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Identity matters - perceptions of inter-professional feedback in the context ...
Abstract Background Inter-professional collaboration is acknowledged as essential for quality patient-care. However, little is known about receptiveness to inter-professional... -
Early gut microbiota signature of aGvHD in children given allogeneic hematopo...
Abstract Background The onset of acute Graft-versus-Host Disease (aGvHD) has been correlated with the gut microbiota (GM) composition, but experimental observations are still... -
Increase in premature mortality due to non-communicable diseases in Sri Lanka...
Abstract Background Globally, non-communicable diseases (NCD) are the leading cause of death and more than 40% of NCD deaths are premature occurring before the age of 70 years.... -
Exposure to perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) decreases neutrophil migration resp...
Abstract Objective Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) is a ubiquitous environmental contaminant and a known immune suppressant in humans and experimental animal models. Studies on... -
Access and utilization of maternal healthcare in a rural district in the fore...
Abstract Background Poor maternal health delivery in developing countries results in more than half a million maternal deaths during pregnancy, childbirth or within a few weeks... -
Increasing trends in incidence of preterm birth among 2.5 million newborns in...
Abstract Background The incidence of preterm birth (PTB, -
Kinematic adaptions to induced short-term pelvic limb lameness in trotting dogs
Abstract Background Lameness due to paw injuries is common in the clinical practice. Although many studies investigated gait adaptations to diseases or injuries, mainly of the... -
Spatial patterns of unemployment in Central Europe: emerging development axes...
In this paper, we focus on mapping and analysing the spatial patterns of unemployment in four Central European countries – Austria, Czechia, Germany, and Poland, on municipal... -
Daily rhythms in food intake and locomotor activity in a colony of domestic cats
Abstract Background Daily rhythms have been widely investigated in various mammals but, surprisingly, literature is scarce and conflicting regarding the domestic cat, Felis... -
Retrospective analysis in oculocutaneous albinism patients for the 2.7 kb del...
Abstract Background Oculocutaneous albinism (OCA) is an autosomal recessive disorder. A significant portion of OCA patients has been found with a single pathogenic variant... -
Saturated absorption competition microscopy
Owing to the advantage of being non-invasive in observing living samples, far-field optical microscopy is widely used in the life sciences, but the existence of the diffraction... -
Guideline-based quality indicators—a systematic comparison of German and inte...
Abstract Background Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) are relevant sources for generating quality indicators (QIs). The objective of this study was to compare... -
Transcriptome analysis reveals new microRNAs-mediated pathway involved in ant...
Abstract Background 337S is a novel bi-pole-photo-thermo-sensitive genic male sterile line in wheat, and sensitive to both long day length/high temperature and short day... -
Synthesis of graphene oxide-quaternary ammonium nanocomposite with synergisti...
Abstract Background Bacterial infection is one of the most common complications in burn, trauma, and chronic refractory wounds and is an impediment to healing. The frequent... -
Knowledge of caries risk factors/indicators among Japanese and Irish adult pa...
Abstract Background A previous study has shown deficient knowledge of caries risk factors/indicators in a Japanese adult population regarded to have a high interest in... -
Assessment of global DNA methylation in the first trimester fetal tissues exp...
Abstract Aims Maternal cigarette smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of negative health consequences for the exposed child. Epigenetic mechanisms constitute a likely... -
Prenatal alcohol exposure and infant gross motor development: a prospective c...
Abstract Background Maternal alcohol consumption in pregnancy may have adverse effects on child gross motor (GM) development. There have been few human studies on this topic,... -
Transcriptionally promiscuous "blurry" promoters in Tc1/mariner transposons a...
Abstract Background We have recently described a peculiar feature of the promoters in two Drosophila Tc1-like elements, Bari1 and Bari3. The AT-richness and the presence of weak... -
Relationship between age and bronchodilator response at diagnosis in adult-on...
Abstract Background Possible variation in bronchodilator response (BDR) according to age at the diagnosis of adult-onset asthma is unknown. Our aim was to assess if BDR in FEV1... -
Association between perceived neighbourhood characteristics, physical activit...
Abstract Background The study explores associations between perceived neighbourhood characteristics, physical activity and diet quality, which in Latin America and Brazil have...