Assessment of Antibiotic Resistance Among Isolates of <i>Klebsiella</i> spp. and <i>Raoultella</i> spp. in Wildlife and Their Environment from Portugal: A Positive Epidemiologic Ou... by Carolina Sabença, Rani de la Rivière, Paulo Barros, João Alexandre Cabral, Roberto Sargo, Luís Sousa, Maria de Lurdes Enes Dapkevicius, Filipe Silva, Filipa Lopes, Ana Carolina Abrantes, Madalena Vieira-Pinto, Manuela Caniça, Gilberto Igrejas, Carmen Torres, Patrícia Poeta

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Bactericide, Immunomodulating, and Wound Healing Properties of Transgenic Kalanchoe pinnata Synergize with Antimicrobial Peptide Cecropin P1 In Vivo by A. A. Lebedeva, N. S. Zakharchenko, E. V. Trubnikova, O. A. Medvedeva, T. V. Kuznetsova, G. A. Masgutova, M. V. Zylkova, Y. I. Buryanov, A. S. Belous

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Association of Subclinical Hypothyroidism in Type 2 Diabetic Individuals by Noor ul ain, Sheikh Abdul Saeed, Muhammad sajid Abbas jaffri, Shazia Shakoor, Shah jabeen, Sana Kashif

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A comparative analysis of lumboperitoneal shunt outcomes in patients with post-hemorrhagic and post-traumatic hydrocephalus by Tong Sun, Siyang Chen, Junjie Wang, Chao You, Ke Wu

“…Primary outcomes included shunt reoperation rates, with secondary outcomes encompassing modified Rankin Scale (mRS) and National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) scores, Evans index, complications, and length of hospital stay. …”
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Assessing Mean Change in Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness on Optical Coherence Tomography in Glaucoma Patients after Trabeculectomy by Khizir Hayat, Muhammad Younis Tahir, Muhammad Ajmal Chaudhary, Adeel Ahmad Siddiqui, Sadia Haneef

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Recruitment and retention of participants in randomised controlled trials: a review of trials funded and published by the United Kingdom Health Technology Assessment Programme by Stephen J Walters, Daniel Hind, Richard M Jacques, Steven A Julious, Joanne Rothwell, Oscar Bortolami, Laura Flight, Inês Bonacho dos Anjos Henriques-Cadby, Christopher Knox, Ben Nadin, Michael Surtees

“…Many trials fail to reach their planned sample size within the envisaged trial timescale and trial funding envelope.Objectives To review the consent, recruitment and retention rates for single and multicentre randomised control trials funded and published by the UK's National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Programme.Data sources and study selection HTA reports of individually randomised single or multicentre RCTs published from the start of 2004 to the end of April 2016 were reviewed.Data extraction Information was extracted, relating to the trial characteristics, sample size, recruitment and retention by two independent reviewers.Main outcome measures Target sample size and whether it was achieved; recruitment rates (number of participants recruited per centre per month) and retention rates (randomised participants retained and assessed with valid primary outcome data).Results This review identified 151 individually RCTs from 787 NIHR HTA reports. …”
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MicroRNA-29b Suppresses Inflammation and Protects Blood-Brain Barrier Integrity in Ischemic Stroke by Xiaoqing Ma, Ho Jun Yun, Kenneth Elkin, Yunliang Guo, Yuchuan Ding, Guangwen Li

“…Moreover, miR-29b levels in leukocytes showed a negative correlation with National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) scores and C1QTNF6 levels. …”
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Relationship of Serum IL-12 to Inflammation, Hematoma Volume, and Prognosis in Patients With Intracerebral Hemorrhage by Yazhao Zhang, Yanan Tian, Jianhui Wei, Yi Xiang

“…Patients with an increased National Institute of Health stroke scale (NIHSS) score ≥4 were defined as early neurological deterioration, and modified rankin scale (mRS) score >2 at 3 months after intracerebral hemorrhage was defined as poor prognosis. …”
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What impact has the NIHR Academic Clinical Fellowship (ACF) scheme had on clinical academic careers in England over the last 10 years? A retrospective study by James Neilson, David Jones, Sally Clough, James Fenton, Helen Harris-Joseph, Leesa Rayton, Caroline Magee, Lisa Ann Cotterill

