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Maturation of biomimetic hydroxyapatite in physiological fluids: a physicochemical and proteomic study
(Elsevier, 2021-09)
Biomimetic calcium-deficient hydroxyapatite (CDHA) as a bioactive material exhibits exceptional intrinsic osteoinductive and osteogenic properties because of its nanostructure and composition, which ...
Validation of the perceived stigmatization questionnaire for brazilian adult burn patients
(Public Library of Science, 2018)
Currently, there is no questionnaire to assess perceived stigmatization among people with visible differences in Brazil. The Perceived Stigmatization Questionnaire (PSQ), developed in the United States, ...
Self-Esteem, happiness, and flourishing in times of COVID-19: a study during the lockdown period in Ecuador
(Frontiers Media, 2022)
Objective: Several studies have investigated the negative toll the pandemic has had on people’s mental health. However, there is limited research on the pandemic’s effect on positive mental health ...
Mask wearing by COVID-19 index cases reduces SARS-CoV-2 transmission to household contacts
(Cambridge University Press, 2025-10-06)
The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact on SARS-CoV-2 transmission prevention
of mask wearing by index cases and their household contacts. A prospective study of SARS-CoV-2
transmission ...
Opiniones y percepciones de profesionales sanitarios sobre el uso del teléfono móvil durante la preadolescencia: Estudio cualitativo
(Sociedad de Pediatría de Asturias, Cantabria y Castilla y León, 2024)
Antecedentes y objetivo. Hoy en día vivimos en un mundo rodeado de tecnología. Son muchos los niños/as que no cumplen con las recomendaciones de las guías pediátricas de uso de dispositivos electrónicos ...
Standardizing admission and discharge processes to improve patient flow: a cross sectional study
(Springer Nature, 2012-06-28)
Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate how hospital capacity was managed focusing on standardizing the admission and discharge processes. Methods: This study was set in a 900-bed university ...
The dermoscopic “chromosome arms sign” for terra firma-forme dermatosis
(Openventio Publishers, 2021)
Introduction: Terra firma-forme dermatosis (TFFD) belongs to the group of “dirty dermatoses” and represents a not well-known and surely underestimated skin condition. Clinical cases: We present 2 cases ...
Is Early Palliative Care Feasible in Patients With Multiple Myeloma?
(Elsevier, 2017-11)
Context. Evidence for the benefits of early palliative care (EPC) in patients with solid tumors is strong, but EPC has received scant attention in hematologic malignancies. Objective. To assess the ...
An Hfe-dependent pathway mediates hyposideremia in response to lipopolysaccharide-induced inflammation in mice
(Springer Nature, 2004)
Inflammation influences iron balance in the whole organism. A common clinical manifestation of these changes is anemia of chronic disease (ACD; also called anemia of inflammation). Inflammation reduces ...
Shoulder muscle onset timing during clinical assessment movements is the same in elite handball players as non-athletes: Implications for clinical assessment
(Elsevier, 2019)
Objectives: This study examines neuromuscular firing patterns in overhead athletes and non-athletes of the periscapular, prime-moving, and rotator cuff muscles during “clinical” cardinal plane physiological ...