The Effect Of Applying The OSCE (Objective Structured Clinical Examination) Method On The Readiness for Practice In Clinical Practice In The S1 Study Program Of Stikes Kepanjen The... by Zulfikar Muhammad

“…This study has shown that the average value of readiness of respondents who are tested by using the OSCE method is 61.69 with the significance of 0.00, while respondents who were tested with the conventional method have the average value of 56.8 with a significance of 0.148. …”
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Motion – The Available Treatments for Hepatitis C Are Cost Effective: Arguments against the Motion by W Ray Kim

“…Demographic groups that are at high risk of developing severe liver disease include older male patients who consume alcohol. In contrast, antiviral therapy is more effective in young and female patients and those who do not drink alcohol. …”
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Heavy Metal Content and Health Risk Assessment of Some Selected Medicinal Plants from Obuasi, a Mining Town in Ghana by Flora Amerley Amarh, Eric Selorm Agorku, Ray Bright Voegborlo, Gerheart Winfred Ashong, Enoch Nii Klu Nortey, Napoleon Jackson Mensah

“…Some concentrations of Cr, Cd, As, Mn, and Pb analyzed in all 20 medicinal plant samples exceeded WHO permissible limits for medicinal food while concentrations of Ni, As, and Hg for all the samples were below the WHO permissible limit. …”
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Cardiac function and quality of life improvement with fasudil hydrochloride in patients with diabetes post-PCI: a randomized controlled trial by Xuejia Yang, Qian Li, Yaning Liu, Ran Chen, Yanjing Liu, Chenghui Sun, Licha Kong, Qiuli Dong

“…Objective We assessed the efficacy of fasudil hydrochloride, a Rho-kinase inhibitor, as adjunct therapy for enhancing cardiac function, managing blood sugar, and improving quality of life in patients with diabetes who have coronary heart disease (CHD) and who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). …”
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Factors Associated with Women’s Chronic Disease Management: Associations of Healthcare Frustrations, Physician Support, and Self-Care Needs by Matthew Lee Smith, Marcia G. Ory, SangNam Ahn, Toni P. Miles

“…Data were analyzed from 287 females with one or more chronic conditions who completed The National Council on Aging (NCOA) Chronic Care Survey. …”
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Pengalaman Pasien Diabetes Mellitus yang Tinggal Sendiri dalam Melakukan Manajemen Diri by Sovia Susianty, Mahathir, Fitri Mailani, Hema Malini, Chong Mei Chan

“…The number of participants was six, namely solitaire DM who have been diagnosed with DM for more than 1 year, able to communicate well. …”
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Interpersonal Cognitive Distortions, The Level of Anxiety and Hopelessness of University Students by Aysel Esen ÇOBAN, Neslihan Güney KARAMAN

“…The reason of this could be that this study was made on healthy populations that are not diagnostic patients and this study was made on the students who continue to the foundation university…”
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Treatment of Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma after Failure of Sorafenib Treatment: Subsequent or Additional Treatment Interventions Contribute to Prolonged Survival Postprogressi... by Masaaki Kondo, Kazushi Numata, Koji Hara, Akito Nozaki, Hiroyuki Fukuda, Makoto Chuma, Shin Maeda, Katsuaki Tanaka

“…In the present study, we aimed to show the efficacy of multidisciplinary therapy for patients who had failed to respond to sorafenib treatment. …”
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Levofloxacin Use in Patients with Suspected Tuberculosis in a Community Hospital, Thailand: A Pilot Study by Thanawat Khongyot, Sawitree Laopaiboonkun, Throngpon Kawpradid, Kannuwat Jitkamrop, Tawee Chanphakphoom, Suriyon Uitrakul

“…Patients who were suspected TB and received any levofloxacin-containing regimens were included. …”
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Comparison of Progression Rate of Retinal Pigment Epithelium Loss in Patients with Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration Treated with Ranibizumab and Aflibercept by Juliana Wons, Magdalena A. Wirth, Nicole Graf, Matthias D. Becker, Stephan Michels

