A genome-wide association study demonstrates significant genetic variation for fracture risk in Thoroughbred racehorses [PDF]
, 2014 Background: Thoroughbred racehorses are subject to non-traumatic distal limb bone fractures that occur during racing and exercise. Susceptibility to fracture may be due to underlying disturbances in bone metabolism which have a genetic cause.
Blott, Sarah C. +8 more
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Functional status in ICU survivors and out of hospital outcomes: a cohort study [PDF]
, 2016 OBJECTIVES: Functional status at hospital discharge may be a risk factor for adverse events among survivors of critical illness. We sought to examine the association between functional status at hospital discharge in survivors of critical care and risk ...
Amrein, Karin +5 more
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Vaccine-preventable haemophilus influenza type B disease burden and cost-effectiveness of infant vaccination in Indonesia. [PDF]
, 2008 BACKGROUND: Most of Asia, including Indonesia, does not use Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) conjugate vaccines. We estimated total vaccine-preventable disease burden and the cost-effectiveness of Hib conjugate vaccine in Indonesia.
Gessner, Bradford D +9 more
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Who Publishes in “Predatory” Journals? [PDF]
, 2014 Many open access journals have a reputation for being of low quality and being dishonest with regard to peer review and publishing costs. Such journals are labeled “predatory” journals.
Anderson, Mary R. +5 more
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The Blurred Line between Physical Ageing and Mental Health in Older Adults: Implications for the Measurement of Depression [PDF]
, 2019 Objectives: Depression in older adults is assessed using measures validated in the general adult population. However, such measures may be inappropriate in the elderly due to the similarities between ageing and the symptoms of depression.
Hazell, C. +5 more
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A Comprehensive Review of the Two-Sample Independent or Paired Binary Data, with or without Stratum Effects [PDF]
, 2016 Various statistical hypotheses testing for discrete or categorical or binary data have been extensively discussed in the literature. A comprehensive review is given for the two-sample binary or categorical data testing methods on data with or without ...
Rahardja, Dewi +2 more
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Validation of the Internet Addiction Test in Students at a Pakistani Medical and Dental School [PDF]
, 2017 Despite growing concerns over pathological internet usage, studies based on validated psychometric instruments are still lacking in Pakistan. This study aimed to examine the psychometric properties of the Internet Addiction Test (IAT) in a sample of ...
A Barke +35 more
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, 2003 Many donors and countries are striving to respond to the HIV/AIDS epidemic by implementing prevention programmes. However, the resources available for providing these activities relative to needs are limited.
Walker, Damian
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Who punishes promiscuous women? Both women and men are prejudiced towards sexually-accessible women, but only women inflict costly punishment [PDF]
, 2019 Across human societies, female sexuality is suppressed by gendered double standards, slut shaming, sexist rape laws, and honour killings. The question of what motivates societies to punish promiscuous women, however, has been contested.
Fincher, Corey L. +2 more
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Comparing French and US hospital technologies: a directional input distance function approach
, 2004 French and US hospital technologies are compared using directional input distance functions. The aggregation properties of the directional distance function allow comparison of hospital industry-level performance as well as standard firm-level ...
Dervaux *, Benoît +3 more
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