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The comparability of English, French and Dutch scores on the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Fatigue (FACIT-F): an assessment of differential item functioning in patients with systemic sclerosis. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
The Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Fatigue (FACIT-F) is commonly used to assess fatigue in rheumatic diseases, and has shown to discriminate better across levels of the fatigue spectrum than other commonly used measures. The aim of this
Linda Kwakkenbos, Linda M Willems, Murray Baron, Marie Hudson, David Cella, Cornelia H M van den Ende, Brett D Thombs, Canadian Scleroderma Research Group   +7 more
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Health-related heterogeneity in brain aging and associations with longitudinal change in cognitive function

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 2023
IntroductionNeuroimaging-based ‘brain age’ can identify individuals with ‘advanced’ or ‘resilient’ brain aging. Brain-predicted age difference (brain-PAD) is predictive of cognitive and physical health outcomes.
Jo Wrigglesworth, Joanne Ryan, Phillip G. D. Ward, Phillip G. D. Ward, Robyn L. Woods, Elsdon Storey, Gary F. Egan, Gary F. Egan, Anne Murray, Anne Murray, Sara E. Espinoza, Sara E. Espinoza, Raj C. Shah, Ruth E. Trevaks, Stephanie A. Ward, Stephanie A. Ward, Stephanie A. Ward, Ian H. Harding, Ian H. Harding   +18 more
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Tailored interventions based on exhaled nitric oxide versus clinical symptoms for asthma in children and adults [PDF]

, 2009
BackgroundThe measurement of severity and control of asthma in both children and adults can be based on subjective or objective measures. It has been advocated that fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) can be used to monitor airway inflammation as it ...
American Thoracic Society, Douwes, Dupont, Franklin, Franklin, Fritsch, Gelb, Griese, Higgins, Jatakanon, Jatakanon, Jones, Jones, Jongste, Kharitonov, Kharitonov, Lim, Malmberg, Malmberg, Nordvall, Petsky, Pijnenburg, Pijnenburg, Prasad, Sanders, Shaw, Smith, Strunk, Szefler, Szefler, Zacharasiewicz   +30 more
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The effect of Holstein-Friesian, Jersey × Holstein-Friesian, and Norwegian Red × (Jersey × Holstein-Friesian) cows on dry matter intake and production efficiencies in pasture-based systems

Journal of Dairy Science, 2022
: The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of cow genotype and parity on dry matter intake (DMI) and production efficiencies in pasture-based systems.
B. McClearn, L. Delaby, T.J. Gilliland, N. Galvin, C. Guy, M. Dineen, F. Coughlan, B. McCarthy   +7 more
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Comparing Simulations and Observations of the Lyman-Alpha Forest I. Methodology [PDF]

, 2001
We describe techniques for comparing spectra extracted from cosmological simulations and observational data, using the same methodology to link Lyman-alpha properties derived from the simulations with properties derived from observational data.
Cathy E. Petry, Chris D. Impey, David H. Weinberg, Lars E. Hernquist, McGill C., Neal Katz   +5 more
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Long-term effect of Lactobacillus brevis CD2 (Inersan®) and/or doxycycline in aggressive periodontitis

Journal of Indian Society of Periodontology, 2017
Context: The over usage and broad use of antibiotics resulted in the emergence of resistant microorganisms to the drugs which also disturb the indigenous microflora, which include the Lactobacillus in the oral cavity.
Mishal Piyush Shah, Sheela Kumar Gujjari, Veerendrakumar Siddhpur Chandrasekhar   +2 more
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Birth weight and renal markers in children aged 5–10 years in Cameroon: a cross-sectional study

BMC Nephrology, 2020
Background A relationship exists between birth weight (BW) and glomerular filtration rate (GFR) in postnatal kidney. Willing to fill a gap of knowledge in sub-Saharan Africa, we assessed the effect of BW on blood pressure (BP), proteinuria and GFR among ...
Francois Folefack Kaze, Seraphin Nguefack, Constantine Menkoh Asong, Jules Clement Nguedia Assob, Jobert Richie Nansseu, Mathurin Pierre Kowo, Victorine Nzana, Ginette Claude Mireille Kalla, Marie Patrice Halle   +8 more
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Poverty and inequality in Britain: 2006 [PDF]

, 2006
This Commentary provides an update on trends in poverty and inequality in Great Britain, based on the latest official government statistics. It uses the same approach to measuring incomes and poverty in Great Britain as the government employs in its ...
Brewer, M., Goodman, A., Shaw, J., Sibieta, L.   +3 more
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Comparing the Effectiveness of Cognitive Rehabilitation and Phototherapy on the Risk-Taking of Clients of Drug Addiction Clinics

طب انتظامی, 2023
Aims: Risk-taking is a behavior that endangers a person's health and provides the basis for a person to suffer from physical and psychological diseases. Substance dependence disorder includes cognitive, behavioral, and psychological symptoms along with a
Sayena Hadadgar, Javid Peymani, Peyman Hasani Abharian, Maryam Mashayekh, Parisa Peivandi, Reza Fekr Azad   +5 more
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Daily low-dose prednisolone to prevent relapse of steroid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome in children with an upper respiratory tract infection: PREDNOS2 RCT

Health Technology Assessment, 2022
Background: Most children with steroid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome have relapses that are triggered by upper respiratory tract infections. Four small trials, mostly in children already taking maintenance corticosteroid in countries of different upper ...
Martin T Christian, Nicholas JA Webb, Rebecca L Woolley, Nafsika Afentou, Samir Mehta, Emma Frew, Elizabeth A Brettell, Adam R Khan, David V Milford, Detlef Bockenhauer, Moin A Saleem, Angela S Hall, Ania Koziell, Heather Maxwell, Shivaram Hegde, Eric R Finlay, Rodney D Gilbert, Caroline Jones, Karl McKeever, Wendy Cook, Natalie Ives   +20 more
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