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Abstract Background Arterial stiffness is a crucial factor in determining an increase in systolic blood pressure and pulse pressure and can also predict the development of cardiovascular disease (CVD). The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between arterial stiffness and future CVD.
Susan Darroudi +10 more
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Treatment Effect Heterogeneity in Theory and Practice [PDF]
Instrumental Variables (IV) methods identify internally valid causal effects for individuals whose treatment status is manipulable by the instrument at hand. Inference for other populations requires some sort of homogeneity assumption.
Joshua D. Angrist
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ABSTRACT The current research focused on how competing narratives (i.e., dominant and resistance narratives) are endorsed among low‐status group members, through the case of the US military base issue in Okinawa, Japan. Specifically, we explored patterns of Okinawans’ narrative endorsement (i.e., dominant and resistance narratives surrounding the ...
Maho Aikawa, Andrew L. Stewart
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Effect of Labor Division between Wife and Husband on the Risk of Divorce: Evidence from German Data [PDF]
Using German panel data from 1984 to 2007, we analyze the impact of labor division between husband and wife on the risk of divorce. Gary Becker's theory of marriage predicts that specialization in domestic and market work, respectively, reduces the risk ...
Kornelius Kraft, Stefanie Neimann
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COUNSELLING SKILLS FOR HARMONIOUS LIVING AMONG SEMI-LITERATE COUPLES IN OWERRI WEST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, IMO STATE: IMPLICATIONS FOR MARITAL STABILITY [PDF]
Christy Christy
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Abstract Objective For mesial temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis (MTLE with HS), laser interstitial thermal therapy has recently been increasingly used. At our institute, however, selective amygdalohippocampectomy by a trans‐anterior T1 subpial approach (trans‐anterior T1 SAH) has been used for MTLE with HS. Here, we examined the seizure,
Naotaka Usui +11 more
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Effect of Marital Counselling on Women‟s Attitude Towards Marital Stability
This study investigated the effect of marital counselling on women’s attitude towards marital stability. The study adopted a pre-test post-test quasi experimental design. The sample consisted of 52 married women (academic and non-academic) staff of the Faculty of Education, University of Port-Harcourt, Rivers State of Nigeria.
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Abstract Objective This cohort study examined the agreement between youth‐ and parent‐reported health‐related quality of life (HRQOL) of children treated with epilepsy surgery compared to medical therapy. A second aim was to evaluate whether changes in HRQOL over 2 years differed between the two groups, and to determine whether these trajectories ...
Mary Lou Smith +2 more
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Factors invoved in onset and recovery from postnatal depression [PDF]
Background: A wide variety of psychosocial variables have been implicated in the onset and recovery from postnatal depression. A number of these factors were examined on a representative sample of pregnant Maltese women attending St Luke's Hospital ...
Cox, John +3 more
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A Systematic Scoping Review of Factors Contributing to Loss of Control Eating During Pregnancy
ABSTRACT Objective Evidence suggests loss of control eating (LOC) during pregnancy is prevalent and linked to adverse health consequences for birthing individuals and their offspring; however, factors underlying risk for prenatal LOC remain unclear.
Riley J. Jouppi +3 more
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