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Tumour-derived leukaemia inhibitory factor is a major driver of cancer cachexia and morbidity in C26 tumour-bearing mice [PDF]

, 2018
BACKGROUND: Cancer cachexia is a metabolic wasting syndrome that is strongly associated with a poor prognosis. The initiating factors causing fat and muscle loss are largely unknown. Previously, we found that leukaemia inhibitory factor (LIF) secreted by
Alter, Aulino, Ben-David, Bilir, Bonetto, Bonetto, Cornwell, Delitto, Delitto, Dingemans, Fearon, Fearon, Fukawa, Gascan, Graf, Haehling, He, Iseki, Jackman, Jo, Johns, Judge, Kir, Lerner, Loumaye, Martin, Mori, Mori, Onesti, Penna, Petruzzelli, Rubin, Sagar, Schafer, Seto, Stephens, Talbert, Tseng, Villiger, Zhang   +39 more
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Waste and Waste Management

Annual Review of Anthropology, 2015
Discard studies have demonstrated that waste is more than just a symptom of an all-too-human demand for meaning or a merely technical problem for sanitary engineers and public health officials. The afterlife of waste materials and processes of waste management reveal the centrality of transient and discarded things for questions of materiality and ...
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Development of Under-five Wasting Children and Related Factors in Padang City

Amerta Nutrition
Background: At the age of under five years, there is rapid physical, cognitive, social, and emotional development, which influences their future abilities.
Desmawati Desmawati, Febri Theresia Sihaloho, Bobby Indra Utama   +2 more
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Exploring the multidimensional nature of anthropometric indicators for under-five children in India

Indian Journal of Public Health, 2016
This study examined the multidimensional nature of the association of stunting, wasting, and underweight for children below 5 years of age in India using data from the National Family Health Survey (NFHS)-3 (2005-2006).
Ashish Kumar Gupta, Kakoli Borkotoky
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Use of antenatal clinic surveillance to assess the effect of sexual behavior on HIV prevalence in young women in Karonga district, Malawi. [PDF]

, 2008
BACKGROUND: Antenatal clinic (ANC) surveillance is the primary source of HIV prevalence estimates in low-resource settings. In younger women, prevalence approximates incidence.
Crampin, Amelia Catharine, Fine, Paul E, Floyd, Sian, Glynn, Judith R, Hemmings, Joanne, Jahn, Andreas, Kondowe, Masiya, Ngwira, Bagrey M, Zaba, Basia   +8 more
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Lipid-based nutrient supplements: how can they combat child malnutrition? [PDF]

, 2012
Kathryn Dewey and Mary Arimond discuss new research in PLOS Medicine that assesses the effect of blanket provision of ready-to-use supplementary food to children at high risk of malnutrition in Chad, and highlight some of the challenges of investigating ...
Arimond, Mary, Dewey, Kathryn G
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Malaria and Macronutrient Deficiency as Correlates of Anemia in Young Children: A Systematic Review of Observational Studies

Annals of Global Health, 2015
Background: Anemia is a leading cause of pediatric mortality and impaired development and is highly prevalent in young children in sub-Saharan Africa.
Sarah McCuskee, Elizabeth B. Brickley, Angela Wood, Elias Mossialos   +3 more
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Worrying about wasting GP time as a barrier to help-seeking: a community-based, qualitative study [PDF]

, 2016
Background Worrying about wasting GP time is frequently cited as a barrier to help-seeking for cancer symptoms. Aim To explore the circumstances under which individuals feel that they are wasting GP time.
Cromme, SK, Whitaker, K, Winstanley, K, Renzi, C, Friedemann Smith, C, Wardle, J   +5 more
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To waste or not to waste – food? [PDF]

Waste Management & Research: The Journal for a Sustainable Circular Economy, 2012
Gentil, Emmanuel, Poulsen, Tjalfe
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Eelgrass Distribution in the Great Bay Estuary 2004 [PDF]

, 2005
Eelgrass (Zostera marina) is an essential habitat for the Great Bay Estuary (GBE) because it provides food for wintering waterfowl and habitat for juvenile fish and shellfish.
Short, Frederick T.
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