Prognostic significance of pleural fluid microbiological positivity in pleural infection: a bicentric 10-year retrospective observational study by Wong, C, Fan, HC, Rahman, NM, Wong, JCC, Cheng, HS, Chiu, PH, Tong, CW, Miu, FPL, Yam, LYC

“…Methods: Consecutive patients hospitalized for pleural infection over a 10-year period in two acute-care hospitals in Hong Kong were evaluated. …”

After neonatal care, what next? A qualitative study of mothers’ post-discharge experiences after premature birth in Kenya by Maluni, J, Oluoch, D, Molyneux, S, Boga, M, Jones, C, Murila, F, English, M, Ziebland, S, Hinton, L

“…Background: Approximately 15 million babies are born prematurely every year worldwide. Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and Asia account for more than half of the global preterm deliveries. …”

Nonspecific Signs and/or Symptoms of Cancer: A Retrospective, Observational Analysis from a Secondary Care, US Community Oncology Dataset by Benton, Christopher B., He, Ding, Todoroff, Karen, Coignet, Marie V., Luan, Ying, Wong, Jason C., Kurtzman, Kathryn N., Zackon, Ira

“…To help determine the unmet need for improved diagnostic tools to evaluate patients with nonspecific signs and/or symptoms (NSSS) and suspicion of cancer, we examined patient characteristics, diagnostic journey, and cancer incidence of patients with NSSS within The US Oncology Network (The Network), a secondary care community oncology setting. This retrospective, observational cohort study included patients aged ≥40 years with ≥1 NSSS in their problem list at their first visit within The Network (the index date) between 1 January 2016 and 31 December 2020. …”
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Time to speed up scientific deliveries in fibrotic interstitial lung disease: innovative clinical trial design to improve patient care by Kawano-Dourado, L, Kulkarni, T, Ryerson, CJ, Richards, DB

“…Despite a large increase in the number of clinical trials in the last 10 years, current regulatory-approved management approaches are limited to two therapies that prevent the progression of fibrosis. …”

Development and validation of questionnaire on knowledge, attitudes, practices and perceived barriers related to nutrition care process among clinical dietitians in Malaysia by Bahari, Zaini

“…The multivariate analysis indicated five factors determine the practice of the NCP namely perceived barriers to implement the NCP (β = -.264, p = <.001), support from the head of department (β = .225, p = <.001), attitude towards the NCP (β = .244, p =.001), utilisation of the NCP at critical care area (β = .153, p = .009), and years of working (β = .132, p = .024). …”
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The MR Cap: A single‐sided MRI system designed for potential point‐of‐care limited field‐of‐view brain imaging by McDaniel, Patrick C., Cooley, Clarissa Zimmerman, Stockmann, Jason P., Wald, Lawrence L.

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DropLab: an automated magnetic digital microfluidic platform for sample-to-answer point-of-care testing-development and application to quantitative immunodiagnostics by Hu, Xuyang, Gao, Xiangyu, Chen, Songlin, Guo, Jinhong, Zhang, Yi

“…In point-of-care testing (POCT), tests are performed near patients and results are given rapidly for timely clinical decisions. …”
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British unpaid carers’ perspectives on what impacts their resilience when providing end of life care at home- a scoping review by Gould, S, Borgstrom, E, McCallum, K, Wee, B, Garcia, R

Developing a digital phenotype to subdivide adult immunosuppressed COVID-19 outcomes within the English Primary Care Sentinel Network by Leston, M, Kar, D, Forbes, A, Jamie, G, Wimalaratna, R, Jiwani, G, Ordóñez-Mena, JM, Stewart, DE, Whitaker, H, Joy, M, Lee, LYW, Hobbs, FDR, de Lusignan, S

GP Workforce Sustainability to maximise effective and equitable patient care: a realist review of what works, for whom and in what circumstances? by Owen, E, Burford, B, Duddy, C, Goodman, C, Lamb, L, Rapley, T, Rees, E, Vance, G, Park, SE

Developing feasible and acceptable strategies for integrating the use of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) in gender-affirming care: an implementation study by Kamran, R, Jackman, L, Laws, A, Stepney, M, Harrison, C, Jain, A, Rodrigues, J

