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Complexity of the Yellowstone Park Volcanic Field Seismicity in Terms of Tsallis Entropy
Entropy, 2018 The Yellowstone Park volcanic field is one of the most active volcanic systems in the world, presenting intense seismic activity that is characterized by several earthquake swarms over the last decades.
Kalliopi Chochlaki +2 more
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Endocrinology and metabolism clinics of North America (Print), 2018 Synopsis Prediabetes is a state characterized by impaired fasting glucose or impaired glucose tolerance. This review discusses the pathophysiology and macrovascular complications of prediabetes. The pathophysiologic defects underlying prediabetes include
Ben Brannick, S. Dagogo-Jack
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Introduction Pulmonary dysfunction and sleep abnormalities are common in children with sickle cell disease (SCD) and are associated with worse clinical outcomes. Whether spirometry abnormalities are associated with polysomnography (PSG) findings remains unclear.
Ammar Saadoon Alishlash +4 more
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Risk governance in Nepal: Reflecting on experiences with Risk and Resilience Committees [PDF]
, 2008 This paper reports on fieldwork in Nepal, which produces a comparison between two communities of their perception and experience of risk. In particular, it explores contrasting ideas of risk governance based upon a community survey as well as in depth ...
Jones, Samantha
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Effect of soy in men with type 2 diabetes mellitus and subclinical hypogonadism: a randomised controlled study [PDF]
, 2016 Context: Isoflavones found in soy products have a chemical structure similar to estrogen, leading to concerns of an adverse estrogenic effect in men, particularly in those with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) who have low testosterone levels due to ...
Atkin, Stephen L. +5 more
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Herbal beverages: Bioactive compounds and their role in disease risk reduction - A review
Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine, 2018 There is a renewed interest in non-nutritive bioactive compounds of foods and beverages as ‘lifespan nutrients’ in the risk reduction of non-communicable diseases.
A. Chandrasekara, F. Shahidi
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Prevalence and Trajectory of Household Material Hardship Among Children With Advanced Cancer
Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background/Objectives Families of children with advanced cancer living in poverty experience inferior outcomes including poor parent mental health and worse child quality of life. Household material hardship (HMH: food, housing, transportation, and/or utility insecurity) is a modifiable poverty exposure—and potential intervention target—that ...
Sarah Wright +13 more
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Resource capability for local government in mainstreaming gender into disaster risk reduction: evidence from Indonesia [PDF]
, 2015 Understanding how local government responds to gender vulnerability and gender capacity is important to make cities safer both for women and for men.
Amaratunga, Dilanthi, Yumarni, Tri
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Families of children with cancer experience significant financial strain, even with universal healthcare. Indirect costs, such as productivity losses and non‐medical expenses, are rarely included in economic evaluations, and little is known about how effectively financial aid programmes alleviate this burden. Childhood brain tumours
Megumi Lim +8 more
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