Effect of behavior modification combined with health belief model education on adherence to skin moisturizing care in patients with psoriasis vulgaris by Luping Tian, Yuhua Weng, Aiqing Xu, Yuefang Chen, Juping Tang

“…This included biweekly educational sessions, personalized behavioral assessments, and self-monitoring tools like self-supervision cards, which were not provided to the control group. …”
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The impact of the COVID-19 virus and pandemic on healthcare utilization, access, delivery, experiences, and outcomes in the spinal cord injuries/dysfunction population: A scoping r... by Arrani Senthinathan, Stephanie Cimino, Susan B Jaglal, B Catharine Craven, Karen Tu, Sara Guilcher

“…Furthermore, due to secondary health conditions and comorbidities persons with SCI/D are at increased risk of experiencing severe symptoms or outcomes if infected with the COVID-19 virus. …”
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Crime and birth rate in Ukraine: modelling and statistical analysis by O. F. Shevchuk

“…In particular, according to the estimates made on the basis of the model, it was found that with an overall reduction in the level of criminality of the country by 10 thousand crimes in two years, the birth rate is expected to increase by 12.73 persons per 100 thousand population, provided that other indicators of the model remain unchanged. …”
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Ecological security driving mechanisms and optimization of zoning in Chinese urban agglomerations: A case study of the central plains urban agglomeration by Jinyuan Zhang, Xuning Qiao, Yongju Yang, Liang Liu, Yalong Li, Shengnan Zhao

“…The CPUA is divided into “three zones, two belts, and one area,” with personalized ecological security model recommendations based on the primary functional zoning. …”
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Disturbed: Doing deep transformative work – Reflections on social justice work in South African higher education by Bernadette Johnson

“…In some ways it takes this work forward by thinking more deeply about going deeper into inter-personal transformative practice beyond the blunt instrument of employment equity. …”
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Instrumentos para medir la habilidad de comunicación en estudiantes de ciencias médicas: revisión sistemática by Mohamed-Azís Pérez-Caldevilla, Isidoro Alejandro Solernou Mesa, Isis Anastasia Rojas Herrera, Igor Camilo González Reyna

“…Introducción: La potenciación de habilidades comunicativas es de gran relevancia para los profesionales de salud, quienes al exhibir estas, son percibidos como personal más capacitado; por ello es importante contar con instrumentos validados para medir habilidades de comunicación en los estudiantes de ciencias médicas. …”
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Deciphering the role of IL17RA in psoriasis and chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis: shared pathways and distinct manifestations by Ayat Kadhi, Ayat Kadhi, Ayat Kadhi, Edward Eid, Michel J. Massaad, Inaam El-Rassy, Dana Maria Khoury, Yutaka Shimomura, Nelly Rubeiz, Mazen Kurban, Mazen Kurban, Mazen Kurban, Georges Nemer, Georges Nemer

“…This discovery not only advances our understanding of their pathophysiology but also lays the groundwork for personalized therapeutic strategies, heralding a new era of precision medicine for patients with intertwined psoriasis and CMC.…”
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Foot orientation and trajectory variability in locomotion: Effects of real-world terrain. by Emma Gibson, Greg Douglas, Katelyn Jeffries, Julianne Delaurier, Taylor Chestnut, Jesse M Charlton

“…While important in expanding our understanding of locomotor biomechanics, these more variable environments present challenges to identify changes in data due to person-level factors among the varying environment-level factors. …”
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Navigating vaccination in pregnancy: Qualitative study in 21 ethnically diverse pregnant women. by Mohammad S Razai, Michael Ussher, Lucy Goldsmith, Sally Hargreaves, Pippa Oakeshott

“…The analysis revealed several themes: concerns about vaccine safety, particularly regarding newer vaccines due to lack of long-term data; reliance on healthcare professionals for guidance, balanced with personal research; and a strong desire for clear and comprehensive information specifically tailored to pregnant women. …”
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Phase II randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial to assess the efficacy and safety of MLC1501 in patients with stroke: the MLC1501 study Assessing Efficacy in post-STrOk... by Narayanaswamy Venketasubramanian, Deidre Anne De Silva, Christopher P L H Chen, Cyrus G Escabillas, John Harold Hiyadan, Johnny K Lokin, Romulo U Esagunde, Joel M Advincula, Christian Oliver C Co, Maria Epifania V Collantes, Annabelle Y Lao, Yeow-Hoay Koh, Carol Huilian Tham

“…Efficacy outcomes evaluated in person at baseline, 12 weeks and 24 weeks include the FMA (total, upper extremity and lower extremity motor scores), modified Rankin Scale (mRS), Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System–Global Health (PROMIS-10) and NIHSS. …”
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Caracterización de pacientes diagnosticados de carcinoma epidermoide de canal anal. Cienfuegos, 2017-2019 by Yeidy Santos Toledo, Jorge Luis Estepa Pérez, José Antonio Feliú Rosa, Tahiluma Santana Pedraza, Daniel Alejandro Díaz Conde

