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Distinct Systemic Sclerosis Phenotypes Related to Ethnicity: An Opportunity to Personalize Care?

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective The objective is to describe and compare demographic, clinical, and serological characteristics of patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) according to ethnic background. Methods Participants enrolled in the Canadian Scleroderma Research Group cohort who self‐identified to a single ethnicity group were included.
Danick Goulet, Camille Guertin, Maggie Larché, Isabelle Ferdinand, Marie Hudson, May Y. Choi, Mohammed Osman, Janet Pope, Carter Thorne, Murray Baron, Sasha Bernatsky, Sabrina Hoa   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

The role of Social Protection Policies in reducing health inequalities

, 2023
Social policies can influence and redistribute the social determinants of health and may therefore be effective in contributing to reducing health inequalities.
Tugrul, Hande, Bambra, Clare, Eikemo, Terje Andreas, Aronsson, Amanda   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Heterogeneous associations of polygenic indices of 35 traits with mortality: a register-linked population-based follow-up study

eLife
Background: Polygenic indices (PGIs) of various traits abound, but knowledge remains limited on how they predict wide-ranging health indicators, including the risk of death. We investigated the associations between mortality and 35 different PGIs related
Hannu Lahtinen, Jaakko Kaprio, Andrea Ganna, Kaarina Korhonen, Stefano Lombardi, Karri Silventoinen, Pekka Martikainen   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Understanding the burden of orofacial involvement and patient treatment preferences in systemic sclerosis: results from a large international survey

Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objective Orofacial manifestations are significantly impactful in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc), yet remain understudied, with no dedicated clinical guidelines to inform their management. Methods An international online survey comprising 38 questions addressing orofacial manifestations of SSc, including patients’ confidence in their treating ...
Eleni Deligianni, Lee Shapiro, Deana Gibbs, Zsuzsanna H. McMahan, Michael Hughes   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Biodegradable Chitosan Films as Green Resists for Gold Nanowires Fabrication Through AFM‐Based Nanolithography

Advanced Materials Interfaces, EarlyView.
Schematic illustration of a sustainable nanofabrication process: chitosan derived from natural sources is used as a biodegradable thin film resist, patterned via Constant Pulse‐Assisted Force Lithography (CP‐AFL) to create tunable nanogrooves. These grooves template gold nanowire formation, enabling high‐resolution nanopatterning under ambient ...
Paolo Pellegrino, Lorenzo Vincenti, Isabella Farella, Valeria De Matteis, Mariafrancesca Cascione, Annalisa Bianco, Fabio Quaranta, Rosaria Rinaldi   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cars, corporations, and commodities: consequences for the social determinants of health. [PDF]

, 2008
Social epidemiologists have drawn attention to health inequalities as avoidable and inequitable, encouraging thinking beyond proximal risk factors to the causes of the causes.
Aldred, Rachel, James Woodcock, Woodcock, James, Woodcock, J., Aldred, R., Rachel Aldred   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Who funds the WHO Foundation? A transparency analysis of donation disclosures over the first 3 years of its operation

BMJ Global Health
Introduction The WHO Foundation (WHOF) was established in 2020 with the stated aim of broadening the donor pool to the WHO. Academics and civil society actors raised concerns regarding the potential nature and source of contributions from commercial ...
Jeff Collin, Nason Maani, Emily R Adrion
doaj   +1 more source

Using decision methods to examine the potential impact of intersectoral action programs

BMC Research Notes, 2018
Objectives In public health today, there is a widespread call for intersectoral action (ISA) programs, in which two or more sectors cooperate to address a problem.
Wanrudee Isaranuwatchai, Ahmed M. Bayoumi, Emilie Renahy, Rebecca Cheff, Patricia O’Campo   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

DRIVE‐SAFE: Data‐Driven Robustness and Informed Validation for Evolving Specifications via Formal Evaluation

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
DRIVE‐SAFE evaluates learning‐based, black‐box autonomous driving policies against evolving temporal safety requirements using Signal Temporal Logic robustness metrics. It aggregates distributional robustness measures with domain‐informed weights to guide iterative retraining.
Kristy Sakano, Jianyu An, Dinesh Manocha, Huan Xu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

What kinds of policies to reduce health inequalities in the UK do researchers support? [PDF]

, 2015
BackgroundDespite a wealth of research and policy initiatives, progress in tackling the UK's health inequalities has been limited. This article explores whether there appears to be consensus among researchers about the kinds of policies likely to reduce ...
Smith, Katherine E., Smith, Katherine E, Kandlik Eltanani, Mor   +2 more
core   +1 more source