22,850 results match your criteria: "Postgraduate T & R Base of Zhengzhou University[Affiliation]"

Background: This study aimed to investigate which basic psychological needs profile, based on different levels of autonomy, competence, and relatedness, could exhibit higher student engagement and favorable attitudes toward interprofessional education (IPE).

Methods: A total of 341 undergraduate and postgraduate health and social care students enrolled in an IPE simulation participated in this study. Data were analyzed using a person-centered approach using a two-step cluster analysis, multiple analysis of variance, and bootstrapped independent t-tests.

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Titanate-polyurethane-chitosan ternary nanocomposite as an efficient coating for steel against corrosion.

Sci Rep

December 2024

Materials Science and Nanotechnology Department, Faculty of Postgraduate Studies for Advanced Sciences (PSAS), Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, 62511, Egypt.

In this study, a titanate-polyurethane-chitosan ternary nanocomposite was prepared by physical mixing. Sodium titanate nanotubes (Na-TNTs) were prepared by the hydrothermal method, and chitosan was extracted from shrimp shell. Na-TNTs were mixed with polyurethane (PU) of different ratios by weight, and chitosan was added after optimization.

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Background: UCHL5 was initially recognized as a multifunctional molecule. While recent research has highlighted its involvement in tumor malignant biological behaviors, its specific role in promoting tumor cell apoptosis has drawn particular attention. However, the precise relationship between UCHL5 and various tumor types, as well as its influence within the immune microenvironment, remains unclear.

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Background: Effective, efficient, and enduring feedback on performance improves and accelerates learning in medical education. Basic teaching methods like providing constructive feedback would enhance educational quality. However, briefing and debriefing culture is almost absent in our operating room.

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Identification of two QTLs for web blotch resistance in peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) based on BSA-seq.

BMC Plant Biol

December 2024

Institute of Crop Molecular Breeding, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Oil Crops in Huang-Huai-Hai Plains, Ministry of Agriculture/Henan Provincial Key Laboratory for Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Postgraduate T&R Base of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450002, China.

Background: Peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) is a globally important oilseed and cash crop. Web blotch is one of the most important peanut foliar diseases, causing severe yield losses worldwide.

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Background: Gender-related barriers significantly impede care-seeking for tuberculosis (TB), leading to poor treatment outcomes. This study aimed to assess changes in knowledge and beliefs following a training program on gender-transformative TB programming among stakeholders in Southern Nigeria.

Methods: A cross-sectional pretest/posttest design was employed to evaluate the training's effectiveness among participants from September 2023 to March 2024.

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Introduction: The performance of a high quality esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) is dependent on the mucosal cleanliness. Recently, the Polprep: Effective Assessment of Cleanliness in EGD (PEACE) scale was created to assess the degree of mucosal cleanliness during EGD. The aim of this study was to validate this scoring system in a cohort of international endoscopists.

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The rs12979860 polymorphism, related to the gene, is suggested as a factor that impacts fibrosis progression in hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and exhibits a wide distribution pattern across global populations. In this retrospective cross-sectional study, we aimed to investigate the frequency of this variant in an Amazonian population from Brazil, as well as its association with liver fibrosis development and its staging in HCV carriers. Our results show a significant association of the TT genotype in the sample of patients with HCV (OR = 2.

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Effects of Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer (EPDM)-Based Polar Macromolecular Compatibilizers on the Low-Temperature Properties of Fluoroelastomer/EPDM Rubber Blends.

Molecules

November 2024

Key Laboratory of Materials and Surface Technology (Ministry of Education), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Xihua University, Chengdu 610039, China.

Integrating rubber with superior low-temperature capabilities, such as ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM), is a strategic approach to bolster the low-temperature performance of fluoroelastomer (FKM). However, FKM and EPDM are thermodynamically incompatible. This work synthetized three EPDM-based polar macromolecular compatibilizers, epoxidized EPDM (EPDM-EP), 2,2-trifluoroethylamine-grafted epoxidized EPDM (EPDM-TF), and 2,4-difluorobenzylamine-grafted epoxidized EPDM (EPDM-DF), to enhance the compatibility between FKM and EPDM.

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Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted the psychological well-being of healthcare providers (HCPs) worldwide. Understanding the prevalence and associated factors of depression, generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among these providers is crucial. Assess the prevalence of major depression, GAD, and PTSD symptoms among HCPs in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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A Graduate Medical Education Fellowship in Climate Change and Human Health: Experience and Outcomes From the First 5 Years.

J Grad Med Educ

December 2024

is Director, Fellowship in Climate Change and Human Health, Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School, and Assistant Professor, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Climate change is affecting health and health care, but most physicians lack formal training on climate change. There is a need for graduate medical education (GME) programs that prepare physician leaders to address its health impacts. To describe the development and iterative piloting of a GME fellowship in climate change and health and to assess fellows' academic output and public engagement before and after fellowship matriculation.

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Background Traditional assessments in postgraduate medical training tend to emphasize cognitive skills while often neglecting the psychomotor and affective domains. The mini-clinical evaluation exercise (mini-CEX) addresses these limitations by evaluating clinical, communication, and humanistic skills with immediate feedback. This study aimed to evaluate the acceptability and feasibility of the mini-CEX in assessing neurology cases among postgraduate internal medicine students at a medical college in North India.

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Objective:  Child maltreatment is a serious public health issue with unquestionable short- and long-term consequences. The midwives' role in the prevention, identification, and reporting of child abuse and neglect (CAN) is crucial for children's well-being. The Child Abuse Report Intention Scale (CARIS) questionnaire was designed to measure factors influencing Taiwanese nurses to report child abuse and has been used in many studies worldwide.

