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Teacher-Expressed Humility and Students’ Learning Motivation: The Mediating Role of Academic Self-Efficacy and the Moderating Role of Teacher Ability Trustworthiness
Humility is a traditionally esteemed virtue in Chinese culture and a desired personal quality in teachers. While previous research shows that teacher humility has a positive effect on students, there is limite...
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Impact of minimally invasive total mesoesophageal excision and minimally invasive esophagectomy on failure patterns of locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a matched cohort study with long-term follow-up
The effects of minimally invasive total mesoesophageal excision (MITME) on the long-term prognosis of locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) remain unknown. The objective of this study was ...
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Inflammatory and Nutritional Status Influences Outcomes of Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy
The potential association between severe postoperative complications (SPC) and the oncological outcomes of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) patients according to the different Naples Prognostic Score ...
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Nomogram for prognosis of patients with esophageal squamous cell cancer after minimally invasive esophagectomy established based on non-textbook outcome
Non-textbook outcome (non-TO) represents a new prognostic evaluation index for surgical oncology. The present study aimed to develop new nomograms based on non-TO to predict the mortality and recurrence rate i...
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Open AccessSurvival outcomes of management in metastatic gastric adenocarcinoma patients
Chemotherapy is generally considered as the main treatment for metastatic gastric adenocarcinoma. The role of gastrectomy for metastatic gastric cancer without obvious symptoms is controversial. The objective ...
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A prospective nutritional assessment using Mini Nutritional Assessment-short form among patients with head and neck cancer receiving concurrent chemoradiotherapy
No gold standard of nutritional assessment is established among patients with head and neck cancer (HNC) receiving concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT). This study aimed to evaluate the clinical significance of...
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Container Closure Integrity Testing of Primary Containers for Parenteral Products
Container closure integrity (CCI) is the ability of a container closure system—i.e., a package system—to provide containment and protection for the content inside. Ensuring the CCI of a parenteral product pack...
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Open AccessCan teaching hospitals use serial formative OSCEs to improve student performance?
We report on interns’ clinical competence and experiences of an objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) training program over 3 years. We aimed to determine whether repeated formative OSCEs allow teac...
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The Application of RFID Monitoring Technology to Patrol Management System in Petrochemical Industry
A lot of manufacturers tend to enhance the management efficacy and reduce the management costs by investing large resources in the research and development of radio frequency identification (RFID). For petroch...
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Study on agricultural benefits by increasing capacity of water ponds: a case study at Taoyuan paddy fields
In Taiwan, agricultural water is frequently reduced or suspended for reallocation of water resources during drought. To cope with such a situation, the irrigation district of the Shihmen Reservoir in the north...
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Female voiding postures and their effects on micturition
This study investigated the effect of sitting and non-sitting postures on uroflowmetric parameters and postvoid residual urine (PVR) and women's preferred voiding posture.
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An ovarian steroid cell tumor with virilization and hypothyroidism: a case report
Steroid cell tumors are rare ovarian sex-cord stromal tumors with malignant potential. The majority of these tumors produce steroids with testosterone being the most common. The diagnosis of these rare tumors ...
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Hyperbaric oxygen induces VEGF expression through ERK, JNK and c-Jun/AP-1 activation in human umbilical vein endothelial cells
Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) is increasingly used in a number of areas of medical practice, such as selected problem infections and wounds. The beneficial effects of HBO in treating ischemia-related wounds may be m...
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A novel alkaline α-galactosidase gene is involved in rice leaf senescence
We previously isolated and identified numerous senescence-associated genes (SAGs) in rice leaves. Here we characterized the structure and function of an SAG-Osh69 encoding alkaline α-galactosidase that belongs to...
