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How should we manage information needs, family anxiety, depression, and breat...
Background: Clinicians request guidance to aid the routine use and interpretation of Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs), but tools are lacking. We aimed to develop a... -
Access to care for non-communicable diseases in Mosul, Iraq between 2014 and ...
Abstract During June 2014 to April 2017, the population of Mosul, Iraq lived in a state of increasing isolation from the rest of Iraq due to the city’s occupation by the Islamic... -
Prioritising pathogens for the management of severe febrile patients to impro...
Abstract Background Severe febrile illness without a known source (SFWS) is a challenge for clinicians when deciding how to manage a patient, particularly given the wide... -
Stimulus-specific behavioral responses of zebrafish to a large range of odors...
Abstract Background Odor-driven behaviors such as feeding, mating, and predator avoidance are crucial for animal survival. The neural pathways processing these behaviors have... -
Development of a wheelchair mobility skills test for children and adolescents...
Abstract Background Wheelchair mobility skills (WMS) training is regarded by children using a manual wheelchair and their parents as an important factor to improve participation... -
The gradient test and its finite sample size properties in a conditional maxi...
In asymptotic theory, the gradient test proposed by Terrell is a recent likelihood-based hypothesis testing approach which can be considered as an alternative to the... -
Determinants of the lung microbiome in intubated premature infants at risk fo...
Background: Airway dysbiosis in premature infants may be associated with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD). Early oropharyngeal colostrum (OPC) administration alters the oral... -
Two subphenotypes of septic acute kidney injury are associated with different...
Abstract Background The pathophysiology of septic acute kidney injury is inadequately understood. Recently, subphenotypes for... -
Patterns of urban land use in a developing country: the role of transport inf...
The paper investigates the determinants of urban land use for the city of Recife, Brazil. Using microdata on 98,198 individual parcels and a conditionally parametric spatial... -
"Navigation to prioritizing the patient" – first-line nurse managers’ experie...
Abstract Background First-line nurse managers are central to quality improvement work when changing work practices into better patient outcomes. Quality improvement... -
What is the available evidence that artificial light at night affects animal ...
Abstract Background Artificial light at night (ALAN), has increased dramatically over the past two centuries and is linked to... -
Effectiveness of interventions using self-monitoring to reduce sedentary beha...
Background: Sedentary behavior occurs largely subconsciously, and thus specific behavior change techniques are needed to increase conscious awareness of sedentary behavior.... -
A systematic review on the use of healthcare services by undocumented migrant...
Abstract Background Undocumented migrants face particular challenges in accessing healthcare services in many European countries. The aim of this study was to systematically... -
How does tillage intensity affect soil organic carbon? A systematic review
Background: The loss of carbon (C) from agricultural soils has been, in part, attributed to tillage, a common prac‑ tice providing a number of benefits to farmers. The promotion... -
Self-monitoring of health data by patients with a chronic disease: does disea...
Background: There is a growing emphasis on self-monitoring applications that allow patients to measure their own physical health parameters. A prerequisite for achieving... -
Development of mass media resources to improve the ability of parents of prim...
Abstract Background Claims about what we need to do to improve our health are everywhere. Most interventions simply tell people what to do, and do not empower them to critically... -
Predictors of health-related quality of life after burn injuries: a systemati...
textabstractBackground: Identifying predictors of health-related quality of life (HRQL) following burns is essential for optimization of rehabilitation for burn survivors. This... -
A global sensitivity analysis approach for morphogenesis models
Abstract Background Morphogenesis is a developmental process in which cells organize into shapes and patterns. Complex, non-linear and multi-factorial models with images as... -
Obesity and socioeconomic disadvantage in midlife female public sector employ...
Abstract Background The two-way relationship between obesity and socioeconomic disadvantage is well established but previous studies on social and economic consequences of... -
A cross-sectional study of obesogenic behaviours and family rules according t...
Abstract Background There has been an increase in children growing up in non-traditional families, such as single-parent and...
