Correlation between radiographic adenoidnasopharyngeal ratio and clinical symptoms of adenoid hypertrophy in a tertiary health institution in North West Nigeria by Mohammed Danyaro Rilwanu, Sule Ahmed Saidu, Sadisu Muhammad Ma’aji, Mohammed Danfulani, Garba Haruna Yunusa, Akinnibosun-Raji Oluwatosin Hafsat, Kufre Robert Iseh, Abdulrahman Ahmad

“…Conclusion: This study shows that radiographic ANR can predict the degree of nasopharyngeal airway obstruction especially for mild and severe grading. A severe nasopharyngeal airway obstruction as determined by both ANR and symptom’s severity was observed in the 3–5 years age group.…”
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Comparative effectiveness and safety of Chinese medicine belly button application for childhood diarrhea: a Bayesian network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials by Zhi-jun Bu, Yan-ni Liu, Md. Shahjalal, You-you Zheng, Cheng-jiang Liu, Meng-meng Ye, Jin-yang Xu, Xin-yao Peng, Xue-hui Wang, Xu Chen, Jian-ping Liu, Hui-lan Liu, Zhao-lan Liu

“…The Confidence in Network Meta-Analysis online software was employed to evaluate evidence grading. A minimally contextualized framework was used to provide a comprehensive conclusion for the network meta-analysis. …”
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Equidad en el cálculo de los expedientes universitarios. Expedientes cualitativos vs cuantitativos by Elisabeth Moyano, Eva Baillés, Meritxell Girvent, Jorge Pérez

“…In 2003, a decimal rating (0-10) was proposed to calculate the grades; a fact that would further guarantee fairness. …”
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Programas de reabilitação pulmonar em pacientes com DPOC Pulmonary rehabilitation programs for patients with COPD by Fernando César Wehrmeister, Marli Knorst, José Roberto Jardim, Elaine Cardozo Macedo, Ricardo Bica Noal, Jeovany Martínez-Mesa, David Alejandro González, Samuel Carvalho Dumith, Maria de Fátima Maia, Pedro Curi Hallal, Ana Maria Baptista Menezes

“…Of the 40 articles selected, 4, 18, and 18 were classified as grades A, B, and C, respectively. Of the 181 analyses made in these articles, 61, 50, 23, 23, 20, and 4, respectively, were related to the outcome measures quality of life, exercise, symptoms, exacerbations, pulmonary function, and mortality. …”
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Efficacy of oral intake of haruan [Channa striatus (Bloch, 1793)] extract versus glucosamine sulfate on knee osteoarthritis by Abdul Kadir, Azidah

“…One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to analyse the histologic assessment and Kruskall Wallis test was used to analyse the macroscopic grading. A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial comparing the effects of oral CS extract at the dose rate of 1000mg/day or 500mg/day, 1500mg/day of glucosamine sulphate and placebo among knee OA patients for 6-month intervention period was conducted. …”
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Pressure ulcers and acute risk factors in individuals with traumatic spinal fractures with or without spinal cord injuries: A prospective analysis of the National Spinal Column/Cor... by Farzin Farahbakhsh, Hossein Rezaei Aliabadi, Vali Baigi, Zahra Ghodsi, Mohammad Dashtkoohi, Ahmad Pour-Rashidi, James S. Harrop, Vafa Rahimi-Movaghar

“…Conclusions: These data confirm that individuals with traumatic spinal fractures and SCIs, especially single young patients who suffer from urinary incontinence, grades A-D by AIS, prolonged ICU stay, and more extended hospitalization are at increased risk for PUs; as a result strategies to minimize PU development need further refinement.…”
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As características dos alunos são determinantes para o adoecimento de professores: um estudo comparativo sobre a incidência de Burnout em professores do ensino regular e especial T... by Nilson Rogério da Silva, Maria Amélia Almeida

