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Assessing the quality of research examining change in children’s mental health in the context of COVID-19

open access: yesUniversity of Ottawa Journal of Medicine, 2021
In their policy brief on the impact of COVID-19 on children and youth, the United Nations identified the need for “a rapid accumulation of data on the scale and nature of impacts among children.”1(p14) Although an important goal, this call to action ...
Tracy Vaillancourt   +10 more
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High functional allelic diversity and copy number in both MHC classes in the common buzzard

open access: yesBMC Ecology and Evolution, 2023
Background The major histocompatibility complex (MHC), which encodes molecules that recognize various pathogens and parasites and initiates the adaptive immune response in vertebrates, is renowned for its exceptional polymorphism and is a model of ...
Jamie Winternitz   +4 more
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Why and how to engage expert stakeholders in ontology development: insights from social and behavioural sciences

open access: yesJournal of Biomedical Semantics, 2021
Background Incorporating the feedback of expert stakeholders in ontology development is important to ensure content is appropriate, comprehensive, meets community needs and is interoperable with other ontologies and classification systems.
Emma Norris   +5 more
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Hyperrealistic neural decoding for reconstructing faces from fMRI activations via the GAN latent space

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2022
Neural decoding can be conceptualized as the problem of mapping brain responses back to sensory stimuli via a feature space. We introduce (i) a novel experimental paradigm that uses well-controlled yet highly naturalistic stimuli with a priori known ...
Thirza Dado   +6 more
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Impact on sales of adding a smaller serving size of beer and cider in licensed premises: an A-B-A reversal design

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2023
Background Smaller serving sizes of alcoholic drinks could reduce alcohol consumption across populations thereby lowering the risk of many diseases. The effect of modifying the available range of serving sizes of beer and cider in a real-world setting ...
Eleni Mantzari   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of bottle size on in-home consumption of wine: feasibility and acceptability randomised cross-over study

open access: yesPilot and Feasibility Studies, 2020
Background Reducing alcohol consumption across populations would prevent many non-communicable diseases. Large packages increase food and non-alcoholic drink consumption and large glasses increase wine consumption.
Eleni Mantzari   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Improved processing speed and decreased functional connectivity in individuals with chronic stroke after paired exercise and motor training

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2023
After stroke, impaired motor performance is linked to an increased demand for cognitive resources. Aerobic exercise improves cognitive function in neurologically intact populations and may be effective in altering cognitive function post-stroke.
Justin W. Andrushko   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of Changes in Time Left Alone on Separation-Related Behaviour in UK Pet Dogs

open access: yesAnimals, 2022
Separation-related behaviours (SRBs), including but not limited to vocalisation, pacing, destruction and toileting, occur in the absence of human company.
Naomi D. Harvey   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of reducing portion sizes in worksite cafeterias: a stepped wedge randomised controlled pilot trial

open access: yesInternational Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 2018
Background Reducing the portion sizes of foods available in restaurants and cafeterias is one promising approach to reducing energy intake, but there is little evidence of its impact from randomised studies in field settings.
Gareth J. Hollands   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Quantitative evaluation of an information leaflet to increase prompt help-seeking for gynaecological cancer symptoms

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2016
Background Provision of written information may improve awareness of cancer symptoms and encourage timely presentation in primary care. This study assessed changes in symptom knowledge, perceived barriers to help-seeking, anxiety and intention to seek ...
Melanie Morris   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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