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Showing 1 to 20 of 48 for “"retrospective studies"”.
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Cohort selection and sampling techniques to balance time-series retrospective studies
… This limits the potential to run insightful retrospective studies on many cross-sectional time-series datasets. In order to unlock the value of these datasets, we need techniques to standardize observations with irregular events enough to compare them to each other, and ways to select and …
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Computational Modeling of Lower Extremity and Thoracolumbar Spine Response in Automotive and Spaceflight Landing
… the past 15 years. On the other hand, multiple retrospective studies have found that the incidence rate of thoracolumbar spine injuries have increased over the last decade.
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Development of predictive guidelines for compound accumulation in gram-negative bacteria
… in Gram-negative bacteria is largely based on retrospective analyses of antibacterial agents, which suggest that polarity and molecular weight are key factors. A few compound accumulation studies in whole cells have been performed. These accumulation studies support the retrospective studies, …
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Role of Lifestyle Modifications in the Management of Hidradenitis Suppurativa in Adults: A Systematic Review [paper]
… a total of 1,710 patients, four cross-sectional studies (n=1,397), two retrospective studies (n=233), and one case control study (n=80). Article results were synthesized into a table. Results: The severity of hidradenitis suppurativa was most closely related to smoking status and obesity. …
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Discovering Dengue Drugs-Together: Grid Scale Virtual Screening with Mean Field Free Energy of Binding Rescoring
… World Community Grid. The work details three retrospective studies of MF-FEB using a 30 compound test set for binders and non-binders of the L99A T4 lysozyme, the DUD estrogen agonist test set and the DUD trypsin test set. In addition, this work describes the active prospective drug discovery …
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Epiphyseal fractures of the distal humerus
… Trauma Unit. It was based on two clinical retrospective studies and one case report: a: 60 lateral condylar fractures presenting from 1984 to 1987 -were reviewed. b: 12 fracture-separations of the distal humeral epiphysis presenting from 1984 to 1989 were reviewed. c: One case report of a …
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Impact of the Acute Surgical Unit on a Local and Global Scale
… ASU and EGS policymakers. Methods Locally, three retrospective studies were performed at the Lyell McEwin Health Service. For patients with appendicitis or cholecystitis, these compared cohorts ≤2.5 years pre/post ASU introduction. Primary outcomes were length of stay, time to theatre, after-hours …
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Mažų vaikų trauminių patirčių ir psichosocialinių sunkumų sąsajos /
… on traumatic experiences in childhood comes from retrospective studies conducted with adults. This paper aims to explore the associations between traumatic experiences, indicators of traumatisation and psychosocial functioning in young children. The study uses the Odense Child Trauma Screening …
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Oceanic storm surges in the outer Mackenzie Delta, NWT Canada: Remote Sensing of tundra disturbance and restoration from saline intrusion
… than one quarter of the impacted region. Dynamic retrospective studies such as the one conducted here are important tools for properly monitoring current processes and forecasting future impacts within Arctic landscapes (Hilbert 2006). Landsat imagery has provided the data needed to perform an …
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Anterior Cruciate Ligament injury, Patient Variables, Outcomes and Knee Osteoarthritis
… had less radiographic knee OA than in historical retrospective studies, and still had very small subjective symptoms. When OA was present, a concomitant meniscal injury treated by means of partial meniscectomy was the most important risk factor. Another cohort of 29 ACL-injured patients were …
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A Recurrent Network Approach to G-Computation for Sepsis Outcome Prediction Under Dynamic Treatment Regimes
… can lead to adverse outcomes. While many retrospective studies have attempted to understand the relationship between sepsis treatment, fluid overload, mortality, and other outcomes, most are correlation-based and cannot actually estimate the causal effects of intervention. Prospective …
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Parent-Reported Anxiety in Children with Secondary Generalized Seizures
… with epilepsy aged 4 to 17 years old underwent a retrospective chart review. Demographic, medically-related, and medication-related variables, such as age, gender, ethnicity, handedness, median household income, age of onset, seizure etiology, lateralization, EEG findings, MRI findings, number of …
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Factors governing gastrointestinal motility
… of weight loss.Methodology: My preliminary studies involved a systematic review of GI motility in obesity, and retrospective studies measuring GI motility with alternative methods including capsule endoscopy and hydrogen breath test. Subsequent to this I measured changes in GI motility in …
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A Finite Element Model of the Pregnant Female Occupant: Analysis of Injury Mechanisms and Restraint Systems
… there is a growing database of medical case studies and retrospective studies describing the outcome of motor vehicle accidents involving pregnant occupants, as well as the effect of seatbelts on fetal survival, previous research has not produced a tool for engineers to use to improve the …
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Influences of cohort differences and positive emotion on the relationship between cognition and disability in activities of daily living among older Mexican Americans
… Methods: A systematic review was conducted on studies looking on the relationship between cognition and disability. We then did two retrospective cohort studies using waves 1 – 8 of the Hispanic Established Population for the Epidemiologic Study of the Elderly (EPESE). General estimation …
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Decision making in surgery and cancer care
… methodology of quantitative and qualitative studies. To derive a more comprehensive view, different specialties were explored: breast, colorectal, and head and neck surgery. To address socio-cultural factors the qualitative focus group discussions were undertaken in England, Wales, and India. …
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Characterization and Differences Between Possible and Probable Mild Cognitive Impairment in an Alzheimer’s Disease Center
… impairment is not present. SUBJECTS: This retrospective study includes 395 participants [age (M, SD) =67.5(7.2), education (M, SD)=15.10(2.7)], from the Alzheimer’s Disease Center (ADC) at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center who were English speaking and between the ages of …
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Tp53 As A Biomarker In Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
… neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). Several retrospective studies have evaluated TP53 in HNSCC, and results have suggested that specific mutations are associated with poor outcome. However, there exists heterogeneity among these studies in the site and stage of disease of the patients …
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Relations Between Alcohol Use And Migraine Among Young Adults
… and changes in sleep and eating habits. In retrospective studies, a sizeable proportion of migraineurs also identify alcohol as a trigger for migraine attacks, but comparatively little research has explored the nature of alcohol consumption (frequency, quantity, type, rate, time of day) in …
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The Role of Inflammatory State During the Periparturient Period on the Uterine Health of Pasture-Based Dairy Cows
… of unresolved uterine inflammation. From these retrospective studies, we could conclude that these markers were not specific to inflammation of the uterus; rather, that they were indicative of an inflammatory dysregulation during the peripartum period. Subsequently, a panel of circulating …
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