Publications by authors named "R T Jose"
Background: Literature is not clear whether women experience increased mortality and adverse events after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). Studies have shown that women had comparative outcomes to men in off-pump CABG (OPCAB). Hence, we undertook this study to understand the short- and long-term outcomes of women compared to men after OPCAB.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Young adults experiencing homelessness are at high risk for alcohol-related consequences, but protective behavioral strategies (PBS) have not been investigated as a harm reduction approach in this population. This study examines longitudinal associations between PBS and alcohol-related consequences following a group-based alcohol intervention.
Method: Data come from AWARE, a randomized controlled trial of a group-based motivational intervention to reduce substance use and risky sex compared to usual care.
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- Traditional postgraduate medical assessments often focus on cognitive skills but overlook psychomotor and affective competencies; the mini-CEX aims to fill this gap by providing immediate feedback on clinical and communication skills.
- In a study with 10 postgraduate internal medicine students and 14 faculty members, 63 mini-CEX sessions led to significant improvements in clinical and humanistic skills among students, with high satisfaction rates from both students (90%) and faculty (71.4%).
- Overall, the mini-CEX has proven to be a feasible and accepted tool for assessing neurology cases, showing promising results in enhancing important medical skills despite some concerns about its subjectivity.
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- The study investigates the role of a master regulator gene in the development of excitatory neurons, specifically focusing on its function in cerebellar granule neuron progenitors (GNPs).
- Researchers found that dysfunction of this gene in GNPs reduced their proliferation and led to various cerebellar abnormalities, including hypoplasia and imbalances in neuron ratios.
- The findings suggest that deletion of this gene during early development can cause autism-like behaviors in mice and highlight uncharacterized gene variants associated with autism spectrum disorder in humans.