Why Do Nurses Fail to Implement Pain Assessment Instruments for Hospitalized Infants? by Azamolmolouk Elsagh, Abbas Ebadi, Asghar Dalvandi, Beheshteh Tabarsi

“…Results: Four main themes and eleven subthemes were identified: “Overtasked,” “Discordant atmosphere,” “Soulless care,” and “Lack of awareness.” …”
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Relationships of Adrenoceptor Polymorphisms with Obesity by Kazuko Masuo, Gavin W. Lambert

“…Many epidemiological studies have shown strong relationships between adrenoceptor polymorphisms and obesity, but the observations have been discordant. This paper will discuss the current topics involving the influence of the sympathetic nervous system and β2- and β3-adrenoceptor polymorphisms in obesity.…”
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The effects of the ketone body ?-hydroxybutyrate on the neuronal transcriptome by Zayn Cheema, Megan Chen, Dana Poon, Taara Reddy, John Vergis, Sinead O'Donovan

“…We conducted pathway analysis and identified leading edge genes using Gene Set Enrichment Analysis (GSEA) and conducted chemical perturbagen analysis using the iLINCS repository to identify drugs that are concordant and discordant with BHB administration. We identified significantly altered (p<0.05) pathways associated with inflammation and immunity such as “regulation of proinflammatory cytokine production” and “modulation of inflammatory responses.” …”
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A systematic analysis of the contribution of genetics to multimorbidity and comparisons with primary care dataResearch in context by Olivia Murrin, Ninon Mounier, Bethany Voller, Linus Tata, Carlos Gallego-Moll, Albert Roso-Llorach, Lucía A. Carrasco-Ribelles, Chris Fox, Louise M. Allan, Ruby M. Woodward, Xiaoran Liang, Jose M. Valderas, Sara M. Khalid, Frank Dudbridge, Sally E. Lamb, Mary Mancini, Leon Farmer, Kate Boddy, Jack Bowden, David Melzer, Timothy M. Frayling, Jane A.H. Masoli, Luke C. Pilling, Concepción Violán, João Delgado

“…The identified patterns of shared genetics, negative correlations and discordance between genetic and observational data provide a foundation for future multimorbidity research. …”
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Phylogenetic relationships and divergence times of Odonata inferred from mitochondrial genome by Weidong Huang, Tianyou Zhao, Mingyuan Fan, Yuange Duan, Li Tian, Hu Li, Wanzhi Cai, Fan Song

“…Furthermore, we employed fossil calibration strategies from various studies to calibrate our analyses, enabling the investigation of mito-nuclear discordance patterns in divergence time inferences. …”
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Associations of FTO and MC4R Variants with Obesity Traits in Indians and the Role of Rural/Urban Environment as a Possible Effect Modifier by A. E. Taylor, M. N. Sandeep, C. S. Janipalli, C. Giambartolomei, D. M. Evans, M. V. Kranthi Kumar, D. G. Vinay, P. Smitha, V. Gupta, M. Aruna, S. Kinra, R. M. Sullivan, L. Bowen, N. J. Timpson, G. Davey Smith, F. Dudbridge, D. Prabhakaran, Y. Ben-Shlomo, K. S. Reddy, S. Ebrahim, G. R. Chandak

“…We investigated associations of FTO and MC4R variants with obesity traits in 3390 sibling pairs from four Indian cities, most of whom were discordant for current dwelling (rural or urban). The FTO variant rs9939609 predicted increased weight (0.09 Z-scores, 95% CI: 0.03, 0.15) and BMI (0.08 Z-scores, 95% CI: 0.02, 0.14). …”
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Critical Aspects of Clinical Trial Design for Novel Cell and Gene Therapies by Zinovia Kefalopoulou, Iciar Aviles-Olmos, Thomas Foltynie

“…Detailed evaluation of these discordant findings has highlighted several crucial issues such as patient selection criteria, details surrounding transplantation or gene therapy methodologies, as well as the study designs themselves that ought to be carefully considered in the planning phases of future clinical trials. …”
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RETRACTED: On the Nature of Some Euler’s Double Equations Equivalent to Fermat’s Last Theorem by Andrea Ossicini

“…Wiles, I tried to translate the link between Euler’s double equations (concordant/discordant forms) and Fermat’s Last Theorem into a possible reformulation of the Fermat Theorem. …”
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Enhanced Cooperation - the New Trend of the EU Development by L. O. Babynina

“…This mechanism can also be used in order to exclude the discordant states from integration process instead of traditional search of compromises. …”
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Deep cryptic diversity in the Craugastor podiciferus Species Group (Anura: Craugastoridae) of Isthmian Central America revealed by mitochondrial and nuclear data by Erick Arias, Andrew J. Crawford, Andreas Hertz, Gabriela Parra Olea

