of BANTAO is to promote scientific and technical cooperation in the fields of renal disease and artificial organs between the regions on the Balkan Peninsula and the world, to give an opportunity for exchange of experience and knowledge among the experts in the area and to engage in collaborative projects in order to demonstrate that cooperation is possible even on the turbulent Balkan Peninsula. The I BANTAO congress was held in Varna from September 22 to 24th, 1995 (President -- D. Nenov, Varna). The II congress of BANTAO was held from September 6th to 10th, 1997 in Struga, (President -- M. Polenakovic, Skopje). The III BANTAO congress was held in Belgrade from September 18th to 20th, 1998 (President -- Lj. Djukanovic, Belgrade). The IV congress of BANTAO was held in Izmir from 14th to 16th November 1999 (President -- A. Akcicek, Izmir). The V Congress of BANTAO was held in Thessaloniki from September 30th to October 3rd, 2001 (President -- P. Stathakis, Athens). The VI Congress of BANTAO was held for the second time in Varna from 6th to 9th October 2003 (President -- D. Nenov, Varna). The VII congress of BANTAO was held from Septem- ber 8th to 11th, 2005 in Ohrid, (President - M. Polenakovic, Skopje). The VIII BANTAO congress was held in Belgrade, 16-19 September 2007 (President -- V. Nesic, Belgrade). The IX BANTAO congress was held in Antalya, 18-22 November 2009 (President -- A. Basci, Izmir). The X BANTAO congress was held from 13 to 15 October 2011 in Chalkidiki (President -- D. Tsakiris, Thessaloniki). The XI BANTAO congress is being held on 26-29 September 2013 in Timisoara (President -- A. Schiller, Timisoara). At the VII BANTAO Congress for the first time a CME Course was organized by ERA/EDTA and ISN/COMGAN entitled "Frontiers in Nephrology" with seven distinguished speakers. Very important event in the existence of BANTAO is the appearance of the BANTAO journal in 2003. The BANTAO journal has been published biannually since 2003. In the past 10 years, 20 regular issues; 2 supplements (Antalia and Chalkidiki congresses) have been published. Editors of the journal were as follows: 2003-2005 -- D. Nenov, Editor; 2005-2009 -- A. Basci, Editor; 2009 -- Goce Spasovski, Editor. Until now 332 papers have been published. The BANTAO journal is on EBSCO, DOAJ, SCOPUS. After the First Congress of BANTAO, F. Valderrábano, chairman of the EDTA -- ERA Registry, at that time, wrote in Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation (1996) 11:740: "Nephrologists of the Balkan countries meet across political frontiers and war fronts -- an example to politicians! BANTAO: a new European Medical Association overcomes Political obstacles." Despite the difficulties imposed by major events, such as devastating wars and catastrophic earthquakes in many countries of the Balkan Peninsula BANTAO has made considerable progress. The BANTAO Congress was established as the major scientific and institutional forum for Balkan nephrologists, with its own journal, indicating our will to communicate, to collaborate, to get to know each other and to share our difficulties. Now, we expect further successful work of BANTAO. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract  Following the 2008 European Society of Musculoskeletal Radiology meeting in Galway, the presented papers and posters were reviewed again. This article highlights those papers that are felt to be of wider interest to the readers of the journal. Work reporting on new innovations and imaging and therapeutic techniques is emphasised in the hope that it will be of use to researchers and those in clinical practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Aim: Publication rate of congress abstracts has gained attention in the recent literature. Our aim was to assess publication rate and the reasons behind publication of abstracts presented at North American Spine Society (NASS) 2009-2012 annual scientific meetings. Methods: We evaluated the abstracts presented at the NASS 2009-2012 annual scientific meetings. We searched abstract titles and author names through the PubMed/MEDLINE and Google Scholar. Author specialty, origin of the abstract, journal name, time to publication (years) and content change were looked for. Results: The publication rate of the abstracts presented at NASS 2009-2012 was 48%. The 2011 congress was the most successful one at reaching publication compared to other three years. Oral presentation abstracts were more likely to be published than poster abstracts, except the year 2011. Orthopedic surgery was the leading specialty in the number of presented abstracts (70%), while neurosurgery was the most successful specialty in seeing publication of the presented abstracts (58%). Conclusion: The publication rate of presented abstracts of NASS has increased compared to the previous years. Further research is needed to understand the reasons for some presented abstracts that could not have been published in scientific journals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Information about the 42nd Biennial American Cytogenetics Conference (ACC) held from April 19 to 22, 2012 in San Antonio, Texas is presented. Physician and scientist Janet Davidson Rowley was recognized as the 2012 Recipient ACC Distinguished Cytogeneticist. Among the papers presented were "The Impact of Chromosomal Microarray on Clinical Management," and "Utility of SNP Arrays in Detecting, Quantifying, and Determining Meiotic Origin of Tetrasomy 12p in Blood from Pallister-Killian Patients."

The article discusses the highlights of the 40th Annual Meeting of the European Histamine Research Society held in Sochi, Russia on May 11 to 14, 2011. The event tackled various issues related to histamine, including viruses and asthma, allergic and immune response and histamine receptors. It featured various lectures, presentations and a mountain tour. The papers featured at the conference are also presented.

A tailored review of peer-reviewed abstracts presented at the 2010 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Annual Meeting was performed following oral presentation. This review will highlight 15 formal and informal scientific paper presentations focusing on three main topics: (1) 3D isotropic MR imaging of joints, (2) diffusion tensor imaging of peripheral nerves, and (3) dual-energy CT in the diagnosis of Gout. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the highlights of the European Congress of Radiology in Vienna, Austria from March 3-7, 2011. A total of 20,000 delegates from 96 countries participated while 79 papers on musculoskeletal were selected by the scientific committee. Researchers from the Netherlands presented data on the use of CT arthrography in assessing intrasubstance from a cadaveric knee. A group from Monza, Italy presented the topic of whole-body magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

Information about several papers discussed at the 31st Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research on the Wnt signaling and osteoblasts is presented. Topics include an investigation for better understanding of the cell autonomous role of the Wnt pathway for the regulation of osteoblasts and bone metabolism. Studies on the role of sclerostin, a secreted inhibitor of bone formation was also discussed.

