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Factors associated with quality of life and functional capacity in patients with diabetic foot in the Dominican Republic

Endocrine and Metabolic Science
Purpose: To evaluate the quality of life (QoL) and physical functioning of patients with diabetic foot (DF) and their associated factors. Methods: 120 participants with DF were recruited in 5 diabetic foot clinics in Dominican Republic.
Berniza Calderón, Manuel Soto, Alba Beltré   +2 more
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Redoing Family After Estrangement

Journal of Marriage and Family, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective This study theorizes estrangement as a catalyst for redoing family through a dynamic process of rebuilding kinship's meaning, structure, and content. Background Research on family estrangement has overwhelmingly focused on its emotional, social, and financial consequences, overlooking how estrangement holistically reshapes the ...
Rin Reczek
wiley   +1 more source

First-order mass balance models of COD, BOD and DO in a subsurface flow constructed wetland

Desalination and Water Treatment
This study addresses the need for simple and cost-effective predictive models for the design and operation of constructed wetlands in domestic wastewater treatment.
Rainier V. Sánchez C., Vladimir Antonio Rodríguez Núñez, Atuey de Jesús Martínez Durán, José Ángel Vásquez Cuello   +3 more
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Vegetation of the dry bioclimatic areas in the Dominican Republic

, 2015
Referencias bibliográficas: • E.Biondi. 2011. Phytosociology today: Methodological and conceptual evolution. Plant Biosys 145(Supplement): 19–29. • A.Borhidi. 1991. Phytogeography and vegetation ecology of Cuba. Budapest: Academiai Kiado.
Musarella, Carmelo Maria, Cano Carmona, Eusebio, Piñar-Fuentes, Jose Carlos, Spampinato, Giovanni, Cano Ortiz, Ana, Veloz, Alberto   +5 more
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Economic Impact of Periodontitis: Global, Regional and National Estimates of Periodontal Expenditure, With Forecasts to 2050

Journal of Periodontal Research, EarlyView.
This study provides the first global, regional and national estimates of periodontal expenditure, with projections to 2050. Costs related to prevention, diagnosis, treatment, maintenance and rehabilitation are quantified across all countries worldwide.
Dian Yi Chow, Robin D. Blythe, John Rong Hao Tay, Gustavo G. Nascimento, Mario Romandini   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Community as Catalyst for Change: Factors Contributing to US Catholic Sisters Engaging in Environmental Activism

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Much of the activism on environmental issues within the US Catholic Church is not coming from those with institutional power (like bishops and diocesan priests), but rather from sisters, who have no formal power. What factors facilitate sisters’ environmental activism?
Sabrina Danielsen, Ellie Simmons
wiley   +1 more source

Individualized Prediction of Meningioma Response to Gamma Knife Radiosurgery Using Nested Consensus Machine Learning with 3D Fractal, Lacunarity and Radiomic Features from MRI

Fractal and Fractional
Background: This study aimed to develop a fully nested, information leakage-free machine-learning workflow to predict the volumetric response of meningioma to Gamma Knife radiosurgery (GKRS) from pre-treatment MRI and to compare the predictive value of ...
Herwin Speckter, Marko Radulovic, Ivan Gonzalez, Giancarlo Hernandez, Jose Bido, Diones Rivera, Luis Suazo, Santiago Valenzuela, Ismael Peralta, Jeffrey Paulino, Teuddis Bernard, Issael Ramirez, Peter Stoeter, Velicko Vranes   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Institutionalizing Gender in Emergencies: Case study of Dominican Republic

, 2017
This case study describes implementation of the project Institutionalizing Gender in Emergencies: Bridging Policy and Practice. The project, supported by ECHO Enhanced Response Capacity and Oxfam, has been implemented by Oxfam in Dominican Republic ...
Cepeda, Zobeyda, Hilton, Eliza
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Education and the Shadow Economy: A Panel Cointegration Analysis

Kyklos, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the impact of education on the shadow economy across 132 countries over the period 1991–2020. To this end, panel cointegration and panel error‐correction models are employed. The results of the panel cointegration tests indicate a stable long‐term relationship among the selected variables.
Salvatore Ciucci
wiley   +1 more source

Linking oxidative stress biomarkers to disease progression and antioxidant therapy in hypertension and diabetes mellitus

Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences
Oxidative stress (OS) is increasingly recognized as a key factor linking hypertension (HTN) and diabetes mellitus (DM). This review summarizes recent evidence regarding the dual role of OS as both an instigator and an amplifier of cardiometabolic ...
Alberto J. Nuñez-Selles, Rodolfo A. Nuñez-Musa, Rafael A. Guillen-Marmolejos   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source