‘Des mémoires sur la vie de cet illustre philosophe’: George Leman Tuthill’s Unwritten Biography of Diderot by Caroline Warman

“…Tuthill later trained as a doctor and became renowned as a physician to various asylums; he therefore boasts an entry in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, but nothing appears there about his earlier ambitions with respect to Diderot, and Diderot scholarship has known nothing about his existence. …”
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Cardiac rehabilitation nursing of a patient with chronic heart failure (1例慢性心力衰竭患者的心脏康复护理体会) by JIA Haizhen (贾海珍), TAN Juan (谭娟)

“…This article summarized the nursing experience of a heart failure patient during cardiac rehabilitation process Key issues of nursing included the nursing evaluation and data evaluation in the early stage of cardiac rehabilitation; According to the relevant evaluation, the doctor formulated the exercise intervention plan; Nursing staff analyzed the nursing problems, formulated the nursing goal, and determined the nursing measures, including five prescriptions of cardiac rehabilitation, nursing techniques of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and evaluation of curative effect of cardiac rehabilitation. …”
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Classification of Melanoma and Nevus in Digital Images for Diagnosis of Skin Cancer by Muhammad Qasim Khan, Ayyaz Hussain, Saeed Ur Rehman, Umair Khan, Muazzam Maqsood, Kashif Mehmood, Muazzam A. Khan

“…The cost and time required for the doctors to diagnose all patients for melanoma are very high. …”
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Prediction of success in assisted reproductive technology with the help of morphology of the testis by N. G. Kulchenko

“…The question of the chances of spermatogenesis recovery and increased probability of sperm extraction in repeated assisted reproductive technology (ART) programs is important for both the doctor and the patient.Purpose. To evaluate the morphological changes of spermatogenic epithelium in patients with male infertility in terms of prognosis of ART success.Patients and methods. 264 men with infertility were examined. …”
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Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Health Workers in a Tertiary Hospital in Ile-Ife, Nigeria, towards Ebola Viral Disease by Samuel Anu Olowookere, Emmanuel Akintunde Abioye-Kuteyi, Olusegun Kayode Adepoju, Oluwaseun Taiwo Esan, Temitope Michael Adeolu, Tolulope Kola Adeoye, Adesola Adebayo Adepoju, Adedayo Titilayo Aderogba

“…Most participants were medical doctors (24.6%) and nurses (52.2%). The majority had practised <10 years (73.8%) and were aware of the EVD outbreak in the West African subregion (85.5%). …”
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Risk Factors for Macro- and Microvascular Complications among Older Adults with Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes: Findings from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing by Marsha L. Tracey, Sheena M. McHugh, Anthony P. Fitzgerald, Claire M. Buckley, Ronan J. Canavan, Patricia M. Kearney

“…Data from the first wave of The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) (2009–2011) was used in cross-sectional analysis. The presence of doctor diagnosis of diabetes, risk factors, and macro- and microvascular complications were determined by self-report. …”
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Patient-Specific Coronary Artery 3D Printing Based on Intravascular Optical Coherence Tomography and Coronary Angiography by Chenxi Huang, Yisha Lan, Sirui Chen, Qing Liu, Xin Luo, Gaowei Xu, Wen Zhou, Fan Lin, Yonghong Peng, Eddie Y. K. Ng, Yongqiang Cheng, Nianyin Zeng, Guokai Zhang, Wenliang Che

“…It can be adapted for prevascularization planning to support doctors in determining the surgical procedures.…”
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A cycle-based model to predict no usable blastocyst formation following cycles of in vitro fertilization in patients with normal ovarian reserve by Xue Wang, Chen-yue Dong, Cui-lian Zhang, Shao-di Zhang

“…Conclusions The cycle-based nomogram can anticipate the probability of no available blastocyst formation in IVF/ICSI treatment. This can help doctors make appropriate clinical judgments and assist patients in managing their expectations effectively.…”
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Novel Application of Statistical Methods to Identify New Urinary Incontinence Risk Factors by Theophilus O. Ogunyemi, Mohammad-Reza Siadat, Suzan Arslanturk, Kim A. Killinger, Ananias C. Diokno

“…The GEE and PHREG combination identified 15 significant risk factors associated with developing UI out of which six of them, namely, urinary frequency, urgency, any urine loss, urine loss after emptying, subject’s anticipation, and doctor’s proactivity, are found most highly significant by both methods. …”
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Evaluation Of Anxiety In Patients Undergoing Complete Denture Treatment At Two Tertiary Care Hospitals In Rawalpindi And Islamabad by Muhammad Amir Ghafoor Chaudhary, Misbah Khalid, Romeysah Adnan, Saba Uzair, Raza Ullah Khan, Muhammad Farooq Kamran

