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Open AccessAn observational comparison of FACT and ACT in the Netherlands and the US
Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) is a well-defined service delivery model for the care and treatment of the most severely mentally ill in the community with American origins. The Dutch have adapted the mode...
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Open AccessAdherence to a standardized infection reduction bundle decreases surgical site infections after colon surgery: a retrospective cohort study on 526 patients
Colon surgical site infections (SSI) are detrimental to patient safety and wellbeing. To achieve clinical excellence, our hospital set to improve patient safety for those undergoing colon surgery. Our goal was...
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Induction of Apoptosis in Metastatic Breast Cancer Cells: XV. Downregulation of DNA Polymerase-α – Helicase Complex (Replisomes) and Glyco-Genes
In normal and cancer cells, successful cell division requires accurate duplication of chromosomal DNA. All cells require a multiprotein DNA duplication system (replisomes) for their existence. However, death o...
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Open AccessPeer learning in the UNSW Medicine program
The UNSW Australia Medicine program explicitly structures peer learning in program wide mixing of students where students from two adjoining cohorts complete the same course together, including all learning ac...
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Open AccessGenome-wide map of quantified epigenetic changes during in vitrochondrogenic differentiation of primary human mesenchymal stem cells
For safe clinical application of engineered cartilage made from mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), molecular mechanisms for chondrogenic differentiation must be known in detail. Changes in gene expression and extr...
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Open AccessGel-free multiplexed reduced representation bisulfite sequencing for large-scale DNA methylation profiling
Sequencing-based approaches have led to new insights about DNA methylation. While many different techniques for genome-scale map** of DNA methylation have been employed, throughput has been a key limitation ...
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Preparation of reduced representation bisulfite sequencing libraries for genome-scale DNA methylation profiling
Genome-wide map** of 5-methylcytosine is of broad interest to many fields of biology and medicine. A variety of methods have been developed, and several have recently been advanced to genome-wide scale using...
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Open AccessPitch Comparisons between Electrical Stimulation of a Cochlear Implant and Acoustic Stimuli Presented to a Normal-hearing Contralateral Ear
Four cochlear implant users, having normal hearing in the unimplanted ear, compared the pitches of electrical and acoustic stimuli presented to the two ears. Comparisons were between 1,031-pps pulse trains and...
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Predictors of Referral to Supported Employment Among Consumers with Co-Occurring Mental and Substance Use Disorders
Clinical trials demonstrate that Supported Employment is effective in assisting persons with severe mental illness in obtaining competitive employment. However, little is known about the factors related to con...
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The Effect of Gaussian Noise on the Threshold, Dynamic Range, and Loudness of Analogue Cochlear Implant Stimuli
The deliberate addition of Gaussian noise to cochlear implant signals has previously been proposed to enhance the time coding of signals by the cochlear nerve. Potentially, the addition of an inaudible level o...
