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Complications after medullary thyroid carcinoma surgery: multicentre study of the SQRTPA and EUROCRINE® databases

open access: yesBJS (British Journal of Surgery), EarlyView., 2020
This study investigated postoperative complications after surgery for medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) in Europe. Hypoparathyroidism, recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy and bleeding requiring reoperation occurred in 170 (26·2 per cent), 62 (13·7 per cent) and 17 (2·6 per cent) patients respectively.
D.‐J. van Beek   +18 more
wiley   +1 more source

Why Does Existential Threat Promote Intergroup Violence? Examining the Role of Retributive Justice and Cost-Benefit Utility Motivations

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2015
The current research examined the role of retributive justice and cost-benefit utility motivations in the process through which mortality salience increases support for violent responses to intergroup conflict.
Gilad eHirschberger   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Exploring Consumer Collecting Behavior: A Conceptual Model and Research Agenda [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the behaviors that revolve around collecting, the motivations behind these behaviors and the psychological benefits collectors receive from engaging in these collecting behaviors.
Spaid, Brian I.
core   +1 more source

Congestive Heart Failure: The Danger of Medical Jargon [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Congestive heart failure (CHF) has shifted from a terminal diagnosis to a chronic disease. However, the nomenclature, specifically the inclusion of the term “failure”, leads patients to believe that the diagnosis is lethal and thus can cause anxiety and ...
Frasso, PhD, MSc, CPH, Rosemary   +1 more
core   +1 more source

An exploration of the differential effects of parents\u2019 authoritarianism dimensions on pre-school children\u2019s epistemic, existential, and relational needs. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Research on adult populations has widely investigated the deep differences that characterize individuals who embrace either conservative or liberal views of the world.
Carraro, Luciana   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

EFFECT OF MORTALITY SALIENCE ON HEALTH COMPROMISING BEHAVIOR

open access: yesInternational Journal of Advanced Research, 2021
Over the decades, researchers have leaned on the TMT to explain numerous phenomena, including consumer choice, exercise motivation, risky driving behavior, and other behavioral domains. The present study aimed to investigate the effect of mortality salience on RSB as a health-compromising behavior. Sixty-two participants took part in the study. A quasi-
Paschal C. Onah, Daniel I. Omatalu
openaire   +1 more source

Endogenous “Time Bomb” – Mislocalized Phospholipase A2 as a Critical Mediator of Ultra‐Rapid Mortality in Sepsis and Acute Lung Injury

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
Phospholipase A2 (PLA2), a dormant enzyme, becomes lethal when activated—collapsing lungs in minutes. Our dual therapy (DOPS + varespladib) boosts survival from 0% to >90% in sepsis/ALI. A breakthrough for acute lung injury treatment. ABSTRACT This study reveals that phospholipase A2 (PLA2), normally stable and nontoxic, can be activated specifically ...
Jianyu Wang   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

An Economic Model of Mortality Salience in Personal Financial Decision Making: Applications to Annuities, Life Insurance, Charitable Gifts, Estate Planning, Conspicuous Consumption, and Healthcare

open access: yesJournal of Financial Therapy, 2016
The study of personal mortality salience and the denial of death have a long history in psychology leading to the modern field of Terror Management Theory.
Russell N James III
doaj   +1 more source

Restriction of Individual Branched‐Chain Amino Acids has Distinct Effects on the Development and Progression of Alzheimer's Disease in 3xTg Mice

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
Protein restriction (PR) slows Alzheimer's disease (AD) in mice, and other benefits of PR are due to decreased branched‐chain amino acids (BCAAs). We show that restricting any BCAA has benefits, with sex‐ and BCAA‐specific impacts on pathology, molecular signaling, and cognition.
Reji Babygirija   +22 more
wiley   +1 more source

Continuous Theta Burst Stimulation of the Posterior Medial Frontal Cortex to Experimentally Reduce Ideological Threat Responses. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Decades of behavioral science research have documented functional shifts in attitudes and ideological adherence in response to various challenges, but little work to date has illuminated the neural mechanisms underlying these dynamics.
Gordon, Chelsea L   +2 more
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