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Orientia, rickettsia, and leptospira pathogens as causes of CNS infections in Laos: a prospective study

The Lancet Global Health, 2015
Background: Scrub typhus (caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi), murine typhus (caused by Rickettsia typhi), and leptospirosis are common causes of febrile illness in Asia; meningitis and meningoencephalitis are severe complications.
Sabine Dittrich, PhD, Sayaphet Rattanavong, MD, Sue J Lee, PhD, Phonepasith Panyanivong, Scott B Craig, PhD, Suhella M Tulsiani, PhD, Stuart D Blacksell, PhD, David A B Dance, FRCPath, Audrey Dubot-Pérès, PhD, Amphone Sengduangphachanh, Phonelavanh Phoumin, Daniel H Paris, MD, Dr, Prof. Paul N Newton, MRCP   +12 more
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Afforestation mitigates soil nitrogen limitation by enhancing mineralization and lowering denitrification in central China

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Afforestation has profoundly altered soil nitrogen (N) transformation, particularly the key processes governing soil organic N and inorganic N dynamics which determine soil N availability.
Xueyu Wang, Deping Zhai, Xin Quan, Chang Liao, Xiuxian Men, Xianxian Wang, Xiaoli Cheng   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Chemical complexity in the Horsehead photodissociation region

, 2014
The interstellar medium is known to be chemically complex. Organic molecules with up to 11 atoms have been detected in the interstellar medium, and are believed to be formed on the ices around dust grains.
Bourlot, Jacques Le, Gerin, Maryvonne, Goicoechea, Javier R., Gratier, Pierre, Guzmán, Viviana V., Petit, Franck Le, Pety, Jérôme, Roueff, Evelyne   +7 more
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Different Process, Different Outcomes: A Response to Cowley, Webb and Bale

The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper responds to Cowley, Webb and Bale's critique of our paper on sortition, parties and political careers. Cowley et al. argue that within‐party sortition will not increase parliamentary descriptive representation (PDR). We largely agree with that claim, which was not the focus of our original paper.
Keith Dowding, William Bosworth, Adriano Guiliani   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Implications of Changing the Diagnostic Criteria for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (CDC4G): A Healthcare Cost Analysis Alongside a Stepped Wedge Cluster Randomised Trial

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics &Gynaecology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To estimate the effect on healthcare resource use after introducing the World Health Organization diagnostic criteria (WHO‐2013) for gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) compared to former criteria in Sweden (SWE‐GDM). Design A cost‐analysis alongside the Changing Diagnostic Criteria for Gestational Diabetes (CDC4G) randomised ...
Maryam de Brun, Naimi Johansson, David Simmons, Scott Montgomery, Kerstin Berntorp, Stefan Jansson, Ulla‐Britt Wennerholm, Anna‐Karin Wikström, Helena Strevens, Fredrik Ahlsson, Verena Sengpiel, Elisabeth Storck‐Lindholm, Martina Persson, Kerstin Petersson, Carina Ursing, Linda Ryen, Helena Backman   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Securing Democracy: Online Political Advertising Regulations and Practices in the EU and its Member States

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Starting with the Facebook‐Cambridge Analytica scandal and its link to Brexit and the 2016 US elections, the nexus among online political advertising, micro‐targeting, and data‐driven electoral campaigning has revealed its disruptive potential for democracies.
Enea Fiore, Antonella Seddone, Daniela R. Piccio   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Community engagement and local governance for health equity through trust: lessons from developing the CONNECT Initiative in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic

BMJ Global Health
Community engagement and local governance are important components of health interventions aiming to empower local populations. Yet, there is limited evidence on how to effectively engage with communities and codevelop interventions, especially in ...
Marco J Haenssgen, Sengchanh Kounnavong, Shogo Kubota, Sayaka Horiuchi, Ying-Ru Jacqueline Lo, Elizabeth M Elliott, Ketkesone Phrasisombath, Phonepaseuth Ounaphom, Laty Phimmachak, Ounkham Souksavanh, William Robert Everett Seal, Vilaythone Sounthone Xaymongkhonh, Khanphoungeune Volaot, Sandra Bode, Asiya Odugleh-Kolev   +14 more
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Comparative Clinical Trajectories Across Cannabis‐Related and Nonsubstance‐Related Psychoses

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Research indicates that first‐episode psychosis (FEP) with cannabis use disorder (CUD) carries a substantial disease burden, but more granular clinical trajectories of cannabis‐related psychoses remain unclear. This study examines the clinical trajectories of first clinically diagnosed FEP&CUD and cannabis‐induced psychosis (CIP) in
Antti Mustonen, Solja Niemelä, Alexander Denissoff, Antti Tanskanen, Ellenor Mittendorfer‐Rutz, Markku Lähteenvuo, Jari Tiihonen, Heidi Taipale   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Association between household food security, food production diversity, and women’s and children's dietary diversity in Lao PDR: evidence from the National Nutrition Sentinel Surveillance Survey

Agriculture & Food Security
Purpose This study examined how household food security and food production diversity impact minimum dietary diversity for women (MDD-W) and children (MDD).
Kyle Taylor, Pany Sananikhom, Ousavanh Thiengthepvongsa, Janneke Hartvig Blomberg, Vilon Viphongxay   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Oral Health‐Related Quality of Life of Western Australian Refugee Children With Childhood Caries

Australian Dental Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives Dental caries remains the most common chronic childhood condition and in Australia persists as a leading cause of potentially preventable hospitalisation. Despite various public health initiatives and improvements in oral health among the wider community, significant disparities exist among refugee families due to the unique ...
Jilen Patel, Joshua Tze Jen Ong, Sarah Cherian, Zac Dempsey, Bathsheba Turton, Robert Anthonappa   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source