Anorectal Dysfunction in Systemic Sclerosis: Clinical Phenotypes and Functional Patterns
Objective The aim of this study was to characterize specific physiologic defects in anorectal dysfunction in systemic sclerosis (SSc) using anorectal manometry (ARM), evaluate associations with gastrointestinal (GI) and extraintestinal clinical phenotypes, and explore potential serologic markers for risk stratification.
Timothy Kaniecki +6 more
wiley +1 more source
Principles of family medicine practice: Lessons gleaned over a lifetime in practice
The term “principles” refers to a set of defining attributes and values that lie at the heart of a discipline. These are largely discovered by reflection and practice rather than learned by formal instruction.
B C Rao, Ramakrishna Prasad
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EFFECTIVE COLLEGE TEACHING AND STUDENTS’ RATINGS OF TEACHERS: WHAT STUDENTS THINK, WHAT FACULTY BELIEVE, AND HAT ACTUAL RATINGS SHOW IMPLICATIONS FOR POLICY AND PRACTICE IN TEACHING QUALITY ASSURANCE AND CONTROL IN HIGHER EDUCATION IN OMAN [PDF]
This study examines the extent to which teachers’ (N=248) and students’ (N=968) perceptions of effective teaching and students’ evaluations of teachers in six colleges of technology in Oman match or mismatch. It also investigates Omani students’ (N=922)
Al-Hinai, Nasser Said +1 more
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Objective Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) significantly impacts employment capacity. This study aimed to investigate the impact of burden of disease activity, damage, and treatment on employment outcomes and transitions in patients with SLE. Methods Using data from a single center, we analyzed employment transitions, adjusted mean disease activity ...
Javier Mencia‐Ledo +4 more
wiley +1 more source
A Study of Reliaability and Validity of the Teacher Evaluation Form nd Factors Affecting Student's Evaluation of Teachers [PDF]
Background & Objective: Evaluation is an essential process for educational institutions, and one of the most common methods of evaluation of teachers is evaluation by students.
امدادی, شهره +4 more
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Concepts of Literacy of Thai Foundation English Teachers: A National Study [PDF]
This dissertation investigated the concepts of literacy held by Thai teachers of university-level Foundation English courses, the connection between concepts of literacy and EFL literacy instruction, teachers’ literacy-teaching practices, and the ...
Riamliw, Jakraphan
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Objective The objective of this study was to evaluate the real‐world effectiveness and safety of secukinumab in giant cell arteritis (GCA) patients. Methods This multicentre retrospective study included patients with GCA who received secukinumab at 14 Italian centres with at least 6 months of follow‐up.
Luca Iorio +29 more
wiley +1 more source
Building machine‐readable vocabularies for materials science is slow, expert‐driven work. This study benchmarks 13 large language models on two of its first steps: finding candidate terms in engineering articles and deciding where they belong in a class hierarchy.
Thomas Bjarsch +3 more
wiley +1 more source
Academic stress from the viewpoint of Iranian adolescents: A qualitative study
BACKGROUND: Academic stress is one of the major affecting factors on adolescent health. This study investigates adolescents' view about the sources of academic stress, with which their identification could be used for the reduction of adolescent academic
Zahra Hosseinkhani +3 more
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A STUDY OF SINGAPORE FEMALE PRIMARY TEACHERS’ SELF-EFFICACY FOR TEACHING SCIENCE [PDF]
According to Bandura, self-efficacy is defined as an individual’s judgment of their capability to organize and execute the courses of action required to attain designated types of performances.
NG, WEE-LOON
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