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Disentangling policy effects into causal channels

, 2016
Policy evaluation aims at assessing the causal effect of an intervention (for example job-seeker counseling) on a specific outcome (for example employment).
Huber, Martin
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The McCance Brain Care Score and Mortality: Evidence From a Large‐Scale Population‐Based Cohort

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives This study aimed to examine the relationship between the McCance Brain Care Score (BCS) and mortality in the general population. Methods We conducted a prospective, population‐based cohort study using data from the UK Biobank. Participants with complete data enabling calculation of BCS and full mortality information were included ...
Zhiqiang Xu, Xiaoxiao Wang, Nan Li
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Nutritional education interventions on the components of metabolic syndrome in the North-Western Bangladeshi adults

BMC Nutrition
Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a cluster of metabolic abnormalities that includes central obesity, hypertension, dyslipidemia, and disturbed glucose metabolism. The main objective was to explore the effects of nutritional interventions on participants with
Shammy Akter, Bably Sabina Azhar, Md. Kamruzzaman, Md. Hasan Al Banna, Hasibul Hasan, Md. Mamunur Roshid   +5 more
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Cost-effectiveness analysis of face-to-face smoking cessation interventions by professionals [PDF]

, 2003
Objectives: To estimate the cost-effectiveness of five face-to-face smoking cessation interventions: 1) Telephone Counseling (TC), 2) Minimal counseling by a general practitioner (H-MIS), 3) Minimal counseling by a general practitioner combined with ...
Feenstra, T.L. (Talitha), Hamberg-van Reenen, H.H., Hoogenveen, R.T. (Rudolf), Rutten-van Mölken, M.P.M.H. (Maureen)   +3 more
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Use of Symptomatic Drug Treatment for Fatigue in Multiple Sclerosis and Patterns of Work Loss

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To describe the use of central stimulants and amantadine for fatigue in MS and evaluate a potential association with reduced work loss in people with MS. Methods We conducted a nationwide, matched, register‐based cohort study in Sweden (2006 to 2023) using national registers with prospective data collection.
Simon Englund, Johan Reutfors, Thomas Frisell, Fredrik Piehl   +3 more
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Will Memantine Exacerbate Seizures in People With Epilepsy? A Prospective Cohort Study

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate whether add‐on memantine would exacerbate seizures in people with epilepsy. Methods This was a prospective cohort study. People with epilepsy diagnosed with cognitive impairment were consecutively invited. Those who agreed were followed up for at least 24 weeks.
Peiyu Wang, Lu Lu, Hui Gao, Qi Zhang, Jing Xiao, Josemir W. Sander, Weixi Xiong, Dong Zhou   +7 more
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Smartphone-based supportive counseling to reduce pregnancy-specific stress in pregnant adolescents

Medisains
Background: Adolescence is a psychologically vulnerable period, and pregnancy during this stage increases the risk of stress, particularly when pregnancies are unintended or accompanied by social stigma.
Mariah Ulfah, Munawir Yusuf
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Reduced Muscular Carnosine in Proximal Myotonic Myopathy—A Pilot 1H‐MRS Study

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Myotonic dystrophy type 2 (proximal myotonic myopathy, PROMM) is a progressive multisystem disorder with muscular symptoms (proximal weakness, pain, myotonia) and systemic manifestations such as diabetes mellitus, cataracts, and cardiac arrhythmias.
Alexander Gussew, Maryam Kargaran, Maik Rothe, Andreas Deistung, Dietrich Stoevesandt, Walter A. Wohlgemuth, David Strube, Thomas Kendzierski, Anna Katharina Kölsch, Maurits Gerhard Abraham Heuschen, Markus Otto, Alexander Mensch   +11 more
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Does the PeaceBuilders Intervention Reduce Violence in Schools? [PDF]

, 2005
Fisher and Pulver present a brief overview and analysis of the article, Initial behavior outcomes for the PeaceBuilders Universal School-Based Violence Prevention Program, originally published in Developmental Psychology. The authors present a summary of
Fisher, Colby M, Pulver, Elena R
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Acoustic Measures Capture Speech Dysfunction in Spinocerebellar Ataxia

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Spinocerebellar ataxias (SCA) are hereditary cerebellar degenerative disorders with a common feature of dysarthria, involving impaired phonatory and articulatory control of speech, thereby affecting social communication. In this study, we investigated whether acoustic measures could objectively measure speech dysfunction and identify
Zena Fadel, Charlotte Hennessey, Hannah Lee, Pia Parekh, Sheng‐Han Kuo, Ami Kumar   +5 more
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