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Brain activation to high-calorie food images in healthy normal weight and obe...
Abstract Background Understanding how normal weight and obese young children process high-calorie food stimuli may provide information relevant to the neurobiology of eating... -
Benchmarking the transparency, comprehensiveness and specificity of populatio...
Abstract Background The aim of this study was to assess the commitments of food companies in Malaysia to improving population nutrition using the Business Impact Assessment on... -
Thermo-optic tuning and switching in SOI waveguide Fabry-Perot microcavities
Compact silicon-on-insulator (SOI) waveguide thermo-optically tunable Fabry-Perot microcavities with silicon/air Bragg mirrors are demonstrated. Quality factors of Q=4,584 are... -
Tobacco use and caries increment in young adults: a prospective observational...
Abstract Objective Tobacco use has a negative influence on general and oral health but data concerning caries are mainly derived from epidemiological and cross-sectional... -
Analysis of survival after initiation of continuous renal replacement therapy...
Abstract Background No study has specifically investigated the duration of continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) in patients who experienced acute kidney injury during... -
Adolescent BMI and early-onset type 2 diabetes among Ethiopian immigrants and...
Abstract Background We assessed in a nationwide cohort the association between adolescent BMI and early-onset ( -
Correction to: Isolation and genetic characterization of Toxoplasma gondii in...
An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article. -
The moderating role of food cue sensitivity in the behavioral response of chi...
Abstract Background Neighborhood food cues have been inconsistently related to residents’ health, possibly due to variations in residents’ sensitivity to such cues. This study... -
The contrasting role of technology as both supportive and hindering in the ev...
Abstract Background It is well known that people with mild cognitive deficits face challenges when performing complex everyday activities, and that the use of technology has... -
Wilfully out of sight? A literature review on the effectiveness of cancer-rel...
Abstract Background There is evidence to suggest that decision aids improve a number of patient outcomes. However, little is known about the progression of research effort in... -
The impact of genomic selection on genetic diversity and genetic gain in thre...
Abstract Background In France, implementation of genomic evaluations in dairy cattle breeds started in 2009 and this has modified the breeding schemes drastically. In this... -
Parametric distortion-adaptive neighborhood for omnidirectional camera
Catadioptric omnidirectional images exhibit serious nonlinear distortion due to the involved quadratic mirror. Conventional pinhole model-based methods perform poorly when... -
Cost effectiveness of intermittent screening followed by treatment versus int...
Abstract Background Emergence of high-grade sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) resistance in parts of Africa has led to growing concerns about the efficacy of intermittent... -
The sustainability of public health interventions in schools: a systematic re...
Abstract Background The sustainability of school-based health interventions after external funds and/or other resources end has been relatively unexplored in comparison to... -
Physical activity and overweight/obesity among Malaysian adults: findings fro...
Abstract Background Overweight and obesity are growing health problems both worldwide and in Malaysia due to such lifestyle changes as decreased physical activity (PA),... -
DiNAR: revealing hidden patterns of plant signalling dynamics using Different...
Abstract Background Progress in high-throughput molecular methods accompanied by more complex experimental designs demands novel data visualisation solutions. To specifically... -
Patient-reported quality indicators to evaluate physiotherapy care for hip an...
Abstract Background There is no physiotherapy-specific quality indicator tool available to evaluate physiotherapy care for people with hip and/or knee osteoarthritis (OA). This... -
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... -
Acetate metabolic requirement of avian pathogenic Escherichia coli promotes i...
Abstract Avian pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC) is a facultative intracellular pathogen, and intracellular persistence in macrophages is essential for APEC extraintestinal... -
Like a hotel, but boring: users’ experience with short-time community-based r...
Abstract Background The discharge process from hospital to home for patients with severe mental illness (SMI) is often complex, and most are in need of tailored and coordinated...
