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Severity of effect considerations regarding the use of mutation as a toxicological endpoint for risk assessment: A report from the 8th International Workshop on Genotoxicity Testing (IWGT)

open access: yesEnvironmental and Molecular Mutagenesis, EarlyView.
Abstract Exposure levels without appreciable human health risk may be determined by dividing a point of departure on a dose–response curve (e.g., benchmark dose) by a composite adjustment factor (AF). An “effect severity” AF (ESAF) is employed in some regulatory contexts.
Barbara L. Parsons   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Contraception and health.

open access: yes, 2012
Increasing contraceptive use in developing countries has cut the number of maternal deaths by 40% over the past 20 years, merely by reducing the number of unintended pregnancies.
Cleland, John   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Practical management of repeated life‐threatening status epilepticus in Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood: Case report and literature review

open access: yesEpileptic Disorders, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood (AHC) is a severe channelopathy that manifests before 18 months of age, primarily caused by pathogenic variants in the ATP1A3 gene. It is characterized by recurrent and disabling episodes of plegia, dystonia, dysautonomia, along with chronic neurological features and cardiac arrhythmias. About 50%
Ramona Cordani   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pengaruh Faktor Sosial Ekonomi Dan Budaya Terhadap Perilaku Persalinan Di Perdesaan Daerah Angka Kematian Ibu Rendah Dan Tinggi [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Background: Maternal complications are the risk of maternal death. Unsafe childbirth behavior is still a major challenge in Indonesia that is influenced by social, economic and cultural factors.
Amanah, S. (Siti)   +3 more
core  

Creativity and its link to epilepsy

open access: yesEpilepsia Open, EarlyView.
Abstract Creative thinking represents one of our highest‐order cognitive processes, involving multiple cortical structures and an intricate interplay between several cortical and subcortical networks. It results in novel ideas that translate to useful products or concepts. The evolutionary purpose of creativity is therefore apparent, as it advances our
Itay Tokatly Latzer, Phillip L. Pearl
wiley   +1 more source

General mental ability (Spearman's g) in Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy

open access: yesEpilepsia Open, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective To: (a) interrogate the concept of general mental ability reflected by “Spearman's g” factor in participants with Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy (JME) and control participants; (b) understand g's clinical, familial, socioeconomic, and brain structural correlates; and (c) determine g's relationship with variable cognitive pathology in ...
Aaron F. Struck   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Maternal mortality estimation at the subnational level: a model-based method with an application to Bangladesh

open access: yesBulletin of the World Health Organization
OBJECTIVE: To provide a model-based method of estimating maternal mortality at the subnational level and illustrate its use in estimating maternal mortality rates (MMrates) and maternal mortality ratios (MMRs) in all 64 districts of Bangladesh.
Saifuddin Ahmed, Kenneth Hill
doaj   +1 more source

Development of a Zebrafish Embryo‐Based Test System for Thyroid Hormone System Disruption: 3Rs in Ecotoxicological Research

open access: yesEnvironmental Toxicology and Chemistry, EarlyView.
Abstract There is increasing concern regarding pollutants disrupting the vertebrate thyroid hormone (TH) system, which is crucial for development. Thus, identification of TH system–disrupting chemicals (THSDCs) is an important requirement in the Organisation for Economic Co‐operation and Development (OECD) testing framework.
Lisa Gölz   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

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