Nelson, Kelly C. Brown, Ashley E. Herrmann, Amanda Dorsey, Chloe Simon, Julie M. Wilson, Janice M. Savory, Stephanie A. Haydu, Lauren E.
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Dermatology Practical & Conceptual
Background Accurate medical image interpretation is an essential proficiency for multiple medical specialties, including dermatologists and primary care providers. A dermatoscope, a ×10–×20 magnifying lens paired with a light source, enables enhanced visualization of skin cancer structures beyond standard visual inspection. Skilled interpretation o...
Lapić, Ivana Coen Herak, Désirée Prpić, Snježana Prce, Andrea Raščanec, Vanja Zadro, Renata Rogić, Dunja
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Biochemia Medica
Introduction The aim of the study was the analytical verification of automated latex-enhanced particle immunoturbidimetric (LPIA) D-Dimer assay INNOVANCE D-dimer on Sysmex CS-5100 and Atellica COAG 360 analysers, and HemosIL D-dimer HS500 on ACL TOP 550, as well as the comparison with the enzyme-linked immunofluorescent assay (ELFA) on the miniVida...
Hudecek, Matthias F. C. Blabst, Nicole Morgan, Blaire Lermer, Eva
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Frontiers in Psychology
The Gratitude Questionnaire-Six Item Form (GQ-6; McCullough et al., 2002 ) is a well-established instrument for measuring gratitude. Recently, the Multi-Component Gratitude Measure (MCGM) was developed as a more holistic approach ( Morgan et al., 2017 ). While the GQ-6 mainly focuses on the emotional component of gratitude, the MCGM encompasses con...
Esposito, Maria Rosaria Guillari, Assunta Giancamilli, Francesco Rea, Teresa Piredda, Michela DE Marinis, Maria Grazia Chirico, Andrea
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Anticancer research
In oncological settings, high-quality decision-making takes place when an adaptive pattern of cognitive and behavioural processes occurs, potentially limiting post-decisional regret and leading to an increment of adherence to the final decision. An example of a choice that requires a patient's involvement in the decision-making during cancer treatm...
Ladfors, Linnea V Muraca, Giulia M Butwick, Alexander Edgren, Gustaf Stephansson, Olof
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Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica
Postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) is recognized as a leading cause of obstetric morbidity and mortality. Population-wide studies have used International Classification of Diseases (ICD) diagnostic codes to track and report the prevalence of PPH. Although the 10th revision (ICD-10) was introduced in Sweden in 1997, the accuracy of ICD-10 codes for PPH is ...
Apte, Salil Meyer, Frederic Gremeaux, Vincent Dadashi, Farzin Aminian, Kamiar
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Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology
Power-Force-Velocity profile obtained during a sprint test is crucial for designing personalized training and evaluating injury risks. Estimation of instantaneous velocity is requisite for developing these profiles and the predominant method for this estimation assumes it to have a first order exponential behavior. While this method remains appropr...
Gallego-Izquierdo, Tomas Arroba-Díaz, Enrique García-Ascoz, Gema Val-Cano, María del Alba Pecos-Martin, Daniel Cano-de-la-Cuerda, Roberto
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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
The aim of this study was to assess the psychometric properties of the mobile application forward head posture in terms of validity, inter- and intra-rater reliability, minimum detectable change, sensitivity, and specificity to measure craniovertebral angle. In total, 44 subjects (mean age 23.30 ± 4.44 years) were evaluated in the standing position...
Simon, Anke
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Health informatics journal
In Germany and elsewhere, few hospital electronic patient record usability surveys are available. Moreover, there seems to be a complete lack of validated instruments in the respective literature. Hence, this study's purpose is to validate a scale for measuring the usability of hospital electronic patient record systems. The data used for the study...
Ravidà, Andrea Troiano, Giuseppe Qazi, Musa Saleh, Muhammad H A Saleh, Islam Borgnakke, Wenche S Wang, Hom-Lay
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Journal of clinical periodontology
We retrospectively explored effects of smoking on tooth loss due to periodontitis (TLP) in long-term compliant patients. Chart data were collected from 258 patients undergoing post-non-surgical periodontal treatment (mean 2.24 visits/year) for 10-47.5 (mean 24.2) years. Patients were categorized as: (1) never smokers, (2) former smokers, (3) curren...
Hall-Lord, Marie Louise Skoogh, Annika Ballangrud, Randi Nordin, Anna Bååth, Carina
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Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare
The delivery of effective and safe healthcare to patients is highly dependent on careful collaboration between healthcare professionals. Although teamwork is an important component for patient safety, effective teamwork is not always carried out in hospital wards, leading to negative consequences for the patients. Teamwork measurements can be used ...
