Background: The harmful relationship of sedentary behavior to health may reflect an
exchange of sedentary activity for moderateto- vigorous physical activity (MVPA), or sedentary …

The factors responsible for maintaining persistent organ fibrosis in systemic sclerosis (SSc)
are not known but emerging evidence implicates toll-like receptors (TLRs) in the …

Background There is an urgent need for biomarkers to better stratify patients with idiopathic
pulmonary fibrosis by risk for lung transplantation allocation who have the same clinical …

Objective Investigate the relationship between sedentary behavior and physical function in
adults with knee osteoarthritis (OA), controlling for moderate–vigorous physical activity (MVPA…

Background Effective collaboration and teamwork is essential to providing safe hospital care.
The objective of this study was to assess the effect of an intervention designed to improve …

Heterogeneity in systemic sclerosis (SSc) confounds clinical trials. We previously identified “intrinsic”
gene expression subsets by analysis of SSc skin. Here we test the hypotheses that …

Readmission has been cited as an important quality measure in the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act. We queried an electronic database for all patients who underwent Total …

Purpose: Prevention of late implant bone loss is a critical component in long-term success
of implants. The aim of the present study was to evaluate factors affecting late implant bone …

BACKGROUND Effective collaboration and teamwork is essential in providing safe and
effective hospital care. Prior research reveals deficiencies in collaboration on medical teaching …

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to obtain behavioral hearing thresholds for frequencies
between 0.125 and 20 kHz from a large population between 10 and 65 yr old using a …