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Gut microbiome and aging—A dynamic interplay of microbes, metabolites, and the immune system

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Age‐dependent shifts in microbial communities engender shifts in microbial metabolite profiles. These in turn drive shifts in barrier surface permeability of the gut and brain and induce immune activation. When paired with preexisting age‐related chronic inflammation this increases the risk of neuroinflammation and neurodegenerative diseases.
Aaron Mehl, Eran Blacher
wiley   +1 more source

Quality of care provided by mid-level health workers: systematic review and meta-analysis

Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Objective To assess the effectiveness of care provided by mid-level health workers. Methods Experimental and observational studies comparing mid-level health workers and higher level health workers were identified by a systematic review of the ...
Zohra S Lassi, Giorgio Cometto, Luis Huicho, Zulfiqar A Bhutta   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Organizational Change and the Health and Well-Being of Home Care Workers [PDF]

Objective: The objective of this research is to study the impact of health care restructuring and other organizational changes on the mental and physical health of home care workers. Methods: This study covers 11 agencies and 7 union locals.
Isik Urla Zeytinoglu, Margaret Denton, Sharon Davies   +2 more
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Understanding Entry-Level Health Care Employment in Chicago [PDF]

, 2000
Restructuring within the health care industry over the past ten years has sought to improve the quality and delivery of health care services while reducing employers' costs.
Evelyn Diaz
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A methionine‐lined active site governs carbocation stabilization and product specificity in a bacterial terpene synthase

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
This study reveals a unique active site enriched in methionine residues and demonstrates that these residues play a critical role by stabilizing carbocation intermediates through novel sulfur–cation interactions. Structure‐guided mutagenesis further revealed variants with significantly altered product profiles, enhancing pseudopterosin formation. These
Marion Ringel, Carl P. O. Helmer, Shani Zev, Ronja Driller, Emily Buhr, Markus Reinbold, Renana Schwartz, Gabriel Foley, Mikael Boden, Daniel Garbe, Gerhard Schenk, Dan Thomas Major, Bernhard Loll, Thomas Brück   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ugandan health workers' and mothers' views and experiences of the quality of maternity care and the use of informal solutions: A qualitative study.

PLoS ONE, 2019
IntroductionAlthough the coverage of maternity services in some low and middle-income countries (LMIC) has greatly improved, the quality of maternity care remains poor, and maternal mortality rates are high.
Susan Munabi-Babigumira, Claire Glenton, Merlin Willcox, Harriet Nabudere   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Institutions for Health Care Delivery: A Formal Exploration of What Matters to Health Workers Evidence from Rwanda [PDF]

Most developing countries face important challenges regarding both the quality and quantity of health care they provide and there is a growing consensus that health workers play an important role in this.
Pieter Serneels, Tomas Lievens
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Who Has Benefits in Private Industry in 2012? [PDF]

, 2012
Health, retirement, and paid leave benefits made up more than three-fifths of private industry employer-provided benefit costs in March 2012. Although employers in most states are not required to offer these benefits, they often make some form of each ...
Bureau of Labor Statistics
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The ubiquitin ligase RNF115 is required for the clearance of damaged lysosomes

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Upon lysosomal rupture, an E3 ubiquitin ligase RNF115 translocates from the cytosol to the damaged lysosomal membrane. Moreover, RNF115 depletion impairs the clearance of damaged lysosomes, identifying it as a key regulator of lysosomal quality control.
Sae Nakanaga, Toshiki Takahashi, Akiko Kuma, Hiroyuki Kawahara   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Health Care Workers’ Motivations for Enrolling in Massive Open Online Courses During a Public Health Emergency: Descriptive Analysis

JMIR Medical Education
BackgroundMassive open online courses (MOOCs) are increasingly used to educate health care workers during public health emergencies. In early 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) developed a series of MOOCs for COVID-19, introducing the disease and ...
Jennifer Jones, Jamie Sewan Johnston, Ngouille Yabsa Ndiaye, Anna Tokar, Saumya Singla, Nadine Ann Skinner, Matthew Strehlow, Heini Utunen   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source