Severe Symptomatic Primary CMV Infection in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients with Low Population Seroprevalence by Catherine Rowan, Ciaran Judge, Mary D. Cannon, Garret Cullen, Hugh E. Mulcahy, Elizabeth Ryan, Cillian F. De Gascun, Glen A. Doherty

“…A retrospective review of a prospectively maintained database of 3200 IBD patients attending a single academic centre was performed. Patients with primary CMV infection 2010–13 were identified; clinical, serologic, and virologic parameters were studied in detail. …”
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Clinical Holistic Medicine: Treatment of Physical Health Problems Without a Known Cause, Exemplified by Hypertension and Tinnitus by Søren Ventegodt, Mohammed Morad, Isack Kandel, Joav Merrick

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Overcoming the Socio-Economic Challenges to Good Governance: Streamlining Cooperative Governance Model by Bhekabantu Alson Ntshangase, Kaizer Raseane Makole, Steven Kayambazinthu Msosa

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Determining the alignment of assessment items with curriculum goals through document analysis by addressing identified item flaws by Humaira Fayyaz Khan, Shazia Qayyum, Huma Beenish, Rehan Ahmed Khan, Samina Iltaf, Lubna Rani Faysal

“…Pre-hoc reports from mid-stake assessments across five academic years were analyzed, covering both preclinical and clinical years. …”
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Construction and practice of anorectal specialty nursing alliance platform (肛肠专科护理联盟平台的建设与实践) by SUI Tingting (隋婷婷), WEI Guojun (魏国君), GUO Yufan (郭雨凡), WEI Ying (魏莹), LIU Jiawei (刘佳伟), WANG Yanzhi (王艳芝)

“…The aim of this paper is to promote the sharing of specialized nursing standards and nursing norms within the nursing alliance, jointly improve the quality management of anorectal specialized nursing, improve the clinical research and academic level of specialized nursing, further improve the training of specialized nursing talents, jointly win the social benefits of specialized nursing, establish regional anorectal specialized nursing alliance, and promote the vigorous development of anorectal specialized medical association. …”
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The Rise of Transradial Artery Access for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes in Australia by Ryan James Ocsan, Ata Doost, Paul Marley, Ahmad Farshid

“…Secondary outcomes included Bleeding Academic Research Consortium (BARC) bleeding events scored 2 or higher, haematoma formation, and stent thrombosis, in addition to all individual components of MACE. …”
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Professional self-actualisation of pharmacists in the United Arab Emirates: a pilot study by A. Abd Al Magied, K. Beyene, E. Arafa, A. Elnour, N. Kheir

“…A PSA questionnaire was developed using validated instruments and expert input, and included items on professional fulfilment (PF), societal acceptance (SA), work environment (WE), autonomy and professional opportunities (APO), involvement in professional advocacy (IPA), and the impact of work on personal relationships (IWPR).Results Sixty-eight responses were received from pharmacists working in the community, hospital, industry and academic sectors. No significant differences in self-actualisation were observed between genders. …”
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Implementation of the School as a Learning Organisation Approach in Vocational Education: The Case of Latvia by Gunta Siliņa-Jasjukeviča, Ilze Briška, Inese Lūsēna-Ezera, Agnese Lastovska, Inga Linde

“…Within the framework of the study, it was researched whether and how SLO can be applied in vocational education as the use of SLO facilitates a high level of professional competence of the management and academic staff, enhances common strategic vision, responsibility and autonomy, diverse collaboration, effective resource management, and the dissemination of knowledge and good practice, which are also important in vocational education.Methods. …”
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Development of Analytical Method for Cable-stayed Bridges Considering Local Damages Caused by Failure of Supporting Cables by Ahmed Ramadan Ahmed, Qais Abdulrahman Ali Qais, Nikolay A. Yermoshin

“…One of the main targets of this study is to develop an analytical method that increases our understanding of the behavior of long-span cable-supported bridges in the case of the failure of one or several cables,through this method, a formula can be deduced to calculate dynamic amplification factor (DAF) more accurately, which could be useful for academic research. In this study, a parallel-load bearing system is considered as a conceptual model of long-span cable-supported bridges. …”
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SOCIOLOGIJA IR REFLEKTYVUMAS by Algimantas Valantiejus

“…As the self-sufficient social facts or the reality sui generis is treated with distrust, the emphasis is laid upon contextual, pragmatic aspects of academic activity. Unlike the conventional sociology which was not concerned of how the forms of sociological explanation were systemically incorporated and implemented in ordinary scientific practices, the sociological concept ofreflexivity of last decades was formulated as the integral part of sociological inquiry, aimed at the methodological complexity and actual practice of social sciences. …”
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Using a Two-Steps Clustering and PCA Analysis for Stratified Chronic Non-Cancer Pain Care: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study by Peiró AM, Barrachina J, Escorial M, Aguado I, Margarit C, Grimby-Ekman A

