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Ralph Nader: Public Health Advocate and Political Agitator

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Public Health, 2011
The article is presented in tribute to the life and accomplishments of public health advocate Ralph Nader. Nader's personal history in public health activism, consumer advocacy, and U.S. presidential politics is described. U.S. laws for health protection that Nader helped develop are noted. Nader's early life is discussed, as is his book "Unsafe at Any
Manon Sian Parry
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Impact of Coronary Calcification on Clinical Outcomes After Implantation of Newer‐Generation Drug‐Eluting Stents

open access: yesJournal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2021
Background Percutaneous coronary intervention of calcified lesions was associated with worse outcomes in the era of bare‐metal and first‐generation drug‐eluting stents. Data on percutaneous coronary intervention of calcified lesions with newer‐generation
Rayyan Hemetsberger   +13 more
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Effects of hospital facilities on patient outcomes after cancer surgery: an international, prospective, observational study

open access: yesThe Lancet Global Health, 2022
Summary: Background: Early death after cancer surgery is higher in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) compared with in high-income countries, yet the impact of facility characteristics on early postoperative outcomes is unknown.
Stephen R Knight   +2861 more
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Changing incentives to ACCELERATE drug development for paediatric cancer

open access: yesCancer Medicine, Volume 12, Issue 7, Page 8825-8837, April 2023., 2023
More effective incentives are needed to motivate paediatric oncology drug development, uncoupling it from dependency on adult drug development. We propose substantial changes in the timing and nature of the rewards within the European Paediatric Medicine Regulation (PMR) and Regulation on Orphan Medicinal Products (both currently under review), which ...
Teresa de Rojas   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

A review of how pressures and their sources drive sustainable supply chain management practices

open access: yesJournal of Business Logistics, Volume 44, Issue 2, Page 257-288, April 2023., 2023
Abstract Rapidly growing interest in sustainability coupled with individuals, firms, and other organizations becoming more inclined to agitate for changes internally, and with outside organizations, has resulted in firms being pressured by various sources to change their sustainable supply chain management practices.
Alina Marculetiu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

REVIEW: Powerful case for ending the corporate media stranglehold

open access: yesPacific Journalism Review, 2003
Review of Our Media, Not Theirs: The Democratic Struggle Against Corporate Media, edited by Robert W. Mc Chesney and John Nichols. Forewards by Noam Chomsky, Barbara Ehrenreich and Ralph Nader. New York: Seven Stories Press.
David Robie
doaj   +1 more source

Acute and Long-Term Outcomes of Patients with Impaired Left Ventricular Systolic Function Undergoing Rotational Atherectomy: A Single-Center Observational Retrospective Study

open access: yesCardiology and Therapy, 2019
Introduction Rotational atherectomy (RA) historically was contraindicated in patients with impaired left ventricular (LV) function due to inherent cardio-depressive effects.
Nader Mankerious   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators improve survival after coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with severely impaired left ventricular function

open access: yesJournal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2007
Objective Patients with severe left ventricular (LV) dysfunction have a poor long term survival despite complete surgical revascularization. Recent data suggests that the use of Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (ICD) improves survival in patients ...
Pasque Michael K   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Single‐Breathhold 3D MR Elastography in the Liver, With Simultaneous R2* and PDFF Mapping

open access: yesMagnetic Resonance in Medicine, EarlyView.
Purpose To develop a sequence for the rapid acquisition of MR elastography (MRE) parameters in 3D, with simultaneous measurement of proton‐density fat fraction (PDFF) and R2* for multiparametric assessment of liver disease. Methods The proposed sequence uses an interleaved motion‐encoding scheme to acquire 3D volumes of all motion encodings and wave ...
Donovan P Tripp   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

The choice argument for proportional representation

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract What electoral system should a democracy choose? I argue for proportional representation (PR). My main empirical premise is Duverger's law: Under PR there are more viable candidates in district‐level elections than there are under single‐member plurality (SMP) systems.
Adam Lovett
wiley   +1 more source

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