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    Are there gender, racial or relationship differences in caregiver task diffic...

    Objective: To examine differences in caregiver perceptions of task difficulty, depressive symptoms and life changes based on caregiver characteristics of gender, race and type...
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    Optimal design of perturbations for individual two-compartment pharmacokineti...

    We consider the optimal design of pharmacokinetic studies in patients that receive intermittent hemodialysis and intravenous antibiotic. Hemodialysis perturbs the...
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    Good practice statements on safe laboratory testing: A mixed methods study by...

    ABSTRACTBackground: The systems-based management of laboratory test ordering and results handling is a known source of error in primary care settings worldwide. The consequences...
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    Transformation Model Choice in Nonlinear Regression Analysis of Fluorescence-...

    Many modern serial dilution assays are based on fluorescence intensity (FI) readouts. We study the optimal transformation model choice for fitting five-parameter logistic curves...
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    Welders are exposed to high concentrations of nanoparticles. Compared to larger particles, nanoparticles have been associated with more toxic effects at the cellular level,...
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    Composition and sources of fine and coarse particles collected during 2002–20...

    Identifying the sources, composition, and temporal variability of fine (PM2.5) and coarse (PM2.5–10) particles is a crucial component in understanding particulate matter (PM)...
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    Advances in Inhalation Dosimetry Models and Methods for Occupational Risk Ass...

    The purpose of this article is to provide an overview and practical guide to occupational health professionals concerning the derivation and use of dose estimates in risk...
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    Neighborhood physical disorder in New York City

    Neighborhood physical disorder, or the deterioration of urban environments, is associated with negative mental and physical health outcomes. Eleven trained raters used CANVAS, a...
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    We consider a specific situation of correlated data where multiple outcomes are repeatedly measured on each member of a couple. Such multivariate longitudinal data from couples...
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    Objective: To identify approximately 500 cases of incident cognitive impairment (ICI) in a large, national sample adapting an existing cognitive test-based case definition and...
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    Re-training automatic action tendencies to approach cigarettes among adolesce...

    Background: This pilot study conducted a preliminary examination of whether Cognitive Bias Modification (CBM), a computerized task to retrain cognitive-approach biases towards...
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    The exposome, defined as the totality of an individual's exposures over the life course, is a seminal concept in the environmental health sciences. Although inherently...
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    Comparison of single-point and continuous sampling methods for estimating res...

    ABSTRACTResidential temperature and humidity are associated with multiple health effects. Studies commonly use single-point measures to estimate indoor temperature and humidity...
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    Size Distribution and Estimated Respiratory Deposition of Total Chromium, Hex...

    A laboratory study was conducted to determine the mass of total Cr, Cr(VI), Mn, and Ni in 15 size fractions for mild and stainless steel gas-metal arc welding (GMAW) fumes....
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    A Nonparametric, Multiple Imputation-Based Method for the Retrospective Integ...

    Complex research questions often cannot be addressed adequately with a single data set. One sensible alternative to the high cost and effort associated with the creation of...
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    Switching from usual brand cigarettes to a tobacco-heating cigarette or snus:...

    A randomized, multi-center study of adult cigarette smokers switched to tobacco-heating cigarettes, snus or ultra-low machine yield tobacco-burning cigarettes (50/group) was...
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    Synthetically Useful Intermediates by Diazosulfone and Sulfonate C-H Insertion

    Intramolecular C-H insertion on diazosulfone and diazosulfonate substrates was used to prepare synthetically useful intermediates from easily available starting materials.
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    Addressing Item-Level Missing Data: A Comparison of Proration and Full Inform...

    Often when participants have missing scores on one or more of the items comprising a scale, researchers compute prorated scale scores by averaging the available items....
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    Maternal socioeconomic status based on occupation and autism spectrum disorde...

    Background: The association between parental socio-economic status (SES) and autism spectrum disorders (ASD) has been studied in several countries, but the results have been...
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    Healthcare systems need to be redesigned to provide care that is safe, effective and efficient, and meets the multiple needs of patients. This systematic review examines how...