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An Examination of Sexual Orientation Group Patterns in Mammographic and Colorectal Screening in a Cohort of U.S. Women
(Springer (part of Springer Nature), 2013)Underutilization of cancer screening has been found especially to affect socially marginalized groups. We investigated sexual orientation group patterns in breast and colorectal cancer screening adherence. Data on breast ... -
An NFKB1 Promoter Insertion/Deletion Polymorphism Influences Risk and Outcome in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome among Caucasians
(Public Library of Science, 2011)Background: Nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-kappa B) is required for transcription of many pro-inflammatory genes and has been implicated in the pathogenesis of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). We hypothesized that ... -
Anaemia is typical of pregnancies: capturing community perception and management of anaemia in pregnancy in Anambra State, Nigeria
(BioMed Central, 2016)Background: Anaemia during pregnancy continues to constitute significant challenge to maternal health in Nigeria and contributes substantially to the worsening maternal mortality ratio (MMR) in Nigeria despite a global ... -
Anaemia, prenatal iron use, and risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes: systematic review and meta-analysis
(BMJ Publishing Group Ltd., 2013)Objectives: To summarise evidence on the associations of maternal anaemia and prenatal iron use with maternal haematological and adverse pregnancy outcomes; and to evaluate potential exposure-response relations of dose of ... -
Analyses of Associations Between Three Positionally Cloned Asthma Candidate Genes and Asthma or Asthma-related Phenotypes in a Chinese Population
(BioMed Central, 2009)Background: Six asthma candidate genes, ADAM33, NPSR1, PHF11, DPP10, HLA-G, and CYFIP2, located at different chromosome regions have been positionally cloned following the reported linkage studies. For ADAM33, NPSR1, and ... -
An Analysis of Costs and Health Co-Benefits for a U.S. Power Plant Carbon Standard
(Public Library of Science, 2016)Reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from power plants can have important “co-benefits” for public health by reducing emissions of air pollutants. Here, we examine the costs and health co-benefits, in monetary terms, ... -
Analysis of differential gene expression in colorectal cancer and stroma using fluorescence-activated cell sorting purification
(Springer Nature, 2009)Tumour stroma gene expression in biopsy specimens may obscure the expression of tumour parenchyma, hampering the predictive power of microarrays. We aimed to assess the utility of fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) ... -
Analysis of HIV Diversity in HIV-Infected Black Men Who Have Sex with Men (HPTN 061)
(Public Library of Science, 2016)Background: HIV populations often diversify in response to selective pressures, such as the immune response and antiretroviral drug use. We analyzed HIV diversity in Black men who have sex with men who were enrolled in the ... -
Analysis of HIV-1 gp120 Quasispecies Suggests High Prevalence of Intra-Subtype Recombination
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Analysis of Innate Defences Against Plasmodium Falciparum in Immunodeficient Mice
(BioMed Central, 2010)Background: Mice with genetic deficiencies in adaptive immunity are used for the grafting of human cells or pathogens, to study human diseases, however, the innate immune responses to xenografts in these mice has received ... -
Analysis of optimized DNase-seq reveals intrinsic bias in transcription factor footprint identification
(2014)DNase-seq is a powerful technique for identifying cis-regulatory elements across the genome. We studied the key experimental parameters to optimize the performance of DNase-seq. We found that sequencing short 50-100bp ... -
Analysis of Salmonella enterica Serotype Paratyphi A Gene Expression in the Blood of Bacteremic Patients in Bangladesh
(Public Library of Science, 2010)Background: Salmonella enterica serotype Paratyphi A is a human-restricted cause of paratyphoid fever, accounting for up to a fifth of all cases of enteric fever in Asia. Methodology/Principal Findings: In this work, we ... -
Analysis of Structure and Function of the Giant Protein Pf332 in Plasmodium falciparum
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2008)Virulence of Plasmodium falciparum, the most lethal parasitic disease in humans, results in part from adhesiveness and increased rigidity of infected erythrocytes. Pf332 is trafficked to the parasite-infected erythrocyte ... -
Analysis of Viral Diversity in Relation to the Recency of HIV-1C Infection in Botswana
(Public Library of Science, 2016)Background: Cross-sectional, biomarker methods to determine HIV infection recency present a promising and cost-effective alternative to the repeated testing of uninfected individuals. We evaluate a viral-based assay that ... -
Analyzing Conflicting Results in Rapid Point-of-Care COVID-19 Testing
(2020-08-07)Rapid point-of-care (POC) testing for the SARS-CoV-2 virus provides an ability to quickly test individuals, facilitating near real-time action if infection is determined, such as isolation and initiation of contact tracing. ... -
Analyzing historical trends in breast cancer biomarker expression: a feasibility study (1947–2009)
(2016)BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES Determining long-term trends in tumor biomarker expression is essential for understanding aspects of tumor biology amenable to change. Limiting the availability of such data, currently used assays for ... -
Analyzing networks of phenotypes in complex diseases: methodology and applications in COPD
(BioMed Central, 2014)Background: The investigation of complex disease heterogeneity has been challenging. Here, we introduce a network-based approach, using partial correlations, that analyzes the relationships among multiple disease-related ... -
Anatomy of an Ambush: Security Risks Facing International Humanitarian Assistance
(Wiley, 2005)The 2003 war with Iraq has generated security concerns that present unique challenges to the practice of providing international humanitarian assistance during war and conflict. Objective research studies on security ... -
Anatomy of Health Effects of Mediterranean Diet: Greek EPIC Prospective Cohort Study
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2009)Objective: To investigate the relative importance of the individual components of the Mediterranean diet in generating the inverse association of increased adherence to this diet and overall mortality. Design: Prospective ...