Factors Associated with Serious Injuries among Adolescents in Ghana: Findings from 2012 Global School Health Survey by Martin Ackah, Mohammed Gazali Salifu, Hosea Boakye

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Barriers and facilitators of loaded self-managed exercises and physical activity in people with patellofemoral pain: understanding the feasibility of delivering a multicentred rand... by Michael Skovdal Rathleff, Phillipa Logan, Marcus Bateman, Benjamin E Smith, Fiona Moffatt, Paul Hendrick, James Selfe, Toby O Smith

“…The trial investigated a loaded self-managed exercise intervention, which included education and advice on physical activity versus usual physiotherapy as the control.Design Qualitative study, embedded within a mixed-methods design, using semi-structured interviews.Setting A UK National Health Service physiotherapy clinic in a large teaching hospital.Participants Purposively sampled 20 participants within a feasibility RCT study; 10 patients with a diagnosis of patellofemoral pain, aged between 18 and 40 years, and 10 physiotherapists delivering the interventions.Results In respect to barriers and facilitators, the five overlapping themes that emerged from the data were: (1) locus of control; (2) belief and attitude to pain; (3) treatment expectations and preference; (4) participants’ engagement with the loaded self-managed exercises and (5) physiotherapists’ clinical development. …”
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Traditional Chinese acupuncture versus minimal acupuncture for mild-to-moderate knee osteoarthritis: a protocol for a randomised, controlled pilot trial by Guang-Xia Shi, Cun-Zhi Liu, Ning Sun, Yi Du, Jian-Feng Tu, Yong-Ting Li, Li-Wen Zhang, Yan Cao, Jing-Jie Zhao, Da-Chang Xiong, Hai-Kun Hou

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Intracranial otogenic complications in adults: new factors that influenced its onset, frequency and nature by Małgorzata Wierzbicka, Michalina Staśkiewicz, Oskar Rosiak, Katarzyna Karmelita-Katulska, Witold Szyfter, Wojciech Gawęcki

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Validation of a delirium predictive model in patients admitted to surgical intensive care units: a multicentre prospective observational cohort study by Kaweesak Chittawatanarat, Onuma Chaiwat, Sirirat Mueankwan, Sunthiti Morakul, Pitchaya Dilokpattanamongkol, Chayanan Thanakiattiwibun, Arunotai Siriussawakul

“…Objective To internally and externally validate a delirium predictive model for adult patients admitted to intensive care units (ICUs) following surgery.Design A prospective, observational, multicentre study.Setting Three university-affiliated teaching hospitals in Thailand.Participants Adults aged over 18 years were enrolled if they were admitted to a surgical ICU (SICU) and had the surgery within 7 days before SICU admission.Main outcome measures Postoperative delirium was assessed using the Thai version of the Confusion Assessment Method for the ICU. …”
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Development of the residual knowledge tests on the general course of physics for the students of the National Research University MPEI by Irina V. Mursenkova, Olga I. Lubenchenko, Konstantin M. Lapitsky

“…Background. Teaching a general course of physics in a technical university is aimed at developing a holistic system of knowledge and skills in future engineers. …”
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Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 virus antibodies and sociodemographic features of pregnant women in Mogadishu, Somalia: a cross-sectional survey study by Maryan Abdullahi Sh. Nur, Hassan Abdullahi Dahie, Nima Abdi Hassan, Bashiru Garba, Jamal Hassan Mohamoud, Najib Isse Dirie, Mohamed Hussein Adam

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Integration of simulation-based medical education: Student satisfaction and self-confidence at Faculty of Medicine, Jazan University, Saudi Arabia by Abuobaida Yassin

“…Conclusions: The current study emphasizes significant enhancements in student contentment and teaching methods after the intervention, emphasizing the value of varied learning approaches. …”
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VR-Based Workplace Training and Spaces of Learning: A Social Space Study of VR Training for Apprentice Electricians by Katrin Kraus, Martin Berger, Thomas Keller, Elke Brucker-Kley

“…Other important findings of the study are: Automated access to learning opportunities reduces pressure on the teaching-learning relationship; the haptic dimension of work is important for competence development; the VR environment enables personalized learning with unlimited opportunities for practice; the lack of variety in the operational scenario enables apprentices to focus on practicing and perfecting procedures but does not reflect the complexity of the real world.  …”
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Competencies developed by students while working in nutrition junior enterprises by Gabriela Gomes de Paiva, Daniele Cristina de Almeida, Letícia Clara Coelho, Simone Cardoso Lisboa Pereira, Bruna Vieira de Lima Costa

