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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    Implementation interventions in preventing surgical site infections in abdomi...

    Abstract Background Surgical site infections (SSIs) are highly prevalent in abdominal surgery despite evidence-based prevention measures. Since guidelines are not...
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    The humanistic and economic burden of chronic wounds: a protocol for a system...

    Abstract Background Chronic non-healing wounds present a substantial economic burden to healthcare system; significant reductions in quality of life for those affected, and...
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    Follow-up care after treatment for prostate cancer: protocol for an evaluatio...

    Abstract Background As more men survive a diagnosis of prostate cancer, alternative models of follow-up care that address menâ s enduring unmet needs and are economical to...
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    Geographic health inequalities in Norway: a Gini analysis of cross-county dif...

    Abstract Background This study aims at quantifying the level and changes over time of inequality in age-specific mortality and life expectancy between the 19 Norwegian counties...
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    A retrospective study of the clinical phenotype and predictors of survival in...

    Abstract Background Little is known about the clinical phenotype of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in non-Caucasian populations. Here, we aimed to describe the clinical...
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    Association among oral symptoms, oral health-related quality of life, and hea...

    Abstract Background Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is a multidimensional construct that refers to an individual’s self-perceived well-being. This study used the revised...
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    Association of nuts and unhealthy snacks with subclinical atherosclerosis amo...

    Abstract Background The process of atherosclerosis begins early in childhood and usually remains asymptomatic until later in life. Carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT) as a...
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    Enhancing evidence use in public health nutrition policymaking: theoretical i...

    Abstract Background Enhancing the use of evidence in policymaking is critical to addressing the global burden of nutrition-related disease. Whilst the public health nutrition...
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    Spatiotemporal epidemiology of, and factors associated with, the tuberculosis...

    Abstract Background Tuberculosis (TB) is an important public health issue worldwide. However, evidence concerning the impact of environmental factors on TB is sparse. We...
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    The balance model for teaching linear equations: a systematic literature review

    Abstract This paper reports a systematic literature review of the balance model, an often-used aid to teach linear equations. The purpose of the review was to report why such a...
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    A cross sectional study of unmet need for health services amongst urban refug...

    Abstract Background Although the Thai government has introduced policies to promote the health of migrants, it is still the case that urban refugees and asylum seekers (URAS)...
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    Reported patterns of vaping to support long-term abstinence from smoking: a c...

    Abstract Background E-cigarettes are the most popular aid to smoking cessation attempts in England and the USA. This research examined associations between e-cigarette device...
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    Elder abuse victimization patterns: latent class analysis using perpetrators ...

    Abstract Background Research on elder abuse has defined it as a multidimensional construct that encompasses a set of different abusive behaviours, victims, perpetrators and...
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    Time to death and risk factors among tuberculosis patients in Northern Ethiopia

    Abstract Objective The main objective of this study was to assess time to death and associated risk factors among tuberculosis (TB) patients. Results A total of 769 TB patients...
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    Correction to: SALP, a new single-stranded DNA library preparation method esp...

    After publication of the original article [1] the authors noted that the additional files had not been uploaded correctly.