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Differential Item Functioning on the Patient Health Questionnaire 8 by Disease Subtype, Language, Sex, and Age Among People With Systemic Sclerosis: A Scleroderma Patient‐Centered Intervention Network Cohort Study

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Somatic items used in depression assessments can potentially overlap with symptoms related to physical illness, including systemic sclerosis (SSc). No studies have looked at whether somatic depression items may be influenced by diffuse versus limited SSc disease subtypes, which are associated with varying degrees of symptom presentation.
Sophie Hu   +110 more
wiley   +1 more source

Public Health Versus Court-Sponsored Secrecy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Public health practice relies on access to information. Givelber and Robbins discuss the debate about court-sponsored secrecy: Whether or not courts should tolerate, edorse, or protect secrecy when the sequestered information might help protect the ...
Givelber, Daniel J., Robbins, Anthony
core   +1 more source

Addressing Economic Insecurities Can Improve Patient‐Reported Outcomes in Lupus

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Economic insecurities, such as food, housing, transportation, and financial challenges, are modifiable risk factors and influence patient‐reported outcomes (PROs) in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). We examined the following: (1) associations between economic insecurities and PROs, and (2) the impact of screening and addressing economic ...
Jay Patel   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Road dust from pavement wear and traction sanding [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Vehicles affect the concentrations of ambient airborne particles through exhaust emissions, but particles are also formed in the mechanical processes in the tire-road interface, brakes, and engine.
Kupiainen, Kaarle
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New Onset of Fibromyalgia After Exposure to a Combat Environment: A Longitudinal Cohort Study

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Traumatic life events are hypothesized to be triggers for the onset of fibromyalgia. Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a common comorbidity of fibromyalgia. However, limited prospective data are available on the development of fibromyalgia after exposure to high‐magnitude stress.
Jay B. Higgs   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Traction characteristics of tires of various designs for the complete set of mobile propulsion devices of the fifth traction class

open access: yesSiberian Journal of Life Sciences and Agriculture
Background. Tire properties are the main factors determining traction and agricultural technological performance of wheeled mobile energy vehicles. Purpose.
Vladimir A. Kravchenko   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluation of Recycled Rubber in Asphalt Concrete - Black Hawk County, HR-330B, Construction Report, 1992 [PDF]

open access: yes, 1992
The disposal of discarded tires has become a major problem. Different methods of recycling have been researched. Currently, Iowa is researching the use of ground recycled crumb rubber from discarded tires in asphalt rubber cement.

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Evaluating a Pragmatic Strength Alternative for Frailty Measurement and Assessing Its Predictive Capacity Against Established Frailty Instruments in Rheumatoid Arthritis

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Frailty occurs prematurely in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and is associated with poor health outcomes. We compared the performance of four frailty instruments, including a pragmatic alternative measure using chair sit‐to‐stand (STS), and evaluated their abilities to predict poor health outcomes.
Kylie E. Riggles   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Measuring service life and evaluating the quality of solid tires [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
The objective of this research is to propose procedures for measuring service life and evaluating the quality of locallymade and used solid tires in Thailand.
Charoenyut Dechwayukul   +3 more
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Tire emissions during the use phase of tires – current and future trends

open access: yesEnvironmental Science: Advances
Properties of tire emissions during the use phase of tires are assessed in a structured literature review. Data needs and knowledge gaps regarding future trends of tire emissions are identified.
Kathrin Müller   +3 more
openaire   +1 more source

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