Irrigant and intracanal medicament choices in routine endodontic practice: A cross-sectional survey of British general dentists by Stefan V. Stefanescu, Maria Mihaela Iuga, Claudia Panzetta, Mauro Colangeli, Fernando Espada Salgado, Kavalipurapu Venkata Teja, Kaligotla Apoorva Vasundhara

“…Regarding the most important criteria for selecting an irrigant, 59.9% (243) of respondents considered NaOCl to be the most effective. Calcium hydroxide was the primary interappointment medication, used by 92.6% (389) of respondents. …”
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General Three-Body Problem in Conformal-Euclidean Space: New Properties of a Low-Dimensional Dynamical System by Ashot S. Gevorkyan, Aleksander V. Bogdanov, Vladimir V. Mareev

“…New criteria for assessing the complexity of a low-dimensional dynamical system and the dimension of stochastic fractal structures arising in three-dimensional space are obtained. An effective mathematical algorithm is developed for the numerical simulation of the general three-body problem, which is traditionally a difficult-to-solve system of stiff ordinary differential equations.…”
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Hemostatic factors and risk of coronary heart disease in general populations: new prospective study and updated meta-analyses. by Peter Willeit, Alexander Thompson, Thor Aspelund, Ann Rumley, Gudny Eiriksdottir, Gordon Lowe, Vilmundur Gudnason, Emanuele Di Angelantonio

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Evaluation of a ‘drop box’ doorstep assessment service to aid remote assessments for COVID-19 in general practice by Stephen Cox, David Lawson, Greg Irving, Adele Tinsley, Helen Parr, Cheryl Whittaker, Hayley Jones

“…In an effort to contain the disease, the National Health Service has adopted a digital first approach in UK general practice resulting in a significant shift away from face-to-face consultations. …”
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The “Comorbid Patient” Scale as a General practitioner’s tool to increase treatment adherence in patients living in rural areas by T. E. Morozova, T. S. Popova, E. A. Barabanova, E. O. Samokhina

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Examining different measures of multimorbidity, using a large prospective cross-sectional study in Australian general practice by Christopher Harrison, Helena Britt, Graeme Miller, Joan Henderson

“…This study examines the independent effects on prevalence estimates of how ‘disease entity’ is defined—as a single chronic condition or chapters/domains in the International Classification of Primary Care (V.2; ICPC-2), International Classification of Disease (10th revision; ICD-10) or the Cumulative Illness Rating Scale (CIRS), the number of disease entities required for multimorbidity, and the number of chronic conditions studied.Design National prospective cross-sectional study.Setting Australian general practice.Participants 8707 random consenting deidentified patient encounters with 290 randomly selected general practitioners.Main outcome measures Prevalence estimates of multimorbidity using different definitions.Results Data classified to ICPC-2 chapters, ICD-10 chapters or CIRS domains produce similar multimorbidity prevalence estimates. …”
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Validation of a Nepali version of the questionnaire to assess preventive practices against the COVID-19 pandemic in the general population by Dipsikha Aryal, Puspa Acharya, Niraj Bhattarai, Roshan Gwachha

“…Abstract Background The new coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by a virus in the coronavirus family called severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Due to lack of effective treatment, the major way to breakdown the disease transmission is by application of preventive measures. …”
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Characteristics and Outcomes of Generalized Pustular Psoriasis Patients Managed Through Inpatient Asynchronous Teledermatology: A Retrospective Study by Jeffrey Chen, Joseph C. English

“…While newer biological therapies remain restricted in many hospitals, ITD facilitated the effective use of traditional immunosuppressive therapies, improving patient outcomes. …”
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A prospective study on the attitude of post graduates in general pediatrics toward pediatric oncology subspeciality as a career by Ram Prakash Thirugnanasambandam, Magatha Sneha Latha, Aravind Moorthy, Lakshminarayanan Kannan, Venkataraman Paramasivam, Julius Xavier Scott

“…Hence, the purpose of this study was to determine the attitude of post-graduate students of general pediatrics towards childhood cancer and to assess their interest in pursuing pediatric oncology as a specialty in their carrier. …”
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Study protocol for neuromuscular stimulation for rehabilitation after general and vascular surgery: a pilot randomised clinical study by Megumi Nimura, David Hrouda, Sarah Onida, Tristan Lane, A H Davies, Majd Rawashdeh, Azfar Javed, Ganan Sritharan, George Reese

