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Gender-related factors affecting community malaria-related perceptions and practices in Migori County, Kenya

Malaria Journal
Background Malaria poses a significant global public health challenge yet there remains limited information on the influence of gender dynamics on malaria programmes despite the well-known gender-specific differentials in the prevalence, transmission and
Mariah Ngutu, Dalmas O. Omia, Tonny Onyango Ngage, Cynthia Akinyi Oduor, Nelson O. Ouko, Balentine Oingo, Iscar Oluoch, Simon Kariuki, Jeremiah Chikovore, Washington Onyango-Ouma, Salome A. Bukachi   +10 more
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EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES OF SCHOOL FEEDING INTERVENTION: EVIDENCE FROM RURAL NORTHERN GHANA [PDF]

Russian Journal of Agricultural and Socio-Economic Sciences, 2014
The study investigated how policy intervention could have significant impact on beneficiaries. Using quasi-experimental design, 360 pupils from participating and non-participating schools in a feeding program were selected from a rural setting ...
Oloruntoba Abayomi, Musah Bukari
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Factors for Rituximab Refractoriness in AQP4‐IgG+ NMOSD: A Cohort Study

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) is a severe autoimmune condition of the central nervous system (CNS), often associated with aquaporin‐4 antibodies (AQP4‐IgG). Rituximab, a CD20+ B‐cell depleting monoclonal antibody, is widely used as first‐line therapy.
Mariano Marrodan, María A. Piedrabuena, María A. Zarate, Sofía Rodríguez Murúa, Ezequiel I. Surace, Mauricio F. Farez, Marcela P. Fiol, María C. Ysrraelit, Jorge Correale   +8 more
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“Brave Men” and “Emotional Women”: A Theory-Guided Literature Review on Gender Bias in Health Care and Gendered Norms towards Patients with Chronic Pain

Pain Research and Management, 2018
Background Despite the large body of research on sex differences in pain, there is a lack of knowledge about the influence of gender in the patient-provider encounter.
Anke Samulowitz, Ida Gremyr, E. Eriksson, G. Hensing   +3 more
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Stage‐Dependent Inhibitory Connectivity in Striatal‐Motor Circuit in Huntington's Disease

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Elucidating dysfunctional connectivity patterns among key brain regions in Huntington's disease (HD) underlying progression may have implications for developing treatment and therapeutic evaluation. Objective Explore the relationship between abnormal spontaneous resting‐state activity and atrophy in HD‐specific brain regions and ...
Yinghua Jing, Imis Dogan, Rena Theda Overbeck, Kathrin Reetz, Sandro Romanzetti   +4 more
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Correlation Between Irisin and Cognitive Functions in Alzheimer Dementia

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective The myokine irisin, a recent positive mediator of exercise in the brain, shows neuroprotective functions against Alzheimer's disease (AD). The association between irisin and cognition has never been explored in a biologically defined cohort of patients.
Patrizia Pignataro, Manuela Dicarlo, Chiara Zecca, Daniele Urso, Maria Teresa Dell'Abate, Davide Vilella, Francesco Borlizzi, Roberta Zerlotin, Angela Oranger, Graziana Colaianni, Silvia Colucci, Maria Grano, Giancarlo Logroscino   +12 more
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Early Intensive Versus Escalation Approach: Ten‐Year Impact on Disability in Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate the long‐term impact of early intensive treatment (EIT) versus escalation (ESC) strategies using high‐efficacy disease‐modifying therapies (HE‐DMTs) on disability progression in relapsing multiple sclerosis (RMS). Methods This observational study included 4878 RMS patients from the Italian Multiple Sclerosis Register ...
Pietro Iaffaldano, Giuseppe Lucisano, Tommaso Guerra, Francesca Caputo, Marta Simone, Massimiliano Copetti, Damiano Paolicelli, Emilio Portaccio, Francesco Patti, Paola Perini, Vincenzo Brescia Morra, Alessia Di Sapio, Matilde Inglese, Carlo Pozzilli, Giacomo Lus, Giuseppe Salemi, Erica Curti, Giovanna De Luca, Paola Valentino, Eleonora Cocco, Paola Cavalla, Carlo Avolio, Alessandra Lugaresi, Antonio Gallo, Pietro Annovazzi, Maria A. Rocca, Clara Grazia Chisari, Massimo Filippi, Maria Pia Amato, Maria Trojano, on behalf of the Italian MS Register, Beatrice Biolzi, Daniele Dell’Anna, Daniele Di Giulio Cesare, Sonia Di Lemme, Chiara Di Tillio, Teresa Fonsdituri, Ilaria Maietta, Agata Marchese, Silvia Marinetto, Federica Martini, Cristiana Morano, Silvia Perugini, Giovanna Ramona Piredda, Chiara Raimondi, Ilaria Rossi, Valentina Tallarico, Stefania Treccarichi   +47 more
wiley   +1 more source

University of Venda’s male students’ attitudes towards contraception and family planning

African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine, 2016
Background: Many young men continue to disregard the importance of contraception and family planning in South Africa. The fact that even university students also do not take contraception and family planning seriously poses a serious threat to their own ...
Nanga R. Raselekoane, Keamogetse G. Morwe, Takalani Tshitangano   +2 more
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American College of Rheumatology Guidance Statements for Addressing Mental Health Concerns in Youth With Pediatric Rheumatologic Diseases

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Pediatric rheumatologic diseases (PRDs) are characterized by high rates of anxiety and depression known to impact health‐related outcomes. We present guidance statements to assess and manage mental health concerns for youth with PRDs in pediatric rheumatology practice.
Natoshia R. Cunningham, Ashley N. Danguecan, Samantha L. Ely, Yaa Amponsah, Alaina Davis, Suzanne Edison, Julia Harris, Jordan T. Jones, Alana Goldstein‐Leever, Alison Manning, Anne McHugh, Crystal Mui, Ekemini Ogbu, Nikki Reitz, Martha Rodriguez, Natalie Rosenwasser, Alyse Tankanow, Erin Treemarcki, Katherine Winner, Tamar B. Rubinstein, Andrea M. Knight, for the CARRA Mental Health Workgroup   +21 more
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Feminist Documentary Cinema as a Diffraction Apparatus: A Diffractive Reading of the Spanish Films, Cuidado, resbala and Yes, We Fuck!

Social Sciences, 2019
Following Karen Barad’s diffractive methodology, we encounter feminist documentary cinema as a diffraction apparatus: that is, as technologies that make part of the world intelligible to another part of the world in specific ways, by means of intra-
Orianna Calderon-Sandoval, Adelina Sanchez-Espinosa   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source