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Drug utilization in selected health facilities of South West Shoa Zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia

Drug, Healthcare and Patient Safety, 2015
Mengistu Kebede, Dereje Kebebe Borga, Eshetu Mulisa Bobasa Department of Pharmacy, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia Background: Sustaining the availability and rational use of safe and effective drugs is a major problem in developing countries ...
Kebede M, Kebebe Borga D, Mulisa Bobasa E   +2 more
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The effect of prescription patterns on the performance of the pharmacy department of a Regional Referral Hospital, Uganda

Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice
Background: Poor drug prescription patterns (PP) result in irrational medicine use, avoidable stock outs and drug expiries.Objective: This study primarily assessed the effects of PP on the performance of the pharmacy department (PD) of Mbarara Regional ...
Gerald Manzi Mbabazize, Vedaste Kagisha, Kato J. Njunwa, Joseph Oloro   +3 more
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Knowledge and opinions of postgraduate resident doctors regarding promotional drug literature: A cross-sectional study

National Journal of Physiology, Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 2020
Background: Pharmaceutical companies develop, introduce, and sell many novel drugs on a regular basis. For the manufacturers and distributors of these drugs, the sole important focus remains promoting them to prescribers, who are their target audience ...
Miti Ravin Gandhi, Savita Shahani, Noopur Ajaykumar Vyas   +2 more
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Ethical Foreground and Background in Adult Educator Work

New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Adult educators work in a complex ethical environment. The very act of contributing to the learning of another is fraught with moral overtones. In this paper we consider the ethical dimensions of adult educator practice by distinguishing the ethical features of the context or ‘background’ of practice from the ethical capabilities and decision ...
Steven Hodge, Sonal Nakar
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Elevated Connectivity During Language Processing Is Associated With Cognitive Performance in SeLECTS

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Self‐Limited Epilepsy with Centrotemporal Spikes (SeLECTS) is associated with language impairments despite seizures originating in the motor cortex, suggesting aberrant cross‐network interactions. Here we tested whether functional connectivity in SeLECTS during language tasks predicts language performance.
Wendy Qi, Katharine Lee, Kerry C. Nix, Miguel Menchaca, Xiwei Shé, Lorelei Santa Maria, Wei Wu, Zihuai He, Fiona M. Baumer   +8 more
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Risk of Non‐Arteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy in Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Patients Treated with GLP‐1 Receptor Agonists

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Glucagon‐like peptide‐1 receptor agonists (GLP‐1 RAs) have demonstrated significant weight‐reducing effects and may offer benefits in idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH); however, recent concerns about the risk of non‐arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION) have emerged.
Faisal A. Al‐Harbi, Mohanad A. Alkuwaiti, Yazeed B. Alaql, Ahmed K. Alsaif, Ahmed A. Alessa, Meshari Ayed Alharbi, Mohammed Alfalah, Saud A. Alnaaim, Sajjad M. AlHaddad, Ahmed Y. Azzam   +9 more
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Approximate Personal Name-Matching Through Finite-State Graphs [PDF]

, 2007
This article shows how finite-state methods can be employed in a new and different task: the conflation of personal name variants in standard forms. In bibliographic databases and citation index systems, variant forms create problems of inaccuracy that ...
De-Moya-Anegón, Félix, Carmen Galvez, Galvez, Carmen, Félix Moya-Anegón   +3 more
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Drug utilization pattern using WHO prescribing, patient care and health facility indicators in a primary and secondary health care facility

National Journal of Physiology, Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 2016
Background: Incorrect prescribing practices result in ineffective and insecure treatment, exacerbation or continuation of illness, damage to patient, increased cost, and development of drug resistance.
Zahida Parveen, Seema Gupta, Dinesh Kumar, Shahid Hussain   +3 more
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Sertraline Treatment Can Mimic Niemann‐Pick Type C Biomarker Profile: A Diagnostic Pitfall

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Oxysterols (cholestane‐3β,5α,6β‐triol and 7‐ketocholesterol) and N‐palmitoyl‐O‐phosphocholineserine (PPCS) are sensitive biomarkers for Niemann‐Pick disease type C (NPC) screening. However, false‐positive results occur, with a biomarker profile suggestive of NPC despite the absence of pathogenic variants in genes involved in NPC or ...
Maria Makrygianni, Cecile Pagan, Antony Citterio‐Quentin, Isabelle Rouvet, Giulia Dingeo, Cyril Hanin, Claudine Laurent‐Levinson, Samia Pichard, Bénédicte Héron, Clément Gourguechon, Daniele Mandia, Jerome Guitton, Carole Lacout, Nicolas Schleinitz, Florient Potier, Olivier Flabeau, Elsa Besse‐Pinot, Foudil Lamari, Magali Pettazzoni, Yann Nadjar   +19 more
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Phonetic Similarity in Brand Name Innovation [PDF]

When developing a new brand name, similarity of the new brand name to an existing brand name may affect perceptions of the new brand name. However, marketers typically have little guidance on the optimal level of similarity versus originality.
TINA M. LOWREY, ANN KRONROD
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