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Global Journal of Public Health Medicine, 2021 Introduction: Tobacco is the only legal product that kills a large proportion of its consumers when used as intended by its manufacturer. The effect of nicotine as a driving substance on smoking has been established for decades.
Fadzrul Hafiz Johani +2 more
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Reliability reconsidered: Cronbach's alpha and paediatric assessment in occupational therapy
, 2009 Background / aim: Using reliable outcome measures is a necessity for the occupational therapy profession in enabling valid assessments of clients. Although Cronbach’s alpha is the most widely applied index of internal consistency reliability, there are
Spiliotopoulou, G
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Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Establishing a comprehensive apheresis medicine program in a resource‐constrained setting presents significant structural, financial, and logistical challenges. Despite the growing clinical importance of apheresis services globally, published experience from sub‐Saharan Africa remains sparse.
Folasade Adelekan‐Popoola +4 more
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Stress-Strength Weibull Analysis with Different Shape Parameter β and Probabilistic Safety Factor
Dyna, 2020 Since products are subjected to a random variable stress-strength, their reliability must be determined using the stress-strength analysis. Unfortunately, when both, stress and strength, follow a Weibull distribution with different shape parameters, the ...
Manuel Baro +2 more
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Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients frequently suffer from frailty, characterized by reduced physical function and poor prognosis. Myokines, such as myonectin, secreted by muscle, are emerging regulators of systemic health. This study investigated the relationship between serum myonectin, adipokines (adiponectin, omentin), and ...
Kenichi Kono +7 more
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A test of the inventory of attitudes towards seeking mental health services [PDF]
, 2015 This study investigates the construct validity, composite reliability and concurrent validity of the Inventory of attitudes towards seeking mental health services (IASMHS).
Dhingra, Katie +13 more
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Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Chronic micro‐inflammation in patients with end‐stage renal disease (ESRD) is a significant driver of cardiovascular complications and diminished quality of life. While standard hemodialysis (SHD) effectively manages small‐molecule clearance, its ability to remove medium‐to‐large uremic toxins—the primary catalysts of systemic ...
Hongwei Zuo +5 more
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Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Japan has one of the highest dialysis prevalence rates worldwide and a shrinking, aging population. Whether dialysis burden has entered a sustained post‐peak phase or whether recent declines partly reflect pandemic‐related disruptions remains uncertain.
Hatice Şahin +2 more
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An exploratory factor analysis and reliability analysis for green affordable housing criteria instrument [PDF]
, 2017 A Green Affordable Housing (GAH) criteria questionnaire was developed to determine stakeholders’ preferences and their willingness to pay according to GAH criteria and features in Malaysia.
Zulkepli, Masitah +2 more
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Optimal Reliability Equivalence Factor for Reliability System Improvement Using Memetic Algorithm
, 2017 In this paper, optimal reduction and redundancy methods for reliability system improvement have been proposed. Multilevel redundancy allocation problem (MLRAP) based on hot and cold redundancies has been considered.
A. Pourdarvish +7 more
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