“…All patients aged over 18 years undergoing vascular or general surgery with Rockwood Frailty Score of 3 or above on admission. …”
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Serum Nox1 and Gper Levels in Patients With Generalized Anxiety Disorder: A Cross‐Sectional Study in Turkiye by Onur Hurşitoğlu, Ergül Belge Kurutaş, Ömer Faruk Uygur, Nurinnisa Ozturk, Hilal Uygur, Fatih Saglam, Rebecca Strawbridge

“…ABSTRACT Purpose: Although the etiopathogenesis of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is not fully known, it is suggested that oxidative stress (OS) and estrogen play important roles. …”
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China’s national continuing medical education program for general practitioners: a cross-sectional survey (2016–2023) by Conglei You, Lingling Wang, Jian Zhang, Mi Yao

“…In China, where the healthcare sector is undergoing considerable reforms and faces challenges owing to socioeconomic development and demographic shifts, an effective CME system is vital for general practitioners (GPs). …”
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Identifying impaired mental health in patients with type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional study in general practice by Line T Jakobsen, Anne Søjbjerg, Stinne E Rasmussen, Kaj S Christensen

“…Yet, no systematic approach has been implemented to assess mental health in patients with T2D in general practice. Aim: To evaluate the mental health of patients with T2D in general practice, and to investigate the effectiveness of asking patients about their wellbeing by using a single-item question compared with the five-item World Health Organization-Five Wellbeing Index (WHO-5). …”
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Medical service performance evaluation of tertiary general hospitals in Sichuan Province in China based on diagnosis-related groups by Xuedong Liu, Mengliang Ye

“…Abstract Objective This study aims to assess the performance of medical services offered by tertiary general hospitals in Sichuan Province, China, by applying two comprehensive evaluation models. …”
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Structural Attributes Injection Is Better: Exploring General Approach for Radar Image ATR with a Attribute Alignment Adapter by Xiaolin Zhou, Xunzhang Gao, Shuowei Liu, Junjie Han, Xiaolong Su, Jiawei Zhang

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A unified educational space for internists and general practitioners (family doctors) as a way to improve the quality of training by O. M. Drapkina, S. Yu. Astanina, R. N. Shepel

“…To summarize, we can state the following: for effective and high-quality management training of internists and GPs (family doc tors), a unified educational space is of paramount importance, this will make it possible to preserve the best traditions of the country's therapeutic school and its future development.…”
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The Dietary Fats: A Comprehensive Study about the Influence of Different Types of Fats on General Health and Developing Diseases by Sylwia Nykiel, Jagoda Misiuk, Karolina Kopeć, Aleksandra Bartoszek, Julia Adamiuk, Agnieszka Marut, Marta Biskup, Adriana Skuba, Katarzyna Załuska, Agnieszka Świdniak

“…Dietary guidelines must carefully consider the health effects of recommendations for alternative macronutrients to replace trans fats and saturated fats. …”
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Universal machine learning interatomic potentials poised to supplant DFT in modeling general defects in metals and random alloys by Fei Shuang, Zixiong Wei, Kai Liu, Wei Gao, Poulumi Dey

“…In this study, we demonstrate that state-of-the-art pretrained uMLIPs can effectively replace DFT for accurately modeling complex defects in a wide range of metals and alloys. …”
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Development of an interview practice course for improving overall confidence in specialty training national selection in vascular and general surgery by Melvin Joy, Wen Ling Choong, ChangShi Tang, Marta Madurska, Benjie Tang, Brian Ip

“…Objectives: To evaluate the effectiveness of a training course to improve surgical trainees' confidence in specialty training national selection (STNS) for higher surgical training in surgery. …”
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Hungarian general practice paediatricians’ antibiotic prescribing behaviour for suspected respiratory tract infections: a qualitative study by Ria Benkő, Mária Matuz, Ketevan Kandelaki, Balázs Babarczy, Ágnes Hajdu, Renáta Papp, Pantelis Antoniou, Danilo Lo Fo Wong, Sahil Khan Warsi

“…The aim of this study was to explore paediatric general practitioners’ (GP Peds) antibiotic prescription practice in suspected respiratory tract infections (RTIs), using the capability–opportunity–motivation–behaviour framework.Design The design is a qualitative study based on individual, semistructured telephone or virtual interviews.Setting Paediatric general practice in Hungary. …”
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