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Showing 1 to 20 of 3515 for “"Medicine and Health Sciences"”.
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Strengthening Human And Institutional Capacity: A Program Assessment
<p>Shortages of health care workers compromises the ability for health workers to provide care. Rwanda’s priority to increase the production and quality of the health care workforce through multilateral partnerships demonstrates their commitment to achieve positive health outcomes, promote …
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Knowledge, attitudes and application of evidence-based practice by third and fourth year undergraduate nursing students at the University of Rwanda (UR)
… (EBP) is an important component in improving the health care outcomes of a country's population. Despite the importance and relevance of EBP to nursing, nurses do not routinely understand and use evidence-based principles in their everyday practice. This may influence the attitudes and knowledge …
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Interférence cognitivo-motrice chez les personnes atteintes de sclérose en plaques
A thesis presented to the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Master of Science in Health sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada, J1H 5N4 Background: Multiple sclerosis …
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An Analysis of Learning Styles in Podiatric Medical Students, Residents, and Practitioners
… at least ten years, pediatric surgical residents and students in the first three years of the University of Osteopathic Medicine and Health Sciences, College of Podiatric Medicine. Kolb feels that major learning styles are a combination of feeling versus abstract concepts and observation versus …
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The Effects of Problem-based Learning on National Board Scores, Clinical Evaluations and Residency Selection of Medical Students
… of National Board Scores, Clinical Evaluations and Residency Selection for students encountering a problem based curriculum. Procedures: This study compared the Classes of 1990(Traditional Curriculum) and 1991(Problem Based Curriculum) of the University of Osteopathic Medicine and Health …
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Using clickers in an isiXhosa Communication Course: A case study on implementation of Interactive Student Response Systems (clickers) for learning isiXhosa as an Additional Language in Higher Education clinical settings
… more than one language can benefit individuals and society. For this reason, many universities, especially those with medical faculties, promote the learning of additional languages. Stellenbosch University's Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (SUFMHS) offers an isiXhosa Clinical …
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Investigating the Use of M-Health for Learning and Clinical Training by Medical Students in Ghana
There is a challenge with healthcare access in most developing countries. With the high rate of mobile technology penetration in these countries, there is a strong belief that mobile technology can help address this and other health system and education challenges. This study investigated how …
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Are Women Aware? : Factors Related to Women's Knowledge of Risk and Preventive Factors in Breast Cancer
… of less than 1% in breast cancer morbidity and mortality rates. Breast cancer continues to be a feared disease that ravages even its survivors, and grips many with fear. Furthermore, breast cancer remains the highest cost of care among cancers. In 1990 the overall cost of care for breast …
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The placenta and cardiovascular disease: A meta-analysis
The uterine environment in which a fetus grows and develops is now recognised as a risk factor for the development of adult diseases such as cardiovascular disease (CVD). A fetus relies on the nutrients and conditions delivered via the placenta, and as such the placenta plays a vital role in the …
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Operating room utilization and turnover behavioral study
… Rooms (OR) are the most expensive care units in health care systems. In order for OR theatre to operate in cost efficient way, it is desirable that the ORs exhibit high utilization, while at the same time, maintain a low-level over-utilized OR time. At the operational level, there are many …
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Characterization of cyclic di-GMP binding by the sole Borrelia burgdorferi and Borrelia hermsii PilZ domain-containing proteins
Borrelia burgdorferi and Borrelia hermsii cause Lyme disease and relapsing fever, respectively. These spirochetes are maintained in an enzootic cycle, involving tick vectors and mammalian hosts. Differential gene expression is central in their survival in various environmental conditions. C-di-GMP …
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CANNABINOIDS DELTA-9-TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL (THC) AND CP55,940 ABLATE SPECIFIC CHEMOKINE AND CYTOKINE INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE IN BV-2 MOUSE MICROGLIAL CELLS ACTIVATED WITH HIV-1 PRO-INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN TAT
… HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorders (HANDs) still remain a dire issue. HIV can enter the brain through infected monocytes and infect microglia, the resident macrophages within that compartment. Due to its pro-inflammatory properties, HIV regulatory protein Tat (Transactivating protein) …
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Helper phage capsid size redirection by staphylococcal pathogenicity island SaPI1 involves internal scaffolding proteins.
… is one of the leading causes of nosocomial and community acquired infections. Many of the virulence factors are encoded on staphylococcal mobile genetic elements. Members of the SaPI family of S. aureus mobile elements encode superantigens and are mobilized at high frequency by specific …
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Characterization of The New Xoft Axxent Electronic Brachytherapy Source Using Presage(Tm)
… of 3D dosimetry is needed to ensure understanding of dose distributions, which can improve patient care. The aim of this study was to characterize the Xoft Axxent electronic brachytherapy source using PRESAGE<sup>TM</sup> dosimeters in order to obtain independent confirmation of TG-43U1 …
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Phenothiazines Induce Abortive Autophagy Leading to Cancer Cell Death
… process that functions to maintain homeostasis and provides energy during nutrient deprivation and environmental stresses for the survival of cells by delivering cytoplasmic contents to the lysosomes for recycling and energy generation. Dysregulation of this process has been linked to human …
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Implementation of Upright Treatments For Lung and Head and Neck Cancers
… upright position such as better patient comfort and increased total lung volume with reduced lung motion. The purpose of this study was to investigate the feasibility of implementing upright treatments for lung and H&N cancers. Several clinical aspects were examined, including radiation shielding …
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Dual Assembly Nanoparticles Achieve Sustained Silencing of Znf304: A Novel Transcription Factor For Β1 Integrin
… pathways important for cell survival, migration, and invasion. ZNF304 transcriptionally regulates β1 integrin, which subsequently regulates Src/focal adhesion kinase and paxillin and prevents anoikis. Targeting ZNF304 using small interfering RNA (siRNA) reduces cell survival, anoikis and migration …
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Understanding The Mechanism and Extent of Vlse Recombination In Borrelia Burgdorferi Using Next-Generation Sequencing
… contact with dense arrays of host tissue cells and/or ECM components. To test this hypothesis, two methods, quantitative PCR and high-throughput sequencing were used determine the extent and nature of <em>vlsE </em>recombination within mouse tissues and <em>in vitro</em> model systems. Using …
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