How to halve ploidy : lessons from budding yeast meiosis [PDF]
, 2012 Maintenance of ploidy in sexually reproducing organisms requires a specialized form of cell division called meiosis that generates genetically diverse haploid gametes from diploid germ cells.
Arumugam, Prakash +2 more
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Managing lifestyle change to reduce coronary risk: a synthesis of qualitative research on peoples’ experiences [PDF]
, 2014 Background Coronary heart disease is an incurable condition. The only approach known to slow its progression is healthy lifestyle change and concordance with cardio-protective medicines.
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Women, know your limits: Cultural sexism in academia [PDF]
, 2014 Despite the considerable advances of the feminist movement across Western societies, in Universities women are less likely to be promoted, or paid as much as their male colleagues, or even get jobs in the first place.
Atakav E +27 more
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Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2022 BackgroundThe novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic causes great disruption to cancer care services, which might bring about psychological problems and further lower both physical and mental life quality in cancer patients.
Xiaowen Wang +6 more
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A qualitative study evaluating experiences of a lifestyle intervention in men with prostate cancer undergoing androgen suppression therapy [PDF]
, 2012 BACKGROUND The severe iatrogenic hypogonadal state induced by medical castration used for treatment of prostate cancer is associated with adverse effects including fatigue, increased fracture risk, and a decrease in skeletal muscle function, which ...
Bourke, Liam +5 more
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COVID-19 Public Sentiment Insights and Machine Learning for Tweets Classification
, 2020 Along with the Coronavirus pandemic, another crisis has manifested itself in the form of mass fear and panic phenomena, fueled by incomplete and often inaccurate information.
Ali, G. G. Md. Nawaz +4 more
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Content analysis of Advance Directives completed by patients with advanced cancer as part of an Advance Care Planning intervention : insights gained from the ACTION trial [PDF]
, 2020 Purpose Writing an Advance Directive (AD) is often seen as a part of Advance Care Planning (ACP). ADs may include specific preferences regarding future care and treatment and information that provides a context for healthcare professionals and relatives ...
Caswell, G +11 more
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Dysfunctional fear of progression in DM patients and association with HbA1c level
Psychiatry and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 2021 INTRODUCTION: Disease is defined as a situation resulting in physical and psychological imbalance, and this is more common among individuals with chronic diseases.
Esra Yancar Demir +4 more
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 Background: The COVID-19 pandemic caused significant disruptions in cancer care, and preliminary research suggests that these disruptions are associated with increased levels of psychosocial distress among cancer survivors.
Emily C. Soriano +7 more
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‘Managing pieces of a personal puzzle’ — older people’s experiences of self-management falls prevention exercise guided by a digital program or a booklet [PDF]
, 2019 Background: Exercise is effective in order to prevent falls in community-dwelling older people. Self-management programs have the potential to increase access and reduce costs related to exercise-based fall prevention.
Helena Lindgren, Helena +6 more
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