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Depressive Symptoms and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in Women
(, 2004)Objective - To explore the relationship between depressive symptoms and incidence of type 2 diabetes in women. Research design and methods - We conducted an analysis of 72,178 female nurses aged 45-72 years who did not ... -
Dermatoscopic imaging of skin lesions by high school students: a cross-sectional pilot study
(Derm101.com, 2015)Background: The ability of novices to perform imaging of skin lesions is not well studied. Objectives: To determine the ability of 12th grade high school students without formal training to take clinical and dermatoscopic ... -
Design and analysis issues in gene and environment studies
(BMC, 2012)Both nurture (environmental) and nature (genetic factors) play an important role in human disease etiology. Traditionally, these effects have been thought of as independent. This perspective is ill informed for non-mendelian ... -
Design and Study Protocol of the Maternal Smoking Cessation During Pregnancy Study, (M-SCOPE)
(BioMed Central, 2011)Background: Maternal smoking is the most significant cause of preventable complications during pregnancy, with smoking cessation during pregnancy shown to increase birth weight and reduce preterm birth among pregnant women ... -
Design of a prostate cancer patient navigation intervention for a Veterans Affairs hospital
(BioMed Central, 2012)Background: Patient navigation programs have been launched nationwide in an attempt to reduce racial/ethnic and socio-demographic disparities in cancer care, but few have evaluated outcomes in the prostate cancer setting. ... -
Design of an impact evaluation using a mixed methods model – an explanatory assessment of the effects of results-based financing mechanisms on maternal healthcare services in Malawi
(BioMed Central, 2014)Background: In this article we present a study design to evaluate the causal impact of providing supply-side performance-based financing incentives in combination with a demand-side cash transfer component on equitable ... -
Designing a Multifaceted Quality Improvement Intervention in Primary Care In a Country where General Practice Is Seeking Recognition: the Case of Cyprus
(BioMed Central, 2008)Background: Quality Improvement Interventions require significant financial investments, and therefore demand careful consideration in their design in order to maximize potential benefits. In this correspondence we present ... -
Designing a rapid response program to support evidence-informed decision-making in the Americas region: using the best available evidence and case studies
(BioMed Central, 2016)Background: The objective of this work was to inform the design of a rapid response program to support evidence-informed decision-making in health policy and practice for the Americas region. Specifically, we focus on the ... -
Designing and Interpreting Limiting Dilution Assays: General Principles and Applications to the Latent Reservoir for Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1
(Oxford University Press, 2015)Limiting dilution assays are widely used in infectious disease research. These assays are crucial for current human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 cure research in particular. In this study, we offer new tools to help ... -
Designing Audience-Centered Interactive Voice Response Messages to Promote Cancer Screenings Among Low-Income Latinas
(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2014)Introduction: Cancer screening rates among Latinas are suboptimal. The objective of this study was to explore how Latinas perceive cancer screening and the use and design of interactive voice response (IVR) messages to ... -
Designing Financial-Incentive Programmes for Return of Medical Service in Underserved Areas: Seven Management Functions
(BioMed Central, 2009)In many countries worldwide, health worker shortages are one of the main constraints in achieving population health goals. Financial-incentive programmes for return of service, whereby participants receive payments in ... -
Designing Transparency Systems for Medical Care Prices
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Detection and Identification of NAP-2 as a Biomarker in Hepatitis B-Related Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Proteomic Approach
(BioMed Central, 2008)Background: A lack of sensitive and specific biomarkers is a major reason for the high rate of Primary hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)-related mortality. The aim of this study was to investigate potential proteomic biomarkers ... -
Detection of Low Frequency Drug Resistant Mutations in Antiretroviral-Treated HIV-1C Infections
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Detection of Microbial Translocation in HIV and SIV Infection Using the Limulus Amebocyte Lysate Assay is Masked by Serum and Plasma
(Public Library of Science, 2012)Objective: Microbial translocation (MT) is thought to be a major contributor to the pathogenesis of HIV-related immune activation, and circulating lipopolysaccharide (LPS) from Gram-negative bacteria is the principle ... -
Detection of Murine Post-Pneumonectomy Lung Regeneration by 18FDG PET Imaging
(Springer, 2012)Background: An intriguing biologic process in most adult mammals is post-pneumonectomy lung regeneration, that is, the removal of one lung (pneumonectomy) results in the rapid compensatory growth of the remaining lung. The ... -
Detection of Poly- and Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs) in U.S. Drinking Water Linked to Industrial Sites, Military Fire Training Areas, and Wastewater Treatment Plants
(American Chemical Society, 2016)Drinking water contamination with poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) poses risks to the developmental, immune, metabolic, and endocrine health of consumers. We present a spatial analysis of 2013–2015 national ... -
Detection of Recombination Events in Bacterial Genomes from Large Population Samples
(Oxford University Press, 2012)Analysis of important human pathogen populations is currently under transition toward whole-genome sequencing of growing numbers of samples collected on a global scale. Since recombination in bacteria is often an important ... -
Detection of respiratory syncytial virus and rhinovirus in healthy infants
(BioMed Central, 2015)Background: Despite the research importance of rhinovirus detection in asymptomatic healthy infants, the literature remains sparse. Objective: To investigate the prevalence of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and rhinovirus ... -
Determinants and Consequences of Obesity
(American Public Health Association, 2016)Objectives. To review the contribution of the Nurses' Health Studies (NHS and NHS II) in addressing hypotheses regarding risk factors for and consequences of obesity.Methods. Narrative review of the publications of the NHS ...