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Introduction: Childhood obesity is associated with chronic low-grade systemic inflammation, which results in obesity-related comorbidities. This study compared the inflammatory markers between obese and normal children and assessed obesity-related comorbidities.

Methods: In this cross-sectional analytical study, 40 obese children between 5-18 years of age were recruited as cases, and an equal number of age and gender-matched normal children as the control.

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Impact of HbA1c levels on the clinical outcomes of ultrahydrophilic, smooth collar implants in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

J Prosthet Dent

December 2024

Associate Professor, State Key Laboratory of Military Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & Shaanxi Engineering Research Center for Dental Materials and Advanced Manufacture, Department of Implant Dentistry, School of Stomatology, The Air Force Medical University, Xi'an, PR China. Electronic address:

Statement Of Problem: The relationship between hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) levels and the clinical outcomes of ultrahydrophilic, smooth collar implants in the maxillary molar region remains underexplored.

Purpose: The purpose of this clinical study was to investigate the relationship between the HbA1c levels and clinical outcomes of ultrahydrophilic, smooth collar implants in the maxillary molar region of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Material And Methods: In total, 35 participants with type 2 diabetes mellitus who had received dental implants in the maxillary molar region between January 2016 and June 2020 were enrolled.

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Exploring immune gene expression and potential regulatory mechanisms in anaplastic thyroid carcinoma using a combination of single-cell and bulk RNA sequencing data.

Comput Biol Chem

December 2024

Postgraduate training base Alliance of Wenzhou Medical University (Zhejiang Cancer Hospital), Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310022, China; Department of Thyroid Surgery, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou Institute of Medicine (HIM), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310022, China; Key Laboratory of Head & Neck Cancer Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310022, China. Electronic address:

Thyroid cancer includes papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) and anaplastic thyroid carcinoma (ATC). While PTC has an excellent prognosis, ATC has a dismal prognosis, necessitating the identification of novel targets in ATC to aid in ATC diagnosis and treatment. Therefore, we analyzed ATC single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) and bulk RNA sequencing (bulk RNA-seq) data from the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO), retrieved immune-related genes from the ImmPort database, and identified differentially expressed immune genes within single-cell subgroups.

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Background: Brain metastases are crucial in cancer progression, requiring focused efforts on the screening, early detection, and treatment. However, accurate forecasting the postoperative prognosis of patients with non-small cell lung cancer brain metastasis remains a challenge. This retrospective study aims to discern the factors that influence the prognosis of such patients.

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Triggered by the vulnerability to atherosclerotic plaques, cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) have become a main reason for high mortality worldwide. Thus, there is an urgent need to develop functional molecular imaging modalities to improve the detection rate of vulnerable plaques. In this study, polyethyleneimine (PEI) was coated on the surface of mesoporous silica nanoprobes (MSN) loaded with GdO (MSN@GdO), followed by coupling the fluorescent dye carboxylated heptamethine cyanine (IR808), and then the dextran sulfate (DS) was modified on the surface of MSN@GdO@IR808 by electrostatic adsorption, to construct a targeted and pH-responsive magnetic resonance (MR)/near-infrared fluorescence imaging (NIRF) dual-modal nanoprobe (MSN@GdO@IR808@DS nanoparticles).

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Understanding European patterns of deprescribing antithrombotic medication during end-of-life care in patients with cancer.

Thromb Res

November 2024

Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis (CTH), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany; Department of Cardiology, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece. Electronic address:

Background: Even though antithrombotic therapy (ATT) probably has little or even negative effect on the well-being of patients with cancer near the end of life, it is often continued until death, possibly leading to excess bleeding complications, increased disease burden, reduced quality of life and higher healthcare costs.

Aim: To explore and describe European practice patterns and perspectives of healthcare professionals from different disciplines and specialties on ATT in the end-of-life care (EOLC) of patients with cancer.

Methods: We performed a two-week international cross-sectional survey study using flash-mob research methodology.

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Objectives: Endoscopic biopsy diagnosis for the preoperative assessment of mucinous components in patients with colorectal cancer is limited. This study investigated a radiomics model and established an explainable prediction model by using machine learning to differentiate between adenocarcinoma with mucinous components and mucinous adenocarcinoma.

Methods: The derivation cohort included 312 patients with colorectal cancer with mucinous components detected during preoperative endoscopic biopsy diagnosis.

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Teaching Procedural Skills: Integrating Educational Theory Into Practice.

MedEdPORTAL

December 2024

Assistant Professor, Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center.

Introduction: Teaching procedural skills is an essential part of health professions education, yet formal training is often lacking from traditional curricula.

Methods: A workshop on teaching procedural skills was developed as part of a clinician educator track at a large health professions university. Participants included medical residents and fellows (postgraduate years 2-6) from various training programs.

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This study compared the effects of different final irrigation protocols on the mechanical properties and structural integrity of root dentine. One-hundred eight teeth were instrumented and irrigated with sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) using conventional irrigation (CI). Teeth were distributed into four groups based on final irrigation protocols: Control Group (CG): 17%EDTA/CI + H2O; G1: 2.

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Many occupations, including military and industrial, cannot benefit from large-scale cooling strategies; therefore, personal cooling strategies may be more appropriate. We assessed the efficacy of a ventilated vest (Vest) based on participant' autonomic and cognitive responses during military-related activities in the heat. Male soldiers conducted 90-min trials in 35 °C ambient temperature and 40% relative humidity: i) March with/without Vest (N = 10), ii) Guard duty with/without Vest (N = 8).

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The study examined the use of cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) in poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET)/castor oil (CO) electrospun membranes, focusing on how CNCs influenced membrane properties for aerosol filtration applications. PET membranes were fabricated using 5 wt% and 10 wt% of CNCs and 2.5 wt% CO to assess its effectiveness as a compatibilizing agent, under a solution flow rate of 25.

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