“…Patients overwhelmingly appreciated having the entire procedure described beforehand (99.2%) and considered language understanding by the doctor as crucial for good treatment (97.8%). Conclusion: There is a greater need for the patient's expectations to be understood and their doubts, concerns and fears to be narrowed by effective communication. …”
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Massive Sequencing of V3-V4 Hypervariable Region in Pyogenic Liver Abscesses Reveals the Presence of Unusual Bacteria Not Detected by Classical Culture Methods by Verónica Fernández-Sánchez, Estibeyesbo Said Plascencia-Nieto, Mónica Alethia Cureño-Díaz, Emilio Mariano Durán-Manuel, Aida Verónica Rodríguez-Tovar, Claudia Camelia Calzada-Mendoza, Clemente Cruz-Cruz, Miguel Ángel Loyola-Cruz, María Elizbeth Álvarez-Sánchez, Juan Carlos Bravata-Alcántara, Enzo Vásquez-Jiménez, Víctor Hugo Gutiérrez-Muñoz, Dulce Milagros Razo Blanco-Hernández, Liliana Nicolás-Sayago, Araceli Rojas-Bernabé, Omar García-Hernández, Erika Gómez-Zamora, Mireya Ruíz-Valdés, Graciela Castro-Escarpulli, Juan Manuel Bello-López

“…Pyogenic liver abscesses (PLAs) are serious infections in which doctors often fail in identifying the causative agent due to microbiological limitations. …”
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Validity of Palmar Pallor for Diagnosis of Anemia among Children Aged 6–59 Months in North India by Arun Kumar Aggarwal, Jaya Prasad Tripathy, Deepak Sharma, Ajith Prabhu

“…Health worker diagnosed palmar pallor with sensitivity of 30.8–42.8% and specificity of 70–89%. Similar figures for doctor were 40–47% and 60–66%, respectively. Kappa agreement between a health worker and a physician was 0.48 (95% CI = 0.298–0.666) and then increased to 0.51 when categories of severe pallor and mild pallor were merged. …”
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Community Engaged Lifestyle Modification Research: Engaging Diabetic and Prediabetic African American Women in Community-Based Interventions by Starla Hairston Blanks, Henrie Treadwell, Anya Bazzell, Whitney Graves, Olivia Osaji, Juanita Dean, James T. McLawhorn, Jareese Lee Stroud

“…Additionally, AAW visited a primary care doctor more frequently and indicated greater interest in addressing their health concerns. …”
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Leaders' Degree of Strategic Improvisation Practice from Education Employees' Perspective by Rahmeh Abbaas B. Alhameedyeen, Ola Mahmoud K. Alhamaidah

“…These differences were attributed to the academic qualification variable, in favor of employees with doctoral and master's degrees, and the years of experience variable, in favor of those with long and medium experience. …”
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Randomized Crossover Study Showing Nurse-Led Same Day Review Replacing Next Day Review in Uneventful Phacoemulsification to Be Safe and Efficacious by Jennifer W. H. Shum, Janice J. J. Cheung, Monica M. N. Lee, Oscar G. W. Wong, Kenneth K. W. Li

“…Surgeons and reviewing doctors were blinded to patient allocation. For the patients’ second eye surgery, group allocation will cross over. …”
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Derechos del residente: reflexiones sobre factores que los afectan by Manuel Fernández Urquiza, Anay de la Caridad Núñez Herrera, Anabel Geroy Fernández

“…En este trabajo se declaran las deficiencias presentes para desarrollar un proceso docente de calidad, fundamentalmente en el nivel primario de atención que cuenta con menor número de profesores con categoría docente superior y con menor número de especialistas de segundo grado y doctores en ciencia, lo que repercute negativamente en la conducción y asesoramiento del proceso docente de posgrado. …”
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A Simplified Technique for All-Inside Tibial Socket Retrograde Drill Guiding Using a 2- to 3.5-mm Concentric Cannula Without the All-Inside Tibial Guide Ring by Yizhong Peng, M.D., Ph.D., Wenbo Yang, M.D., Ph.D., Wei Yu, M.D., Ph.D., Chunqing Meng, M.D., Ph.D., Hong Wang, M.D., Ph.D., Wei Huang, M.D., Ph.D.

“…The establishment of tibial sockets remains a crucial step in ACL reconstruction, which has always been difficult in ACL reconstruction research. For doctors who are not very experienced, this technique of positioning and making sockets requires a special guide ring, and the tunnel entrance is prone to be anterior. …”
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A Semi-supervised Deep Learning Method for Cervical Cell Classification by Siqi Zhao, Yongjun He, Jian Qin, Zixuan Wang

“…However, this technique entirely relies on manual operation and doctors’ naked eye observation, resulting in a heavy workload and low accuracy rate. …”
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Evaluating the Effectiveness of Primary Care Health Checks at Assessing Cardiovascular Risks among Ethnic Minorities in the UK: A Systematic Review by Aleesha Karia, Reza Zamani, Tanimola Martins, Abdal Zafar, Ava Zamani

“…Results: The screening was either by invitation or opportunistic at other appointments with their doctor. Engagement with the service was highest among the South Asian patients (21%–68%), but lowest amongst Chinese patients (12%–61%). …”
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BARRIER OF REFERRAL–BACK IN SECONDARY HEALTH FACILITIES: PROVIDER AND PATIENT PERSPECTIVES by Putu Cindy Elisya Intan Larasati, Luh Putu Sinthya Ulandari

“…Background: The referral-back program (RBP) is a program for chronic outpatient patients at hospitals to return to access services at first-level health facilities (Primary Healthcare Centers/ PHC) once their condition has been declared stable by the doctor. However, data indicate that many hospitals and clinics in Denpasar City have not met the RBP target. …”
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