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Colonic content: effect of diet, meals, and defecation [PDF]
, 2017 This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Bendezú, Á., Mego, M., Monclús, E., Merino, X., Accarino, A., Malagelada, J., Navazo, I., Azpiroz, F. Colonic content: effect of diet, meals, and defecation. "Neurogastroenterology and motility",
Accarino Garaventa, Anna María +7 more
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Advanced Materials, EarlyView.Surprisingly, a cell can bind to itself to make a self‐adhesion, which engineered here to improve how cells attach to biomaterials. Nanoprinting are used to make 3D structures smaller than cells–called Self‐Adhesion‐Tunnels (SATs)–around which cells can wrap and bind to themselves.
Anamika Singh +4 more
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Investing in the Next Generation: Growing Tall and Smart With Toilets [PDF]
, 2013 This brief shows that the level of open defecation in a community is associated with children of shorter stature in Cambodia. By looking at the change in defecation levels and average child height between 2005 and 2010 in Cambodian provinces, the study ...
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Promoting Handwashing and Sanitation: Evidence From a Large-Scale Randomized Trial in Rural Tanzania [PDF]
, 2015 This paper presents the results of two large-scale, government-led handwashing and sanitation promotion campaigns in rural Tanzania. Their results highlight the importance of focusing on intermediate outcomes of take-up and behavior change as a critical ...
Aiden Coville +2 more
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Cold Plasma Generates a Localized Inflammatory Response and Promotes Muscle Repair
Advanced Therapeutics, EarlyView.The immediate tissue response to plasma is a pro‐inflammatory response which is characterized by collagen clumping, innate immune cell infiltration, enhanced metabolic processes, and decreased apoptosis. The long‐term tissue response (4‐ and 14‐days) to plasma treatment is characterized by a decreased inflammatory response, decreased adipogenesis, and ...
Carly J. Smith +9 more
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.A theranostic nanoplatform is formulated with NIR‐II emissive lipophilic cyanine dye IRC18 to intercalate into genetically engineered IL12/CSF1R‐macrophage membrane‐liposome hybrid nanovesicles, which assists to achieve blood–brain barrier crossing, glioblastoma targeting, NIR‐II fluorescence imaging, image‐guided membrane‐targeted mild photothermal ...
Pengfei Chen +10 more
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Management of obstructed defecation
World Journal of Gastroenterology, 2015 The management of obstructed defecation syndrome (ODS) is mainly conservative and mainly consists of fiber diet, bulking laxatives, rectal irrigation or hydrocolontherapy, biofeedback, transanal electrostimulation, yoga and psychotherapy. According to our experience, nearly 20% of the patients need surgical treatment.
Mario Pescatori +2 more
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Why latrines are not used : communities' perceptions and practices regarding latrines in a Taenia solium endemic rural area in Eastern Zambia [PDF]
, 2015 Taenia solium cysticercosis is a neglected parasitic zoonosis occurring in many developing countries. Socio-cultural determinants related to its control remain unclear.
Dorny, Pierre +7 more
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.A healthcare toilet system is introduced to passively measure defecation behavior. Real‐time data on stool dropping duration, thickness, and a newly defined “eu‐tenesmus” interval show correlations with stool form and gender differences. Results from 45 defecation events reveal a promising method for comprehensive defecation analysis.
Zhiquan Song +16 more
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A nursing assessment tool for adults with fecal incontinence. [PDF]
, 2000 Fecal incontinence affects slightly more than 1% of community-dwelling adults. This article describes an assessment format, with a research basis when available, that has been developed in a specialist nursing clinic in the United Kingdom.
Chelvanayagam, Sonya, Norton, C.
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