A contentious intervention to support the medical workforce: a case study of the policy of introducing physician associates in the United Kingdom by Martin McKee, Louella K. Vaughan, Giuliano Russo

“…Case presentation In the early 2000s the United Kingdom created a new occupational role, that of physician assistant. …”
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“Our Life Was Divided in Many Facets”:Anna Foa Yona, an Anti-Fascist Jewish Refugee in Wartime United States by Stefano Luconi

“…She had opposed Benito Mussolini’s regime before fleeing the country and, notwithstanding the hardships of making a living in her adoptive society, continued to get engaged in anti-Fascist activities after moving to the United States. The article uses her experience as a case study for the intertwinement between political exile and economic migration, in addition to shedding light on Jewish identity in exile.…”
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Knowledge, attitudes, and use of the Mediterranean diet in practice among dietitians in the United Arab Emirates: a cross-sectional study by Salma Abu-Qiyas, Hadia Radwan, Leila Cheikh Ismail, Mohamad Alameddine, Mariam Muayyad, Farah Naja

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Scientific and technological prerequisites for improvement and industrial development of low-flow compressor units based on long-stroke piston stages by V. L. Yusha

“…A number of scientific problems have been proposed and substantiated, the solution of which will make it possible to create competitive compressor units applicable in refrigeration and cryogenic engineering, thermostatting and life support systems, medicine and pharmaceuticals, petrochemical and oil and gas industries, small-scale energy, transport.…”
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RETRACTED: Modern design solutions in the design of boiler units, ovens and fireboxes burning solid fuel in a fluidified bed by Feoktistov I.I., Kovalev D.S., Shaikh M., Chechetkin D.A.

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The use of protocolised sedation to reduce benzodiazepine use and improve sedation practices in a medical intensive care unit in Singapore by Roshni Sadashiv Gokhale, Ian Wee, Tan Poh Choo, Michelle See, Siau Chuin

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Indirect impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic at two tertiary neonatal units in Zimbabwe and Malawi: an interrupted time series analysis by Michelle Heys, Caroline Crehan, Emma Wilson, Felicity Fitzgerald, Mario Cortina Borja, Msandeni Chiume, Samuel R Neal, Hannah Gannon, Gwen Chimhini, Simbarashe Chimhuya, Tim Hull-Bailey, Tarisai Chiyaka, Deliwe Nkhoma

“…Objectives To examine indirect impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on neonatal care in low-income and middle-income countries.Design Interrupted time series analysis.Setting Two tertiary neonatal units in Harare, Zimbabwe and Lilongwe, Malawi.Participants We included a total of 6800 neonates who were admitted to either neonatal unit from 1 June 2019 to 25 September 2020 (Zimbabwe: 3450; Malawi: 3350). …”
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Impact of a Multimodal Antimicrobial Stewardship Program on Pseudomonas aeruginosa Susceptibility and Antimicrobial Use in the Intensive Care Unit Setting by Douglas Slain, Arif R. Sarwari, Karen O. Petros, Richard L. McKnight, Renee B. Sager, Charles J. Mullett, Alison Wilson, John G. Thomas, Kathryn Moffett, H. Carlton Palmer, Harakh V. Dedhia

“…To study the impact of our multimodal antibiotic stewardship program on Pseudomonas aeruginosa susceptibility and antibiotic use in the intensive care unit (ICU) setting. Methods. Our stewardship program employed the key tenants of published antimicrobial stewardship guidelines. …”
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Interdigital and Plantar Foot Infections: A Retrospective Analysis of Molecularly Diagnosed Specimens in the United States and a Literature Review by Aditya K. Gupta, Tong Wang, Sara A. Lincoln, Wayne L. Bakotic

“…Up to one-quarter of the United States population is affected by tinea pedis (athlete’s foot). …”
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Forming a national community of practice of food system planning initiatives aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals by Konstantinos Zougris, Albie F. Miles, Rose Benjamin, Ella Geismar

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De la compénétration des espaces chez W. Benjamin aux Unités d’habitation de Le Corbusier by Jean-Louis Déotte