“…Introduction: Reflections arise on how junior companies have been structuring themselves alongside the teaching dynamics in Brazilian universities and their effective contributions to the professional training and development of skills of their members. …”
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Practice on the construction of ideological and political education in the basic nursing course (基础护理学课程思政建设的实践研究) by HUANG Tingting (黄婷婷)

“…The ideological and political education was carried out by varies of methods such as students’ speech and sharing, teachers’ guidance and inspiration, case teaching, encouraged by advance models. Results After a semester course with ideological and political education, students’ ideological awareness, occupational values, professional quality had been improved. …”
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Evaluation the Efficacy of ELISA IgG, IgM and IgA Tests for Diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori by Hogir Mohammed Shukri Saadi, Ali Yahya Saeed

“…A total of 86 patients with ages ranging from 18-77 years old (43 males and 43 females) who were referred to the Duhok Hepatology & Gastroenterology center/Azadi Teaching Hospital for endoscopic examination from June to October, 2013 were enrolled in the study. …”
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Exploring benefits of speech and language therapy interventions for post-stroke aphasia rehabilitation: A qualitative study by Grace Larweh, Abena Asiedua Owusu Antwi, Ewurama Ampadu Owusu, Thomas Amatey Tagoe

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Russian Higher School: Forced Distance Learning and Planned Switch to Distance Learning During Pandemic (Experience of Sociological Analysis) by I. A. Aleshkovski, A. T. Gasparishvili, O. V. Krukhmaleva, N. P. Narbut, N. E. Savina

“…In this regard, it has been important and significant to comprehensively  study the problems and limitations associated with the functioning of the  higher education system in Russia during the pandemic, as well as to analyze the change in tone and attitude both on the part of the public and the teaching corps, as a response to the transition to the new forms of work at higher education institutions.The article was prepared using the materials of two stages of the  sociological research “The opinion of teachers of Russia’s higher education  institutions on distance learning during the pandemic” conducted in May, June and December 2020. …”
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Clinical Guidelines for Acupotomy Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis by Working Group of Acupotomy Medical Branch of China Association of Chinese Medicine, XIU Zhongbiao, CHEN Changxian, ZHANG Jianxin, LV Yanan, WEI Song, ZHOU Yu, WAN Quanqing, ZENG Weiquan, CHEN Guoqiang, HUANG Huirong, CAI Zhaolian, YAN Guohong, ZHAI Hongye, LIN Huayang, LIU Hong, ZHANG Liangzhi

“…This guideline summarizes the diagnosis and acupotomy treatment process of knee osteoarthritis from the aspects of scope, definition terminology, diagnosis of traditional Chinese and Western medicine, grading and staging, acupotomy treatment, and adverse reactions and management, aiming to provide guidance and reference for diagnosis and treatment in clinical, teaching and scientific research. 1) Diagnosis: the 2 parts, Chinese medicine diagnosis and Western medicine diagnosis, including diagnostic criteria, grading criteria, staging criteria, and Chinese medicine identification and classification. 2) Acupotomy treatment: including indications for treatment, contraindications to treatment, treatment protocol, post-treatment precautions, frequency and duration of treatment, outcome indicators, safety of acupuncture treatment, common adverse reactions and management. …”
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Determinants of Mortality in Patients with Nosocomial Acinetobacter baumannii Bacteremia in Southwest China: A Five-Year Case-Control Study by Shuangshuang Yang, Jide Sun, Xianan Wu, Liping Zhang

“…A five-year case-control study was conducted from January 2011 to December 2015 in a tertiary teaching hospital with 3200 beds, Southwest China. …”
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A novel tool for assessing pediatric emergency care in low- and middle-income countries: a pilot study by Sonia Y. Jarrett, Andrew Redfern, Joyce Li, Camilo E. Gutierrez, Priyanka Patel, Olurotimi Akinola, Michelle L. Niescierenko

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Addressing palliative care and end-of-life issues in patients with advanced cancer: a systematic review of communication interventions for physicians not specialised in palliative... by Corinna Bergelt, Karin Oechsle, Nele Harnischfeger, Hilke M Rath

“…A majority of the interventions addressed one specific PC/EoL issue, most often breaking bad news. Teaching strategies mostly involved role-plays. Target group were mainly oncologists. …”
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Feasibility of implementing a rapid-learning methodology to inform radiotherapy treatments: key professional stakeholders’ views by Corinne Faivre-Finn, Kevin Franks, Fiona McDonald, David P French, Daniel Johnson, Arbaz Kapadi, Gareth Price, Rebecca Holley, Kate Wicks, Kathryn Banfill, Gareth Webster

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Feeding levels during early gestation in a group-housing system for primiparous sows: impact on piglet birthweight and litter uniformity by Natchanon Dumniem, Thomas D. Parsons, Padet Tummaruk

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