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Effective advocacy strategies for influencing government nutrition policy: a conceptual model

open access: yesInternational Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 2018
Influencing public policy change can be difficult and complex, particularly for those with limited power and resources. For any one issue there may be several groups, including the commercial sector and public health advocates advocating from different ...
K. Cullerton   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

MPI‐Guided Photothermal Therapy of Prostate Cancer Using Stem Cell Delivery of Magnetotheranostic Nanoflowers

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Tumor‐tropic human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) were used as delivery vehicles for magnetotheranostic gold–iron oxide nanoflowers. Magnetic particle imaging of the iron component demonstrated widespread intratumoral distribution and sustained retention in contrast to injection of naked nanoflowers.
Behnaz Ghaemi   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tissue Engineered Human Elastic Cartilage From Primary Auricular Chondrocytes for Ear Reconstruction

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Despite over three decades of research, no tissue‐engineered solution for auricular reconstruction in microtia patients has reached clinical translation. The key challenge lies in generating functional elastic cartilage ex vivo. Here, we integrate synergistic cell‐biomaterial strategies to engineer auricular grafts with mechanical and histological ...
Philipp Fisch   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Role of Public Nutrition Research Organizations in the Construction, Implementation and Evaluation of Evidence-Based Nutrition Policy: Two National Experiences in Mexico

open access: yesNutrients, 2019
Malnutrition and poor diet are the largest risk factors responsible for the global burden of disease. Therefore, ending all forms of malnutrition by 2030 is a global priority.
Juan A. Rivera Dommarco   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Accelerating Discovery to Deployment: Argonne's Materials Engineering Research Facility (MERF) and Its Role in Scaling Materials Technologies for Water and Resource Solutions

open access: yesAdvanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
In this Perspective, we highlight the processing science and scale‐up capabilities of the Materials Engineering Research Facility (MERF) at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory, with an emphasis on practical solutions for sustainable water and critical resource recovery. We demonstrate how national laboratories bridge fundamental
Yuepeng Zhang   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Using participatory epidemiology to investigate women’s knowledge on the seasonality and causes of acute malnutrition in Karamoja, Uganda

open access: yesPastoralism, 2023
The Karamoja region of northeast Uganda had been characterized by high levels of acute malnutrition (AM) for decades, despite substantial aid investment in nutrition programmes.
Andy Catley   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Examining changes in school vending machine beverage availability and sugar-sweetened beverage intake among Canadian adolescents participating in the COMPASS study: a longitudinal assessment of provincial school nutrition policy compliance and effectiveness

open access: yesInternational Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 2018
BackgroundSchool nutrition policies can encourage restrictions in sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) availability in school food outlets in order to discourage students’ SSB intake.
Katelyn M. Godin   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Multi‐Material Additive Manufacturing of Soft Robotic Systems: A Comprehensive Review

open access: yesAdvanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This review explores the transformative role of multi‐material additive manufacturing (MMAM) in the development of soft robotic systems. It presents current techniques, materials, and design strategies that enable functionally graded and adaptive structures.
Ritik Raj   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Excise taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages in Latin America and the Caribbean

open access: yesRevista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2021
Objective. To characterize the design of excise taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) in Latin America and the Caribbean and assess opportunities to increase their impact on SSB consumption and health. Methods.
Rosa Carolina Sandoval   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Playing the policy game: a review of the barriers to and enablers of nutrition policy change

open access: yesPublic Health Nutrition, 2016
Objective To progress nutrition policy change and develop more effective advocates, it is useful to consider real-world factors and practical experiences of past advocacy efforts to determine the key barriers to and enablers of nutrition policy change ...
K. Cullerton   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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