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Fertility issues in hypopituitarism
Women with hypopituitarism have lower fertility rates and worse pregnancy outcomes than women with normal pituitary function. These disparities exist despite the use of assisted reproductive technologies and h...
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Open AccessTowards a global partnership model in interprofessional education for cross-sector problem-solving
A partnership model in interprofessional education (IPE) is important in promoting a sense of global citizenship while preparing students for cross-sector problem-solving. However, the literature remains scant...
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Open AccessPredicting patient decompensation from continuous physiologic monitoring in the emergency department
Anticipation of clinical decompensation is essential for effective emergency and critical care. In this study, we develop a multimodal machine learning approach to predict the onset of new vital sign abnormali...
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Open AccessGenome-wide tiled detection of circulating Mycobacterium tuberculosis cell-free DNA using Cas13
Detection of microbial cell-free DNA (cfDNA) circulating in the bloodstream has emerged as a promising new approach for diagnosing infection. Microbial diagnostics based on cfDNA require assays that can detect...
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Open AccessA sco** review of clinical reasoning research with Asian healthcare professionals
Clinical reasoning is the thought process that guides practice. Although a plethora of clinical reasoning studies in healthcare professionals exists, the majority appear to originate from Western cultures. A s...
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Open AccessPrevalence of depression and suicide ideation in Hong Kong doctors: a cross-sectional study
Depression amongst physicians can lead to poor individual and institutional outcomes. This study examined the prevalence and factors associated with depression and suicidal ideation amongst doctors in Hong Kon...
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Open AccessTGFβ-blockade uncovers stromal plasticity in tumors by revealing the existence of a subset of interferon-licensed fibroblasts
Despite the increasing interest in targeting stromal elements of the tumor microenvironment, we still face tremendous challenges in develo** adequate therapeutics to modify the tumor stromal landscape. A maj...
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Open AccessLifetime cost-effectiveness analysis of first-line dialysis modalities for patients with end-stage renal disease under peritoneal dialysis first policy
This study aimed to determine the lifetime cost-effectiveness of first-line dialysis modalities for end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients under the “Peritoneal Dialysis First” policy.
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A Comparative, Multi-national Analysis of the Quality of Life and Learning Factors of Medical and Non-medical Undergraduate Students
This study compares data from two medical student cohorts early in their training from New Zealand and Hong Kong and then makes further comparisons with a non-medical group.
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Open AccessStudy protocol for a peer-led web-based intervention to promote safe usage of dating applications among young adults: a cluster randomized controlled trial
Dating applications are a popular platform to meet new people. At the same time, they have been associated with risks such as unsafe sexual behavior and privacy concerns in young adults. This paper presents a ...
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p53 inhibits CRISPR–Cas9 engineering in human pluripotent stem cells
CRISPR/Cas9 has revolutionized our ability to engineer genomes and conduct genome-wide screens in human cells1–3. Whereas some cell types are amenable to genome engineering, genomes of human pluripotent stem cell...
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Biomedical Students in their First Year of Study: Factors Explaining Performance in a High Stakes Examination
Strong theoretical arguments, such as the expectancy-value theory, support the idea that high-stakes examinations can cultivate competitive behavior and have an impact on wellbeing and motivation, especially i...
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Open AccessMental health of African asylum-seekers and refugees in Hong Kong: using the social determinants of health framework
Hong Kong is non-signatory to the 1951 Refugee Convention and its 1967 Protocol, and has no systematic domestic policies committed to the rights of asylum-seekers and refugees (ASRs). This creates a tenuous se...
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Open AccessA lost tribe in the city: health status and needs of African asylum seekers and refugees in Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s resistance to be a signatory of the 1951 Geneva Convention and lack of domestic policies in this area has resulted in restrictions on access to healthcare amongst asylum seekers and refugees (ASRs)...
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Characterization of the tool/fabric and fabric/fabric friction for woven-fabric composites during the thermostam** process
The dynamic coefficients of friction for Twintex® commingled glass-polypropylene balanced plain-weave and unbalanced twill-weave fabrics at the tool/fabric and fabric/fabric interfaces during the composite the...
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Design of an apparatus for measuring tool/fabric and fabric/fabric friction of woven-fabric composites during the thermostam** process
The thermostam** of prepreg woven fabrics shows promise as a low-cost high-volume manufacturing process for composite parts. One concern associated with the process is the unwanted formation of defects in th...
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Surface Stitching of a Wind Turbine Blade Using Digital Image Correlation
Advances in computing and camera technologies have greatly enhanced the utility of three dimensional (3D) digital image correlation (DIC) in the last several years. For example, 3D DIC is now being used as a t...
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Galvanic synthesis of hollow non-precious metal nanoparticles using aluminum nanoparticle template and their catalytic applications
Aluminum nanoparticles, owing to the large negative redox potential, are demonstrated to be an efficient template material to synthesize nanomaterials using the galvanic replacement reaction. The new nanoparti...
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Discrete mesoscopic modeling for the simulation of woven-fabric reinforcement forming
A discrete modeling approach is proposed to simulate woven-fabric reinforcement forming via explicit finite element analysis. The tensile behaviour of the yarns is modeled by truss, beam or seatbelt elements, ...
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Characterization of the fabric/tool and fabric/fabric friction during the thermostam** process
The thermostam** of quality composite parts using thermoplastic woven fabrics may require the use of in-plane forces to prevent fabric wrinkling for compound-curvature surfaces. These in-plane forces are dev...
