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Children’s, parents’ and other stakeholders’ perspectives on early dietary se...
Abstract Background Chronic disease of childhood may be delayed by early dietary intervention. The purpose of this systematic review is to provide decision-makers with a... -
Genome-wide transcriptional adaptation to salt stress in Populus
Abstract Background Adaptation to abiotic stresses is crucial for the survival of perennial plants in a natural environment. However, very little is known about the underlying... -
The role of antifungals in the management of patients with severe asthma
Abstract In patients with asthma, the inhalation of elevated amounts of fungal spores and hyphae may precipitate the onset of asthma or worsen control to the extent of being... -
Burden of pneumocystis pneumonia in HIV-infected adults in sub-Saharan Africa...
Abstract Background Seroprevalence data and clinical studies in children suggest that the burden of pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) in Africa may be underestimated. We performed a... -
Cumulative fluid accumulation is associated with the development of acute kid...
Abstract Background Acute kidney injury (AKI) is common in patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) and may be present on admission or develop during ICU stay. Our objectives... -
Current infection control practices used in Australian and New Zealand cystic...
Abstract Background The 2013 update of the Infection Prevention and Control (IP&C) Guideline outlined recommendations to prevent the spread of CF respiratory pathogens. We... -
Bacterial isolation and antibiotic susceptibility from diabetic foot ulcers i...
Abstract Objectives Diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) often lead to hospital admissions, amputations and deaths; however, there is no up-to-date information on microbial isolates from... -
Direct measurement of the skew angle of the Poynting vector in a helically ph...
We measure the local skew angle of the Poynting vector within a helically-phased, exp(ilφ), beam using a Shack Hartmann wavefront sensor. It is the skew angle of the Poynting... -
Improved sugar yields from biomass sorghum feedstocks: comparing low-lignin m...
Abstract Background For biofuel production processes to be economically efficient, it is essential to maximize the production of monomeric carbohydrates from the structural... -
Design, synthesis and biological activity of hydroxybenzoic acid ester conjug...
Abstract We prepared 16 novel hydroxybenzoic acid ester conjugates of phenazine-1-carboxylic acid (PCA) and investigated their biological activity. Most of the synthesized... -
Prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of Staphylococcus aureus...
Abstract Background Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) nasal carriage is a potential niche for spread and a risk factor for subsequent infections. Despite the... -
Postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy versus chemoradiotherapy for node-positiv...
Abstract Background and purpose After esophagectomy, adjuvant chemotherapy (S + CT) and adjuvant chemoradiotherapy (S + CRT) can improve survival in patients with node-positive... -
Increased β-Lactams dosing regimens improve clinical outcome in critically il...
Abstract Background Augmented renal clearance (ARC) is recognized as a leading cause of β-lactam subexposure when conventional dosing regimens are used. The main objective was... -
Risk factors associated with nasopharyngeal carriage and density of Streptoco...
Abstract Background Potentially pathogenic bacteria Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, Moraxella catarrhalis, and Staphylococcus aureus are commonly carried in... -
Lactate clearance as a prognostic marker of mortality in severely ill febrile...
Abstract Background Hyperlactataemia (HL) is a biomarker of disease severity that predicts mortality in patients with sepsis and malaria. Lactate clearance (LC) during... -
Seroprevalence of anti-HBc, risk factors of occupationally acquired HBV infec...
Abstract Background Due to numerous blood exposures hospital staff are at risk of acquiring hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections. This study aimed at estimating prevalence of HBV,... -
Pediatric eMental healthcare technologies: a systematic review of implementat...
Abstract Background Researchers, healthcare planners, and policymakers convey a sense of urgency in using eMental healthcare technologies to improve pediatric mental healthcare... -
The clinical impacts and risk factors for non-central line-associated bloodst...
Abstract Background Most of the previous studies focused on central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI), while non-central line-associated bloodstream infection... -
Set of two orthogonal adaptive cylindrical lenses in a monolith elastomer device
A microfluidic device that operates as a set of two adaptive cylindrical lenses focusing light along two orthogonal axes is designed, fabricated and characterized. The device is... -
HORN-6 special-purpose clustered computing system for electroholography
We developed the HORN-6 special-purpose computer for holography. We designed and constructed the HORN-6 board to handle an object image composed of one million points and...
