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Risk of cardiovascular disease in a traditional African population with a high infectious load: a population-based study. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
BACKGROUND: To test the inflammatory origin of cardiovascular disease, as opposed to its origin in western lifestyle. Population-based assessment of the prevalences of cardiovascular risk factors and cardiovascular disease in an inflammation-prone ...
Jacob J E Koopman, David van Bodegom, J Wouter Jukema, Rudi G J Westendorp   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Clinical performance of the urine‐based TERT promoter AbsoluteQ Digital PCR for non‐invasive detection of bladder cancer

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
A urine‐based digital PCR assay targeting two hotspot TERT promoter variants detected bladder cancer with high sensitivity and no false positives in this case–control cohort. The streamlined AbsoluteQ workflow outperformed Sanger sequencing and supports non‐invasive molecular testing for bladder cancer detection.
Anna Nykel, Izabela Kubiak, Lena Rutkowska, Żaneta Kasprzyk, Łukasz Kępczyński, Michał Bednarek, Dariusz Sobieraj, Jacek Wilkosz, Piotr Kania, Adam Jędrzejczyk, Bogdan Kałużewski, Agnieszka Gach, Tadeusz Kałużewski   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Utility of traditional and non-traditional lipid indicators in the diagnosis of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in a Japanese population

Lipids in Health and Disease, 2022
Background Traditional and non-traditional (TNNT) lipid indicators are known to be closely related to nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). This study’s objective was to compare the degree of associations and diagnostic values of TNNT lipid ...
Song Lu, Maobin Kuang, Jinjing Yue, Chong Hu, Guotai Sheng, Yang Zou   +5 more
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Patient therapy outcome modeling in cancer organoids is improved by cancer‐associated fibroblasts and organoid assembly convolution

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Patient‐derived organoids (PDOs) from pancreatic, colorectal, and gastric cancers were used to evaluate standard and experimental therapies. Incorporating cancer‐associated fibroblasts (CAFs) into organoid cultures improved patient therapy outcome prediction.
Marcin Grochowski, Liudmyla Dolinchuk, Michał Jerzak, Albert Gandurski, Tomasz Grochowski, Weronika Wojtyś, Maciej Zadrożny, Wojciech Kaźmierczak, Małgorzata Lenarcik, Marta Matejak‐Górska, Radosław Samsel, Tomasz Olesiński, Dawid Walerych   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Female genital mutilation in Kenya: Evidence links health workers to FGM

, 2006
Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a traditional practice that affects women and girls in several African countries. It is practiced in a variety of ways, classified by WHO into four broad types all found in Kenya.
Population Council, GTZ
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Involving Traditional Birth Attendants in Emergency Obstetric Care in Tanzania: Policy Implications of A Study of their Knowledge and Practices in Kigoma Rural District. [PDF]

, 2013
Access to quality maternal health services mainly depends on existing policies, regulations, skills, knowledge, perceptions, and economic power and motivation of service givers and target users.
Mubyazi, Godfrey M, Masatu, Melchiory, Vyagusa, Dismas B   +2 more
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Automated FRAP microscopy for high‐throughput analysis of protein dynamics in chromatin organization and transcription

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
RoboMic is an automated confocal microscopy pipeline for high‐throughput functional imaging in living cells. Demonstrated with fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP), it integrates AI‐driven nuclear segmentation, ROI selection, bleaching, and analysis.
Selçuk Yavuz, Bart Geverts, Johan A. Slotman, Andrea Sacchetti, Stefan Prekovic, Martin E. van Royen, Adriaan B. Houtsmuller   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Community-based AIDS prevention and care in Africa—Dissemination of Phase I findings: Report of five national workshops

, 1995
Given the constraints faced by the health care infrastructure in responding to the AIDS crisis in sub-Saharan Africa, and the limitations of traditional educational approaches in motivating people to modify their sexual behavior within the African ...
Population Council
core   +1 more source

Traditional religious worldview as persistent driver of healthcare practices in Southeast Nigeria

, 2020
Background: Worldviews define reality and stipulate the specific attitudes towards each component of reality.This study assessed how traditional religious worldview in southeast Nigeria has persisted as a driver of healthcare practices in the region. The
Obiwulu, Aloysius Chukwuma, Akah, Josephine Ngozi, Ajah, Anthony Chinaemerem   +2 more
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Modern Demographic and Socio-Economical Situation of the Oirats of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China

Oriental Studies, 2018
The article presents the preliminary results of analysis of the field materials on modern demographic and socio-political status of Oirats of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China.
N. Ochirova, E. Bembeev
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