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Traditional and HIV-specific risk factors for cardiovascular morbidity and mo...
Submitted by Fábio Marques (fabio.marques@ini.fiocruz.br) on 2018-09-20T19:02:26Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Traditional and HIV-specific risk... -
Development and differentiability of three brief interventions for risky alco...
Background While brief intervention (BI) for risky alcohol use generally yields positive effects among those identified by screening, effect sizes are small and there is... -
IgM response against amyloid-beta in aging: a potential peripheral protective...
Background The immune system plays a major role in the pathogenesis of age-related dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease (AD). An insight into age-associated changes in the... -
Veteran-centered barriers to VA mental healthcare services use.
Background Some veterans face multiple barriers to VA mental healthcare service use. However, there is limited understanding of how veterans’ experiences and meaning systems... -
Vaginal washing and lubrication among female sex workers in the Mexico-US bor...
Background To assess the potential acceptability and inform the development of behaviorally-congruent vaginal douche- or gel-based HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) products,... -
GDF-15 plasma levels in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are associated ...
Background Growth differentiation factor-15 (GDF-15), a cytokine associated with cardiovascular mortality, increases during chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)... -
Language-concordant automated telephone queries to assess medication adherenc...
Background Clinicians have difficulty accurately assessing medication non-adherence within chronic disease care settings. Health information technology (HIT) could offer novel... -
Predictors of lung function decline in scleroderma-related interstitial lung ...
Background The extent of lung involvement visualized by high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) is a predictor of decline in forced vital capacity (FVC) in... -
Evaluation of the Tobacco-Use Prevention Education (TUPE) program in California
Author(s): McMenamin, Sara B; Cummins, Sharon E; Zhuang, Yue-Lin; Gamst, Anthony C; Ruiz, Carlos G; Mayoral, Antonio; Zhu, Shu-Hong | Abstract: BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The... -
Key traveller groups of relevance to spatial malaria transmission: a survey o...
Background As malaria prevalence declines in many parts of the world due to widescale control efforts and as drug-resistant parasites begin to emerge, a quantitative... -
Adaptive crossover designs for assessment of symptomatic treatments targeting...
Background: There are currently no treatments for empathy deficits in neuropsychiatric disorders. Acute administration of the hormone oxytocin has been... -
Alteration of the cutaneous microbiome in psoriasis and potential role in Th1...
Background Psoriasis impacts 1–3% of the world’s population and is characterized by hyper-proliferation of keratinocytes and increased inflammation. At the molecular level,... -
Countdown to 2015 country case studies: what have we learned about processes ...
Background: Countdown to 2015 was a multi-institution consortium tracking progress towards Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) 4 and 5. Case studies to explore factors... -
The Objective Physical Activity and Cardiovascular Disease Health in Older Wo...
Background: Limited evidence exists to inform physical activity (PA) and sedentary behavior guidelines for older people, especially women. Rigorous evidence on the amounts,...
