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Profiling the absolute and relative strength of a special operations police unit
BackgroundSpecialist police perform high-risk tasks and are required to have, and maintain, a high level of fitness. The aims of this study were to...
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Differential patient travel distance and time to psoriasis clinical trial sites
Considering the known disparities in racial representation in psoriasis clinical trials, this study sought to characterize travel distance and time...
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Restoration or relative overcorrection of pre-arthritic coronal alignment leads to improved results following medial unicompartmental knee arthroplasty
PurposeA pre-arthritic alignment strategy for medial unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) aims to restore a patient’s native lower limb alignment...
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The association between paramedic service system hospital offload time and response time
ObjectiveTo address an important care issue in Canada, we tested the association between paramedic system hospital offload and response time, while...
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Altered Aortic Hemodynamics and Relative Pressure in Patients with Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Ventricular-vascular interaction is central in the adaptation to cardiovascular disease. However, cardiomyopathy patients are predominantly monitored...
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Analgesia nociception index and high frequency variability index: promising indicators of relative parasympathetic tone
At present, there is no objective and absolute measure of nociception, although various monitoring techniques have been developed. One such technique...
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Survival Benefit Relative to Treatment Modalities Among Patients with Very Early Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma: an Analysis of the National Cancer Database
BackgroundLiver transplantation (LT) has been considered a potential curative treatment for patients with very early intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma...
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Robotic-assisted total hip arthroplasty utilizing a fluoroscopy-guided system resulted in improved intra-operative efficiency relative to a computerized tomography-based platform
Robotic-assisted total hip arthroplasty (THA) using a computerized-tomography (CT) based workflow increases surgical time relative to traditional...
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The responsibility to quench thirst by providing drinks when a relative is dying spouses’ experience in specialist palliative home care
BackgroundThirst and dry mouth are common symptoms in terminally ill patients. It is known that family members usually request drips for their dying...
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Effect of time restricted eating versus daily calorie restriction on sex hormones in males and females with obesity
This study examined the effects of time restricted eating (TRE) on sex hormones in males and females, versus daily calorie restriction (CR). Adults...
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A parametric additive hazard model for time-to-event analysis
BackgroundIn recent years, the use of non- and semi-parametric models which estimate hazard ratios for analysing time-to-event outcomes is...
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Societal costs of personality disorders among treatment-seeking patients in Norway: the relative contribution of specific DSM-5 categories
Personality disorders (PDs) are associated with high levels of societal costs, regardless of whether a single PD or a broad range of PDs have been...
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The relative age effect on fundamental movement skills in Chinese children aged 3–5 years
BackgroundThe cut-off date in the education system causes a relative age difference, with developmental advantages for children who are born on the...
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Premonitory symptoms in migraine: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies reporting prevalence or relative frequency
BackgroundObservational studies on the prevalence of premonitory symptoms in people with migraine, preceding the headache pain (or aura) phase, have...
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What Attributes of Integrated Health Care for Mental Health Are the Most Important to Potential Consumers? A Relative Ranking Study
Integrated health care (IHC) is efficacious, cost-effective, and more attractive to some consumers than traditional standalone psychotherapy, but the...
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Relative validity of an intelligent ordering system to estimate dietary intake among university students from a medical school in Shanghai, China
BackgroundDietary assessment methods have limitations in capturing real-time eating behaviour accurately. Equipped with automated...
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Relative acquisition evaluation of health poverty alleviation project: a quantitative study of data from different regions of China
BackgroundPoverty is the greatest obstacle to the realization of human rights, among which illness is the leading cause in China. In 2015, China...
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Relative reinforcement from physical activity in real-world environments: a novel application of behavioral economics
Behavioral economics suggests that individuals are likely to engage in a behavior if it is more reinforcing and readily available than other possible...
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Pathways linking relative deprivation to blood pressure control: the mediating role of depression and medication adherence among Chinese middle-aged and older hypertensive patients
BackgroundStudies have demonstrated that individuals of low socioeconomic status have higher blood pressure. Yet, whether socioeconomic inequality...
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Comparison of current relative value unit-based prices and utility between common surgical procedures, including orthopedic surgeries, in South Korea
BackgroundThe medical pricing system strongly influences physicians’ job satisfaction and patient health outcomes. This study aimed to investigate...
