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Stigma associated with hansen’s disease and its relation to control actions

Revista de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, 2014
Doi: 10.5902/2179769212550 Objective: to analyze the stigma associated with Hansen’s disease from the perspective of health professionals and managers and its relation to the control actions in municipalities of the micro-region of Araçuaí.
Francisco Carlos Félix Lana, Fernanda Moura Lanza, Ana Paula Mendes Carvalho, Amanda Pereira Nunes Tavares   +3 more
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The ageing holobiont: crosstalk between telomere dynamics, oxidative stress and the gut microbiome

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The gut tissue is at the frontline of early onset of ageing. It exhibits high cell turnover rates and rapid telomere shortening, which can have systemic effects on the developing or senescing organism. We conducted a literature review of studies on the crosstalk between telomere length dynamics, telomerase activity, oxidative stress, and gut ...
Michael L. Pepke, Søren B. Hansen, Morten T. Limborg   +2 more
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Meanings and senses of Hansen’s disease for health workers from a Vygotskian perspective: a qualitative study

BMC Health Services Research
Background Hansen's disease is an infectious disease with a slow and chronic evolution that can manifest itself through skin lesions, with changes in thermal, painful and tactile sensitivity, and also affect peripheral nerves, causing significant ...
Karen da Silva Santos, Marlene Fagundes Carvalho Gonçalves, Felipe Lima dos Santos, Priscila Norié Araujo-Betetti, Poliana Silva de Oliveira, Marcela Gonçalves, Patricia Bessaoud-Alonso, Cinira Magali Fortuna   +7 more
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How wildlife respond to tropical cyclones: short‐term tactics and long‐term impacts

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT From butterflies to lizards and from sharks to seabirds, wildlife exhibit tactics to survive the impacts of tropical cyclones, also known as hurricanes, cyclones, or typhoons depending on where they occur. Some species seek refuge during the storm by moving, some remain in place and ride it out, and others move longer distances, avoiding the ...
Erin L. Koen, Mohamed Khalil Meliane, Zachery B. Holmes, Karl E. Miller, William J. Barichivich, Emilie Dedeban, Alex Furst, Miranda Imeri, Peyton E. Niebanck, Samantha Nunn, Kailee Pearson, Nicole Rita, Brier Ryver, Dakotah Shaffer, Susan C. Walls, E. Hance Ellington   +15 more
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Review of the fauna associated with wild and farmed mussels and oysters in the Mediterranean

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Mussels and oysters are important ecosystem engineers which modify the physical and chemical characteristics of the environment and create habitats that support highly diverse associated communities. In the Mediterranean Sea, the native Mediterranean mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis and the European flat oyster Ostrea edulis, together the ...
Barbara Mikac, Marina Antonia Colangelo, Alessandro Tarullo, Marco Abbiati, Eugenio Fossi, Federica Costantini   +5 more
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ESG Performance, Debt Financing, and R&D Output: Evidence From the Healthcare Sector

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amid growing calls for sustainability in the healthcare sector, this study examines how and under what conditions environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance influences research and development (R&D) output. Although existing studies suggest that ESG performance enhances R&D output, the financial mechanisms that enable or constrain
Sarmad Ali, Oriana Ciani, Simone Ghislandi   +2 more
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Acute scrotum: Hansen's disease versus filariasis

International Journal of Mycobacteriology, 2018
Hansen's disease is caused by Mycobacterium leprae. The disease is known to involve the visceral organs including the testis apart from the skin and nerves in the lepromatous pole of leprosy due to widespread hematogenous dissemination of lepra bacilli ...
Deepak Vashisht, Bhavni Oberoi, Ruby Venugopal, Sukriti Baveja   +3 more
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The Serotonin 2B (5‐HT2B) Receptor: A Narrative Review of Preclinical and Clinical Evidence on the Safety Considerations and Therapeutic Potential for the Treatment of Depression

Clinical Pharmacology &Therapeutics, EarlyView.
Major depressive disorder (MDD) and treatment‐resistant depression (TRD) remain leading causes of disability, providing the impetus for receptor‐level treatment strategies beyond monoamine reuptake. The serotonin 5‐HT2B receptor (5‐HT2BR) is uniquely positioned at the interface of central‐antidepressant mechanisms and peripheral cardiac risks.
Gia Han Le, Sabrina Wong, Danica E. Johnson, Diana K. Orsini, Yang Jing Zheng, Kayla M. Teopiz, Christine E. Dri, Joshua D. Rosenblat, Roger S. McIntyre   +8 more
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What Do We Know About How Companies Manage Waste? The Effect of Tenure and Diversity of Directors on Disclosures

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper aims to analyze the effect of board tenure on firms' waste management disclosure and explore whether this effect is amplified by board gender and cultural diversity. The analysis is based on data from 832 large firms worldwide from 2011 to 2020.
Isabel‐María García‐Sánchez, Beatriz Aibar‐Guzmán, Salvador Marín‐Hernández, Esther Ortiz‐Martínez   +3 more
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Genomic reduction at TTC repeats in the bacterial genome of treated cases of Hansen's disease: A possible survival mechanism of Mycobacterium leprae

Indian Journal of Dermatology, 2018
Introduction: Mycobacterium leprae has a small genome and a tendency of persisting as a very low-grade infection. The authors have shown earlier, that the changes in TTC repeats, in M.
Abu Hena Hasanoor Reja, Abhishek De, Pradip Kumar Patra, Supratik Biswas, Umesh Duttagupta, Amrita Sil, Nibir Biswas, Surajita Bannerjee, Aarti Sarda, Basudev Bhattacharya   +9 more
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