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There are 6 passages that are used for discussion about critical appraisal reading in this class.

1. Evolution of facial muscle anatomy in dogs by Kaminski et al., PNAS (2019)
116(29):14677-14681

This paper is about dogs that have more facial expressions than wolves and other domestic
pets. Their oculi muscle can show an expression that is paedomorphism (infant-like) which is the
same as the human when they show a sad expression. It shows how they have done and shown
the statistics that prove how dogs and grey wolves are different. There are figures that can make
the audience understand more. Videos from this research are also given and show how dogs and
wolves different.

2. Complementary Medicine, Refusal of Conventional Cancer Therapy, and
Survival Among Patients with Curable Cancers by Johnson et al., JAMA Oncology (2018)
4(10):1375-1381

It is original research with a retrospective study. it shows statistics and provides
results that are significant or not. This research relates to Thai people a lot because some patients
or relatives prefer to use complementary medicine. However, this research sponsored by
Pharmaceutical company which is Pfizer and 21st-century oncology, bias should be considered.

3. Increased brain uptake of docetaxel and ketoconazole loaded folate-grafted
solid lipid nanoparticles by Venishetty et al., Nanomedicine (2013) 9(1):111-121.

It is a research article (Journal). It contains a lot of technical terms (i.e. cytochrome
P-450 system, p-gp efflux, zeta potential), also provides information in the aspect of
pharmaceutical science. This can easily be followed by those who are studying or working in areas
of pharmaceuticals due to the background informing basic information about the study, which is

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