The Case for Brutalist Honesty in Medical Education by Markle DT

“…Compared to the past, students now have access to a wealth of outside data to evaluate their curricular progress and career prospects against, and yet institutions are lagging behind in openly disclosing information related to metrics of student success (course passing rates, number of repeat students per class, Step 1 pass rate, etc.) that would engender trust and afford students greater agency in their academic decisions.Approach: In developing a new academic counseling office, the author deployed a method of using brutalist honesty as a means of student support, both in terms of answering all curriculum questions truthfully no matter the topic and with individualized data analytics to provide objective evidence as to student performance progress. …”
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The “guild” concept in riparian ecology: Use, limitations and prospects for improving the reproducibility and transferability of results by Philippe Janssen

“…To improve the comparability of studies between riparian systems, but also to obtain a more mechanistic and reproducible understanding of the effects of environmental change on riparian plant community, it would be beneficial i) to focus on a more limited number of traits, shared between studies; ii) to preserve as much as possible the information contained in quantitative traits; iii) not to mix traits reflecting the morphological response of species with traits linked to their ecological requirements; iv) to always test the relationship between each individual trait and the environmental variables studied.…”
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Alcanos en cultivares comerciales de festuca alta [Lolium arundinacea (Schreb.) Darbysh.] como indicador de su consumo por bovinos by M.L. BAKKER, M.D.C. FERRAGINE, M. BIGLIARDI

“…Se analizó el contenido individual de los n-alcanos impares desde C23 hasta C35 en 12 cultivares (cvs) comerciales de festuca alta [Lolium arundinacea (Schreb.) …”
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Prevalence and diversity of Aphanomyces astaci in cambarid crayfish of Pennsylvania: where native and introduced hosts meet by Adam Petrusek, Michaela Mojžišová, Adéla Mikešová, Radka Piálková, David A. Lieb

“…We used A. astaci-specific quantitative PCR to screen 533 individuals representing 8 crayfish species (2 Cambarus and 6 Faxonius) from 49 sites. …”
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Medical Rehabilitation Impact Towards Dynamic Balance in Lateral Ankle Sprain Patients by Moses Rizky Haryanto, Jonathan Salim, Nana Novia Jayadi, Mirna Phandu

“…The resulting morbidity forces individuals to limit or change their physical activities. …”
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Evidencias de validez e invarianza factorial de la Nueva Escala de Satisfacción Sexual – Breve en universitarios by Wendie Cuadros-León, Gutember Peralta-Eugenio

“…Los hallazgos sugieren que el modelo bidimensional (individual e interpersonal/actividad) de la NSSS-S presenta adecuados bondes de ajuste en las puntuaciones (X2 /gl = 4.12; CFI = .94; SRMR = .042), con pesos factoriales superiores a .69; el análisis factorial confirmatorio multigrupo mostró que la estructura factorial de dos dimensiones es posible para ambos sexos, y que la fiabilidad es buena para ambas dimensiones (ω = .89 y .92). …”
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Analysis of Foveal and Parafoveal Microvascular Density and Retinal Vessel Caliber Alteration in Inactive Graves’ Ophthalmopathy by Cetin Akpolat, Muhammed M. Kurt, Merve Yılmaz, Fikriye Ordulu, Ferhat Evliyaoglu

“…Patients with inactive Graves’ ophthalmopathy (study group) and healthy individuals (control group) were enrolled in the cross sectionally designed study. …”
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Cognitive prehabilitation for geriatric patients undergoing elective surgery: a PRISMA-P-compliant protocol for a systematic review by Yu He, Nianyi Sun, Wenchen Zou, Anren Zhang, Xiaochai Han, Caitao Chen

“…Neurocognitive disorders are the most common complications experienced in the postoperative period by older individuals. Improving perioperative brain health in older adults has become key actions for the multidisciplinary perioperative care teams. …”
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LINC00941 affects the proliferation, apoptosis and differentiation of osteoblasts by regulating the miR-335-5p/KAT7 axis by Longjin Liu, Ye Yang, Pengxiao Sun

