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Patient-reported GP health assessments rather than individual cardiovascular risk burden are associated with the engagement in lifestyle changes: population-based survey in South Australia

BMC Family Practice, 2019
Background Little is known about whether a more comprehensive health assessment, performed by a general practitioner (GP) during a clinical encounter, could influence patients’ lifestyle.
David Alejandro Gonzalez-Chica, Jacqueline Bowden, Caroline Miller, Marie Longo, Mark Nelson, Christopher Reid, Nigel Stocks   +6 more
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Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a telehealth intervention to support the management of long-term conditions:study protocol for two linked randomized controlled trials [PDF]

, 2014
As the population ages, more people are suffering from long-term health conditions (LTCs). Health services around the world are exploring new ways of supporting people with LTCs and there is great interest in the use of telehealth: technologies such as ...
Edwards, Louisa, Hollinghurst, Sandra, Large, Shirley, Man, Mei-See, Montgomery, Alan A, Nicholl, Jon, O'Cathain, Alicia, Salisbury, Chris, Thomas, Clare L   +8 more
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New intelligent network approach for monitoring physiological parameters : the case of Benin [PDF]

, 2020
Benin health system is facing many challenges as: (i) affordable high-quality health care to a growing population providing need, (ii) patients’ hospitalization time reduction, (iii) and presence time of the nursing staff optimization.
Ahouandjinou, Mêtowanou H., Houessouvo, Roland C., Jossou, Thierry R., Medenou, Daton, Pecchia, Leandro, Piaggio, Davide   +5 more
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Capture height biases for birds in mist-nets vary by taxon, season, and foraging guild in northern California

Journal of Field Ornithology, 2022
Mist-netting is a widely used technique for capturing birds to estimate abundance, demography, and population trends. Investigators in most studies use primarily or only ground-level mist-nets that extend < 3 m vertically.
D. Julian Tattoni, Katie LaBarbera
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Misidentification of sex among harvested bobcats

Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2014
Sex and age data are fundamental vital statistics used to characterize wildlife populations, often integral to models used to assess population responses to harvest or make other management decisions.
Tim L. Hiller, Dawn M. Reding, William R. Clark, Richard L. Green   +3 more
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Monitoring an open population of the middle-organized Siberian city: fifteen-years trends of arterial hypertension in men

Сибирский научный медицинский журнал, 2021
Arterial hypertension remains one of the most common diseases in the developed countries of the world, while there is a tendency to increase the frequency of arterial hypertension as the level of urbanization increases.
E. V. Akimova, E. I. Gakova, M. M. Kayumova, T. I. Petelina   +3 more
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Therapeutic drug monitoring in special populations [PDF]

Clinical Chemistry, 1998
Abstract Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) is commonly used to maintain “therapeutic” drug concentrations. Even in compliant patients, with “average” drug kinetics, TDM is useful to identify the causes of unwanted or unexpected responses, prevent unnecessary diagnostic testing, improve clinical outcomes, and even save lives.
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When do we eat? An evaluation of food items input into an electronic monitoring application [PDF]

, 2006
We present a formative study that examines what, when, and how participants in a chronic kidney disease (stage 5) population input food items into an electronic intake monitoring application. Participants scanned food item barcodes or voice recorded food
Connelly, Kay H., Lambert, Desiree, Rogers, Yvonne, Rohwer, Paul, Siek, Katie A., Welch, Janet L.   +5 more
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Monitoring and pollution analysis of aflatoxins in dried chili and chili powder from the cities of Shandong Province

Zhongguo shipin weisheng zazhi
ObjectiveTo evaluate the exposure levels and health risks of aflatoxins （AFT） in dried chili and chili powder sold in Shandong Province.MethodsAFT in chili and chili powder samples were determined using liquid chromatography-triple quadrupole mass ...
GAO Hui, XING Yan, WANG Yang, ZHAO Zhiqiang, WANG Qin, LIU Tingting, LIU Xiaoli, PENG Cheng   +7 more
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Density and Habitat Relationships of the Endemic White Mountain Fritillary (Boloria chariclea montinus) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)

Insects, 2017
We conducted point counts in the alpine zone of the Presidential Range of the White Mountains, New Hampshire, USA, to estimate the distribution and density of the rare endemic White Mountain Fritillary (Boloria chariclea montinus).
Kent P. McFarland, John D. Lloyd, Spencer P. Hardy   +2 more
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