Background: A school’s learning environment is believed to influence academic performance yet few studies have evaluated this association controlling for prior academic ability, an important factor since students who do well in school tend to rate their school’s environment more highly than students who are less academically strong. Aim: To evaluate the effect of student perception of the learn...

Primary objective: To examine the predictive associations of family satisfaction, functional impairment, pain, and depression on health-related quality-of-life (HRQoL) among persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI) through structural equation modelling (SEM). Research design: Participants were part of a larger longitudinal study of adjustment following TBI. Direct and indirect effects of predi...

Context: Cadmium oxide nanoparticles (CdO NPs) are employed in optoelectronic devices and as a starting material for generating quantum dots as well as for medical imaging and targeting of pharmaceutical agents to disease sites. However, there are lack of data concerning shortand long-term effects of CdO NPs on the lungs. Objective: To determine the effects of inhaled CdO NPs at an occupational...

Background: Clinical supervision has gained wide recognition in recent years as an essential component of a practitioner’s continuing professional development. However, confusion exists in professional literature regarding the most effective models, styles, processes and methods of clinical supervision. Aim: This article outlines the elements required to establish and sustain an effective clini...

Introduction: We undertook a systematic review to identify the best evidence for how professionalism in medicine should be taught. Methods: Eligible studies included any articles published between 1999 and 2009 inclusive. We reviewed papers presenting viewpoints and opinions as well as empirical research. We performed a comparative and thematic synthesis on all papers meeting inclusion criteria...

Background: Medical residents play two roles that enter into conflict during their educational period: trainees and workers. This dual role can lead to dissatisfaction among residents that can affect both the quality of the services they provide to citizens and the proper functioning of the health services model itself. Aim: To analyse discrepancies between the preferences and expectations of f...

This case report describes a 48-year-old female who presented with complaints of right shoulder pain, hyperesthesias and swelling of the hand along with added symptoms of pain centralization following a cerebrovascular accident. On clinical evaluation, the patient satisfied the Budapest diagnostic criteria for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) type-1. Physical therapy management (1st three ...

BACKGROUND Tissue factor (TF) is the main initiator of the arterial blood coagulation system, and aggregated LDL (agLDL) are found in the arterial intima. Our hypothesis is that agLDL internalization by vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) may trigger TF-procoagulant activity. METHODS AND RESULTS Cultured human VSMCs were obtained from human coronary arteries of explanted hearts during transp...

glycidol undergoing 100 % transformation into 3-MCPD (reference value) (NaCl) [TF=0.67] GE stearate (NaCl) [TF=0.85] GE linolenate (NaCl) [TF=0.67] GE oleate (NaCl) [TF=0.71] glycidol undergoing 100 % transformation into 3-MBPD (reference value) (NaBr) [TF=0.48] GE stearate (NaBr) [TF=0.51] GE linolenate (NaBr) [TF=0.31] Linear (GE linolenate (NaBr) [TF=0.31]) Challenges in Analysing Glycidyl F...