Twelve barriers to COPD diagnosis in France: a comparative qualitative study by Maxime Patout, Laurie Fraticelli, Maéva Zysman, Olivier Le Rouzic, Elisabetta Scanferla, Clémence Martin, Mathieu Delorme, Cécilia Nocent-Ejnaini, Guillaume Roucoux, Lize Kiakouama Maleka, Annaig Ozier, Yassine Benarbia, Lize Kiakouama, Olivier Le Rouzic, Jean-Paul Vasseur, Marie-Agnès Wiss-Laurent, Carla Zonca, Nissrine Erraji, Matthieu Chanard, Fabienne Peretz, Catherine Beseme, Antonio Correira Dos Santos, Héla Saïdi, Lynda Saïl

“…The article respects the consolidated criteria for reporting qualitative research guidelines.Results Three phases in the patients’ clinical pathway to diagnosis and 12 barriers were found: Phase 1 (symptoms before consultation; n=4), lack of COPD knowledge, symptom denial, fear of lung cancer, and delayed general practice consultations; Phase 2 (primary care; n=3), letting bronchitis become chronic, priority to diseases with similar symptoms and/or more serious diseases, lack of COPD screening devices, time and curative treatments; Phase 3 (specialised medicine; n=5), treatment before diagnosis, late referral to pulmonologists, difficulty in accessing specialists and examination results, patient’s reluctance to undergo further examinations, and need for additional tests to confirm a diagnosis.Conclusion People unaware of their COPD condition can encounter up to 12 barriers, which may combine before obtaining a formal diagnosis. …”
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Understanding recruitment to a perioperative randomised controlled trial: protocol for a mixed-methods substudy nested within a feasibility trial of octreotide infusion during live... by Duncan Wagstaff, S Ramani Moonesinghe, Jez Fabes, Michael Spiro, Edgar Brodkin, Ee-Neng Loh, Vivienne Hannon

“…This will involve audiorecording of recruitment consultations and a follow-up semistructured interview to explore patients’ perception of their decision-making regarding recruitment. …”
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Early health technology assessment of tongue swab for non-sputum based pulmonary tuberculosis diagnosis in ThailandResearch in context by Langming Mou, Teerawat Wiwatpanit, Apiwat Piriyapol, Puwadol Chawengkul, Janjira Thaipadungpanit, Puttarin Kulchaitanaroaj, Yot Teerawattananon, Yi Wang

“…Methods: We conducted a landscape review, stakeholder consultation, early health economic modeling, and established a Target Product Profile (TPP). …”
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Counterexamples for your calculus course by Jürgen Appell, Simon Reinwand

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Antimicrobial Use and Resistance in Pigs and Chickens: A Review of the Science, Policy and Control Practices from Farm to Slaughter – Executive Summary by Leigh B Rosengren, Sheryl P Gow, J Scott Weese

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The compactum and finite dimensionality in Banach algebras by Abdullah H. Al-Moajil

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Structuration, fondements et objectifs de la politique linguistique au Pays Basque by Eguzki Urteaga

“…This shows the will of the public authorities to return to a more classic scheme of local governance, with public authorities on the one hand and associative actors on the other, brought together in a Consultative Committee, and their desire to put in place a more ambitious public policy in favour of the revitalisation of the Basque language. …”
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La chevelure de sainte Marie l’Égyptienne d’après Rutebeuf. by Daniela Mariani

“…The analysis is a great challenge also from a methodological point of view: the consultation of an iconographic corpus for the comprehension of a text and the rebuilding of the audience’s horizon of expectations.…”
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Intelligent cloud guidance technology based on natural language learning by Renjie TANG, Tao JIANG, Qiaojie YANG

“…The main problems existing in the current guidance system were analyzed.According to the intelligent guidance system researched in the current academic circles,a self-learning system for the disease which based on a large number of patient condition descriptions using a variety of machine learning algorithms was creatively proposed.The platform used Web crawler technology to obtain setting of the international and domestic medical institution departments and a large number of patient descriptions,which form a pathological knowledge base and a disease self-reported knowledge base.At the same time,the algorithm was innovatively constructed to combine the attention model with TextCNN to improve the accuracy of the consultation.…”
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Clinical-Radiological Correlation of Retained Silicone Sponge Presenting as Orbital Inflammation by Tal J. Rubinstein, John Clemett, Charles D. Birnbach, Steven J. LauKaitis, Bryan S. Sires

