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Peripheral blood proteome biomarkers distinguish immunosuppressive features of cancer progression
Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.Immune status significantly influences cancer progression. This study used plasma proteomics to analyze benign 67NR and malignant 4T1 breast tumor models at early and late tumor stages. Immune‐related proteins–osteopontin (Spp1), lactotransferrin (Ltf), calreticulin (Calr) and peroxiredoxin 2 (Prdx2)–were associated with systemic myeloid‐derived ...
Yeon Ji Park +6 more
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Medical education and the pursuit of excellence : the quest for the Holy Grail? [PDF]
, 2008 Medical education in Europe is currently facing enormous challenges brought about by the number and the diversity of medical schools that are now within the fold.
Vassallo, Josanne
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Understanding statistical concepts in laboratory quality control measures in biomedical research [PDF]
, 2017 The purpose of this article is to explore the quality assurance methods in carrying out laboratory investigations on various kits and biological products and analysing the results through statistical approach.
Anand, Apoorva, Juneja, Atul
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Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.Presurgery 72‐h fasting in GB patients leads to adaptations of plasma lipids and polar metabolites. Fasting reduces lysophosphatidylcholines and increases free fatty acids, shifts triglycerides toward long‐chain TGs and increases branched‐chain amino acids, alpha aminobutyric acid, and uric acid.
Iris Divé +7 more
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Comparative analysis of quality assurance in health care delivery and higher medical education
Advances in Medical Education and Practice, 2012 Jamiu O BusariDepartment of Educational Development and Research, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Maastricht, Maastricht, The NetherlandsAbstract: Quality assurance (QA) in higher medical education involves the development ...
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Evaluation of prenatal care in Primary Health Care in Brazil
Revista Brasileira de Saúde Materno InfantilObjectives: to evaluate prenatal care in Primary Care by identifying the aspects that influence structural and operational adequacy. Methods: evaluation research with analysis of 4,059 municipalities that joined the 2nd cycle of the Program for ...
Ana Carolina Cunha +3 more
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The impact of accreditation on health care quality in hospitals [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2018 Background/Aim. Accreditation is considered to be the oldest and most widespread mechanism of independent external evaluation of health care quality and is implemented in over 70 countries worldwide. Despite numerous studies in this field, there is still
Marković-Petrović Gordana +2 more
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From Requirements to code: an Architecture-centric Approach for producing Quality Systems [PDF]
arXiv, 2009 When engineering complex and distributed software and hardware systems (increasingly used in many sectors, such as manufacturing, aerospace, transportation, communication, energy, and health-care), quality has become a big issue, since failures can have economics consequences and can also endanger human life.
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Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.Combining melting curve analysis enhances the multiplexing capability of digital PCR. Here, we developed a 14‐plex assay to simultaneously measure single nucleotide mutations and amplifications of KRAS and GNAS, which are common driver genes in pancreatic cancer precursors. This assay accurately quantified variant allele frequencies in clinical samples
Junko Tanaka +10 more
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AUTOMATED APPOINTMENT REMINDERS AND NO-SHOW RATES AT APPLETREE BAY PRIMARY CARE: A QUALITY ASSURANCE PROJECT [PDF]
, 2017 This quality assurance project is aimed to determine how effective a specific primary care office’s current method of reminding patients of scheduled appointments is in reducing the percentage of no-shows.
Clark, Kathleen Margaret
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