“…The objective of the present study was to compare burnout among three groups of teachers who work in elementary grades: a) 20 teachers who teach in regular school classrooms without the inclusion of students with special educational needs - RSI Group; b) 20 teachers who teach in the regular classroom with special needs students - RCI Group; c) 20 teachers who teach in resource classrooms (SR Group). …”
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The Utilization of Wireless Handheld Computers with MEDLINE is an Effective Mechanism for Answering Clinical Questions at the Point of Care by Martha Ingrid Preddie

“…A senior medical librarian/expert indexer reviewed all the citations selected by evaluators and graded each citation as A (useful for answering the question), B (provided a partial answer) or C (not useful for answering the question). Only those graded A were regarded as “relevant.” For the purpose of analysis a session was deemed to be successful “if at least one of the citations selected by the evaluator as relevant was also classified as Relevant” (810) by the expert indexer. …”
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Komparasi Kinerja Algoritma C4.5, Gradient Boosting Trees, Random Forests, dan Deep Learning pada Kasus Educational Data Mining by Siti Mutrofin, M. Mughniy Machfud, Diema Hernyka Satyareni, Raden Venantius Hari Ginardi, Chastine Fatichah

“…Abstract   In SMAN 1 Jombang, East Java, the process of determining the students’ majors referred to the 2013 curriculum in which not only the students’ own choices and specialization tests conducted in their first week of SMA were considered but also the student’s SMP grades (a report card, UN scores, and counseling teacher’s recommendation) and parents' recommendation. …”
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Tratamento farmacológico da DPOC Pharmacological treatment of COPD by Ana Maria Baptista Menezes, Silvia Elaine Cardozo Macedo, Ricardo Bica Noal, Jussara Fiterman, Alberto Cukier, José Miguel Chatkin, Frederico Leon Arrabal Fernandes

