Multidisciplinary management of tracheobronchial injury [PDF]
Tracheobronchial injury is a heterogeneous entity comprising multiple rare and potentially life-threatening scenarios. We performed a systematic literature review focusing on post-intubation tracheal injuries (PiTIs) and post-traumatic tracheobronchial ...
Jacques Boutros +4 more
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Evaluating the Concentration of MMP-9 and TNF- α in Pulpal Blood at Various Stages of Pulpal Inflammation in Diabetics: A Cross Sectional Study [PDF]
Objective: To investigate the concentration of Matrix metalloproteinases-9 (MMP-9) and Tumor necroses fac- tor-alpha (TNF- α) in pulpal blood at various stages of pulpal inflammation in diabetics and to establish the relationship between these two ...
Sanchi Agrawal +4 more
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Dysregulation of PRMT5 in chronic lymphocytic leukemia promotes progression with high risk of Richter’s transformation [PDF]
Richter’s Transformation is a treatment-resistant and fatal progression from Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) to an aggressive lymphoma. Here, the authors show that PRMT5 is upregulated months prior to and after transformation, PRMT5 overexpression in ...
Zachary A. Hing +40 more
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Measuring Health Inequalities Using the Robin Hood Index: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis [PDF]
Background/Objectives: Although the Robin Hood Index (RHI) is increasingly used to quantify geographic health inequality and guide resource redistribution, empirical evidence on whether higher physician density reduces RHI-measured inequality remains ...
Georgios Farantos +3 more
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Social capital as a determinant of quality of life in greek cancer patients: a cross-sectional study [PDF]
IntroductionHealth equity continues to be an obstacle in Greece. The EU Cancer Inequalities Registry indicates that social determinants of health significantly influence the cancer burden in Greece, thus affecting quality of life.MethodsThis was a cross ...
Athanasios Pitis +4 more
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Financial Toxicity and Its Association with the Quality of Life of Greek Patients with Cancer: A Cross-Sectional Study [PDF]
Background/Objectives: Greek cancer patients deal with high out-of-pocket medical expenses in comparison with the European Union average. All these high costs affect the quality of life of cancer patients, leading to financial toxicity.
Athanasios Pitis +4 more
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The influence of season, photoperiod, and pineal melatonin on immune function. [PDF]
In addition to the well-documented seasonal cycles of mating and birth, there are also significant seasonal cycles of illness and death among many animal populations.
Nelson RJ +3 more
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Abstract To evaluate conservation interventions, it is necessary to obtain reliable population trends for short (<10 years) time scales. Telemetry can be used to estimate short‐term survival rates and is a common tool for assessing population trends, but it has limitations and can be biased toward specific behavioral traits of tagged individuals ...
Corinne J. Kendall +6 more
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Water as Country on the Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands, South Australia
ABSTRACT Anangu, Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara people living in the north‐western areas of South Australia, conceptualize changes in the surface of land as evincing the presence of Ancestral power. Rain is one such catalyst of change, though it is by no means a certainty on the Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands.
Diana Young
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Abstract Recent research suggests that the effect of greenwashing and corporate financial performance (CFP) is ambiguous. This call for study the contextual factors that create contingencies in the greenwashing–CFP relationship. Using a sample of 2816 observations covering 735 Chinese‐listed firms in 21 different industries from 2013 to 2017, this ...
Wei Li +3 more
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