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Group OSCE (GOSCE) as a formative clinical assessment tool for pre-clerkship medical students at the University of Sharjah
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2018 , Article)
Objectives: Continuous formative assessment with appropriate feedback is the pillar of effective clinical teaching and learning. Group Objective Structured Clinical Examination (GOSCE) has been reported as a resource-effective ...
Continuity of sleep problems from adolescence to young adulthood: results from a longitudinal study
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Elsevier Inc
, 2017 , Article)
Background
Considering the lack of evidence on incidence and continuity of sleep problems from adolescence to young adulthood, this study explores sleep problems’ incidence and their continuation rates from 14 to 21 ...
Thujone inhibits the function of 7-nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and impairs nicotine-induced memory enhancement in one-trial passive avoidance paradigm
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Elsevier Ireland Ltd
, 2017 , Article)
Effects of thujone, a major ingredient of absinthe, wormwood oil and some herbal medicines, were tested on the function of 7 subunit of the human nicotinic acetylcholine (7 nACh) receptor expressed in Xenopus oocytes using ...
Effectiveness of Different Topical Treatments in the Healing of Pressure Injuries: A Network Meta-analysis.
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Elsevier
, 2018 , Article)
Pressure injuries (PIs) are one of the most common types of complex wounds and impose a huge economic burden on the healthcare system and the patients. A plethora of topical treatments is widely available for PI treatment, ...
P-value driven methods were underpowered to detect publication bias: analysis of Cochrane review meta-analyses
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Elsevier
, 2019 , Article)
To investigate the effect of number of studies in a meta-analysis on the detection of publication bias using p-value driven methods. The proportion of meta-analyses detected by Egger's, Harbord's, Peters', and Begg's tests ...
PD-L1 status in breast cancer: Current view and perspectives.
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Elsevier
, 2019 , Article)
Breast cancer was traditionally not considered a particularly immunogenic tumor. However, recent developments have shown that some aggressive triple-negative breast cancers are immunogenic, exhibit a resistance to chemotherapy ...
Performance evaluation of novel fluorescent-based lateral flow immunoassay (LFIA) for rapid detection and quantification of total anti-SARS-CoV-2 S-RBD binding antibodies in infected individuals
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Elsevier
, 2022 , Article)
The vast majority of the commercially available LFIA is used to detect SARS-CoV-2 antibodies qualitatively. Recently, a novel fluorescence-based LIFA test was developed for quantitative measurement of the total binding ...
Microdeletion in a FAAH pseudogene identified in a patient with high anandamide concentrations and pain insensitivity
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Elsevier
, 2019 , Article)
The study of rare families with inherited pain insensitivity can identify new human-validated analgesic drug targets. Here, a 66-yr-old female presented with nil requirement for postoperative analgesia after a normally ...
Calmodulin Interacts and Regulates Enzyme Activity of the Mammalian Sperm Phospholipase C
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Elsevier
, 2017 , Article)
Sperm-specific Phospholipase C zeta (PLCζ) is widely considered to be the sole, physiological stimulus responsible for the generation of Ca2+ oscillations that induce egg activation and early embryo development during ...
Perspectives and attitudes of jordanian medical and paramedical students toward surrogate pregnancy
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Taylor & Francis Group
, 2018 , Article)
Purpose: This study aims at investigating the perspectives of Jordanian medical and paramedical students on surrogate pregnancy. Methods: A questionnaire-based cross-sectional study design was used. The sample consisted ...