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Today (year 2020), the globally recognized problem of arsenic (As) contamination of water resources and other environments at toxic levels has been reported in all of the 20... -
Assessing the impact of high blood pressure referrals on hypertension awarene...
The Samoan population has experienced rapid increases in the prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and NCD risk factors over the last 30 years. However, understanding... -
‘No taxation without hypothecation’: towards an improved understanding of the...
Although it is widely acknowledged that taxation is a powerful instrument for combating environmental problems, environmental taxation is still underused. Public acceptability... -
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Many industries have benefited from modularisation; while in the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry, the concept of modularisation is associated with... -
Lapses in Literacy: Cultural Accessibility in Graphic Health Communication
This graphic meditation on issues of cultural relevance and accessibility in comic-based health communication texts presents the web of rhetorical considerations inherent in... -
Understanding the context of alcohol impaired driving for fatal crash–involve...
Objective: The objective of this study was to understand the social context and circumstances surrounding alcohol-impaired driving prior to fatal crash involvement for drivers... -
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While childhood maltreatment has been consistently associated with a high risk for psychopathology, the mechanisms underlying this relation are still unclear. Dysfunctional... -
Tourism, transport, and land use: a dynamic impact assessment for Kaohsiung’s...
This paper proposes a hybrid methodology for analysing the causal relations between public transportation development, tourism and land use by combining System Dynamics (SD)... -
Phenomenology of counterfactual thinking is dampened in anxious individuals
Counterfactual thinking (CFT), or simulating alternative versions of occurred events, is a common psychological strategy people use to process events in their lives. However,... -
Driver knowledge of cycling-related road rules in Queensland, Australia
Violations of road rules are common in bicycle-motor vehicle crashes, but little is known about how much this results from lack of knowledge of the rules. This article addresses... -
Descriptors for unprofessional behaviours of medical students: A systematic r...
Abstract Background Developing professionalism is a core task in medical education. Unfortunately, it has remained difficult for educators to identify medical students’... -
The COMET Handbook: Version 1.0
Abstract The selection of appropriate outcomes is crucial when designing clinical trials in order to compare the effects of different interventions directly. For the findings to... -
A review of reviews on principles, strategies, outcomes and impacts of resear...
Abstract Background Conducting research in partnership with stakeholders (e.g. policy-makers, practitioners, organisations, patients) is a promising and popular approach to... -
Use of theory to plan or evaluate guideline implementation among physicians: ...
Abstract Background Guidelines support health care decision-making and high quality care and outcomes. However, their implementation is sub-optimal. Theory-informed, tailored... -
Rational and design of an individual participant data meta-analysis of spinal...
Abstract Background Chronic low back pain (LBP) is the leading cause of pain and disability, resulting in a major socioeconomic impact. The Cochrane Review which examined the... -
Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) for improving capacity in acti...
Abstract Background Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) is an emerging approach for improving capacity in activities of daily living (ADL) and upper limb function... -
Systematic mapping review of the factors influencing physical activity and se...
Abstract Background Physical activity and sedentary behaviour are associated with health and wellbeing. Studies indicate that ethnic minority groups are both less active and... -
Is HPA axis reactivity in childhood gender-specific? A systematic review
Abstract Background In adults, hypothalamus–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis activity shows sexual dimorphism, and this is thought to be a mechanism underlying sex-specific disease... -
Performance of critical care prognostic scoring systems in low and middle-inc...
Abstract Background Prognostic modelsâ used in critical care medicine for mortality predictions, for benchmarking and for illness stratification in clinical trialsâ have been...
