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Preventing Acute Mountain Sickness [PDF]

, 2011
Gradual ascent is the most effective method for preventing acute mountain sickness. (Strength of Recommendation [SOR]: B, based on good-quality prospective and retrospective cohort studies.) Acetazolamide should be used to prevent acute mountain sickness
Kitsteiner, John M., Nashelsky, Joan, Whitworth, James D.   +2 more
core  

Improving child mental health and learning outcomes and reducing stigma and discrimination in conflict setting: findings from a cluster randomized controlled trial of a classroom‐based psychosocial intervention in rural primary schools in Afghanistan

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, EarlyView.
Background Conflict and crises have long‐lasting and dramatic consequences on the mental health of children. We aimed to investigate the effectiveness of a psychosocial intervention on child mental health in Afghanistan. Methods A two‐arm cluster‐randomized controlled trial was conducted in 83 rural primary schools within three provinces of Afghanistan.
Jean‐Francois Trani, Yiqi Zhu, Saria Bechara, Shuya Yin, Parul Bakhshi, Ian Kaplan, Ramkrishna K. Singh, Mohammed A. Modaber, Hashim Rawab, Madelyn Yoo, Kim Thuy Seelinger, Ganesh M. Babulal, Ramesh Raghavan   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integrative taxonomy supports DNA barcoding in revealing an abundant cryptic species in the United States Coastal Plain

Journal of Systematics and Evolution, EarlyView.
We present the most densely sampled phylogeny of Carex section Lupulinae to date (107 specimens) and describe herein a new cryptic species for science from the southern United States, which is locally abundant and found in well‐explored and densely populated areas. Combining DNA sequences with morphometric data obtained from 299 samples, we Demonstrate
Étienne Lacroix‐Carignan, Julian R. Starr, Robert F. C. Naczi, Eran S. Kilpatrick, Étienne Léveillé‐Bourret   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Religion and Black/White Residential Segregation: The Influence of Religious and Regional Context

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Research on religious tradition and residential segregation focuses on “open” versus “closed” civic orientations, but ignores the structural effects of religious fields as well as other relevant differences, such as Catholic immigrant parishes and the communal role of Black Protestantism in response to racial hostility in large northern cities
David Sikkink, Michael Emerson
wiley   +1 more source

Unraveling the pathogenesis and prevention strategies of acute high-altitude illness through gut microecology

npj Biofilms and Microbiomes
High-altitude environments, characterized by hypobaric and hypoxic conditions, induce acute hypoxia, resulting in decreased blood oxygen saturation.
Ping Qi, Xiansen Jiang, Xiaojuan Wang, Liang Sheng, Jiawen Liang, Lei Zhang   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Extraordinary measures of sibling worldmaking

Medical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract In this ethnographic research project involving disabled and non/disabled siblings in Canada, we have found that during major life‐changing transitions, such as the death of a parent, siblings face many challenges, including structural and systemic inequalities, struggles with and within various service systems, and difficulties with emotions ...
Pamela Block, Helen Ries, Dima Kassem
wiley   +1 more source

Efficacy and safety of Rhodiola crenulata extract in the treatment of acute high altitude disease, based on studies involving populations in China: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Frontiers in Pharmacology
IntroductionTo evaluate the efficacy and safety of Rhodiola crenulata extract (RCE) for the treatment of patients with acute high altitude disease (AHAD).MethodsThis study systematically retrieved randomized controlled trials (RCTs) published prior to ...
Zixuan Gao, Yaoyuan Liu, Yaoyuan Liu, Weiwen Liao, Wenting Song, Xinyi Zhang, Hanqing Lin, Han Zhang, Tao Zhang, Wentai Pang   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Association between physiological responses after exercise at low altitude and acute mountain sickness upon ascent is sex-dependent [PDF]

, 2020
Yang Shen, Yuanqi Yang, Chuan Liu, Jie Yang, Jihang Zhang, Jun Jin, Tan H, Fangzhengyuan Yuan, Jingbin Ke, Chunyan He, Lai-Ping Zhang, Chen Zhang, Jie Yu, Lan Huang   +13 more
openalex   +1 more source

The Association Between Body Composition and Acute Mountain Sickness [PDF]

, 2015
Please view abstract in the attached PDF ...
Dobrosielski, D A, Guadagno, M., Payne, J   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Extracting vitalities: Cuts in Indigenous women's bodies‐territories (Brazil)

Medical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract In this article, I explore the connections between the medicalization of childbirth and environmental devastation through Guarani‐Mbyá understandings of life and the living. I argue that the cuts made to Guarani‐Mbyá women's vaginas (episiotomies) in Brazilian hospitals are experienced and situated on the same cosmopolitical level as the cuts ...
Maria Paula Prates
wiley   +1 more source