“…<p><strong>Objective</strong></p> Use CFIR guidance to create comprehensive, evidence-based, feasible, and acceptable gender-affirming care PROM implementation strategies. <p><strong> Design, setting, participants</strong></p> A 3-Phase participatory process was followed to design feasible and acceptable strategies for integrating PROMs in gender-affirming care. …”

Prevalence of offering menopause hormone therapy among primary care doctors and its associated factors: a cross-sectional study by Low, Tiong Lim, Cheong, Ai Theng, Devaraj, Navin Kumar, Ismail, Rohayah

“…All PCDs provided services in government primary care clinics from the three states were invited through the doctor in charge of each clinic. …”
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Suspect screening in mussels cultured in straits of Tebrau leading to public perception and awareness survey on pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) by Yong, Zhi Yuan, Chong, Yen San, Mohamad Hanafi, Muhammad Arif Haikal, Abdul Wahab, Mohd. Firdaus, Lee, Hooi Ling, Bakar, Mohd. Bakri, Abdul Majid, Zaiton, Basar, Norazah, Chandren, Sheela, Hasbullah, Hasrinah, Othman, Mohd. Hafiz Dzarfan, Chan, Wei Yee, Jaafar, Siti Nur Tahirah, Yong, Ee Ling

“…Interestingly, 7 pharmaceuticals and 4 personal care products appeared in both tides in mussel samples. …”

Selecting a self-sufficient solar system configuration for 24/7, year-round, per-demand power supply by Doron, Pinchas, Karni, Jacob, Slocum, Alexander

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Year-Long Stability of Nucleic Acid Bases in Concentrated Sulfuric Acid: Implications for the Persistence of Organic Chemistry in Venus’ Clouds by Seager, Sara, Petkowski, Janusz J., Seager, Maxwell D., Grimes, John H., Zinsli, Zachary, Vollmer-Snarr, Heidi R., Abd El-Rahman, Mohamed K., Wishart, David S., Lee, Brian L., Gautam, Vasuk, Herrington, Lauren, Bains, William, Darrow, Charles

“…We show that the nucleic acid bases adenine, cytosine, guanine, thymine, and uracil, as well as 2,6-diaminopurine, and the &ldquo;core&rdquo; nucleic acid bases purine and pyrimidine, are stable for more than one year in concentrated sulfuric acid at room temperature and at acid concentrations relevant for Venus clouds (81% <i>w</i>/<i>w</i> to 98% <i>w</i>/<i>w</i> acid, the rest water). …”
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Predictors of persistent poor control and validation of ASSESS score: longitudinal 5-year follow-up of severe asthma cohort by Tiew, Pei Yee, Tay, Tunn Ren, Chen, Wenjia, Price, David B., Ong, Kheng Yong, Chotirmall, Sanjay Haresh, Koh, Mariko Siyue

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The added value of deep learning to submaximal exercise electrocardiogram for the 10-year prediction of major adverse cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events by Sturge, A, Van Duijvenboden, S, Harper, C, Casadei, B, Doherty, A

Tailored dose baclofen in patients with alcoholic liver disease: A case series with 2-year follow-up of hospitalisation by Heydtmann, M, Macdonald, B, Lewsey, J, Masson, N, Cunningham, L, Irnazarow, A, Nardone, A, Cosgrave, J, Chick, J

“…</p> <p><strong>Results:</strong> Baclofen was generally well tolerated with dose reductions in four patients. In the 2 years after initiation of the treatment, patients spent on an average of 19.1 d in the hospital per year compared to 25.48 d before the treatment initiation (p = 0.59). …”

The role of schools within initial teacher education in England: an exploration of the shifting policy focus over the past 50 years by Mutton, T, Burn, K, Molway, L

“…Our paper traces key policy moments over the past 50 years in England, examining specifically those policies which have had implications for the role of schools and school-based teacher educators within ITE programmes. …”

Titanium elastic nailing system of diaphyseal femur fracture in a 7 years old child: a case report by Tarmalinggam, Shangeetha, Appasamy, Edzell Swamy, Abdul Ghani, Kamarul Al-Haqq, Kamisan, Norazian

“…However, complications are seen in conservative treatments and lately surgical interventions are being practised tremendously to minimise the complications. Case Report: A 7 years old boy, sustained a closed fracture midshaft left femur after a motor vehicle accident. …”
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