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Efficacy of a federally approved flea bait, orally administered to white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus), against blood feeding Ixodes scapularis larvae under simulated field conditions

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2023
A promising alternative approach to conventional vector control practices is the use of systemic insecticides/acaricides orally administered to relevant mammalian host species to control blood feeding disease vectors.
David M. Poché, Zachary Smith, Richard M. Poché   +2 more
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Evaluating financial education initiatives in South Africa: The importance of multiple evaluation approaches

African Evaluation Journal, 2016
Background: Given the low levels of financial literacy in South Africa, financial education projects have a significant role to play in reducing some of the demand side barriers to financial inclusion.
Emily Massey, Alyna Wyatt, Caitlin Smit
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Evaluating the use of a low dose fipronil bait in reducing black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) fleas at reduced application rates

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2020
Plague is a virulent zoonosis, vectored by fleas, posing danger to black-tailed prairie dogs (BTPDs) (Cynomys ludovicianus), black-footed ferrets (Mustela nigripes), and humans in North America.
David Poché, Tyler Clarke, Batchimeg Tseveenjav, Zaria Torres-Poché   +3 more
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Species-Specific Analysis of Bacterial Vaginosis-Associated Bacteria

Microbiology Spectrum, 2023
Vaginal dysbiosis in women reduces the abundance of Lactobacillus species and increases that of anaerobic fastidious bacteria. This dysbiotic condition in the vagina, called bacterial vaginosis (BV), can be symptomatic with odorous vaginal discharges or ...
John Osei Sekyere, Ayodeji B. Oyenihi, Jason Trama, Martin E. Adelson   +3 more
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Assessment of Time to Hospital Encounter after an Initial Hospitalization for Heart Failure: Results from a Tertiary Medical Center

Cardiology Research and Practice, 2018
Background. Hospital inpatient readmissions for patients admitted initially with the primary diagnosis of heart failure (HF) can be as high as 20–25% within 30 days of discharge.
Nicolas W. Shammas, Ryan Kelly, Jon Lemke, Ram Niwas, Sarah Castro, Christine Beuthin, Jackie Carlson, Marti Cox, Gail A. Shammas, Terri DeClerck, Kathy Lenaghan, Sunny Arikat, Marcia Erickson   +12 more
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Research of cervical microbiota alterations with human papillomavirus infection status and women age in Sanmenxia area of China

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022
BackgroundHuman papillomavirus (HPV) infection is the leading cause of cervical cancer. More and more studies discovered that cervical microbiota (CM) composition correlated with HPV infection and the development of cervical cancer. However, more studies
Jintao Hu, Jintao Hu, Yuhan Wu, Lili Quan, Wenjuan Yang, Jidong Lang, Geng Tian, Bo Meng   +7 more
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Evaluative tools in impact investing: Three case studies on the use of theories of change

African Evaluation Journal, 2018
Impact investing is becoming one of the largest forces in driving social and environmental change globally. However, how one defines, measures and communicates this impact is not well defined or consistently implemented.
Noel B. Verrinder, Kagiso Zwane, Debby Nixon, Sara Vaca   +3 more
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Prostate SBRT: Comparison the Efficacy and Toxicity of Two Different Dose Fractionation Schedules

Frontiers in Oncology, 2020
Background: CyberKnife SBRT is capable of producing dosimetry comparable to that created by HDR brachytherapy. Our original CyberKnife prostate SBRT schedule of 3,800 cGy/4 fractions (“high dose”) was based upon favorable published prostate HDR ...
Donald Blake Fuller, John Naitoh, Reza Shirazi, Tami Crabtree, George Mardirossian   +4 more
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Coastal Genesis

Coastal Engineering 1988, 1988
In order to investigate the effect of enchanced sea level rising (greenhouse effect), of sand mining in the North sea and the largescale effects of beach nourishment, the Rijkswaterstaat (Governmental Board for Ways, Waterways and Harbours) started the project "Coastal Genesis".
J.H. De Vroeg, E.S.P. Smit, W.T. Bakker
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Identification of miR-185 as a regulator of de novo cholesterol biosynthesis and low density lipoprotein uptake

Journal of Lipid Research, 2014
Dysregulation of cholesterol homeostasis is associated with various metabolic diseases, including atherosclerosis and type 2 diabetes. The sterol response element binding protein (SREBP)-2 transcription factor induces the expression of genes involved in ...
Muhua Yang, Weidong Liu, Christina Pellicane, Christine Sahyoun, Biny K. Joseph, Christina Gallo-Ebert, Melissa Donigan, Devanshi Pandya, Caroline Giordano, Adam Bata, Joseph T. Nickels, Jr.   +10 more
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