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Laughter as medical providers' resource : negotiating informed choice in prenatal genetic counseling [PDF]
, 2011 This article aims to challenge the perception that in medical encounters laughter is an interactional resource primarily employed by patients. Drawing on 34 video-recorded prenatal genetic counseling (PGC) sessions collected in a Hong Kong hospital, and ...
Schnurr, S +5 more
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Cortical Thickness and White Matter Surface Morphology in Tourette Syndrome: A Cohort Study
Annals of Neurology, EarlyView.Objective To examine cortical thickness and white matter surface morphology in a large sample of individuals with Tourette syndrome (TS) and neurotypical controls across the lifespan, and to assess associations with symptom severity, comorbidities, and medication use.
Sahar Delavari +8 more
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Ontogeny of murine bony semicircular canal form
The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract The labyrinthine geometry and functional anatomy of the semicircular canals have intrigued scientists for decades, and there has been considerable interest in understanding how these complex structures grow and develop with evidence emerging from human studies that size maturation occurs exceptionally early by comparison with other systems ...
Marcela Cárdenas‐Serna +1 more
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The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract The vertebrate skull is composed of bones derived from neural crest cells and mesoderm. The evolutionary capacity of the skull has been linked, in part, to the emergence of neural crest cells; however, this increased capacity for evolutionary change requires that variation within neural crest‐ and mesoderm‐derived bones remains partly ...
Alyssa C. Moore +5 more
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The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract An ultrastructural morphometric analysis of the postnatal development of the lung in the gray short‐tailed opossum (Monodelphis domestica) has been conducted to evaluate the morphofunctional status of this poorly developed marsupial lung immediately following parturition.
Kirsten Ferner
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The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract Primates show a high degree of locomotor diversity that engenders similar variance in limb bone cross‐sectional geometry and bending strength: leaping primates have stronger hindlimb bones whereas suspensory species have stronger forelimb bones.
Angela M. Mossor +7 more
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Paying primary health care centers for performance in Rwanda [PDF]
Paying for performance (P4P) provides financial incentives for providers to increase the use and quality of care. P4P can affect health care by providing incentives for providers to put more effort into specific activities, and by increasing the amount ...
Sturdy, Jennifer R. +5 more
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Innervation of the tubarial glands: A hypothesis‐driven anatomical review
The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract The tubarial glands have been described as a macroscopic bilateral glandular complex in the posterolateral nasopharynx near the torus tubarius and the pharyngeal opening of the Eustachian tube. Since their recognition on prostate‐specific membrane antigen‐based imaging, their anatomical classification has remained debated, with converging ...
Mugurel Constantin Rusu +2 more
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Journal of Pregnancy, 2012 The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of vibroacoustic stimulation (VAS) on computerized cardiotocography short-term variability (STV) and approximate entropy (ApEn) in both low- and high-risk pregnancies. VAS was performed on 121 high- and 95
Maria Laura Annunziata +7 more
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, 2015 The purpose of this paper is less to answer questions than to ask them, and less to define ‘carers’ than to understand who they are. In particular, its purpose is to ask why the label ‘family carer’ may be rejected by some of them, or by particular ...
Care Alliance Ireland
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