Journal Articles (Medicine and Dentistry)

2012-01-01

Hwang, Peter M., Pan, Jonathan S., Sykes, Brian D.

PagP, a beta-barrel membrane protein found in Gram-negative bacteria, expresses robustly in inclusion bodies when its signal sequence is removed. We have developed a new fusion protein expression system based on PagP and demonstrated its utility in the expression of the unstructured N-terminal...

2018-01-28

Babenko, Oksana, Daniels, Lia, White, Jonathan, Oswald, Anna, Ross, Shelley

In achievement settings, the types of motivation individuals develop are crucial to their success and to the ways in which they respond to challenges. Considering the competitive nature of medical education and the high stakes of medical practice, it is important to knowwhat...

2014-11-13

De Zanche, Nicola, Pruessmann, Klaas P.

This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Magn Reson Med. 2015 Nov;74(5):1470-81, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/mrm.25503. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of...

2015-12-30

Jutras, Jean-David, Wachowicz, Keith, De Zanche, Nicola

This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article: Magn Reson Med 76:1790-1804, 2016, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/mrm.26074. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of...

2020-11-02

Sloychuk, Janelle, Szafran, Olga, Duerksen, Kimberley, Babenko, Oksana

Introduction: In medical practice, a mastery mindset is important for engaging in lifelong learning. The objective of this study was to examine the association between family medicine residents’ scores on mindset measures and their performance on in-training examinations (ITE). Methods: This was...

2019-02-12

Babenko, Oksana, Mosewich, Amber, Lee, Ann, Koppula, Sudha

Self-compassion has shown promise as an adaptive resource for coping with uncertainties and challenges. This study examined the relationship between self-compassion and professional wellbeing (work engagement, exhaustion, and professional life satisfaction) of physicians, who frequently face...

2002-01-01

Mungrue, Imran N., Gros, Robert, You, Xiaomang, Pirani, Asif, Azad, Azar, Csont, Tamas, Husain, Mansoor, Schulz, Richard

Increased inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) expression is a component of the immune response and has been demonstrated in cardiomyocytes in septic shock, myocarditis, transplant rejection, ischemia, and dilated cardiomyopathy. To explore whether the consequences of such expression are...

2017-01-06

Bording-Jorgensen, M. , O'keefe, S. , Mason, A., Warren, K., Patterson J., Jovel, J., Wong, G., Wang, W.

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a common cause of non-traumatic neurologic disability with high incidence in many developed countries. Although the etiology of the disease remains elusive, it is thought to entail genetic and environmental causes, and microbial pathogens have also been envisioned as...

2015-01-01

Zahran, Somaya, Pan, Jonathan S., Liu, Philip B., Hwang, Peter M.

Many proteins contain intrinsically disordered regions that are highly solvent-exposed and susceptible to post-translational modifications. Studying these protein segments is critical to understanding their physiologic regulation, but proteolytic degradation can make them difficult to express and...

2018-01-08

Babenko, Oksana, Mosewich, Amber, Abraham, Joseph, Lai, Hollis

Purpose To investigate the contributions of psychological needs (autonomy, competence, and relatedness) and coping strategies (self-compassion, leisure-time exercise, and achievement goals) to engagement and exhaustion in Canadian medical students. Methods This was an observational study. Two...