What covariates drive medical students to the brink of suicidal ideation, plan, and attempt? A double-centric cross-sectional study in a resource-constrained rural setting in North... by Sunny Garg, Aakanksha Kharb, Kirti Bansal

“…Methods: This was a cross-sectional study conducted in two medical colleges located in rural Northern India and enrolled 940 medical students for a period of two months from February to March 2022. …”
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Compulsive Buying Disorder among Medicine, Dentistry, and Nursing Undergraduate Students from Chengalpattu District, Tamil Nadu, India: A Cross-sectional Study by A Hari Narayanan, Vedapriya Dande Rajasekar, Raja Danasekaran, BN Surya, P Manoj, S Madhush Kumar, Rehana Syed, R Harishma

“…Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in the Chengalpattu district of Tamil Nadu, India from November 2023 to March 2024 among undergraduate students from six colleges. A total of 380 students from medical, dental, and nursing disciplines participated in the study. …”
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Use of evidence-based health professions education: Attitudes and practices of academic leaders. by Shazia Nawabi, Rida Fatima Waseem, AbdulAziz Binrayes, Ayman Moaz Abulhamael, Zaina Ahmad, Kiran Imtiaz Khan, Syed Rashid Habib, Muhammad Qasim Javed

“…<h4>Methods</h4>A cross-sectional survey was conducted on 79 faculty members in leadership positions, from four different undergraduate colleges at Qassim University. A pre-validated questionnaire was distributed electronically. …”
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On the principles of building a model of a specialist – a graduate of a pedagogical university by K. S. Kаtаеv, S. G. Kаtаеv, I. V. Kаmenskaya

“…The issue is particularly important for a teacher training institution, given the staff shortage in Russian schools and vocational education and training colleges. The educational process plays an important role in a graduate’s choice of future path, and hence, the problem of assessing the quality of this process arises as well.An option of solving this problem is to create a feedback system in the university, which allows evaluating the dynamics of students’ competency formation levels in the monitoring mode.Aim. …”
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Sleep health and its correlates among male and female military recruits in Jordan: a cross-sectional study by Ahmad M. Malkawi, Stef P. J. Kremers, Ree M. Meertens

“…Methods This is a cross-sectional study that included 178 (Mean age = 19 years) military recruits during their basic training at two medical military colleges in Jordan. Sleep quality and sleep hygiene practices were assessed using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and Sleep Hygiene Index (SHI) respectively. …”
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Trends in Specialty Training and National Institutes of Health Funding Among Surgeon-Scientists by Gabriel Velez, MD, PhD, Vinit B. Mahajan, MD, PhD, Ronald J. Weigel, MD, PhD, MBA, Steven R. Lentz, MD, PhD

“…We analyzed publicly available data from the National MD/PhD Program Outcomes Study and the Association of American Medical Colleges Graduate Medical Education Track database to identify trends in the number and proportion of MD/PhD graduates pursuing surgical specialties. …”
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Effects of a 12-Week Exercise Training Program on Physical Function in Institutionalized Frail Elderly by Cristiane Batisti Ferreira, Pâmela dos Santos Teixeira, Geiane Alves dos Santos, Athila Teles Dantas Maya, Paula Americano do Brasil, Vinícius Carolino Souza, Cláudio Córdova, Aparecido Pimentel Ferreira, Ricardo Moreno Lima, Otávio de Toledo Nóbrega

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Developing institution-specific admission competency criteria for prospective health sciences students by Eunhee Kang, Ryan Jin Young Kim, Young-Seok Park, Shin-Young Park, Jihyun Lee

“…Aligned with the American Association of Medical Colleges Premed competencies, this study identified unique attributes specific to the institution, such as confidence, leadership, and entrepreneurship. …”
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Crude Oil Source Identification of Asphalt via ATR-FTIR Approach Combined with Multivariate Statistical Analysis by Ruibo Ren, Wenmiao Fan, Pinhui Zhao, Hao Zhou, Weikun Meng, Ping Ji

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CAREER GUIDANCE EXPERIENCE ABROAD by Sergey N. Tolstoguzov

“…The most typical characteristics of foreign career-oriented schemes are the following: the organisation of continuous training lasting throughout all school; supervision over students’ achievements, propensities and hobbies; portfolio or cumulative files drafting and recording data of all pupil’s results while professional consulting and selection of entrants for vocational training continuation in colleges or high schools. The author points out the general characteristic: the economy requirement for high quality experts on the basis of selection of the pupils who are able to master high-end technologies and have an obvious potential of professional growth and personal development. …”
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The Effect of Gender Inequality in Education on Rural Poverty in Kamuganguzi Sub-County Kabale District. by Niwamanya, Obed

“…It can also be concluded that to ensure community and economic development, gender inequality in education should be addressed through mainstreaming gender in education in teacher colleges and universities, changing negative practices such as early marriage, polygamy, religion, and child labor practices. …”
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Gender Inequality and Education Attainment by Male and Female in Higher Institutions: A Case Study of Kabale University. by Twinomujuni, Promise

“…Policies and measures that aim to tackle the growing nexus between pre-entry barriers faced by women in their transition from primary to higher levels of education; and entry barriers located at the points of entry in different colleges and fields of study are required. The study recommends that at the very least, there is a need now to review policies on educational equality between the sexes by taking note of the fact that it is not now women who are necessarily at a disadvantage, and also by paying attention to the achievement of boys. …”
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On the Periodic Orbits of Four-Particle Time-Dependent FPU Chains by Hongwu Tang, Mingyan Xing, Qihuai Liu, Guirong Jiang

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Evaluation of Extraradicular Diffusion of Hydrogen Peroxide during Intracoronal Bleaching Using Different Bleaching Agents by Mohammad E. Rokaya, Khaled Beshr, Abeer Hashem Mahram, Samah Samir Pedir, Kusai Baroudi

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Characteristics and outcomes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest among students under school supervision in Japan: a descriptive epidemiological study (2008–2021) by Kosuke Kiyohara, Mamoru Ayusawa, Masahiko Nitta, Takeichiro Sudo, Taku Iwami, Ken Nakata, Yuri Kitamura, Tetsuhisa Kitamura

“…We aimed to comprehensively describe the characteristics and outcomes of OHCA among students in elementary schools, junior high schools, high schools, and technical colleges in Japan. Methods: OHCA data from 2008–2021 were obtained from the SPIRITS study, which provides a nationwide database of OHCAs occurring under school supervision across Japan. …”
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Social Beliefs and Foundations for Moral Choice as Predictors of Civic Identity in Adolescence by A.V. Miklyaeva, O.M. Samoilov

“…The study participants are students of schools, colleges and higher educational institutions in Saint Petersburg and the Leningrad region. …”
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Biomechanics of Disc Degeneration by V. Palepu, M. Kodigudla, V. K. Goel

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A model of varicella-zoster reactivation by Jonathan E. Forde, Bailey Meeker

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Determinants of Tuberculosis Infection among Adult HIV Positives Attending Clinical Care in Western Ethiopia: A Case-Control Study by Hatoluf Melkamu, Berhanu Seyoum, Yadeta Dessie

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The relationship between self-efficacy, learning burnout, willingness to fulfill the contract and empathy of rural-oriented tuition-waived medical students of China: a cross-sectio... by Xuewen Zhang, Guanqi Han, Chen Feng, Yuxuan Xu, Leyan Gao, Zhen Tan

“…This provides positive suggestions for medical colleges to improve the empathy of students, which is of great practical significance for continuously improving the service quality of general practitioners and ultimately realizing the development of high-quality rural medical and health undertakings. …”
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