General practice residents’ perspectives on their professional identity formation: a qualitative study by Mattijs E Numans, Vera Nierkens, Yvonne Steinert, Pieter C Barnhoorn, Anneke WM Kramer, Walther NKA van Mook

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U–Pb Dating and Hf Isotopes Analysis of Detrital Zircons of the Shanxi Formation in the Otuokeqi Area, Northwestern Ordos Basin by Jiaxuan Song, Hujun Gong, Jingli Yao, Huitao Zhao, Xiaohui Zhao, Yunxiang Zhang, Biao Chen

“…In this paper, the detrital zircon LA-MC-ICPMS U-Pb age test was conducted on the drilling core samples of the Shanxi Formation of the Upper Paleozoic in the Otuokeqi area of the Ordos Basin, and the provenance age and the characteristic of the Shanxi formation in the Otuokeqi area in the northwest were discussed. …”
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History of Pain Research and Management in Canada by Harold Merskey

“…Ideas about pain were evolving in Canada in the 1950s with Donald Hebb, Professor of Psychology at McGill University in Montreal, corresponding with the leading American neurophysiologist, George H Bishop. …”
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Healthcare Worker Attitudes to Living Donation Prior to Planned Withdrawal of Care by Smruti Rath, MD, Claire Luo, MD, Laura Washburn, MD, Matthew Brent Price, MD, Matthew Goss, MD, Priyanka Moolchandani, MD, Sandra Parsons, PhD, Abbas Rana, MD, FACS, John Goss, MD, FACS, Nhu Thao Nguyen Galván, MD, MPH, FACS

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Aqueous Extract of Leaves and Flowers of Acmella caulirhiza Reduces the Proliferation of Cancer Cells by Underexpressing Some Genes and Activating Caspase-3 by Huiny Miriane Tienoue Fotso, Mary-Ann Mbong Angie, Françoise Raïssa Ntentie, Inelle Makamwe, Ferdinand Lanvin Edoun Ebouel, Emmerencia Kenjing Ndansack, Enyong Julius Oben

“…Subsequently, the cytotoxic activity was evaluated on the viability of breast (MCF-7), brain (CT2A, SB-28, and GL-261), colon (MC-38), and skin (YUMM 1.7 and B16-F1) cancer lines using the MTT method. …”
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Efectividad de una intervención comunitaria sobre las donaciones voluntarias de sangre by Eleanne Yamilé Abalos Fernández, Gerardo Ortiz Pérez, Naifi Hierrezuelo Rojas, Liennis Bravo Colás, Geanne Yamilé Ortiz Abalos

“…Se utilizaron métodos teóricos: histórico-lógico, analítico-sintético e inductivo-deductivo para la fundamentación de la investigación; empírico: el cuestionario; y estadísticos: el porcentaje como medida de resumen y el test de McNemar donde existieron condiciones para su aplicación. …”
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Transcriptomic Profile Analysis of Brain Tissue in the Absence of Functional TRPM8 Calcium Channel by Erick B. Saldes, Alexandra Erdmier, Jai Velpula, Timothy E. Koeltzow, Michael X. Zhu, Swapna Asuthkar

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Identification of Epinastine as CD96/PVR inhibitor for cancer immunotherapy by Xiangrui Zhang, Lihan Zhang, Beibei Li, Qingchao Wang, Peixin Chen, Ranran Shi, Xiuman Zhou, Xiaoshuang Niu, Wenjie Zhai, Yahong Wu, Wenhui Shen, Xiaowen Zhou, Wenshan Zhao

“…In vitro co-culture experiments further revealed that Epinastine effectively restored the ability of Jurkat cells to secrete IL-2. In the MC38 tumor-bearing model, Epinastine significantly enhanced the infiltration of T cells and NK cells into the tumor site and augmented their secretion of IFN-γ, leading to effective suppression of tumor growth. …”
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Psychometric properties of the Arabic version of the Forgotten Joint Score usage in total hip arthroplasty by Waleed Albishi, Nasser M. AbuDujain, Orfan Arafah, Ibrahim S. Alshaygy, Abdulaziz Almaawi, Zyad A. Aldosari, Mohammed N. Alhuqbani, Omar A. Aldosari, Saad M. Alangari

“…The construct validity of the study was evaluated using the reduced Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (rWOMAC). …”
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Quantitative profiling of the vaginal microbiota improves resolution of the microbiota-immune axis by Eric Armstrong, Rachel Liu, James Pollock, Sanja Huibner, Suji Udayakumar, Erastus Irungu, Pauline Ngurukiri, Peter Muthoga, Wendy Adhiambo, Sergey Yegorov, Joshua Kimani, Tara Beattie, Bryan Coburn, Rupert Kaul

