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Supporting Low-Income Students: A Retrospective Study of Positive Practices
… context. The purpose of this qualitative study is to describe the support provided by retired educators to assist students from low-income backgrounds to achieve their potential and experience success. Six retired educators, each with over 20 years of experience, were recruited to …
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Food Insecure COPD Patients and Healthcare Utilization: A Retrospective Study
… further investigation. The purpose of this study is to explore the relationships between COPD food insecure patients and healthcare utilization in San Diego County.</p> <p><strong>Background/Rationale:</strong> Government programs targeting patients with high healthcare costs focus on …
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Tooth Length Measurements on 3T MR Images: A Retrospective Study
<p>Introduction: The purpose of this study was to determine if MRI can be used to accurately measure tooth lengths. Methods: MRI tooth length measurements were compared with “actual tooth lengths” as measured on CBCT scans. Twenty three subjects received two scans (one CBCT and one MRI). Tooth …
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Analysis of Periapical Biopsies Submitted for Histopathological Evaluation: A Retrospective Study
… in the periapical region. The objective of this study was two-fold: (1) to determine the prevalence of diverse periapically located pathological entities, and (2) to apply that information to evaluate the rationale for routine submission of surgically obtained tissue for histological examination …
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Relationship between Facial Attractiveness and Occlusal Treatment Outcomes: A Retrospective Study
The goal of this study was to determine if a relationship exists between pretreatment facial attractiveness and posttreatment occlusal outcome in orthodontic patients. A randomized sample of forty-seven patients (26 males, 21 females) was selected for inclusion in this study. Orthodontic evaluators …
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Delirium in Long Term Care Rehabilitation Residents: A Correlational Retrospective Study
… and the healthcare system. The purpose of this study was to describe the relationship between select demographics, clinical characteristics, CHART- DEL-derived delirium diagnosis and ICD-10 coded discharge delirium diagnoses among Long Term Care (LTC) rehabilitation residents.</p> <p>Method: A …
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A Retrospective Study of Fall Prevention Programs in Geriatric Nursing Facilities
The purpose of this study was to identify the differences between geriatric nursing facilities with a Fall Prevention Program and geriatric nursing facilities without a Fall Prevention Program on the Total Staff Present, Medicaid reimbursement, proprietary for-profit geriatric nursing facility …
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The correlation between cranial fractures and brain trauma: a retrospective study
… of brain trauma at death. Therefore, the current study aimed to assess the correlation of cranial fracture and brain injury in cases of blunt force trauma. This was achieved through a retrospective review of blunt force head injury cases of blunt force head injury examined at Salt River Mortuary, …
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Retrospective Study on the Influence of Splinted Crowns of Multiple Adjacent Implants
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to retrospectively evaluate the effects of splinting implant crowns against nonsplinted crowns on the failures and complications of multiple adjacent implants.Material and Methods: A retrospective chart review was conducted of all registered implant patients …
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HIDRADENITIS SUPPURATIVA WITH 20 OR MORE DRAINING TUNNELS: A NATION-WIDE RETROSPECTIVE STUDY.
… Data of HS patients with 20 or more dT were retrospectively collected. Results: 116 patients with 20 or more dT at any point during the course of the disease were included, 68 (58.62%) of whom were males. Seven of 116 (6.03%) patients had syndromic forms, including follicular occlusion triad …
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The Health of Human Trafficking Victims in San Diego, California: A Retrospective Study
… care needs of victims of HT. The purpose of this study was to examine the health care needs of a self-identified group of trafficked women in San Diego County, California.</p> <p>Conceptual Basis: The Model of Human Trafficking and Health by Zimmerman et al. (2011) was used to identify multiple …
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A retrospective study investigating risk factors for sudden unexpected death in the young
… forensic investigation. The primary aim of this study was to retrospectively investigate the frequency of known risk factors in SUDY cases admitted to Salt River Mortuary in Cape Town and explore differences between males and females. There were 1 088 SUDY cases identified with 0.9% (10/1 088) …
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Femoro-distal bypass surgery at Groote Schuur Hospital: a 4-year retrospective study
The term "critical limb ischemia", while only defined in recent years by international consensus and objective arterial pressure measurements, has been recognized by surgeons since the dawn of reconstructive vascular surgery fifty years ago. Patients present with increasingly severe and intolerable …
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A Retrospective Study of Gay Gifted, Young Adult Males' Perceptions of Giftedness and Suicide
This qualitative, retrospective study investigated suicidal ideation among 32 young adult men. Participants were asked to report their experiences as adolescents. The primary focus of the study was to discover how gay gifted adolescents dealt with issues of suicide and suicidal ideation. …
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Assessing resident selection criteria and performance outcomes in an orthodontic residency - a retrospective study
Aims: The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between resident selection criteria and performance outcomes in an orthodontic residency. Methods: A retrospective, cross-sectional review of applications and residency performance of thirty orthodontists who graduated from 2007 to 2011 …
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