Distinct Systemic Sclerosis Phenotypes Related to Ethnicity: An Opportunity to Personalize Care?
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 +11 more
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Climate change vulnerability assessment of sugarcane production for bio-ethanol supply in Ecuador [PDF]
openThe study examines the climate change vulnerability of sugarcane production for bioethanol in Ecuador, focusing on Guayas province, which accounts for most of the national production.
MOLINA HUERTAS, SANTIAGO DAVID
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Frailty Predicts Incident Osteoporotic Fractures in Veterans with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Objective Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with an increased risk of frailty and osteoporosis, but the relationship between frailty and incident osteoporotic fractures in RA is underexplored. Methods Data were from the Veterans Affairs (VA) Rheumatoid Arthritis Registry. Frailty was measured using the VA Frailty Index (VAFI).
Katherine D. Wysham +14 more
wiley +1 more source
Assessing household vulnerability to climate change: The case of farmers in the Nile Basin of Ethiopia [PDF]
Vulnerability to climate extremes, Nile Basin of Ethiopia, Minimum daily income, Climate change,
Hassan, Rashid M. +2 more
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DNV-TC: a developmental network vulnerability-based classification system for precision oncology. [PDF]
Toncheva D, Sgurev V.
europepmc +1 more source
Objective Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) significantly impacts employment capacity. This study aimed to investigate the impact of burden of disease activity, damage, and treatment on employment outcomes and transitions in patients with SLE. Methods Using data from a single center, we analyzed employment transitions, adjusted mean disease activity ...
Javier Mencia‐Ledo +4 more
wiley +1 more source
VULNERABILITY OF URBAN INFORMAL SECTOR: STREET VENDORS IN YOGYAKARTA, INDONESIA [PDF]
This study has been focusing on the vulnerability of street vendors in Java since the time when Java was hit severely by the economic crisis in 1997/1998, which also had reversed the trend of economic formalization in Indonesia.
Aloysius Gunadi BRATA
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Multi source Earth observation and machine learning framework for mapping land degradation vulnerability in salinity- and hydrothermal-stressed regions of the southern main Ethiopian Rift. [PDF]
Moged Reda T +12 more
europepmc +1 more source
Objective The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that multijoint osteoarthritis would modify the relation between time and frailty progression, in which more affected joints would lead to larger declines over six years compared to those without osteoarthritis using data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging.
Carson Halliwell +2 more
wiley +1 more source
Mechanics-informed risk-aware learning for multiaxial structural reliability with Bayesian calibration. [PDF]
Zhang G +8 more
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