“…The aim of this study was to characterize chronic non-cancer pain (CNCP) patients’ states, through an unsupervised cluster analysis, to implement clinical recommendations in pain care.Patients and Methods: Real-world ambulatory CNCP cohort of patients (n = 418) completed a multidimensional patient-reported registry, as part of a routine initial evaluation, in a multidisciplinary academic pain unit. A clustering analysis was performed according to: 1) pain intensity and relief; 2) quality of life; 3) number of adverse events; and 4) emergency department visits. …”
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Intention to Extend Working Life among Thai Registered Nurses in Ministry of Public Health: A National Survey by Pooncharat Sirisub, Nawarat Suwannapong, Mathuros Tipayamongkholgul, Nopporn Howteerakul, Thinakorn Noree

“…In the Service Department, the factors significantly associated with intention to extend working life were perceived good or very good health status, no shift work, monthly income more than 50,000 THB (1,595 USD), and having moderate or good working resources (p<0.01). In the four Academic Departments, perceived good or very good health status, monthly income more than 50,000 THB, family members not against the working life extension, and moderate or good working resources were the factors affecting intention to extend working life (p<0.01). …”
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Behavioral and Neural Changes Induced by a Blended Essential Oil on Human Selective Attention by Jieqiong Liu, Shi Cai, Danni Chen, Ke Wu, Yang Liu, Ruqian Zhang, Mei Chen, Xianchun Li

“…Selective attention refers to the selecting and preferential processing of specific information while simultaneously suppressing irrelevant distractors, activities linked to various cognitive skills and academic achievements. The influence of essential oils on the cognition of humans has been extensively explored. …”
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Exploring the causal paths and longitudinal impact of telework on health: the TeleHealth survey–data linkage study protocol by Barbara Cagnie, Bas de Geus, Robby De Pauw, Eduardo Antonio Bracho Montes de Oca, Laura Int Panis, Mathieu Verbrugghe, Els De Waegeneer

“…The study will be disseminated in academic journals, on (social) media and on the project website.…”
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Stress, Anxiety and Depression in First-year Medical Undergraduates and Coping Strategies Employed during COVID-19-induced Online Learning: A Cross-sectional Study from North India by Rashmi Malhotra, Manisha Naithani, Anita Verma, Yogesh Bahurupi, Kanchan Bisht, Brijendra Singh, Tanmay Joshi

“…These findings emphasise the need for mental health interventions and support programmes for medical college MBBS students to help them cope with the psychological impact of academic and personal stressors.…”
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Learning “How to Learn”: Super Declarative Motor Learning Is Impaired in Parkinson’s Disease by Lucio Marinelli, Carlo Trompetto, Stefania Canneva, Laura Mori, Flavio Nobili, Francesco Fattapposta, Antonio Currà, Giovanni Abbruzzese, Maria Felice Ghilardi

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Improving the publication activity of Ukrainian scientists: problems, solutions, the use of mathematical and statistical methods by S. O. Serbenyuk

“…This issue is no less important, since individual support for publication activity is a powerful “lever of encouragement” for researchers and academic staff, which directly affects the results of a particular institution in the chain of international and national rankings. …”
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Preterm nutrition and brain development by Chiara Nava, Gianluca Lista, Enrica Lupo

“…For the preterm, as well as for the full-term infant, human milk (HM) appears to be associated with better grey and white matter development at brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), which then corresponds to better neurological outcomes in childhood (higher IQ and academic scores). In particular, HM components such as long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFA) and Human Milk Oligosaccharides (HMOs) appear to play a key role in mediating this influence. …”
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Opioid Prescription Patterns for Discharged Patients from the Emergency Department by Justin Yanuck, Jonathan B. Lee, Soheil Saadat, Jila Rouhi, Ghadi Ghanem, Bharath Chakravarthy, Shalini Shah

“…Our study elucidates the prescribing patterns of an academic level 1 trauma center and should pave the way for future studies looking to maximize effectiveness at ways to curb ED opioid prescription.…”
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The integrated teaching practice of medical cloud dictionary development and project-based learning by Jiayi Zhang, Jiexuan Chen, Hongbin Guo, Wei Liu, Mingzhe Li

“…Conclusion Integrating a Medical Cloud Dictionary with PBL can stimulate students’ academic engagement, improve their mastery of medical knowledge and practical skills, and foster a stronger desire for independent learning. …”
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