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Fabrication of an interim buccal-retaining flange obturator for a patient undergoing partial maxillectomy

Saudi Journal of Oral Sciences
Prosthodontic treatment of palatal defects focuses on closing oronasal communication and improving masticatory function, speech, esthetics, and comfort. The most difficult aspect of rehabilitating patients with hemimaxillectomy is ensuring the prosthesis
Radhwan Algabri, Sadeq Altayyar, Ahmed Yaseen Alqutaibi, Hanan Aboalrejal, Abdalhaq Alhasani   +4 more
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Establishing an Apheresis Medicine Program in a Resource‐Constrained Setting: A 5‐Year Experience From Lagos, Nigeria

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, Shakirat Gold‐Olufadi, Olufunto Olufela Kalejaiye, Abdullateef Ogala, Rasheed A. Balogun   +4 more
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Tracking and explaining credit-hour completion

Higher Learning Research Communications, 2014
This study highlights factors associated with changes in earned hours for two cohorts of incoming freshmen during their first year. The objectives of this study are twofold: (a) to derive model(s) regressing the cumulative hours earned and differential ...
Maxwell Ndigume Kwenda
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The effectiveness of grade retention as an intervention strategy for academic failure [PDF]

, 2001
Plan BOver the past decade there has been public and political pressure to improve the quality of education. Schools are being encouraged to adopt grade retention policies to help children who are falling behind academically.
Viland, Kelly Rochelle
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Comparative Evaluation of Hemodiafiltration, Hemoperfusion, and Standard Hemodialysis on Efficacy, Inflammatory Control, Dialysis Adequacy, and Safety in End‐Stage Renal Disease: A Prospective Observational Study

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, Weisi Dai, Jie Mao, Mei Ye, Xingshan Lu, Xiaocui Zhang   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Recruitment and retention of clinical trial participants: understanding motivations of patients with chronic pain and other populations

Frontiers in Pain Research
This paper aims to present and discuss the issues, challenges, and strategies related to recruitment and retention in clinical trials involving participants with chronic pain.
Joyce K. Anastasi, Bernadette Capili, Margaret Norton, Margaret Norton, Donald J. McMahon, Karen Marder   +5 more
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Improving participants' retention in a smoking cessation intervention using a community-based participatory research approach

International Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2017
Background: This study compares participants' retention in three phases of smoking cessation interventions, one provided in a health clinic and the subsequent two in community-based settings.
Anthony Estreet, Jummai Apata, Farin Kamangar, Christine Schutzman, Jane Buccheri, Anne-Marie O'Keefe, Fernando Wagner, Payam Sheikhattari   +7 more
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Antiretroviral treatment interruption and resumption within 16 weeks among HIV-positive adults in Jinan, China: a retrospective cohort study

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
BackgroundTreatment interruption has been found to increase the risk of opportunistic infections and death among HIV-positive adults, posing a challenge to fully realizing antiretroviral therapy (ART).
Jing Ma, Yan Jin, Kedi Jiao, Yao Wang, Lijie Gao, Xinrui Li, Wei Ma   +6 more
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An analysis of the barber cosmetology student retention at MATC [PDF]

, 2001
Plan BThe Barber Cosmetology department at Milwaukee Area Technical College enrolls 68 to 70 students twice a year, January and August. Six months after the classes begin, 30 to 32 students have withdrawn from the program.
Royal, Annie D.
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Safety of Daprodustat for the Treatment of Chronic Kidney Disease Anemia: Final Analysis of a Multicenter Postmarketing Surveillance Study in Japan

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction This final analysis of a multicenter, prospective postmarketing surveillance study evaluated the safety of daprodustat in patients with chronic kidney disease anemia in routine clinical practice in Japan. Methods Patients who initiated daprodustat between September 2020 and July 2022 were registered.
Tadao Akizawa, Kyomi Kanaya, Kiyomi Aizawa, Masanori Onoki, Hirofumi Ozeki, Kazuko Suzuki, Ai Hayashi, Tomohiko Asamura   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source