PURPOSE The learning environment at Xavier University School of Medicine (XUSOM), Aruba has not been previously studied. Hence, the present study was carried out using the Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure (DREEM) to obtain student perceptions about the learning environment and compare the same among different subgroups of respondents. METHODS The questionnaire was administered to un...

BACKGROUND The CHADS2/CHA2DS2-VASc scores are used to predict thrombo-embolic/stroke in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AF). Nevertheless, limited data are available regarding the association between these risk stratification for stroke and left atrial (LA) remodeling status of AF patients. The purpose of this study was to explore the association between these scores and LA remod...

BACKGROUND Vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP), a neuropeptide that is known to be present in lymphoid tissue microenvironments, shows prominent anti-inflammatory actions. OBJECTIVE To examine the potential effect of VIP on the development of experimental autoimmune uveoretinitis (EAU). DESIGN We immunized C57BL/6 mice with human interphotoreceptor retinoid-binding protein peptide 1-20 (h-I...

abstract: aims: depression and anxiety are the factors that increase death risk in the patients with heart disease. this study was done with the purpose of studying depression and anxiety rates in the patients with acute coronary artery disease. methods: this cross-sectional study which is descriptive was conducted on 366patients in the ccu of heart and cardiology wards of kerman university aff...

background: transfer and utilization of research evidence in health promotion have caught great attention in recent years. the objective of this study was to assess the factors affecting knowledge , attitude, and practice (kap) of researchers in golestan university of medical sciences (golestan, iran) regarding research knowledge transfer (kt) in 2010. methods and materials: in this cross-secti...

background it is believed that self-evaluation can empower students; help them to pick higher goals and to try harder to realize these targets. however, the nursing students’ self-evaluation on clinical skills has rarely been studied. objectives to investigate the correlation of nursing internship trainees’ self-evaluation of clinical skills with their teachers’ evaluation. conclusions the stud...

sustainability concept in agriculture is becoming widespread throughout industries in many fields even in crop production, livestock production and etc. sustainable in agriculture is believed can give present and future good benefit to the farmers and society. however, in dairy sector in malaysia, the sustainability concepts and practices seems not fully aware by the farmers which result in low...

conclusions in our center, prolonged length of stay in the icu correlated positively with euro score. the overall predictive performance of euro score is acceptable and provides both surgeons and intensivists with a good estimate of patient risk in terms of icu stay. background risk stratification models allow preoperative assessment of individual patients cardiac surgical risk and enable analy...

Results: The mean Lysholm score improved from 45.6 (range, 11-76) to 71.9 (range, 30-91). The median preoperative Tegner activity scale score was 3 (range, 1-7), while the median postoperative score was 4 (range, 1-9). The median Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Arthritis Index (WOMAC) total score improved from 38 (range, 1-57) preoperatively to 6 postoperatively (range, 0-52). The mea...

objective(s) the aim of this study was to evaluate antioxidant and hair growth activities of buxus wallichiana baill (buxaceae). materials and methods petroleum ether, chloroform, methanol and aqueous extracts of buxus wallichiana subjected to antioxidant activity by; 2, 2-diphenyl-1-picryl hydrazyl and nitric oxide methods. methanol extract of buxus wallichiana at 50, 100 mg/kg, ointment of me...