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What Do Program Directors Look for in an Applicant?
(2019-05-01)
Program directors (PDs) are faced with an
increasing number of applicants to emergency medicine
(EM) and a limited number of positions. This article will provide candidates with insight to what PDs look for in an applicant. ...
Phylogenomic Reconstruction of the Neotropical Poison Frogs (Dendrobatidae) and Their Conservation
(2019-01-29)
The evolutionary history of the Dendrobatidae, the charismatic Neotropical poison frog family, remains in flux, even after a half-century of intensive research. Understanding the evolutionary relationships between dendrobatid ...
Real-time compression feedback for patients with in-hospital cardiac arrest: a multi-center randomized controlled clinical trial
(2019-01-03)
Objective: To determine if real-time compression feedback using a non-automated hand-held device improves
patient outcomes from in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA).
Methods: We conducted a prospective, randomized, controlled, ...
Refinement of risk stratification for childhood rhabdomyosarcoma using FOXO1 fusion status in addition to established clinical outcome predictors: A report from the Children's Oncology Group
(2019-08-06)
Background:
Previous studies of the prognostic importance of FOXO1 fusion status in patients with rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) have had conflicting results. We re‐examined risk stratification by adding FOXO1 status to traditional ...
Regulation of cardiac fibroblast-mediated maladaptive ventricular remodeling by β-arrestins
(2019-07-03)
Cardiac fibroblasts (CF) play a critical role in post-infarction remodeling which can ultimately
lead to pathological fibrosis and heart failure. Recent evidence demonstrates that remote
(non-infarct) territory fibrosis ...
The Key Roles of PTEN in T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Development, Progression, and Therapeutic Response
(2019-05-06)
T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) is an aggressive blood cancer that comprises 10–15% of pediatric and ~25% of adult ALL cases. Although the curative rates have significantly improved over the past 10 years, ...
Timing of Esophagectomy after Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation Therapy Affects the Incidence of Anastomotic Leaks
(2019-02-05)
Background:
Neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy (nCRT) has become the standard of care for esophageal cancer patients prior to esophagectomy. However, the optimal timing for surgery after completion of nCRT remains ...
Towards measuring resilience of flood-prone communities: a conceptual framework
(2019-06-17)
Community resilience has become an important
policy and research concept for understanding and addressing the challenges associated with the interplay of climate
change, urbanization, population growth, land use, ...
The validity, reliability and minimal clinically important difference of the patient specific functional scale in snake envenomation
(2019-03-05)
Objective:
Valid, reliable, and clinically relevant outcome measures are necessary in clinical studies of snake envenomation. The aim of this study was to evaluate the psychometric (validity and reliability) and clinimetric ...
The effects of temperature on Bosmina longirostris susceptibility to microcystin-LR acute toxicity
(2019-07-09)
Harmful algal blooms are an ongoing threat to many aquatic systems throughout the world. In the Chowan River, North Carolina, the frequency of toxin producing Microcystis aeruginosa blooms has increased since 1975 along ...