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A retrospective study of association between demographic features of NEET-based selected candidate and final outcome in undergraduate medical education

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
Introduction: The National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) has standardized medical entrance examinations in India but has faced criticism for favouring urban students and CBSE-based syllabi, potentially disadvantaging rural and state board students.
Rajalakshmi Mahendran, Shivayogappa S. Teli, Sunil S. Shivekar   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A New Model for Predicting Component-Based Software Reliability Using Soft Computing

IEEE Access, 2019
Software engineering is the process of developing software by utilizing applications of computer engineering. In the present day, predicting the reliability of the software system become a recent issue and an attractive issue for the research area in the
Chander Diwaker, Pradeep Tomar, Arun Solanki, Anand Nayyar, N. Z. Jhanjhi, Azween Abdullah, Mahadevan Supramaniam   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluation of the Efficacy of Focal Vibration Therapy—Novafon as an Assistive Therapeutic Tool for Children With Feeding and Swallowing Disorders

Journal of Oral Rehabilitation, Volume 52, Issue 3, Page 312-319, March 2025.
ABSTRACT Background Paediatric dysphagia refers to any feeding and/or swallowing problem that affects nutritional or liquid intake safety or adequacy. There is a prominent lack of available evidence‐based effective therapeutic tools to facilitate the rehabilitation of feeding and/or swallowing disorders in children.
Rafaella Georgiou, Louiza Voniati, Alexandros Gryparis, Andri Papaleontiou, Nafsika Ziavra, Dionysios Tafiadis   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Context-Aware Adaptation of Component-Based Systems: An Active Repository Approach

Journal of Computer Networks and Communications, 2012
Context-aware systems are able to monitor and automatically adapt their operation accordingly to the execution context in which they are introduced.
Sindolfo Miranda Filho, Julio Melo, Luiz Eduardo Leite, Guido Lemos   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Focused anatomy workshops for clerkships and the USMLE Step 1 examination

Anatomical Sciences Education, Volume 18, Issue 1, Page 77-86, January 2025.
Abstract Anatomy is essential for understanding healthy and disease states as well as for the successful completion of clinical clerkships and board examinations. This project provided structured workshops aimed to review anatomical concepts for clerkships and Step 1 and provided a means for medical students to assess their anatomical knowledge.
Anna Ricci, Ian Minearo, Abigail Hielscher   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring the diagnostic accuracy and applicability of the Gugging Swallowing Screen in children with feeding and/or swallowing disorders

Neurogastroenterology &Motility, Volume 36, Issue 6, June 2024.
The Pediatric Version of the Gugging Swallowing Screen (GUSS) has a discriminant ability to detect the risk of aspiration in children with dysphagia. It implies the same diagnostic accuracy and applicability as the original version for adults. Pediatric version of GUSS adds value to the scientific community and especially in the field of speech ...
Rafaella Georgiou, Louiza Voniati, Andri Papaleontiou, Alexandros Gryparis, Nafsika Ziavra, Dionysios Tafiadis   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The validity of Iran’s national university entrance examination (Konkoor) for predicting medical students’ academic performance

BMC Medical Education, 2012
Background In Iran, admission to medical school is based solely on the results of the highly competitive, nationwide Konkoor examination. This paper examines the predictive validity of Konkoor scores, alone and in combination with high school grade point
Farrokhi-Khajeh-Pasha Yasin, Nedjat Saharnaz, Mohammadi Aeen, Rad Elaheh, Majdzadeh Reza, Monajemi Farshid, Jamali Ehsan, Yazdani Shahryar   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Atypical BSE (BASE) transmitted from asymptomatic aging cattle to a primate. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2008
BACKGROUND: Human variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD) results from foodborne transmission of prions from slaughtered cattle with classical Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (cBSE).
Emmanuel E Comoy, Cristina Casalone, Nathalie Lescoutra-Etchegaray, Gianluigi Zanusso, Sophie Freire, Dominique Marcé, Frédéric Auvré, Marie-Magdeleine Ruchoux, Sergio Ferrari, Salvatore Monaco, Nicole Salès, Maria Caramelli, Philippe Leboulch, Paul Brown, Corinne I Lasmézas, Jean-Philippe Deslys   +15 more
doaj   +1 more source

Does hypoleptinemia trigger entrapment in anorexia nervosa? Etiological and clinical considerations

European Eating Disorders Review, Volume 32, Issue 3, Page 557-574, May 2024.
Abstract Based on the recent observation that human recombinant leptin (r‐Met‐hu‐leptin; metreleptin) may induce a profound alleviation of the complex symptomatology of patients with anorexia nervosa (AN), we examine the implications for our conceptualisation of this eating disorder.
Johannes Hebebrand, Moritz Plieger, Gabriella Milos, Triinu Peters, Anke Hinney, Jochen Antel   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Support structures for a plural economy in rural areas? Analysing the role of community‐based social enterprises

Sociologia Ruralis, Volume 64, Issue 1, Page 82-103, January 2024.
Abstract Community‐led innovative solutions, including community‐based social enterprises, have been brought to the fore as significant actors with the potential to contribute to neo‐endogenous rural development. Through 34 interviews with stakeholders of four community‐based social enterprises operating in rural Ireland and Finland, we analyse the ...
Lucas Olmedo, Katja Marika Rinne‐Koski, Mary O'Shaughnessy, Anne Matilainen, Merja Lähdesmäki   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source