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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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RNA Sequencing Resolves Cryptic Pathogenic Variants in Mitochondrial Disease

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Mitochondrial diseases are the most common inherited metabolic disorders, characterized by pronounced clinical and genetic heterogeneity that complicates molecular diagnosis. Although DNA‐based sequencing approaches have become standard in genetic testing, up to half of patients remain without a definitive diagnosis.
Zhimei Liu, Xin Duan, Fatemeh Peymani, Jia Wang, Chengjia Bao, Chaolong Xu, Ying Zou, Zixuan Zhang, Yunxi Zhang, Tongyue Li, Martin Pavlov, Junling Wang, Minhan Song, Tianyu Song, Xiaodi Han, Mingxi Sun, Danmin Shen, Ruoyu Duan, Huafang Jiang, Manting Xu, Holger Prokisch, Fang Fang   +21 more
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Impact of type 2 diabetes treated with non-insulin medication and number of diabetes-coexisting diseases on EQ-5D-5 L index scores in the Finnish population

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 2019
Background Type 2 diabetes (T2D) causes significant health and economic burden. In addition to comorbidities there are also coexisting diseases linked to obesity, lifestyle and T2D.
Kari Jalkanen, Emma Aarnio, Piia Lavikainen, Hanna-Mari Jauhonen, Hannes Enlund, Janne Martikainen   +5 more
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Fundamental Measurement and Quality-Adjusted Life Years [PDF]

Value in Health, 2021
Paul C, Langley, Stephen P, McKenna
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Dimethyl Fumarate, But Not Rituximab, Reduces Serum GFAP Levels and PIRMA in Relapsing–Remitting MS

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Serum neurofilament light chain (sNfL) and glial fibrillary acidic protein (sGFAP) levels are believed to reflect mainly acute and chronic disease processes in multiple sclerosis (MS), respectively. In this study, we investigated whether dimethyl fumarate (DMF) and rituximab (RTX) differentially affect these biomarkers.
F. Shawket, J. Lycke, J. Salzer, F. Piehl, K. Fink, N. Lange, J. Mellergård, C. Malmeström, P. Sundström, I. Erngren, A. al‐Grety, E. Freyhult, K. Kultima, J. Burman, A. Svenningsson   +14 more
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The cost-utility analysis for the treatment of pediatric femoral shaft fracture

Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation
Background Hip spica cast, plate and screw fixation, elastic nail fixation and external fixation are used to manage femoral fractures in children. Currently, there is still lacking evidence of the full economic evaluation for various treatments of ...
Theeranop Temtheerakij, Chanika Angsanuntsukh, Oraluck Pattanaprateep, Thira Woratanarat, Patarawan Woratanarat   +4 more
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Preference-based health-related quality of life among victims of bullying

, 2016
Purpose No previous study has estimated the association between bullying and preference-based health-related quality of life (HRQoL) (‘‘utility’’), knowledge of which may be used for cost-effectiveness studies of interventions designed to prevent ...
Svensson, Mikael,, Beckman, L., Frisén, Ann,, Beckman, Linda,   +3 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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Weighting and valuing quality-adjusted life-years using stated preference methods: preliminary results from the Social Value of a QALY Project

Health Technology Assessment, 2010
Objectives: To identify characteristics of beneficiaries of health care over which relative weights should be derived and to estimate relative weights to be attached to health gains according to characteristics of recipients of these gains (relativities ...
R Baker, I Bateman, C Donaldson, M Jones-Lee, E Lancsar, G Loomes, H Mason, M Odejar, JL Pinto Prades, A Robinson, M Ryan, P Shackley, R Smith, R Sugden, J Wildman   +14 more
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Quality of Life Lost Due to Non-Fatal Road Crashes [PDF]

The objective of this paper is to evaluate the effect of a nonfatal road crash on the health-related quality of life of injured people. A new approach is suggested, based on the cardinalization of categorical Self-Assessed Health valuations.
Cubí-Mollá Patricia, Herrero Carmen
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