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The Price of Precision: A Critical Review of Molecular Diagnostics in Glioma, From Guidelines to Global Disparities

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Gliomas have undergone a profound redefinition over the past decade, transitioning from morphology‐based entities to biologically coherent diseases defined by molecular alterations. The 2021 WHO Classification of Tumors of the Central Nervous System and its 2022 update formalize this shift, establishing integrated diagnosis as the global ...
Maria Guarnaccia, Sebastiano Cavallaro
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of Dried Plasma Spot‐Based Quantification of Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein as a Disease‐Associated Biomarker in Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) measured in dried plasma spots versus conventional plasma‐ and serum‐GFAP testing for assessment of disease severity in aquaporin‐4 immunoglobulin G–positive neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (AQP4‐IgG+ NMOSD).
Felix Wohlrab, Evelyn Alvarez, Roua Hamdi, Bingqing Zhang, Hayeun Ji, Niyati Jhaveri, Patrick Schindler, Pedro Sanchez, Pia S. Sperber, Tanja Schmitz‐Hübsch, Frederike C. Oertel, Nisa Vorasoot, Najib Kissani, Falko Böhringer, Jens Kuhle, Anne‐Katrin Pröbstel, Xiao‐Jun Ma, Péter Körtvelyessy, Patrick Waters, Friedemann Paul   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effectiveness and Cost‐Effectiveness of Ecosystem‐Based Disaster Risk Reduction Interventions in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries: A Rapid Systematic Review

Campbell Systematic Reviews
Background: Climate change and widespread environmental degradation have increased the risk of natural hazards in recent decades. Hydrological, meteorological, and climatological disasters have become more frequent globally (Parry et al.
Suchi Kapoor Malhotra, Ashrita Saran, Ratika Bhandari, Kevin Ouma Ojiambo, Sujata Shirodkar, Gavin Stewart, Howard White, Hugh Sharma Waddington   +7 more
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Climate vulnerability and adaptation pathways among smallholder sheep farmers in the Drakensberg Grasslands of South Africa

Frontiers in Climate
This study assesses climate exposure, sensitivity, and adaptive capacity among smallholder sheep farmers in the Drakensberg Grasslands of the Eastern Cape, South Africa. A mixed-methods approach combining focus group discussions (n = 89 participants) and
Mhlangabezi Slayi, Shadreck Muchaku, Hlekani Kabiti, Simbarashe Ndhleve, Admire Rukudzo Dzvene   +4 more
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Más allá de la imaginación política y de la teoría crítica eurocéntricas

Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais, 2017
Maintaining a proper distance with respect to Eurocentric tradition is the equivalent of being aware of the fact that the diversity of human experience in the world is inexhaustible, and thus no single general theory can explain it.
Boaventura de Sousa Santos
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Safety and Efficacy of GLP‐1 Receptor Agonists in Adults With Epilepsy, Obesity, and Type 2 Diabetes

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Managing obesity in patients with epilepsy is complicated by the weight‐gaining properties of essential antiseizure medications (ASMs) such as valproate and pregabalin. We evaluated the safety and efficacy of initiating glucagon‐like peptide‐1 receptor agonists (GLP‐1 RAs) in this population.
Hyoshin Son, Inyoung Hwang, Sang Won Lee, Yun Kim   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Conquering the specter of Alzheimer's Disease in South Carolina [PDF]

, 2009
On June 3, 2008 the General Assembly of South Carolina passed a concurrent resolution to form a Purple Ribbon Task Force to study the current and future impact of Alzheimer’s disease in South Carolina and to assess the resources for and the needs of ...
South Carolina Office of the Lieutenant Governor, Office on Aging
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South Carolina state plan to address human trafficking / by the South Carolina Human Trafficking Task Force

, 2014
This Plan was drafted by the legislatively-mandated South Carolina Human Trafficking Task Force to discuss and evaluate the problem of human trafficking in South Carolina and to develop strategies to use going forward in the fight against this growing ...
South Carolina Human Trafficking Task Force
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Informed consent processes with First Nations peoples undergoing surgery or invasive procedures: a scoping review

BMC Medical Ethics
Background Informed consent is a cornerstone of medical practice, however, is not always ethically obtained. For First Nations people, this can be hindered by different worldviews and health paradigms.
Camila A. Kairuz Santos, Kate Hunter, Bianca Barnier, Bobby Porykali, Belinda Ford, Keziah Bennett-Brook, Tamara Mackean, Edward Litton, Jacquita S. Affandi, Courtney Ryder, Siva Senthuran, Julieann Coombes, NOTACS investigators   +12 more
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Reserves, Injury Severity, and Outcomes in Traumatic Brain Injury: A CENTER‐TBI Observational Study

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Reserve refers to the brain's ability to maintain function after an injury and strongly relates to traumatic brain injury (TBI) outcomes. This study examined (1) whether associations between pre‐injury reserve proxies and outcomes differed across injury severity categories, and (2) whether the impact of injury severity varied across ...
Natascha Ekdahl, Marika C. Möller, Lindsay Wilson, Anne Vik, Toril Skandsen, Jonas Stenberg, CENTER‐TBI participants and investigators   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source