Caselli, Graziella Battaglini, Marco Capacci, Giorgia
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The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences
Although the increase in the number of centenarians is well documented today in countries with advanced demographic data, the same is not true for those aged 105 years and over. The first aim of this paper was to analyze the demographic characteristics of the 4,626 validated semisuper and 102 supercentenarians for the cohorts born between 1896 and ...
Ficial, Benjamim Corsini, Iuri Fiocchi, Stefano Schena, Federico Capolupo, Irma Cerbo, Rosa Maria Condò, Manuela Doni, Daniela La Placa, Simona Porzio, Salvatore
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Italian Journal of Pediatrics
BackgroundThe optimal management of PDA in very low birth weight (VLBW) infants is still controversial. Aim of our study was to investigate the management of PDA in the Italian neonatal intensive care units (NICU).MethodsWe conducted an on-line survey study from June to September 2017. A 50-items questionnaire was developed by the Italian Neonatal ...
Gunderson, Stephanie Jungheim, Emily S. Kallen, Caleb B. Omurtag, Kenan
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Fertility Research and Practice
BackgroundSince 1992 ART clinics have been required to report outcome data. Our objective was to assess practitioners’ opinions of the impact of public reporting of assisted reproductive technology (ART) outcomes on treatment strategies, medical decision-making, and fellow training.MethodsSurvey study performed in an academic medical center. Member...
Fassmer, Alexander Maximilian Pulst, Alexandra Spreckelsen, Ove Hoffmann, Falk
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BMC Family Practice
BackgroundVisits in emergency departments and hospital admissions are common among nursing home (NH) residents and they are associated with significant complications. Many of these transfers are considered inappropriate. This study aimed to compare the perceptions of general practitioners (GPs) and NH staff on hospital transfers among residents and...
Guesdon, Benjamin Couture, Alexia Pantchova, Danka Bilukha, Oleg
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BMC Nutrition
BackgroundSome of the recently piloted innovative approaches for the management of acute malnutrition in children use the “expanded MUAC-only” approach, with Mid Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC)
Hassan, Fatma Mohamed Khalifa, Fatma Nada El Desouky, Eman D. Salem, Marwa Rashad Ali, Mona Mohamed
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Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences
Background and objectivesCyber violence against women and girls is an emerging worldwide problem with a grave impact on individuals and societies. This study aimed to assess the problem of cyber violence against women among the Egyptian population.MethodsA convenience sampling method was used to recruit a total of 356 females. A self-completion que...
Dahri, Noura Abida, Habib
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Arabian Journal of Geosciences
Flash floods are among the most severe natural hazards that cause disastrous environmental and human impacts. The city of Gabes (Southern Tunisia) is prone to harmful flooding, because of its location on a low plane and its extremely erratic rainfall distribution. Flood risk associated with this is expected to increase further in the coming years d...
Nokelainen, Henriikka Lämsä, Elina Ahonen, Riitta Timonen, Johanna
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BMC Health Services Research
BackgroundGeneric substitution (GS) was introduced in Finland in 2003 and supplemented with a reference price system (RPS) in 2009. Patients play a vital role in the acceptance of GS and the use of less expensive generic medicines. The objective of this study was to explore Finnish pharmacy customers’ experience with allowing and refusing GS. Speci...
Sauer, Harald Lobenhofer, Marie Abdul-Khaliq, Hashim
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Italian Journal of Pediatrics
BackgroundAs more and more diagnostic and interventional options are becoming available for use in pediatric patients, techniques of procedural sedation analgesia (PSA) are being administered in considerably growing numbers as well.AimsThe objective of this research effort was to conduct the first countrywide survey on the status quo of sedation an...
Arslan, Ruben C Walther, Matthias P Tata, Cyril S
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Behavior research methods
Open-source software improves the reproducibility of scientific research. Because existing open-source tools often do not offer dedicated support for longitudinal data collection on phones and computers, we built formr, a study framework that enables researchers to conduct both simple surveys and more intricate studies. With automated email and tex...
