The aim of the study was to reveal the relationship between impulsive behavior in rats, on the one hand, and locomotor activity and emotionality on the other hand. Rats were divided into groups according to their preference for reinforcements of different values. Animals that preferred valuable but delayed reinforcement in more than 60% of cases formed a self-controlled group, whereas rats that selected poor but immediate reinforcements in more than 60% of the cases were considered as impulsive. The two groups of animals were subjected to the "open field" and "light-dark" tests. The impulsive animals more quickly adapted to new surroundings and displayed more pronounced research activity as compared to the self-controlled animals. The level of anxiety was higher in the self-controlled group.
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January 2025
First Department of Medicine, Medical School, University of Pécs, Ifjúság Útja 13, 7624, Pécs, Hungary.
Both acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease are risk factors for many outcomes of gastrointestinal bleeding (GIB). These are associated with higher mortality, longer hospitalisation, and greater need for transfusion in case of overt GIB. Our study aimed to further evaluate the role of kidney function in several clinical outcomes of GIB patients.
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January 2025
Division of Cardiology, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
L-transposition of the great arteries (L-TGA) represents a spectrum of congenital heart defects (CHD) associated with atrioventricular block (AVB). However, the incidence and prognosis of postoperative AVB among patients with variants of L-TGA is uncertain. Assess the incidence and risk factors for postoperative AVB requiring permanent pacemaker (PPM) implantation for pediatric patients with L-TGA undergoing cardiac surgery.
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January 2025
College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, Grand Rapids, MI; Division of Urology, Corewell Health West, Grand Rapids, MI. Electronic address:
Objective: To examine and evaluate guideline concordance of surgical treatment selection at a community-based health system. The AUA guidelines provide specific guidance regarding appropriate utilization of radical nephrectomy (RN) and partial nephrectomy (PN). However, nearly 40% of patients did not fit a guideline-specified scenario in a prior report.
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January 2025
From the American Board of Family Medicine, Lexington, KY (TRO, KS, TW); University of Minnesota - Mankato Family Medicine Residency Program, Mankato, MN (KS).
Purpose: To determine whether the construct of family medicine clinical decision making ability was invariant across modes of administration, the 1-day examination and the longitudinal assessment. We attempted to identify item characteristics associated with differences in difficulty across modes of administration.
Methods: The data were item difficulty calibrations based on examinee responses to the 1-day examination and the longitudinal assessment.
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