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Quality of life of children with poor school performance: association with hearing abilities and behavioral issues

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
The aim of the present study was to investigate the quality of life of children with poor school performance and its association with behavioral aspects and hearing abilities. Methods: This cross-sectional observational study, developed in a town in the
Bárbara Antunes Rezende, Stela Maris Aguiar Lemos, Adriane Mesquita de Medeiros   +2 more
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Associations of Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity With Frailty Over Five Years of Follow‐up

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective To evaluate whether rheumatoid arthritis (RA) disease activity is associated with frailty both in cross‐section and longitudinally. Methods Participants within the Veterans Affairs Rheumatoid Arthritis (VARA) registry enrolled from 2003 to 2022 were included.
Courtney N. Loecker, Yangyuna Yang, Punyasha Roul, Aaron Baraff, Myra S. Schmaderer, Lani Zimmerman, Kaleb Michaud, Namrata Singh, Grant W. Cannon, Gary Kunkel, Ted R. Mikuls, Ariela R. Orkaby, Joshua F. Baker, Bryant R. England, Katherine D. Wysham   +14 more
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Characteristics and Outcomes of Male Participants in a Multicenter Longitudinal Australian Study Cohort

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective The aim of this study was to determine the differences in demographic, serologic, and clinical characteristics between male and female patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) in an Australian cohort. Methods This was a retrospective observational study using data from the Australian Scleroderma Cohort Study.
Emily Lin, Dylan Hansen, Laura Ross, Gene‐Siew Ngian, Susanna Proudman, Gabor Major, Maryam Tabesh, Mandana Nikpour, Jennifer Walker, Lauren Host, Nava Ferdowsi, Alannah Quinlivan, Wendy Stevens, Joanne Sahhar, Diane Apostolopoulos   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Association of Physical Function With Psychosocial Patient‐Reported Outcomes in People With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective To evaluate how modifiable psychosocial factors and fatigue relate to physical functioning in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Methods In this cross‐sectional study of two demographically distinct cohorts (Approaches to Positive, Patient‐Centered Experiences of Aging with Lupus [APPEAL] and California Lupus Epidemiology Study
Mrinalini Dey, Jessica Fitzpatrick, Maria Dall'Era, Charmayne Dunlop‐Thomas, Courtney Hoge, S. Sam Lim, Patricia P. Katz, Jinoos Yazdany, Laura C. Plantinga   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

A model for implementation of total quality management practices on education performance in Iraq secondary schools [PDF]

, 2020
Total Quality Management (TQM) is important in determining that an organisation can sustain in improving its competitiveness. TQM is one of the solutions for improving performance in an organisation. Education sector is still one of the greatest concerns
Kadhim, Sami Abdullah
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Do Poor Students Benefit from China’s Merger Program? Transfer Path and Educational Performance

, 2011
Aiming to provide better education facilities and improve the educational attainment of poor rural students, China’s government has been merging remote rural primary schools to centralized village, town, or county schools since the late 1990s. To accompany the policy, boarding facilities have been constructed that allow (mandate) primary school-aged ...
Chen, Xinin, Yi, Hongmei, Zhang, Linxiu, Di, Mo, Chu, James, Rozelle, Scott   +5 more
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Performance invalidity in traumatic brain injury litigants with poor quality of education: a South African cross-cultural study

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology
Introduction: Performance invalidity is under-studied in countries outside of the United States of America (US), with non-English examinees and with those who have low levels or poor quality of education.Method: This cross-cultural neuropsychological study explored performance invalidity in South African adult traumatic brain injury (TBI) litigants (N =
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Obesity Subtypes and Longitudinal Trajectories of Function Over Seven Years of Follow‐Up: Data From the Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Obesity, defined by body mass index (BMI) ≥30 kg/m2, is a risk factor for functional limitations in people with knee osteoarthritis (OA). However, function varies among such individuals. Our objective was to evaluate the implications of obesity subtypes on longitudinal patterns of physical functioning in people with or at risk for knee OA ...
Kristine Godziuk, Sarah Tilley, Michael LaValley, Michael C. Nevitt, Cora E. Lewis, James C. Torner, Tuhina Neogi, for the Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study Group   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Race Matters:urban education, globalisation and the 21st century

, 2017
The educational landscape in Britain in the early 21st century is constantly changing. It shifts according to changes of government, economic instability and global pressures.
Crozier, Gill; id_orcid
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Nutritional guidelines for residential care settings for young people

Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care, 2009
The Scottish Government will soon publish nutritional guidelines for children and young people living in residential settings in Scotland. The guidelines have been produced by a group of experts drawn from all over Scotland, and the group has been ...
John Brown
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