“…The progression rate of RPE loss was evaluated in patients who showed atrophy one year prior to switch (n=17) or on switch date (n=19). …”
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Effect of intracameral air injection during Ahmed glaucoma valve implantation on hypertensive phase by Sunghyun Kim, Yoonsung Kwon, Jong Yeon Lee

“…Abstract The purpose of this study was to evaluate the difference in the incidence of the hypertensive phase (HP) between Ahmed glaucoma valve (AGV) patients who received intracameral air injection and those who did not. …”
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Comparison of Prevalence of Synovitis by Ultrasound Assessment in Subjects Exposed or Not to Self-Reported Physical Overexertion: The Monday’s Synovitis by C. A. Guillén Astete, A. Boteanu, A. Zea Mendoza

“…Globally, presence of any synovitis ultrasonographic finding was statistically higher in subjects who were studied on Monday than Friday (34.9% versus 12.1%) and in subjects who self-reported an overexertion the day before compared to the rest of subjects (47.7 versus 11.5%). …”
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Does IVF-ET Procedure Increase the Pregnancy Rates in Women Underwent Laparoscopic Endometriosis Surgery? by Gürhan Güney, Aytekin Tokmak, Ali İrfan Güzel, Turgut Var, Esra İşçi, Ali Sertaç Batıoğlu

“… OBJECTIVE: To evaluate pregnancy rates in women who underwent In Vitro Fertilization-Embryo Transfer (IVF-ET) following laparoscopic endometriosis surgery and to assess the success of IVF-ET. …”
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An Enhanced Deep Neural Network for Predicting Workplace Absenteeism by Syed Atif Ali Shah, Irfan Uddin, Furqan Aziz, Shafiq Ahmad, Mahmoud Ahmad Al-Khasawneh, Mohamed Sharaf

“…The main assets of an organization are those employees who are giving it a required number of hours per month, in other words, those employees who are punctual towards their attendance. …”
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Trail without Catheter after Transurethral Resection of Prostate: Clamp It or Not? by Vikash Talreja, Aun Ali, Summaya Saeed, Kiran Rani, Sunil Sadruddin Samnani, Farah Naz Farid, Mumtazuddin Haider

“…Eighty-six study participants who underwent TURP were randomly allocated into two groups of 43 participants each. …”
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Smoking Patterns among Primary School Students in Turkey by Yesim Uncu, Emel Irgil, Mehmet Karadag

“…In addition, the effects of cigarette-smoking parents on students who start smoking should also be considered.…”
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The path forward for sustainability of the pension system in a historical context by J. Mertl, R. Valenčík

“…The long-term sustainability and stability of the pension insurance system can be provided on the basis of a pay-as-you-go system, specifically the NDC variant, which can combine the main type of solidarity (between those who can and want to be gainfully active and those for whom the insured event has occurred) with income solidarity. …”
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Priapism: Comorbid Factors and Treatment Outcomes in a Contemporary Series by Henry P. Gottsch, Richard E. Berger, Claire C. Yang

“…The goal of this study is to describe comorbid characteristics in patients who have priapism, and their treatment outcomes. …”
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Diagnosis and Treatment of Esophageal Candidiasis: Current Updates by Abdimajid Ahmed Mohamed, Xin-liang Lu, Faycal Awaleh Mounmin

“…Another group includes those who used antibiotics frequently and those who have esophageal motility disorder (cardiac achalasia and scleroderma). …”
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Comparative Analysis of Adam’s Repentance According to Islam and Judaism Perspectives by Nazmi Qayyum Hamdan, Muhammad Nasrullah Mohamad Azli

“…This research is a literary study, drawing information from the works of Islamic and Jewish scholars who have interpreted the story. A question was also asked to a contemporary Jewish scholar, Ben Abrahamson, who studies Islam. …”
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