“…Species delimitation was discordant between the mitochondrial and nuclear datasets and among analytical methods. …”
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Validity of patient-derived xenograft mouse models for lung cancer based on exome sequencing data by Jaewon Kim, Hwanseok Rhee, Jhingook Kim, Sanghyuk Lee

“…Genomic and histological conclusions for validity of PDX models agreed in most cases, but we observed eight (~7%) discordant cases. We further examined the changes in mutations and copy number alterations in PDX model production and passage processes, which highlighted the clonal evolution in PDX mouse models. …”
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A Turner Syndrome Patient Carrying a Mosaic Distal X Chromosome Marker by Roberto L. P. Mazzaschi, Juliet Taylor, Stephen P. Robertson, Donald R. Love, Alice M. George

“…This case report has a phenotype that is largely discordant with previously published cases as it lies at the severe end of the Turner variant phenotype scale. …”
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The Application of Parallel Robotics to Investigate the Effect of Lumbar Bracing on Trunk Muscle Activity by Gregory N. Kawchuk, Narasimha G. Prasad, Jonathan Glass, Carolyn Knight, Serena Third, Daniel Timmermans

“…While lumbar bracing reduces the sEMG activity on average, these data suggest the existence of an infrequent paradoxical response that may provide a possible explanation for the discordant results observed in previous bracing investigations.…”
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Choroidal Thickness in Eyes with Unilateral Ocular Ischemic Syndrome by Dong Yoon Kim, Soo Geun Joe, Joo Yong Lee, June-Gone Kim, Sung Jae Yang

“…Decreased choroidal circulation caused by carotid artery stenosis might affect the discordance of choroidal thickness and choroidal volume.…”
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Spot Versus 24-Hour Urine Osmolality Measurement in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease: A Diagnostic Test Study by Ayub Akbari, Sriram Sriperumbuduri, Shreepryia Mangalgi, Vijay Joshi, Manish Sood, Amos Buh, Mohan Biyani, Christopher McCudden, Gregory L. Hundemer, Pierre Antoine Brown

“…Analytical Approach: Discordance assessed at target urine osmolality of 250 and 270 mmol/kg. …”
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Optimising Xpert-Ultra and culture testing to reliably measure tuberculosis prevalence in the community: findings from surveys in Zambia and South Africa by Richard Hayes, Sarah Fidler, Sian Floyd, María Rupérez, Helen Ayles, Redwaan Vermaak, Kwame Shanaube, Albertus Schaap, Eveline Klinkenberg, Petra de Haas, Barry Kosloff, Thomas Gachie, Pete J Dodd, Chali Wapamesa, Michael J Burnett, Nico Kalisvaart, Tila Mainga, Linda Mureithi

“…Challenges with using culture (the reference standard) for TB diagnosis in prevalence surveys have led to increasing use of molecular tests (Xpert assays), but discordance between these two tests has created problems for deciding which individuals have TB. …”
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Multivariate Analysis, Mass Balance Techniques, and Statistical Tests as Tools in Igneous Petrology: Application to the Sierra de las Cruces Volcanic Range (Mexican Volcanic Belt) by Fernando Velasco-Tapia

“…Statistical tests of discordancy and significance were applied to evaluate the influence of the subducting Cocos plate, which seems to be rather negligible for the SC magmas in relation to several major and trace elements. …”
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The Evaluation of Diagnostic Tests for Sexually Transmitted Infections by Max A Chernesky

“…The following components of the evaluation should be standardized and carefully followed: specimen identification; collection; transportation; processing; quality control; reading; proficiency testing; confirmatory testing; discordant analysis -- sensitivity, specificity and predictive value calculations; and record keeping. …”
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Modeling autoregulation of cardiac excitation-Ca-contraction and arrhythmogenic activities in response to mechanical load changes by Asuka Hatano, Leighton T. Izu, Ye Chen-Izu, Daisuke Sato

“…The model also makes non-trivial predictions on the autoregulation of contraction with moderate MCT-Ca2+ gain under a range of physiological load changes, but arrhythmogenic discordant alternans with excessive MCT-Ca2+ gain under pathological overload.…”
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Identification and Evolution of the Noncoordination Coupling Relationship between Tourism Poverty Alleviation and Ecological Environments in Poor Mountainous Areas by Qu Qin, Zeli Hu, Anle Liu, Yan Huang, Fengtai Zhang

“…In this way, it shows different stage characteristics from the tourism poverty alleviation level. (2) The discordant coupling between tourism poverty alleviation and ecological environments in Liupanshui city shows a decreasing curve. …”
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