“…This study examines the impact of the ACF model, over its first 10 years, in developing clinical academic careers by tracking the progression of ACF trainees.Design Retrospective analysis of National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) ACF career progression. …”
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Exploring Asian maternal experiences and mHealth needs for postpartum mental health care by Siti Sabrina Kamarudin, Idayu Badilla Idris, Norfazilah Ahmad, Shalisah Sharip

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Loss of H2A.Z Is Not Sufficient to Determine Transcriptional Activity of Snf2-Related CBP Activator Protein or p400 Complexes by Tamara A. Bowman, Madeline M. Wong, Linda K. Cox, Joseph J. Baldassare, John C. Chrivia

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Stroke Event Factors among Adult Patients Admitted to Stroke Unit of Jimma University Medical Center: Prospective Observational Study by Ginenus Fekadu, Hunduma Wakassa, Firew Tekle

“…Majority of patients (40.5%) showed severe neurological deficit on admission and the mean National Institute of health stroke scale (NIHSS) was 15.71 ± 7.52. …”
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The Effects Of Simvastatin On Islets Of Langerhans In The Pancreas Of Rats: A Histological And Biochemical Study by Abdullah Qamar, Hammad Gul Khan, Hina Kundi, Ayesha Ali, Sumyyia Bashir, Tooba Khurshid

“…Place and duration of study: It was conducted at Army Medical College Rawalpindi, in collaboration with the National Institute of Health Islamabad and Armed Force Institute of Pathology Rawalpindi. …”
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Health risks evaluation of mycotoxins in plant-based supplements marketed in Malaysia by Rozaini Abdullah, Nur Syazwin Kamarozaman, Siti Soleha Ab Dullah, Mohd Yusmaidie Aziz, Hussein Bakheit Adam Aziza

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How Do Diabetes Models Measure Up? A Review of Diabetes Economic Models and ADA Guidelines by Lindsay Govan, Olivia Wu, Robert Lindsay, Andrew Briggs

“…**Methods:** Relevant electronic databases and National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines were searched in December 2012. …”
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Optimal exercise modalities and doses for therapeutic management of osteoarthritis of the knee by Max Whitfield, Owen W. Tomlinson

“…Different types of exercise can be performed in people with KOA, which exert different magnitudes of impact forces on the knee joint, whereby the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) OA guidelines in fact recommend exercise as the core form of therapeutic OA management. …”
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Role of Chest Radiography in Diagnosing Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Does Every Suspected Case Needs GeneXpert MTB; A Cross-Sectional Study by Mujahid Raza, Saleh Khurshied, Altaf Hussain, Nawal Khurshid, Ali Khurshid

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How does BMI correlate with menarche onset? Evidence from the Italian HBSC cross-sectional study by Domitilla Marconi, Dario Lipari, Andrea Pammolli, Paola Dalmasso, Paola Nardone, Alessio Vieno, Rita Simi, Giacomo Lazzeri

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Systematic content analysis of self-help smokeless tobacco cessation smartphone applications available in India by Nishant Nishant, Arpit Gupta, Richa Shrivastava, Arpita Rai, Diptajit Das, Ashima Goyal

“…Conclusion: Adherence of these apps to the tobacco cessation guidelines by the National Tobacco Control Program (NTCP), India and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), U.K., was limited only to a few checklist parameters.…”
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Mortalidad temprana en pacientes con ictus isquémico by Belkis Magdalena Martinez Martinez, Miguel Ángel Blanco Aspiazu

“…Al comparar los valores de la media entre los pacientes vivos y fallecidos, resultaron ser estadísticamente significativos las variables: Edad, escala National Institute of Health Stroke Scale, leucocitos, glucemia, índice leuco-glucémico, eritrosedimentación y la proteína C reactiva. …”
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