An Unsafe/Safe Typology in People with Type 2 Diabetes: Bridging Patients' Expectations, Personality Traits, Medication Adherence, and Clinical Outcomes.

Background: Support programs are provided to people with diabetes to help them manage their disease. However, adherence to and persistence in support programs are often low, making it difficult to demonstrate their effectiveness.

Aim: To identify the determinants of patients' perceived interest in diabetes support programs because it may be a powerful determinant of effective participation in such programs.

A preclinical hybrid curriculum and its impact on dental student learning outcomes.

Objectives: The purpose of this study is to measure how the implementation of an online, preclinical hybrid curriculum impacts dental student clinic readiness, the outcomes of grades, critical thinking skills, and student and faculty perceptions respectively.

Methods: This longitudinal comparative and descriptive study used objective data and subjective (survey) data for 4 dental class cohorts. Groups A and B experienced a traditional lecture-based curriculum, while Groups C and D experienced a hybrid curriculum that was lecture-free and implemented active learning.

Voice modulation, self-perception and motor branch of the superior laryngeal nerve.

Objectives: Vocal morbidity resulting from damage to the motor branch of the superior laryngeal nerve (SLN) after endocrine surgery is well known, but diagnosis is often delayed. The present study aimed to quantify these vocal changes acoustically (main objective), and correlate this with the vocal complaints of patients with suspected SLN motor impairment (secondary objective).

Material And Methods: Thirty females patients with suspected injury of the SLN cricothyroid branch (CT-) were compared to 30 patients without postoperative vocal impairment (CT+) and to 30 control subjects.

Infection and Persistence in Feathers of a Chicken Model Harboring a Local Autoimmune Response.

Herpesvirus of turkey (HVT) is commonly used as a vaccine to protect chickens against Marek's disease. Following vaccination, HVT infects feathers where it can be detected in all chicken lines examined. Unlike the parental Brown line (BL), Smyth line (SL) chickens develop vitiligo, due to autoimmune destruction of melanocytes in feathers.

Chickens can durably clear herpesvirus vaccine infection in feathers while still carrying vaccine-induced antibodies.

Marek's disease (MD) is a major disease of chickens induced by Marek's disease virus (MDV) associated to lethal lymphomas. Current MD vaccines protect against lymphomas, but fail to prevent infection and shedding. The control of MDV shedding is crucial in order to eradicate this highly contagious virus.