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BMC Health Serv Res
December 2024
National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants, 12000 Findley Road, Suite 200, Johns Creek, Georgia, 30097, USA.
Background: Physician assistants/associates (PAs), due to their broad medical education and certification, have the flexibility to change specialties throughout their careers. Prior studies suggest that between half and three-quarters exercise this option at some point in their career, and a third do so within the first decade. However, more research is needed to understand the factors associated with PAs changing vs.
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December 2024
Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology Federal Research Center Fundamentals of Biotechnology Russian Academy of Sciences, 60 let Oktyabrya Prospect, 7 Build.2, Moscow, Russia.
The Kuril Islands are located in the Far-East of Russia and enriched with shallow and terrestrial hot springs. Prokaryotic diversity of Kuril geothermal environments has been studied fragmentarily and mainly by culture-dependent methods. We performed the first large-scale investigation of microbial communities, inhabited more than 30 terrestrial hot springs of Kunashir and Iturup Islands, analyzed by 16S rRNA gene fragment amplicon sequencing, together with chemical analysis of thermal waters and sediments.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDent Mater
December 2024
University of São Paulo School of Dentistry, Department of Biomaterials and Oral Biology, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes, 2227, São Paulo, SP 05508-000, Brazil. Electronic address:
Objectives: This study aimed to verify if composites containing dicalcium phosphate dihydrate particles (DCPD) are able to induce dentin remineralization in vitro. Additionally, the mechanical properties of the materials were tested.
Methods: Four composites with 50 vol% inorganic content and 1 BisGMA: 1 TEGDMA (mols) were prepared, with different DCPD:glass ratios (50:0, 40:10, 30:20 and 0:50).
J Intern Med
December 2024
Fresenius Medical Care, Global Medical Office, Bad Homburg, Germany.
Background: Fluid overload remains critical in managing patients with end-stage kidney disease. However, there is limited empirical understanding of fluid overload's impact on mortality. This study analyzes fluid overload trajectories and their association with mortality in hemodialysis patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInt Immunopharmacol
December 2024
Department of Allergology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China; Department of Allergy, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310003, China. Electronic address:
Background: Environmental pollutants have been found to contribute to the development and acute exacerbation of asthma. Microplastics (MPs) have received widespread attention as an emerging global pollutant. Airborne MPs can cause various adverse health effects.
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