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The Modified Dosages for Acute Malnutrition (MODAM) study: protocol for three integrated randomized controlled trials of novel approaches for the management of childhood wasting in Ethiopia

BMC Nutrition
Background Only a small percentage of children with severe and moderate acute malnutrition receive treatment due to resource limitations, relatively complex treatment protocols, persistent supply chain challenges, and limited early identification among ...
Indi Trehan, Yosef Beyene, Hiwot Darsene, Bailey S. Adams, Maria Wrabel, Getu Gizaw, Liya A. Legese, Bernardette Cichon, Stanley Chitekwe, Mesfin W. Shellemew, Masresha Tessema, Heather C. Stobaugh   +11 more
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The HIV infection healthcare services continuity in the COVID-19 pandemic context: A mixed cross-sectional analysis of associated determinants in Senegal, 2020–2021

The Microbe
COVID-19 pandemic favoured concentration on its response to the detriment of routine services, such as people living with HIV (PLHIV) follow-up, hence the major services discontinuity risk. Thus, Senegalese National Epidemic Management Committee aimed to
Ibrahima Mamby Keita, Mamadou Makhtar Mbacke Leye, Ndeye Mareme Sougou, Boly Diop, Khaly Gueye, Amsatou Samb, Mansanou Fall, Moussa Ba, Bassirou Sarr, Mouhamadou Fallilou Seck, Mame Fatou Mbodj, Sophie Anna Diandy, Vincent Ahmed Gomis, Serigne Abdou Seck, Djibril Barry, Elhadji Mamadou Ndiaye   +15 more
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Communities for Healthy Living (CHL) A Community-based Intervention to Prevent Obesity in Low-Income Preschool Children: Process Evaluation Protocol

Trials, 2020
Background Process evaluation can illuminate barriers and facilitators to intervention implementation as well as the drivers of intervention outcomes.
Jacob P. Beckerman-Hsu, Alyssa Aftosmes-Tobio, Adam Gavarkovs, Nicole Kitos, Roger Figueroa, Z. Begum Kalyoncu, Kindra Lansburg, Xinting Yu, Crystal Kazik, Adrienne Vigilante, Jessie Leonard, Merieka Torrico, Janine M. Jurkowski, Kirsten K. Davison   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reinventing Media Activism: Public Interest Advocacy in the Making of U.S. Communication-Information Policy, 1960-2002 [PDF]

, 2004
This report is a long-term analysis of citizens' collective action to influence public policy toward communication and information. The work discusses in greater detail what is meant by communication and information policy (CIP) and why we think it is ...
Brenden Kuerbis, Christiane Page, Milton Mueller   +2 more
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The Coarse Geometry of Merger Trees in \Lambda CDM

, 2008
We introduce the contour process to describe the geometrical properties of merger trees. The contour process produces a one-dimensional object, the contour walk, which is a translation of the merger tree.
Bond, Davis, J. E. Forero-Romero, Krauth, Le Gall, Lemson, Monaco, Neistein, Parkinson, Sheth, Sheth, Sheth, Springel, Springel, Springel, Zentner, Zhang   +16 more
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Time Toxicity in Wilms Tumor: Quantifying the Burden of Healthcare Interaction in the First Year After Diagnosis

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Wilms tumor (WT) treatment imposes a significant time burden on patients and their families. Time toxicity is a patient‐centered metric that quantifies the burden of healthcare interaction. We sought to define time toxicity in the first year after diagnosis of WT and hypothesized that it would increase as tumor stage and treatment ...
Caleb Q. Ashbrook, Veerain Gupta, Nicholas J. Clark, Vijay Rings, Lauren E. Corona, Douglass B. Clayton, Daniel J. Benedetti   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Public sector employment in Scotland [June 2012] [PDF]

, 2012
Industrial action over proposals to change pension and related conditions continued in the public sector and widened with industrial action planned by the BMA.
Lockyer, Cliff
core   +1 more source

Increased Risk of Sarcomas in Children With Congenital Anomalies: Findings From the Genetic Overlap Between Anomalies and Cancer in Kids (GOBACK) Registry Linkage Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Pediatric sarcomas are a heterogeneous group of tumors that contribute disproportionately to cancer mortality in children. Although congenital anomalies are among the strongest known risk factors for childhood cancer, the risk of specific sarcoma subtypes among affected individuals has not yet been thoroughly evaluated. Procedure We
Russ Wolters, Ji Yun Tark, Tiffany M. Chambers, Tania A. Desrosiers, Michael E. Scheurer, Charles Shumate, Wendy N. Nembhard, Mahsa M. Yazdy, Eirini Nestoridi, Amanda E. Janitz, Jean Paul Tanner, Russell S. Kirby, Jason L. Salemi, Yao Yu, Chad D. Huff, Sharon E. Plon, Philip J. Lupo, Jeremy M. Schraw   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Kindness as a public health action

Communications Medicine
Abstract The current global mental health crisis needs action. Here we show, using empirical evidence of randomised controlled trials combined with Rose’s theoretical framework of preventive medicine and epidemiological principles, that the universal practice of kindness is a potentially effective grassroots public health promotion action ...
Tri-Long Nguyen, Ji-Young Lee
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Therapeutic Apheresis for Intravenous Methylprednisolone‐Refractory Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder: Clinical and Radiological Outcomes in a Single‐Center Case Series

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) is a relapsing autoimmune disease of the central nervous system. High‐dose intravenous methylprednisolone (IVMP) is the standard first‐line therapy for acute attacks, although some patients remain refractory.
Wataru Horiguchi, Daisuke Katagiri, Takeyuki Watadani, Shunichi Matsuda, Hiroshi Kaneko, Noritoshi Arai   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source