“…Although the majority of individuals with fractures experience complete recovery of bone structure and function, approximately 10% of those with fractures exhibit delayed fracture healing (DFH). …”
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How effective and cost-effective are behaviour change interventions in improving the prescription and use of antibiotics in low-income and middle-income countries? A protocol for a... by Mishal Khan, Virginia Wiseman, Neha Batura, Carla Cuevas

“…A meta-analysis or narrative synthesis will be conducted as appropriate, along with an appraisal of quality of studies using the Grading of Recommendation, Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) checklist.Ethics and dissemination No individual patient data are used, so ethical approval is not required. …”
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Modelling HIV/AIDS epidemiological complexity: A scoping review of Agent-Based Models and their application. by Rodrigo Volmir Anderle, Robson Bruniera de Oliveira, Felipe Alves Rubio, James Macinko, Ines Dourado, Davide Rasella

“…Most studies model Transmission Dynamics (37/154), about Men who have sex with Men (MSM) (41/154), or individuals living in the US or South Africa (84/154). …”
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Identified VCAM1 as prognostic gene in gastric cancer by co-expression network analysis by Wenjuan Li, Hong Gao, Jianjun Liu

“…In total, analysis was conducted on 56,753 genes from 247 individuals with gastric cancer. Particularly, 621 genes from the green module exhibited strong associations with the Lauren type of gastric cancer. …”
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Identification of a Robust Five-Gene Risk Model in Prostate Cancer: A Robust Likelihood-Based Survival Analysis by Yutao Wang, Jiaxing Lin, Kexin Yan, Jianfeng Wang

“…This signature might provide a basis for individualized treatment of prostate cancer.…”
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Simulating a travel-related origin of Candida auris in New York–New Jersey by Rita R. Verma, Edward Kiegle, Alexander C. Keyel, Sudha Chaturvedi, Vishnu Chaturvedi

“…Serious C. auris infections affect hospitalized patients and residents of long-term care facilities, although the pathogen can also be present on a healthy individual’s skin. Many studies have shown international introductions of C. auris to the United States. …”
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Padlet: a tool for fostering collaborative learning and feedback literacy in dental education by Avita Rath

“…Thematic analysis was conducted on student interactions and reflections collected from Padlet posts and individual student reflections.ResultsThe study yielded promising outcomes. …”
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Design and Profit Allocation in Two-Echelon Heterogeneous Cooperative Logistics Network Optimization by Yong Wang, Yingying Yuan, Kevin Assogba, Ke Gong, Haizhong Wang, Maozeng Xu, Yinhai Wang

“…In modern supply chain, logistics companies usually operate individually and optimization researches often concentrate on solving problems related to separate networks. …”
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Epidemiology of Avian Tuberculosis in Selected Districts of Oromia Region, Ethiopia by Tesfaye Debelu, Fufa Abunna, Gezahegne Mamo Kassa, Gobena Ameni

“…It mostly occurs in older birds and immunocompromised individuals due to the greater opportunity for infection with age and host immunity. …”
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A handheld milk conductivity sensing device (Mylee) for measuring secretory activation progress in lactating women: a device validation study by Sharon Haramati, Anastasia Firsow, Daniela Abigail Navarro, Ravid Shechter

“…A small handheld milk sensing device (Mylee) capable of determining on-site individual secretory activation progress from sensing the conductivity of a tiny milk specimen was developed. …”
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Influence of breed and environment on leukocyte telomere length in cattle by N. S. Yudin, A. V. Igoshin, G. A. Romashov, A. A. Martynov, D. M. Larkin

“…As a result, telomere length can be considered as a predictor of health risks and an individual’s lifespan. The leukocyte telomere length may be used as a proxy phenotype of productive lifespan to improve cattle selection. …”
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A comprehensive analysis of trends in the burden of gout in China and globally from 1990 to 2021 by Shiwei Xie, Heng Xiao, Lei Xu, Gengwu Li, Fan Zhang, Mingwei Luo

“…Effective public health policies and interventions are crucial to mitigate the escalating burden of gout and improve the quality of life for affected individuals. This study relied on secondary data from the GBD, which may be subject to biases in data collection and reporting. …”
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