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Competency in infection control is crucial for implementing nursing best practices to ensure patient safety. However, research is lacking on the infection control education received by nursing students prior t...
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The skin is the largest organ that protects the body from the outside and is subjected to constant physical stimulation, such as stretching. Although many studies currently focus on UV radiation and skin aging...
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Open AccessBehavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia in patients with Alzheimer’s disease and family caregiver burden: a path analysis
Studies reported the relationship between behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD), cognitive function, caregiver burden, and therapeutic effects. However, the causal relationship between BPSD...
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Open AccessEvolution of the Araliaceae family inferred from complete chloroplast genomes and 45S nrDNAs of 10 Panax-related species
We produced complete sequences and conducted comparative analysis of the maternally inherited chloroplast (cp) genomes and bi-parentally inherited 45S nuclear ribosomal RNA genes (nrDNA) from ten Araliaceae sp...
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Cytoplasmic male-sterility (CMS) conferred by the CMS-S cytoplasm has been most commonly used for onion (Allium cepa L.) F1 hybrid seed production. We first report the complete mitochondrial genome sequence conta...
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Several factors increase the risk of fragility fracture, including low bone mineral density, falls, and poor physical performance. The associations among these factors have been investigated; however, most of ...
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Open AccessComplete chloroplast and ribosomal sequences for 30 accessions elucidate evolution of Oryza AA genome species
Cytoplasmic chloroplast (cp) genomes and nuclear ribosomal DNA (nR) are the primary sequences used to understand plant diversity and evolution. We introduce a high-throughput method to simultaneously obtain co...
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Open AccessCameroon public health sector: shortage and inequalities in geographic distribution of health personnel
Cameroon is classified by the World Health Organization (WHO) as having a critical shortage of health personnel. This is further complicated by the geographic distributional inequalities of the national health...
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Multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) were uniformly coated with silica using polyethyleneimine (PEI) as a coupling agent without subjecting the surfaces of the MWCNTs to chemical modification, such as an ami...
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Analysis of expressed sequence tags from a normalized cDNA library of perilla (Perilla frutescens)
Perilla (Perilla frutescens), an herbal plant belonging to the Lamiaceae family, has long been cultivated in Asia. Perilla is notable as an aroma-rich leaf vegetable and as the oilseed crop richest in omega-3 fat...
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The Alignment of Accentual Peaks in the Expression of Focus in Korean
The alignment of the peak in Accentual Phrase (AP) varies between the second or the third syllable in Korean. Under the assumption that the alignment variation is systematic and linguistically conditioned, we ...
