Global status of chiropractic education research and scholarly publications: a scoping review.

Objective: This scoping review aimed to map the volume (number of studies) and nature (topics and designs) of chiropractic education research and scholarly publications on chiropractic learners and programs worldwide.

Introduction: Despite the expansion of the chiropractic profession and its recognition by entities such as the World Health Organization, a gap exists in comprehending the international landscape of chiropractic education. No prior studies have systematically mapped the volume and nature of chiropractic education research and scholarly publications.

Association of pain neurophysiology knowledge and application amongst UK chiropractic students: A cross-sectional study.

Objective: To investigate if chiropractic placement students in the United Kingdom are aware of current pain evidence and how they relate this to the management of chronic pain patients. Moreover, to gain an understanding of how this can lead to improved pain education planning and engagement in the future.

Methods: The revised Neurophysiology of Pain Questionnaire and the researchers' own questionnaire were administered online to chiropractic placement students.

COVID-19: how has a global pandemic changed manual therapy technique education in chiropractic programs around the world?

Background: Manual therapy is a cornerstone of chiropractic education, whereby students work towards a level of skill and expertise that is regarded as competent to work within the field of chiropractic. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, chiropractic programs in every region around the world had to make rapid changes to the delivery of manual therapy technique education, however what those changes looked like was unknown.

Aims: The aims of this study were to describe the immediate actions made by chiropractic programs to deliver education for manual therapy techniques and to summarise the experience of academics who teach manual therapy techniques during the initial outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic.

Nonacademic qualities as predictors of performance in an undergraduate healthcare program.

Objective: Nonacademic qualities such as time management, study skills, stress, and motivation have been linked to academic performance. The purpose of this study was to gain an understanding of this relationship to enable early remediation in a chiropractic training program.

Methods: Questionnaire data were collected at the beginning of the academic year, end of semester 1, and end of semester 2.

The role of flow rotation in the adult right atrium: a 4D flow cardiovascular magnetic resonance study.

Objective: In healthy adults, the right atrium (RA) serves as a reservoir for the systemic flow return from the superior vena cava (SVC) and inferior vena cava (IVC), preparing the two flows to be transferred to the right ventricle (RV) and pulmonary circulation. This study aims to quantify the haemodynamics of the RA and the associated SVC and IVC inflows, which have not been fully understood to date.

Approach: Eighteen adults with structurally normal hearts underwent 4D flow magnetic resonance imaging.

Engagement as predictors of performance in a single cohort of undergraduate chiropractic students.

Objective: To investigate the potential association of novel academic and nonacademic factors with chiropractic student academic performance.

Methods: Students enrolled into year 1 of a chiropractic master's degree (MChiro) at our college were selected for this study. Data collected included demographics, attendance, virtual learning environment use, additional learning needs, previous degree qualifications, and summative marks.

Influence of year-on-year performance on final degree classification in a chiropractic master's degree program.

Objective: We explored if any predictors of success could be identified from end-of-year grades in a chiropractic master's program and whether these grades could predict final-year grade performance and year-on-year performance.

Methods: End-of-year average grades and module grades for a single cohort of students covering all academic results for years 1-4 of the 2013 graduating class were used for this analysis. Analysis consisted of within-year correlations of module grades with end-of-year average grades, linear regression models for continuous data, and logistic regression models for predicting final degree classifications.

Placental-like alkaline phosphatase. Re-evaluation of the tumor marker with exclusion of smokers.

This report demonstrates that smoking is a major factor of nonspecific elevation of the tumor marker placental-like alkaline phosphatase (PLAP). In 98 healthy nonsmokers the mean of the enzyme activity was determined as 0.068 U/L (range, +/- 2 SD 0-0.

Studies on vision. The nature of the retinal-opsin linkage.

1. Convenient methods for the preparation of tritiated 11-cis-retinol, 11-cis-retinal and rhodopsin are described. Irradiation of labelled rhodopsin in the presence of sodium borohydride resulted in the irreversible binding of the retinyl moiety to the active site.