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Showing 1 to 20 of 237 for “"Clinical Sciences"”.
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Exploration of the impact of the Brightspace learning management system on physical therapy students’ perception and performance within clinical sciences coursework
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2024-09-16 without embargo terms
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The impact of cryptococcal antigenaemia screening among patients attending King Dinuzulu Hospital
… the Master's degree in Medical Laboratory and Clinical Sciences at the Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2022.
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Explicit Estimates for Cell Counts and Modeling The Missing Data Indicators in Three-Way Contingency Table by Log-Linear Models
… in the process of research in public health, clinical sciences and social sciences. Ignorance of missing values in the analysis can produce biased results and low statistical power. The focus of this study is to expand Baker, Rosenberger and Dersimonian (BRD) model approach to compute the …
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What is the relationship between indicators of stress and academic performance in third year university students: a follow up study
… all third year students enrolled in the B.Sc (Clinical Sciences) Osteopathy degree at Victoria University in 2003, to participate in a follow up study to previous research that investigated first year students and the factors that influence academic performance. State Trait Anxiety Inventory, …
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Development and characterization of sintered porous bioactive glass scaffolds for medical application
… and their potential applications in the clinical sciences of drug delivery systems
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Differently charged polypeptides and their impact on peritoneal and pleural postoperative adhesion formation
… LUND UNIVERSITY Department of Surgery, Clinical Sciences Skånes University Hospital Lund SE-221 85 Lund Sweden Document name DOCTORAL DISSERTATION Date of issue: November 8, 2013 Author(s): Daniel Åkerberg Sponsoring organization Title and subtitle: Differently charged polypeptides and …
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Molecular Genetic Analysis of Tumor Cells and Developmenet of RNA Interferance Therpy in Neurofibromatosis Type1(NF1)
… cell biology. It has created excitement in clinical sciences such as oncology, neurology, endocrinology, infectious diseases and drug discovery. In this study, RNAi for gene silencing of H-Ras has been tried using a episomal plasmid vector, pREP4, and 3 effective RNAi constructs have been …
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Clincal Aspects of Biological Brain Damage Markers
… of brain damage. However, before S100S can reach clinical reality, several problems must be solved. The specificity of S100B requires special investigative attention. Although the sensitivity has seldom been criticised in the literature and assumed to be very high for S100B, this also craves …
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Negative Pressure Wound Therapy - Effects on Sternotomy Wounds and the Intrathoracic Organs
… sternal wound infections due to its excellent clinical outcome. However, the mechanisms of action and effects on hemodynamics have not been thoroughly elucidated. The aims of the work presented in this thesis were, therefore, to examine the effects of NPWT on sternotomy wounds and on the …
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Measure for measure. Outcome assessment of arthritis treatment in clinical practice
Objective: To investigate (i) the performance and agreement between various activity indices and response criteria in TNF-blockade of RA; (ii) the predictive ability of different response criteria and disease activity states regarding continuation of anti-TNF treatment of RA; (iii) …
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Interdisciplinary Comparative Evaluation of Pediatric Oral Airway Assessment Using Mallampati and Brodsky
Purpose: To evaluate agreement in pediatric airway assessments using Brodsky classification and Mallampati scales among pediatric dental residents, dental faculty, and anesthesiologists. Methods: This cross-sectional study included 10 first-year and 12 second-year pediatric dental residents, 15 …
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Mechanistic studies on the role of extracellular vesicles in the tumor microenvironment
The transition from normal into malignant cells with acquired uncontrolled growth is a process where cancer cells viciously develop adaptive strategies to overcome microenvironmental and metabolic stress. Hypoxia, or deficient oxygen supply, is a common feature of the expanding tumor which alters …
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Psychosomatic aspects on diabetes and chronic pain Alexithymia, depression and salivary cortisol The Affect School and Script Analysis Therapy
This thesis explores links between psyche and soma in diabetes and in chronic benign pain (CBP). Interventions with Affect School and Script Analysis (ASSA) compared to Basic Body Awareness Therapy (BBAT) are tried. In a feasibility and treatment efficacy study we offered ASSA to 59 patients with …
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Cellular role of the specific immune system in fracture repair
This thesis embodies a novel investigation into the cellular role of the specific immune system in fracture repair.
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The Role of IL-4 Receptor Alpha signalling on Foxp3 T Regulatory cells in Listeriosis and Tuberculosis
T regulatory cells are critical in the maintenance of self-tolerance, immune homeostasis and regulation of the immune system. Cytokine signalling is a dominant component of environmental signals which controls the function of Forkhead box P3 (Foxp3) regulatory T cells. This thesis addressed the …
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Astrocyte-mediated immune modulation during mycobacterial infection
… system tuberculosis (CNS-TB) is the severest clinical extra-pulmonary manifestation of tuberculosis (TB) disease and constitutes approximately 1% of global cases. Little is known about the cells that regulate immune responses during CNS-TB infection. Microglia are the prime resident …
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Protein Kinase C - delta (PKC-δ): a critical hub for immunomodulatory functions in macrophages during Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection
… has been recognized as a critical marker with clinical and experimental evidence in recent years. An experimental mouse model of global PKCδ knockout (PKCδ-/- ) revealed mechanistic alterations enhancing the susceptibility to various infectious diseases including Mtb infection, suggesting a …
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Effects of hormonal contraceptives on the female genital tract microbiota in South African adolescents
Background Young women in sub-Saharan Africa are disproportionally affected by HIV and often rely on injectable hormonal contraception (HC) to prevent unintended pregnancies. However, HC might affect HIV-1 risk through changes in the female genital tract (FGT) microbiota. We examined the impact of …
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Exploration of Supraventricular Conduction with respect to Atrial Fibrillation. Methodological Aspects on Selected Techniques
Atrial fibrillation is the most common cardiac arrhythmia that demands medical attention. Computer-based detailed analysis of cardiac electrical signals from healthy subjects and patients with a history of atrial fibrillation has become an important tool in the further clarification of this …
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Ultrasound-enhanced Fibrinolysis Pro-fibrinolytic and Non-beneficial Effects Of Ultrasound Exposure
The aim of this study was to further clarify the pro-fibrinolytic effects, and to explore the possible non-beneficial effects in ischemic organs, during exposure to pulsed ultrasound. This was accomplished by studies of the effects of different intensities of pulsed ultrasound exposure on the …
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