Results 21 to 30 of about 265,697 (314)
Concepts and theories that emerge within the social sciences tend to be nuanced, dealing with complex social phenomena. While their relevance to design could be high, it is difficult to make sense of them in design projects, especially when participants have a variety of backgrounds.
Annika Waern +5 more
openaire +4 more sources
Health surveillance of deployed military personnel occasionally leads to unexpected findings
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can be caused by life threatening illness, such as cancer and coronary events. The study by Forbes et al. made the unexpected finding that military personnel evacuation with medical illness have similar rates of PTSD
McFarlane Alexander C
doaj +1 more source
Pain sensitization in hand osteoarthritis
Pain sensitization, i.e. increased pain sensitivity, contribute to chronic pain in many conditions. This thesis examined the relevance of peripheral and central pain sensitization in persons with hand osteoarthritis (OA).
Pettersen, Pernille Steen
core +1 more source
A Study on the Failure of AISI 304 Stainless Steel Tubes in a Gas Heater Unit
This paper investigates a failure in convection section tubes of a gas heater unit in a petrochemical plant. Tubes are made of AISI 304 stainless steel. The failure is reported after 5 years of service at working temperature 500 °C.
Abbas Bahrami, Peyman Taheri
doaj +1 more source
Coping With Anxiety: Brain Structural Correlates of Vigilance and Cognitive Avoidance
BackgroundIndividuals differ in their dispositional coping behavior when they are confronted with anxiety-provoking situations. Cognitive avoidance is characterized by a withdrawal from threatening information, whereas vigilance denotes the intensive ...
Vivien Günther +10 more
doaj +1 more source
Atopic dermatitis increases the effect of exposure to peanut antigen in dust on peanut sensitization and likely peanut allergy [PDF]
BACKGROUND: History and severity of atopic dermatitis (AD) are risk factors for peanut allergy. Recent evidence suggests that children can become sensitized to food allergens through an impaired skin barrier.
Sicherer, Scott +17 more
core +1 more source
Background: The use of molecular allergology has increasingly become common in the diagnosis and management of allergic diseases. However, there is still a lack of data on cat molecular allergens in adults.
Madeleine Rådinger +41 more
core +1 more source
The article includes information about the prevalence of asthma, allergic rhinitis and eczema among childhood in the program of the International Study of asthma and Allergy in Childhood — ISAAC.
Ye. M. Kamaltynova
doaj +1 more source
Peanut allergy:effect of environmental peanut exposure in children with filaggrin loss-of-function mutations [PDF]
BackgroundFilaggrin (FLG) loss-of-function mutations lead to an impaired skin barrier associated with peanut allergy. Household peanut consumption is associated with peanut allergy, and peanut allergen in household dust correlates with household peanut ...
Makinson, Kerry +36 more
core +1 more source
Focused Ultrasound-Induced Cavitation Sensitizes Cancer Cells to Radiation Therapy and Hyperthermia
Focused ultrasound (FUS) has become an important non-invasive therapy for solid tumor ablation via thermal effects. The cavitation effect induced by FUS is thereby avoided but applied for lithotripsy, support drug delivery and the induction of blood ...
Shaonan Hu +5 more
doaj +1 more source

