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Eye, Hepatobiliary, and Renal Disorders of Erlotinib in Patients with Non-Sma...
Abstract Background: Erlotinib is an epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitors used to treat EGFR mutation positive non-small-cell lung cancer... -
Association of the ACTN3 R577X (rs1815739) polymorphism with elite power spor...
Objective The special status accorded to elite athletes stems from their uncommon genetic potential to excel in world-class power sports (PS). Genetic polymorphisms have been... -
Effect of PEPFAR funding policy change on HIV service delivery in a large HIV...
The transition to PEPFAR 2.0 with its focus on country ownership was accompanied by substantial funding cuts. We describe the impact of this transition on HIV care in a large... -
Gestational diabetes mellitus in Africa: a systematic review.
Background Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is any degree of impaired glucose tolerance first recognised during pregnancy. Most women with GDM revert to normal glucose... -
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Background Growing evidence suggests that second-generation cryoballoon ablation (2G-CB) is effective in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation (PerAF). The cornerstone... -
Feature engineering with clinical expert knowledge: A case study assessment o...
Incorporating expert knowledge at the time machine learning models are trained holds promise for producing models that are easier to interpret. The main objectives of this study... -
Going smoke-free: University staff and students’ qualitative views about smok...
Background Despite many Australian universities introducing smoke-free policies on campus, there is little information about staff and students understanding of smoking on... -
Robust cell particle detection to dense regions and subjective training sampl...
: In recent years, finding the cause of pathogenesis is expected by observing the cell images. In this paper, we propose a cell particle detection method in cell images.... -
Computation of adherence to medication and visualization of medication histor...
Adherence to medications is an important indicator of the quality of medication management and impacts on health outcomes and cost-effectiveness of healthcare delivery.... -
Open access availability of Catalonia research output: Case analysis of the C...
The open access availability of publications by Catalonia's CERCA research centres was analysed to determine the extent to which authors use open access journals, repositories,... -
What are fair study benefits in international health research? Consulting com...
Background Planning study benefits and payments for participants in international health research in low- income settings can be a difficult and controversial process, with... -
The prognostic value of prognostic nutritional index in hepatocellular carcin...
Background and aims The clinical value of the prognostic nutritional index (PNI) in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has been investigated in previous studies, but the results... -
Effect of tramadol as an adjuvant to local anesthetics for brachial plexus bl...
Background Tramadol, a 4-phenyl-piperidine analog of codeine, has a unique action in that it has a central opioidergic, noradrenergic, serotonergic analgesic, and peripheral... -
The need for randomization in animal trials: an overview of systematic reviews
Background and Objectives: Randomization, allocation concealment, and blind outcome assessment have been shown to reduce bias in human studies. Authors from the Collaborative... -
Good and Bad Research Collaborations: Researchers' Views on Science and Ethic...
There has been a dramatic rise in the scale and scope of collaborative global health research. A number of structural and scientific factors explain this growth and there has... -
Using the CustusX toolkit to create an image guided bronchoscopy application:...
Purpose The aim of this paper is to show how a specialized planning and guidance application called Fraxinus, can be built on top of the CustusX platform (www.custusx.org),... -
Comparison of the effects of kilohertz- and low-frequency electric stimulatio...
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to determine whether kilohertz-frequency alternating current (KFAC) is superior to low-frequency pulsed current (PC) in increasing muscle-evoked... -
Should kissing balloon inflation after main vessel stenting be routine in the...
: The KBI (kissing balloon inflation) technique is considered the default strategy for the two-stent approach in real world practice. Studies comparing KBI and No-KBI in... -
Cigarette smoking as a risk factor for diabetic nephropathy: A systematic rev...
BACKGROUND: Observational studies suggested that tobacco smoking was associated with diabetic nephropathy (DN). However, the results were conflicting and inconsistent. In the... -
Privacy Attitudes among Early Adopters of Emerging Health Technologies
Introduction Advances in health technology such as genome sequencing and wearable sensors now allow for the collection of highly granular personal health data from individuals....