“…<br /><strong>Resultados:</strong> predominaron pacientes en edades entre 50 y 70 años, femeninas; la rectorragia y el dolor anal fueron los síntomas fundamentales, acompañados o no de cambios en el hábito intestinal, pujo y tenesmo; el virus del papiloma humano fue el antecedente patológico personal más observado; la colostomía fue la técnica quirúrgica más empleada.…”
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Learning interventions and training methods in health emergencies: A scoping review. by Heini Utunen, Giselle Balaciano, Elham Arabi, Anna Tokar, Aphaluck Bhatiasevi, Jane Noyes

“…In this paper, 'learning intervention' refers to the provision of ad-hoc, focused, or personalized training sessions with the goal of preparing the health workers for emergencies or filling specific knowledge or skill gaps. …”
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Calidad higiénico-sanitaria de dos sistemas de ordeño en fincas bovinas ubicadas en el sector Vuelta Larga, municipio Maturín, estado Monagas (Venezuela) by B. Guevara, M. C. Rivas, R. Silva-Acuña

“…El ensayo tuvo una duración de seis semanas, se calculó la eficiencia higiénica (%EH) de las instalaciones, el personal, la rutina de ordeño, la limpieza-desinfección y el almacenamiento-transporte de dos unidades de producción. …”
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Effects of a social participation-focused virtual reality intervention for community-dwelling stroke survivors with physical disabilities: a randomised controlled trial protocol by Janita Pak Chun Chau, Suzanne Hoi Shan Lo, Vivian Wing Yan Lee, Kai Chow Choi, Alexander Yuk Lun Lau, David R Thompson, Eddie Chi Fai Kwok

“…Data will be collected in person at baseline, immediately after, and 3 months postintervention.Ethics and dissemination Ethical approval has been obtained from the Joint Chinese University of Hong Kong-New Territories East Cluster Research Ethics Committee (Ref. …”
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Funciones ejecutivas en población infantil: propuesta de una clarificación conceptual e integradora basada en resultado de análisis factoriales. by Javier Tirapu-Ustárroz, Patricia Cordero-Andrés, Esperanza Bausela-Herreras

“…Las funciones ejecutivas se definen como un conjunto de procesos implicados en la resolución de situaciones novedosas y que nos permiten actuar de un manera flexible en entornos cambiantes basándonos en la a anticipación y la predicción para reducir la incertidumbre del entorno en aras a nuestra adaptación biológica, personal y social. No es fácil su conceptualización ni la identificación de los factores que las configuran en población infantil. …”
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Effects of a nurse-led peer support intervention for stroke survivors: protocol for a randomised controlled trial by Ying Wu, Janita Pak Chun Chau, Xiaojuan Wan, Limei Xu, Weijuan Gong

“…This study aims to develop a nurse-led peer support intervention for stroke survivors based on the Person–Environment–Occupation–Performance Model and evaluate its effects on the psychosocial outcomes of stroke survivors.Methods and analysis This is an assessor-blinded two-arm randomised controlled trial. …”
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The Danish Drowning Cohort: Utstein-style data from fatal and non-fatal drowning incidents in Denmark by Niklas Breindahl, Kasper Bitzer, Oliver B. Sørensen, Alexander Wildenschild, Signe A. Wolthers, Tim Lindskou, Jacob Steinmetz, Stig N. F. Blomberg, Helle C. Christensen, the Danish Drowning Validation Group

“…The 30-day mortality is obtained through the Civil Personal Register to differentiate between fatal and non-fatal drowning incidents. …”
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The Willingness of Doctors to Adopt Artificial Intelligence–Driven Clinical Decision Support Systems at Different Hospitals in China: Fuzzy Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis of... by Zhongguang Yu, Ning Hu, Qiuyi Zhao, Xiang Hu, Cunbo Jia, Chunyu Zhang, Bing Liu, Yanping Li

“…ConclusionsFrom the perspective of the 6 pathways for doctors at tertiary hospitals and the 3 pathways for doctors at primary/secondary hospitals, performance expectancy and personal innovativeness were 2 indispensable and core conditions in the pathways to achieving favorable willingness to adopt AI-CDSSs.…”
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Incidence of chronic wounds in Singapore, a multiethnic Asian country, between 2000 and 2017: a retrospective cohort study using a nationwide claims database by Nicholas Graves, Kelvin Bryan Tan, Orlanda Q Goh, Ganga Ganesan, Yi Zhen Ng, Keith Harding

“…In 2017, the crude incidence rate (CIR) was 15 per 100 000 persons (95% CI 14 to 16) for venous wounds, 56 (95% CI 53 to 58) for arterial, 168 (95% CI 164 to 173) for diabetic and 183 (95% CI 179 to 188) for pressure wounds. …”
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Aaron Temkin Beck (born July 18, 1921-) Biography by K. Fatih Yavuz, M. Hakan T&uuml;rk&ccedil;apar

“…Since 1959 he has directed funded research investigations of the psychopathology of depression, suicide, anxiety disorders, panic disorders, alcoholism, drug abuse, personality disorders, and schizophrenia and of cognitive therapy of these disorders. …”
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