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Increased titin compliance reduced length-dependent contractionand slowed cross-bridge kinetics in skinned myocardial strips from Rbm20ΔRRM mice

Frontiers in Physiology, 2016
Titin is a giant protein spanning from the Z-disk to the M-band of the cardiac sarcomere. In the I-band titin acts as a molecular spring, contributing to passive mechanical characteristics of the myocardium throughout a heartbeat.
Hannah C. Pulcastro, Peter O. Awinda, Mei Methawasin, Henk Granzier, Wen-Ji Dong, Wen-Ji Dong, Bertrand C.W. Tanner   +6 more
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Compliance with focused antenatal care services: do health workers in rural Burkina Faso, Uganda and Tanzania perform all ANC procedures? [PDF]

, 2012
\ud \ud To assess health workers' compliance with the procedures set in the focused antenatal care (ANC) guidelines in rural Uganda, Tanzania and Burkina Faso; to compare the compliance within and among the three study sites; and to appraise the logistic
Anya, Bhatia, Bloom, Boller, Brabin, Campbell, Carroli, Coetzee, Duley, Gloyd, Hogan, Idowu, Khan, Marchant, McDermott, McDonagh, Meda, Mendoza, Miaffo, Mwaniki, Osungbade, Pandit, Pembe, Rooney, Rosenberg, Sarker, Starrs, Steer, Steer, Urassa, Urassa, Villar, von Both, von Dadelszen, Walsh, Watson-Jones, WHO, WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, & The World Bank   +37 more
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Community-based health insurance and communities’ scheme requirement compliance in Thehuldere district, northeast Ethiopia: cross-sectional community-based study

ClinicoEconomics and Outcomes Research, 2017
Background Community-based health insurance (CBHI) is becoming a prominent and promising concept in tackling financial health care issues confronting the poor rural communities in developing countries. Ethiopia endorsed and constituted CBHI schemes in 13
S. Workneh, G. Biks, Solomon Assefa Woreta   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Remote Monitoring in Myasthenia Gravis: Exploring Symptom Variability

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a rare, autoimmune disorder characterized by fluctuating muscle weakness and potential life‐threatening crises. While continuous specialized care is essential, access barriers often delay timely interventions. To address this, we developed MyaLink, a telemedical platform for MG patients.
Maike Stein, Maximilian Mönch, Meret Herdick, Frauke Stascheit, Sarah Hoffmann, Hannah Preßler, Philipp Mergenthaler, Carla Dusemund, Paolo Doksani, Haoqi Sun, Pushpa Narayanaswami, Andreas Meisel, Lea Gerischer, Sophie Lehnerer   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Criteria for an efficient enforcement of standards in relation to cross compliance [PDF]

Cross compliance has been introduced in the EU partly to improve compliance with pre-existing EU legislation in the Member States. Considerable effort has been put into implementing this instrument and the corresponding control systems.
Nitsch, Heike, Osterburg, Bernhard
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Patterns of Postictal Abnormalities in Relation to Status Epilepticus in Adults

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Abnormalities on peri‐ictal diffusion‐weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DWI‐PMAs) are well‐established for patients with status epilepticus (SE), but knowledge on patterns of DWI‐PMAs and their prognostic impact is sparse. Methods This systematic review and individual participant data meta‐analysis included observational studies ...
Andrea Enerstad Bolle, Silvana Sarria‐Estrada, Thomas Bonduelle, Bertram Daniel Dynesen, Manuel Toledo, Zhu Chung Che, Kjell Heuser, Anastasios Chatzikonstantinou, Jérôme Aupy, Udaya Seneviratne, Estevo Santamarina Perez, Christoph Patrick Beier   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ethnic Divisions and the Size of the Informal Sector. [PDF]

This paper investigates the relationship between ethnic fragmentation and the size of the informal economy. Recent experimental and empirical research links, in turn, ethnicity and trust, and trust and tax compliance.
David Dreyer Lassen
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Compliance with nutrition standards in Mexican schools and their effectiveness: a repeated cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health, 2018
BackgroundMexico approved mandatory nutrient-based standards for foods sold in schools in 2011. The aim of this study was to analyse the association between compliance with nutrition standards for foods sold in schools and children’s school snacks ...
Carolina Pérez-Ferrer, T. Barrientos-Gutiérrez, J. Rivera-Dommarco, F. Prado-Galbarro, A. Jiménez-Aguilar, Carmen Morales-Ruán, T. Shamah-Levy   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Baseline Regional Cholinergic Denervation Predicts Cognitive Trajectories in Moderate Parkinson Disease

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Cognitive decline is a disabling and variable feature of Parkinson disease (PD). While cholinergic system degeneration is linked to cognitive impairments in PD, most prior research reported cross‐sectional associations. We aimed to fill this gap by investigating whether baseline regional cerebral vesicular acetylcholine transporter ...
Taylor Brown, Giulia Carli, Prabesh Kanel, Stiven Roytman, Jaimie Barr, Nicolaas I. Bohnen, Roger L. Albin   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Predictors of compliance with community-directed ivermectin treatment in Uganda: quantitative results. [PDF]

, 2005
In order to identify the factors influencing compliance with mass ivermectin treatment for onchocerciasis control, a cross-sectional study was carried out in Bushenyi District, Uganda. Data were collected by interviewing 839 individuals who were randomly
Ndyomugyenyi, Richard, Nuwaha, Fred, Okware, Joseph   +2 more
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