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Klammt open elastic activator and twin blocks in Class II malocclusion treatment. by Eduardo Maikel Curbeira Hernández, Clotilde de la Caridad Mora Pérez

“…Lateral cranium teleradiographies were taken at the beginning and after a year of treatment, and lineal and/or angular measurements of </span><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">Steiner, Ricketts, McNamara and Legan Burstone cephalograms </span><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">were applied. …”
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PHILOSOPHICAL IDEAS IN SPIRITUAL CULTURE OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF NORTH AMERICA by S. V. Rudenko, Y. A. Sobolievskyi

“…Baird Callicott, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Dennis H. McPherson, Lewis Henri Morgan, Thomas M. Norton-Smith, J. …”
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In-Hospital Macro-, Meso-, and Micro-Drivers and Interventions for Antibiotic Use and Resistance: A Rapid Evidence Synthesis of Data from Canada and Other OECD Countries by Rosa Stalteri Mastrangelo, Anisa Hajizadeh, Thomas Piggott, Mark Loeb, Michael Wilson, Luis Enrique Colunga Lozano, Yetiani Roldan, Hussein El-Khechen, Anna Miroshnychenko, Priya Thomas, Holger J. Schünemann, Robby Nieuwlaat

“…We conducted a search in Ovid MEDLINE and McMaster University’s evidence databases for systematic reviews and then for individual Canadian studies. …”
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The Second Canadian Symposium on Hepatitis C Virus: A Call to Action by Jason Grebely, Marc Bilodeau, Jordan J Feld, Julie Bruneau, Benedikt Fischer, Jennifer F Raven, Eve Roberts, Norma Choucha, Rob P Myers, Selena M Sagan, Joyce A Wilson, Frank Bialystok, D Lorne Tyrrell, Michael Houghton, Mel Krajden, on behalf of the National CIHR Research Training Program in Hepatitis C

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IL-1β and IL-6 Are Highly Expressed in RF+IgE+ Systemic Lupus Erythematous Subtype by Yongkang Wu, Bei Cai, Junlong Zhang, Beilei Shen, Zhuochun Huang, Chunyu Tan, Carla C. Baan, Lanlan Wang

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The Measurement of Neutron Contamination in High Energy X-Ray Radiotherapy Using a He-3 Gas Dosimeter by Alireza Vejdani, Mehdi Momennezhad, Sara Mohammadi, Vajiheh Vejdani Noghreiyan, Atefeh Rostami

“…In this study, Monte Carlo (MC) code was utilized to prepare the correct proportion of neutron dose. …”
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Efficacy of an Emergency Cervical Cerclage Using Absorbable Monofilament Sutures by Yuka Sato, Nobuhiro Hidaka, Takahiro Nakano, Saki Kido, Masahiro Hachisuga, Yasuyuki Fujita, Kiyoko Kato

“…We performed a chart review of patients who underwent emergency McDonald cerclage with polydioxanone sutures at our institution between 2007 and 2015. …”
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MOUD 2.0: a clinical algorithm and implementation evaluation protocol for sublingual and injectable buprenorphine treatment of opioid use disorder by Brandon L. Joa, Eric N. Fung, Michael S. Weinstein, Lara C. Weinstein, Lara C. Weinstein

“…We will present descriptive statistics for adherence proportion before and after MOUD 2.0 implementation, testing for differences using McNemar’s test. We will then present pre- and post-implementation unadjusted six-month survival curves for retention.DiscussionLAIB is incorporated as an alternative or adjunctive treatment for patients refractory to sublingual buprenorphine and as an initial treatment for selected patients. …”
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Enhancing anthropometric proficiency: Effect of a structured training program on skills of Anganwadi workers in rural areas of Raebareli District, Uttar Pradesh by Mukesh Shukla, Abhay Singh, Sourabh Paul, Mritunjay Kumar, Ravinder Singh Bedi

“…Statistical Analysis Used: The McNemar Chi-square test was used for paired categorical data analysis. …”
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Design and Fabrication of MoCuO_x Bimetallic Oxide Electrodes for High-Performance Micro-Supercapacitor by Electro-Spark Machining by Ri Chen, Siqi Lv, Yunying Xu, Zicong Lin, Guoying Zhang, Jian Wang, Bocheng Wang, Wenxia Wang, Igor Zhitomirsky, Yong Yang

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