TIME TO REVISE OUR DIALOGUE: HOW FLAT IS THE PAEDIATRIC FLATFOOT?

Time to revise our dialogue: how flat is the paediatric flatfoot?

Abstract A recent systematic review of measures of foot development used the medial longitudinal arch profile as its primary indicator of development.A comparative analysis of existing studies was undertaken.This work confirmed changes with arch profile were age-dependent, although the Johnny Bravo age at which foot development ceased remains unkno

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Antibiogram profile prediction of selected bacterial strains by in silico determination of acquired antimicrobial resistance genes from their whole-genome sequence

Abstract Background The continuous increase in the resistance of pathogenic bacteria to antimicrobial agents elicits a source of concern for public health.Developing a method that allows for swift evaluation of the antibiotic sensitivity profile of bacteria is a major leap in antimicrobial research and could be one of the deciding factors in provid

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Improving the Energy Efficiency, Limiting Costs and Reducing CO2 Emissions of a Museum Using Geothermal Energy and Energy Management Policies

Museums are major energy consumers amongst buildings, especially if they are housed in historical constructions.Museums usually present high energy demand for the air-conditioning due to their architectonical and structural characteristics, such as the presence of large exhibition rooms and open spaces.At the same time, temperature and humidity hav

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Burden and treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among people using illicit opioids: matched cohort study in England

Objective To understand the burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among people who use illicit opioids such as heroin, and evaluate inequalities in treatment.Design Cohort study.Setting Patients registered at primary care practices in England.Participants 106 789 patients in the Clinical Practice Research Datalink with illicit opioid use

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Upper Triassic Carbonate Records: Insights from the Most Complete Panthalassan Platform (Lime Peak, Yukon, Canada)

Upper Triassic carbonate platforms from the Panthalassa Ocean remain less-understood and less-studied than their Tethyan equivalents.This imbalance is largely due to the poorer preservation state of Panthalassan carbonate rock successions in terms of rock quality and depositional geometries, which prevents good appreciation Straight Bowl Set Of 4 o

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