“…Of the 84 articles selected, 40 (47.6%), 18 (21.4%), and 26 (31.0%) were classified as grades A, B, and C, respectively. Of the 420 analyses made in these articles, 236 were regarding the comparison between medications and placebos. …”
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Exploring UK medical school differences: the MedDifs study of selection, teaching, student and F1 perceptions, postgraduate outcomes and fitness to practise by I. C. McManus, Andrew Christopher Harborne, Hugo Layard Horsfall, Tobin Joseph, Daniel T. Smith, Tess Marshall-Andon, Ryan Samuels, Joshua William Kearsley, Nadine Abbas, Hassan Baig, Joseph Beecham, Natasha Benons, Charlie Caird, Ryan Clark, Thomas Cope, James Coultas, Luke Debenham, Sarah Douglas, Jack Eldridge, Thomas Hughes-Gooding, Agnieszka Jakubowska, Oliver Jones, Eve Lancaster, Calum MacMillan, Ross McAllister, Wassim Merzougui, Ben Phillips, Simon Phillips, Omar Risk, Adam Sage, Aisha Sooltangos, Robert Spencer, Roxanne Tajbakhsh, Oluseyi Adesalu, Ivan Aganin, Ammar Ahmed, Katherine Aiken, Alimatu-Sadia Akeredolu, Ibrahim Alam, Aamna Ali, Richard Anderson, Jia Jun Ang, Fady Sameh Anis, Sonam Aojula, Catherine Arthur, Alena Ashby, Ahmed Ashraf, Emma Aspinall, Mark Awad, Abdul-Muiz Azri Yahaya, Shreya Badhrinarayanan, Soham Bandyopadhyay, Sam Barnes, Daisy Bassey-Duke, Charlotte Boreham, Rebecca Braine, Joseph Brandreth, Zoe Carrington, Zoe Cashin, Shaunak Chatterjee, Mehar Chawla, Chung Shen Chean, Chris Clements, Richard Clough, Jessica Coulthurst, Liam Curry, Vinnie Christine Daniels, Simon Davies, Rebecca Davis, Hanelie De Waal, Nasreen Desai, Hannah Douglas, James Druce, Lady-Namera Ejamike, Meron Esere, Alex Eyre, Ibrahim Talal Fazmin, Sophia Fitzgerald-Smith, Verity Ford, Sarah Freeston, Katherine Garnett, Whitney General, Helen Gilbert, Zein Gowie, Ciaran Grafton-Clarke, Keshni Gudka, Leher Gumber, Rishi Gupta, Chris Harlow, Amy Harrington, Adele Heaney, Wing Hang Serene Ho, Lucy Holloway, Christina Hood, Eleanor Houghton, Saba Houshangi, Emma Howard, Benjamin Human, Harriet Hunter, Ifrah Hussain, Sami Hussain, Richard Thomas Jackson-Taylor, Bronwen Jacob-Ramsdale, Ryan Janjuha, Saleh Jawad, Muzzamil Jelani, David Johnston, Mike Jones, Sadhana Kalidindi, Savraj Kalsi, Asanish Kalyanasundaram, Anna Kane, Sahaj Kaur, Othman Khaled Al-Othman, Qaisar Khan, Sajan Khullar, Priscilla Kirkland, Hannah Lawrence-Smith, Charlotte Leeson, Julius Elisabeth Richard Lenaerts, Kerry Long, Simon Lubbock, Jamie Mac Donald Burrell, Rachel Maguire, Praveen Mahendran, Saad Majeed, Prabhjot Singh Malhotra, Vinay Mandagere, Angelos Mantelakis, Sophie McGovern, Anjola Mosuro, Adam Moxley, Sophie Mustoe, Sam Myers, Kiran Nadeem, Reza Nasseri, Tom Newman, Richard Nzewi, Rosalie Ogborne, Joyce Omatseye, Sophie Paddock, James Parkin, Mohit Patel, Sohini Pawar, Stuart Pearce, Samuel Penrice, Julian Purdy, Raisa Ramjan, Ratan Randhawa, Usman Rasul, Elliot Raymond-Taggert, Rebecca Razey, Carmel Razzaghi, Eimear Reel, Elliot John Revell, Joanna Rigbye, Oloruntobi Rotimi, Abdelrahman Said, Emma Sanders, Pranoy Sangal, Nora Sangvik Grandal, Aadam Shah, Rahul Atul Shah, Oliver Shotton, Daniel Sims, Katie Smart, Martha Amy Smith, Nick Smith, Aninditya Salma Sopian, Matthew South, Jessica Speller, Tom J. Syer, Ngan Hong Ta, Daniel Tadross, Benjamin Thompson, Jess Trevett, Matthew Tyler, Roshan Ullah, Mrudula Utukuri, Shree Vadera, Harriet Van Den Tooren, Sara Venturini, Aradhya Vijayakumar, Melanie Vine, Zoe Wellbelove, Liora Wittner, Geoffrey Hong Kiat Yong, Farris Ziyada, Oliver Patrick Devine

“…While these are in part explained by lower entry grades, a surprising finding is that schools such as PBL schools which reported greater student satisfaction with feedback also showed lower performance at postgraduate examinations. …”
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The Utilization of Wireless Handheld Computers with MEDLINE is an Effective Mechanism for Answering Clinical Questions at the Point of Care. A Review of: Hauser, Susan E., Dina Dem... by Martha Ingrid Preddie

“…A senior medical librarian/expert indexer reviewed all thecitations selected by evaluators and graded each citation as A (useful for answering the question), B (provided a partial answer) or C (not useful for answering the question). Only those graded A were regarded as “relevant.” For the purpose of analysis asession was deemed to be successful “if at least one of the citations selected by the evaluator as relevant was also classified as Relevant” (810) by the expert indexer. …”
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The mediating role of school bonds in the relationship between psychological toughness and aggression in female high school students by maryam ghafouri, Fatemeh Mosadeghi Nik

“…Due to the large size of the statistical population, three schools were randomly selected and one classroom was selected from each school, which included the tenth, eleventh and twelfth grades. A total of 9 classrooms were selected with a student population of 250. …”
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