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Trends in anemia care in non-dialysis-dependent chronic kidney disease (CKD) ...
Background The objective of the study was to examine overall anemia management trends in non-dialysis patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) from 2006 to 2015, and to... -
Robo-investment aversion.
In five experiments (N = 3,828), we investigate whether people prefer investment decisions to be made by human investment managers rather than by algorithms (“robos”). In all of... -
An assessment of healthcare professionals’ knowledge about and attitude towar...
Background Vaccinating healthcare professionals against influenza is considered an effective infection control measure. However, there is a low uptake of influenza vaccine among... -
Medical and pharmacy student concerns about participating on international se...
Background International Service Learning Trips (ISLT) provide health professional students the opportunity to provide healthcare, under the direction of trained faculty, to... -
Food perception without ingestion leads to metabolic changes and irreversible...
Background Developmental physiology is very sensitive to nutrient availability. For instance, in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, newly hatched L1-stage larvae require food... -
Delayed antibody dependent enhancement of low passage dengue virus 4 isolates
Background The concept of antibody dependent enhancement (ADE) of dengue virus (DENV) infection is a cornerstone of our current understanding of dengue pathogenesis, although... -
What enables good end of life care for people with dementia? A multi-method q...
Background People with advanced dementia often experience suboptimal end of life care (EoLC) with inadequate pain control, increased hospitalisation, and fewer palliative care... -
Impact of tobacco control policies on adolescent smokeless tobacco and cigar ...
Background While increasing cigarette taxes has been a major policy driver to decrease smoking, taxes on other tobacco products have received less attention. Our aims were to... -
High school science fair: Positive and negative outcomes
AbstractThe goal of our ongoing research is to identify strengths and weaknesses of high school level science fair and improvements that can help science educators make science... -
IL-17 signalling restructures the nasal microbiome and drives dynamic changes...
Background The bacterial pathogen Streptococcus pneumoniae colonizes the nasopharynx prior to causing disease, necessitating successful competition with the resident microflora.... -
Adherence to HAART: a systematic review of developed and developing nation pa...
Background Adherence to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) medication is the greatest patient-enabled predictor of treatment success and mortality for those who have... -
Herbal remedies and functional foods used by cancer patients attending specia...
Background Cancer is a major disease worldwide, and many patients use complementary and alternative treatments. The purpose of this study was to identify the herbal remedies and... -
The Golgi apparatus acts as a platform for TBK1 activation after viral RNA se...
Background After viral infection and the stimulation of some pattern-recognition receptors, TANK-binding kinase I (TBK1) is activated by K63-linked polyubiquitination followed... -
Tuberculosis patients’ pre-hospital delay and non-compliance with a longstand...
Background Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major health problem in Zambia, despite considerable efforts to control and prevent it. With this study, we aim to understand how... -
Measuring national capability over big science’s multidisciplinarity: A case ...
In the era of big science, countries allocate big research and development budgets to large scientific facilities that boost collaboration and research capability. A nuclear... -
ECMO use and mortality in adult patients with cardiogenic shock: a retrospect...
Background Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is increasingly used in resuscitation of critically ill patients with documented improved survival. Few studies describe... -
Health seeking behavior and its determinants for cervical cancer among women ...
Background Cervical cancer is one of the most easily preventable forms of female cancers if early screening and diagnosis is made. Low awareness level about the disease and risk... -
Phosphatase ABI1 and okadaic acid-sensitive phosphoprotein phosphatases inhib...
Background: SNF1-related protein kinases 2 (SnRK2s) are key regulators of the plant response to osmotic stress. They are transiently activated in response to drought and... -
Establishing a Minimum Dataset for Prospective Registration of Systematic Rev...
BACKGROUND: In response to growing recognition of the value of prospective registration of systematic review protocols, we planned to develop a web-based open access... -
Drug voyager: a computational platform for exploring unintended drug action
Abstract Background The dominant paradigm in understanding drug action focuses on the intended therapeutic effects and frequent...
