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PURPOSE: This review evaluated whether 9 single-word tests of phonological error patterns provide adequate content coverage to accurately identify error patterns that are active in a child's speech. METHOD: Tests in the current study were considered to display sufficient opportunities to assess common phonological err…

The purpose of this ex post facto correlational study was to compare exit examination scores and NCLEX-RN(®) pass rates of baccalaureate nursing students who differed in level of participation in a standardized test package. Three cohort groups emerged as a standardized test package was introduced: (a) students wh…

The current study used meta-analysis to examine the criterion-related validity of the relationships between safety climate, safety performance (participation and compliance), and occupational accidents and injuries. Support was found for the study's hypotheses linking organizational safety climate to employee safety co…

An analysis of the most recent self-study reports of the 46 teacher preparation programs approved by the Council on Education of the Deaf yielded data on program demographics, curriculum and content, faculty, practicum, students, and graduates. Only 4 of the 46 teacher preparation programs had been established since 19…

This article addresses a number of methodological weaknesses in the group comparison design of the Israeli High-Risk Study. It would seem that 25 years ago constraints of experimental design may have led the investigators to select as schizophrenic probands patients who today would no longer qualify for schizophrenic d…

Human S-antigen (HSA) is a 50,000 molecular weight photoreceptor cell protein capable of inducing an experimental autoimmune uveitis (EAU) in susceptible animal strains. In order to determine specific sites responsible for its uveitopathogenicity, we synthesized 39 overlapping peptides corresponding to its entire 404 a…

INTRODUCTION: Recombinant human erythropoietin is used primarily to treat anemia. There is evidence of its neuroprotective capacity from preclinical studies in Parkinson's disease and other neurodegenerative diseases. Recombinant human erythropoietin produced in Cuba (ior-EPOCIM) is registered and approved for use in h…

Prostate cancer is the most common non-skin cancer among men. Though statins are mainly used as antihyperlipidemic drugs, many studies have reported their proapoptotic and antimetastatic activities on prostate cancer. However, the poor solubility and insufficient delivery of statins in tumor site limit their anticancer…

Dissensions among specialists over progress of the European Union (EU) strategies for transitioning into circular economy (CE) could be resolved by assessments of countries' performance in this area. Measuring levels of circularity is however in its elementary stages and numerous efforts have been made to improve curre…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the association between the degree of response to placebo in migraine studies and the observed difference between drug and placebo across studies of preventative treatments for migraine. METHODS: A systematic review was performed using MEDLINE and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Clin…

Influenza causes significant morbidity and mortality in children. This study's objectives were to describe influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 during the pandemic, to compare it with circulating influenza in 2010/2011, and to identify risk factors for severe influenza defined as requiring admission to a paediatric intensive care un…

PURPOSE: To identify methodological issues related to the use of active or passive parental consent in school-based research on adolescent risk behavior research and to propose recommendations consistent with current legal and ethical standards in the United States. METHODS: Review and synthesis of the professional li…

Oats are grains that can be consumed by both animals and humans. They have thrived in Ethiopia, where certain oat species are considered native to the region. This work represents the first investigation of the population structure and genetic diversity of Ethiopian and other country oats. This led the scientists to ex…

The study's aim was to develop a dermal equivalent scaffold that can mimic the architecture and biological performance of the human dermis. Poly ε-caprolactone (PCL) electrospun nanofiber material (ENF) was assembled with polyethylene glycol diacrylate (PEGDA), sodium alginate (SA) and type I collagen (CG1) to de…

BACKGROUND: This study aims to explore the relationship between magnesium depletion score (MDS) and periodontitis in US adults using data from the National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey (NHANES) 2009-2014. METHODS: This cross-sectional study's outcome was periodontitis, defined by the CDC/AAP using clinica…

Streptococcus suis has been well-recognized as a zoonotic pathogen worldwide, and the diversity and unpredictable adaptive potential of sporadic human strains represent a great risk to the public health. In this study, S. suis LSM178, isolated from a patient in contact with pigs and raw pork, was assessed as a hyp…

UNLABELLED: The study's background and aim: In this investigation, the safety property of M2000 (β-D-mannuronic acid) on differentiation, maturation and function of dendritic cells, was determined. β-D-mannuronic acid, as a novel immunosuppressive and anti-inflammatory agent, has been tested in various expe…

Although interviewer error is widely recognized as an important source of variation in epidemiologic investigations, scant published information exists documenting the impact of interviewer variation on study findings. Using data from the Massachusetts Women's Health Study, a population-based cohort study of 2,569 midd…

We report the within-person, between-person, and methodological variances of a number of chemical analytes for free-living, middle-aged adults who participated in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study's Intraindividual Variability Study. The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study is a National Institutes of…

One-third of adults across the globe exhibit metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD)-formerly known as nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). To date, MASLD is the fastest-growing etiology of chronic liver disease and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Besides the population with obesity, MASLD…