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Annual Report 2013 [PDF]

, 2013
The 2013 Annual Report includes a review of the year, research highlights and activities across the School's three Faculties, and key facts and figures.
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
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First-year experience of chemotherapy for advanced retinoblastoma in Tanzania: disease profile, outcomes, and challenges in 2008.

, 2011
PURPOSE: To examine the profile of retinoblastoma in a national tertiary referral center in Tanzania and to report first-year outcomes of its treatment using chemotherapy. METHODS: All patients with retinoblastoma referred in 2008 were included.
Bowman, Richard J, Carrim, Zia I, Kajaige, Jane, Lavy, Tim E, Scanlan, Patricia   +4 more
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Synergistic Toxicity of Low‐Concentration Metal Mixture on Male Rats: Reproductive, Renal, and Hepatic Effects

Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Mining plays a crucial role in economic development, but improper management can lead to severe environmental degradation. Particularly for iron ore, mining generates vast amounts of tailings often stored in unstable dams. This study aims to investigate the toxicological impacts of environmentally relevant concentrations of metals mixture ...
Kalinka Helóra Gomes de Almeida, Thalita Tofanin Sargiani D'Assumpção, Ana Priscila Gomes Silva, Carolina Rocha Moreira de Oliveira, Tailisi Hoppe Trevizani, Rubens Cesar Lopes Figueira, Lucas Buruaem Moreira, Juliana Elaine Perobelli   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Attitude and behaviour of soft contact lens wearers toward compliance in Gauteng, South Africa

African Vision and Eye Health, 2023
Background: There are ongoing concerns regarding adherence to contact lens (CL) care regimens by wearers. Global studies evaluating behavioural trends have shown that full compliance to CL wear is rare and widespread non-compliance exists.
Tania B. Noach, Thokozile I. Metsing, Dirk Booysen   +2 more
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Growing up Without WASH: Case Study Research Into the Effects of Poor Access to Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene on Children in Ethiopia [PDF]

, 2011
This report is the result of research by WaterAid in Ethiopia into the effects of poor WASH access on children.
Mahider Tesfu
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Universities as the Next Counterintelligence Battleground in Geopolitical Contests

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Globally, universities are increasingly becoming the target of foreign national security actors, engaging in espionage, sabotage, foreign interference and intellectual property theft. Despite that, there has been no examination of the utilisation of counterintelligence approaches by universities to the threats they face from the subordination ...
Brendan Walker‐Munro, Sascha‐Dominik Dov Bachmann   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Why honey is effective as a medicine. 1. Its use in modern medicine [PDF]

, 1999
Honey has been used as a medicine for thousands of years and its curative properties are well documented. However, modern medicine turned its back on honey and it is only now, with the advent of multi-resistant bacteria, that the antibiotic properties of
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Duration‐Dependent Efficacy and Clinical Safety of Repeated Low‐Level Red‐Light Therapy for Paediatric Myopia: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

Clinical &Experimental Ophthalmology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Repeated low‐level red‐light (RLRL) therapy is a novel, non‐invasive intervention for controlling paediatric myopia progression. Despite increasing clinical use, questions remain regarding the magnitude, durability, and safety of treatment effects.
Lee‐Yuan Lin, Cheng‐Hao Hsu, Hung Su, Jia‐Wei Sun, Jie‐Syuan Wu, Wei‐Jung Jeng, Chen‐Hsin Tsai, Fara Silvia Yuliani, Shyh‐Hsiang Lin   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Health need assessment in an indigenous high-altitude population living on an island in Lake Titicaca, Perú

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2019
Background Health needs and access to health care is a huge challenge in developing countries, especially in some isolated indigenous communities. Amantani is an island located at 3854 m above sea level in Lake Titicaca, Peru.
María Calderón, Rosa Alvarado-Villacorta, Miguel Barrios, Devy Quiroz-Robladillo, Doris Rocío Guzmán Naupay, Ana Obregon, Sthefanny Calderón Chávez, Lisa Glaser, Andres M. Carnero, Carla Cortez-Vergara, David Iglesias Quilca, Jose Colque Gonzales, David Moore   +12 more
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Antibiotic resistance in ocular bacterial infections: an integrative review of ophthalmic chloramphenicol

Tropical Medicine and Health, 2023
Introduction Chloramphenicol is a broad-spectrum antibiotic widely used for treating ophthalmic infections, but concerns about rising bacterial resistance to chloramphenicol have been observed due to its frequent use as an over-the-counter medication ...
Babatunde Ismail Bale, Emmanuel Ebuka Elebesunu, Pirakalai Manikavasagar, Favour Obianuju Agwuna, Isaac Olushola Ogunkola, Alhaji Umar Sow, Don Eliseo Lucero-Prisno   +6 more
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