The article offers news about the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM). The EANM Springer Prizes 2008 have been awarded to three papers, including "Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy: the evidence." The 21st annual congress of the EANM was held at the Munich International Congress Center in Germany on October 11-15, 2008. The 4th International Meeting of the Hellenic Society of Nuclear Medicine was held on November 7-9, 2008 in Greece.

Despite a decade of conflict, there has been little exploration of respiratory health in Syria. We explore the burden and trends of respiratory consultations in Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS) facilities in northwest Syria using mixed methods. We performed i) a scoping review of available academic and grey literature on respiratory health in Syria between 2011 and 2020 (17 databases) and ii) a retrospective review of routinely collected data relating to respiratory presentations in SAMS’ facilities between March 2017 and June 2020. We identified 23 papers (19 peer-reviewed); 7 analysed primary data. Key themes included the impact of conflict on asthma diagnosis and management, the burden of respiratory tract infections (RTIs), the impact of chemical weapons and those relating to the destruction of the health system. In our quantitative analysis, data were available for 5,058,864 consultations, of which 1,228,722 (24%) were respiratory presentations. 45% of respiratory presentations were from hospitals, 44% from primary healthcare clinics and 9% from mobile clinics. The median monthly number of respiratory cases was 30,279 (25,792-33,732) out of a median 128,923 total monthly consultations (112,917-140,189). 73% of respiratory consultations were for children. Key findings include: respiratory presentations accounted for up to 38% of consultations each month with seasonal variation. RTIs accounted for 91% of all respiratory presentations. A steep decrease in consultations occurred between the end of 2019 (160,000) and the first quarter of 2020 (90,000), correlating with an escalation of violence in Idlib governorate. This study presents the largest quantitative analysis of respiratory data collected during the Syrian conflict. Our findings support the need for improved measures to aid the prevention, diagnosis and management of respiratory conditions during conflict. Further work exploring such interventions is needed. Key messages: We present the largest study of the burden of respiratory presentations during the Syrian conflict accounting for 1,228,722 (24%) of all consultations; of these 72% were for children. Despite the burden of respiratory disease in the Syrian conflict, optimisation of respiratory health is neglected. Public health measures which address the causes and consequences are needed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Information about papers discussed at the ALARA (As Low As Reasonably Achievable) Conference that was held in Orlando, Florida from February 23-24, 2008 is presented. Titled "The ALARA concept in pediatric imaging: building bridges between radiology and emergency medicine: consensus conference on imaging safety and quality for children in the emergency setting," it was the fourth in the series of conferences conceived and executed by the Safety Committee for the Society for Pediatric Radiology.

The article offers facts on the meetings, transactions and society news related to the International Society of Dermatology (ISD). Information about several papers discussed at the 50th Anniversary of the Guatemalan Dermatologic Association Cilad Symposium is presented. Meanwhile, a meeting hosted by ISD at the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology is also discussed, focusing on the programs that members undertook in their countries or regions to reach underserved populations.

Abstract: Purpose: Our goal was to assess the rate and time-course of peer-reviewed publication of abstracts presented at the European Association of Urology (EAU) Annual Meeting and to identify factors predictive of publication. Methods: All abstracts accepted for presentation at the 2000 and 2001 EAU annual meetings were identified from the related published supplements in European Urology. The subsequent publication rate was estimated for the corresponding studies based on a scan of Medline covering a 5-year period following the meetings. We examined whether the following factors were associated with publication rate: research type, study subject, and country of origin. The analysis was performed using logistic regression of the dichotomous variable of publication versus non-publication and the candidate factors. Results: Overall, 47.3% of 1406 abstracts presented at the EAU meetings were followed by publication in peer-reviewed journals. Pre-clinical research studies were more likely to be published than clinical studies (53.3% vs 45%, p <0.05). Prospective series were more likely to be published than retrospective ones (46.5% vs 32.2%, p <0.05). Studies presented at the meetings were mostly from Europe (74.2%). Mean time to publication was 8.6 months, and in most cases, the reports were published in The Journal of Urology and European Urology. The mean IF of journals where papers were published was 1.95. Conclusions: Almost half of the abstracts presented at the EAU are ultimately published in peer-reviewed journals, usually within 2 years after presentation. The publication rate differs significantly according to country of origin, study subject, and research type. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Information about several papers discussed at a symposium which was held at the British Pharmacological Society in Great Britain in December 2005 is presented. The topics of the studies concentrated on the electronic-learning program, and on accounts of related issues and resources from a medical perspective. Furthermore, the second part of the conference tackled the different ways in which pharmacology education can be delivered effectively.

The article presents collection of hearing loss prevention supplements by the National Hearing Conservation Association, the U.S. Topics include highlighting the need for early identification and intervention for noise-induced hearing loss; and publishing of papers on new tools for measuring and communicating noise information, testing hearing, developing and evaluating new hearing protection.

Information about several papers discussed at a symposium of the International Neuro-ophthalmology Society held from November 28 to December 2, 2006 at Zojoji Temple in Tokyo, Japan is presented. Participants of the event discussed about fundamental neurosciences and clinical neuro-opthalmology so that clinicians could provide services for human health and quality of life. Furthermore, Japanese neuro-opthalmology experts presented case studies from different countries.