“…En quelle manière Benjamin pouvait-il annoncer les Unités d’habitation de Le Corbusier ? Quels sont ses concepts pour comprendre l’articulation : habiter/espace public ? …”
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The Role of Feedback Training on Early Postoperative Recovery and Anxiety Scores in an Ambulatory Surgical Unit: A Secular Trend Study by Dukhan Alexander, Yusupov Teymur, Kabra Naama, Ezri Tiberiu, Boaz Mona

“…We used a ten-item postoperative quality of recovery score (QoR-10) to assess the perioperative quality of care in an in-hospital ambulatory surgical unit.…”
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Deepening the Relationship Between the Need for Epistemic Certainty and People’s Compliance with Social Power: The Moderating Role of Work Unit Tightness by Daniela Di Santo, Alessio Tesi, Antonio Aiello, Antonio Pierro

“…The present paper builds on previous research exploring the relationship between the need for cognitive closure (NCC) and employees’ compliance with harsh social power to propose a moderating role of perceived tightness within a work unit in organizational settings. Specifically, the study aimed to test the cross-level interaction between NCC and the perceived work unit tightness in fostering employee compliance with harsh power. …”
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Clinical, pathological, and genotypic analysis of infectious bronchitis virus in broiler chickens in the Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates by Hassan Zackaria Ali Ishag, Abdelnasir Mohammed Adam Terab, Ebrahim Mohamad Abdalsalam Osman, El Tigani Ahmed El Tigani-Asil, El Tigani Ahmed El Tigani-Asil, Mohammed Saleh Albreiki, Oum Keltoum Bensalah, Asma Abdi Mohamed Shah, Abdelmalik Ibrahim Khalafalla

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Low Prevalence of Gastrointestinal Colonization with Antimicrobial-Resistant Bacteria in High Risk Units in a Canadian Tertiary Care Centre by John M Embil, Amin Kabani, George Zhanel, Lindsay E Nicolle

“…OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria among patients receiving care in high risk units in a Canadian tertiary care centre.…”
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Risk factors for bloodstream infection in COVID-19 patients in intensive care units: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Jun Wang, Ting Jiang

“…Abstract Background Risk factors for bloodstream infection in patients with COVID-19 in the intensive care unit (ICU) remain unclear. The purpose of this systematic review was to study the risk factors for BSI in patients admitted to ICUs for COVID-19. …”
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Comparison of ultraviolet C light and isopropyl alcohol for the disinfection of cellular phones in a paediatric intensive care unit setting by L Thomas, J John, H Lochan

“…The reduction ratio of colony-forming units (CFUs) before and after intervention was analysed using the Mann-Whitney U-test. …”
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Influence and optimization of building opening configurations on the performance of enhanced roof ventilation units (ERU): a numerical and orthogonal study by Lei Tian, Zu-An Liu, You Li, Jiawen Hou, Yuling Xiao, Fan Fei, Yueqiu Xia, Wanxiang Yao, Hiroatsu Fukuda

Subjects: “…Enhanced roof ventilation unit (ERU)…”
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Evaluation of Nutritional Status of Intensive Care Unit COVID-19 Patients Based on the Nutritional Risk Screening 2002 Score by Sedigheh Ahmadi, Donya Firoozi, Mohammad Dehghani, Morteza Zare, Zeinab Mehrabi, Maryam Ghaseminasab-Parizi, Seyed Jalil Masoumi

“…This cross-sectional study involved COVID-19 patients admitted to the intensive care units (ICUs) of Shahid Faghihi Hospital, Shiraz, Iran, between February and March 2021. …”
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Barriers to nurse-led delirium management in intensive care units: an integrative systematic review using COM-B model by Mokhtar Abdu Almoliky, Sameer Alkubati, Khalil Saleh, Salman Alsaqri, Saddam A. Al-Ahdal, Galal Albani, Mujeeb A. Sultan

“…Objective To explore the barriers focusing on intensive care unit (ICU) nurses’ point of views to provide an evidence-based support for effective nurse-led delirium management in ICU settings. …”
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