“…Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgeons were consulted to evaluate orbital cellulitis with intraorbital gas, at which point it was deemed that the hypoattenuated mass was likely a retained sponge element based on its radiological features. …”
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Catastrophic Antiphospholipid Syndrome Presenting as Bilateral Central Retinal Artery Occlusions by Steven S. Saraf, Yogin P. Patel, Ankit Desai, Uday R. Desai

“…She was also found to be in heart failure and kidney failure. Rheumatology was consulted and she was diagnosed with catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome in association with systemic lupus erythematosus. …”
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How Could Static Telepathology Improve Diagnosis in Neuropathology? by Myriam Remmelinck, M. Beatriz S. Lopes, Nathalie Nagy, Sandrine Rorive, Katja Rombaut, Christine Decaestecker, Robert Kiss, Isabelle Salmon

“…The classical procedure of expert consultation based on surface mailing of histological slides is routinely performed, especially in highly specialized fields of pathology. …”
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Cost of Production for Fresh Grapefruit in East Florida (Indian River), 2014/15 by Ariel Singerman

“…Typical users of these estimates include growers, consultants, property appraisers, and researchers. Written by Ariel Singerman and published by the Food and Resource Economics Department, February 2016. …”
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Cost of Production for Fresh Market Grapefruit Grown in Indian River, 2020/21 by Ariel Singerman

“…Typical users of the estimates presented herein include growers and consultants, who use them as a benchmark; property appraisers, who use them to compute the taxes for property owners; and researchers, who use the estimates to evaluate the economic feasibility of potential new technologies. …”
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Myxoid Epithelial Leiomyoma of the Vulva: A Case Report and Literature Review by Ting Zhao, Xishi Liu, Yuan Lu

“…We report here a case of 30-year-old woman consulting with a vulvar mass of 7 cm in the Bartholin glands area. …”
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ACADEMIC WRITING OFFICE OF SOUTH URAL STATE UNIVERSITY: GOALS, STRUCTURE, FUNCTIONING by M. A. Chernysheva, E. A. Nenakhova, E. V. Donova

“…The implementation of the goals of Academic Writing Office of South Ural State University (SUSU) is assured by the interaction of its administrative, consulting, translating and educational blocks supported by Office official site.…”
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Comprehensive Orthodontic Treatment of Adult Patient with Cleft Lip and Palate by Noemí Leiva Villagra, Miguel Muñoz Domon, Sebastian Véliz Méndez

“…An 18-year-old patient consulted for severe crowded teeth. He comes from a poor family. …”
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Cost of Production for Fresh Grapefruit in East Florida (Indian River), 2014/15 by Ariel Singerman

“…Typical users of these estimates include growers, consultants, property appraisers, and researchers. Written by Ariel Singerman and published by the Food and Resource Economics Department, February 2016. …”
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Mutual authentication scheme based on the TPM cloud computing platform by Zhen-peng LIU, Feng-long WU, Kai-yu SHANG, Wen-lei CHAI, Xiao WANG

“…A mutual authentication scheme based on the TPM cloud computing platform was proposed to solve the problem of mutual authentication between user and cloud computing server.Trusted computing technology and traditional smart card password method were used in cloud computing service platform.The scheme completed the authentication of both sides in cloud computing,generated the session key according consulting,at the same time,verified the credibility of cloud service platform.Experiment analysis shows that our scheme can resist various kinds of possible attacks,so it is therefore more secure than other schemes.And the computing time meet the requirements of cloud computing environment.…”
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Tuberous sclerosis. Case presentation. by Graciela Caridad Cabrera Acea, Ana Dolores López Marquet

“…She referred to present these lesions since she was seven years of age, and three months before attending to consultation she noticed an increase in the number and size of these lesions. …”
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