THE ANTI-CLOT TREATMENT SCALE (ACTS) IN CLINICAL TRIALS: CROSS-CULTURAL VALIDATION IN VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM PATIENTS

The Anti-Clot Treatment Scale (ACTS) in clinical trials: cross-cultural validation in venous thromboembolism patients

Abstract Background The Anti-Clot Treatment Scale Medical Carts (ACTS) is a 15-item patient-reported instrument of satisfaction with anticoagulant treatment.It includes a 12-item ACTS Burdens scale and a 3-item ACTS Benefits scale.Its role in clinical trials and other settings should be supported by evidence that it is both clinically meaningful an

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Vocatives in Russian and English Discourse

In the Russian and English discourse, there is a set of nationally specific vocatives that form a system and can be represented in a Russian-English and English-Russian ideographic dictionary of vocatives.Neither in the Russian nor in the English lexicographic tradition does there exist an ideographic dictionary of vocatives, while its creation see

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Cost-effectiveness model for a hypothetical monotherapy vs standard of care in adult patients with treatment-resistant depression

Si-Tien Wang,1 Ian M Anderson,2 Dominic Mitchell,3 Scott J Johnson,1 Aki Shiozawa4,5 1Medicus Economics, LLC, Boston, MA, USA; 2Neuroscience and Psychiatry Unit, University of Manchester and Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK; 3Medicus Economics, LLC, Repentigny, QC, Canada; 4Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns

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Invited Review: Maintain or Improve Piglet Gut Health around Weanling: The Fundamental Effects of Dietary Amino Acids

Gut health has significant implications for swine nutrient utilization and overall health.The basic gut morphology and its luminal microbiota play determinant roles for maintaining gut health and functions.Amino acids (AA), a group of essential nutrients for pigs, are not only obligatory for maintaining gut mucosal mass and integrity, but also for

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The Economic Impact of Productive Safety Net Program on Poverty: Microeconometrics Analysis, Tigrai National Regional State, Ethiopia

This paper aims at evaluating the impact of Heater productive safety net program on poverty using primary data from randomly selected 600 households in central zone of Tigrai National Regional State, Ethiopia.Propensity Score Matching and Foster-Greer-Thorbecke were used to evaluate impact of the program and poverty, respectively.The paper revealed

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